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Loan Hedging for Community Banks in 2024

South State Correspondent

Community banks’ use of swaps (banks’ primary tool to hedge interest rate risk on loans) has increased substantially over the last ten years. Meanwhile, community banks face net interest margin (NIM) and fee income pressure. Only 304 banks (or 6.7% of the total) used swaps directly.

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5 Actionable Insights From 2Q 2022 Bank Earnings

South State Correspondent

With 100+ public banks reporting, we have more than a representative sample to see 2Q 2022 bank earnings trends and derive some operational insights on bank performance. We used the S&P Global database, earnings releases, and investor calls to gather the first hundred banks releasing 2Q numbers as of 8/2/2022.

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Deposit Behavior In This Rate Cycle – Part III

South State Correspondent

In two recent articles, we reviewed the banking industry’s deposit behavior with regard to cost of funding earning assets (COF) ( HERE ), and we compared how community banks’ COF behaves relative to national banks in a rising interest rate cycle ( HERE ). How Interest Rates Will Impact Your Bank.

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NIM and Its Relationship to ROA in Banking

South State Correspondent

Despite reaching the highest profitability in over a decade in 2022, US banks overall trade at a discount to other sectors as measured by P/E or P/Book, and approximately 53% of US banks have earned less than their cost of equity over the last five years. Operating Leverage – Scale matters.

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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

Abrigo

Meanwhile, leaders at small banks recognize that their institutions play a vital role in helping community businesses and individuals not only weather uncertainty but also thrive. How can community financial institution leaders manage their challenges and seize their opportunities at the same time?

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FTP – Another Bank Failure and Another Learning Opportunity

South State Correspondent

As a side note, FRB’s long-term fixed-rate loans had a carrying value of $137Bn at the end of 2022 but a fair value of $118Bn, or a loss that more than wiped the bank’s $14Bn in capital. In fact, we had a conversation just last week with the head of a lending division at a large regional bank.

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FTP – Another Bank Failure and Another Learning Opportunity

South State Correspondent

As a side note, FRB’s long-term fixed-rate loans had a carrying value of $137B at the end of 2022 but a fair value of $118Bn, or a loss that more than wiped the bank’s $14B in capital. In fact, we had a conversation just last week with the head of a lending division at a large regional bank.

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