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Article: Investment Cash Flows and Liquidity Management
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- Hoosier Banker
- Article date:
- December 1, 2007
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Community bank balance sheets are constantly changing. Cash balances flow into and out of different accounts, new loans are made, new deposits are gathered, and securities are purchased or sold on a daily basis. To a large extent, bank financial performance is a result of the successful control of these dynamic cash flows. Indeed, from a regulatory standpoint, modern liquidity management processes should include cash-flow modeling in order to determine potential liquidity needs in different scenarios.
Well-run banks will utilize a riskmanagement approach that captures the most important aspects of cashflow analysis and gives a clear picture of risk and reward. This requires a top-down ...