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Chapter. 7. Asset-Liability Management: The Concept of Duration and Managing a Bank’s Duration Gap. This chapter introduces us to yet another way to measure a bank’s exposure to loss from changes in interest rates – the concept of
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Chapter 7 Asset-Liability Management: The Concept of Duration and Managing a Bank’s Duration Gap This chapter introduces us to yet another way to measure a bank’s exposure to loss from changes in interest rates – the concept of duration. We also see how bankers use duration analysis as a management weapon, offsetting the potentially damaging effects of rising or falling market interest rates.
The Concept of Duration Duration is the Weighted Average Maturity of a Promised Stream of Future Cash Flows
Convexity The Rate of Change in an Asset’s Price or Value Varies with the Level of Interest Rates or Yields
Duration of an Asset portfolio Where: wi = the dollar amount of the ith asset divided by total assets DAi = the duration of the ith asset in the portfolio
Duration of a Liability Portfolio Where: wi = the dollar amount of the ith liability divided by total liabilities DLi = the duration of the ith liability in the portfolio
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