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| In summary, we continue to be optimistic about loan growth for the balance of 2023, and we believe our diversified portfolio and position within the competitive landscape will allow us to grow within our guidance of mid to high single digits and maintain our credit discipline |
| Just to wrap up our prepared remarks, we continue to believe that we're very well positioned, perhaps uniquely positioned to take advantage of the current environment with our diverse businesses |
| From our standpoint, a very solid result with good loan and deposit growth and continued good credit performance |
| We continue to benefit from a loan portfolio that prices relatively quickly |
| We feel like we've managed well through a somewhat turbulent period thus far in 2023, delivering net income that was a record for the first nine-month period of any fiscal year in the history of the company, and we have a positive outlook for continued growth in assets, revenues and earnings |
| So in summary, this was a very solid quarter with strong loan and deposit growth, improved liquidity position, stabilized net interest margin with a steady outlook, a record level of net revenues, continued low levels of non-performing assets and the second highest quarterly net income result in the company's history |
| And as a result, we continue to add clients and create long-term franchise value |
| Commercial premium finance volumes remain strong as we continue to see a significantly harder market for insurance premiums, particularly for commercial properties, resulting in higher average loan sizes |
| Our liquidity position remains strong |
| So we continue to be pretty bullish about growing that portfolio, particularly on the core side, we really see a lot of nice opportunities right now |
| Again, overall, a solid quarter, which we believe will compare well and, in fact, may differentiate us relative to many of our competitors |
| Finally, we saw good growth in commercial real estate, largely from draws on existing construction loans, and our leasing group had another solid quarter |
| We think we're uniquely positioned to take advantage of opportunities that we're seeing in the market |
| So it's very positive |
| This provides momentum into the fourth quarter |
| This strong deposit growth helped to fund solid loan growth of $423 million during the third quarter |
| As noted earlier, credit performance continued to be very solid in the third quarter from a number of perspectives |
| This growth in the -- expected growth in the balance sheet and the relatively stable net interest margin should allow for future growth of our net interest income in the fourth quarter |
| Commercial premium finance should continue to show solid growth |
| Our core C&I pipelines look very good, and our leasing teams continue to see significant demand in the market |
| Overall, it was a very successful quarter in the growth of our franchise, our differentiated business model, exceptional service, and the unique positioning that we have in Chicago and Milwaukee markets continues to serve us well |
| As we have noted previously, we are not immune for the macro effects that challenge this product type, but we believe our portfolio is well constructed, very granular and should perform well moving forward |
| Overall, NPLs continue to be at historically low levels, and we are confident about solid credit performance of the portfolio going forward |
| So we have a unique position here that we think we can take advantage of |
| From a credit quality perspective, as detailed on Slide 13, we continue to see strong credit performance across the portfolio |
| And as we have noted on prior calls, we continue to benefit from disruptions in the banking landscape, and have seen numerous quality opportunities in our core businesses |
| The ACL on the core book at 1.51%, obviously very strong |
| Again, our portfolio is not immune from the rising effects -- from the effects of rising rates or the market forces behind lease rates, but we have been diligently identifying weaknesses in the portfolio and working with our borrowers to identify the best possible outcomes, and we believe that our portfolio is in reasonably good shape and situated to weather the challenges ahead |
| Although the last several quarters, we've taken steps to achieve an interest rate sensitivity position much closer to neutral, we will benefit from rates that may be higher for longer |
| First, with respect to the balance sheet growth, we were again pleased to see deposits for the quarter grew by approximately $1 billion or 9% on an annualized basis |
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| Higher borrowing costs and pressure on occupancy and lease rates are cause for concern, particularly in the office category |
| Now, there are a few primary reasons for the increases which are related to the negative impacts of, one, occupancy cost of approximately $2.9 million from the impairment of two company-owned buildings that are no longer being used |
| The net interest margin was 3.62% in the third quarter, which was just 4 basis points less than the prior quarter level of 3.66% |
| But the -- and we do think that loans within our P&C portfolio that apply to transportation will have a little bit more pressure, and you still may see ongoing defaults |
| Obviously, the Fed kills the economy and loan growth slows quite a bit, that would have an impact |
| In the P&C side, we are seeing a little bit more stress in the transportation area |
| Rich noted some evidence of slowing economic activity |
| Offsetting this growth will be continued pressure on line utilization, which is down to 37% as higher borrowing costs have negatively affected usage for the past several quarters, and we anticipate that higher borrowing costs will continue to cause borrowers to reconsider the economics of new projects, business expansion and equipment purchases |
| So it's -- in that situation, there is some economic deterioration that is causing more of those numbers to go 90 days past due |
| Charge-offs for the quarter were $8.1 million or 8 basis points, down from $17 million in the second quarter |
| The lower provision expense in the third quarter relative to the second quarter was primarily a result of lower net loan growth during the third quarter |
| We think that is a little bit of a misleading number, because whether it's a loan to value add based on time of origination or people are getting loans reappraised, we think it's a little bit of a misrepresentative number |
| From a market standpoint, we continue to see isolated disruption among competitors |
| Three of the four basis points of the decline was due to the impact of our interest rate hedging strategies, which are designed to protect our net interest income if interest rates decline |
| But we're pretty disciplined and some of these portfolios are challenged from a pricing perspective |
| And as I said, actually, our non-interest expenses, even with that $6 million in there, as a percent of average assets was down a little bit this quarter |
| Our margin at 3.62% was within the range we expected, down essentially just for the impact of our hedging activities |
| Similarly, that with a lot of the -- David, as you know, in Chicago, we've had a tremendous amount of disruption with the players in Chicago, and we're seeing lots of opportunities on the C&I side for companies that we've been actively trying to bring over for some time |
| Now that slowed down |
| And that's when we talk about this, being in a narrow band as you get into some of these other factors, it gets a little bit harder to project exactly |
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