Educational Resources by "advance solutions"

Advances Article Advance Transactions Guide Ready to take out a FHLB Des Moines Advance? Here are the steps you should take to initiate the process. Strategies Video/Webinar Opening the Door to Early Withdrawal This hour-long webinar hosted by The CorePoint Founder and CEO, Neil Stanley, illustrates how some financial institutions have found a unique strategy to improve their net interest margin by providing their depositors with a reward option for early redemption of their time deposits. Advances Article FHLB Des Moines Advances: Never Underestimate the Value of Flexibility FHLB Des Moines advances offer flexibility in terms, structures, prepayment provisions, restructuring, optionality, advance size, “just-in-time” availability and settlement dates. They also offer an unparalleled level of dividend-adjusted pricing and duration certainty. Strategies Video/Webinar Don't Let Current Liquidity Be “the Tail that Wags the Dog!” Yes, there is a liquidity crisis, just not the one most financial institutions anticipated…too much current liquidity. This webinar features Darling Consulting Group addressing key approaches for liquidity management in today's challenging environment. Advances Article Planning for Low Rate, High Liquidity Scenarios A prudent funds management process is of paramount importance regardless of economic or interest rate environment. Advances Case Study Laddering Funds for Commercial Real Estate Loans Central State Bank took down 5-year and 6-year amortizing advances from FHLB Des Moines. The bank laddered the two $1.5 million advances with different durations. Strategies Article Strategies and Tools to Maximize Performance and Manage Risk Sound balance sheet management and funding strategies play a critical role in achieving the balance you need to make the loans your customers want and provide safe, rewarding deposit opportunities. We can help you with both through our Strategies Team and their tools. Advances Article Common Misconceptions of Community Investment Advances Are you maximizing your community impact on housing and economic development projects through Community Investment Advances (CIA)? There are a few common questions and misconceptions that we wanted to debunk about using CIAs to ensure all members feel confident using these advances. Advances Article Raising Wholesale Funds: “Things are Seldom What They Seem” Depending upon the interest rate environment or location on the yield curve, dividend-adjusted advance rates may or may not be comparable. You'll never know unless you run the dividend adjustment calculation. Advances Article How Can the Impact of Rising Rates on Your Investment Portfolio's Market Value Come Out in the Wash? Today, while no one can be certain of the direction of interest rates, the short-end of the yield curve is under the heavy influence of well-telegraphed Fed tightening. Letters of Credit Video/Webinar Standby Letters of Credit Webinar Did you know Standby Letters of Credit from Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines may provide an alternative source of collateral for securing Public Unit Deposits, thus improving your liquidity, income and efficiency? Strategies Article Why fund managers can't ignore sensitivity training In personal relationships, a lack of sensitivity by one of the partners can lead to friction, or ultimately a breakdown of the relationship.