March 2002
Intermediate to advanced
176 pages
3h 48m
English
The impact of interest rate fluctuations on the profitability of e-Bank can be represented as shown in Figure 12.1.

The specialists in the bank provide an interest rate forecast (the expected interest rate) and the accounting department calculates the ‘pro forma’ profitability given that forecast. As a risk manager, you need to understand how the profit will be affected if the forecast is wrong. In Figure 12.1, profitability goes down when the interest rate increases, while profit goes up if the interest rate goes down. This is only an example, ...
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