Bank & Credit Union Insights

Deposit gathering is no longer passive; it is a strategic imperative.

When it comes to 2025 budgets, what factors will emerge as "treats" (deposit stability, asset yields, etc.) versus potential "tricks"?

Financial institutions need to pivot their strategies as the FOMC embarks on an easing cycle.

DCG's Senior Analysts summarize key themes from the 40th Annual Balance Sheet & Model Risk Management conference.

A new FHFA report examines the FHLBanks' 90-year legacy and proposes some transformative goals. Here are the key points and take-aways.

How can institutions prepare for a potential liquidity event? Here are the five discussions your organization should have already had.

Below are five serious questions that we believe the ALCO at your institution should be discussing and finding your own answers to.

How does the economic value of equity computation (EVE) provide more comprehensive information than current standards for disclosures?

DCG has facilitated analysis with high-performing institutions that have decided to either execute or reject bond loss transactions.

As we all turn attention to the year to come, here are some key factors for management teams to consider when crafting their 2024 budgets.

One of the most common questions we get from our clients is, “What should we do about our deposits?”

When I reflect on the state of the community banking industry, I can’t help but see a close likeness to those difficult adolescent years.

We are fresh from a stellar three days together with nearly 300 colleagues from banks, credit unions, regulators, and industry partners.

A lot has been made of the loss position in SVB’s bond portfolio. Per the year-end call report, losses in Held to Maturity...

No one can predict the rate and economic environment. Yet, we can make sure we have strong risk management cultures in place.

If there were ever a time when institutions spent countless hours to be “precisely incorrect,” it was the 2022 budgeting process!

DCG Managing Director Bob Lallo analyzes some of the key considerations surrounding the “Loss Trade.”

Consider alternative outcomes to the rate forecasts we have been offered by both the Federal Reserve & the markets.

Financial institutions are in the business of taking calculated risks, but it is the responsibility of ALCO to measure and manage them.

In the summer blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick, we catch up with Lt. Pete Mitchell (call sign: Maverick) as he breaks Mach 10 in an...