Discounted cash flow analysis is a common valuation technique and Wilary Winn uses this approach for nearly all of our services. To project lifetime cash flows for a loan, we […]

By narrowly defining asset and liability management (“ALM”) as the process of monitoring, managing and anticipating the interest rate and liquidity risks that arise under various interest rate scenarios on […]

Update to original November 6, 2013 Post: As expected, on November 25, 2013, FASB endorsed the PCC’s recommended accounting alternatives for goodwill and “vanilla” interest-rates swaps. The final ASUs have […]

The Financial Accounting Standards Board recently issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU), Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Subtopic 825-15), which introduces the concept of the Current Expected Credit Loss […]

Demand for vehicle loans has been increasing as the recovery gains ground. Vehicle lending trends over the last couple years include an increase in sub-prime lending, higher LTVs at origination, […]

As part of the changes required by Dodd-Frank, effective January 1, financial institutions can no longer rely solely on the rating agencies to assess the risk of the investment securities […]