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SEC Investigation Indicates Concerns about Extend and Pretend

While the country’s lenders struggle to stay afloat, one of the main methods for keeping books in the black for banks with heavy commercial real estate lending portfolios is a common practice called “amend and extend” or “extend and pretend”[1]. Basically, this strategy involves changing the terms of an existing loan in order to give [...]

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