NCUA Board to Deal With Interest Rate Risk, Loan Workouts, Derivatives

First meeting of 2012 set for next week, includes issues of considerable importance to credit unions.

The agency said in its proposed rule that federally insured credit unions with assets of more than $50 million and smaller ones with potentially risky loan portfolios are required to have policies to evaluate the institution’s interest rate risk exposure, set risk limits and test for interest rate shocks.

Federally insured credit unions with assets of $10 million to $50 million would have to comply if they hold first mortgages and investments with maturities greater than five years that are equal to or greater than 100% of their net worth.

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