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| Overall, we expect to see a significant improvement in fee income over the next 12 months |
| Overall, we've been very pleased with our success recruiting bankers to MidWestOne and the client relationships that they are generating |
| To conclude, we've made substantial progress executing our strategic initiatives over the last two quarters as we work to create the foundation to become a high-performing bank that delivers consistent financial results |
| That said, our credit risk profile remains solid with low net charge-offs of only 4 basis points and the leading indicator of 30-plus day delinquency at a very low 16 basis point |
| I'm very proud of their hard work and excited for what the future holds for our team, our customers, and all of our stakeholders |
| Expense control is a key focus of our management team, and we are very pleased with our execution |
| We are pleased with the third quarter having generated strong core deposit growth as highlighted on Slide 6 |
| Our commercial banking team is driving strong growth on the asset side of the balance sheet, too |
| I'm very pleased in terms of the strategic plan execution that we've laid out from April to here in the end of September |
| Importantly, this merger accelerates our Denver market growth by three years to four years, while enabling us to more effectively recruit bankers to further accelerate our already attractive growth trajectory |
| If rates come down by 150 basis points, our efficiency ratio will be better than it is today |
| Here in the third quarter, we made strong progress as we named a new Director of Treasury Management, combined our sales and service organizations, promoted a team sales leader, and recruited two additional experienced Treasury Management salespeople in our metro markets |
| The commercial team also helped our borrowers navigate the current interest rate environment, generating $600,000 of swap income in the quarter |
| We are very excited to be able to attract such a talented lender to lead our middle market team |
| As Chip discussed, improving our efficiency in operations, including cost reductions, is a key pillar of our strategic plan and our lower expenses in the third quarter reflected our focus on expense management |
| I'm very pleased with the initial results of our operating expense review, which can be seen in our third quarter non-interest expense performance |
| I'd also point out on the renewal side, that's been nice for us |
| As Slide 9 shows, we are well positioned with a diversified loan portfolio without outsized concentration in CRE and only 3.7% in non-owner occupied office exposure |
| We are pleased that our weighted average coupon of new commercial originations in the third quarter was 7.49%, up from 6.85% in the second quarter |
| As Chip mentioned, we see an opportunity to further grow our wealth business with talent additions at the executive leader and relationship management levels |
| Denver accounted for more than half of the growth and Twin Cities continues to show steady progress |
| Looking forward, we expect to deliver mid-single digit loan growth in the fourth quarter before reaccelerating to high single digit growth in both 2024 and 2025 |
| So that really positions us well to be able to work with the receiver to manage that asset to a conclusion |
| Strength in the third quarter was led by commercial real estate loans, which increased $41.4 million or 8% annualized from the linked quarter |
| Sometime in the future, senior living assets take a while to work through and get moved on, but we feel confident that we have a clear path |
| The overall portfolio yield was 5.19%, a 14 basis point improvement from the linked quarter |
| We believe that will continue at a good pace, perhaps around the same levels |
| Turning to our wealth management business, our focus has been to build our wealth business through team liftouts, like the recruiting of the wealth teams in the Twin Cities and Cedar Rapids, which has contributed to significant asset growth over the last several years |
| Looking forward, we'll be reinvesting a portion of these cost saves into people and capabilities to accelerate revenue, while also continuing to look for further expense saves and operational efficiencies |
| Our September announcement of the sale of our Florida operations with the proceeds reinvested into the acquisition of Denver Bankshares is a significant step towards the realization of our goals |
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| Turning to the income statement, on Slide 15, net interest income declined $2.4 million in the third quarter to $34.6 million as compared to the linked quarter due primarily to higher funding costs and volumes and lower interest earning asset volumes, partially offset by higher interest earning asset yields |
| Our tax equivalent net interest margin declined 17 basis points to 2.35% in the third quarter as compared to 2.52% in the linked quarter |
| And so, I guess I'll just say it's going to be difficult to maintain the efficiency ratio until we start to see some relief on the rate side |
| Despite a difficult interest rate environment, which continues to impact our net interest margin, I could not be more pleased with our strategic plan execution as outlined on Slide 5 |
| While we have more to do, I could not be more pleased with the successes that we've achieved |
| So Chip, is it really just the interest rate environment and the pressure on net interest income that's going to keep the ROA below that target or are there some other things that I'm not -- I just can't see as an outsider |
| As I previewed last quarter, we did expect loan growth to moderate in the third quarter to the mid-single digits, given the general economic outlook and our own selectivity |
| I know it's difficult |
| They were CRE assets, specifically office and multifamily, and we recognized potential weakness in those credits |
| The rising interest rate environment continued to pressure deposit costs and our total funding costs in the third quarter |
| But Barry, from an efficiency ratio? Barry Ray Yeah, I think from an efficiency ratio, Brian, the challenge on the efficiency ratio is going to be the revenue side of the house on that |
| I was trying to follow along there, but can you help us think about the fourth quarter expense run rate? I know in the third quarter there were some medical insurance benefits that contributed to a bit of a decline |
| Our NIM in the third quarter continued to be impacted by the Federal Reserve's rising interest rates resulting in an increase in our funding costs, which significantly outpaced the increase of 12 basis points in our total interest earning asset yields |
| Taken together, total deposits declined $82.1 million to $5.36 billion at September 30th as compared to June 30th |
| As outlined on Slide 8, our asset quality metrics were impacted by one senior living credit that was moved to non-accrual, which drove the rise in our non-performing assets |
| Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are interest rates, changes in the mix of the company's business, competitive pressures, general economic conditions, and the risk factors detailed in the company's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Finishing with expenses, total noninterest expense in the third quarter was $31.5 million, a decrease of $3.4 million or 9.7% from the length quarter |
| So we still have some run rates, if you want to call it, reduction from that |
| It has moved up a little bit |
| Importantly, none of this would be possible without our employees continued commitment to our company, customers and communities, while in the midst of significant change |
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