Marc explains the exposure bands with the easy confidence of someone who thinks the real secrets are elsewhere, offshore, executive, the stuff they do not put in chat. Meanwhile the colours on his screen are doing the honest work, showing you where the firm is bleeding.
- Green is comfort.
- Amber is attention.
- Red is escalation.
- Breach is the point where the lender's opinion outweighs Blackridge's, where internal narratives stop being shields and cold arithmetic walks in.
He adds that amber is where people lie to themselves. The line lands harder than he means it to. You picture it: traders, risk officers, comms teams, all agreeing to call fear "monitoring" until monitoring is not enough.
You thank him in text, your fingers trembling over the keyboard. Stay casual.
See [[Glossary#Exposure Bands]] for more details.
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