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Advances Whitepaper Expanding Markets, Expanding Letter of Credit Uses Whether it's an opportunity to drive fee income and enhance ROE by backing a bond, supporting a self-insurance program, or covering a customer's performance obligation; it may be worth your while to explore some of these expanded uses of letters of credit. Advances Article Raising Wholesale Funds: “Things are Seldom What They Seem” Depending upon the interest rate environment or location on the yield curve, dividend-adjusted advance rates may or may not be comparable. You'll never know unless you run the dividend adjustment calculation. Advances Article How Can the Impact of Rising Rates on Your Investment Portfolio's Market Value Come Out in the Wash? Today, while no one can be certain of the direction of interest rates, the short-end of the yield curve is under the heavy influence of well-telegraphed Fed tightening. Letters of Credit Case Study Decreasing Securities Eligibility A financial institution has historically supported a portfolio with a high percentage of agency mortgage-backed and callable agency securities. Interest rates have dropped and many of these securities have paid down quickly or have been called. Letters of Credit Case Study The Forgotten Security Call Historically, a financial institution has collateralized a public unit deposit with a pledge of callable agency securities. A member subsequently receives notification that the callable bond will be called in five days, the next scheduled call date. Letters of Credit Case Study Diminishing Securities Availability for Collateralization With a recovering economy, a member is sustaining strong loan growth and has been decreasing its securities portfolio in order to fund a portion of that growth. An increasing percentage of the securities position has already been pledged to multiple public unit depositors. Letters of Credit Case Study A Strategic Review of Liquidity Coverage and Income In the wake of declining margins and a regulatory discussion, a financial institution's management team would like to review means of improving liquidity and income. An increasing portion of public unit deposits is being pledged via securities. Letters of Credit Whitepaper Public Unit Deposit Collateralization: Multiple Benefits to The FHLB Des Moines Member and to the Public Unit Depositor An FHLB Des Moines member institution requests a letter of credit via an application. Next, a letter of credit is generated in favor of a public unit. Once the letter of credit is in place, the member financial institution is set to generate funding from the public unit. Learn more in this article. Strategies Whitepaper The Impact of the Collateralization Method for Public Unit Deposit Letters of Credit on Liquidity Ratios and Income It is valuable for public unit depositories to consider the benefits of diversifying their methods of collateralization. Customized sensitivity analysis involving direction of collateralization away from securities and pledging in favor of letters of credit can yield positive results. Letters of Credit Webinar Standby Letters of Credit Webinar Did you know Standby Letters of Credit from Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines may provide an alternative source of collateral for securing Public Unit Deposits, thus improving your liquidity, income and efficiency? Affordable Housing Article Unlocking the Potential of Indian Country Recently Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines announced a $5 million grant to the Northwest Area Foundation to help further economic development on Native lands. Advances Article Advance Restructuring For Your Institution Did you know that it's possible to extend your liability prior to the maturity date? You have the ability to do this through the FHLB Des Moines by restructuring advances, also known as Blend & Extend.