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  • Caroline Casavant

    Quantitative Tightening, Volatility, and Considerations for Funding

    At the October Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, the FOMC statement indicated that reduction of the Fed’s balance sheet will end December 1, 2025, earlier than many in the market expected. The end of Quantitative Tightening may have implications for interest-rate volatility. FHLBank Boston offers advances with embedded options, like the HLB-Option and Member-Option Advance, for navigating interest-rate changes.

  • Andrew Paolillo

    Funding Spread Lending Opportunities for Insurance Companies

    As asset spreads become volatile and widen, insurance company members have several funding solutions to take advantage of spread lending opportunities. Whether the target assets are fixed-rate or floating-rate, with prepayable principal or in bullet structures, FHLBank Boston advances enable members to mitigate interest-rate risk and align asset and liability cash flows.

  • Callable SOFR-Indexed Floater Advance

    The Callable SOFR-Indexed Floater combines the benefits of long-term funding with adjustable-rate exposure, while also providing the flexibility to prepay without a fee at certain intervals.

  • Member-Option Advance

    Appealing if you are seeking flexibility and control over the amount of funding you need now and in the future, the Member-Option offers the ability to lock in funding with the option to prepay at certain intervals without a fee.

  • Discount Note Auction-Floater Advance

    The DNA-Floater is an ideal product if you are seeking the liquidity benefits of long-term funding with adjustable rates and the flexibility to prepay without a fee.

  • Amortizing Advance

    One of our most flexible products, the Amortizing Advance enables you to select the maturity and amortization terms to match your funding needs.

  • Andrew Paolillo

    Margin Enhancement with Risk Mitigation

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

  • August 2024 Peer Analysis and Balance Sheet Strategies Update