Kohn to Speak About Interest Rate Risk

Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Donald Kohn will be among the speakers Jan. 29 at a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. conference on interest rate risk.

The symposium, to be held at the agency's complex in Arlington, Va., will address various subjects related to banks' potential exposure to the likely rise in short-term interest rates in 2010.

Topics will include strategies for managing interest rate risk at banks of all sizes, issues related to extending maturities on liabilities to mitigate risk and the FDIC's supervisory view on banks' management of interest rate risk.

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