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Market Insights - December 3, 2018
Minutes for Nov FOMC meeting suggest the Fed remains on its current trajectory of targeted increases in the Fed Funds rate while keeping an eye of the risks these hikes may have on continued growth.
Video: Tools to Manage Interest Rate Risk
Interest rate risk is embedded in every financial institution’s balance sheet. Board members should encourage their management teams to consider adding derivatives to their tool kit.
A borrower swap program is a tool to help banks compete for long-term, fixed-rate loans. Success starts with identifying goals, deciding how to resource, and building the program.
Past Performance, No Guarantee
With so many moving parts, assessing the performance of the individuals responsible for managing the investment portfolio can be a difficult task.
3:47Back-to-Back Interest Rate Swaps Explained in 3 Minutes
Swaps have always been a useful way for banks to manage risk. Currency risk, credit risk and interest rate risk can all be hedged, separating out the different types of risk inherent in a transaction.
Market Insights - November 26, 2018
The recent round of market volatility continued during the Thanksgiving holiday shortened week, with equities falling nearly 5%, WTI Crude falling approximately 10.5%, and the 10-year Treasury note...
Quarterly Market Update: Current Themes in Balance Sheet Risk Management - Aug 2018
We examined the factors driving the markets and discuss the balance sheet risk management strategies being considered across our client franchise. We also provided an update on the state of LIBOR.
3 Reasons to Partner With an Advisor on Your Investment Portfolio
As rising short-term interest rates flatten the yield curve, the resulting squeeze in bank margins is leading executives to look in every nook and cranny seeking cost savings.
Market Update: Banking in Uncertain Times - Déjà vu All Over Again
This webinar provides bankers, relationship managers and lenders critical insights they need to better serve their customers and succeed in today’s marketplace.
Video: Understanding Interest Rate Risk
This video outlines how interest rates impact the typical bank, and explains the board’s role in mitigating interest rate risk.
LIBOR Transition Raises Basis Risk Fear
Chatham's Todd Cuppia is quoted in a Risk article about the transition from LIBOR to SOFR, and how the shift to a secured benchmark could cause dislocation between bank funding and lending rates.
Market Insights - November 19, 2018
A strong risk-off sentiment took hold last week on the back of declining equities, commodities, and bond yields.
How to Measure the Performance of Your Investment Management Team
Assessing the performance of those responsible for managing the investment portfolio can be difficult. Consider the entire balance sheet strategy and how the investment portfolio complements it.
What's the Real Cost to Shifting the Portfolio Management Process?
There are three methods to manage a bank’s investment portfolio: in-house, broker/dealer or outsourcing to an independent investment advisor. What is the true cost of each?
5 Ways to Maximize the Value of Your Investment Portfolio
Improving security portfolio yields can help to bolster total interest income earned, return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE).
Quarterly Market Update: Current Themes in Balance Sheet Risk Management
In this installment of Chatham Financial’s Quarterly Market Update webinar series, we will examine the factors driving the markets and discuss the risk management strategies being considered across ou
What's lost in transition from LIBOR to new benchmark
International Swaps and Derivatives Association is developing a methodology that would essentially add a credit-risk spread premium to a SOFR-derived rate.
Swap Sales Strategy Session
This webinar provides bankers, relationship managers and lenders a Q1 2018 economic update, structuring tactics and a review of 2017 swap trends.
Considerations for LIBOR Alternatives in Loan Documentation
Chatham Financial covers some of the issues that should be considered as market participants prepare for the unavailability of LIBOR and the resulting impact on loans and derivatives.
Quarterly Market Update: Current Themes in Balance Sheet Risk Management