OTHER EQUITY SECURITIES	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
OTHER EQUITY SECURITIES	5 – OTHER EQUITY SECURITIES Institutions that are members of the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) system are required to maintain a minimum investment in FHLB stock. Such minimum is calculated as a percentage of aggregate outstanding mortgages, and an additional investment is required that is calculated as a percentage of total FHLB advances, letters of credit, and the collateralized portion of interest-rate swaps outstanding. The stock is capital stock issued at $100 par value. Both stock and cash dividends may be received on FHLB stock. As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Corporation had investments in FHLB stock with a book value of $38.4 million and $36.7 million, respectively. The net realizable value is a reasonable proxy for the fair value of these instruments. Dividend income from FHLB stock for the quarter and nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 amounted to $0.3 million and $1.1 million, respectively, compared to $0.4 million and $1.4 million for the comparable periods in 2011. The FHLB stocks owned by the Corporation are issued by the FHLB of New York and by the FHLB of Atlanta. Both Banks are part of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, a national wholesale banking network of 12 regional, stockholder-owned congressionally chartered banks. The Federal Home Loan Banks are all privately capitalized and operated by their member stockholders. The system is supervised by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which ensures that the Home Loan Banks operate in a financially safe and sound manner, remain adequately capitalized and able to raise funds in the capital markets, and carry out their housing finance mission. The Corporation has other equity securities that do not have a readily available fair value. The carrying value of such securities as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 was $1.3 million.

5 – OTHER EQUITY SECURITIES

Institutions that are members of the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) system are required to maintain a minimum investment in FHLB stock. Such minimum is calculated as a percentage of aggregate outstanding mortgages, and an additional investment is required that is calculated as a percentage of total FHLB advances, letters of credit, and the collateralized portion of interest-rate swaps outstanding. The stock is capital stock issued at $100 par value. Both stock and cash dividends may be received on FHLB stock.

As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Corporation had investments in FHLB stock with a book value of $38.4 million and $36.7 million, respectively. The net realizable value is a reasonable proxy for the fair value of these instruments. Dividend income from FHLB stock for the quarter and nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 amounted to $0.3 million and $1.1 million, respectively, compared to $0.4 million and $1.4 million for the comparable periods in 2011.

The FHLB stocks owned by the Corporation are issued by the FHLB of New York and by the FHLB of Atlanta. Both Banks are part of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, a national wholesale banking network of 12 regional, stockholder-owned congressionally chartered banks. The Federal Home Loan Banks are all privately capitalized and operated by their member stockholders. The system is supervised by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which ensures that the Home Loan Banks operate in a financially safe and sound manner, remain adequately capitalized and able to raise funds in the capital markets, and carry out their housing finance mission.

The Corporation has other equity securities that do not have a readily available fair value. The carrying value of such securities as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 was $1.3 million.