Meeting Current Needs Aug 01st 2013 03:08am on Membership, Products/Services Meeting Current Needs Aug 01st 2013 03:08am on Membership, Products/Services ICBA MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS | Product and Service Programs ICBA’s product and service programs work overtime to help community banks generate new revenue and deal with regulations By Katie Kuehner-Hebert With net interest margins as tight as can be, community banks more than ever have to find alternative products and services to boost not only interest […]
I Think, Therefore I Invest Aug 01st 2013 02:08am on Uncategorized One person’s take on bank portfolio investment opportunities By Jim Reber I wouldn’t take umbrage to an investor commenting that it’s easy for a broker to make recommendations, since the broker doesn’t have to live with the consequences. I know I wouldn’t, because I’ve had community bankers say that very thing to me on a […]
Defense! Defense! Jul 01st 2013 03:07pm on Uncategorized Portfolio investing with an eye on future interest rates By Jim Reber At the recently concluded National Basketball Association playoffs, home crowds could be heard chanting the familiar “Dee-fense! Dee-fense!” exhorting their heroes to throttle the opponent’s offense. Community bank portfolio managers can also employ this strategy, without inhibiting their ability to score. The technique […]
Since You Asked … Jun 01st 2013 09:06pm on Uncategorized A compendium of recent portfolio-investment questions from community bankers By Jim Reber It pleases me greatly that so many of you have participated in our multifaceted education efforts. ICBA has built a solid reputation for delivering training that responds to community bankers’ needs, and the ICBA education department has seen fit to ask us to […]
