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  • Tyler Buckeridge

    Are Asset Quality Issues Out Front or in the Rearview?

    As the Federal Reserve has pivoted to rate cuts, there has been some deterioration in asset quality. But will healthy loan-loss reserves at banks and credit unions be sufficient to absorb the issues or are earnings at risk?

  • Funding Lookback: Lessons Learned

    In the current rate environment, members anticipate a series of rate cuts that will help ease margin pressure and begin a new growth cycle. However, an analysis of past rate cycles can help inform members on the optimal time to stay with short-term or long-term wholesale funding.

  • Andrew Paolillo

    Balancing Liquidity and Interest-Rate Risks in a Fed Cutting Cycle

    With short-term interest rates now moving lower, there are several advance solutions that can provide flexibility for members to manage constantly shifting liquidity needs and interest-rate risks.

  • Andrew Paolillo

    Margin Enhancement with Risk Mitigation

    Restructuring advances can lower interest expense, reduce interest-rate risk, and enhance liquidity metrics.

  • Andrew Paolillo

    Funding Amidst Rate Cut Uncertainty

    The SOFR Flipper Advance offers the potential for interest cost savings as market expectations for the timing and magnitude of potential rate cuts change.

  • Andrew Paolillo

    Combatting Margin Pressure

    The persisting ‘higher for longer’ interest-rate environment presents challenges, but the advance funding strategies explained in this article may help alleviate the impact on earnings and align with the shifting interest-rate risk profile.

  • Andrew Paolillo

    Strategies for a Pivot to Lower Rates

    Amid signals that the interest-rate cycle may shift, certain funding solutions can present value in managing liquidity, earnings, and interest-rate risk.

  • Andrew Paolillo

    Interest-Rate Risk Mitigation with Flexibility

    As the prospect of rates being “higher for longer” continues to pick up steam, the Member-Option Advance can be a useful tool to hedge interest-rate risk while maintaining the flexibility to adapt if necessary.