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Asset-Liability Management by riskglossary.com; Asset - Liability Management System in banks - Guidelines Reserve Bank of India; Asset-liability Management: Issues and trends, R. Vaidyanathan, ASCI Journal of Management 29(1). 39-48; Price Waterhouse Coopers Status of balance sheet management practices among international banks 2009; Bank for ...
In finance, an asset–liability mismatch occurs when the financial terms of an institution's assets and liabilities do not correspond. Several types of mismatches are possible. An asset-liability mismatch presents a material risk at institutions with significant debt exposure, such as banks or sovereign governments.
Formally, the duration gap is the difference between the duration - i.e. the average maturity - of assets and liabilities held by a financial entity. [3] A related approach is to see the "duration gap" as the difference in the price sensitivity of interest-yielding assets and the price sensitivity of liabilities (of the organization) to a change in market interest rates (yields).
Collateral management is the method of granting, verifying, and giving advice on collateral transactions in order to reduce credit risk in unsecured financial transactions. The fundamental idea of collateral management is very simple, that is cash or securities are passed from one counterparty to another as security for a credit exposure. [ 9 ]
Asset/liability modeling is an approach to examining pension risks and allows the sponsor to set informed policies for funding, benefit design and asset allocation. Asset/liability modeling goes beyond the traditional, asset-only analysis of the asset-allocation decision. Traditional asset-only models analyze risk and rewards in terms of ...
An accurate knowledge of these charges and credits is also critical to asset and liability management (ALM), and to the management of overall interest rate-and liquidity risk. [13] It is also of increased relevance re regulatory requirements, as banks are expected to state their funding costs accurately, as these affect the bank's liquidity ...
In this case, the bank is debiting an asset and crediting a liability, which means that both increase. When cash is withdrawn from a bank, the opposite happens: the bank "credits" its cash account and "debits" its deposits account. In this case, the bank is crediting an asset and debiting a liability, which means that both decrease.
Treasury is then responsible for managing financial assets and liabilities, ensuring sufficient liquidity, and "capitalizing on market opportunities" [2] to maximize profitability. Most large banks thus maintain dedicated Treasury Management departments. These will, in turn, operate the following areas or desks: