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ROE Depends On:
• Equity Multiplier
• Leverage or Financing Policies
• Net Profit Margin
• Effectiveness of Expense Management
• Asset Utilization
• Portfolio Management Policies
Bank Risks
• Credit Risk
• Liquidity Risk
• Market Risk
• Interest Rate Risk
• Earnings Risk
• Solvency Risk
Asset-Liability Management
Relative
Dollar IS Gap
Interest-
Sensitive Gap Bank Size
P i
-D*
P (1 i)
Duration of an Asset portfolio
n
D A w i * D Ai
i 1
Where:
wi = the dollar amount of the ith asset divided by total assets
DAi = the duration of the ith asset in the portfolio
Change in the Value of a Bank’s
Net Worth
i i
NW - D A * * A - - D L * * L
(1 i) (1 i)
Duration Gap
TL
D DA - DL *
TA
Limitations of Duration Gap
Management
• Finding Assets and Liabilities of the Same Duration Can
be Difficult
• Some Assets and Liabilities May Have Patterns of Cash
Flows that are Not Well Defined
• Customer Prepayments May Distort the Expected Cash
Flows in Duration
• Customer Defaults May Distort the Expected Cash
Flows in Duration
• Convexity Can Cause Problems