10-Q 1 ind3311210q.htm IND 3/31/12 10Q



 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q
 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2012

OR

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number:  000-51404
 
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF INDIANAPOLIS
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Federally chartered corporation
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
35-6001443
(I.R.S. employer identification number)
8250 Woodfield Crossing Boulevard
Indianapolis, IN
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
46240
(Zip code)
(317) 465-0200
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing for the past 90 days.

x  Yes            o  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

x   Yes            o  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
o  Large accelerated filer
o  Accelerated filer
x Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
o  Smaller reporting company

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
o  Yes            x  No

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
 
Shares outstanding
as of April 30, 2012

Class B Stock, par value $100
20,349,940




Table of Contents
Page
 
 
Number
PART I.
 
Item 1.
 
 
Statements of Condition as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011
 
Statements of Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011
 
 
Statements of Capital for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011
 
Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 2.
 
 
 
 
 
Results of Operations and Changes in Financial Condition
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 3.
Item 4.
PART II.
 
Item 1.
Item 1A.
Item 6.
 
 
Exhibit 31.1
 
 
Exhibit 31.2
 
 
Exhibit 31.3
 
 
Exhibit 32
 
 





PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
Statements of Condition
(Unaudited, $ amounts and shares in thousands, except par value)
 
March 31,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
Assets:
 
 
 
Cash and Due from Banks
$
301,367

 
$
512,682

Interest-Bearing Deposits
144

 
15

Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell
1,750,000

 

Federal Funds Sold
2,105,000

 
3,422,000

Available-for-Sale Securities (Note 3)
3,336,755

 
2,949,446

Held-to-Maturity Securities (Estimated Fair Values of $8,112,824 and $8,972,081, respectively) (Note 4)
7,957,238

 
8,832,178

Advances (Note 6)
18,042,308

 
18,567,702

Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio, net (Notes 7 and 8)
5,840,182

 
5,955,142

Accrued Interest Receivable
88,776

 
87,314

Premises, Software, and Equipment, net
12,344

 
12,626

Derivative Assets, net (Note 9)
317

 
493

Other Assets
34,930

 
35,892

Total Assets
$
39,469,361

 
$
40,375,490

 
 
 
 
Liabilities:
 

 
 
Deposits:
 

 
 
Interest-Bearing
$
1,302,142

 
$
620,702

Non-Interest-Bearing
10,140

 
8,764

Total Deposits
1,312,282

 
629,466

Consolidated Obligations (Note 10):
 

 
 
Discount Notes
5,968,864

 
6,536,109

Bonds
29,337,472

 
30,358,210

Total Consolidated Obligations, net
35,306,336

 
36,894,319

Accrued Interest Payable
103,142

 
102,060

Affordable Housing Program Payable
35,598

 
32,845

Derivative Liabilities, net (Note 9)
125,435

 
174,573

Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock (Note 11)
457,425

 
453,885

Other Liabilities
119,500

 
141,154

Total Liabilities
37,459,718

 
38,428,302

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 15)


 


Capital (Note 11):
 

 
 
Capital Stock Putable (at par value of $100 per share):
 
 
 
Class B-1, issued and outstanding shares: 15,610 and 15,592, respectively
1,560,952

 
1,559,196

Class B-2, issued and outstanding shares: 40 and 39, respectively
3,968

 
3,860

Total Capital Stock Putable
1,564,920

 
1,563,056

Retained Earnings:
 
 
 
Unrestricted
505,885

 
484,511

Restricted
21,452

 
13,162

Total Retained Earnings
527,337

 
497,673

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Note 12)
(82,614
)
 
(113,541
)
Total Capital
2,009,643

 
1,947,188

Total Liabilities and Capital
$
39,469,361

 
$
40,375,490


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

1



Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
Statements of Income
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands)
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
Interest Income:
 
 
 
 
Advances
 
$
45,369

 
$
41,148

Prepayment Fees on Advances, net
 
474

 
1,134

Interest-Bearing Deposits
 
194

 
10

Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell
 
636

 
589

Federal Funds Sold
 
387

 
2,941

Available-for-Sale Securities
 
10,459

 
14,877

Held-to-Maturity Securities
 
43,992

 
45,513

Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio, net
 
69,231

 
80,129

Other, net
 
941

 
521

Total Interest Income
 
171,683

 
186,862

Interest Expense:
 
 
 
 
Consolidated Obligation Discount Notes
 
792

 
3,199

Consolidated Obligation Bonds
 
104,107

 
118,520

Deposits
 
30

 
73

Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock
 
3,911

 
4,825

Total Interest Expense
 
108,840

 
126,617

Net Interest Income
 
62,843

 
60,245

Provision for Credit Losses
 
419

 
976

Net Interest Income After Provision for Credit Losses
 
62,424

 
59,269

Other Income (Loss):
 
 
 
 
Total Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Losses
 
(6
)
 
(2,972
)
Non-Credit Portion Reclassified to (from) Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net
 
(3,282
)
 
(15,409
)
Net Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Losses, credit portion
 
(3,288
)
 
(18,381
)
Net Gains (Losses) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities
 
1,176

 
(127
)
Service Fees
 
233

 
263

Standby Letters of Credit Fees
 
249

 
338

Loss on Extinguishment of Debt
 

 
(397
)
Other, net
 
277

 
182

Total Other Income (Loss)
 
(1,353
)
 
(18,122
)
Other Expenses:
 
 
 
 
Compensation and Benefits
 
8,767

 
8,743

Other Operating Expenses
 
3,930

 
2,830

Federal Housing Finance Agency
 
1,010

 
916

Office of Finance
 
675

 
821

Other
 
198

 
255

Total Other Expenses
 
14,580

 
13,565

Income Before Assessments
 
46,491

 
27,582

Assessments:
 
 
 
 
Affordable Housing Program
 
5,040

 
2,744

Resolution Funding Corporation
 

 
4,968

Total Assessments
 
5,040

 
7,712

Net Income
 
$
41,451

 
$
19,870


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

2



Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
Statements of Comprehensive Income
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands)
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
Net Income
 
$
41,451

 
$
19,870

 
 
 
 
 
Other Comprehensive Income:
 
 
 
 
Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Securities
 
(3,416
)
 
4,263

 
 
 
 
 
Non-Credit Portion of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Losses on Available-for-Sale Securities:
 
 
 
 
Non-Credit Portion
 

 
(2,331
)
Net Change in Fair Value Not in Excess of Cumulative Non-Credit Losses
 
26,602

 
5,266

Unrealized Gains (Losses)
 
4,124

 
3,837

Reclassification of Non-Credit Portion to Other Income (Loss)
 
3,286

 
17,740

Net Non-Credit Portion of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Losses on Available-for-Sale Securities
 
34,012

 
24,512

 
 
 
 
 
Non-Credit Portion of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Losses on Held-to-Maturity Securities:
 
 
 
 
Non-Credit Portion
 
(4
)
 

Accretion of Non-Credit Portion
 
27

 
1,070

Net Non-Credit Portion of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Losses on Held-to-Maturity Securities
 
23

 
1,070

 
 
 
 
 
Pension Benefits
 
308

 
292

 
 
 
 
 
Total Other Comprehensive Income
 
30,927

 
30,137

 
 
 
 
 
Total Comprehensive Income
 
$
72,378

 
$
50,007



The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

3



Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
Statements of Capital
Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 and 2012
(Unaudited, $ amounts and shares in thousands)

 
 
Capital Stock
Class B
Putable
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 
Total
Capital
 
 
Shares
 
Par Value
 
Unrestricted
 
Restricted
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, December 31, 2010
 
16,101

 
$
1,610,060

 
$
427,557

 
$

 
$
427,557

 
$
(90,246
)
 
$
1,947,371

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from Sale of Capital Stock
 
142

 
14,243

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14,243

Repurchase/Redemption of Capital Stock
 
(100
)
 
(10,000
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(10,000
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Comprehensive Income
 
 
 
 
 
19,870

 

 
19,870

 
30,137

 
50,007

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash Dividends on Capital Stock
(2.50% annualized)
 
 
 
 
 
(10,558
)
 

 
(10,558
)
 
 
 
(10,558
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, March 31, 2011
 
16,143

 
$
1,614,303

 
$
436,869

 
$

 
$
436,869

 
$
(60,109
)
 
$
1,991,063

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, December 31, 2011
 
15,631

 
$
1,563,056

 
$
484,511

 
$
13,162

 
$
497,673

 
$
(113,541
)
 
$
1,947,188

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from Sale of Capital Stock
 
54

 
5,377

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5,377

Net Shares Reclassified to Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock
 
(35
)
 
(3,513
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(3,513
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Comprehensive Income
 
 
 
 
 
33,161

 
8,290

 
41,451

 
30,927

 
72,378

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Distributions on Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock
 
 
 
 
 
(27
)
 

 
(27
)
 
 
 
(27
)
Cash Dividends on Capital Stock
(3.00% annualized)
 
 
 
 
 
(11,760
)
 

 
(11,760
)
 
 
 
(11,760
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, March 31, 2012
 
15,650

 
$
1,564,920

 
$
505,885

 
$
21,452

 
$
527,337

 
$
(82,614
)
 
$
2,009,643




The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

4



Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
 
2012
 
2011 (1)
Operating Activities:
 
 
 
Net Income
$
41,451

 
$
19,870

Adjustments to reconcile Net Income to Net Cash provided by Operating Activities:
 
 
 
Depreciation and Amortization
(5,593
)
 
9,260

Change in Net Derivatives and Hedging Activities
16,728

 
10,158

Net Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Losses, credit portion
3,288

 
18,381

Loss on Extinguishment of Debt

 
397

Provision for Credit Losses
419

 
976

Changes in:
 
 
 
Accrued Interest Receivable (adjusted for capitalized interest)
(1,489
)
 
6,484

Other Assets
(519
)
 
(438
)
Accrued Interest Payable
1,082

 
10,506

Other Liabilities
(1,836
)
 
(7,602
)
Total Adjustments, net
12,080

 
48,122

Net Cash provided by Operating Activities
53,531

 
67,992

 
 
 
 
Investing Activities:
 
 
 
Changes in:
 
 
 
Interest-Bearing Deposits
26,620

 
15,600

Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell
(1,750,000
)
 
625,000

Federal Funds Sold
1,317,000

 
(196,000
)
Purchases of Premises, Software, and Equipment
(169
)
 
(161
)
Available-for-Sale Securities:
 
 
 
Proceeds from Maturities of Long-Term
17,880

 
57,053

Purchases of Long-Term
(375,000
)
 

Held-to-Maturity Securities:
 
 
 
Proceeds from Maturities of Long-Term
1,195,448

 
510,201

Purchases of Long-Term
(357,553
)
 
(524,794
)
Advances:
 
 
 
Principal Collected
11,430,444

 
4,613,298

Disbursed to Members
(10,942,276
)
 
(4,110,957
)
Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio:
 
 
 
Principal Collected
341,303

 
413,076

Purchases
(227,920
)
 
(180,668
)
Other Federal Home Loan Banks:
 
 
 
Principal Collected on Loans

 
50,000

Loans Made

 
(50,000
)
Net Cash provided by Investing Activities
675,777

 
1,221,648

 
(1) 
Certain amounts have been revised. See Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Correction of an Error.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

5



Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
Statements of Cash Flows, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
 
2012
 
2011
Financing Activities:
 
 
 
Changes in Deposits
682,816

 
49,038

Net Payments on Derivative Contracts with Financing Elements
(20,476
)
 
(26,438
)
Net Proceeds from Issuance of Consolidated Obligations:
 
 
 
Discount Notes
29,251,337

 
159,640,997

Bonds
6,441,808

 
4,526,882

Payments for Matured and Retired Consolidated Obligations:
 
 
 
Discount Notes
(29,818,225
)
 
(160,076,190
)
Bonds
(7,471,500
)
 
(5,094,277
)
Proceeds from Sale of Capital Stock
5,377

 
14,243

Payments for Repurchase/Redemption of Capital Stock

 
(10,000
)
Cash Dividends Paid on Capital Stock
(11,760
)
 
(10,558
)
Net Cash used in Financing Activities
(940,623
)
 
(986,303
)
 
 
 
 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents
(211,315
)
 
303,337

Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of the Period
512,682

 
11,676

Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of the Period
$
301,367

 
$
315,013

 
 
 
 
Supplemental Disclosures:
 
 
 
Interest Paid
$
104,126

 
$
113,663

Affordable Housing Program Payments
2,287

 
3,531

Resolution Funding Corporation Assessments Paid

 
10,387

Capitalized Interest on Certain Held-to-Maturity Securities
5,288

 
8,017

Net Shares Reclassified to Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock
3,513

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

6



Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
Notes to Financial Statements
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation. The accompanying interim financial statements of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions provided by Article 10, Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The interim financial statements presented herein should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and notes thereto, which are included in our 2011 Form 10-K.

The financial statements contain all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. All such adjustments were of a normal recurring nature. The results of operations for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year or any other interim period.

Our significant accounting policies and certain other disclosures are set forth in the notes to the audited financial statements in Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our 2011 Form 10-K. There have been no significant changes to these policies as of March 31, 2012.

All dollar amounts included in the Notes to Financial Statements are presented in thousands, unless otherwise indicated. We use certain acronyms and terms throughout these financial statements which are defined in the Glossary of Terms located on page 38. Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms "we," "us," and "our" refer to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis.

Reclassifications. We have reclassified certain amounts from the prior periods to conform to the current period presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on Net Income, Total Assets, or Total Capital.

Correction of an Error. During the preparation of the third quarter 2011 Form 10-Q, as previously disclosed in the September 30, 2011 Form 10-Q, we determined that, in periods prior to September 30, 2011, we incorrectly included the effects of certain non-cash transactions related to capitalized interest on Other U.S. obligations - guaranteed RMBS in the Operating Activities and Investing Activities sections of the Statements of Cash Flows. Such non-cash transactions should have had no impact on those sections; however the effects of the error were fully offsetting in total. We have evaluated the effects of these errors and concluded that none of them are material to any of our previously issued interim or annual Financial Statements. Nevertheless, we elected to revise our previously issued Statements of Cash Flows in these financial statements and future filings to correct for the effect of these errors. The revision does not affect the net change in cash and cash equivalents for any of the periods, and has no effect on our Statements of Condition, Income, Comprehensive Income, or Capital.

The amounts on previously issued Statements of Cash Flows that have been revised are presented below:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31, 2011
 
 
As Previously Reported
 
As Revised
Operating Activities:
 
 
 
 
Net Change in: Accrued Interest Receivable
 
$
1,040

 
$
6,484

Total Adjustments, net
 
42,678

 
48,122

Net Cash provided by Operating Activities
 
62,548

 
67,992

 
 
 
 
 
Investing Activities:
 
 
 
 
Held-to-Maturity Securities:
Proceeds from Maturities of Long-Term
 
515,645

 
510,201

Net Cash provided by Investing Activities
 
1,227,092

 
1,221,648





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires us to make subjective assumptions and estimates that may affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported amounts of income and expense. Actual results could differ significantly from these estimates.

Note 2 - Recently Adopted and Issued Accounting Guidance

Advisory Bulletin 2012-02. On April 9, 2012, the Finance Agency issued Advisory Bulletin 2012-02, Framework for Adversely Classifying Loans, Other Real Estate Owned, and Other Assets and Listing Assets for Special Mention ("AB-2012-02"). The guidance establishes a standard and uniform methodology for classifying certain assets other than investment securities, and prescribes the timing of asset charge-offs based on these classifications. This guidance is generally consistent with the Uniform Retail Credit Classification and Account Management Policy issued by the federal banking regulators in June 2000. AB-2012-02 was effective upon issuance. We are currently evaluating the effect of this guidance on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, but we do not expect it to be material.

Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. On December 16, 2011, the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board issued common disclosure requirements intended to help investors and other financial statement users better assess the effect or potential effect of offsetting arrangements on a company's financial position, whether a company's financial statements are prepared on the basis of GAAP or International Financial Reporting Standards. This guidance will require us to disclose both gross and net information about financial instruments, including derivative instruments, which are either offset on the statement of condition or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. This guidance will be effective for interim and annual periods beginning on January 1, 2013 and will be applied retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. The adoption of this guidance will result in expanded interim and annual financial statement disclosures, but will not affect our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Presentation of Comprehensive Income. On June 16, 2011, the FASB issued guidance to increase the prominence of other comprehensive income in financial statements. This guidance requires an entity that reports items of other comprehensive income to present comprehensive income in either a single financial statement or in two consecutive financial statements. In a single continuous statement, an entity is required to present the components and amount of net income, the components of other comprehensive income and a total for other comprehensive income, as well as a total for comprehensive income. In a two-statement approach, an entity is required to present the components and amount of net income in its statement of net income. The statement of other comprehensive income should follow immediately and include the components of other comprehensive income as well as totals for both other comprehensive income and comprehensive income. This guidance eliminated the option to present other comprehensive income in the statement of changes in stockholders' equity (or statement of capital, in our case). We elected the two-statement approach for interim and annual periods beginning on January 1, 2012 and applied this guidance retrospectively for all periods presented in accordance with the guidance. The adoption of this guidance was limited to the presentation of certain information contained in the interim and annual financial statements and did not affect our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. See Note 12 - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) for additional disclosures required under this guidance.

On December 23, 2011, the FASB issued guidance to defer the effective date of the new requirement to separately present reclassifications of items out of AOCI in the income statement. This deferral became effective for interim and annual periods beginning on January 1, 2012 and did not affect our adoption of the remaining guidance contained in the new accounting standard for the presentation of comprehensive income.

Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. On May 12, 2011, the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board issued substantially converged guidance on fair value measurement and disclosure requirements. This guidance clarifies how fair value accounting should be applied where its use is already required or permitted by other standards within GAAP or International Financial Reporting Standards; this guidance does not require additional fair value measurements. This guidance generally represents clarifications to the application of existing fair value measurement and disclosure requirements, as well as some instances where a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value or disclosing information about fair value measurements has changed. This guidance became effective for interim and annual periods beginning on January 1, 2012 and was applied prospectively. The adoption of this guidance resulted in additional interim and annual financial statement disclosures, but did not have any effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. See Note 14 - Estimated Fair Values for additional disclosures required under this guidance.




Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Reconsideration of Effective Control for Repurchase Agreements. On April 29, 2011, the FASB issued guidance to improve the accounting for repurchase agreements and other agreements that both entitle and obligate a transferor to repurchase or redeem financial assets before their maturity. This guidance amends the existing criteria for determining whether or not a transferor has retained effective control over financial assets transferred under a repurchase agreement. A secured borrowing is recorded when effective control over the transferred financial assets is maintained, while a sale is recorded when effective control over the transferred financial assets has not been maintained. The new guidance removes from the assessment of effective control: (i) the criterion requiring the transferor to have the ability to repurchase or redeem financial assets before their maturity on substantially the agreed terms, even in the event of the transferee's default, and (ii) the collateral maintenance implementation guidance related to that criterion. This guidance was effective for interim and annual periods beginning on January 1, 2012 and was applied prospectively to transactions or modifications of existing transactions that occur on or after January 1, 2012. The adoption of this guidance did not have any effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Note 3 - Available-for-Sale Securities

Major Security Types. The following table presents our AFS securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross
 
Gross
 
 
 
 
Amortized
 
Non-Credit
 
Unrealized
 
Unrealized
 
Estimated
March 31, 2012
 
Cost (1)
 
OTTI
 
Gains
 
Losses
 
Fair Value
GSE debentures
 
$
2,389,988

 
$

 
$
11,289

 
$
(81
)
 
$
2,401,196

TLGP debentures
 
320,573

 

 
456

 

 
321,029

Private-label RMBS
 
699,792

 
(86,476
)
 
1,214

 

 
614,530

Total AFS securities
 
$
3,410,353

 
$
(86,476
)
 
$
12,959

 
$
(81
)
 
$
3,336,755

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GSE debentures
 
$
2,011,882

 
$

 
$
14,045

 
$
(232
)
 
$
2,025,695

TLGP debentures
 
321,175

 

 
1,267

 

 
322,442

Private-label RMBS
 
720,583

 
(116,364
)
 
343

 
(3,253
)
 
601,309

Total AFS securities
 
$
3,053,640

 
$
(116,364
)
 
$
15,655

 
$
(3,485
)
 
$
2,949,446


(1) 
Amortized cost of AFS securities includes adjustments made to the cost basis of an investment for accretion, amortization, collection of cash, and, if applicable, OTTI recognized in earnings (credit losses) and fair-value hedge accounting adjustments.

Unrealized gains and losses in the fair value of previously OTTI AFS securities are netted against the non-credit portion of OTTI in AOCI. The following tables reconcile the amounts in the table above to the AOCI rollforward presentation in Note 12 - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss):
Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on AFS Securities
 
March 31,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
Gross unrealized gains included in Estimated Fair Value
 
$
12,959

 
$
15,655

Gross unrealized losses included in Estimated Fair Value
 
(81
)
 
(3,485
)
Less: unrealized gains (losses) on previously OTTI securities
 
1,214

 
(2,910
)
Net unrealized gains (losses) on AFS securities recognized in AOCI (Note 12)
 
$
11,664

 
$
15,080


Net Non-Credit Portion of OTTI Losses on AFS Securities
 
March 31,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
Non-Credit OTTI
 
$
(86,476
)
 
$
(116,364
)
Unrealized gains (losses) on previously OTTI securities
 
1,214

 
(2,910
)
Net non-credit portion of OTTI losses on AFS securities recognized in AOCI (Note 12)
 
$
(85,262
)
 
$
(119,274
)





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Premiums and Discounts. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the amortized cost of our MBS classified as AFS securities included OTTI credit losses, OTTI-related accretion adjustments, and unamortized purchase premiums and discounts on OTTI securities totaling net discounts of $119,077 and $116,699, respectively.

Unrealized Loss Positions. The following table presents impaired AFS securities (i.e., in an unrealized loss position), aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position.
 
 
Less than 12 months
 
12 months or more
 
Total
 
 
Estimated
 
Unrealized
 
Estimated
 
Unrealized
 
Estimated
 
Unrealized
March 31, 2012
 
Fair Value
 
Losses
 
Fair Value
 
Losses
 
Fair Value
 
Losses
Non-MBS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GSE debentures
 
$
245,380

 
$
(81
)
 
$

 
$

 
$
245,380

 
$
(81
)
TLGP debentures
 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Non-MBS
 
245,380

 
(81
)
 

 

 
245,380

 
(81
)
Private-label RMBS
 
89,566

 
(7,147
)
 
460,030

 
(79,329
)
 
549,596

 
(86,476
)
Total impaired AFS securities
 
$
334,946

 
$
(7,228
)
 
$
460,030

 
$
(79,329
)
 
$
794,976

 
$
(86,557
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-MBS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GSE debentures
 
$

 
$

 
$
113,361

 
$
(232
)
 
$
113,361

 
$
(232
)
TLGP debentures
 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Non-MBS
 

 

 
113,361

 
(232
)
 
113,361

 
(232
)
Private-label RMBS
 
88,161

 
(13,121
)
 
495,251

 
(106,496
)
 
583,412

 
(119,617
)
Total impaired AFS securities
 
$
88,161

 
$
(13,121
)
 
$
608,612

 
$
(106,728
)
 
$
696,773

 
$
(119,849
)

Redemption Terms. The amortized cost and estimated fair value of non-MBS AFS securities by contractual maturity are presented below. MBS are not presented by contractual maturity because their expected maturities will likely differ from contractual maturities as borrowers may have the right to prepay obligations with or without prepayment fees.
 
 
March 31, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
Amortized
 
Estimated
 
Amortized
 
Estimated
Year of Contractual Maturity
 
Cost
 
Fair Value
 
Cost
 
Fair Value
Due in one year or less
 
$
320,573

 
$
321,028

 
$
321,175

 
$
322,442

Due after one year through five years
 
1,170,602

 
1,177,282

 
941,496

 
950,264

Due after five years through ten years
 
1,198,825

 
1,203,233

 
1,070,386

 
1,075,431

Due after ten years
 
20,561

 
20,682

 

 

Total Non-MBS
 
2,710,561

 
2,722,225

 
2,333,057

 
2,348,137

Total MBS
 
699,792

 
614,530

 
720,583

 
601,309

Total AFS securities
 
$
3,410,353

 
$
3,336,755

 
$
3,053,640

 
$
2,949,446


Realized Gains and Losses. There were no sales of AFS securities during the three months ended March 31, 2012 or 2011. As of March 31, 2012, we had no intention to sell the OTTI AFS securities, nor did we consider it more likely than not that we will be required to sell these securities before our anticipated recovery of each security's remaining amortized cost basis.





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Note 4 - Held-to-Maturity Securities

Major Security Types. The following table presents our HTM securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross
 
Gross
 
 
 
 
 
 
OTTI
 
 
 
Unrecognized
 
Unrecognized
 
Estimated
 
 
Amortized
 
Recognized
 
Carrying
 
Holding
 
Holding
 
Fair
March 31, 2012
 
Cost (1)
 
In AOCI
 
Value (2)
 
Gains (3)
 
Losses (3)
 
Value
Non-MBS and ABS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GSE debentures
 
$
268,995

 
$

 
$
268,995

 
$
1,505

 
$

 
$
270,500

TLGP debentures
 
977,836

 

 
977,836

 
858

 

 
978,694

Total Non-MBS and ABS
 
1,246,831

 

 
1,246,831

 
2,363

 

 
1,249,194

MBS and ABS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other U.S. obligations -guaranteed RMBS
 
2,721,985

 

 
2,721,985

 
61,699

 
(10,231
)
 
2,773,453

GSE RMBS
 
3,614,724

 

 
3,614,724

 
115,853

 
(1,958
)
 
3,728,619

Private-label RMBS
 
355,219

 
(4
)
 
355,215

 
227

 
(8,342
)
 
347,100

Manufactured housing loan ABS
 
16,227

 

 
16,227

 

 
(3,575
)
 
12,652

Home equity loan ABS
 
2,621

 
(365
)
 
2,256

 

 
(450
)
 
1,806

Total MBS and ABS
 
6,710,776

 
(369
)
 
6,710,407

 
177,779

 
(24,556
)
 
6,863,630

Total HTM securities
 
$
7,957,607

 
$
(369
)
 
$
7,957,238

 
$
180,142

 
$
(24,556
)
 
$
8,112,824

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-MBS and ABS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GSE debentures
 
$
268,994

 
$

 
$
268,994

 
$
1,361

 
$

 
$
270,355

TLGP debentures
 
1,883,334

 

 
1,883,334

 
2,505

 
(45
)
 
1,885,794

Total Non-MBS and ABS
 
2,152,328

 

 
2,152,328

 
3,866

 
(45
)
 
2,156,149

MBS and ABS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other U.S. obligations -guaranteed RMBS
 
2,746,474

 

 
2,746,474

 
48,915

 
(13,258
)
 
2,782,131

GSE RMBS
 
3,511,831

 

 
3,511,831

 
118,839

 
(2,537
)
 
3,628,133

Private-label RMBS
 
402,464

 

 
402,464

 
227

 
(12,143
)
 
390,548

Manufactured housing loan ABS
 
16,757

 

 
16,757

 

 
(3,482
)
 
13,275

Home equity loan ABS
 
2,716

 
(392
)
 
2,324

 

 
(479
)
 
1,845

Total MBS and ABS
 
6,680,242

 
(392
)
 
6,679,850

 
167,981

 
(31,899
)
 
6,815,932

Total HTM securities
 
$
8,832,570

 
$
(392
)
 
$
8,832,178

 
$
171,847

 
$
(31,944
)
 
$
8,972,081


(1) 
Amortized cost includes adjustments made to the cost basis of an investment for accretion, amortization, collection of cash, and, if applicable, OTTI recognized in earnings (credit losses).
(2) 
Carrying value of HTM securities represents amortized cost after adjustment for non-credit OTTI recognized in AOCI.
(3) 
Gross unrecognized holding gains (losses) represents the difference between estimated fair value and carrying value.

Premiums and Discounts. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the amortized cost of our MBS and ABS HTM securities included OTTI credit losses, OTTI-related accretion adjustments, and unamortized purchase premiums and discounts totaling net premiums of $53,605 and $54,153, respectively.





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Unrealized Loss Positions. The following table presents impaired HTM securities (i.e., in an unrealized loss position), aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position.
 
 
Less than 12 months
 
12 months or more
 
Total
 
 
Estimated
 
Unrealized
 
Estimated
 
Unrealized
 
Estimated
 
Unrealized
March 31, 2012
 
Fair Value
 
Losses
 
Fair Value
 
Losses
 
Fair Value
 
Losses (1)
Non-MBS and ABS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GSE debentures
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

TLGP debentures
 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Non-MBS and ABS
 

 

 

 

 

 

MBS and ABS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other U.S. obligations - guaranteed RMBS
 
776,797

 
(4,070
)
 
544,777

 
(6,161
)
 
1,321,574

 
(10,231
)
GSE RMBS
 
416,592

 
(929
)
 
213,678

 
(1,029
)
 
630,270

 
(1,958
)
Private-label RMBS
 
15,344

 
(130
)
 
288,352

 
(8,216
)
 
303,696

 
(8,346
)
Manufactured housing loan ABS
 

 

 
12,652

 
(3,575
)
 
12,652

 
(3,575
)
Home equity loan ABS
 

 

 
1,806

 
(815
)
 
1,806

 
(815
)
Total MBS and ABS
 
1,208,733

 
(5,129
)
 
1,061,265

 
(19,796
)
 
2,269,998

 
(24,925
)
Total impaired HTM securities
 
$
1,208,733

 
$
(5,129
)
 
$
1,061,265

 
$
(19,796
)
 
$
2,269,998

 
$
(24,925
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-MBS and ABS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GSE debentures
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

TLGP debentures
 
224,955

 
(45
)
 

 

 
224,955

 
(45
)
Total Non-MBS and ABS
 
224,955

 
(45
)
 

 

 
224,955

 
(45
)
MBS and ABS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other U.S. obligations - guaranteed RMBS
 
599,050

 
(4,477
)
 
548,564

 
(8,781
)
 
1,147,614

 
(13,258
)
GSE RMBS
 
480,432

 
(897
)
 
196,632

 
(1,640
)
 
677,064

 
(2,537
)
Private-label RMBS
 
57,366

 
(677
)
 
297,791

 
(11,466
)
 
355,157

 
(12,143
)
Manufactured housing loan ABS
 

 

 
13,275

 
(3,482
)
 
13,275

 
(3,482
)
Home equity loan ABS
 

 

 
1,845

 
(871
)
 
1,845

 
(871
)
Total MBS and ABS
 
1,136,848

 
(6,051
)
 
1,058,107

 
(26,240
)
 
2,194,955

 
(32,291
)
Total impaired HTM securities
 
$
1,361,803

 
$
(6,096
)
 
$
1,058,107

 
$
(26,240
)
 
$
2,419,910

 
$
(32,336
)

(1) 
As a result of OTTI accounting guidance, the total unrealized losses on private-label RMBS may not agree to the gross unrecognized holding losses on private-label RMBS in the major security types table above.





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Redemption Terms. The amortized cost, carrying value and estimated fair value of non-MBS and ABS HTM securities by contractual maturity are presented below. MBS and ABS are not presented by contractual maturity because their actual maturities will likely differ from contractual maturities as borrowers may have the right to prepay obligations with or without prepayment fees.
 
 
March 31, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
Estimated
 
 
 
 
 
Estimated
 
 
Amortized
 
Carrying
 
Fair
 
Amortized
 
Carrying
 
Fair
Year of Contractual Maturity
 
Cost (1)
 
Value (2)
 
Value
 
Cost (1)
 
Value (2)
 
Value
Non-MBS and ABS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Due in one year or less
 
$
977,836

 
$
977,836

 
$
978,694

 
$
1,883,334

 
$
1,883,334

 
$
1,885,794

Due after one year through five years
 
268,995

 
268,995

 
270,500

 
268,994

 
268,994

 
270,355

Due after five years through ten years
 

 

 

 

 

 

Due after ten years
 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Non-MBS and ABS
 
1,246,831

 
1,246,831

 
1,249,194

 
2,152,328

 
2,152,328

 
2,156,149

Total MBS and ABS
 
6,710,776

 
6,710,407

 
6,863,630

 
6,680,242

 
6,679,850

 
6,815,932

Total HTM securities
 
$
7,957,607

 
$
7,957,238

 
$
8,112,824

 
$
8,832,570

 
$
8,832,178

 
$
8,972,081


(1) 
Amortized cost includes adjustments made to the cost basis of an investment for accretion, amortization, collection of cash, and, if applicable, OTTI recognized in earnings (credit losses).
(2) 
Carrying value of HTM securities represents amortized cost after adjustment for non-credit OTTI recognized in AOCI.

Realized Gains and Losses. There were no sales of HTM securities during the three months ended March 31, 2012 or 2011.

Note 5 - Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Analysis

We evaluate our individual AFS and HTM securities that have been previously OTTI or are in an unrealized loss position for OTTI on a quarterly basis. As part of our evaluation, we consider whether we intend to sell each security and whether it is more likely than not that we will be required to sell the security before its anticipated recovery. If either of these conditions is met, we recognize an OTTI loss equal to the entire difference between the security's amortized cost basis and its estimated fair value at the Statement of Condition date. For those securities that meet neither of these conditions, we perform a cash flow analysis to determine whether we expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security as described in Note 7 - Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Analysis in our 2011 Form 10-K.

OTTI Evaluation Process and Results - Private-label RMBS and ABS. Our evaluation includes a projection of the cash flows that we are likely to collect based on an assessment of the structure of each security and certain assumptions.

A significant modeling assumption is the forecast of future housing price changes for the relevant states and core based statistical areas, which are based upon an assessment of the individual housing markets. Our housing price forecast as of March 31, 2012 assumes core based statistical area level current-to-trough home price declines ranging from 0% (for those housing markets that are believed to have reached their trough) to 8%. For those markets for which further home price declines are anticipated, such declines were projected to occur over the 3- to 9-month period beginning January 1, 2012. From the trough, home prices are projected to recover using one of five different recovery paths that vary by housing market.

The following table presents projected home price recovery by month at March 31, 2012.
Months
 
Recovery Range %
1 - 6
 
0.0%
2.8%
7 - 18
 
0.0%
3.0%
19 - 24
 
1.0%
4.0%
25 - 30
 
2.0%
4.0%
31 - 42
 
2.0%
5.0%
43 - 66
 
2.0%
6.0%
Thereafter
 
2.3%
5.6%





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


OTTI - Significant Modeling Assumptions. For those securities that were determined to be OTTI during the three months ended March 31, 2012, the following table presents the significant modeling assumptions used to determine the amount of credit loss recognized in earnings during this period. The related current credit enhancement is also presented. Credit enhancement is defined as the percentage of subordinated tranches, excess spread, and over-collateralization, if any, in a security structure that will generally absorb losses before we will experience a loss on the security. A zero or negative credit enhancement percentage reflects securities that have no remaining credit support from subordinated tranches and are likely to have experienced an actual principal loss. The calculated averages represent the dollar-weighted averages of the private-label RMBS in each category shown. The classification (prime, Alt-A and subprime) is based on the model used to estimate the cash flows for the security, which may not be the same as the classification by the rating agency at the time of origination.
 
 
Significant Modeling Assumptions for OTTI private-label RMBS
 
Current Credit
 
 
Prepayment Rates
 
Default Rates
 
Loss Severities
 
Enhancement
 
 
Weighted
 
 
 
Weighted
 
 
 
Weighted
 
 
 
Weighted
 
 
 
 
Average
 
Range
 
Average
 
Range
 
Average
 
Range
 
Average
 
Range
Year of Securitization
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
2007 - Prime
 
6.3
 
6.2 - 6.5
 
43.4
 
41.2 - 44.5
 
45.2
 
42.3 - 46.6
 
2.1
 
1.5 - 3.3
2006 - Prime
 
9.7
 
8.7 - 12.6
 
24.7
 
16.1 - 26.6
 
43.6
 
36.3 - 45.7
 
2.7
 
0.4 - 4.2
Total OTTI private-label RMBS
 
7.8
 
6.2 - 12.6
 
35.0
 
16.1 - 44.5
 
44.5
 
36.3 - 46.6
 
2.4
 
0.4 - 4.2

Results of OTTI Evaluation Process - Private-label RMBS and ABS. As a result of our evaluations, for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, we recognized OTTI losses after we determined that it was likely that we would not recover the entire amortized cost of each of these securities.

The table below presents the credit losses and net OTTI reclassified to (from) OCI for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011. Securities are classified based on the originator's classification at the time of origination or based on the classification by the NRSROs upon issuance.
 
 
Total
 
Net OTTI
 
 OTTI
 
 
OTTI
 
Reclassified
 
Related to
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
 
Losses
 
to (from) OCI
 
Credit Loss
Private-label RMBS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prime
 
$
(6
)
 
$
(3,282
)
 
$
(3,288
)
Alt-A
 

 

 

Total OTTI securities
 
$
(6
)
 
$
(3,282
)
 
$
(3,288
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
Private-label RMBS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prime
 
$

 
$
(17,740
)
 
$
(17,740
)
Alt-A
 
(2,972
)
 
2,331

 
(641
)
Total OTTI securities
 
$
(2,972
)
 
$
(15,409
)
 
$
(18,381
)

The following table presents a reconciliation of the non-credit losses reclassified to Other Income (Loss) as presented in the Statement of Comprehensive Income to the non-credit losses reclassified to (from) OCI as presented in the Statement of Income:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
Reconciliation of Non-credit Losses
 
2012
 
2011
Reclassification of non-credit portion to Other Income (Loss)
 
$
(3,286
)
 
$
(17,740
)
Non-credit losses recognized in OCI
 
4

 
2,331

Non-Credit Portion Reclassified to (from) Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
$
(3,282
)
 
$
(15,409
)





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


The following table presents a rollforward of the cumulative credit losses. The rollforward excludes accretion of credit losses for securities that have not experienced a significant increase in cash flows.
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
Credit Loss Rollforward
 
2012
 
2011
Balance at Beginning of Period
 
$
105,636

 
$
110,747

Additions:
 
 
 
 
Credit losses for which OTTI was not previously recognized
 

 

Additional credit losses for which OTTI was previously recognized
 
3,288

 
18,381

Reductions:
 
 
 
 
Credit losses on securities sold, matured, paid down or prepaid
 

 

Significant increases in cash flows expected to be collected, recognized over the remaining life of the securities
 

 
(890
)
Balance at End of Period
 
$
108,924

 
$
128,238


The following table presents the March 31, 2012 balances and classifications of the securities with OTTI losses during the three months ended March 31, 2012. The table also presents the balances and classifications of the securities with OTTI losses during the life of the securities, which includes securities impaired prior to 2012, as well as through March 31, 2012. Because there is no universally accepted definition of prime, Alt-A, or subprime underwriting standards, such classifications are subjective, we classify the securities as prime, Alt-A or subprime based on the originator's classification at the time of origination or based on the classification by the NRSROs upon issuance of the security.
 
 
March 31, 2012
 
 
HTM Securities
 
AFS Securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Estimated
 
 
 
 
 
Estimated
OTTI Three Months Ended
 
UPB
 
Amortized Cost
 
Carrying Value
 
Fair
Value
 
UPB
 
Amortized Cost
 
Fair
Value
Private-label RMBS - prime
 
$
1,248

 
$
1,247

 
$
1,243

 
$
1,243

 
$
204,039

 
$
169,256

 
$
152,142

Total OTTI securities
 
$
1,248

 
$
1,247

 
$
1,243

 
$
1,243

 
$
204,039

 
$
169,256

 
$
152,142

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OTTI Life-to-Date
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Private-label RMBS - prime
 
$
1,248

 
$
1,247

 
$
1,243

 
$
1,243

 
$
779,001

 
$
667,661

 
$
591,749

Private-label RMBS - Alt-A
 

 

 

 

 
39,868

 
32,131

 
22,781

Home equity loan ABS - subprime
 
1,002

 
960

 
594

 
570

 

 

 

Total OTTI securities
 
$
2,250

 
$
2,207

 
$
1,837

 
$
1,813

 
$
818,869

 
$
699,792

 
$
614,530

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total MBS and ABS
 
 
 
$
6,710,776

 
$
6,710,407

 
$
6,863,630

 
 
 
$
699,792

 
$
614,530

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total securities
 
 
 
$
7,957,607

 
$
7,957,238

 
$
8,112,824

 
 
 
$
3,410,353

 
$
3,336,755


OTTI Evaluation Process and Results - All Other AFS and HTM Securities.

Other U.S. Obligations and GSE and TLGP Securities. For other U.S. obligations, GSE obligations, and TLGP debentures, we determined that the strength of the issuers' guarantees through direct obligations of or support from the United States government is sufficient to protect us from any losses based on current expectations. As a result, we have determined that, as of March 31, 2012, all of the gross unrealized losses are temporary.





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Note 6 - Advances

We had Advances outstanding, with interest rates ranging from 0.11% to 8.34%, as presented below.
 
 
March 31, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
Year of Contractual Maturity
 
Amount
 
WAIR %
 
Amount
 
WAIR %
Overdrawn demand and overnight deposit accounts
 
$

 

 
$
145

 
2.49

Due in 1 year or less
 
2,801,639

 
1.82

 
2,535,953

 
1.81

Due after 1 year through 2 years
 
1,733,879

 
3.10

 
2,413,612

 
2.55

Due after 2 years through 3 years
 
1,891,722

 
2.58

 
2,050,525

 
2.63

Due after 3 years through 4 years
 
2,654,895

 
3.29

 
2,488,247

 
3.51

Due after 4 years through 5 years
 
3,567,254

 
2.80

 
3,357,569

 
2.71

Thereafter
 
4,630,757

 
2.57

 
4,922,264

 
2.64

Total Advances, par value
 
17,280,146

 
2.66

 
17,768,315

 
2.64

Unamortized discounts (including AHP)
 
(969
)
 
 

 
(1,027
)
 
 

Hedging adjustments
 
553,234

 
 

 
597,456

 
 

Unamortized deferred prepayment fees
 
209,897

 
 

 
202,958

 
 

Total Advances
 
$
18,042,308

 
 

 
$
18,567,702

 
 


We offer Advances to members that provide a member the right, based upon predetermined option exercise dates, to prepay the Advance prior to maturity without incurring prepayment or termination fees (callable Advances). At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we had such Advances outstanding of $3,334,185 and $3,805,175, respectively. All other Advances may only be prepaid by paying a fee (prepayment fee) that makes us financially indifferent to the prepayment of the Advance.

We offer putable and convertible Advances that contain embedded options. Under the terms of a putable Advance, we effectively purchase a put option from the member that allows us to put or extinguish the fixed-rate Advance to the member on predetermined exercise dates, and offer, subject to certain conditions, replacement funding at prevailing market rates. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we had putable Advances outstanding totaling $472,250 and $581,750, respectively. Under the terms of a convertible Advance, we may convert an Advance from one interest-payment term structure to another. We had no convertible Advances outstanding at March 31, 2012 or December 31, 2011.

The following table presents Advances by the earlier of the year of contractual maturity or next call date and next put date:
 
 
Year of Contractual Maturity
or Next Call Date
 
Year of Contractual Maturity
or Next Put Date
 
 
March 31,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
 
March 31,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
Overdrawn demand and overnight deposit accounts
 
$

 
$
145

 
$

 
$
145

Due in 1 year or less
 
4,649,049

 
4,233,303

 
3,124,139

 
2,867,703

Due after 1 year through 2 years
 
1,733,879

 
2,513,612

 
1,725,379

 
2,395,862

Due after 2 years through 3 years
 
1,861,722

 
2,020,525

 
1,853,722

 
2,012,525

Due after 3 years through 4 years
 
2,538,895

 
2,457,247

 
2,618,395

 
2,451,747

Due after 4 years through 5 years
 
3,891,254

 
3,416,569

 
3,512,254

 
3,327,569

Thereafter
 
2,605,347

 
3,126,914

 
4,446,257

 
4,712,764

Total Advances, par value
 
$
17,280,146

 
$
17,768,315

 
$
17,280,146

 
$
17,768,315


Prepayment Fees. When a borrower prepays an Advance, future income will be lower if the principal portion of the prepaid Advance is reinvested in lower-yielding assets that continue to be funded by higher-costing debt. To protect against this risk, we generally charge a prepayment fee. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, Advance prepayment fees excluding any associated hedging basis adjustments that were recorded in Prepayment Fees on Advances at the time of the prepayment were $891, compared to $1,175 for the three months ended March 31, 2011.





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


In cases in which we fund a new Advance concurrent with or within a short period of time before or after the prepayment of an existing Advance and the Advance meets the accounting criteria to qualify as a modification of the prepaid Advance, the net prepayment fee on the prepaid Advance is deferred, recorded in the basis of the modified Advance, and amortized into Interest Income over the life of the modified Advance using the level-yield method. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, we deferred $20,799 of these gross Advance prepayment fees, compared to $594 for the three months ended March 31, 2011, to be recognized in Interest Income in the future.

Credit Risk Exposure and Security Terms. We lend to financial institutions involved in housing finance within our district according to Federal statutes, including the Bank Act. The Bank Act requires each FHLBank to hold, or have access to, collateral to secure its Advances.

At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we had a total of $7.8 billion and $8.0 billion, respectively, of Advances outstanding, at par, to single borrowers with balances that were greater than or equal to $1.0 billion. These Advances, representing 45% of total Advances at par outstanding on those dates, were made to four borrowers. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we held $13.3 billion and $13.1 billion, respectively, of UPB of collateral to cover the Advances to these institutions.

We have policies and procedures in place that we believe appropriately manage credit risk. Such policies and procedures include requirements for physical possession or control of pledged collateral, restrictions on borrowing, verifications of collateral and continuous monitoring of borrowings and the borrower's financial condition and creditworthiness. We expect to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of our Advances, based on the collateral pledged to us as security for Advances, our credit analyses of our members' financial condition and our credit extension and collateral policies. For information related to our credit risk on Advances and allowance for credit losses, see Note 8 - Allowance for Credit Losses.

Note 7 - Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio

The following tables present information on Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio.
By Term
 
March 31,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
Fixed-rate medium-term (1) mortgages
 
$
832,189

 
$
835,737

Fixed-rate long-term (2) mortgages
 
4,962,690

 
5,079,166

Total Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio, UPB
 
5,794,879

 
5,914,903

Unamortized premiums
 
61,050

 
55,682

Unamortized discounts
 
(17,269
)
 
(16,971
)
Hedging adjustments
 
5,022

 
4,828

Allowance for loan losses
 
(3,500
)
 
(3,300
)
Total Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio, net
 
$
5,840,182

 
$
5,955,142


(1) 
Medium-term is defined as an original term of 15 years or less.
(2) 
Long-term is defined as an original term of greater than 15 years.

By Type
 
March 31,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
Conventional
 
$
4,797,536

 
$
4,895,073

FHA
 
997,343

 
1,019,830

Total Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio, UPB
 
$
5,794,879

 
$
5,914,903


For information related to our credit risk on mortgage loans and allowance for credit losses, see Note 8 – Allowance for Credit Losses.




Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Note 8 - Allowance for Credit Losses

We have established an allowance methodology for each of our portfolio segments: credit products; term securities purchased under agreements to resell; term federal funds sold; government-guaranteed or insured Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio; and conventional Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio. A description of the allowance methodologies related to our portfolio segments is disclosed in Note 10 - Allowance for Credit Losses in our 2011 Form 10-K.

Credit Products. Using a risk-based approach, we consider the amount and quality of the collateral pledged and the borrower's financial condition to be indicators of credit quality on the borrower's credit products. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we had rights to collateral on a member-by-member basis with an estimated value in excess of our outstanding extensions of credit.

At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we did not have any credit products that were past due, on non-accrual status, or considered impaired. In addition, there were no troubled debt restructurings related to credit products during the three months ended March 31, 2012 or 2011.

Based upon the collateral held as security, our credit extension and collateral policies, our credit analysis and the repayment history on credit products, we have not recorded any allowance for credit losses on credit products. At March 31, 2012 or December 31, 2011, no liability to reflect an allowance for credit losses for off-balance sheet credit exposures was recorded. For additional information about off-balance sheet credit exposure, see Note 15 - Commitments and Contingencies.

Term Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell and Term Federal Funds Sold. We held no term securities purchased under agreements to resell at March 31, 2012 or December 31, 2011. The Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell were all overnight investments at March 31, 2012. All investments in term federal funds sold as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 were repaid according to the contractual terms.

Mortgage Loans.

Government-Guaranteed or Insured. The servicer provides and maintains insurance or a guaranty from the FHA. Any losses incurred on such loans that are not recovered from the issuer or the guarantor are absorbed by the servicer. Therefore, we only have credit risk for these loans if the servicer fails to pay for losses not covered by insurance or guarantees. Based upon our assessment of our servicers, we did not establish an allowance for credit losses for government-guaranteed or -insured mortgage loans at March 31, 2012 or December 31, 2011. Further, due to the government guarantee or insurance, these mortgage loans are not placed on non-accrual status.

Mortgage Loans – Conventional.
Rollforward of Allowance for Loan Losses on Mortgage Loans. The tables below present a rollforward of our allowance for loan losses on conventional mortgage loans, the allowance for loan losses by impairment methodology, and the recorded investment in mortgage loans by impairment methodology. The recorded investment in a loan is the UPB of the loan, adjusted for accrued interest, net of deferred loan fees or costs, unamortized premiums or discounts (which may include the basis adjustment related to any gain or loss on a delivery commitment prior to being funded) and direct write-downs. The recorded investment is not net of any valuation allowance.
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
Rollforward of Allowance
 
2012
 
2011
Allowance for loan losses on mortgage loans, beginning of the period
 
$
3,300

 
$
500

   Charge-offs
 
(219
)
 
(476
)
   Provision (reversal) for loan losses
 
419

 
976

Allowance for loan losses on mortgage loans, end of the period
 
$
3,500

 
$
1,000





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Allowance for Loan Losses
 
March 31, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
Conventional loans collectively evaluated for impairment
 
$
2,161

 
$
1,613

Conventional loans individually evaluated for impairment (1)
 
1,339

 
1,687

Total allowance for loan losses
 
$
3,500

 
$
3,300

 
 
 
 
 
Recorded Investment
 
 
 
 
Conventional loans collectively evaluated for impairment
 
$
4,839,504

 
$
4,934,077

Conventional loans individually evaluated for impairment (1)
 
4,084

 
2,496

Total recorded investment
 
$
4,843,588

 
$
4,936,573


(1) 
Our conventional loans individually evaluated for impairment also include potential claims by servicers for any losses on $17,740 and $20,890 of principal that was paid in full by the servicers as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. This amount is not included in the recorded investment. The allowance for loan losses includes $1,325 and $1,678 for these potential claims as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

Credit Enhancements. Our allowance for loan losses considers the credit enhancements associated with conventional mortgage loans under the MPP, which includes the original program and MPP Advantage. Any estimated losses that would be recovered from the credit enhancements are not reserved as part of our allowance for loan losses. The credit enhancements are applied to the estimated losses in the following order: any remaining borrower's equity, any applicable PMI up to coverage limits, any available funds remaining in the LRA, and any SMI coverage (not applicable to the MPP Advantage) up to the policy limits. Since we would bear any remaining loss, an estimate of the remaining loss is included in our allowance for loan losses.

The following table presents the impact of credit enhancements on the allowance:
 
 
March 31,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
Estimated losses remaining after borrower's equity, before credit enhancements
 
$
(52,381
)
 
$
(49,349
)
Portion of estimated losses recoverable from PMI
 
7,135

 
6,570

Portion of estimated losses recoverable from LRA 
 
10,557

 
11,659

Portion of estimated losses recoverable from SMI
 
31,189

 
27,820

Allowance for loan losses
 
$
(3,500
)
 
$
(3,300
)

The following table presents the changes in the LRA, which is recorded in Other Liabilities in the Statement of Condition:
 
 
Three Months Ended
LRA Activity
 
March 31, 2012
Balance of LRA, beginning of the period
 
$
23,408

Additions
 
3,434

Claims paid
 
(2,318
)
Distributions
 
(345
)
Balance of LRA, end of the period
 
$
24,179





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Credit Quality Indicators. Key credit quality indicators for mortgage loans include the migration of past due loans (movement of loans through the various stages of delinquency), non-accrual loans and loans in process of foreclosure. The tables below present our key credit quality indicators for mortgage loans at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio as of March 31, 2012
 
Conventional Loans
 
FHA Loans
 
Total
Past due 30-59 days delinquent
 
$
62,507

 
$
34,008

 
$
96,515

Past due 60-89 days delinquent
 
25,496

 
10,459

 
35,955

Past due 90 days or more delinquent
 
128,837

 
8,054

 
136,891

Total past due
 
216,840

 
52,521

 
269,361

Total current loans
 
4,626,748

 
971,393

 
5,598,141

Total mortgage loans, recorded investment
 
4,843,588

 
1,023,914

 
5,867,502

Net unamortized premiums
 
(22,131
)
 
(21,650
)
 
(43,781
)
Hedging adjustments
 
(3,946
)
 
(1,076
)
 
(5,022
)
Accrued interest receivable
 
(19,975
)
 
(3,845
)
 
(23,820
)
Total Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio, UPB
 
$
4,797,536

 
$
997,343

 
$
5,794,879

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other delinquency statistics as of March 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
In process of foreclosure, included above (1)
 
$
94,659

 
$

 
$
94,659

Serious delinquency rate (2)
 
2.66
%
 
0.79
%
 
2.33
%
Past due 90 days or more still accruing interest (3)
 
$
128,301

 
$
8,054

 
$
136,355

Loans on non-accrual status
 
1,108

 

 
1,108

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio as of December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
Past due 30-59 days delinquent
 
$
77,722

 
$
50,969

 
$
128,691

Past due 60-89 days delinquent
 
32,522

 
9,064

 
41,586

Past due 90 days or more delinquent
 
122,960

 
6,362

 
129,322

Total past due
 
233,204

 
66,395

 
299,599

Total current loans
 
4,703,369

 
980,033

 
5,683,402

Total mortgage loans, recorded investment 
 
4,936,573

 
1,046,428

 
5,983,001

Net unamortized premiums
 
(17,102
)
 
(21,609
)
 
(38,711
)
Hedging adjustments
 
(3,786
)
 
(1,042
)
 
(4,828
)
Accrued interest receivable
 
(20,612
)
 
(3,947
)
 
(24,559
)
Total Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio, UPB
 
$
4,895,073

 
$
1,019,830

 
$
5,914,903

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other delinquency statistics as of December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
In process of foreclosure, included above (1)
 
$
84,757

 
$

 
$
84,757

Serious delinquency rate (2)
 
2.49
%
 
0.61
%
 
2.16
%
Past due 90 days or more still accruing interest (3)
 
$
122,918

 
$
6,362

 
$
129,280

Loans on non-accrual status
 
239

 

 
239


(1) 
Includes loans where the decision of foreclosure or similar alternative such as pursuit of deed-in-lieu of foreclosure has been reported. Loans in process of foreclosure are included in past due categories depending on their delinquency status.
(2) 
Represents loans 90 days or more past due (including loans in process of foreclosure) expressed as a percentage of the total recorded investment in mortgage loans. Many FHA loans are repurchased by the servicers when they reach 90 days or more delinquent status similar to the rules for servicers of Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities, resulting in the lower serious delinquency rate for FHA loans.
(3) 
Although our past due scheduled/scheduled loans are classified as loans past due 90 days or more based on the mortgagee's payment status, we do not consider these scheduled/scheduled loans to be non-accrual.






Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Real Estate Owned. We did not have any MPP loans classified as real estate owned at March 31, 2012 or December 31, 2011, as the servicers foreclose in their name and then generally pay off the delinquent loans at the completion of the foreclosure or liquidation of the foreclosed properties. Subsequently, the servicers may submit claims to us for any losses on these previously paid-off loans, which are incorporated in the determination of our allowance for loan losses.

Troubled Debt Restructurings. Troubled debt restructurings related to mortgage loans are considered to have occurred when a concession is granted to a borrower for economic or legal reasons related to the borrower's financial difficulties and that concession would not have been otherwise considered. Although we do not participate in government-sponsored loan modification programs, we do consider certain conventional loan modifications to be a troubled debt restructuring when the modification agreement permits the recapitalization of past due amounts, generally up to the original loan amount. Under this type of modification, no other terms of the original loan are modified, except for the contractual maturity date on a case by case basis. In no event does the borrower's original interest rate change.

The table below presents the recorded investment on the performing and non-performing troubled debt restructurings.
 
 
March 31, 2012

Recorded Investment
 
Performing
 
Non-Performing (1)
 
Total
Conventional loans
 
$
3,279

 
$
805

 
$
4,084


(1) 
Represents loans on non-accrual status.

During the three months ended March 31, 2012, we had nine troubled debt restructurings. The table below presents the financial effect of the modifications for the three months ended March 31, 2012. The pre- and post-modification amounts represent the amount of recorded investment as of the date the loans were modified.

 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31, 2012
Troubled Debt Restructurings at Modification Date
 
Pre-Modification
 
Post-Modification
Conventional loans
 
$
1,495

 
$
1,598


During the three months ended March 31, 2012, six conventional MPP loans were modified as troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and experienced a subsequent payment default. The recorded investment of these loans was $778 at March 31, 2012.





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


A loan considered to be a troubled debt restructuring is individually evaluated for impairment when determining its related allowance for credit losses. The tables below present the conventional loans individually evaluated for impairment that were considered impaired as of March 31, 2012. The first table presents the recorded investment, UPB and related allowance associated with these loans while the second table presents the average recorded investment of individually impaired loans and related interest income recognized. We had no individually impaired loans for the three months ended March 31, 2011.

 
 
March 31, 2012


Individually Evaluated Loans
 
Recorded Investment
 
UPB
 
Related Allowance for Loan Losses
Conventional loans without allowance for loan losses
 
$
3,279

 
$
3,247

 
$

Conventional loans with allowance for loan losses
 
805

 
801

 
14

Total
 
$
4,084

 
$
4,048

 
$
14


 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31, 2012


Individually Impaired Loans
 
Average Recorded Investment
 
Interest Income Recognized
Conventional loans without allowance for loan losses
 
$
3,251

 
$
40

Conventional loans with allowance for loan losses
 
791

 
8

Total
 
$
4,042

 
$
48







Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Note 9 - Derivatives and Hedging Activities

Financial Statement Effect and Additional Financial Information.

Derivative Notional Amounts. The notional amount of derivatives serves as a factor in determining periodic interest payments or cash flows received and paid. However, the notional amount of derivatives represents neither the actual amounts exchanged nor our overall exposure to credit and market risk. The risks of derivatives can be measured meaningfully on a portfolio basis that takes into account the derivatives, the item being hedged and any offsets between the two.
 
The following table presents the fair value of derivative instruments. For purposes of this disclosure, the derivative values include the fair values of derivatives and the related accrued interest.
 
 
Notional
 
Fair Value
 
Fair Value
 
 
Amount of
 
of Derivative
 
of Derivative
March 31, 2012
 
Derivatives
 
Assets
 
Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest-rate swaps
 
$
33,693,289

 
$
85,638

 
$
904,650

Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments
 
33,693,289

 
85,638

 
904,650

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
 
 

 
 

 
 

Interest-rate swaps
 
297,500

 
333

 
613

Interest-rate caps/floors
 
326,000

 
2,006



Interest-rate futures/forwards
 
143,900

 

 
197

Mortgage delivery commitments
 
139,510

 
189

 
444

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 
906,910

 
2,528

 
1,254

Total derivatives before adjustments
 
$
34,600,199

 
88,166

 
905,904

Netting adjustments
 
 

 
(87,849
)
 
(87,849
)
Cash collateral and related accrued interest
 
 

 

 
(692,620
)
Total adjustments (1)
 
 

 
(87,849
)
 
(780,469
)
Total derivatives, net
 
 

 
$
317

 
$
125,435

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest-rate swaps
 
$
33,849,773

 
$
74,405

 
$
969,179

Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments
 
33,849,773

 
74,405

 
969,179

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
 
 

 
 

 
 

Interest-rate swaps
 
764,477

 
128

 
616

Interest-rate caps/floors
 
305,000

 
2,190

 

Interest-rate futures/forwards
 
70,300

 

 
763

Mortgage delivery commitments
 
68,069

 
417

 

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 
1,207,846

 
2,735

 
1,379

Total derivatives before adjustments
 
$
35,057,619

 
77,140

 
970,558

Netting adjustments
 
 

 
(76,647
)
 
(76,647
)
Cash collateral and related accrued interest
 
 

 

 
(719,338
)
Total adjustments (1)
 
 

 
(76,647
)
 
(795,985
)
Total derivatives, net
 
 

 
$
493

 
$
174,573


(1) 
Amounts represent the effect of legally enforceable master netting agreements that allow us to settle positive and negative positions and also cash collateral held or placed with the same counterparties.




Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


The following table presents the components of Net Gains (Losses) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities reported in Other Income (Loss):
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
Type of Hedge
 
2012
 
2011
Net gain (loss) related to fair-value hedge ineffectiveness:
 
 
 
 
Interest-rate swaps
 
$
2,430

 
$
85

Interest-rate futures/forwards
 

 
(45
)
Total net gain (loss) related to fair-value hedge ineffectiveness
 
2,430

 
40

Net gain (loss) for derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
 
 
 
 
Economic hedges:
 
 
 
 
Interest-rate swaps
 
184

 
168

Interest-rate caps/floors
 
(402
)
 
(333
)
Interest-rate futures/forwards
 
(435
)
 
69

Net interest settlements
 
(5
)
 
23

Mortgage delivery commitments
 
(596
)
 
(94
)
Total net gain (loss) for derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 
(1,254
)
 
(167
)
Net Gains (Losses) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities
 
$
1,176

 
$
(127
)

The following table presents, by type of hedged item, the gains (losses) on derivatives and the related hedged items in fair-value hedging relationships and the effect of those derivatives on Net Interest Income:
 
 
Gain (Loss)
 
Gain (Loss)
 
Net Fair-
 
 
Effect on
 
 
on
 
on Hedged
 
Value Hedge
 
 
Net Interest
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
 
Derivative
 
Item
 
Ineffectiveness
 
 
Income (1)
Advances
 
$
34,415

 
$
(31,749
)
 
$
2,666

 
 
$
(60,669
)
CO Bonds
 
8,354

 
(9,485
)
 
(1,131
)
 
 
14,321

MPP (2)
 

 

 

 
 

AFS securities
 
15,586

 
(14,691
)
 
895

 
 
(17,049
)
Total
 
$
58,355

 
$
(55,925
)
 
$
2,430

 
 
$
(63,397
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Advances
 
$
62,247

 
$
(61,611
)
 
$
636

 
 
$
(81,394
)
CO Bonds
 
(21,829
)
 
21,110

 
(719
)
 
 
32,174

MPP (2)
 
(422
)
 
377

 
(45
)
 
 
(281
)
AFS securities
 
20,164

 
(19,996
)
 
168

 
 
(17,764
)
Total
 
$
60,160

 
$
(60,120
)
 
$
40

 
 
$
(67,265
)

(1) 
The net interest on derivatives in fair-value hedging relationships is recorded in the Interest Income / Interest Expense line item of the respective hedged item, which results in fully offsetting amounts, except to the extent of any hedge ineffectiveness.
(2) 
The effect of MPP hedges on Net Interest Income includes derivatives and the related hedged items in both fair-value and economic hedging relationships.





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Managing Credit Risk on Derivatives. The following table presents our credit risk exposure on derivative instruments, excluding circumstances where a counterparty's pledged collateral to us exceeds our net position. Amounts represent the effect of legally enforceable master netting agreements that allow us to settle positive and negative positions and also cash collateral held or placed with the same counterparties.

Credit Risk Exposure
 
March 31,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
Total net exposure at fair value
 
$
317

 
$
493

Cash collateral held
 

 

   Net positive exposure after cash collateral
 
317

 
493

Other collateral
 

 

   Net exposure after collateral
 
$
317

 
$
493


The net exposure at fair value includes accrued interest payable of $37 and accrued interest receivable of $70 at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. Based on credit analyses and collateral requirements, our management does not anticipate any credit losses on our derivative agreements.

We have credit support agreements that contain provisions requiring us to post additional collateral with our counterparties if there is deterioration in our credit rating. If our credit rating is lowered by a major credit rating agency, we could be required to deliver additional collateral on derivative instruments in net liability positions. The aggregate estimated fair value of all derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features that were in a net liability position (before cash collateral and related accrued interest on cash collateral) at March 31, 2012 was $817,414, for which we have posted collateral, including accrued interest, with an estimated fair value of $692,620 in the normal course of business. In addition, we held other derivative instruments in a net liability position of $641 that are not subject to credit support agreements containing credit-risk related contingent features. If our credit rating had been lowered by a major credit rating agency (from AA+ to AA), we would have been required to deliver no additional collateral (at estimated fair value) to our derivative counterparties at March 31, 2012.

Note 10 - Consolidated Obligations

Consolidated Obligations are backed only by the financial resources of the FHLBanks. Although we are primarily liable for our portion of Consolidated Obligations (i.e., those issued on our behalf), we are also jointly and severally liable with the other 11 FHLBanks for the payment of the principal and interest on all Consolidated Obligations of each of the FHLBanks. No FHLBank has ever been asked or required to repay the principal or interest on any Consolidated Obligation on behalf of another FHLBank, and we do not believe that it is probable that we will be asked to do so. The par values of the 12 FHLBanks' outstanding Consolidated Obligations, including Consolidated Obligations held by other FHLBanks, were approximately $658.0 billion and $691.9 billion at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

Discount Notes. Our participation in Discount Notes, all of which are due within one year of issuance, was as follows:
Discount Notes
 
March 31,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
Book value
 
$
5,968,864

 
$
6,536,109

Par value
 
5,969,400

 
6,536,400

Weighted average effective interest rate
 
0.11
%
 
0.07
%





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


CO Bonds. The following table presents our participation in CO Bonds outstanding:
 
 
March 31, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
Year of Contractual Maturity
 
Amount
 
WAIR%
 
Amount
 
WAIR%
Due in 1 year or less
 
$
16,387,600

 
0.49

 
$
17,071,550

 
0.54

Due after 1 year through 2 years
 
3,203,625

 
1.38

 
3,346,675

 
1.60

Due after 2 years through 3 years
 
1,540,000

 
2.58

 
1,448,150

 
2.67

Due after 3 years through 4 years
 
965,050

 
2.23

 
790,400

 
2.60

Due after 4 years through 5 years
 
850,600

 
2.70

 
796,400

 
3.15

Thereafter
 
6,314,650

 
3.95

 
6,839,150

 
3.88

Total CO Bonds, par value
 
29,261,525

 
1.57

 
30,292,325

 
1.63

Unamortized bond premiums
 
41,191

 
 

 
41,393

 
 

Unamortized bond discounts
 
(19,579
)
 
 

 
(20,374
)
 
 

Hedging adjustments
 
54,335

 
 

 
44,866

 
 

Total CO Bonds
 
$
29,337,472

 
 

 
$
30,358,210

 
 


The following tables present our participation in CO Bonds outstanding by redemption feature and contractual maturity or next call date:
Redemption Feature
 
March 31,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
Non-callable
 
$
23,008,325

 
$
22,156,325

Callable
 
6,253,200

 
8,136,000

Total CO Bonds, par value
 
$
29,261,525

 
$
30,292,325

Year of Contractual Maturity or Next Call Date
 
March 31,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
Due in 1 year or less
 
$
20,933,800

 
$
22,188,550

Due after 1 year through 2 years
 
3,080,625

 
3,145,675

Due after 2 years through 3 years
 
1,291,000

 
1,137,150

Due after 3 years through 4 years
 
743,050

 
540,400

Due after 4 years through 5 years
 
401,600

 
475,400

Thereafter
 
2,811,450

 
2,805,150

Total CO Bonds, par value
 
$
29,261,525

 
$
30,292,325

 
Note 11 - Capital
    
We are subject to capital requirements under our capital plan and the Finance Agency rules and regulations as further disclosed in Note 16 - Capital in our 2011 Form 10-K. As presented in the following table, we were in compliance with the Finance Agency's capital requirements at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011. For regulatory purposes, AOCI is not considered capital; MRCS, however, is considered capital.
 
 
March 31, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
Regulatory Capital Requirements
 
Required
 
Actual
 
Required
 
Actual
Risk-based capital
 
$
797,760

 
$
2,549,682

 
$
624,220

 
$
2,514,614

Regulatory permanent capital-to-asset ratio
 
4.00
%
 
6.46
%
 
4.00
%
 
6.23
%
Regulatory permanent capital
 
$
1,578,774

 
$
2,549,682

 
$
1,615,020

 
$
2,514,614

Leverage ratio
 
5.00
%
 
9.69
%
 
5.00
%
 
9.34
%
Leverage capital
 
$
1,973,468

 
$
3,824,523

 
$
2,018,774

 
$
3,771,921






Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we had $457.4 million and $453.9 million, respectively, in capital stock subject to mandatory redemption, which is classified as a liability in the Statement of Condition.

There were 28 and 27 former members holding MRCS at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, both of which include nine institutions that were members at the time of their acquisition by the FDIC in its capacity as receiver. As of March 31, 2012, MRCS contractually due to be redeemed within the following 12-month period totaled $48,234.

The following table presents distributions on MRCS:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
Distributions
 
2012
 
2011
Recorded as Interest Expense
 
$
3,911

 
$
4,825

Recorded as distributions from Retained Earnings
 
27

 

Total
 
$
3,938

 
$
4,825


The distributions from Retained Earnings represent dividends paid to former members for the portion of the previous quarterly period that they were members. The amounts charged to Interest Expense represent distributions to former members for the portion of the period they were not members.

Excess Capital Stock. Excess capital stock is defined as the amount of stock held by a member or former member in excess of that institution's minimum stock requirement. Finance Agency rules limit the ability of an FHLBank to create member excess stock under certain circumstances, including if excess stock exceeds 1% of Total Assets or if the issuance of excess stock would cause excess stock to exceed 1% of Total Assets. Our excess stock totaled $0.9 billion at March 31, 2012, which equaled approximately 2% of our Total Assets. Therefore, we are currently not permitted to issue new excess stock to members or distribute stock dividends.

Note 12 - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following table presents the changes in the components of AOCI for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2012:

 
 
Unrealized Gains (Losses) on AFS Securities (Note 3)
 
Non-Credit OTTI on AFS Securities (Note 3)
 
Non-Credit OTTI on HTM Securities (Note 4)
 
Pension Benefits
 
Total AOCI
Balance, December 31, 2010
 
$
(4,615
)
 
$
(68,806
)
 
$
(7,056
)
 
$
(9,769
)
 
$
(90,246
)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
4,263

 
24,512

 
1,070

 
292

 
30,137

Balance, March 31, 2011
 
$
(352
)
 
$
(44,294
)
 
$
(5,986
)
 
$
(9,477
)
 
$
(60,109
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, December 31, 2011
 
$
15,080

 
$
(119,274
)
 
$
(392
)
 
$
(8,955
)
 
$
(113,541
)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
(3,416
)
 
34,012

 
23

 
308

 
30,927

Balance, March 31, 2012
 
$
11,664

 
$
(85,262
)
 
$
(369
)
 
$
(8,647
)
 
$
(82,614
)





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Note 13 - Segment Information

We have identified two primary operating segments:

Traditional, which includes credit services (such as Advances, letters of credit, and lines of credit), investments (including Federal Funds Sold, Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell, AFS securities, and HTM securities), and deposits; and
MPP, which consists of mortgage loans purchased from our members.

The following table presents our financial performance by operating segment:

Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
 
Traditional
 
MPP
 
Total
Net Interest Income
 
$
40,773

 
$
22,070

 
$
62,843

Provision for Credit Losses
 

 
419

 
419

Other Income (Loss)
 
(323
)
 
(1,030
)
 
(1,353
)
Other Expenses
 
13,346

 
1,234

 
14,580

Income Before Assessments
 
27,104

 
19,387

 
46,491

Total Assessments
 
3,101

 
1,939

 
5,040

Net Income
 
$
24,003

 
$
17,448

 
$
41,451

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Interest Income
 
$
34,679

 
$
25,566

 
$
60,245

Provision for Credit Losses
 

 
976

 
976

Other Income (Loss)
 
(18,052
)
 
(70
)
 
(18,122
)
Other Expenses
 
12,234

 
1,331

 
13,565

Income Before Assessments
 
4,393

 
23,189

 
27,582

Total Assessments
 
1,560

 
6,152

 
7,712

Net Income
 
$
2,833

 
$
17,037

 
$
19,870


The following table presents asset balances by segment:
By Date
 
Traditional
 
MPP
 
Total
March 31, 2012
 
$
33,629,179

 
$
5,840,182

 
$
39,469,361

December 31, 2011
 
34,420,348

 
5,955,142

 
40,375,490


The estimates used to allocate indirect overhead costs to the MPP segment were refined during the first quarter of 2012. This change resulted in a higher proportion of total Other Expenses being allocated to the MPP segment, but no change to total Other Expenses. The related prior period amounts have been adjusted accordingly for the purposes of comparability. For the three months ended March 31, 2011, Other Expenses in the MPP segment increased, and Other Expenses in the Traditional segment decreased, by $722.





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Note 14 - Estimated Fair Values

The estimated fair value amounts, recorded on the Statement of Condition and presented in the note disclosures, have been determined by using available market information and our best judgment of appropriate valuation methods. These estimates are based on pertinent information available to us at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Although we use our best judgment in estimating the fair values of these financial instruments, there are inherent limitations in any valuation technique. Therefore, these estimated fair values may not be indicative of the amounts that would have been realized in market transactions at the reporting dates.

The following table presents the carrying value and estimated fair value of financial assets and liabilities. The estimated fair values do not represent an estimate of our overall market value as a going concern, which would take into account future business opportunities and the net profitability of assets and liabilities among other considerations:

 
March 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
Estimated Fair Value
 
 
Carrying
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Netting
Financial Instruments
 
Value
 
Total
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Adjustment (1)
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and Due from Banks
 
$
301,367

 
$
301,367

 
$
301,367

 
$

 
$

 
$

Interest-Bearing Deposits
 
144

 
144

 

 
144

 

 

Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell
 
1,750,000

 
1,750,000

 

 
1,750,000

 

 

Federal Funds Sold
 
2,105,000

 
2,105,000

 

 
2,105,000

 

 

AFS securities
 
3,336,755

 
3,336,755

 

 
2,722,225

 
614,530

 

HTM securities
 
7,957,238

 
8,112,824

 

 
7,751,266

 
361,558

 

Advances
 
18,042,308

 
18,225,141

 

 
18,225,141

 

 

Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio, net
 
5,840,182

 
6,235,458

 

 
6,235,458

 

 

Accrued Interest Receivable
 
88,776

 
88,776

 

 
88,776

 

 

Derivative Assets
 
317

 
317

 

 
88,166

 

 
(87,849
)
Grantor Trust Assets (included in Other Assets)
 
13,957

 
13,957

 
13,957

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deposits
 
1,312,282

 
1,312,186

 

 
1,312,186

 

 

Consolidated Obligations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
Discount Notes
 
5,968,864

 
5,969,400

 

 
5,969,400

 

 

CO Bonds
 
29,337,472

 
30,015,653

 

 
30,015,653

 

 

Accrued Interest Payable
 
103,142

 
103,142

 

 
103,142

 

 

Derivative Liabilities
 
125,435

 
125,435

 

 
905,904

 

 
(780,469
)
MRCS
 
457,425

 
457,425

 
457,425

 

 

 


(1) 
Amounts represent the effect of legally enforceable master netting agreements that allow us to net settle positive and negative positions and also cash collateral and related accrued interest held or placed with the same counterparties.




Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


 
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
Carrying
 
Estimated
Financial Instruments
 
Value
 
Fair Value
Assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash and Due from Banks
 
$
512,682

 
$
512,682

Interest-Bearing Deposits
 
15

 
15

Federal Funds Sold
 
3,422,000

 
3,422,019

AFS securities
 
2,949,446

 
2,949,446

HTM securities
 
8,832,178

 
8,972,081

Advances
 
18,567,702

 
18,787,663

Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio, net
 
5,955,142

 
6,378,449

Accrued Interest Receivable
 
87,314

 
87,314

Derivative Assets
 
493

 
493

Grantor Trust Assets (included in Other Assets)
 
13,016

 
13,016

 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Deposits
 
629,466

 
629,466

Consolidated Obligations:
 
 
 
 
Discount Notes
 
6,536,109

 
6,536,249

CO Bonds
 
30,358,210

 
31,083,104

Accrued Interest Payable
 
102,060

 
102,060

Derivative Liabilities
 
174,573

 
174,573

MRCS
 
453,885

 
453,885


Fair Value HierarchyWe record AFS securities, Derivative Assets, grantor trust assets (publicly-traded mutual funds), and Derivative Liabilities at estimated fair value. The fair value hierarchy requires us to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring estimated fair value. The inputs are evaluated, and an overall level for the estimated fair value measurement is determined. This overall level is an indication of market observability of the estimated fair value measurement for the asset or liability.

The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value into three broad levels:

Level 1 Inputs. Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in an active market that we can access on the measurement date.

Level 2 Inputs. Inputs other than quoted prices within Level 1 that are observable inputs for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. If the asset or liability has a specified or contractual term, a Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. Level 2 inputs include the following: (i) quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; (ii) quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; (iii) inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (e.g., interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals and implied volatilities); and (iv) inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

Level 3 Inputs. Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

We review the fair value hierarchy classifications on a quarterly basis. Changes in the observability of the valuation inputs may result in a reclassification of certain assets or liabilities. Such reclassifications are reported as transfers in/out at estimated fair value as of the beginning of the quarter in which the changes occur. There were no such transfers during the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Summary of Valuation Techniques and Significant Inputs. A description of the valuation techniques and significant inputs is disclosed in Note 20 - Estimated Fair Values in our 2011 Form 10-K, and no changes have been made in the current year, except as disclosed below. The information disclosed below provides further detail on certain significant inputs.

Advances. We determine the estimated fair value of Advances by calculating the present value of expected future cash flows from the Advances (excluding the amount of the accrued interest receivable). The discount rates used in these calculations are equivalent to the replacement Advance rates for Advances with similar terms. In accordance with the Finance Agency's Advances regulations, Advances with a maturity or repricing period greater than six months require a prepayment fee sufficient to make us financially indifferent to the borrower's decision to prepay the Advances. Therefore, the estimated fair value of Advances appropriately excludes prepayment risk.

The inputs used to determine the estimated fair value of Advances are as follows:

LIBOR Swap Curve. We use the LIBOR swap curve, which represents the fixed rates where fixed rate payments are swapped in exchange for payments of three-month LIBOR, based on our use of the LIBOR swap curve to determine current Advance rates.
Volatility assumption. To estimate the fair value of Advances with optionality, we use market-based expectations of future interest rate volatility implied from current market prices for certain benchmark options.
Spread adjustment. Represents an adjustment to the LIBOR swap curve. The spreads are calculated for various structures of Advances using current Advance pricing indications provided by internal Treasury personnel.

Deposits. The estimated fair values of deposits are approximately equal to the carrying values of the deposits because the deposits are primarily overnight deposits or due on demand. We determine the estimated fair value of term deposits by calculating the value assuming next-day maturity and using the LIBOR swap curve.

Consolidated Obligations. Beginning in the first quarter of 2012, we determine the estimated fair value of CO Bonds by using prices received from pricing services and we assume the estimated fair value of Discount Notes is equal to par value due to their short-term nature. We previously used an internal valuation model and related market-based inputs. These changes did not have a significant impact on the estimated fair values of our Consolidated Obligations as of March 31, 2012.

The estimated fair value incorporates prices from up to three designated third-party pricing vendors, when available. These pricing vendors use various proprietary models to price CO Bonds. The inputs to those models are derived from various sources including, but not limited to, benchmark yields, reported trades, dealer estimates, issuer spreads, benchmark securities, bids, offers, and other market-related data. Since many CO Bonds do not trade on a daily basis, the pricing vendors use available information, as applicable, such as benchmark curves, benchmarking of like securities, sector groupings and matrix pricing to determine the prices for individual CO Bonds. Each pricing vendor has an established challenge process in place for all valuations, which facilitates resolution of potentially erroneous prices identified by us.

We conducted reviews of the three pricing vendors to confirm and further augment our understanding of the vendors' pricing processes, methodologies and control procedures for CO Bonds.





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Our valuation technique for estimating the fair values of CO Bonds first requires the establishment of a "median" price for each CO Bond. If three prices were received, the middle price was used; if two prices were received, the average of the two prices was used; and if one price was received, it was used subject to some type of validation. All prices that are within a specified tolerance threshold of the median price are included in the cluster of prices that are averaged to compute a default price. Prices that are outside the threshold ("outliers") are subject to further review (that may include, but is not limited to comparison to prices provided by an additional third-party valuation service, prices for similar securities, and/or non-binding dealer estimates, and option adjusted spread comparison) to determine if an outlier is a better estimate of fair value. If an outlier (or some other price identified in the analysis) is determined to be a better estimate of fair value, then the outlier (or the other price as appropriate) is used as the final price rather than the default price. If, on the other hand, the analysis confirms that an outlier (or outliers) is (are) in fact not representative of estimated fair value and the default price is the best estimate, then the default price is used as the final price. If all prices received for a CO Bond are outside the tolerance threshold level of the median price, then there is no default price, and the final price is determined by an evaluation of all outlier prices as described above. In all cases, the final price is used to determine the estimated fair value of the CO Bond.

As of March 31, 2012, three prices were received for substantially all of our CO Bonds and the final prices for substantially all of those were computed by averaging the three prices. Based on our reviews of the pricing methods and controls employed by the third-party pricing vendors and the relative lack of dispersion among the vendor prices (or, in those instances in which there were outliers or significant yield variances, our additional analyses), we believe our final estimated prices result in reasonable estimates of fair value and, further, that the fair value measurements are classified appropriately in the fair value hierarchy.












Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Estimated Fair Value on a Recurring Basis. The following tables present the estimated fair value of financial assets and liabilities by level within the fair value hierarchy which are recorded at estimated fair value on a recurring basis on our Statement of Condition:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Netting
March 31, 2012
 
Total
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Adjustment (1)
AFS securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GSE debentures
 
$
2,401,196

 
$

 
$
2,401,196

 
$

 
$

TLGP debentures
 
321,029

 

 
321,029

 

 

Private-label RMBS
 
614,530

 

 

 
614,530

 

Total AFS securities
 
3,336,755

 

 
2,722,225

 
614,530

 

Derivative Assets:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Interest-rate related
 
128

 

 
87,977

 

 
(87,849
)
Interest-rate futures/forwards
 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage delivery commitments
 
189

 

 
189

 

 

Total Derivative Assets
 
317

 

 
88,166

 

 
(87,849
)
Grantor Trust Assets (included in Other Assets)
 
13,957

 
13,957

 

 

 

Total recurring assets at estimated fair value
 
$
3,351,029

 
$
13,957

 
$
2,810,391

 
$
614,530

 
$
(87,849
)
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Derivative Liabilities:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Interest-rate related
 
$
124,794

 
$

 
$
905,263

 
$

 
$
(780,469
)
Interest-rate futures/forwards
 
197

 

 
197

 

 

Mortgage delivery commitments
 
444

 

 
444

 

 

Total Derivative Liabilities
 
125,435

 

 
905,904

 

 
(780,469
)
Total recurring liabilities at estimated fair value
 
$
125,435

 
$

 
$
905,904

 
$

 
$
(780,469
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AFS securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GSE debentures
 
$
2,025,695

 
$

 
$
2,025,695

 
$

 
$

TLGP debentures
 
322,442

 

 
322,442

 

 

Private-label RMBS
 
601,309

 

 

 
601,309

 

Total AFS securities
 
2,949,446

 

 
2,348,137

 
601,309

 

Derivative Assets:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Interest-rate related
 
76

 

 
76,723

 

 
(76,647
)
Interest-rate futures/forwards
 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage delivery commitments
 
417

 

 
417

 

 

Total Derivative Assets
 
493

 

 
77,140

 

 
(76,647
)
Grantor Trust Assets (included in Other Assets)
 
13,016

 
13,016

 

 

 

Total recurring assets at estimated fair value
 
$
2,962,955

 
$
13,016

 
$
2,425,277

 
$
601,309

 
$
(76,647
)
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Derivative Liabilities:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Interest-rate related
 
$
173,810

 
$

 
$
969,795

 
$

 
$
(795,985
)
Interest-rate futures/forwards
 
763

 

 
763

 

 

Mortgage delivery commitments
 

 

 

 

 

Total Derivative Liabilities
 
174,573

 

 
970,558

 

 
(795,985
)
Total recurring liabilities at estimated fair value
 
$
174,573

 
$

 
$
970,558

 
$

 
$
(795,985
)

(1) 
Amounts represent the effect of legally enforceable master netting agreements that allow us to net settle positive and negative positions and also cash collateral and related accrued interest held or placed with the same counterparties.





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


The table below presents a reconciliation of our AFS private-label RMBS measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis using Level 3 significant inputs.
 
 
Three Months Ended
Estimated Fair Value Measurements Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
 
March 31, 2012
Balance, beginning of period
 
$
601,309

Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
 
 
Net gains on sale of AFS securities
 

Accretion of credit losses in Net Interest Income

 
375

Net gains (losses) on changes in fair value in Other Income (Loss)
 
(3,286
)
Non-credit portion in OCI
 

Net change in fair value not in excess of cumulative non-credit losses in OCI
 
26,602

Unrealized gains (losses) in OCI
 
4,124

Reclassification of non-credit portion to Other Income (Loss) in OCI
 
3,286

Purchases, issuances, sales and settlements:
 
 
Sales
 

Settlements
 
(17,880
)
Transfers from HTM to AFS securities
 

Balance, end of period
 
$
614,530

 
 
 
Net gains (losses) included in earnings attributable to changes in fair value relating to assets still held at end of period.
 
$
(2,911
)
 
 
Three Months Ended
Estimated Fair Value Measurements Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
 
March 31, 2011
Balance, beginning of period
 
$
982,541

Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
 
 
Net gains on sale of AFS securities
 

Net gains (losses) on changes in fair value in Other Income (Loss)
 
(17,161
)
Included in OCI
 
24,512

Purchases, issuances, sales and settlements:
 
 
Sales
 

Settlements
 
(57,053
)
Transfers from HTM to AFS securities
 

Balance, end of period
 
$
932,839

 
 
 
Net gains (losses) included in earnings attributable to changes in fair value relating to assets still held at end of period.
 
$
(17,161
)

Estimated Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis. We measure certain HTM securities at estimated fair value on a nonrecurring basis. These assets are not carried at estimated fair value on an ongoing basis, but are subject to fair value adjustments only in certain circumstances (e.g., when there is evidence of OTTI).

The table below presents the estimated fair value of HTM securities by level within the fair value hierarchy that are recorded at estimated fair value on a nonrecurring basis at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

March 31, 2012
 
Total
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
Private-label RMBS
 
$
1,243

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,243

Total nonrecurring assets at estimated fair value
 
$
1,243

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,243

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home equity loan ABS
 
$
588

 
$

 
$

 
$
588

Total nonrecurring assets at estimated fair value
 
$
588

 
$

 
$

 
$
588





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Note 15 - Commitments and Contingencies

The following table presents our off-balance-sheet commitments at their notional amounts:
 
 
March 31, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
By Commitment
 
Expire within one year
 
Expire after one year
 
Total
 
Expire within one year
 
Expire after one year
 
Total
Standby letters of credit outstanding  
 
$
342,398

 
$
269,166

 
$
611,564

 
$
240,599

 
$
271,567

 
$
512,166

Unused lines of credit
 
790,238

 

 
790,238

 
780,409

 

 
780,409

Commitments to fund additional Advances (1)
 
4,060

 

 
4,060

 
12,052

 

 
12,052

Commitment to fund or purchase mortgage loans
 
139,510

 

 
139,510

 
68,069

 

 
68,069

Unsettled CO Bonds, at par (2)
 
410,000

 

 
410,000

 
275,000

 

 
275,000


(1) 
Commitments to fund additional Advances are generally for periods up to 6 months. Includes $420 of outstanding commitments to issue standby letters of credit at March 31, 2012 and $0 at December 31, 2011.
(2) 
Unsettled CO Bonds of $360,000 and $250,000 at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, were hedged with associated interest-rate swaps.

Commitments to Extend Credit. A standby letter of credit is a financing arrangement between us and one of our members and is executed for members for a fee. Commitments to extend credit are fully collateralized at the time of issuance. If we are required to make payment for a beneficiary's draw, the payment amount is converted into a collateralized Advance to the member. The original terms of these standby letters of credit, including related commitments, range from 3 months to 20 years, including a final expiration in 2029. The carrying value of guarantees related to standby letters of credit is recorded in Other Liabilities and totaled $3,333 and $3,580 at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. See Note 6 - Advances and Note 8 - Allowance for Credit Losses for more information.

Pledged Collateral. We generally execute derivatives with large banks and major broker-dealers and generally enter into bilateral pledge (collateral) agreements. We had pledged $692,543 and $719,292 of cash collateral, at par, at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we had not pledged any securities as collateral.

Legal Proceedings. We are subject to legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. After consultation with legal counsel, management does not anticipate that the ultimate liability, if any, arising out of these matters will have a material effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

Additional discussion of other commitments and contingencies is provided in Note 6 - Advances; Note 7 - Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio; Note 9 - Derivatives and Hedging Activities; Note 10 - Consolidated Obligations; Note 11 - Capital; and Note 14 - Estimated Fair Values.





Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Note 16 - Transactions with Related Parties

For purposes of these financial statements, we define related parties as those members and former members and their affiliates with capital stock outstanding in excess of 10% of our total outstanding Capital Stock and MRCS. Transactions with such members are entered into in the normal course of business and are subject to the same eligibility and credit criteria, as well as the same terms and conditions, as other similar transactions.

The following table presents outstanding balances with respect to transactions with related parties.
 
 
Capital Stock, including MRCS
 
Advances
 
Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio
March 31, 2012
 
Balance,
par value
 
% of Total
 
Balance,
 par value
 
% of Total
 
Balance,
UPB
 
% of Total
Flagstar Bank, FSB
 
$
301,737

 
15
%
 
$
3,591,000

 
21
%
 
$
737,112

 
13
%
Bank of America, N.A. (1)
 
224,921

 
11
%
 
400,000

 
2
%
 
1,524,959

 
26
%
Total
 
$
526,658

 
26
%
 
$
3,991,000

 
23
%
 
$
2,262,071

 
39
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Flagstar Bank, FSB
 
$
301,737

 
15
%
 
$
3,953,000

 
22
%
 
$
752,284

 
13
%
Bank of America, N.A. (1)
 
224,921

 
11
%
 
400,000

 
2
%
 
1,641,156

 
27
%
Total
 
$
526,658

 
26
%
 
$
4,353,000

 
24
%
 
$
2,393,440

 
40
%

(1) 
Former member

During the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, we had net Advances to (repayments from) related parties as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
Related Party
 
2012
 
2011
Flagstar Bank, FSB
 
$
(362,000
)
 
$
(326,477
)
Bank of America, N.A. (1)
 

 


(1) 
Former member

During the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, we acquired mortgage loans from related parties as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
Related Party
 
2012
 
2011
Flagstar Bank, FSB
 
$

 
$
81,260

Bank of America, N.A. (1)
 

 






Notes to Financial Statements, continued
(Unaudited, $ amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)


Transactions with Directors' Financial Institutions.  We provide, in the ordinary course of business, products and services to members whose officers or directors serve on our board of directors. In accordance with Finance Agency regulations, transactions with directors' financial institutions are made on the same terms as those with any other member. 

The following table presents outstanding balances with our directors' financial institutions.
 
 
Capital Stock, including MRCS
 
Advances
 
Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio
Date
 
Balance,
par value
 
% of Total
 
Balance,
 par value
 
% of Total
 
Balance,
UPB
 
% of Total
March 31, 2012
 
$
66,652

 
3
%
 
$
539,347

 
3
%
 
$
45,328

 
1
%
December 31, 2011
 
66,652

 
3
%
 
543,309

 
3
%
 
42,746

 
1
%

During the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, we had net Advances to (repayments from) directors' financial institutions and we acquired mortgage loans from directors' financial institutions, taking into account the dates of the directors' appointments and resignations, as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
Transaction
 
2012
 
2011
Net Advances to (repayments from) directors' financial institutions
 
$
(3,961
)
 
$
(24,510
)
Mortgage loans acquired from directors' financial institutions
 
4,901

 
2,254








GLOSSARY OF TERMS

ABS: Asset-backed securities
Advances: Secured loans to members, former members or housing associates
AFS: Available-for-sale
AHP: Affordable Housing Program
AOCI: Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Bank Act: Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932, as amended
CFTC: Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CO Bonds: Consolidated Obligation Bonds
Consolidated Obligations: CO Bonds and Discount Notes
Dodd-Frank Act: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, enacted July 21, 2010, as amended
Exchange Act: Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
Fannie Mae: Federal National Mortgage Association
FASB: Financial Accounting Standards Board
FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FHA: Federal Housing Administration
FHLBank: A Federal Home Loan Bank
FHLBanks: The 12 Federal Home Loan Banks or subset thereof
FHLBank System: The 12 FHLBanks and the Office of Finance
Finance Agency: Federal Housing Finance Agency
Fitch: Fitch Ratings, Inc.
FOMC: Federal Open Market Committee
Form 8-K: Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Form 10-K: Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Form 10-Q: Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Freddie Mac: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
GAAP: Generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
Ginnie Mae: Government National Mortgage Association
GSE: Government-sponsored enterprise
HERA: Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, as amended
HTM: Held-to-maturity
JCE Agreement: Joint Capital Enhancement Agreement, as amended
LIBOR: London Interbank Offered Rate
LRA: Lender risk account
MBS: Mortgage-backed securities
MCC: Master Commitment Contract
Moody's: Moody's Investor Services
MPP: Mortgage Purchase Program
MRCS: Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock
NRSRO: Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization
OCI: Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
OTTI: Other-than-temporary impairment or impaired (as the context indicates)
PMI: Primary mortgage insurance
REFCORP: Resolution Funding Corporation
RMBS: Residential mortgage-backed securities
S&P: Standard & Poor's Rating Service
SEC: Securities and Exchange Commission
SMI: Supplemental mortgage insurance
TBA: To Be Announced
TLGP: The FDIC's Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
UPB: Unpaid principal balance
VaR: Value at risk
WAIR: Weighted average interest rate




ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Presentation 

This Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read along with our 2011 Form 10-K and the financial statements and related footnotes contained in Item 1. Financial Statements.

As used in this Form 10-Q, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms "we," "us," and "our" refer to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis. We use certain acronyms and terms throughout this Form 10-Q which are defined in the Glossary of Terms located in Item 1. Financial Statements.

Unless otherwise stated, amounts in this Item 2 are rounded to the nearest million; therefore, dollar amounts of less than one million may not be reflected in this report and, due to rounding, may not appear to agree to the amounts presented in thousands in the Financial Statements and Notes to Financial Statements. Amounts used to calculate dollar and percentage changes are based on numbers in the thousands. Accordingly, recalculations based upon the disclosed amounts (millions) may not produce the same results.

Special Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements
 
Statements in this Form 10-Q, including statements describing our objectives, projections, estimates or future predictions, may be "forward-looking statements." These statements may use forward-looking terminology, such as "anticipates," "believes," "could," "estimates," "may," "should," "expects," "will," or their negatives or other variations on these terms. We caution that, by their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk or uncertainty and that actual results either could differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements or could affect the extent to which a particular objective, projection, estimate, or prediction is realized. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the following:

economic and market conditions, including the timing and volume of market activity, inflation or deflation, changes in the value of global currencies, and changes in the financial condition of market participants;
volatility of market prices, rates, and indices that could affect the value of collateral we hold as security for the obligations of our members and counterparties;
demand for our Advances and purchases of mortgage loans resulting from:
changes in our members' deposit flows and credit demands;
membership changes, including, but not limited to, mergers, acquisitions and consolidations of charters;
changes in the general level of housing activity in the United States, the level of refinancing activity and consumer product preferences; and
competitive forces, including, without limitation, other sources of funding available to our members;
our ability to introduce new products and services and successfully manage the risks associated with our products and services, including new types of collateral securing Advances;
changes in mortgage asset prepayment patterns, delinquency rates and housing values;
political events, including legislative, regulatory, or other developments, and judicial rulings that affect us, our status as a secured creditor, our members, counterparties, one or more of the FHLBanks and/or investors in the Consolidated Obligations of the 12 FHLBanks;
changes in our ability to raise capital market funding, including changes in credit ratings and the level of government guarantees provided to other United States and international financial institutions; and competition from other entities borrowing funds in the capital markets;
negative adjustments in the FHLBanks' credit ratings that could adversely impact the pricing and marketability of our Consolidated Obligations, products, or services;
risk of loss should one or more of the FHLBanks be unable to repay its participation in the Consolidated Obligations, or otherwise be unable to meet its financial obligations;
ability to attract and retain skilled individuals in order to fulfill an anticipated increase in staffing needs;
ability to develop and support technology and information systems sufficient to effectively manage the risks of our business;
changes in terms of interest-rate exchange agreements and similar agreements;
risk of loss arising from natural disasters, acts of war or acts of terrorism; and
changes in or differing interpretations of accounting guidance. 




Although we undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, you are advised to consult any additional disclosures that we may make through reports filed with the SEC in the future, including our Form 10-K's, Form 10-Q's and Form 8-K's.
 
Executive Summary
 
Overview. We are a regional wholesale bank that makes Advances, purchases mortgages and other investments, and provides other financial services to our member financial institutions. These member financial institutions can consist of federally-insured depository institutions (including commercial banks, thrifts, and credit unions), community development financial institutions and insurance companies. All member financial institutions are required to purchase shares of our Class B Capital Stock as a condition of membership. Our public policy mission is to facilitate and expand the availability of financing for housing and community development. We seek to achieve our mission by providing products and services to our members in a safe, sound, and profitable manner, and by generating a competitive return on their capital investment. See Item 1. Business - Background Information in our 2011 Form 10-K for more information.
 
We group our products and services within two business segments:

Traditional, which includes credit services (such as Advances, letters of credit, and lines of credit), investments (including Federal Funds Sold, Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell, AFS securities, and HTM securities), correspondent services and deposits; and
MPP, which consists of mortgage loans purchased from our members.

Our principal source of funding is the proceeds from the sale to the public of FHLBank debt instruments, called Consolidated Obligations, which are the joint and several obligation of all 12 FHLBanks. We obtain additional funds from deposits, other borrowings, and the sale of capital stock to our members.

Our primary source of revenue is interest earned on Advances, long- and short-term investments, and mortgage loans purchased from our members.
 
Our Net Interest Income is primarily determined by the interest-rate spread between the interest rate earned on our assets and the interest rate paid on our share of the Consolidated Obligations. We use funding and hedging strategies to mitigate the related interest-rate risk.

Economic Conditions. Our financial condition and results of operations are influenced by the general state of the global and national economies; the conditions in the financial, credit and mortgage markets; the prevailing level of interest rates; and the local economies in our district states of Indiana and Michigan and their impact on our member financial institutions.

The United States economy entered a recession in December 2007, which ended in June 2009. Although the United States economy has begun to show signs of improvement, many of the effects of the recession and the world-wide financial crisis continued in the United States during the first quarter of 2012, including serious pressures on earnings and capital at many financial institutions, high unemployment rates, high levels of mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures, and a depressed housing market. Home prices continue to be depressed as housing supply remains very high, housing demand is weak and loan originations and sales volumes remain low. Sales of distressed properties, such as foreclosures, real estate owned by financial institutions, and short sales by borrowers behind on their mortgage payments, have adversely affected the housing market. Foreclosure workout times have increased, and the current outlook for resolving the backlog of foreclosed properties remains uncertain.

Many of the effects of the world-wide financial crisis have also continued to affect the global economy during the first quarter of 2012. In late 2011 and early 2012, all three of the major NRSROs announced ratings downgrades on Eurozone countries, or have placed them on review for possible downgrade, citing concerns about European central bank lending, rising yields on bonds issued by top-rated sovereigns, the ongoing political deadlock over how to deal with the crisis, high levels of government and household debt and the increased risk of a European recession in 2012, which could potentially affect other economies.





The FOMC indicated that it will maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 0.00-0.25%, as it continues to anticipate that economic conditions, including low rates of resource utilization and subdued inflation trends, are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate at least through late 2014. Although not possible to predict, the continued abnormally low rates in the near-term may cause more interest rate volatility and ultimately higher rates in the future than would normally be anticipated.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that Michigan's preliminary unemployment rate equaled 8.5% for March 2012, while Indiana's preliminary rate was 8.2%, which equals the United States rate of 8.2%. According to information provided by LPS Applied Analytics for February 2012, Indiana had a non-current mortgage rate (loans past due 30 days or more) of 13.4%, and Michigan had a non-current mortgage rate of 10.9%, compared to the national rate of 11.7%.

In its most recent forecast, the Center for Econometric Research at Indiana University predicts that the Indiana economy will achieve slow, steady growth, with rising employment and personal income and a decline in the unemployment rate. The most recent forecast published by the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics at the University of Michigan states that the Michigan economy is beginning its third year of recovery after exiting a debilitating recession at the end of 2009, driven mainly by job growth in manufacturing, business and professional services and health services. University of Michigan economists expect a moderate rate of state job growth for 2012. Although the overall economic outlook for our district is showing some signs of improvement, we believe it will continue to trail the overall United States economy.

The Capital Markets. The Office of Finance, our fiscal agent, issues debt in the global capital markets on behalf of the 12 FHLBanks in the form of Consolidated Obligations, which include CO Bonds and Discount Notes. Our funding operations are dependent on debt issued by the Office of Finance, and the issuance of our debt is affected by events in the capital markets. 

Overall, the capital markets continued to experience volatility in the first quarter of 2012, mainly driven by concerns about the Eurozone countries. Other concerns included higher gas prices, continued high unemployment and falling housing prices in the United States. During the first quarter of 2012, economic data, including a lower unemployment rate, indicated that the United States economy was beginning to improve. However, this news was offset by continued concerns about European sovereigns and the impact of a possible European recession on other world economies. During the first quarter of 2012, funding costs were relatively stable, but slightly lower than the extremely favorable funding costs at the end of 2011.

The FOMC decided to continue its program to extend the average maturity of its holdings of securities as announced in September. To help support conditions in the mortgage markets, the FOMC will maintain its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency MBS and agency debt in agency MBS. In addition, the FOMC will maintain its existing policy of replacing maturing United States Treasury securities at auction. The FOMC will regularly review the size and composition of its securities holdings in light of incoming information and is prepared to adjust those holdings as needed to promote a stronger economic recovery in a context of price stability.

During the first quarter of 2012, investment in taxable money market funds, which purchase a significant portion of the Discount Notes and short maturity CO Bonds issued by the FHLBanks, fell significantly as low rates and better economic data likely led investors to seek increased returns in riskier asset classes. As a subset of those assets, taxable money market fund investments allocated to the "U.S. Other Agency" category also decreased significantly.

Impact on Operating Results. Events in the capital and housing markets in the last several years have created opportunities to generate spreads well above historical levels on certain types of transactions. Although we expected the frequency and level of higher-spread investment opportunities to continue to diminish in 2012, the current Eurozone crisis has led to very low costs for our Consolidated Obligations, causing spreads to be wider than expected across all asset classes. We expect Net Interest Income to decline if the cost of our debt increases to pre-crisis levels and the spreads on our assets revert to historical levels. However, these spreads could be affected by unexpected changes in the economic environment.





Summary of Selected Financial Data
 
The following table presents a summary of certain financial information as of and for the periods indicated ($ amounts in millions): 
 
 
As of and for the Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
 
September 30,
2011
 
June 30,
2011
 
March 31,
2011
Statement of Condition:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Assets
 
$
39,469

 
$
40,375

 
$
40,950

 
$
40,059

 
$
43,901

Advances
 
18,042

 
18,568

 
18,564

 
17,476

 
17,679

Investments (1)
 
15,149

 
15,203

 
15,828

 
14,624

 
19,274

Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio
 
5,843

 
5,958

 
6,110

 
6,283

 
6,469

Allowance for loan losses
 
(3
)
 
(3
)
 
(3
)
 
(2
)
 
(1
)
Discount Notes
 
5,969

 
6,536

 
6,981

 
9,993

 
8,489

CO Bonds
 
29,337

 
30,358

 
29,855

 
26,068

 
31,287

Total Consolidated Obligations
 
35,306

 
36,894

 
36,836

 
36,061

 
39,776

MRCS
 
457

 
454

 
483

 
515

 
658

Capital Stock, Class B Putable
 
1,565

 
1,563

 
1,553

 
1,490

 
1,614

Retained Earnings
 
527

 
498

 
472

 
451

 
437

AOCI
 
(82
)
 
(114
)
 
(85
)
 
(57
)
 
(60
)
Total Capital
 
2,010

 
1,947

 
1,940

 
1,884

 
1,991

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Statement of Income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Interest Income
 
62

 
59

 
56

 
56

 
60

Provision for Credit Losses
 

 
1

 
2

 
1

 
1

Net OTTI credit losses
 
(3
)
 
(1
)
 
(5
)
 
(3
)
 
(18
)
Other Income (Loss), excluding net OTTI credit losses
 
2

 
(1
)
 

 
(5
)
 

Other Expenses
 
15

 
15

 
16

 
14

 
13

Total Assessments
 
5

 
5

 
3

 
9

 
8

Net Income
 
41

 
36

 
30

 
24

 
20

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Selected Financial Ratios:
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
Return on average equity (2)
 
8.42
%
 
7.27
%
 
6.19
%
 
4.96
%
 
4.08
%
Return on average assets
 
0.41
%
 
0.34
%
 
0.29
%
 
0.23
%
 
0.18
%
Dividend payout ratio (3)
 
28.37
%
 
26.90
%
 
32.76
%
 
40.72
%
 
53.14
%
Net interest margin (4)
 
0.62
%
 
0.57
%
 
0.54
%
 
0.53
%
 
0.55
%
Total capital ratio (5)
 
5.09
%
 
4.82
%
 
4.74
%
 
4.70
%
 
4.54
%
Total regulatory capital ratio (6)
 
6.46
%
 
6.23
%
 
6.12
%
 
6.13
%
 
6.17
%
Average equity to average assets
 
4.83
%
 
4.65
%
 
4.67
%
 
4.63
%
 
4.43
%
Weighted average dividend rate, Class B stock (7)
 
3.00
%
 
2.50
%
 
2.50
%
 
2.50
%
 
2.50
%
Par amount of outstanding Consolidated Obligations for all 12 FHLBanks
 
$
658,015

 
$
691,868

 
$
696,606

 
$
727,475

 
$
765,980


(1) 
Investments consist of Interest-Bearing Deposits, Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell, Federal Funds Sold, AFS securities, HTM securities, and loans to other FHLBanks.
(2) 
Return on average equity is Net Income expressed as a percentage of average total capital.
(3) 
The dividend payout ratio is calculated by dividing dividends paid in cash during the period by Net Income for the period.
(4) 
Net interest margin is Net Interest Income expressed as a percentage of average interest-earning assets.
(5) 
Total capital ratio is Capital Stock plus Retained Earnings and AOCI expressed as a percentage of Total Assets.
(6) 
Total regulatory capital ratio is Capital Stock plus Retained Earnings and MRCS expressed as a percentage of Total Assets.
(7) 
The weighted average dividend rate is calculated by dividing dividends paid in cash during the period by the average of Capital Stock eligible for dividends (i.e., excludes MRCS).




Results of Operations and Changes in Financial Condition
 
Net Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011. Net Income for the first quarter of 2012 was $41.5 million. The increase of $21.6 million compared to the same period in 2011 was primarily due to lower OTTI credit losses on our private-label MBS, higher Net Interest Income and a decrease in Total Assessments as a result of satisfying our obligation to REFCORP as of June 30, 2011. Net Interest Income increased by $3.2 million or 5% in the first quarter of 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, primarily due to wider spreads on our interest-earning assets.

The following table presents the comparative highlights of our results of operations ($ amounts in millions):
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
        
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
%
Comparative Highlights
 
2012
 
2011
 
Change
 
Change
Net Interest Income After Provision for Credit Losses
 
$
62

 
$
59

 
$
3

 
5
%
Other Income (Loss)
 
(1
)
 
(18
)
 
17

 
93
%
Other Expenses
 
15

 
13

 
2

 
7
%
Income Before Assessments
 
46

 
28

 
18

 
69
%
Total Assessments
 
5

 
8

 
(3
)
 
(35
%)
Net Income
 
$
41

 
$
20

 
$
21

 
109
%

Changes in Financial Condition for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012. Total Assets at March 31, 2012 were $39.5 billion. The decrease of $0.9 billion or 2% compared to December 31, 2011 was primarily due to a net decrease in Advances. Advances outstanding totaled $18.0 billion. The net decrease of 3% compared to December 31, 2011 was primarily due to lower Advances to our depository members, partially offset by higher Advances to our insurance company members. Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio totaled $5.8 billion. The net decrease of 2% compared to December 31, 2011 was primarily due to repayments exceeding the purchases of mortgage loans under our MPP. Investments totaled $15.1 billion, a decrease of 0.4% compared to December 31, 2011. Consolidated Obligations totaled $35.3 billion at March 31, 2012. The net decrease of 4% compared to December 31, 2011 was due to lower funding needs primarily resulting from the net reduction in Advances.

Total GAAP Capital was $2.0 billion at March 31, 2012. The increase of $62.5 million compared to December 31, 2011 was primarily due to a decrease in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss of $30.9 million and a net increase in Retained Earnings of $29.7 million.

The following table presents the changes in financial condition ($ amounts in millions):
Condensed Statements of Condition
 
March 31, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
 
$ Change
 
% Change
Advances
 
$
18,042

 
$
18,568

 
$
(526
)
 
(3
%)
Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio, net
 
5,840

 
5,955

 
(115
)
 
(2
%)
Investments (1)
 
15,149

 
15,203

 
(54
)
 
%
Other Assets
 
438

 
649

 
(211
)
 
(33
%)
Total Assets
 
$
39,469

 
$
40,375

 
$
(906
)
 
(2
%)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated Obligations, net
 
$
35,306

 
$
36,894

 
$
(1,588
)
 
(4
%)
Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock
 
457

 
454

 
3

 
1
%
Other Liabilities
 
1,696

 
1,080

 
616

 
57
%
Total Liabilities
 
37,459

 
38,428

 
(969
)
 
(3
%)
Capital Stock, Class B Putable
 
1,565

 
1,563

 
2

 
%
Retained Earnings
 
527

 
498

 
29

 
6
%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
(82
)
 
(114
)
 
32

 
27
%
Total GAAP Capital
 
2,010

 
1,947

 
63

 
3
%
Total Liabilities and Capital
 
$
39,469

 
$
40,375

 
$
(906
)
 
(2
%)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Regulatory Capital (2)
 
$
2,549

 
$
2,515

 
$
34

 
1
%

(1) 
Includes HTM Securities, AFS Securities, Interest-Bearing Deposits, Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell, and Federal Funds Sold.
(2) 
Total Regulatory Capital is Total GAAP Capital plus MRCS less AOCI.




Analysis of Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.

Net Interest Income After Provision for Credit Losses. Net Interest Income, which is primarily the interest earned on Advances, short-term investments, investment securities and Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio less the interest paid on Consolidated Obligations and Interest-Bearing Deposits, is our primary source of earnings. Net Interest Income, expressed as a percentage of the average balance of interest-earning assets, equals the net interest margin. 

Factors that increased Net Interest Income After Provision for Credit Losses for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, included:

wider spreads on Advances and Federal Funds Sold and Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell, primarily due to lower funding costs;
higher average balances of Advances; and
a decrease in the provision for losses on Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio.

These increases were partially offset by:
 
lower average balances of Federal Funds Sold, Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell and Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio; and
narrower spreads on Investment securities and Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio.

See Net Gains (Losses) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities herein for information on the net effect of derivatives on our Net Interest Income.





The following tables present average balances, interest income and expense, and average yields of our major categories of interest-earning assets and the sources funding those interest-earning assets ($ amounts in millions): 

 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
Average
Balance
 
Interest
Income/
Expense
 
Average
Yield
 
Average
Balance
 
Interest
Income/
Expense
 
Average
Yield
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal Funds Sold and Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell
$
3,614

 
$
1

 
0.11
%
 
$
7,898

 
$
4

 
0.18
%
Investment securities (1)
11,827

 
54

 
1.85
%
 
11,765

 
60

 
2.08
%
Advances (2)
18,648

 
46

 
0.99
%
 
17,923

 
42

 
0.96
%
Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio (2)
5,888

 
69

 
4.73
%
 
6,596

 
80

 
4.93
%
Other Assets (interest-earning) (3) (4)
756

 
1

 
0.60
%
 
39

 
1

 
5.46
%
Total interest-earning assets
40,733

 
171

 
1.70
%
 
44,221

 
187

 
1.71
%
Other Assets (5)
299

 
 
 
 
 
327

 
 
 
 
Total Assets
$
41,032

 
 
 
 
 
$
44,548

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities and Capital:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest-Bearing Deposits
$
1,192

 

 
0.01
%
 
$
699

 

 
0.04
%
Discount Notes
6,383

 
1

 
0.05
%
 
8,611

 
3

 
0.15
%
CO Bonds (2)
29,821

 
104

 
1.40
%
 
31,509

 
119

 
1.53
%
MRCS
454

 
4

 
3.47
%
 
658

 
5

 
2.97
%
Other borrowings

 

 
%
 

 

 
%
Total interest-bearing liabilities
37,850

 
109

 
1.16
%
 
41,477

 
127

 
1.24
%
Other Liabilities
1,202

 
 
 
 
 
1,096

 
 
 
 
Total Capital
1,980

 
 
 
 
 
1,975

 
 
 
 
Total Liabilities and Capital
$
41,032

 
 
 
 
 
$
44,548

 
 
 
 
Net Interest Income and net spread on interest-earning assets less interest-bearing liabilities
 
 
$
62

 
0.54
%
 
 
 
$
60

 
0.47
%
Net interest margin
0.62
%
 
 
 
 
 
0.55
%
 
 
 
 
Average interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities
1.08

 
 
 
 
 
1.07

 
 
 
 

(1) 
The average balances of Investment securities are reflected at amortized cost; therefore, the resulting yields do not reflect changes in estimated fair value that are reflected as a component of AOCI, nor do they include the effect of OTTI-related non-credit losses. Interest income/expense includes the effect of associated interest-rate exchange agreements.
(2) 
Interest income/expense and average yield include all other components of interest, including the impact of net interest payments or receipts on derivatives, hedge accounting amortization, and Advance prepayment fees.
(3) 
Other Assets (interest-earning) consists of Interest-Bearing Deposits, loans to other FHLBanks, and grantor trust assets which are carried at estimated fair value.
(4) 
Includes the rights or obligations to cash collateral, which are included in the fair value of derivative assets or derivative liabilities on the Statements of Condition at period end.
(5) 
Includes changes in estimated fair value and the effect of OTTI-related non-credit losses on AFS and HTM securities for purposes of the table.







The following table presents changes in Interest Income and Interest Expense ($ amounts in millions):
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
 
 
2012 vs. 2011
 
 
Volume
 
Rate
 
Total
Increase (Decrease) in Interest Income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal Funds Sold and Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell
 
$
(2
)
 
$
(1
)
 
$
(3
)
Investment securities
 

 
(6
)
 
(6
)
Advances
 
2

 
2

 
4

Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio
 
(8
)
 
(3
)
 
(11
)
Other Assets, net
 

 

 

Total
 
(8
)
 
(8
)
 
(16
)
Increase (Decrease) in Interest Expense:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest-Bearing Deposits
 

 

 

Discount Notes
 
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
(2
)
CO Bonds
 
(7
)
 
(8
)
 
(15
)
MRCS
 
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
Other borrowings
 

 

 

Total
 
(9
)
 
(9
)
 
(18
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Interest Income Before Provision for Credit Losses
 
$
1

 
$
1

 
$
2

 
Changes in both volume and interest rates influence changes in Net Interest Income and net interest margin. Changes in Interest Income and Interest Expense that are not identifiable as either volume-related or rate-related, but are attributable to both volume and rate changes, have been allocated to the volume and rate categories based upon the proportion of the volume and rate changes.

Other Income (Loss). The following table presents the components of Other Income (Loss) ($ amounts in millions): 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
Components
 
2012
 
2011
Total OTTI losses
 
$

 
$
(3
)
Non-credit portion reclassified to (from) Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net 
 
(3
)
 
(15
)
Net OTTI credit losses
 
(3
)
 
(18
)
Net Gains (Losses) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities
 
1

 

Service Fees
 

 

Standby Letters of Credit Fees
 

 

Loss on Extinguishment of Debt
 

 

Other, net
 
1

 

Total Other Income (Loss)
 
$
(1
)
 
$
(18
)

The favorable change in Other Income (Loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, was primarily due to lower net OTTI credit losses on our private-label RMBS.





Results of OTTI Evaluation Process. As a result of our evaluations during the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, we recognized OTTI on private-label RMBS as shown in the table below ($ amounts in millions):
 
 
Total
OTTI
 
Portion Reclassified
 
OTTI Credit
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
 
Losses
 
to (from) OCI
 
Losses
Impairment on securities for which OTTI was not previously recognized
 
$

 
$

 
$

Additional impairment on securities for which OTTI was previously recognized
 

 
(3
)
 
(3
)
Total
 
$

 
$
(3
)
 
$
(3
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
Impairment on securities for which OTTI was not previously recognized
 
$

 
$

 
$

Additional impairment on securities for which OTTI was previously recognized
 
(3
)
 
(15
)
 
(18
)
Total
 
$
(3
)
 
$
(15
)
 
$
(18
)






Net Gains (Losses) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities. Due to changes in the relationships between various market interest rates, our Net Gains (Losses) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities fluctuate as we hedge our asset or liability risk exposures. In general, we hold derivatives and associated hedged instruments, and certain assets and liabilities that are carried at fair value, to the maturity, call, or put date. Therefore, nearly all of the cumulative net gains and losses for these financial instruments will generally reverse over the remaining contractual terms of the hedged financial instruments.

As shown in the following table, our Net Interest Income is affected by the inclusion or exclusion of the net interest income and/or expense associated with derivatives. For example, if a derivative qualifies for fair-value hedge accounting, the net interest income/expense associated with the derivative is included in Net Interest Income. If an interest-rate exchange agreement does not qualify for fair-value hedge accounting (economic hedges) or if we have not designated it in such a qualifying hedge relationship, the net interest income/expense associated with the derivative is excluded from Net Interest Income and is recorded in Net Gains (Losses) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities in Other Income (Loss).

The tables below present the net effect of derivatives on Net Interest Income and Other Income (Loss), within the line Net Gains (Losses) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities, by type of hedge and hedged item ($ amounts in millions):
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
 
Advances
 
Investments
 
Mortgage Loans
 
CO Bonds
 
Discount Notes
 
Total
Net Interest Income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization/accretion of hedging activities in net interest income (1)
 
$

 
$
3

 
$

 
$
1

 
$

 
$
4

Net interest settlements included in net interest income (2)
 
(61
)
 
(20
)
 

 
14

 

 
(67
)
Total Net Interest Income
 
(61
)
 
(17
)
 

 
15

 

 
(63
)
Net Gains (Losses) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gains (losses) on fair-value hedges
 
3

 

 

 
(1
)
 

 
2

Gains (losses) on derivatives not receiving hedge accounting
 

 

 
(1
)
 

 

 
(1
)
Net Gains (Losses) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities
 
3

 

 
(1
)
 
(1
)
 

 
1

Total net effect of derivatives and hedging activities
 
$
(58
)
 
$
(17
)
 
$
(1
)
 
$
14

 
$

 
$
(62
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Interest Income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization/accretion of hedging activities in net interest income (1)
 
$

 
$
3

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
3

Net interest settlements included in net interest income (2)
 
(81
)
 
(21
)
 

 
32

 

 
(70
)
Total Net Interest Income
 
(81
)
 
(18
)
 

 
32

 

 
(67
)
Net Gains (Losses) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gains (losses) on fair-value hedges
 
1

 

 

 
(1
)
 

 

Gains (losses) on derivatives not receiving hedge accounting
 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Gains (Losses) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities
 
1

 

 

 
(1
)
 

 

Total net effect of derivatives and hedging activities
 
$
(80
)
 
$
(18
)
 
$

 
$
31

 
$

 
$
(67
)

(1) 
Represents the amortization/accretion of hedging fair value adjustments for both open and closed hedge positions.
(2) 
Represents interest income/expense on derivatives included in Net Interest Income.





Other Expenses. The following table presents the components of Other Expenses ($ amounts in millions):

 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
Components
 
2012
 
2011
Compensation and Benefits
 
$
9

 
$
9

Other Operating Expenses
 
4

 
2

Finance Agency and Office of Finance Expenses
 
2

 
2

Other
 

 

Total Other Expenses
 
$
15

 
$
13


The increase in Other Expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, was primarily due to increased other operating expenses, which were mainly attributable to increases in professional fees resulting primarily from various information technology initiatives and legislative and regulatory developments.

Total Assessments.

AHP. The FHLBanks are required to set aside annually, in the aggregate, the greater of $100 million or 10% of their net earnings to fund the AHP. For purposes of the AHP calculation, net earnings is defined as net income before assessments, plus interest expense related to mandatorily redeemable capital stock, less the assessment for REFCORP, if applicable. Each FHLBank's required annual AHP contribution is limited to its annual net earnings. Our AHP expense fluctuates in accordance with our Income Before Assessments and was $5.0 million and $2.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

REFCORP. As a result of the satisfaction of our REFCORP obligation as of June 30, 2011, we did not have any REFCORP expense for the three months ended March 31, 2012. For the three months ended March 31, 2011, our REFCORP expense was $5.0 million.

Total Comprehensive Income. Total Comprehensive Income was $72.4 million and $50.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Total Comprehensive Income consisted of (i) Net Income of $41.5 million and $19.9 million, respectively, and (ii) Total Other Comprehensive Income of $30.9 million and $30.1 million, respectively. Total Other Comprehensive Income for the three months ended March 31, 2012 included Net Non-Credit Portion of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Losses on Available-for-Sale Securities of $34.0 million, which was primarily due to increases in the fair values of OTTI AFS securities. Total Other Comprehensive Income for the three months ended March 31, 2011 included Net Non-Credit Portion of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Losses on Available-for-Sale Securities of $24.5 million, which was primarily due to the reclassification of the non-credit portion of OTTI losses on AFS securities to Other Income (Loss).





Business Segments
 
Our products and services are grouped within two business segments: Traditional and MPP.
 
The Traditional business segment includes credit services (such as Advances, letters of credit, and lines of credit), investments (including Federal Funds Sold, Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell, AFS securities, and HTM securities) and deposits.

The following table presents our financial performance for this business segment ($ amounts in millions): 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
Traditional Segment
 
2012
 
2011
Net Interest Income
 
$
40

 
$
35

Provision for Credit Losses
 

 

Other Income (Loss)
 

 
(18
)
Other Expenses
 
14

 
12

Income Before Assessments
 
26

 
5

Total Assessments
 
3

 
2

Net Income
 
$
23

 
$
3


The increase in Net Income for the Traditional segment for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, was primarily due to:

an increase in Net Interest Income primarily resulting from wider spreads mainly due to lower funding costs; and
an increase in Other Income (Loss) primarily resulting from lower net OTTI credit losses on our private-label RMBS, as described in Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 - Other Income - Results of OTTI Evaluation Process herein.

These increases were partially offset by:

an increase in Other Expenses, primarily resulting from higher professional fees mainly attributable to various information technology initiatives and legislative and regulatory developments; and
higher Total Assessments, which were directly attributable to the higher Income Before Assessments for this business segment.

The MPP business segment consists of mortgage loans purchased from our members. The following table presents our financial performance for this business segment ($ amounts in millions): 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
MPP Segment
 
2012
 
2011
Net Interest Income
 
$
22

 
$
25

Provision for Credit Losses
 

 
1

Other Income (Loss)
 
(1
)
 

Other Expenses
 
1

 
1

Income Before Assessments
 
20

 
23

Total Assessments
 
2

 
6

Net Income
 
$
18

 
$
17


The increase in Net Income for the MPP segment for the three months ended March 31, 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, was primarily due to lower Total Assessments, which were directly attributable to the satisfaction of our obligation to REFCORP and the lower Income Before Assessments for this business segment, partially offset by a decrease in Net Interest Income primarily resulting from narrower spreads and the lower outstanding balance of Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio.





Analysis of Financial Condition
 
Total Assets. Total Assets were $39.5 billion as of March 31, 2012, a decrease of 2% compared to December 31, 2011. This decrease of $0.9 billion was primarily due to a decrease of $0.9 billion in HTM securities.

Advances. Advances totaled $18.0 billion at March 31, 2012, a decrease of 3% compared to December 31, 2011. This decrease was primarily due to an 8% reduction in the par value of Advances to depository members resulting from repayments and our members' reduced need for liquidity in the current economic environment, partially offset by a 4% increase in the par value of Advances to insurance company members, which totaled $7.5 billion at March 31, 2012. In general, Advances fluctuate in accordance with our members' funding needs related to their deposit levels, mortgage pipelines, investment opportunities, available collateral, the cost of alternative funding opportunities, and other balance sheet strategies.

A breakdown of Advances by primary product line is presented below ($ amounts in millions): 
 
 
March 31, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
% of
 
 
 
% of
By Primary Product Line
 
Amount
 
Total
 
Amount
 
Total
Fixed-rate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fixed-rate (1)
 
$
11,882

 
69
%
 
$
11,800

 
67
%
Amortizing/mortgage matched (2)
 
1,707

 
10
%
 
1,806

 
10
%
Other
 
570

 
3
%
 
570

 
3
%
Total fixed-rate
 
14,159

 
82
%
 
14,176

 
80
%
Adjustable/variable-rate indexed 
 
3,121

 
18
%
 
3,592

 
20
%
Total Advances, par value
 
17,280

 
100
%
 
17,768

 
100
%
Total adjustments (unamortized discounts, hedging and other)
 
762

 
 
 
800

 
 
Total Advances
 
$
18,042

 
 
 
$
18,568

 
 

(1) 
Includes fixed-rate bullet and putable Advances
(2) 
Includes fixed-rate amortizing Advances

See Risk Management - Credit Risk Management - Advances for information on the collateral securing our Advances and the concentration of Advances to members.

Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio. We purchase mortgage loans from our members through our MPP. On November 29, 2010, we began offering MPP Advantage for new MPP loans, which utilizes an enhanced fixed LRA account for additional credit enhancement consistent with Finance Agency regulations, instead of utilizing coverage from SMI providers. The only substantive difference between our original MPP and MPP Advantage is the credit enhancement structure. Upon implementation of MPP Advantage, the original MPP was phased out and is no longer being used for acquisitions of new loans. Under MPP Advantage, we have purchased 4,687 mortgage loans for $695.0 million through March 31, 2012, which includes 3,259 loans for $477.3 million through December 31, 2011. See Risk Management - Credit Risk Management - MPP for more detailed information about the credit enhancement structures for our original MPP and MPP Advantage.

At March 31, 2012, we held $5.8 billion of loans purchased through our original MPP and MPP Advantage, a decrease of 2% compared to December 31, 2011. The decrease was primarily due to repayments of outstanding mortgage loans exceeding purchases of new loans. In general, the volume of mortgage loans purchased is affected by several factors, including the general level of housing activity in the United States, the level of refinancing activity, and consumer product preferences.

We have established and maintain an allowance for MPP loan losses based on our best estimate of probable losses over the loss emergence period, which we have estimated to be 12 months. At March 31, 2012, our estimate of MPP losses remaining after borrower's equity was $52.4 million. After consideration of the portion recoverable under the associated credit enhancements, the allowance for loan losses was $3.5 million. At December 31, 2011, our estimate of MPP losses remaining after borrower's equity was $49.3 million. After consideration of the portion recoverable under the associated credit enhancements, the allowance for loan losses was $3.3 million. See Notes to Financial Statements - Note 8 - Allowance for Credit Losses and Risk Management - Credit Risk Management - MPP for more information.





Cash and Investments. The following table presents the components of our cash and investments at carrying value ($ amounts in millions):
Components of Cash and Investments
 
March 31,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
Cash and short-term investments:
 
 
 
 
Cash and Due from Banks
 
$
301

 
$
513

Interest-Bearing Deposits
 

 

Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell
 
1,750

 

Federal Funds Sold
 
2,105

 
3,422

Total cash and short-term investments
 
4,156

 
3,935

Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
AFS securities:
 
 
 
 
GSE debentures
 
2,401

 
2,026

TLGP debentures
 
321

 
322

Private-label MBS
 
615

 
601

Total AFS securities
 
3,337

 
2,949

HTM securities:
 
 

 
 

GSE debentures
 
269

 
269

TLGP debentures
 
978

 
1,883

Other U.S. obligations - guaranteed RMBS
 
2,722

 
2,747

GSE RMBS
 
3,615

 
3,512

Private-label MBS
 
355

 
402

Manufactured housing loan ABS
 
16

 
17

Home equity loan ABS
 
2

 
2

Total HTM securities
 
7,957

 
8,832

Total investment securities
 
11,294

 
11,781

Total Cash and Investments, carrying value
 
$
15,450

 
$
15,716


Cash and Short-Term Investments. Cash and short-term investments totaled $4.2 billion at March 31, 2012, an increase of 6% compared to December 31, 2011. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $1.8 billion in Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell, partially offset by a decrease of $1.3 billion in Federal Funds Sold. The composition of our short-term investment portfolio is influenced by our liquidity needs and the availability of short-term investments at attractive interest rates, relative to our cost of funds. See Liquidity and Capital Resources below for more information.

Available-for-Sale Securities. AFS securities totaled $3.3 billion at March 31, 2012, an increase of 13% compared to December 31, 2011, primarily due to purchases of GSE debentures.

Held-to-Maturity Securities. HTM securities totaled $8.0 billion at March 31, 2012, a decrease of 10% compared to December 31, 2011, primarily due to the maturity of TLGP debentures and paydowns.

Total Liabilities. Total Liabilities were $37.5 billion at March 31, 2012, a decrease of 3% compared to December 31, 2011. This decrease of $1.0 billion was primarily due to a decrease of $1.6 billion in Consolidated Obligations, partially offset by an increase of $0.7 billion in Deposits.

Deposits (Liabilities). Total Deposits were $1.3 billion at March 31, 2012, an increase of 108% compared to December 31, 2011. These deposits represent a relatively small portion of our funding, and they vary depending upon market factors, such as the attractiveness of our deposit pricing relative to the rates available on alternative money market instruments, members' investment preferences with respect to the maturity of their investments, and member liquidity.

Consolidated Obligations. At March 31, 2012, the carrying values of our Discount Notes and CO Bonds totaled $6.0 billion and $29.3 billion, respectively, compared to $6.5 billion and $30.4 billion, respectively, at December 31, 2011. The overall balance of our Consolidated Obligations fluctuates in relation to our Total Assets. The carrying value of our Discount Notes was 17% of total Consolidated Obligations at March 31, 2012, compared to 18% at December 31, 2011. Discount Notes are issued primarily to provide short-term funds while CO Bonds are issued to provide longer-term funding. The composition of our Consolidated Obligations can fluctuate significantly based on comparative changes in their cost levels, supply and demand conditions, Advance demand, money market investment balances, and our balance sheet management strategy.




Derivatives. As of March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, we had Derivative Assets, net of collateral held or posted including accrued interest, with fair values of $0.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively, and Derivative Liabilities, net of collateral held or posted including accrued interest, with fair values of $125.4 million and $174.6 million, respectively. We classify interest-rate swaps as derivative assets or liabilities according to the positive or negative net fair value of the interest-rate swaps with each counterparty. Increases and decreases in the fair value of derivatives are primarily caused by market changes in the derivatives' underlying interest-rate index. Therefore, these fair values reflect the impact of interest-rate changes.  

Total Capital. Total Capital was $2.0 billion at March 31, 2012, an increase of 3% compared to December 31, 2011. This increase was primarily due to a net increase in Retained Earnings of $29.7 million and a decrease in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss of $30.9 million, which included a net change in fair value not in excess of cumulative OTTI non-credit losses of $26.6 million.

See Liquidity and Capital Resources - Capital Resources - Restricted Retained Earnings for information about the JCE Agreement that became effective on February 28, 2011.

Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
Liquidity. We manage our liquidity in order to be able to satisfy our members' needs for short- and long-term funds, repay maturing Consolidated Obligations, redeem or repurchase excess stock and meet other financial obligations. We are required to maintain liquidity in accordance with the Bank Act, certain Finance Agency regulations and policies established by our management and board of directors.

Our primary sources of liquidity are the issuance of Consolidated Obligations and holdings of cash and short-term investments. Our cash and short-term investments portfolio totaled $4.2 billion at March 31, 2012. Our short-term investments consist of high-quality, short- and intermediate-term financial instruments. We manage our short-term investment portfolio in response to economic conditions and market events and uncertainties. As a result, the overall level of our short-term investment portfolio may fluctuate accordingly. The maturities of the short-term investments provide sufficient cash flows to support our ongoing liquidity needs.

Historically, our status as a GSE and favorable credit ratings have provided us with excellent access to capital markets. Our Consolidated Obligations are not obligations of, nor are they guaranteed by, the United States government. Our ratings reflect our status as a GSE and have not been affected by rating actions taken with respect to individual FHLBanks.

We have not identified any known trends, demands, commitments, events or uncertainties that are likely to materially increase or decrease our liquidity.

Capital Resources.

Total Regulatory Capital. Our total regulatory capital consists of Retained Earnings and total regulatory capital stock, which includes Class B Capital Stock and MRCS.  MRCS is classified as a liability on our Statement of Condition.  

Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock. At March 31, 2012, we had $457.4 million in non-member capital stock subject to mandatory redemption, compared to $453.9 million at December 31, 2011. See Notes to Financial Statements - Note 11 - Capital for additional information.

Excess Stock. Excess stock is capital stock that is not required as a condition of membership or to support services to members or former members. In general, the level of excess stock fluctuates with our members' demand for Advances. Finance Agency regulations prohibit an FHLBank from issuing new excess stock if the amount of excess stock outstanding exceeds 1% of our Total Assets. At March 31, 2012, our outstanding excess stock of $0.9 billion was equal to approximately 2% of our Total Assets. Therefore, we are currently not permitted to issue new excess stock or distribute stock dividends.





The following table presents the composition of our excess stock ($ amounts in millions):
Excess Stock
 
March 31,
2012

December 31,
2011
Member capital stock not subject to redemption requests
 
$
358

 
$
339

Member capital stock subject to redemption requests (1)
 
100

 
100

MRCS subject to redemption (1)
 
419

 
418

Total excess capital stock
 
$
877

 
$
857


(1)
This amount does not include capital stock or MRCS that is still supporting outstanding credit products.

Capital Distributions. On April 26, 2012, our board of directors declared a cash dividend of 3.0% (annualized) on our Capital Stock Putable-Class B-1 and 2.4% (annualized) on our Capital Stock Putable-Class B-2.  

Restricted Retained Earnings. We entered into a JCE Agreement along with the other FHLBanks, which requires us to allocate 20% of our net income to a separate restricted retained earnings account, beginning in the third quarter of 2011. In accordance with the JCE Agreement, we had allocated $21.5 million to restricted retained earnings as of March 31, 2012.

Adequacy of Capital. We are required by Finance Agency regulations to maintain sufficient "permanent capital" (defined as the sum of Class B Stock, MRCS and Retained Earnings). The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, as amended and Finance Agency regulations require us to maintain at all times a regulatory capital-to-assets ratio of at least 4.00% and a leverage capital-to-assets ratio of at least 5.00%. Leverage capital is defined as the sum of (i) permanent capital weighted 1.5 times and (ii) all other capital without a weighting factor. At March 31, 2012, our regulatory capital ratio was 6.46%, and our leverage ratio was 9.69%.

In addition, we must maintain sufficient permanent capital to meet the combined credit risk, market risk and operational risk capital components of the risk-based capital requirement. Our permanent capital was $2,549 million at March 31, 2012, which exceeded our risk-based capital requirement of $798 million. Our permanent capital was $2,515 million at December 31, 2011, which exceeded our risk-based capital requirement of $624 million. Therefore, we were in compliance with the risk-based capital requirement at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011. The increase in our risk-based capital requirement was primarily caused by increases in the market and operational risk capital components, which were mainly attributable to an increase in the estimated fair value of our Consolidated Obligations that was substantially due to changes in our valuation technique and a specific modeling assumption. See Notes to Financial Statements - Note 14 - Estimated Fair Values for more information.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
See Notes to Financial Statements - Note 15 - Commitments and Contingencies for information on our off-balance sheet arrangements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make a number of judgments, estimates, and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities (if applicable), and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. We review these estimates and assumptions based on historical experience, changes in business conditions and other relevant factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Changes in estimates and assumptions have the potential to significantly affect our financial position and results of operations. In any given reporting period, our actual results may differ from the estimates and assumptions used in preparing our financial statements.





We have identified five accounting policies that we believe are critical because they require management to make particularly difficult, subjective, and/or complex judgments about matters that are inherently uncertain and because of the likelihood that materially different amounts could be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions. These accounting policies relate to:

OTTI analysis (see Notes to Financial Statements - Note 5 - Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Analysis for more detail);
Allowance for credit losses (see Notes to Financial Statements - Note 8 - Allowance for Credit Losses for more detail);
Derivatives and hedging activities (see Notes to Financial Statements - Note 9 - Derivatives and Hedging Activities for more detail);
Fair value estimates (see Notes to Financial Statements - Note 14 - Estimated Fair Values for more detail); and
Premiums and discounts and other costs associated with originating or acquiring mortgage loans, MBS, and ABS (see Notes to Financial Statements - Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the 2011 Form 10-K for more detail).

We believe the application of our accounting policies on a consistent basis enables us to provide financial statement users with useful, reliable and timely information about our results of operations, financial position and cash flows.

A full discussion of these critical accounting policies and estimates can be found in Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates in our 2011 Form 10-K. See below for additional information regarding certain of these policies.

Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Analysis. In addition to evaluating our private-label MBS and ABS under a base case (or best estimate) scenario, we also performed a cash-flow analysis for each of these securities under a more adverse housing price scenario. Under this scenario, current-to-trough home price declines were projected to range from 5% to 13% over the 3- to 9-month period beginning January 1, 2012. From the trough, home prices were projected to recover using one of five different recovery paths that vary by housing market.

The following table presents projected home price recovery by months at March 31, 2012 under the more adverse scenario.
Months
 
Recovery Range %
1 - 6
 
0.0%
1.9%
7 - 18
 
0.0%
2.0%
19 - 24
 
0.7%
2.7%
25 - 30
 
1.3%
2.7%
31 - 42
 
1.3%
3.4%
43 - 66
 
1.3%
4.0%
Thereafter
 
1.5%
3.8%

The following table presents the results of the base case scenario and what the impact on OTTI would have been under the more adverse home price scenario ($ amounts in millions). The classification (prime or Alt-A) is based on the model used to estimate the cash flows for the security, which may not be the same as the classification at the time of origination.
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
 
 
As Reported
 
Using Adverse Housing Price Scenario
 
 
Number of
 
 
 
Impairment
 
Number of
 
 
 
Impairment
 
 
Securities
 
 
 
Related to
 
Securities
 
 
 
Related to
Classification
 
Impaired
 
UPB
 
Credit Loss
 
Impaired
 
UPB
 
Credit Loss
Prime
 
6

 
$
205

 
$
(3
)
 
7

 
$
266

 
$
(8
)
Alt-A
 

 

 

 
1

 
34

 
(1
)
Subprime
 

 

 

 

 

 

Total
 
6

 
$
205

 
$
(3
)
 
8

 
$
300

 
$
(9
)

The adverse scenario and associated results do not represent our current expectations, and therefore should not be construed as a prediction of our future results, market conditions or the performance of these securities. Rather, the results from this hypothetical stress test scenario provide a measure of the credit losses that we might incur if home price declines (and subsequent recoveries) are more adverse than those projected in our OTTI evaluation.




Additional information regarding OTTI of our private-label MBS and ABS is provided in Risk Management - Credit Risk Management - Investments herein.

Provision for Credit Losses.

Advances. At March 31, 2012, based on the collateral held as security for Advances, management's credit analyses and our prior repayment history, no allowance for losses on Advances is deemed necessary.

Mortgage Loans Acquired under MPP. We have developed a systematic approach for reviewing the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses. Using this methodology, we perform a review designed to identify probable impairment as well as compute a reasonable estimate of loss, if any. We consider all delinquent conventional loans, which are individually evaluated for impairment at the loan level or collectively evaluated for impairment within each pool. We evaluate the pools based on current and historical information and events and determine the necessary allowance for loans deemed to have a probable impairment after taking into consideration the estimated liquidation value of the real estate collateral held and the amount of the other credit enhancements, including the PMI, LRA and SMI.

Our allowance for loan losses incorporates our analysis of delinquent conventional MPP loans, using the weighted-average collateral recovery rate for the previous 12 months of approximately 51.0% of the original appraised value, further reduced by estimated liquidation costs.

Certain conventional mortgage loans that are impaired, primarily troubled debt restructurings, are specifically identified for purposes of calculating the allowance for loan losses. The measurement of the allowance for loans individually evaluated for loan loss considers loan-specific attribute data similar to loans evaluated on a collective basis. The resulting incurred loss, if any, is equal to the estimated cost associated with maintaining and disposing of the property (which includes UPB, interest owed on the delinquent loan to date, and estimated costs associated with disposing the collateral) less the estimated fair value of the collateral (net of estimated selling costs) and the amount of other credit enhancements including the PMI (if applicable), LRA and SMI (if applicable).

Our allowance for loan losses also includes specifically identified expected claims by servicers for any losses on $17.7 million of principal that has been paid in full by the servicers. We individually evaluate the properties included in this balance and obtain United States Department of Housing and Urban Development statements, sales listings or other evidence of current expected liquidation amounts. If a specific amount is not available, we use the weighted-average collateral recovery rate of approximately 51.0% to determine our exposure.

Our analysis also incorporates the use of a recognized third-party credit and prepayment model to estimate potential ranges of credit loss exposure for the current loans in the MPP. The loss projection is based upon distinct underlying loan characteristics including stage of delinquency, loan vintage (year of origination), geographic location, credit support features and other factors.

As a result of our analysis, we increased our estimated losses on our conventional mortgage loans, before any credit enhancements, to $52.4 million at March 31, 2012. 

However, our allowance for loan losses considers the credit enhancements associated with conventional mortgage loans under the MPP. To determine a potential loss, the credit enhancements are applied to the estimated losses in the following order: any remaining borrower's equity, any applicable PMI up to coverage limits, any available funds remaining in the LRA, and any SMI coverage up to the policy limits. Any remaining loss would be borne by the Bank and included in our allowance for loan losses. After consideration of the credit enhancements associated with conventional mortgage loans under the MPP, we estimate that, of the $52.4 million in estimated losses, we will recover $7.1 million from PMI, $10.6 million from LRA, and $31.2 million from SMI, resulting in our allowance for loan losses of $3.5 million at March 31, 2012.

The third-party credit and prepayment model also currently serves as a secondary review of the systematic approach performed for the delinquent portfolio and loans paid in full by the servicers. The projected losses from the model are within our estimate of loan losses at March 31, 2012.





We have also performed our loan loss reserve analysis under an adverse scenario whereby we lowered the weighted-average collateral recovery rate to 45% which, all else being equal, would have increased our allowance by approximately $5.6 million at March 31, 2012. We consider a weighted-average collateral recovery rate of 45% to be the lowest rate that is reasonably possible to occur over the loss emergence period, which we have estimated to be 12 months. We continue to monitor the appropriateness of this adverse scenario based on the actual collateral recovery rate. Annually, we also consider other adverse scenarios that include loans in earlier stages of delinquency (90 days), counterparty losses on claims to our SMI providers, and higher costs to liquidate collateral.

We evaluated the adverse scenario and determined that the likelihood of incurring losses resulting from this scenario during the next 12 months was not probable. Therefore, the allowance for loan losses is based upon our best estimate of the losses incurred over the next 12 months that would not be recovered from the credit enhancements.

Recent Accounting and Regulatory Developments
 
Accounting Developments. See Notes to Financial Statements - Note 2 - Recently Adopted and Issued Accounting Guidance for a description of how recent accounting developments may impact our results of operations or financial condition.

Legislative and Regulatory Developments. The legislative and regulatory environment in which we operate continues to undergo significant change driven principally by reforms under HERA and the Dodd-Frank Act. We expect HERA and the Dodd-Frank Act as well as plans for housing finance and GSE reform to result in even more changes to this environment. Our business operations, funding costs, rights, obligations, and the environment in which we carry out our housing and economic development finance mission are likely to continue to be significantly affected by these changes. Significant regulatory actions and developments for the period covered by this report are summarized below.
 
Dodd-Frank Act.

Mandatory Clearing of Derivatives Transactions. The Dodd-Frank Act provides for new statutory and regulatory requirements for derivative transactions, including those that we utilize to hedge our interest rate and other risks. As a result of these requirements, certain derivative transactions will be required to be cleared through a third-party central clearinghouse and traded on regulated exchanges or new swap execution facilities. As further discussed in our 2011 Form 10-K, cleared swaps will be subject to new requirements including mandatory reporting, recordkeeping and documentation requirements established by applicable regulators and initial and variation margin requirements established by the clearinghouse and its clearing members. At this time, we do not expect that any of our swaps will be subject to these new clearing and trading requirements until the beginning of 2013, at the earliest.

Uncleared Derivatives Transactions. The Dodd-Frank Act will also change the regulatory landscape for derivative transactions that are not subject to mandatory clearing requirements (uncleared trades). While we expect to continue to enter into uncleared trades on a bilateral basis, such trades will be subject to new requirements, including mandatory reporting, recordkeeping, documentation, and minimum margin and capital requirements established by applicable regulators. These requirements are discussed in our 2011 Form 10-K. At this time, we do not expect to have to comply with such requirements until the beginning of 2013, at the earliest.

The CFTC, SEC, Finance Agency and other bank regulators are expected to issue final rulemakings implementing the foregoing requirements by the end of 2012. We, together with the other FHLBanks, will continue to monitor these rulemakings and the overall regulatory process to implement the derivatives reform under the Dodd-Frank Act. We will also continue to work with the other FHLBanks to implement the processes and documentation necessary to comply with the Dodd-Frank Act's new requirements for derivatives.

The Dodd-Frank Act will require swap dealers and certain other large users of derivatives to register as "swap dealers" or "major swap participants," as the case may be, with the CFTC and/or the SEC. Based on the definitions in the final rules jointly issued by the CFTC and SEC in April 2012, we will not be required to register as either a major swap participant or as a swap dealer based on the derivative transactions that we enter into for the purposes of hedging and managing our interest rate risk.

The CFTC and the SEC have not finalized their rules further defining "swap." See our 2011 Form 10-K for a discussion of how such final rules could impact call and put optionality in certain Advances we make to our borrowing members.





Developments Impacting Systemically Important Nonbank Financial Companies.

Final Rule and Guidance on Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies. On April 11, 2012, the Financial Stability Oversight Council ("Oversight Council") issued a final rule to be effective May 11, 2012 and guidance on the standards and procedures the Oversight Council will follow in determining whether to designate a nonbank financial company for supervision by the Federal Reserve Board ("Federal Reserve") and to be subject to certain heightened prudential standards. The guidance issued with the Oversight Council's final rule provides that the Oversight Council expects generally to follow a process in making its determinations consisting of:

a first stage that will identify those nonbank financial companies that have $50 billion or more of total consolidated assets (as of March 31, 2012, we had $39.5 billion in total assets) and exceed any one of five threshold indicators of interconnectedness or susceptibility to material financial distress, including whether a company has $20 billion or more in total debt outstanding (as of March 31, 2012, we had $35.3 billion in total outstanding Consolidated Obligations, our principal form of outstanding debt);
a second stage involving a robust analysis of the potential threat that the subject nonbank financial company could pose to United States financial stability based on additional quantitative and qualitative factors that are both industry and company specific; and
a third stage analyzing the subject nonbank financial company using information collected directly from it.

The final rule provides that the Oversight Council will consider as one factor whether the nonbank financial company is subject to oversight by a primary financial regulatory agency (for us, the Finance Agency) in making its determinations. A nonbank financial company that the Oversight Council proposes to designate for additional supervision and prudential standards under this rule has the opportunity to contest the designation. If we are designated by the Oversight Council for supervision under the Federal Reserve and to be subject to the additional prudential standards, then our operations and business could be adversely impacted by resulting additional costs, less management control and restrictions on our business activities.

Federal Reserve Proposed Rule on Prudential Standards. On January 5, 2012, the Federal Reserve issued a proposed rule that would implement the enhanced prudential and early remediation standards required by the Dodd-Frank Act for nonbank financial companies identified by the Oversight Council as posing a threat to the financial stability of the United States. The proposed prudential standards include: risk-based capital leverage and overall risk management requirements; liquidity standards; single-counterparty credit limits; stress test requirements; and a debt-to-equity limit. The capital and liquidity requirements would be implemented in phases and would be based on or exceed the Basel international capital and liquidity framework (as discussed in further detail below under Other Significant Developments). If we are subject to these proposed prudential standards, our operations and business could be adversely impacted by additional costs, less management control, and other business activity restrictions. Comments on the proposed rule were due by April 30, 2012.

Significant Finance Agency Regulatory Developments.

Final Rule on Private Transfer Fee Covenants. On March 16, 2012, the Finance Agency published a final rule that will restrict us from purchasing, investing in, accepting as collateral or otherwise dealing in any mortgages on properties encumbered by private transfer fee covenants, securities backed by such mortgages, and securities backed by the income stream from such covenants, with certain excepted transfer fee covenants. Excepted transfer fee covenants are covenants to pay private transfer fees to covered associations (including, among others, organizations comprising owners of homes, condominiums, cooperatives, and manufactured homes and certain other tax-exempt organizations) that use the private transfer fees exclusively for the direct benefit of the property. The foregoing restrictions will apply only to mortgages on properties encumbered by private transfer fee covenants created on or after February 8, 2011, to securities backed by such mortgages, and to securities issued after February 8, 2011 and backed by revenue from private transfer fees regardless of when the covenants were created. We have begun developing policies and procedures to comply with the new rule. To the extent this rule limits our investments, the type of collateral we accept for advances, and the types of loans eligible for purchase under our MPP Advantage program, our business could be impacted. The rule will become effective July 16, 2012.





Advisory Bulletin 2012-02, Framework for Adversely Classifying Loans, Other Real Estate Owned, and other Assets and Listing Assets for Special Mention. On April 9, 2012, the Finance Agency issued Advisory Bulletin 2012-02 ("AB-2012-02"), which establishes guidelines for adverse classifications of assets at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the FHLBanks. The purpose of AB-2012-02 is to establish a standard and uniform methodology for classifying assets based on credit quality and to prescribe the timing of asset charge-offs. We are in the process of evaluating AB-2012-02 to determine whether we will need to change our regulatory classification procedures for the loans in our MPP portfolio, but we do not expect the effect of AB 2012-02 on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows to be material.

Other Significant Developments.

Home Affordable Refinance Program Changes and Other Foreclosure Prevention Efforts. The Finance Agency, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac have announced a series of changes to the Home Affordable Refinance Program that are intended to assist more eligible borrowers who can benefit from refinancing their home mortgages. The changes include lowering or eliminating certain risk-based fees, removing the current 125% loan-to-value ceiling on fixed-rate mortgages that are purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, waiving certain representations and warranties, eliminating the need for a new property appraisal where there is a reliable automated valuation model estimate provided by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and extending the end date for the program until December 31, 2013, for loans originally sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on or before May 31, 2009.

Other federal agencies have also implemented (or proposed) other programs during the past few years intended to prevent foreclosure. These programs focus on lowering a homeowner's monthly payments through mortgage modifications or refinancings, providing temporary reductions or suspensions of mortgage payments, and helping homeowners transition to more affordable housing. Other proposals such as expansive principal writedowns or principal forgiveness, or converting delinquent borrowers into renters and conveying the properties to investors, have recently gained some popularity as well. If we are required to offer a similar refinancing option for our investments in mortgage loans, our income from those investments could decline.

Further, a settlement was announced between five of the nation's largest mortgage servicers and the federal government and 49 of the state attorneys general. The announced settlement, among other things, would require implementation by those mortgage servicers of certain new servicing and foreclosure practices and includes certain incentives for these servicers to offer loan modifications in certain instances including reductions in principal amounts of certain loans. Other settlements of similar substance impacting important servicers could also be reached.
These programs, proposals and settlements could ultimately impact our investments in MBS, including the timing and amount of cash flows we realize from those investments. We monitor these developments and assess the potential impact of relevant developments on our investments, including private-label MBS as well as on our MPP portfolio and loan collateral and on the creditworthiness of any our members that could be impacted by these issues. We continue to update our models, including the models we use to analyze our investments in private-label MBS, based on developments such as these. Additional developments could result in further increases to our loss projections from these investments.
Additionally, these developments could result in a significant number of prepayments on mortgage loans underlying our investments in agency MBS. If that should occur, these investments would be paid off more rapidly than originally expected, subjecting us to resulting premium acceleration and reinvestment risk.

It remains unclear at this time whether additional foreclosure prevention efforts will be implemented during 2012. If new programs or settlements include expansive mandatory principal writedowns or forgiveness with respect to securitized loans, they could have a material negative impact on our MBS and MPP portfolios. 





Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Capital Framework. In September 2010, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision ("Basel Committee") approved a new capital framework for internationally active banks. Banks subject to the new framework will be required to have increased amounts of capital with core capital being more strictly defined to include only common equity and other capital assets that are able to fully absorb losses. The Basel Committee also proposed a liquidity coverage ratio for short-term liquidity needs that would be phased in by 2015, as well as a net stable funding ratio for longer-term liquidity needs that would be phased in by 2018.

On January 5, 2012, the Federal Reserve announced its proposed rule on enhanced prudential standards and early remediation requirements for nonbank financial companies designated as systemically important by the Oversight Council, as discussed above under "Developments Impacting Systemically Important Nonbank Financial Companies." The proposed rule declines to finalize certain standards such as liquidity requirements until the Basel Committee framework gains greater international consensus, but the Federal Reserve proposes a liquidity buffer requirement that would be in addition to the final Basel Committee framework requirements. The size of the buffer would be determined through liquidity stress tests, taking into account a financial institution's structure and risk factors.

While it is still uncertain how the capital and liquidity standards being developed by the Basel Committee ultimately will be implemented by the United States regulatory authorities, the new framework and the Federal Reserve's proposed plan could require some of our members to divest assets in order to comply with the more stringent capital and liquidity requirements, thereby tending to decrease their need for Advances. The requirements may also adversely affect investor demand for Consolidated Obligations to the extent that impacted institutions divest or limit their investments in Consolidated Obligations. On the other hand, the new requirements could incent our members to take term Advances to create and maintain balance sheet liquidity.

Risk Management

We have exposure to a number of risks in pursuing our business objectives. These risks may be broadly classified as market, credit, liquidity, operations, and business. Market risk is discussed in detail in Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

Active risk management is an integral part of our operations because these risks are an inherent part of our business activities.  We manage these risks by, among other actions, setting and enforcing appropriate limits and developing and maintaining internal policies and processes to ensure an appropriate risk profile. See Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Risk Management in our 2011 Form 10-K for more detailed information about these risks.
 
Credit Risk Management. Credit risk is the risk that members or other counterparties may be unable to meet their contractual obligations to us, or that the values of those obligations will decline as a result of deterioration in the members' or other counterparties' creditworthiness. Credit risk arises when our funds are extended, committed, invested or otherwise exposed through actual or implied contractual agreements. We face credit risk on Advances and other credit products, investments, mortgage loans, derivative financial instruments, and AHP grants.  

The most important step in the management of credit risk is the initial decision to extend credit. We also manage credit risk by following established policies, evaluating the creditworthiness of our members and counterparties, and utilizing collateral agreements and settlement netting. Periodic monitoring of members and other counterparties is performed whenever we are exposed to credit risk.
 
Advances. We manage our exposure to credit risk on Advances through a combination of our security interest in assets pledged by the borrowing member and ongoing reviews of our borrowers' financial condition. Section 10(a) of the Bank Act prohibits us from making Advances without sufficient collateral to secure the Advance. Security is provided via thorough underwriting and establishing a perfected position in eligible assets pledged by the borrower as collateral before Advances are issued. Although we have never experienced a credit loss on an Advance to a member, unfavorable economic conditions have increased our credit risk and led us to enhance our collateral review and monitoring.





However, our credit risk is magnified due to the concentration of Advances in a few borrowers. As of March 31, 2012, our top two borrowers held 33% of total Advances outstanding, at par. Because of this concentration in Advances, we perform frequent credit and collateral reviews on our largest borrowers. In addition, we analyze the implications to our financial management and profitability if we were to lose the business of one or more of these borrowers.
 
Investments. We are also exposed to credit risk through our investment portfolios. The risk management policy approved by our board of directors restricts the acquisition of investments to high-quality, short-term money market instruments and highly-rated long-term securities.

Short-Term Investments. We place funds with large, high-quality financial institutions with investment-grade long-term credit ratings on an unsecured basis for terms of up to 275 days; most such placements typically mature within 90 days. At March 31, 2012, our unsecured credit exposure, including accrued interest related to short-term money-market instruments, was $2.1 billion to 7 counterparties and issuers, all of which was for Federal Funds Sold that mature overnight. We actively monitor counterparty creditworthiness, ratings, performance, and capital adequacy in an effort to mitigate unsecured credit risk on the short-term investments, with an emphasis on the potential impacts from global economic conditions. Unsecured transactions can only be conducted with counterparties that are domiciled in countries that maintain a long-term sovereign rating from S&P of AA or higher. As of March 31, 2012, our total short-term unsecured credit was concentrated in counterparties domiciled in the following countries: United States (19%, none of which was to United States GSEs/Agencies), Canada (43%), Sweden (11%), Norway (11%), Finland (11%), and Netherlands (5%). 

Long-Term Investments. Our long-term investments include RMBS guaranteed by the housing GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac), other U.S. obligations - guaranteed RMBS (Ginnie Mae), corporate debentures guaranteed by the FDIC and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government under the TLGP, and corporate debentures issued by GSEs.

Our long-term investments also include private-label MBS and ABS, which are directly or indirectly secured by underlying mortgage loans. Investments in private-label MBS and ABS may be purchased as long as the investments are rated AAA at the time of purchase. However, we are subject to credit risk on private-label MBS and ABS. Each of the securities contains one or more forms of credit protection at the time of purchase, including subordination, excess spread, over-collateralization and/or an insurance wrap to mitigate the credit risk.

A Finance Agency regulation provides that the total value of our investments in MBS and ABS, calculated using amortized historical cost, must not exceed 300% of our total regulatory capital, consisting of Retained Earnings, Class B Capital Stock, and MRCS, as of the day we purchase the securities, based on the capital amount most recently reported to the Finance Agency. These investments, as a percentage of total regulatory capital, were 291% at March 31, 2012. Generally, our goal is to maintain these investments near the 300% limit.

Applicable rating levels are determined using the lowest relevant long-term rating from S&P, Moody's and Fitch. Rating modifiers are ignored when determining the applicable rating level for a given counterparty or investment. 





The following tables present the carrying value by credit ratings of our investments, grouped by category ($ amounts in millions):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Below
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Investment
 
 
March 31, 2012
 
AAA
 
AA
 
A
 
BBB
 
Grade
 
Total
Short-term investments:
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest-Bearing Deposits
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell
 

 
1,750

 

 

 

 
1,750

Federal Funds Sold
 

 
1,230

 
875

 

 

 
2,105

Total short-term investments
 

 
2,980

 
875

 

 

 
3,855

AFS securities:
 


 


 


 


 


 
 
GSE debentures
 

 
2,401

 

 

 

 
2,401

TLGP debentures
 

 
321

 

 

 

 
321

Private-label MBS 
 

 

 

 

 
615

 
615

Total AFS securities
 

 
2,722

 

 

 
615

 
3,337

HTM securities:
 


 


 


 


 


 
 

GSE debentures
 

 
269

 

 

 

 
269

TLGP debentures
 

 
978

 

 

 

 
978

Other U.S. obligations - guaranteed RMBS
 

 
2,722

 

 

 

 
2,722

GSE RMBS
 

 
3,615

 

 

 

 
3,615

Private-label MBS
 
133

 
44

 
8

 
67

 
103

 
355

Private-label ABS
 

 
16

 

 

 
2

 
18

Total HTM securities
 
133

 
7,644

 
8

 
67

 
105

 
7,957

Total investments, carrying value
 
$
133

 
$
13,346

 
$
883

 
$
67

 
$
720

 
$
15,149

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percentage of total
 
1
%
 
88
%
 
6
%
 
%
 
5
%
 
100
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Short-term investments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest-Bearing Deposits
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell
 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Funds Sold
 

 
2,095

 
1,327

 

 

 
3,422

Total short-term investments
 

 
2,095

 
1,327

 

 

 
3,422

AFS securities:
 


 


 


 


 


 
 
GSE debentures
 

 
2,026

 

 

 

 
2,026

TLGP debentures
 

 
322

 

 

 

 
322

Private-label MBS
 

 

 

 

 
601

 
601

Total AFS securities
 

 
2,348

 

 

 
601

 
2,949

HTM securities:
 


 


 


 


 


 
 

GSE debentures
 

 
269

 

 

 

 
269

TLGP debentures
 

 
1,883

 

 

 

 
1,883

Other U.S. obligations - guaranteed RMBS
 

 
2,747

 

 

 

 
2,747

GSE RMBS
 

 
3,512

 

 

 

 
3,512

Private-label MBS
 
187

 
13

 
9

 
76

 
117

 
402

Private-label ABS
 

 
17

 

 

 
2

 
19

Total HTM securities
 
187

 
8,441

 
9

 
76

 
119

 
8,832

Total investments, carrying value
 
$
187

 
$
12,884

 
$
1,336

 
$
76

 
$
720

 
$
15,203

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percentage of total
 
1
%
 
85
%
 
9
%
 
%
 
5
%
 
100
%





The following table presents the carrying values and fair values at March 31, 2012, of two private-label RMBS downgraded during the period from April 1, 2012 to April 30, 2012 from the lowest NRSRO rating previously reported. There were no other downgrades of MBS and ABS during this period ($ amounts in millions):
 
 
To BBB
 
To BB
 
 
Carrying Value
 
Fair Value
 
Carrying Value
 
Fair Value
Private-label RMBS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Downgraded from AA
 
$
3

 
$
3

 
$

 
$

Downgraded from A
 

 

 
9

 
8

Total
 
$
3

 
$
3

 
$
9

 
$
8


There was one private-label ABS on negative watch as of April 30, 2012. At March 31, 2012, the carrying value and estimated fair value of this security was less than $1 million.

Private-Label MBS and ABS. MBS and ABS are classified as prime, Alt-A or subprime based on the originator's classification at the time of origination or based on classification by an NRSRO upon issuance. Because there is no universally accepted definition of prime, Alt-A or subprime underwriting standards, such classifications are subjective. All MBS and ABS were rated AAA at the date of purchase.  

Our private-label MBS and ABS are backed by collateral located in the United States. The top five states, by percentage of collateral located in those states as of March 31, 2012, were California (57%), New York (6%), Florida (6%), Virginia (3%), and New Jersey (2%).





The tables below present for our prime, Alt-A and subprime securities the UPB by credit ratings, based on the lowest of Moody's, S&P, or comparable Fitch ratings, as well as amortized cost, estimated fair value, and other collateral information by year of securitization as of March 31, 2012 ($ amounts in millions):
 
 
2004
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
and
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prime
 
prior
 
2005
 
2006
 
2007
 
Total
Private-label RMBS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AAA-rated
 
$
134

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
134

AA-rated
 
24

 
1

 

 

 
25

A-rated
 

 

 

 

 

BBB-rated
 
50

 
18

 

 

 
68

Below investment grade:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

     BB-rated
 
36

 
21

 

 

 
57

     B-rated
 

 
40

 
1

 

 
41

     CCC-rated
 

 
198

 

 

 
198

     CC-rated
 

 
200

 

 
51

 
251

     C-rated
 

 
39

 
118

 
173

 
330

Total below investment grade
 
36

 
498

 
119

 
224

 
877

Total UPB
 
$
244

 
$
517

 
$
119

 
$
224

 
$
1,104

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortized cost
 
$
242

 
$
474

 
$
111

 
$
165

 
$
992

Unrealized losses (1)
 
(6
)
 
(59
)
 
(9
)
 
(10
)
 
(84
)
Estimated fair value
 
237

 
415

 
102

 
155

 
909

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OTTI (year-to-date) (2):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Total OTTI losses
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Portion reclassified to (from) OCI
 

 

 
(1
)
 
(2
)
 
(3
)
OTTI credit losses
 
$

 
$

 
$
(1
)
 
$
(2
)
 
$
(3
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average percentage of estimated fair value to UPB
 
97
%
 
80
%
 
85
%
 
69
%
 
82
%
Original weighted average credit support
 
3
%
 
7
%
 
6
%
 
10
%
 
7
%
Current weighted average credit support
 
12
%
 
7
%
 
3
%
 
3
%
 
7
%
Weighted average collateral delinquency (3)
 
7
%
 
14
%
 
17
%
 
23
%
 
14
%

(1) 
Unrealized losses represent the difference between estimated fair value and amortized cost where estimated fair value is less than amortized cost. These amounts exclude unrealized gains.
(2) 
Amounts only include OTTI losses for securities held at March 31, 2012.
(3) 
Includes delinquencies of 60 days or more, foreclosures, real estate owned and bankruptcies, weighted by the UPB of the individual securities in the category based on their respective collateral delinquency.






 
 
2004
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
and
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alt-A
 
prior
 
2005
 
2006
 
2007
 
Total
Private-label RMBS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AAA-rated
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

AA-rated
 
20

 

 

 

 
20

A-rated
 
8

 

 

 

 
8

BBB-rated
 

 

 

 

 

Below investment grade:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

     BB-rated
 

 

 

 

 

     B-rated
 
3

 

 

 

 
3

     CCC-rated
 

 

 

 

 

     CC-rated
 

 
5

 

 

 
5

     C-rated
 

 

 

 

 

     D-rated
 

 
35

 

 

 
35

Total below investment grade:
 
3

 
40

 

 

 
43

Total UPB
 
$
31

 
$
40

 
$

 
$

 
$
71

 
 


 


 


 


 
 
Amortized cost
 
$
31

 
$
32

 
$

 
$

 
$
63

Unrealized losses (1)
 
(1
)
 
(9
)
 

 

 
(10
)
Estimated fair value
 
30

 
23

 

 

 
53

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OTTI (year-to-date) (2):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total OTTI losses
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Portion reclassified to (from) OCI
 

 

 

 

 

OTTI credit losses
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average percentage of estimated fair value to UPB
 
95
%
 
57
 %
 
%
 
%
 
74
%
Original weighted average credit support
 
3
%
 
7
 %
 
%
 
%
 
5
%
Current weighted average credit support
 
11
%
 
 %
 
%
 
%
 
5
%
Weighted average collateral delinquency (3)
 
7
%
 
18
 %
 
%
 
%
 
13
%

(1) 
Unrealized losses represent the difference between estimated fair value and amortized cost where estimated fair value is less than amortized cost. These amounts exclude unrealized gains.
(2) 
Amounts only include OTTI losses for securities held at March 31, 2012.
(3) 
Includes delinquencies of 60 days or more, foreclosures, real estate owned and bankruptcies, weighted by the UPB of the individual securities in the category based on their respective collateral delinquency.






 
 
2004
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
and
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Subprime
 
prior
 
2005
 
2006
 
2007
 
Total
Private-label ABS - home equity loans:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Below investment grade:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     B-rated
 
$
3

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
3

Total UPB
 
$
3

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
3

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortized cost
 
$
3

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
3

Unrealized losses (1)
 
(1
)
 

 

 

 
(1
)
Estimated fair value
 
2

 

 

 

 
2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OTTI (year-to-date) (2):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total OTTI losses
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Portion reclassified to (from) OCI
 

 

 

 

 

OTTI credit losses
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average percentage of estimated fair value to UPB
 
68
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
68
%
Original weighted average credit support (3)
 
100
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
100
%
Current weighted average credit support (3)
 
100
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
100
%
Weighted average collateral delinquency (4)
 
32
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
32
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Private-label ABS - manufactured housing loans:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AA-rated
 
$
16

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
16

Total UPB
 
$
16

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
16

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortized cost
 
$
16

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
16

Unrealized losses (1)
 
(4
)
 

 

 

 
(4
)
Estimated fair value
 
13

 

 

 

 
13

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OTTI (year-to-date) (2):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total OTTI losses
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Portion reclassified to (from) OCI
 

 

 

 

 

OTTI credit losses
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average percentage of estimated fair value to UPB
 
78
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
78
%
Original weighted average credit support
 
28
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
28
%
Current weighted average credit support
 
29
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
29
%
Weighted average collateral delinquency (4)
 
2
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
2
%

(1) 
Unrealized losses represent the difference between estimated fair value and amortized cost where estimated fair value is less than amortized cost. These amounts exclude unrealized gains.
(2) 
Amounts only include OTTI losses for securities held at March 31, 2012.
(3) 
The credit support for the home equity loans is provided by MBIA Insurance Corporation.
(4) 
Includes delinquencies of 60 days or more, foreclosures, real estate owned and bankruptcies, weighted by the UPB of the individual securities in the category based on their respective collateral delinquency.






The following table presents the UPB of our private-label MBS and ABS by collateral type ($ amounts in millions): 
 
 
March 31, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
Fixed
 
Variable
 
 
 
Fixed
 
Variable
 
 
Collateral Type
 
Rate
 
Rate (1)(2)
 
Total
 
Rate
 
Rate (1)(2)
 
Total
RMBS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prime loans
 
$
353

 
$
751

 
$
1,104

 
$
405

 
$
757

 
$
1,162

Alt-A loans
 
71

 

 
71

 
78

 

 
78

Total RMBS
 
424

 
751

 
1,175

 
483

 
757

 
1,240

ABS - home equity loans:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Subprime loans
 

 
3

 
3

 

 
3

 
3

Total ABS - home equity loans
 

 
3

 
3

 

 
3

 
3

ABS - manufactured housing loans:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Subprime loans
 
16

 

 
16

 
17

 

 
17

Total ABS - manufactured housing loans
 
16

 

 
16

 
17

 

 
17

Total private-label MBS and ABS, at UPB
 
$
440

 
$
754

 
$
1,194

 
$
500

 
$
760

 
$
1,260


(1) 
Variable-rate private-label MBS and ABS include those with a contractual coupon rate that, prior to contractual maturity, is either scheduled to change or is subject to change.
(2) 
All variable-rate RMBS prime loans are hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage securities.

The table below presents, by loan type, certain characteristics of private-label RMBS and ABS in a gross unrealized loss position at March 31, 2012. The lowest ratings available for each security are reported as of April 30, 2012, based on the security's UPB at March 31, 2012 ($ amounts in millions):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
April 30, 2012 Ratings Based on
 
 
March 31, 2012
 
 
March 31, 2012 UPB (3) (4)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross
 
Collateral
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other
 
Below
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortized
 
Unrealized
 
Delinquency
 
 
 
 
 
 
Investment
 
Investment
 
 
By Loan Type (1)
 
UPB
 
Cost
 
Losses 
 
Rate (2)
 
AAA (3)
 
 
AAA
 
Grade
 
Grade
 
Watchlist
Private-label RMBS backed by:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prime - 1st lien
 
$
986

 
$
888

 
$
(84
)
 
15
%
 
9
%
 
 
9
%
 
10
%
 
81
%
 
%
Alt-A other - 1st lien
 
68

 
60

 
(10
)
 
14
%
 
%
 
 
%
 
24
%
 
76
%
 
%
Total private-label RMBS
 
1,054

 
948

 
(94
)
 
14
%
 
9
%
 
 
9
%
 
10
%
 
81
%
 
%
Subprime ABS - manufactured housing loans backed by:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1st lien
 
16

 
16

 
(4
)
 
2
%
 
%
 
 
%
 
100
%
 
%
 
%
Total subprime ABS - manufactured housing loans
 
16

 
16

 
(4
)
 
2
%
 
%
 
 
%
 
100
%
 
%
 
%
Subprime ABS - home equity loans backed by: (5)
 
 

 
 

 
  

  
  

  
  

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2nd lien
 
3

 
3

 
(1
)
 
32
%
 
%
 
 
%
 
%
 
100
%
 
37
%
Total subprime ABS - home equity loans
 
3

 
3

 
(1
)
 
32
%
 
%
 
 
%
 
%
 
100
%
 
37
%
Total private-label MBS and ABS
 
$
1,073

 
$
967

 
$
(99
)
 
14
%
 
9
%
 
 
9
%
 
12
%
 
79
%
 
%

(1) 
We classify our private-label RMBS and ABS as prime, Alt-A and subprime based on the originator's classification at the time of origination or based on classification by an NRSRO upon issuance.
(2) 
Includes delinquencies of 60 days or more, foreclosures, real estate owned and bankruptcies, weighted by the UPB of the individual securities in the category based on their respective collateral delinquency.
(3) 
Represents the lowest ratings available for each security based on the lowest of Moody's, S&P or comparable Fitch ratings.
(4) 
Excludes paydowns in full subsequent to March 31, 2012.     
(5) 
The credit support for the home equity loans is provided by MBIA Insurance Corporation. This insurance company had a credit rating of B as of April 30, 2012, based on the lower of Moody's and S&P ratings.




OTTI Evaluation Process. We evaluate our individual AFS and HTM securities that have been previously OTTI, or are in an unrealized loss position, for OTTI on a quarterly basis as described in Notes to Financial Statements - Note 5 - Other-Than-Temporary Impairment Analysis contained in our 2011 Form 10-K.
 
OTTI calculations are performed on an individual security basis for which the projected losses of each security vary according to the assumptions used. These assumptions were based on current and forecasted economic trends affecting the underlying loans. Such trends include continued high unemployment, ongoing downward pressure on housing prices, and limited refinancing opportunities for many borrowers whose houses are now worth less than the balance of their mortgages.

The following tables present the significant modeling assumptions used to determine whether a security was OTTI during the first quarter of 2012, as well as the related current credit enhancement, as of March 31, 2012. Credit enhancement is defined as the percentage of subordinated tranches and over-collateralization, if any, in a security structure that will generally absorb losses before we will experience a loss on the security. A zero or negative credit enhancement percentage reflects securities that have no remaining credit support from subordinated tranches and are likely to have experienced an actual principal loss. The calculated averages represent the dollar-weighted averages of all of the private-label RMBS and ABS in each category shown. MBS and ABS are classified as prime, Alt-A or subprime based on the originator's classification at the time of origination or based on classification by an NRSRO upon issuance. Because there is no universally accepted definition of prime, Alt-A or subprime underwriting standards, such classifications are subjective.
 
 
Significant Modeling Assumptions for all Private-label RMBS
 
Current Credit
 
 
Prepayment Rates
 
Default Rates
 
Loss Severities
 
Enhancement
 
 
Weighted
 
 
 
Weighted
 
 
 
Weighted
 
 
 
Weighted
 
 
 
 
Average
 
Range
 
Average
 
Range
 
Average
 
Range
 
Average
 
Range
Year of Securitization
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
Prime:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2007
 
6.4

 
6.2 - 6.6
 
42.7

 
37.2 - 46.1
 
47.0

 
42.3 - 49.5
 
3.2

 
1.2 - 8.0
2006
 
9.8

 
8.7 - 12.6
 
24.2

 
16.1 - 26.6
 
43.6

 
36.3 - 45.7
 
2.7

 
0.4 - 4.2
2005
 
9.6

 
7.4 - 21.3
 
25.3

 
2.7 - 29.4
 
35.9

 
20.0 - 42.4
 
7.0

 
1.1 - 11.8
2004 and prior
 
20.2

 
4.2 - 39.5
 
7.5

 
0.0 - 16.3
 
26.4

 
0.0 - 32.9
 
11.4

 
3.2 - 60.4
Total Prime
 
11.3

 
4.2 - 39.5
 
24.8

 
0.0 - 46.1
 
36.8

 
0.0 - 49.5
 
6.8

 
0.4 - 60.4
Alt-A:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2006
 
8.2

 
8.2 - 8.2
 
31.8

 
31.8 - 31.8
 
46.7

 
46.7 - 46.7
 
3.2

 
3.2 - 3.2
2005
 
6.7

 
6.5 - 8.0
 
36.6

 
24.8 - 38.3
 
40.0

 
38.9 - 40.2
 

 
(0.2) - 1.3
2004 and prior
 
14.1

 
11.4 - 18.2
 
7.9

 
1.2 - 14.9
 
25.7

 
18.7 - 36.2
 
11.0

 
4.7 - 15.5
Total Alt-A
 
9.7

 
6.5 - 18.2
 
25.4

 
1.2 - 38.3
 
36.1

 
18.7 - 46.7
 
4.5

 
(0.2) - 15.5
Total private-label RMBS
 
11.2

 
4.2 - 39.5
 
24.8

 
0.0 - 46.1
 
36.7

 
0.0 - 49.5
 
6.6

 
(0.2) - 60.4

 
 
Significant Modeling Assumptions for all ABS - Home Equity Loans
 
Current Credit
 
 
Prepayment Rates
 
Default Rates
 
Loss Severities
 
Enhancement
 
 
Weighted
 
 
 
Weighted
 
 
 
Weighted
 
 
 
Weighted
 
 
 
 
Average
 
Range
 
Average
 
Range
 
Average
 
Range
 
Average
 
Range
Year of Securitization
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
 
%
Subprime 2004 and prior
 
7.4
 
6.8 - 7.8
 
24.9
 
22.1 - 26.5
 
46.2
 
34.8 - 53.0
 
100.0
 
100.0 - 100.0
Total ABS - home equity loans
 
7.4
 
6.8 - 7.8
 
24.9
 
22.1 - 26.5
 
46.2
 
34.8 - 53.0
 
100.0
 
100.0 - 100.0

We continue to actively monitor the credit quality of our private-label MBS and ABS, which depends on the actual performance of the underlying loan collateral. If performance of the underlying loan collateral deteriorates and/or our modeling assumptions become more pessimistic as a result of deterioration in economic, financial market or housing conditions, we could record additional losses on our portfolio.






MPP. We are exposed to credit risk on loans purchased from members through the MPP. Each loan we purchase must meet guidelines for our MPP or be specifically approved as an exception based on compensating factors. For example, the maximum loan-to-value for any conventional mortgage loan purchased is 95%, and the borrowers must meet certain minimum credit scores depending upon the type of property or loan.
 
MPP Advantage. On November 29, 2010, we began offering MPP Advantage. The only substantive difference between MPP Advantage and our original MPP is the credit enhancement structure.

Credit Enhancements. FHA loans comprise 17% of our outstanding MPP loans, at par. These loans are backed by insurance provided by the FHA; therefore, we do not require either LRA or SMI coverage for these loans.
 
Credit enhancements for conventional loans include (in order of priority):

PMI (when applicable for the purchase of mortgages with an initial loan-to-value ratio of over 80% at the time of purchase);
LRA; and
SMI (as applicable) purchased by the seller from a third-party provider naming us as the beneficiary.

Primary Mortgage Insurance. As of March 31, 2012, we were the beneficiary of PMI coverage on $618.0 million or 13% of conventional mortgage loans. For a conventional loan, PMI, if applicable, covers losses or exposure down to approximately a loan-to-value ratio between 65% and 80% based upon the original appraisal, original loan-to-value ratio, term, and amount of PMI coverage. We are exposed to credit risk in that a PMI provider may fail to fulfill its claims payment obligations to us. We have analyzed our potential loss exposure to all of the PMI providers and, despite the low credit ratings and negative outlooks, do not expect any material losses based on the current level of seriously delinquent loans. This expectation is based on the credit-enhancement features of our master commitments (exclusive of PMI), the underwriting characteristics of the loans that back our master commitments, the seasoning of the loans, and the performance of the loans to date. We closely monitor the financial conditions of our PMI providers.





The following table presents the PMI providers and related PMI coverage amount on seriously delinquent loans held in our portfolio as of March 31, 2012 and the PMI providers' credit ratings as of April 30, 2012 ($ amounts in millions):
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seriously Delinquent Loans with Primary Mortgage Insurance (2)
 
 
 
 
Credit
 
 
 
Credit
 
Rating
 
 
 
PMI Coverage
PMI Provider
 
Rating (1)
 
Outlook (1)
 
UPB
 
Outstanding
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation
 
B
 
Negative
 
$
8

 
$
2

Republic Mortgage Insurance Company (3) (5)
 
R
 
N/A
 
6

 
1

Radian Guaranty, Inc.
 
B
 
Negative
 
5

 
1

Genworth Mortgage Insurance Corporation Corporation
 
B
 
Negative
 
4

 
1

United Guaranty Residential Insurance Corporation
 
BBB
 
Stable
 
3

 
1

All Others (4) (5)
 
R, NR
 
N/A
 
2

 
1

Total
 
 
 
 
 
$
28

 
$
7


(1) 
Represents the lowest credit rating and outlook of S&P, Moody's or Fitch stated in terms of the S&P equivalent as of April 30, 2012.
(2) 
Seriously delinquent loans include loans that are 90 days or more past due or in the process of foreclosure.
(3)  
On August 3, 2011, we announced that we would no longer accept Republic Mortgage Insurance Company as a provider of PMI, effective with mandatory delivery contracts committed on or after August 1, 2011. On January 20, 2012, the North Carolina Department of Insurance took possession and control of Republic Mortgage Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Old Republic International Corporation, and, beginning January 19, 2012, Republic Mortgage Insurance Company will pay only 50% of its claim amounts with the remaining amount to be paid at a future date when funds become available. Based upon the PMI coverage outstanding, such action has not had a material impact on our allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans.
(4) 
On October 20, 2011, the Arizona Department of Insurance took possession and control of PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. Beginning October 24, 2011, PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. will pay only 50% of its claim amounts with the remaining amount deferred until the company is liquidated. Such action has not had a material impact on the allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans as PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. was a small provider of mortgage insurance on our underlying mortgage loan portfolio.
(5) 
R signifies regulatory supervision while NR indicates the insurer is unrated.

Lender Risk Account. We use either a "spread LRA" or a "fixed LRA" for credit enhancement. The spread LRA was used in combination with SMI for credit enhancement of conventional mortgage loans purchased under our original MPP, and the fixed LRA is being used for all acquisitions of new conventional mortgage loans purchased under MPP Advantage. The only substantive difference between our original MPP and MPP Advantage is the credit enhancement structure.

Supplemental Mortgage Insurance. For pools of loans acquired under our original MPP, we have credit protection from loss on each loan, where eligible, through SMI, which provides insurance to cover credit losses to approximately 50% of the property's original value, subject, in certain cases, to an aggregate stop-loss provision in the SMI policy. MCCs that equal or exceed $35 million of total initial principal to be sold on a best effort basis include an aggregate loss/benefit limit or "stop-loss" that is equal to the total initial principal balance of loans under the MCC multiplied by the stop-loss percentage, as is then in effect, and represents the maximum aggregate amount payable by the SMI provider under the SMI policy for that pool. We do not have SMI coverage on loans purchased under MPP Advantage.

Credit Risk Exposure to Supplemental Mortgage Insurance Providers. As of March 31, 2012, we were the beneficiary of SMI coverage on mortgage pools with a total UPB of $4.1 billion. Two mortgage insurance companies provide all of the SMI coverage. The following table presents the SMI exposure ($ amounts in millions):

Mortgage Insurance Company
 
March 31,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation
 
$
35

 
$
36

Genworth Mortgage Insurance Corporation
 
19

 
21

Total
 
$
54

 
$
57






Finance Agency credit-risk-sharing regulations that authorize the use of SMI require that the providers be rated at least AA- at the time the loans are purchased. With the deterioration in the mortgage markets, we have been unable to meet the Finance Agency regulation's rating requirement because no mortgage insurers that underwrite SMI are currently rated in the second highest rating category or better by any NRSRO. In fact, none of the mortgage insurance companies currently providing SMI coverage to us were rated higher than B as of April 30, 2012. Additional information concerning the SMI provider ratings is provided in Recent Accounting and Regulatory Developments - Legislative and Regulatory Developments - Significant Finance Agency Regulatory Actions in our 2011 Form 10-K.

Loan Characteristics. The mortgage loans purchased through the MPP are currently dispersed across 50 states and the District of Columbia. No single zip code represented more than 1% of MPP loans outstanding at March 31, 2012 or December 31, 2011. It is likely that the concentration of MPP loans in our district states of Indiana and Michigan will increase in the future, due to the loss of the three largest sellers in 2006 - 2007 that were our primary sources of nationwide mortgages. The median outstanding balance of our MPP loans was approximately $131 thousand and $132 thousand at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. 

Credit Performance. Troubled debt restructurings related to mortgage loans are considered to have occurred when a concession is granted to the debtor related to the debtor's financial difficulties that would not otherwise be considered for economic or legal reasons. We do not participate in government-sponsored loan modification programs. There were nine mortgage loans modified that were considered troubled debt restructurings during the three months ended March 31, 2012, and there were none for the three months ended March 31, 2011.

Although we establish credit enhancements in each mortgage pool at the time of the pool's origination that are sufficient to absorb loan losses up to approximately 50%, the magnitude of the declines in home prices, rise in unemployment rates, and increase in delinquencies in some areas since 2006 have resulted in losses in some of the mortgage pools that have exhausted credit enhancements. Some of our mortgage pools have loans originated in states and localities (e.g., California, Arizona, Florida, and Nevada) that have had the most severe declines in home prices. We purchased most of these loan pools from former members that are no longer members of the Bank and, thus, have stopped selling mortgage loans to us. When a mortgage pool's credit enhancements are exhausted, we realize any additional loan losses in that pool.

The serious delinquency rate for our FHA mortgages was 0.79% at March 31, 2012, compared to 0.61% at December 31, 2011. We rely on insurance provided by the FHA, which generally provides coverage for 100% of the principal balance of the underlying mortgage loan and defaulted interest at the debenture rate. However, we would receive defaulted interest at the contractual rate from the servicer.

The serious delinquency rate for conventional mortgages was 2.66% at March 31, 2012, compared to 2.49% at December 31, 2011. Both rates were below the national serious delinquency rate. See Notes to Financial Statements - Note 8 - Allowance for Credit Losses for more information.

Derivatives. A primary credit risk posed by derivative transactions is the risk that a counterparty will fail to meet its related contractual obligations, forcing us to replace the derivatives at market prices. The notional amount of interest-rate exchange agreements does not represent our true credit risk exposure; however, it serves as a factor in determining periodic interest payments or cash flows received and paid. Our net credit exposure is measured at estimated fair value. When the net fair value of our interest-rate exchange agreements with a counterparty is positive, this generally indicates that the counterparty owes us. When the net fair value of the interest-rate exchange agreements is negative, this generally indicates that we owe the counterparty. If a counterparty fails to perform, our credit risk is approximately equal to the aggregate fair value gain, if any, on the interest-rate exchange agreements. If there is an aggregate fair value loss, there is a risk that our collateral would not be returned, which would result in credit risk to the extent that the collateral exceeds the fair value loss. All counterparties are subject to credit review procedures in accordance with our Risk Management Policy. We review our counterparties' exposure to European sovereign debt as part of our credit risk review procedures. 





We maintain a policy requiring that interest rate exchange agreements be governed by an International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement. These agreements provide for netting of amounts due to us and amounts due to counterparties, thereby reducing credit exposure. When the net estimated fair value of our interest-rate exchange agreements with a counterparty is positive, the counterparty generally owes us. When the net estimated fair value of the interest-rate exchange agreements is negative, we generally owe the counterparty. Our current counterparties governed by these agreements include large banks and other financial institutions with a significant presence in the derivatives market that are rated A- or better by S&P and A3 or better by Moody's. However, by the end of the first quarter of 2012, all except one of our active derivative counterparties have been placed on watch negative by Moody's. If one or more of these counterparties are downgraded and, as a result, we are unable to transact additional business with those counterparties, our ability to effectively engage in derivative transactions could be adversely affected.

The following table presents key information on derivative counterparties on a settlement date basis using credit ratings based on the lower of S&P or Moody's ($ amounts in millions):
 
 
 
 
Credit Exposure
 
Other
 
 
 
 
Total
 
Net of Cash
 
Collateral
 
Net Credit
March 31, 2012
 
Notional
 
Collateral
 
Held
 
Exposure
AA
 
$
12,681

 
$

 
$

 
$

A
 
21,635

 

 

 

Unrated
 
144

 

 

 

Subtotal
 
34,460

 

 

 

Member institutions (1)
 
140

 

 

 

Total
 
$
34,600

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AA
 
$
13,359

 
$

 
$

 
$

A
 
21,561

 

 

 

Unrated
 
70

 

 

 

Subtotal
 
34,990

 

 

 

Member institutions (1)
 
68

 

 

 

Total
 
$
35,058

 
$

 
$

 
$


(1) 
Includes mortgage delivery commitments.

AHP. Our AHP requires members and project sponsors to make commitments with respect to the usage of the AHP grants to assist very low-, low-, and moderate-income families, as defined by regulation. If these commitments are not met, we may have an obligation to recapture these funds from the member or project sponsor to replenish the AHP fund. This credit exposure is addressed in part by evaluating project feasibility at the time of an award and the member’s ongoing monitoring of AHP projects.

Liquidity Risk Management. The primary objectives of liquidity risk management are to maintain the ability to meet obligations as they come due and to meet the credit needs of our member borrowers in a timely and cost-efficient manner. We routinely monitor the sources of cash available to meet liquidity needs and use various tests and guidelines to manage our liquidity risk.

Operations Risk Management. Operations risk is the risk of unexpected losses attributable to human error, system failures, fraud, unenforceability of contracts, or inadequate internal controls and procedures. Our management has established policies and procedures to mitigate operations risk. Our corporate risk management department conducts a comprehensive annual risk and control assessment that is designed to identify operational risks and evaluate the adequacy of the control structure. In addition, our internal audit department independently reviews our operational activities.

Business Risk Management. Business risk is the risk of an adverse impact on profitability resulting from external factors that may occur in both the short and long-term. Business risk includes political, strategic, reputation and/or regulatory events that are beyond our control. Our board of directors and management seek to mitigate these risks by, among other actions, maintaining an open and constructive dialogue with regulators, providing input on potential legislation, long-term strategic planning, continually monitoring general economic conditions and the external environment, and fulfilling our mission of supporting member institutions with liquidity and supporting community development.




ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
 
Market risk is the risk that the market value or estimated fair value of our overall portfolio of assets and liabilities, including derivatives, or our net earnings will decline as a result of changes in interest rates or financial market volatility. Market risk includes the risks related to:

movements in interest rates over time;
movements in prepayment speeds over time;
the change in the relationship between short-term and long-term interest rates (i.e., the slope of the Consolidated Obligation and LIBOR yield curves);
the change in the relationship of FHLBank System debt spreads to other indices, primarily LIBOR (commonly referred to as "basis" risk); and
the change in the relationship between fixed rates and variable rates.

The goal of market risk management is to preserve our financial strength at all times, including during periods of significant market volatility and across a wide range of possible interest-rate changes. We regularly assess our exposure to changes in interest rates using a diverse set of analyses and measures. As appropriate, we may rebalance our portfolio to help attain our risk management objectives.
 
Measuring Market Risks
 
We utilize multiple risk measurements, including duration of equity, duration gap, convexity, VaR, earnings at risk, and changes in market value of equity, to evaluate market risk. Periodically, stress tests are conducted to measure and analyze the effects that extreme movements in the level of interest rates and the shape of the yield curve would have on our risk position.
 
Duration of Equity. Duration of equity is a measure of interest-rate risk and a primary metric used to manage our market risk exposure. It is an estimate of the percentage change (expressed in years) in our market value of equity that could be caused by a 100 basis point parallel upward or downward shift in the interest-rate curves. We value our portfolios using the LIBOR curve or external prices. The market value and interest-rate sensitivity of each asset, liability, and off balance sheet position is determined to compute our duration of equity. We calculate duration of equity using the interest-rate curve as of the date of calculation and for scenarios where the interest rate curve is 200 basis points higher or lower than the base level. Our board of directors determines acceptable ranges for duration of equity. A negative duration of equity suggests adverse exposure to falling rates and a favorable response to rising rates, while a positive duration suggests adverse exposure to rising rates and a favorable response to falling rates.

The following table presents the duration of equity levels for our total position which are subject to internal policy guidelines:
Date
 
-200 basis points*
 
Base
 
+200 basis points
March 31, 2012
 
(2.7) years
 
2.0 years
 
2.3 years
December 31, 2011
 
(6.9) years
 
(1.5) years
 
2.4 years
 
*
Our internal policy guidelines provide for the calculation of the duration of equity in a low-rate environment to be based on the Finance Agency Advisory Bulletin 03-09, as modified September 3, 2008. Under these guidelines, our effective duration of equity was 2.0 years at March 31, 2012, and (1.5) years at December 31, 2011.

We were in compliance with the duration of equity limits established at both dates. The changes in the duration of equity levels at March 31, 2012 compared to December 31, 2011 were substantially due to changes in our valuation technique, and a specific modeling assumption, for Consolidated Obligations. See Notes to Financial Statements - Note 14 - Estimated Fair Values for more information.

As part of our overall interest rate risk management process, we continue to evaluate strategies to manage interest rate risk arising from a variety of market factors and our current interest rate risk measures. Certain of these strategies, if implemented, could have an adverse impact on future earnings.





Duration Gap. The duration gap is the difference between the effective duration of total assets and the effective duration of total liabilities, adjusted for the effect of derivatives. A positive duration gap signals an exposure to rising interest rates because it indicates that the duration of assets exceeds the duration of liabilities. A negative duration gap signals an exposure to declining interest rates because the duration of assets is less than the duration of liabilities. The duration gap was 0.6 months at March 31, 2012, compared to (2.1) months at December 31, 2011.

Market Risk-Based Capital Requirement. We are subject to the Finance Agency's risk-based capital regulations. This regulatory framework requires the maintenance of sufficient permanent capital to meet the combined credit risk, market risk, and operations risk components. Our permanent capital is defined by the Finance Agency as Class B Stock (including MRCS) and Retained Earnings. The market risk-based capital component is the sum of two factors. The first factor is the market value of the portfolio at risk from movements in interest rates that could occur during times of market stress. This estimation is accomplished through an internal VaR-based modeling approach that was approved by the Federal Housing Finance Board (predecessor to the Finance Agency) before the implementation of our capital plan. The second factor is the amount, if any, by which the current market value of total regulatory capital is less than 85% of the book value of total regulatory capital.

The VaR approach used for calculating the first factor is primarily based upon historical simulation methodology. The estimation incorporates scenarios that reflect interest-rate shifts, interest-rate volatility, and changes in the shape of the yield curve. These observations are based on historical information from 1978 to the present. When calculating the risk-based capital requirement, the VaR comprising the first factor of the market risk component is defined as the potential dollar loss from adverse market movements, for a holding period of 120 business days, with a 99% confidence interval, based on these historical prices and market rates. Market risk-based capital estimates are presented below ($ amounts in millions):
Date
 
VaR
March 31, 2012
 
$
265

December 31, 2011
 
136


Changes in the Ratio of Market Value to Book Value of Equity between Base Rates and Shift Scenarios. We measure potential changes in the market value to book value of equity based on the current month-end level of rates versus the ratio of market value to book value of equity under large parallel rate shifts. This measurement provides information related to the sensitivity of our interest-rate position. The table below presents changes in the ratio of market value to book value of equity from the base rates: 
Date
 
-200 basis points
 
+200 basis points
March 31, 2012
 
0.2
 %
 
(3.7
)%
December 31, 2011
 
(3.0
)%
 
0.4
 %

The changes in the VaR and the Ratio of Market Value to Book Value of Equity at March 31, 2012 compared to December 31, 2011 were substantially due to changes in our valuation technique, and a specific modeling assumption, for Consolidated Obligations.

See Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures - Use of Derivative Hedges in our 2011 Form 10-K for more information about our use of derivative hedges.





ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
 
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
We are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is: (a) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms; and (b) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and principal accounting officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. As of March 31, 2012, we conducted an evaluation, under the supervision, and with the participation, of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (the principal executive officer), Chief Operating Officer - Chief Financial Officer (the principal financial officer) and Chief Accounting Officer (the principal accounting officer), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer - Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2012.
 
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f) of the Exchange Act, that occurred during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls. We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures and other internal controls will prevent all error and fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can only be reasonable assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Additionally, over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.




Part II.  OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are unaware of any potential claims that could be material.

Private-Label Mortgage-Backed Securities Litigation

On October 15, 2010, we filed a complaint in the Superior Court of Marion County, Indiana, relating to 30 private-label mortgage-backed securities we purchased in the aggregate original principal amount of approximately $2.7 billion. The complaint, which has been amended, is an action for rescission and damages and asserts claims for negligent misrepresentation and violations of state and federal securities law occurring in connection with the sale of these private-label mortgage-backed securities. On March 9, 2012, the Court heard oral arguments on the defendants' motion to dismiss the amended complaint.

ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS
 
Except for an addition to the following risk factor, there have been no material changes in the risk factors described in Item 1A of our 2011 Form 10-K.

Our Exposure to Credit Risk Could Adversely Affect Our Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Our ability to engage in routine derivative transactions could be adversely affected by the financial condition of our counterparties. By the end of the first quarter of 2012, all except one of our active derivative counterparties have been placed on watch negative by Moody's. If one or more of these counterparties are downgraded and, as a result, we are unable to transact additional business with those counterparties, our ability to effectively engage in derivative transactions could be adversely affected, which could impair our ability to manage some aspects of our interest rate risk.






ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
 
Description
 
 
 
3.1*
 
Organization Certificate of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on Form 10 filed on February 14, 2006
 
 
 
3.2*
 
Bylaws of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 21, 2010
 
 
 
4*
 
Capital Plan of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, effective September 5, 2011, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 5, 2011
 
 
 
10.1*+
 
Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis 2009 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 13, 2009
 
 
 
10.2*+
 
Form of Key Employee Severance Agreement for Executive Officers, incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 20, 2007
 
 
 
10.3*+
 
Directors' Compensation and Travel Expense Reimbursement Policy effective January 1, 2012, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 22, 2011
 
 
 
10.4*+
 
Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis 2011 Long Term Incentive Plan, effective January 1, 2011, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 3, 2011
 
 
 
10.5*+
 
Federal Home Loan Banks P&I Funding and Contingency Plan Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our Current Report on  Form 8-K filed on June 27, 2006
 
 
 
10.6*+
 
Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis 2011 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan (STI), effective January 1, 2011, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 3, 2011
 
 
 
10.7*+
 
Form of Key Employee Severance Agreement for Principal Executive Officer, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 24, 2010
 
 
 
10.8*+
 
Form of Key Employee Severance Agreement for Executive Officers, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 4, 2011
 
 
 
10.9*
 
Joint Capital Enhancement Agreement dated August 5, 2011, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 5, 2011
 
 
 
10.10*+
 
Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis Incentive Plan, effective January 1, 2012, with technical amendments made on March 19, 2012, incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 20, 2012.
 
 
 
31.1
 
Certification of the President - Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 




Exhibit Number
 
Description
 
 
 
31.2
 
Certification of the Executive Vice President - Chief Operating Officer - Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
31.3
 
Certification of the Senior Vice President - Chief Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
32
  
Certification of the President - Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President - Chief Operating Officer - Chief Financial Officer, and Senior Vice President - Chief Accounting Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
101.INS
 
XBRL Instance Document
 
 
 
101.SCH
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
 
 
101.CAL
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
 
 
 
101.LAB
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
 
 
 
101.PRE
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
 
 
 
101.DEF
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

* These documents are incorporated by reference.

+ Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.






SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK
OF INDIANAPOLIS
 
 
May 11, 2012
By:
/s/ MILTON J. MILLER II
 
Name:  
Milton J. Miller II
 
Title:
President - Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
May 11, 2012
By:
/s/ CINDY L. KONICH
 
Name:
Cindy L. Konich
 
Title:
Executive Vice President - Chief Operating Officer - Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
May 11, 2012
By:
/s/ K. LOWELL SHORT, JR.
 
Name:
K. Lowell Short, Jr.
 
Title:
Senior Vice President - Chief Accounting Officer