ALM modeling helps to understand the impacts of different interest rate environments on profitability and capital. While consistent and careful review of these reports is critical to strategy, it is doubly so when interest rate moves are anticipated.

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Agency MBS and CMOs are complex securities. Read more to learn about the differences between them and how they can impact your portfolio. 

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Non-Maturity Deposit Accounts are your primary source of funding, but they do not have contractual maturies or repricing schedules. To appropriately assess the interest rate risk of the balance sheet, assumptions must be made as to the rate sensitivity (betas) and expected maturity (WAL/decay rates) of these funds. 

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THE U.K. FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY HAS CONFIRMED MOST USD LIBOR RATES WILL BE PUBLISHED THROUGH JUNE 30, 2023, PAVING A CLEAR PATH TO ELIMINATE LIBOR RISK FOR MOST CREDIT UNION INVESTMENTS.

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The updated rule will allow more credit unions to use this balance sheet management tool while managing interest rate risk and pursuing income strategies.

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Despite COVID, the economic crisis and several attempts to have CECL delayed further, CECL will still be effective for credit unions on Jan. 1, 2023. That seems a long way off, and you might be tempted to ignore CECL for the time being. However, many institutions that are already required to comply have stated they wish they had started the process earlier. Many would argue that the economic crisis and the potential for increased charge offs make CECL more relevant than before.

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NEV is one of two measurements that ALM modeling uses to assess your interest rate risk. NEV stands for net economic value and is sometimes referred to as the economic value of capital at risk. NII represents net interest income, sometimes referred to as the income simulation. In this article, we’ll define NEV and discuss examples of how to read the measurements.

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ALM modeling is used to gain insight into the potential impacts of changing interest rate environments on both the credit union’s equity or capital as well as its profitability or ability to generate earnings. In short, ALM modeling is for measuring interest rate risk.

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NII is another measurement that ALM modeling uses to assess your interest rate risk. Net Interest Income (NII) is a bit easier to understand than its counterpart, NEV, because the timescale is defined.

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