Rate Environment (April 27, 2015)
Treasuries recouped losses at week’s end as buyers stepped in following a round of economic readings that were somewhat weaker than forecast. The releases bolstered expectations that the Federal Reserve would be patient in raising interest rates. Read More Here
Read MoreFinance & Accounting Forum, June 16
We’ll be at The Finance & Accounting Forum for Financial Institutions, June 16 @ 10:15a Come hear our principal, Robert Segal, speak at The Finance & Accounting Forum for Financial Institutions in Scottsdale, Arizona on June 16 at 10:15a. We’ll be discussing “Beyond Dodd-Frank: Strategies for Effective Risk Management of the Investment Portfolio”. Find more...
Read MoreRate Environment (March 23, 2015)
As expected, the Federal Reserve dropped an assurance it will be “patient” in raising interest rates, opening the door for higher borrowing costs as early as June. “An increase in the target range for the federal funds rate remains unlikely at the April” meeting, the FOMC said in a statement Wednesday. Read More Here
Read MoreApproaching The Tipping Point
Approaching The Tipping Point : FOMC Considers When – How Much – To Raise Rates The Federal Reserve maintained its pledge to be “patient” on raising interest rates and boosted its outlook of the economy, even as it said inflation will decline further. “Economic activity has been expanding at a solid pace,” the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) said recently after a two-day meeting in...
Read MoreBeyond Dodd-Frank
Strategies for Effective Risk Management of the Investment Portfolio Under the Dodd-Frank Act, financial institutions must maintain risk management processes to ensure that credit risk in the investment portfolio is effectively monitored and controlled, but they may wish to have procedures in place which go beyond the regulatory mandates, in order to further mitigate risk and enhance...
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