Asset/liability management

Asset/Liability Management
The task of managing funds of a financial institution to accomplish two goals: (a) to earn an adequate return on investment; and (b) to maintain a comfortable surplus of assets beyond liabilities.

Asset/liability management
Also called surplus management, the task of managing funds of a financial
institution to accomplish the two goals of a financial institution:
1) to earn an adequate return on funds invested, and
2) to maintain a ...

Asset/Liability Management
Definition 1.
A technique employed by companies in coordinating the management of assets and liabilities so that an adequate return may be earned.

ASSET/LIABILITY MANAGEMENT - a plan or program to control the difference (also known as spread or net i...
ASSET/LIABILITY MANAGEMENT (ALM) - Coordinated management of all of the financial risks inherent in the...

asset/liability management (ALM)
Coordinated management of all of the financial risks inherent in the business conducted by a financial institution.

Asset/liability management
The task of managing the funds of a financial institution to accomplish the two goals of a financial institution: (1) to earn an adequate return on funds invested and (2) to maintain a comfortable surplus of assets ...

Asset/Liability Management
A technique companies employ in coordinating the management of assets and liabilities so that an adequate return may be earned.
Also known as "surplus management." ...

Asset/Liability Management 16 Mar 2000
What types of risk should asset-liability management (ALM) encompass?
Market Value of Equity at Risk 20 Apr 1999
Are demand deposits long-term or short-term funding for a bank?

A useful indicator of the relative price volatility of securities due to a change in interest rates. used in asset/liability management.

risk, mainly related to fluctuations in foreign-exchange and interest rates. Derivative instruments include swaps, options, futures and forward contracts and are used by banks in two principal activities: sales/trading and asset/liability management.

See also: Expense, Asset allocation decision, Interest rate swap, Asset pricing model, Capital asset pricing model