Derivative Instruments and Other Financial Instruments Used For Hedging

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivative Instruments and Other Financial Instruments Used For Hedging

Derivative Instruments and Other Financial Instruments Used For Hedging

The Company enters into certain derivative and other financial instruments primarily to assist customers with their risk management objectives and to manage the Company’s exposure to interest rate risk. When entering into derivatives on behalf of customers the Company generally acts as a financial intermediary by offsetting a significant portion of the market risk for these derivatives with third parties. The Company may also enter into derivatives for other risk management purposes. All derivative instruments are recognized as assets or liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value.

Counterparty credit risk is inherent in derivative instruments. In order to reduce its exposure to counterparty credit risk, the Company utilizes credit approvals, limits, monitoring procedures and master netting and credit support annex agreements. Additionally, the Company considers counterparty credit quality and the creditworthiness of the Company in estimating the fair value of derivative instruments.

The table below presents the notional amounts and fair value amounts of the Company's derivative instruments reported on the consolidated balance sheets, segregated between derivative instruments designated and qualifying as hedging instruments and derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively. Asset and liability values are presented gross, excluding the impact of legally enforceable master netting and credit support annex agreements. The fair value of asset and liability derivatives designated and qualifying as hedging instruments and derivatives designated as other risk management are included in other assets and other liabilities, respectively. The fair value of asset and liability trading derivatives are included in trading account assets and trading account liabilities, respectively.

	December 31, 2016						December 31, 2015
			Fair Value						Fair Value
(Dollars in millions)	Notional Amount		Asset Derivatives		Liability Derivatives		Notional Amount		Asset Derivatives		Liability Derivatives
Cash flow hedges
Interest rate contracts	$	15,459	$	19	$	199	$	15,791	$	70	$	16
Fair value hedges
Interest rate contracts	500		3		—		500		5		—
Not designated as hedging instruments:
Trading
Interest rate contracts	149,229		1,074		988		100,991		1,002		948
Commodity contracts	2,825		145		112		3,775		409		369
Foreign exchange contracts	5,981		217		131		5,541		117		93
Equity contracts	2,385		165		164		3,351		222		221
Other contracts	4		—		—		37		—		—
Total Trading	160,424		1,601		1,395		113,695		1,750		1,631
Other risk management	1,045		3		90		2,107		14		2
Total derivative instruments	$	177,428	$	1,626	$	1,684	$	132,093	$	1,839	$	1,649

We recognized net losses of $19 million, de minimis net gains, and net losses of $2 million on other risk management derivatives for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 respectively, which are included in other noninterest income.

Derivatives Designated and Qualifying as Hedging Instruments

The Company uses interest rate derivatives to manage the financial impact on the Company from changes in market interest rates. These instruments are used to manage interest rate risk relating to specified groups of assets and liabilities, primarily LIBOR-based commercial loans and debt issuances. Derivatives that qualify for hedge accounting are designated as either fair value or cash flow hedges.

Cash Flow Hedges

The Company uses interest rate swaps to hedge the risk of changes in cash flows attributable to changes in the designated benchmark interest rate on LIBOR indexed loans, and to a lesser extent, to hedge interest rate risk on rollover debt. 

The Company used interest rate swaps with a notional amount of $15.2 billion at December 31, 2016 to hedge the risk of changes in cash flows attributable to changes in the designated benchmark interest rate on LIBOR indexed loans. To the extent effective, payments received (or paid) under the swap contract offset fluctuations in interest income on loans caused by changes in the relevant LIBOR index. The Company used interest rate swaps with a notional amount of $309 million at December 31, 2016 to hedge the risk of changes in cash flows attributable to changes in the designated benchmark interest rate on LIBOR indexed short-term borrowings. At December 31, 2016, the weighted average remaining life of the active cash flow hedges was 3.67 years.

For cash flow hedges, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the hedging instruments is reported as a component of other comprehensive income and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged cash flows are recognized in net interest income. Gains and losses representing hedge ineffectiveness are recognized in noninterest expense in the period in which they arise. At December 31, 2016, the Company expects to reclassify approximately $90 million of income from AOCI to net interest income during the year ending December 31, 2017. This amount could differ from amounts actually realized due to changes in interest rates, hedge terminations and the addition of other hedges subsequent to December 31, 2016.

The following tables present the amount and location of the net gains and losses recorded in the Company's consolidated statements of income and changes in stockholders' equity for derivatives designated as cash flow hedges for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:

	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivative Instruments (Effective Portion)							Gain or (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income (Effective Portion)										Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative Instruments (Ineffective Portion)
	For the Years Ended December 31,								For the Years Ended December 31,										For the Years Ended December 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2016			2015		2014		Location	2016			2015			2014			Location	2016		2015		2014
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships
								Interest income	$	170		$	168		$	114
Interest rate contracts	$	(26	)	$	185	$	130	Interest expense	(3		)	(4		)	(23		)	Noninterest expense	$	—	$	2	$	—
Total	$	(26	)	$	185	$	130		$	167		$	164		$	91			$	—	$	2	$	—

Fair Value Hedges

The Company engages in an interest rate hedging strategy in which one or more interest rate swaps are associated with a specified interest bearing liability, in order to convert the liability from a fixed rate to a floating rate instrument. This strategy mitigates the changes in fair value of the hedged liability caused by changes in the designated benchmark interest rate, U.S. dollar LIBOR.

For fair value hedges, any ineffectiveness is recognized in noninterest expense in the period in which it arises. The change in the fair value of the hedged item and the hedging instrument, to the extent completely effective, offsets with no impact on earnings.

The following table presents the gains (losses) on the Company's fair value hedges and hedged item for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:

		For the Year Ended December 31, 2016
(Dollars in millions)		Derivative			Hedged Item		Hedge Ineffectiveness
Interest rate risk on long-term debt		$	(2	)	$	2	$	—
	Total	$	(2	)	$	2	$	—

		For the Year Ended December 31, 2015
(Dollars in millions)		Derivative		Hedged Item			Hedge Ineffectiveness
Interest rate risk on long-term debt		$	2	$	(2	)	$	—
	Total	$	2	$	(2	)	$	—

		For the Year Ended December 31, 2014
(Dollars in millions)		Derivative		Hedged Item			Hedge Ineffectiveness
Interest rate risk on long-term debt		$	2	$	(1	)	$	1
	Total	$	2	$	(1	)	$	1

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

Trading Derivatives

Derivative instruments classified as trading are primarily derivatives entered into as an accommodation for customers. Trading derivatives are included in trading assets or trading liabilities with changes in fair value reflected in income from trading account activities. The majority of the Company's derivative transactions for customers were essentially offset by contracts with third parties that reduce or eliminate market risk exposures.

The Company offers market-linked CDs, which allow the customer to earn the higher of either a minimum fixed rate of interest or a return tied to either equity, commodity or currency indices. The Company offsets its exposure to the embedded derivative contained in market-linked CDs with a matched over-the-counter option. Both the embedded derivative (when bifurcated) and hedge options are recorded at fair value with the realized and unrealized changes in fair value recorded in noninterest income within trading account activities.

The following table presents the amount of the net gains and losses for derivative instruments classified as trading reported in the consolidated statements of income under the heading trading account activities for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:

	Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative Instruments
	For the Years Ended
(Dollars in millions)	December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Trading derivatives:
Interest rate contracts	$	137	$	13	$	28
Equity contracts	40		47		(5		)
Foreign exchange contracts	39		27		19
Commodity contracts	2		3		8
Other contracts	—		—		1
Total	$	218	$	90	$	51

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

The Company primarily enters into derivative contracts and repurchase agreements with counterparties utilizing standard International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreements and Master Repurchase Agreements, respectively. These agreements generally establish the terms and conditions of the transactions, including a legal right to set-off amounts payable and receivable between the Company and a counterparty, regardless of whether or not such amounts have matured or have contingency features. For additional information related to offsetting of financial assets and liabilities, refer to Note 9 to these consolidated financial statements.