According to the latest Investment Trends Review published by TRUST for Credit Unions, total credit union investment portfolios decreased from the previous quarter but were up slightly year-over-year as of June 30, 2016.
Total Credit Union Investments
Continued Loan Demand Draws Down Balances
As of June 30, 2016, credit unions held $366.9 billion in investments, a 3.7% decrease from the first quarter total of $381.1 billion. Total credit union assets expanded 1.3% over the same period while loan balances increased at a faster rate of 3.1% due to investments being diverted to relatively higher yielding loan products.
The industry’s loan-to-share ratio increased 2.2 percentage points from June 2015 to 77.7%. Investment balances are up slightly from the same period one year ago, 0.7%, from the second quarter of 2015.
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
FOR U.S. CREDIT UNIONS | DATA AS OF 06.30.16
Callahan Associates | www.creditunions.com
Source: Peer-to-Peer Analytics by Callahan Associates.
Investment Composition
Decrease In Fed Balances Drags Down Portfolio Growth
The net $13.9 billion decrease in investments and cash for the quarter was largely due to a $9.2 billion decline in cash at other financial institutions (Fed balances), which fell from $75.9 billion to $66.7 billion. Cash in corporate credit union and agency non-MBS also contracted over the period, falling $3.2 billion and $3.8 billion, respectively.
Agency MBS increased from $99.0 billion to $100.8 billion, and account for 26.7% of total credit union investments. Collectively, agency debt and MBS continue to be the preferred investments, representing 46.1% of the investment portfolio.
INVESTMENT COMPOSITION
FOR U.S. CREDIT UNIONS | DATA AS OF 06.30.16
Callahan Associates | www.creditunions.com
Source: Peer-to-Peer Analytics by Callahan Associates
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