In this installment of Chatham Financial’s Market Update webinar series, our experts will examine the factors driving the markets and discuss the balance sheet risk management strategies that are being implemented by our financial institution clients. We will review the unique challenges and opportunities of managing risk while the curve is inverted, and provide an update on the state of LIBOR and recent developments with respect to the market’s transition to risk-free-rates.
In this webinar, Chatham will cover the following learning objectives:
- Discuss how the derivative markets have changed following three consecutive Fed rate cuts.
- Review detailed case studies examining hedging strategies financial institutions use in the context of an inverted curve.
- Explore what we’ve learned about how financial institutions’ have changed their risk management strategies given improvements to the hedge accounting standard.
- Learn the latest about the market’s eventual transition away from LIBOR, with focus on the economics and associated accounting considerations.