Risk Suite

Portfolio Management

Tools for oversight, reporting and strategic credit management.

Explore our models

Model

SME PD & LGD Model (South Africa & Emerging Markets)

Designed to unlock access for small and medium enterprises, including thin-file entities with limited history.

  • Produces Probability of Default (PD) and Loss Given Default (LGD) for SME exposures.
  • Calibrated to South African and wider emerging-market datasets.
  • Supports affordability checks and portfolio-level SME impairment forecasting.
  • Enables lenders and DFIs to extend credit where traditional scoring fails.
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Large Corporate PD & LGD Model (RiskCalc-aligned)

Built for multinationals and diversified corporates using financial statement ratios and global benchmarks.

  • Aligned to RiskCalc-style methodology and global benchmarks.
  • Produces PD & LGD suitable for IFRS 9 ECL and Basel capital calculations.
  • Handles complex group structures and multi-year comparative analysis.
  • Provides supportable ratings for internal approval and external investors.
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Global Bank PD/LGD Model

Tailored for regulated banks and deposit-taking institutions, covering PD, LGD, and Exposure at Default (EAD).

  • Covers PD, LGD, and Exposure at Default (EAD).
  • Aligned to external credit rating agency conventions, feeding directly into capital adequacy and RWA reporting.
  • Can be calibrated to local supervisory requirements while retaining global comparability.
  • Designed for governance-ready, explainable outputs.
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Global NBFI PD Model

For non-bank financial institutions (e.g., micro-lenders and specialty finance companies) producing PDs tailored to regulated but non-bank lenders.

  • Produces PDs tailored to regulated but non-bank lenders.
  • Benchmarked to global NBFI data and integrated with affordability rules.
  • Often paired with finance company / fintech workflows for rapid origination and approvals.
  • Governance-ready calibration and monitoring.
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Project Finance LGD Model

Purpose-built for infrastructure and renewable energy projects with long horizons, modelling LGD through cashflow waterfalls and stress overlays.

  • Models LGD through cashflow waterfalls, collateral stresses, and political overlays.
  • Sector-specific calibration curves for energy, transport, housing, and mining.
  • Aligns with DFI and blended-finance investor requirements.
  • Produces recovery distributions, not just default probabilities.
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Commercial Real Estate (CRE) PD & LGD Model

Developed for property portfolios and real estate exposures, assessing tenant quality, lease terms, collateral, and sector cycles.

  • Assesses tenant credit quality, lease terms (WALE), collateral, and sector cycles.
  • Produces PD and LGD for individual CRE exposures or whole portfolios.
  • Supports IFRS 13 fair value, impairment testing, and Basel CRE slotting approaches.
  • Built for portfolio monitoring and valuation governance.
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Hazard-Rate Consumer PD Model (IFRS 9)

A top-down, actuarial model for consumer/retail portfolios supporting IFRS 9 ECL compliance for large retail books.

  • Uses migration and development factor approaches to forecast PDs.
  • Supports IFRS 9 Expected Credit Loss (ECL) compliance for large retail books.
  • Designed for continuous monitoring and trend detection (moving-window hazard rate).
  • Built for governance-ready backtesting and sensitivity analysis.

Explore our credit risk suite

Client view (Obligor level)

Obligor-level tools that provide transparent risk metrics, fair-value insights, and accurate exposure assessments.

Cyte’s client-level portfolio modules give portfolio managers a clear, comparable view of each counterparty’s risk profile and valuation. SME PD & LGD models generate consistent credit metrics across clients and segments, while IFRS 13 valuation dashboards standardise fair-value calculations for debt, guarantees, and collateral. Managers gain deeper insight into pricing alignment, creditworthiness, and exposure quality - ensuring obligor-level decisions are grounded in robust, validated analytics.

Portfolio view (Aggregate level)

Portfolio-level tools that monitor trends, measure impairments, and deliver forward-looking risk intelligence.

Cyte’s aggregate portfolio modules enable managers to track PD/LGD migration, assess expected credit losses, and evaluate concentration and macro-sensitive risks. Hazard-rate models provide early-warning indicators across segments; IFRS 9 ECL engines consolidate impairment impacts at portfolio scale; and Scenario Builder runs multi-scenario sensitivity analyses. Together, these tools give portfolio managers real-time visibility into portfolio health, resilience, and regulatory-aligned performance metrics.

Pricing and performance

Pricing and performance tools that optimise returns, strengthen capital efficiency, and ensure every facility is aligned with your risk strategy.

Cyte’s pricing and performance modules help organisations set fair, risk-aligned facility terms while maintaining transparency across return metrics. Using RAROC logic and IFRS-compliant valuation methodologies, risk teams can ensure pricing reflects true credit risk, portfolio managers can measure profitability and capital efficiency, and compliance officers gain audit-ready valuation outputs. With Pricing & Performance, organisations achieve consistent pricing decisions that protect margins, support sustainable growth, and improve portfolio-level returns.

Executive reporting & insights

Executive insights that turn complex credit data into clear, strategic intelligence for confident decision-making.

Cyte’s executive reporting capabilities consolidate information from every stage of the credit lifecycle into high-level dashboards, summaries, and trend insights. Leadership teams gain real-time visibility into portfolio health, risk migration, pricing effectiveness, impairments, and compliance status - without navigating underlying operational detail. With Executive Reporting & Insights, organisations strengthen governance, align credit operations with strategic objectives, and empower executives with the clarity needed to steer growth and manage risk.

Seamless integration

Seamless integration

  • Powered by BootSure – automation engine orchestrating data ingestion and model execution across Cyte modules.
  • API-first architecture ensures low-friction deployment.
  • Enterprise connectors link to banking, insurance, finance systems.
  • Digital pipelines transform unstructured data into model-ready inputs.
  • White-labelling ensures each client instance carries their own brand.
Integrated AI

AI that evolves with your business.

  • Intelligent Capture: automates statement and lease extraction with high accuracy.
  • Smart Decisioning: affordability, pricing, and approvals guided by AI.
  • Predictive Insights: portfolio foresight on impairments and PD/LGD shifts.
  • Always Learning: models adapt as your data grows.
Enterprise-grade security

Enterprise-Grade Security

  • End-to-end encryption standards.
  • Compliance with POPIA (South Africa), GDPR (EU), and global protocols.
  • Continuous monitoring, logging, resilience testing.
Consultation

Master compliance, elevate portfolio performance, and transform credit operations – all in one platform.

  • Regulator-ready compliance
  • Portfolio intelligence
  • Operational excellence