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How to Set Your Strategic Planning Time Horizon

South State Correspondent

Banks consistently produce under their cost of capital. For example, at present, return on equity performance is about 12% for the average community bank. However, for the average bank, their cost of capital is between 9% and 14% depending on the bank’s equity liquidity with an average of 12.5%. Why is that? That is a problem.

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How to reduce the regulatory burden on community banks

Abrigo

In recent months, the momentum around reducing the regulatory burden on the nation’s community banks has continued to gain steam. However, the regulatory landscape continues to evolve, leaving resource-constrained community banks to cope with new demands. The second idea is community bank exemption from the Volcker Rule.

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How to Choose a Hedge Provider as a Bank

South State Correspondent

Last week we wrote about loan-level vs. balance sheet hedging for community banks and provided our loan proposal generator ( HERE ). We compared and contrasted the two strategies and sized the market for community banks. A community bank may transact one or only a few balance sheet hedges over many years.

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Fitness Platform Zwift Notches $450M Amid Home Workout Investment Craze

PYMNTS

16) unveiled a $450 million injection of capital by a group of investors led by KKR in exchange for a minority stake in the company. Overall, home exercise and equipment makers like Tempo, Mirror, and Peloton have attracted heavy investor interest as gyms have been forced to shut down by state and city governments. “We

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Peloton Rival Equinox Snags Funding From Silver Lake

PYMNTS

Luxury gym operator Equinox has secured funding from Silver Lake, an equity firm, in its continuing bid to compete with exercise giant Peloton, according to a report by Bloomberg. The real game changer is a plan to introduce a SoulCycle bike that’s made for use at home, which will be a direct challenge to Peloton’s own home exercise bike.

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How Stress Test Results Can Yield Better Lending, Credit, and Risk Decisions

Abrigo

Top down and bottom up analysis can inform capital assessments. Effective stress testing can benefit many different facets of lending, from risk management and strategic decision-making to capital adequacy and liquidity management. Stress testing and capital adequacy.

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Community Banking According to Andy

Jeff For Banks

It covers the high risk clients, the cash flow and capital needs of the organization, our employees, and many other items as the come forward to drive conversation. 23/ @Schornack Writing a report to our board even if you are a small SMB, I believe is a great exercise to organize and validate your management decisions.