By Matthew Jacobsen, VP

In 2017, credit unions continued to see solid loan, share, and membership growth. Growth in these areas has been consistent since the last...

By Cynthia R. Walker, CEO

Credit unions in the asset range of 10 million to 250 million have seen their loan to total asset ratios increase in the last 5 years from a...

By Jason Williams-Portfolio Manager and President of Moreton Asset Management

How The Interest Rate Environment Affects This Relationship

By Matthew Jacobsen, VP

In June of 2006 the federal funds target rate was at 5.25%. From 2007 to the end of...

Mark H. Smith, Inc. recently conducted a survey on CECL and Comprehensive Loan Analytics. This was a follow-up survey to the CECL survey we conducted earlier in the year...

There is a time and season for many events. At our house, we have a birthday season because a majority of my family have birthdays grouped into two consecutive months....

Have the ALCO minutes for your interest rate risk reviews started to feel a little stale? It’s important to keep in mind that even though interest rate risk analysis can...

The second estimate of the U.S. GDP annualized growth rate for the second quarter of 2017 was 3.0%. This was a much sharper increase than expected and a significant...