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Read this article: CECL and Credit in Recession [White Paper]

This May 2025 white paper breaks down the warning signs of a recession—like rising unemployment and shifts in credit scores—and shows how these changes ripple through loan performance. With insights from the 2008 crisis and today’s economic risks, it explains how Wilary Winn’s CECL model helps financial institutions stay ahead by predicting losses before they hit.

Read this article: Secondary Market Agricultural Loan Servicing and Accounting Implications [White Paper]

This November 2024 white paper provides insight into agricultural loan programs and the servicing rights arising from the sale of whole loans or loan participations.

Read this article: Understanding Duration Analysis [White Paper]

This Wilary Winn white paper examines duration analysis in ALM and its significance for institutions in strategically managing interest rate risk, optimizing capital allocation, and enhancing profitability.

Read this article: FDIC Training on CECL & Liquidity [PowerPoint]

This Wilary Winn-led training for the FDIC provides insights on CECL as well as liquidity risk management in a regulatory context, compares CECL models, and gives actionable guidance.

Read this article: Bank Merger and Acquisition Activity [White Paper]

Providing an overall perspective of the banking merger and acquisition marketplace, this September 2024 white paper includes industry-wide data on bank mergers and acquisitions since 2000, with a focus on 2022-2024.

Read this article: Beyond CECL Compliance: Leveraging CECL to Enhance Risk Management [White Paper]

Released in August 2024, this white paper explores the crucial opportunity that CECL provides institutions when used as a strategic tool to enhance risk management practices.

Read this article: Insights From the SBA 7(a) Loan Program [White Paper]

This April 2024 white paper examines the historical trends from the SBA 7(a) loan program and analyzes sector-specific loan performance, informing risk management decisions for community financial institutions.

Read this article: The State of CECL in 2024 [White Paper]

This white paper describes credit quality metrics at financial institutions versus loss reserves across the industry and emphasizes the need for an adaptive, prospective CECL model.

Read this article: CECL Models: Comparing WARM to DCF [White Paper]

This December 2023 white paper compares the weighted average remaining maturity (“WARM”) and discounted cash flow (“DCF”) models used to estimate CECL reserves.

Read this article: M&A Accounting Implications in the Current Economic Environment [CUNA Finance Council PowerPoint]

This presentation, delivered at the CUNA Finance Council Conference in May 2023, focuses on the key accounting implications that a merger can have on credit union financial statements on day one and thereafter.