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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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The Risk Your Asset/Liability Management Process Might Be Missing

Abrigo

ALM | 4 minute read Key Takeaways Many financial institutions view asset/liability management as a "check-the-box" regulatory exercise. An extreme focus on using ALM to manage the risk of rising rates means some FIs overlook using ALM to grow earnings and capital, putting them at risk of underperformance.

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

Abrigo

Non-recourse loans While the bank historically has not experienced excessive levels of charge-offs due to loans not having one or more guarantors, there is considerable evidence to show that the options available to resolve a problem situation, as well as the costs incurred to exercise such options, are adversely affected by the lack of guarantees.

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Stress Testing: Are the Results Guiding Your CECL Decision-Making?

Abrigo

Charge offs were close to zero for most banks since 2013, according to call report data from S&P Market Intelligence. Institutions utilize current, forecast, and historical market data to put scenarios in context and, in some cases, combine scenarios to assess their impact.

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Supervisory Perspective

Independent Banker

“I know that unnecessary regulation saps the strength of community banks.” Curry offers a brief update about a few current regulatory issues on his mind, including his agency’s concerns about signs of growing credit risk throughout the banking industry. Curry, U.S. Comptroller of the currency. An interview with U.S.

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A Year in Financial Models, Fintech Valuations, Super Apps, Big Tech, Decentralized Finance, the…

Lex Sokolin

Understanding Robinhood, Derivatives, and Market Makers to see this clockwork machine in action. and try to answer with the word “community”. a nice, detailed set of thinking on Yearn, the most advanced tech that DeFi has to offer: Mergers and Acquisitions in open-source Decentralized Finance, and its $5 billion market capitalization.

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A Year in Financial Models, Fintech Valuations, Super Apps, Big Tech, Decentralized Finance, the…

Lex Sokolin

Understanding Robinhood, Derivatives, and Market Makers to see this clockwork machine in action. and try to answer with the word “community”. a nice, detailed set of thinking on Yearn, the most advanced tech that DeFi has to offer: Mergers and Acquisitions in open-source Decentralized Finance, and its $5 billion market capitalization.

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