Bond Analytics

For Northland Fixed Income customers, we offer a Portfolio Analytics Report (PARs) for bank bond portfolios. The reporting system is designed to provide bank portfolio managers with insight into the current portfolio composition and market conditions. Based on this information, banks will be better able to develop an action plan that optimizes returns within their specific risk tolerance.

• PARs focuses on expected portfolio cash flows so that portfolio managers can properly match those cash flows with the rest of the bank's balance sheet. For most metrics, graphs are included to visually display the portfolio's characteristics.
• Purchases in the portfolio are compared against current market rates.
• PARs also assists portfolio managers with allocating dollars to strategic sectors of the portfolio, first covering liquidity needs (included expected loan funding) and then seeking yield after liquidity has been met. This information helps answer the core question of how many dollars should be invested in order to maximize yield while still meeting all liquidity needs.
• All municipal holdings are allocated by current rating.
• Holdings are also allocated by issuer.
• Market information is provided for context for all portfolio decisions.
• The portfolio performance is compared to peer performance by sector allocation and purchase timing.
• In addition to the framework for an Action Plan, PARs provides CUSIP level detail on the entire portfolio.

Contact us to see if PARs can help transform your investment process.