Resource Center
FARIN Finance University Resource Center is provided to the banking community.
White Papers
Response Letter to FDIC Core and Brokered Deposits Study (PDF)
Responding To the Significant Financial Challenges Faced by the Industry (PDF)
FARIN Newsletters
| April 2011 | |
| May 2011 | |
| June 2011 | |
| July 2011 | |
| August 2011 | |
| September 2011 | |
| October 2011 | |
| November 2011 | |
| December 2011 | |
| January 2012 | |
| Febraury 2012 |
Articles
All articles below are in PDF Format. Some articles appear in more than one topic.
ALM Strategies
Settling the Profitability Debate - Focus on ROE Not ROA - 1993
Asset-Liability Strategies - Using a long-long strategy to enhance the bottom line - 1993
Developing a Dynamic Interest Rate Risk Management Program - 1993
Wine County Savings Case Study - 1993
Hedging Option Risk in Fixed-Rate Mortgages - 1994
Reconsidering the Role of Fixed-Rate Mortgages in your Portfolio - 1994
Searching for the Virtuous FRM - 1994
Over-Capitalized? Struggling with a Low ROE? - 1994
Lessons in Leveraging - Managing EPS Through Low-Margin Transactions - 1994
CD Wars - A Report from The Front - 1994
Directions In Strategic Thinking for Community Banking - 1995
Learn to Sell Financial Options - 1995
Selling Retail Options - 1995
Community State Bank Case - 1995
Outsourcing - Wave of the Future? - 1995
Differentiated Pricing In Segmented Markets - 1995
Managing the Value of Your Bank - 1996
Tom's Bank - A Case Study in Managing Franchise Value and Stockholder Return - 1996
The Internet: The Great Equalizer for Small Financial Institutions - 1996
Meeting the Competitive Challenge - A Manifesto for Insured Depositories - 1996
A Mutual Golden Nugget? - 1996
Mississippi Federal Bank Case Study - 2001
Market Value - Not Just a Regulatory Compliance Tool - 2001
Managing Market Value Risks: Miscellaneous Strategies - 2001
Retail Strategies for the New Millennium: Face Up, Fess Up, and Overcome - 2002
Bank Valuation
When To Hold and When to Fold - 1993
The Power of Leverage - For Managing Earnings - 1994
Over-Capitalized? Struggling with a Low ROE? - 1994
Reconciling Financial Goals - The Goal Tree - 1994
Deposit Pricing
The Key Role of Core Deposits in Interest Rate Risk Analysis - 1993
Managing Retail Deposits in a Rising Rate Environment - Introducing a Marginal/Marginal Approach - 1993
Using Total Rate of Return Analysis to Evaluate Alternative Funding Sources - 1994
CD Wars - A Report from The Front - 1994
CD Wars - Valuing Depositor Relationships - 1995
Differentiated Pricing In Segmented Markets - 1995
Effective Deposit Pricing Part 1 - 2001
Investments
Prepare to Defend your IRR Management Initiatives - 1993
Integrating Total Rate of Return Into Dynamic Interest Rate Risk Analysis - 1994
Lessons in Leveraging - Managing EPS Through Low-Margin Transactions - 1994
Total Rate of Return - Does it Make Sense in Evaluating HTM Portfolios? - 1994
Interest Rate Risk Analysis
Getting Up-to-Speed on Duration Analysis Part 1 - 1993
Getting Up-to-Speed on Duration Analysis Part 2 - 1993
The Key Role of Core Deposits in Interest Rate Risk Analysis Part 1 - 1993
The Key Role of Core Deposits in Interest Rate Risk Analysis Part 2 - 1993
The Key Role of Core Deposits in Interest Rate Risk Analysis Part 3 - 1993
The Key Role of Core Deposits in Interest Rate Risk Analysis Part 4 - 1993
Hedging Option Risk in Fixed-Rate Mortgages - 1994
Core Deposit Analysis - An Update Part 1 - 1995
Core Deposit Analysis - An Update Part 2 - 1995
Focus on Market Value Requires Attention to Discount Rate Methodology - 1993
Setting Discout Rates for Market Value Calculations - 1994
Documenting and Supporting Prepayment Assumptions - 1994
Integrating Total Rate of Return Into Dynamic Interest Rate Risk Analysis - 1994
Using Simulation Technology to Model Total Rate of Return - 1994
Searching for the Virtuous FRM - 1994
Using Total Rate of Return Analysis to Evaluate Alternative Funding Sources - 1994
Total Rate of Return - Does it Make Sense in Evaluating HTM Portfolios? - 1994
Developing a Dynamic Interest Rate Risk Management Program Part 2 - 1993
Interest Rate Risk Policy
Developing a Dynamic Interest Rate Risk Management Program Part 1 - 1993
Developing a Dynamic Interest Rate Risk Management Program Part 2 - 1993
Developing Effective Interest Rate Risk Policy Limits Part 1 - 1994
Developing Effective Interest Rate Risk Policy Limits Part 2 - 1995
Developing Effective Interest Rate Risk Policy Limits Part 3 - 1995
Developing Effective Interest Rate Risk Policy Limits Part 4 - 1995
Liquidity Management
Loan Pricing
Using an Investment "Bogey" Approach for Pricing Portfolio Loans - 1994
Making Effective Loan Pricing Decisions Part 1 - 2001
Performance Analysis
Settling the Profitability Debate - 1993
The Power of Leverage for Managing Earnings - 1994
Over-Capitalized? Struggling with a Low ROE? - 1994
Evaluating Financial Performance Part 1 - 1994
Evaluating Financial Performance Part 2 - 1994
Wholesale Funding
Using Total Rate of Return Analysis to Evaluate Alternative Funding Sources - 1994
Recommended Links
American Bankers Association Tool Box on Liquidity (Tom Farin Lead Author) (PDF)
Copyright© Farin & Associates Inc. All Rights Reserved
800.236.3724