Topics @ Focus Forum
- Economic & Market Awareness - 80 articles
- Dr. Edmond Seifried’s regular economic and market commentary can help support your institution’s pursuit of economic awareness. His coverage monitors the national economic landscape and helps facilitate more informed decision making at all levels of the institution.
- Strategic Planning - 58 articles
- The creation of a strategic and tactical plan is vital for increasing a bank's value. Typically, banks set return on equity goals for shareholders that need to be met through the growth of assets and earnings. The strategic planning process should also work to optimize risk and return for the institution.
- Risk Management - 52 articles
- Risk management is a tough subject to easily make sense of. Our coverage is dedicated to demystifying the strategic application of outsourced modeling, model reviews, ALCO policy reviews, and other asset/liability management tools to help institutions increase long-term shareholder value.
- Board & Executive Education - 50 articles
- The key to an informed and empowered executive management team and board is education. Our coverage translates the most current and complex of subjects into a common-sense language to facilitate vital discourse at your institution.
- Investment Management - 35 articles
- An investment strategy for a financial institution needs to balance the firm's business model with the opportunities found in the capital markets. m.rae provides research on how to structure the portfolio to meet income and liquidity objectives, while helping to lower the bank's taxes.
- Compliance & Regulatory Issues - 28 articles
- Every bank has its stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and...yes, the regulator. Our coverage brings the compliance and regulatory issues institutions are facing into focus and aims to help you remain one step ahead of your regulator.
- Bank Analytics & Performance - 26 articles
- A bank’s key performance statistics should be managed through its balance sheet and income statement. Our coverage encompasses net overhead, peer analyses, and capital planning to support the management of the bank through sound analytics.
- Core Deposits - 18 articles
- High-performing institutions attract, maintain, and leverage core deposits. Our coverage discusses why these institutions tactically outperform their peers at growing core deposits and provided education on the tools best suited to evaluating where an institution may need development.
- Leadership Education & Training - 17 articles
- The ability to achieve long-term value resides with an institution’s core, its front line people. The facilitation of leadership-thinking, the creation of sole proprietorships within your bank, and the advancement of people, all begin at the top and are significant determinants of your success. Our coverage in this area supports the execution of your strategic goals.
- Tax Efficiency - 4 articles
- About 40% of the banks in the nation are paying too much tax and many may not even realize it. Our coverage of this subject discusses the conservative tactics available to banks to set and maintain a strategy for tax efficiency.