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By Leonard J. DeRoma, Invictus CFO We recently published a post by my partner, Adam Mustafa, noting that AFS bond portfolio losses across the industry reached record levels in the first quarter of 2022. While the increases in interest rates are nowhere near (yet) what ...
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By Adam Mustafa, Invictus Group CEO The bond portfolios of community banks are on fire right now, in a very bad way.  With 99 percent of community banks filing their first quarter Call Reports for 2022 as of the date of this article, we now ...
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By Adam Mustafa, Invictus Group CEO The Federal Reserve just released the severely adverse economic scenario for the required Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) stress tests for the largest banks in the country. The annual tests determine each large bank’s minimum capital requirement, so ...
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Executive Summary Concentration management is becoming a dynamic and data-driven process in the post-pandemic world. Community banks that have always managed their concentrations by simply throwing darts at a board will find themselves in the regulatory crosshairs if they don’t adapt to the new paradigm ...
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Concentration management is becoming a dynamic and data-driven process in the post-pandemic world. Community banks that have always managed their concentrations by simply throwing darts at a board will find themselves in the regulatory crosshairs if they don’t adapt to the new paradigm. More importantly, ...
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By Adam Mustafa, Invictus Group CEO Most community banks have barely gotten started down the CECL road as of mid-September 2021. The primary reason is simple. The individuals responsible for implementing CECL at your bank have bigger fires to fight right now. Whether it's responding ...
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Many community bankers and their boards are entering the post-pandemic world blindfolded. The pandemic had an uneven impact on industries within their geographic footprints, and there is no historical precedent for how recovery will take shape. Government intervention has propped up many small businesses, disguising ...
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The clock is starting to tick for community banks that must adopt the CECL standard by January 1, 2023. It’s mid-August and many banks still have not picked a software or consulting partner to assist them on this journey. Banks in this situation have no ...
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As community and regional bank mergers and acquisitions accelerate in the post-pandemic world, the advisory process “will require an altered approach,” argues bank consultant Joe Fenech in a blog post this week. Understanding a bank’s strategic planning process, as well as its opportunities and challenges, ...
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By Adam Mustafa, Invictus Group CEO The 2020 Pandemic marks the end of the post-2008 recovery business cycle for the banking industry and the economy as a whole. As we enter the post-pandemic economy, community banks across the country are struggling with how to project ...
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