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September 30, 2026
An ALM First Investment Perspective As forward-thinking institutions seek new ways to enhance their balance sheets, more financial professionals are being pitched opportunities that fall outside the traditional investment universe.…
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Building Speed, Trust and Governance in M&A Execution Credit union merger & acquisition (M&A) transactions are becoming more complex just as AI solutions are becoming more practical to implement. Recent…
View Article →August 26, 2026
NCUA's alert is about more than accounting On June 10, 2026, the NCUA issued an alert on the accounting treatment of annuity riders and limited partnerships that invest in life…
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Different Frameworks, Common Stress Liquidity and capital are often treated as separate disciplines. One focuses on cash flow sufficiency and funding capacity; the other on earnings, losses, and net worth…
View Article →August 5, 2026
Core deposit growth has been challenging for many financial institutions in recent years, leading to much discussion surrounding an ongoing “fight for deposits” within the industry. However, not all deposit…
View Article →July 28, 2026
Most mergers do not struggle because of poor strategy. M&A integration introduces complexity that no amount of planning can fully predict. Technology dependencies emerge unexpectedly. Data migration challenges surface at…
View Article →June 17, 2026
In this second blog of the four-part series, we’ll focus on the initiation phase of the deal cycle and the subsequent step of matchmaking. While several tools are included as…
View Article →April 29, 2026
There are moments when new technology arrives not only with a thunderclap, but also with a longer-term promise. In the case of agentic AI, that promise seems to be that…
View Article →April 7, 2026
Credit unions are facing a period in which policy, markets, and technology are interacting in ways that affect liquidity, capital, and member behavior simultaneously. At the ALM First Institute, these…
View Article →February 18, 2026
The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, the GENIUS Act, is landmark legislation. Signed in July 2025, it establishes the first federal framework for U.S. dollar payment…
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