Market Update: Strategies for Volatile Markets Q1 2020

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After December 31, 2021 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will no longer compel banks to submit rates for the calculation of LIBOR, which may lead to a permanent cessation of this benchmark.

Learn about the hedge accounting considerations and impacts for loan deferrals as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite the expectation of additional fiscal stimulus and dovish comments from the Federal Reserve chair, the major U.S. equity indices pulled back last week amid weak economic data, rising COVID-19 cases globally, and the continued emergence of new COVID-19 variants.

Interested in seeing how your interest rate swap program stacks up relative to your peers? Perhaps your financial institution is not yet using swaps to win more commercial loan business, but would find value in reviewing and analyzing Chatham's Back-to-Back Swap Program Benchmark Statistics Report.

Ben Lewis writes for Bank Director and discusses the concerns that bankers need to consider when choosing to work with correspondent banks that offer indirect swaps to their borrowers.

The major U.S. equity indices marched higher on the week, setting fresh all-time highs, as Democratic Party victories in the two Georgia Senate runoff elections gained the party control of the Senate fueling hopes for increased fiscal stimulus.

The CEO of a community bank who actively offers indirect swaps to borrowers contacted Chatham and was looking to analyze pricing. They wanted better visibility into the economics of a $6.8M transaction the bank had recently executed.