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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

Eliminate Interest Rate Risk: Eliminate margin compression when interest rates rise. Meet Competitive Pressures : National and larger regional banks are specifically targeting better borrowers for five, seven, ten-year fixed-rate loans.

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

Eliminate Interest Rate Risk: Eliminate margin compression when interest rates rise. Meet Competitive Pressures : National and larger regional banks are specifically targeting better borrowers for five, seven, ten-year fixed-rate loans.

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How to Choose a Hedge Provider as a Bank

South State Correspondent

Eliminate Interest Rate Risk: Eliminate margin compression when interest rates rise. Meet Competitive Pressures: National and larger regional banks are specifically targeting better borrowers for seven, ten, or 20-year fixed-rate loans. Third, we believe that community banks should avoid vendors that require service exclusivity.

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Here is The Largest Reason for Community Bank Consolidation

South State Correspondent

FDIC-reporting institutions to include banks and savings institutions. On the other hand, virtually all regional and national banks use some version of RAROC loan pricing, and those banks make pricing decisions using ROA/ROE as ex ante measurements. Community Bank Consolidation As of Q3/24 there were approximately 4.5k

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Stress testing revisited to avert risk and improve risk ratings

Abrigo

According to the OCC, institutions that have incorporated stress testing into their planning typically demonstrate an ability to withstand negative market developments more effectively than other financial institutions as a result of these beneficial risk management practices.

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Expanding credit portfolios: 3 Growing pains

Abrigo

Community banks are expanding their loan portfolios to include more small business loans, according to the most recent Community Bank Performance report by the FDIC. Loans across categories increased, with commercial and industrial loans growing at the fastest rate, roughly 5.3 percent over the 3rd quarter of 2013.

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Regulators Can't Force Good Risk Management

American Banker

Financial incentives leading firms to strengthen risk governance internally is better than regulators mandating risk management standards.