Taylor Advisors is leading the pack when it comes to finding creative solutions designed to increase profitability and promote sustainable growth. Learn more about the waves we’re making and industry happenings in our blog.
Taylor Advisors is leading the pack when it comes to finding creative solutions designed to increase profitability and promote sustainable growth. Learn more about the waves we’re making and industry happenings in our blog.
On September 17, 2019, the Regulatory Agencies adopted a final rule implementing the Community Bank Leverage Ratio (CBLR) as part of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act. This final rule provides the opportunity for certain community banking organizations to adopt new, voluntary, capital framework that is effective 1/1/2020, with the first reporting…
Market Update Bankers track many key interest rates, but surely mortgage rates get a lot of attention, as they can have a significant impact on a community bank’s earnings and profitability. Residential mortgage loans typically represent a meaningful earning asset for many financial institutions. Additionally, an average bank investment portfolio often holds an allocation of…
Amidst the persistent rally in U.S. Treasury prices and the problematic inversion in the yield curve, loan pricing is beginning to take center stage, over deposits, as a key concern for financial institutions. Residential mortgage refinancing volumes are accelerating and commercial loan pay-offs and refinancing may pose a distinct risk to loan portfolios and earning…
Back in the summer of 2018, we published “FDIC Rate Caps and Hidden Liquidity Risk” outlining the flaws of the FDIC’s national rate calculation and the liquidity traps inherent in the interest rate cap restrictions. Since then, liquidity has become a key focus for regulatory examinations, specifically as it relates to Contingency Funding Plans and…
The London Inter-bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) has been the preeminent reference rate in the financial markets for assets, liabilities, and derivative contracts, with an estimated $200 trillion in notional value currently referencing various tenors of LIBOR. Coming out of the financial crisis, it was widely reported that global banks had been manipulating the LIBOR survey,…
Over the past year, financial institutions across the country have seen an acceleration in funding costs. Historically, institutions have been successful in delaying rate increases on deposits during the initial stage of the rate cycle, then slowly increasing deposit rates for the second third of the cycle. From late 2015 through 2017, institutions enjoyed the…