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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, 2016

 

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

 

Commission file number: 000-51397

 

Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Federally chartered corporation

 

13-6400946

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

101 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y.

 

10178

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(212) 681-6000

(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 requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes  x No o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files)  Yes x No o

 

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 the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer o

 

Accelerated filer o

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer x

 

Smaller reporting company o

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

 

 

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

 

The number of shares outstanding of the issuer’s common stock as of April 30, 2016 was 55,456,875.

 

 

 

 


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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF NEW YORK

FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2016

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited):

 

Statements of Condition (Unaudited) as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015

3

Statements of Income (Unaudited) for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

4

Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

5

Statements of Capital (Unaudited) for the Three Months Ended March, 2016 and 2015

6

Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

7

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

9

 

 

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

54

 

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

105

 

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

108

 

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

109

 

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

109

 

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

109

 

 

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

109

 

 

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

109

 

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

109

 

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

109

 

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

110

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Statements of Condition — Unaudited (In Thousands, Except Par Value of Capital Stock)

As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks (Note 3)

 

$

225,112

 

$

327,482

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell (Note 4)

 

5,210,000

 

4,000,000

 

Federal funds sold (Note 4)

 

6,916,000

 

7,245,000

 

Available-for-sale securities, net of unrealized gains of $6,531 at March 31, 2016 and $9,283 at December 31, 2015 (Note 6)

 

939,192

 

990,129

 

Held-to-maturity securities (Note 5)

 

14,260,415

 

13,932,372

 

Advances (Note 7) (Includes $8,222,792 at March 31, 2016 and $9,532,553 at December 31, 2015 at fair value under the fair value option)

 

89,481,955

 

93,874,211

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses of $1,195 at March 31, 2016 and $326 at December 31, 2015 (Note 8)

 

2,565,427

 

2,524,285

 

Accrued interest receivable

 

156,836

 

145,913

 

Premises, software, and equipment

 

10,090

 

9,466

 

Derivative assets (Note 15)

 

171,175

 

181,676

 

Other assets

 

4,853

 

8,097

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

119,941,055

 

$

123,238,631

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits (Note 9)

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing demand

 

$

1,016,794

 

$

1,308,923

 

Non-interest-bearing demand

 

19,342

 

15,493

 

Term

 

30,000

 

26,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total deposits

 

1,066,136

 

1,350,416

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligations, net (Note 10)

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds (Includes $9,959,433 at March 31, 2016 and $13,320,909 at December 31, 2015 at fair value under the fair value option)

 

74,927,097

 

67,715,952

 

Discount notes (Includes $9,497,652 at March 31, 2016 and $12,471,868 at December 31, 2015 at fair value under the fair value option)

 

36,863,672

 

46,849,868

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total consolidated obligations

 

111,790,769

 

114,565,820

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock (Note 12)

 

30,505

 

19,499

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued interest payable

 

120,827

 

108,575

 

Affordable Housing Program (Note 11)

 

111,316

 

113,352

 

Derivative liabilities (Note 15)

 

213,948

 

210,113

 

Other liabilities

 

148,466

 

151,374

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

113,481,967

 

116,519,149

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Notes 12, 15 and 17)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital (Note 12)

 

 

 

 

 

Capital stock ($100 par value), putable, issued and outstanding shares: 53,598 at March 31, 2016 and 55,850 at December 31, 2015

 

5,359,856

 

5,585,030

 

Retained earnings

 

 

 

 

 

Unrestricted

 

972,451

 

967,078

 

Restricted (Note 12)

 

319,741

 

303,061

 

Total retained earnings

 

1,292,192

 

1,270,139

 

Total accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(192,960

)

(135,687

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total capital

 

6,459,088

 

6,719,482

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and capital

 

$

119,941,055

 

$

123,238,631

 

 

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

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Statements of Income — Unaudited (In thousands, Except Per Share Data)

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Interest income

 

 

 

 

 

Advances, net (Note 7)

 

$

191,274

 

$

131,198

 

Interest-bearing deposits (Note 4)

 

518

 

331

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell (Note 4)

 

2,205

 

240

 

Federal funds sold (Note 4)

 

10,309

 

2,839

 

Available-for-sale securities (Note 6)

 

2,275

 

2,044

 

Held-to-maturity securities (Note 5)

 

70,671

 

65,440

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio (Note 8)

 

21,977

 

19,316

 

Loans to other FHLBanks (Note 18)

 

3

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest income

 

299,232

 

221,410

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligations-bonds (Note 10)

 

122,361

 

78,727

 

Consolidated obligations-discount notes (Note 10)

 

48,520

 

23,150

 

Deposits (Note 9)

 

526

 

120

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock (Note 12)

 

296

 

256

 

Cash collateral held and other borrowings

 

363

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest expense

 

172,066

 

102,316

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income before provision for credit losses

 

127,166

 

119,094

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans

 

1,126

 

188

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income after provision for credit losses

 

126,040

 

118,906

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

Service fees and other

 

3,426

 

2,964

 

Instruments held at fair value - Unrealized losses (Note 16)

 

(9,103

)

(3,090

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total OTTI losses

 

(113

)

 

Net amount of impairment losses reclassified to Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

105

 

 

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings

 

(8

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gains on derivatives and hedging activities (Note 15)

 

884

 

6,099

 

Losses from extinguishment of debt

 

(123

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other (loss) income

 

(4,924

)

5,973

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other expenses

 

 

 

 

 

Operating

 

7,537

 

7,020

 

Compensation and benefits

 

17,276

 

16,171

 

Finance Agency and Office of Finance

 

3,602

 

3,629

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other expenses

 

28,415

 

26,820

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before assessments

 

92,701

 

98,059

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affordable Housing Program Assessments (Note 11)

 

9,300

 

9,831

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

83,401

 

$

88,228

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share (Note 13)

 

$

1.52

 

$

1.60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash dividends paid per share

 

$

1.17

 

$

1.16

 

 

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

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Statements of Comprehensive Income — Unaudited (In Thousands)

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income

 

$

83,401

 

$

88,228

 

Other Comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized (losses) gains on available-for-sale securities

 

(2,752

)

(860

)

Net change in non-credit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities

 

 

 

 

 

Non-credit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses

 

(105

)

 

Accretion of non-credit portion of OTTI

 

1,701

 

1,994

 

Total net change in non-credit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities

 

1,596

 

1,994

 

Net change in unrealized gains/losses relating to hedging activities

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized (losses) gains

 

(56,873

)

(22,095

)

Reclassification of losses included in net income

 

556

 

505

 

Total net change in unrealized (losses) gains relating to hedging activities

 

(56,317

)

(21,590

)

Net change in pension and postretirement benefits

 

200

 

372

 

Total other comprehensive (loss) income

 

(57,273

)

(20,084

)

Total comprehensive income

 

$

26,128

 

$

68,144

 

 

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

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Statements of Capital — Unaudited (In thousands, Except Per Share Data)

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Stock (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

Class B

 

Retained Earnings

 

Comprehensive

 

Total

 

 

 

Shares

 

Par Value

 

Unrestricted

 

Restricted

 

Total

 

Income (Loss)

 

Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2014

 

55,801

 

$

5,580,073

 

$

862,672

 

$

220,099

 

$

1,082,771

 

$

(136,986

)

$

6,525,858

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of capital stock

 

9,326

 

932,597

 

 

 

 

 

932,597

 

Repurchase/redemption of capital stock

 

(13,921

)

(1,392,058

)

 

 

 

 

(1,392,058

)

Shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

(82

)

(8,179

)

 

 

 

 

(8,179

)

Cash dividends ($1.16 per share) on capital stock

 

 

 

(64,275

)

 

(64,275

)

 

(64,275

)

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

70,583

 

17,645

 

88,228

 

(20,084

)

68,144

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, March 31, 2015

 

51,124

 

$

5,112,433

 

$

868,980

 

$

237,744

 

$

1,106,724

 

$

(157,070

)

$

6,062,087

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2015

 

55,850

 

$

5,585,030

 

$

967,078

 

$

303,061

 

$

1,270,139

 

$

(135,687

)

$

6,719,482

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of capital stock

 

7,752

 

775,218

 

 

 

 

 

775,218

 

Repurchase/redemption of capital stock

 

(9,889

)

(988,887

)

 

 

 

 

(988,887

)

Shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

(115

)

(11,505

)

 

 

 

 

(11,505

)

Cash dividends ($1.17 per share) on capital stock

 

 

 

(61,348

)

 

(61,348

)

 

(61,348

)

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

66,721

 

16,680

 

83,401

 

(57,273

)

26,128

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, March 31, 2016

 

53,598

 

$

5,359,856

 

$

972,451

 

$

319,741

 

$

1,292,192

 

$

(192,960

)

$

6,459,088

 

 


(a)   Putable stock

 

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

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Statements of Cash Flows — Unaudited (In Thousands)

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income

 

$

83,401

 

$

88,228

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization:

 

 

 

 

 

Net premiums and discounts on consolidated obligations, investments, mortgage loans and other adjustments

 

(57,779

)

9,851

 

Concessions on consolidated obligations

 

1,495

 

1,248

 

Premises, software, and equipment

 

887

 

952

 

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans

 

1,126

 

188

 

Credit impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities

 

8

 

 

Change in net fair value adjustments on derivatives and hedging activities

 

71,101

 

78,082

 

Change in fair value adjustments on financial instruments held at fair value

 

9,103

 

4,105

 

Losses from extinguishment of debt

 

123

 

 

Net change in:

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued interest receivable

 

(12,649

)

5,890

 

Derivative assets due to accrued interest

 

(10,502

)

10,132

 

Derivative liabilities due to accrued interest

 

9,396

 

(2,592

)

Other assets

 

3,303

 

3,026

 

Affordable Housing Program liability

 

(2,036

)

(3,972

)

Accrued interest payable

 

14,445

 

(5,181

)

Other liabilities

 

(1,985

)

(2,309

)

Total adjustments

 

26,036

 

99,420

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

109,437

 

187,648

 

Investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in:

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing deposits

 

(151,426

)

(62,410

)

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

 

(1,210,000

)

(5,200,000

)

Federal funds sold

 

329,000

 

2,321,000

 

Deposits with other FHLBanks

 

69

 

8

 

Premises, software, and equipment

 

(1,511

)

(820

)

Held-to-maturity securities:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased

 

(649,817

)

(416,966

)

Repayments

 

322,210

 

317,281

 

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased

 

(4,265

)

(4,068

)

Repayments

 

52,271

 

64,589

 

Proceeds from sales

 

403

 

423

 

Advances:

 

 

 

 

 

Principal collected

 

191,504,544

 

184,670,262

 

Made

 

(186,692,639

)

(174,284,512

)

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio:

 

 

 

 

 

Principal collected

 

59,324

 

58,634

 

Purchased

 

(102,911

)

(231,263

)

Proceeds from sales of REO

 

812

 

321

 

Net cash provided by investing activities

 

3,456,064

 

7,232,479

 

 

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

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Statements of Cash Flows — Unaudited (In Thousands)

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in:

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits and other borrowings

 

$

(439,542

)

$

(414,497

)

Derivative contracts with financing element

 

(20,747

)

(59,970

)

Consolidated obligation bonds:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance

 

17,592,058

 

8,068,156

 

Payments for maturing and early retirement

 

(10,529,546

)

(15,609,384

)

Consolidated obligation discount notes:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance

 

53,381,807

 

56,804,840

 

Payments for maturing

 

(63,376,385

)

(61,932,078

)

Capital stock:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of capital stock

 

775,218

 

932,597

 

Payments for repurchase/redemption of capital stock

 

(988,887

)

(1,392,058

)

Redemption of mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

(499

)

(8,282

)

Cash dividends paid (a)

 

(61,348

)

(64,275

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(3,667,871

)

(13,674,951

)

Net decrease in cash and due from banks

 

(102,370

)

(6,254,824

)

Cash and due from banks at beginning of the period

 

327,482

 

6,458,943

 

Cash and due from banks at end of the period

 

$

225,112

 

$

204,119

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosures:

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid

 

$

115,513

 

$

98,748

 

Affordable Housing Program payments (b)

 

$

11,336

 

$

13,803

 

Transfers of mortgage loans to real estate owned

 

$

328

 

$

1,552

 

Portion of non-credit OTTI losses on held-to-maturity securities

 

$

105

 

$

 

Capital stock subject to mandatory redemption reclassified from equity

 

$

11,505

 

$

8,179

 

 


(a)         Does not include payments to holders of mandatorily redeemable capital stock. Such payments are considered as interest expense and reported within Operating cash flows.

(b)         AHP payments = (beginning accrual - ending accrual) + AHP assessment for the period; payments represent funds released to the Affordable Housing Program.

 

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

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

Background

 

The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (“FHLBNY” or “the Bank”) is a federally chartered corporation, and is one of 11 district Federal Home Loan Banks (“FHLBanks”).  Prior to June 1, 2015, the effective date of the merger of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle into the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (the surviving FHLBank), there were 12 FHLBanks.  The FHLBanks are U.S. government-sponsored enterprises (“GSEs”), organized under the authority of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932, as amended (“FHLBank Act”).  Each FHLBank is a cooperative owned by member institutions located within a defined geographic district.  The FHLBNY’s defined geographic district is New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

 

Tax Status.  The FHLBanks, including the FHLBNY, are exempt from ordinary federal, state, and local taxation except for real property taxes.

 

Assessments.  Affordable Housing Program (“AHP”) Assessments — Each FHLBank, including the FHLBNY, provides subsidies in the form of direct grants and below-market interest rate advances to members, who use the funds to assist in the purchase, construction or rehabilitation of housing for very low-, low- and moderate-income households.  Annually, the 11 FHLBanks must allocate the greater of $100 million or 10% of their regulatory defined net income for the Affordable Housing Program.

 

Note   1.                           Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying financial statements of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York have been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States (“GAAP”) and with the instructions provided by the SEC.  The information contained in these financial statements is unaudited.  In the opinion of management, normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the interim period results have been made.  These unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the FHLBNY’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015 included in Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

The FHLBNY has identified certain accounting policies that it believes are significant because they require management to make subjective judgments about matters that are inherently uncertain and because of the likelihood that materially different amounts would be reported under different conditions or by using different assumptions.  These policies include estimating the allowance for credit losses on the advance and mortgage loan portfolios, evaluating the impairment of the FHLBNY’s securities portfolios, and estimating fair values of certain assets and liabilities.  There have been no significant changes to accounting policies from those identified in Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates in Notes to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016, which contains a summary of the Bank’s significant accounting policies and estimates.

 

Recently Adopted Significant Accounting Policies

 

Effect of Derivative Contract Novations on Existing Hedge Accounting RelationshipsIn March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-05, Effect of Derivative Contract Novations on Existing Hedge Accounting Relationships, as an amendment to Derivatives and Hedging Activities (Topic 815).  The amendments clarify that a change in the counterparty to a derivative instrument that has been designated as the hedging instrument under GAAP does not, in and of itself, require dedesignation of that hedging relationship provided that all other hedge accounting criteria continue to be met.  This guidance becomes effective for the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those fiscal years, and early adoption is permitted.  The amendments provide entities with the option to apply the guidance using either a prospective approach or a modified retrospective approach, retrospectively applied to all derivative instruments that meet the specific conditions.  The FHLBNY elected to early adopt the guidance prospectively on January 1, 2016. The adoption of this guidance had no effect on the Bank’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

 

Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value (NAV) per Share (or its Equivalent).  In May 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-07, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent), which is intended to address diversity in practice related to how certain investments measured at net asset value (“NAV”) are reported within the financial statement footnotes.  The new guidance removes the requirement to categorize investments measured under the current NAV practical expedient within the fair value hierarchy for all investments.  The amendments also remove the requirement to make certain disclosures for all investments that are eligible to be measured at fair value using the NAV practical expedient.  Rather, those disclosures are limited to investments for which the entity has elected to measure the fair value using that practical expedient.  The amendments in this ASU were effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years.  A reporting entity should apply the amendments retrospectively to all periods presented.  The FHLBNY owns a grantor trust, which invests in bond and equity funds that are readily marketable at their NAVs, which are considered as fair values, not a practical expedient.  The application of this guidance had no impact on the categorization of investments within the fair value hierarchy in the financial statement footnotes, or the statements of condition or results of operations.  For further information, see Note 16.  Fair Values of Financial Instruments.

 

Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement.  In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-05, Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement to add guidance to Subtopic 350-40, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software.  The ASU clarifies a customer’s accounting for fees paid in a cloud computing arrangement, and provides guidance to customers on determining whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license that should be accounted for as internal-use software.  If the arrangement does not contain a software license, it would be accounted for as a service contract. This guidance becomes effective for the FHLBNY for the interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and early adoption was permitted.  The FHLBNY could have elected to adopt the amendments either (1) prospectively to all arrangements entered into or materially modified after the effective date or (2) retrospectively.  The FHLBNY adopted the guidance prospectively in 2016, and the effect of adoption had no material impact on its financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs.  In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, Interest-imputation of interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs.  The ASU requires a reclassification on the statement of condition of debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability from other assets to a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability.  The intent is to eliminate the different presentation requirements of debt issuance cost and debt discounts and premiums, which have caused confusion among users of financial statements.  The ASU became effective for the interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015 (January 1, 2016 for the FHLBNY), and early adoption was permitted for the financial statements that have not been previously issued.  The period-specific effects as a result of applying this guidance were required to be adjusted retrospectively to each individual period presented on the statement of condition.  The FHLBNY has adopted this guidance on January 1, 2016, and has reclassified prior period comparative information in financial statements presented in 2016 and in future periods.  Adoption had no material impact on its financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

 

Note   2.         Recently Issued Accounting Standards and Interpretations.

 

Contingent Put and Call Options in Debt InstrumentsIn March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-06, Contingent Put and Call options in Debt Instruments, as an amendment to Derivatives and Hedging Activities (Topic 815). The  amendments clarify the requirements for assessing whether contingent call (put) options that can accelerate the payment of principal on debt instruments are clearly and closely related to their debt hosts.  The guidance requires entities to apply only the four-step decision sequence when assessing whether the economic characteristics and risks of call (put) options are clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of their debt hosts. Consequently, when a call (put) option is contingently exercisable, an entity does not have to assess whether the event that triggers the ability to exercise a call (put) option is related to interest rates or credit risks.  This guidance becomes effective for the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016 (January 1, 2017 for the FHLBNY), and interim periods within those fiscal years, and early adoption is permitted.  The guidance should be applied on a modified retrospective basis to existing debt instruments as of the beginning of the period for which the amendments are effective.  The FHLBNY is in the process of evaluating this guidance, and does not expect adoption will have a material impact on its financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

 

Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial LiabilitiesIn January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01, Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, as an amendment to Financial Instruments — Overall (Subtopic 825-10). The amendments provide guidance on certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure of financial instruments.

 

This ASU requires entities to present separately in OCI the portion of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk when the entity has elected to measure the liability at fair value in accordance with the fair value option for financial instruments.  It will also require equity investments (except those accounted for under the equity method of accounting or those that result in consolidation of the investee) to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income, thus eliminating eligibility for the current available-for-sale category.

 

The guidance becomes effective for the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 (January 1, 2018 for the FHLBNY), including interim periods within those fiscal years.  Except for the early application guidance discussed in the amendment, early adoption is not permitted. The amendments, in general, should be applied by means of a cumulative-effect adjustment on the statement of condition as of the beginning of the period of adoption.  The FHLBNY is in the process of evaluating this guidance, and does not expect adoption will have a material impact on its financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern.  In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40). The final guidance requires management to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and, if so, disclose that fact in the footnotes.  Management will also be required to evaluate and disclose whether its plans to alleviate that doubt.  The new standard defines substantial doubt as when it is probable (i.e. likely) based on management’s assessment of relevant qualitative and quantitative information and judgment that the entity will be unable to meet its obligations as they become due within one year of the date the financial statements are issued (or available to be issued, when applicable).  The standard is effective for the annual period ending after December 15, 2016 (January 1, 2017 for the FHLBNY) and for annual and interim periods thereafter.  While early adoption is permitted, the FHLBNY has elected not to early adopt, and does not expect the impact of the required disclosures to have a material effect on its financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

 

Revenue Recognition.  In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, (Topic 606): Revenue from Contracts with Customers.  The FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) initiated a joint project to clarify the principles for recognizing revenue and to develop a common revenue standard for U.S. GAAP and IFRS that would remove inconsistencies and improve comparability of revenue recognition practices across entities and industries, and provide more useful information to users of financial statements through improved disclosure requirements.  The core principle of the guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.  For a public entity, the effective date of the amendments under this ASU, as issued, was for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period.  On April 29, 2015, the FASB issued for public comment a proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) that would defer the effective date of the new revenue recognition standard by one year, and would permit entities to early adopt the standard.  The comment period ended on May 29, 2015, and the FASB approved the proposed deferral period to annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 (January 1, 2018 for the FHLBNY), and reporting entities may choose to adopt the standard as of the original effective date.  The FHLBNY is in the process of evaluating this guidance, and does not expect adoption will have a material impact on its financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows

 

Note   3.         Cash and Due from Banks.

 

Cash on hand, cash items in the process of collection, and amounts due from correspondent banks and the Federal Reserve Banks are included in Cash and due from banks.  The FHLBNY is exempted from maintaining any required clearing balance at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 

Compensating Balances

 

Beginning in August 2015, the FHLBNY maintained compensating collected cash balances at Citibank in return for certain fee based safekeeping and back office operational services that the counterparty provides to the FHLBNY.  There are no restrictions on the withdrawal of funds.  The balance at March 31, 2016 was $162.0 million.

 

Pass-through Deposit Reserves

 

The FHLBNY acts as a pass-through correspondent for member institutions who are required by banking regulations to deposit reserves with the Federal Reserve Banks.  Pass-through reserves deposited with Federal Reserve Banks on behalf of the members by the FHLBNY were $46.6 million and $47.5 million as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  The offsetting liabilities due to members were recorded in Other liabilities in the Statements of Condition.

 

Note   4.         Federal Funds Sold, Interest-bearing Deposits, and Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell.

 

Federal funds sold — Federal funds sold are unsecured advances to third parties.

 

Interest-bearing deposits Cash Collateral Posted to Derivative Counterparties — The FHLBNY executes derivatives with major swap dealers and financial institutions (“derivative counterparties” or “counterparties”), and enters into bilateral collateral agreements.  Additionally, as mandated under the Dodd-Frank Act, certain of the FHLBNY’s derivatives are cleared and settled through one or several Derivative Clearing Organizations (“DCO”).  The FHLBNY considers the DCO as a derivative counterparty.  For both bilaterally executed derivatives and derivatives cleared through a DCO, when a derivative counterparty is exposed, the FHLBNY would post cash as pledged collateral to mitigate the counterparty’s credit exposure.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

The FHLBNY had deposited $522.0 million and $370.5 million in cash at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 with derivative counterparties and these amounts earned interest generally at the overnight Federal funds rate.  As provided under master netting agreements or under a legal netting opinion, the cash posted was reclassified and recorded as a deduction to Derivative liabilities.  Cash collateral or margin posted by the FHLBNY in excess of the fair value exposures were classified as a Derivative asset.  See Credit Risk due to non-performance by counterparties in Note 15.  Derivatives and Hedging Activities.

 

Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell — As part of the FHLBNY’s banking activities, the FHLBNY may enter into secured financing transactions that mature overnight, and can be extended only at the discretion of the FHLBNY.  These transactions involve the lending of cash, against which marketable securities are taken as collateral.  The amount of cash loaned against the collateral is a function of the liquidity and quality of the collateral.  The collateral is typically in the form of securities that meet the FHLBNY’s credit quality standards, are highly-rated and readily marketable.  The FHLBNY has the ability to call for additional collateral if the value of the securities falls below a pre-defined haircut.  The FHLBNY can terminate the transaction and liquidate the collateral if the counterparty fails to post the additional margin.  Under these agreements, the FHLBNY would not have the right to re-pledge the securities received.  No adjustments for instrument-specific credit risk were deemed necessary as market values of collateral were in excess of principal amounts loaned.

 

At March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the outstanding balances of Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell were $5.2 billion and $4.0 billion that matured overnight.  Of these amounts, $5.1 billion and $4.0 billion at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were executed through a tri-party arrangement that involved transfer of overnight funds to a segregated safekeeping account at the Bank of New York (“BONY”); BONY, acting as an independent agent on behalf of the FHLBNY and the counterparty to the transactions, assumes the responsibility of receiving eligible securities as collateral and releasing funds to the counterparty.  At March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, U.S. Treasury securities, market values of $5.1 billion and $4.0 billion were received at BONY to collateralize the overnight investments.

 

The remaining overnight investments of $0.1 billion were executed bilaterally with counterparties at March 31, 2016, and were collateralized by U.S Treasury securities with market values of $0.1 billion that were pledged to the FHLBNY’s custodial safekeeping account.  No overnight investments had been executed bilaterally with counterparties at December 31, 2015.

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell averaged $3.0 billion in the three months ended March 31, 2016, compared to $1.5 billion in the same period in the prior year, and $1.8 billion in the twelve months ended December 31, 2015.  Transactions recorded as Securities purchased under agreements to resell (reverse repos) were accounted as collateralized financing transactions.  Interest income from securities purchased under agreements to resell was  $2.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016, and $0.2 million in the same period in the prior year.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

Note   5.         Held-to-Maturity Securities.

 

Major Security Types (in thousands)

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

OTTI

 

 

 

Gross

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Recognized

 

Carrying

 

Unrecognized

 

Unrecognized

 

Fair

 

Issued, guaranteed or insured:

 

Cost (d)

 

in AOCI

 

Value

 

Holding Gains (a)

 

Holding Losses (a)

 

Value

 

Pools of Mortgages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

$

165,630

 

$

 

$

165,630

 

$

15,508

 

$

 

$

181,138

 

Freddie Mac

 

43,956

 

 

43,956

 

3,149

 

 

47,105

 

Total pools of mortgages

 

209,586

 

 

209,586

 

18,657

 

 

228,243

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations/Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

2,354,615

 

 

2,354,615

 

33,896

 

(327

)

2,388,184

 

Freddie Mac

 

1,467,559

 

 

1,467,559

 

14,078

 

(60

)

1,481,577

 

Ginnie Mae

 

23,011

 

 

23,011

 

239

 

 

23,250

 

Total CMOs/REMICs

 

3,845,185

 

 

3,845,185

 

48,213

 

(387

)

3,893,011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

2,214,569

 

 

2,214,569

 

44,074

 

(1,472

)

2,257,171

 

Freddie Mac

 

6,895,966

 

 

6,895,966

 

207,447

 

(33,368

)

7,070,045

 

Total commercial mortgage-backed securities

 

9,110,535

 

 

9,110,535

 

251,521

 

(34,840

)

9,327,216

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-GSE MBS (c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMOs/REMICs

 

22,026

 

(451

)

21,575

 

1,416

 

(849

)

22,142

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asset-Backed Securities (c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manufactured housing (insured)

 

72,388

 

 

72,388

 

2,465

 

 

74,853

 

Home equity loans (insured)

 

133,129

 

(25,956

)

107,173

 

50,732

 

(134

)

157,771

 

Home equity loans (uninsured)

 

78,018

 

(8,810

)

69,208

 

10,290

 

(2,895

)

76,603

 

Total asset-backed securities

 

283,535

 

(34,766

)

248,769

 

63,487

 

(3,029

)

309,227

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total MBS

 

13,470,867

 

(35,217

)

13,435,650

 

383,294

 

(39,105

)

13,779,839

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

824,765

 

 

824,765

 

143

 

(41,629

)

783,279

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Held-to-maturity securities

 

$

14,295,632

 

$

(35,217

)

$

14,260,415

 

$

383,437

 

$

(80,734

)

$

14,563,118

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

OTTI

 

 

 

Gross

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Recognized

 

Carrying

 

Unrecognized

 

Unrecognized

 

Fair

 

Issued, guaranteed or insured:

 

Cost (d)

 

in AOCI

 

Value

 

Holding Gains (a)

 

Holding Losses (a)

 

Value

 

Pools of Mortgages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

$

177,126

 

$

 

$

177,126

 

$

15,621

 

$

 

$

192,747

 

Freddie Mac

 

48,138

 

 

48,138

 

3,378

 

 

51,516

 

Total pools of mortgages

 

225,264

 

 

225,264

 

18,999

 

 

244,263

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations/Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

2,455,144

 

 

2,455,144

 

20,985

 

(191

)

2,475,938

 

Freddie Mac

 

1,541,534

 

 

1,541,534

 

13,586

 

(40

)

1,555,080

 

Ginnie Mae

 

24,539

 

 

24,539

 

303

 

 

24,842

 

Total CMOs/REMICs

 

4,021,217

 

 

4,021,217

 

34,874

 

(231

)

4,055,860

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

2,119,393

 

 

2,119,393

 

14,099

 

(5,575

)

2,127,917

 

Freddie Mac

 

6,459,282

 

 

6,459,282

 

119,761

 

(21,962

)

6,557,081

 

Total commercial mortgage-backed securities

 

8,578,675

 

 

8,578,675

 

133,860

 

(27,537

)

8,684,998

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-GSE MBS (c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMOs/REMICs

 

24,017

 

(376

)

23,641

 

1,446

 

(779

)

24,308

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asset-Backed Securities (c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manufactured housing (insured)

 

76,193

 

 

76,193

 

2,079

 

 

78,272

 

Home equity loans (insured)

 

137,005

 

(27,133

)

109,872

 

53,315

 

(130

)

163,057

 

Home equity loans (uninsured)

 

81,764

 

(9,304

)

72,460

 

10,750

 

(2,520

)

80,690

 

Total asset-backed securities

 

294,962

 

(36,437

)

258,525

 

66,144

 

(2,650

)

322,019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total MBS

 

13,144,135

 

(36,813

)

13,107,322

 

255,323

 

(31,197

)

13,331,448

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

825,050

 

 

825,050

 

126

 

(42,402

)

782,774

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Held-to-maturity securities

 

$

13,969,185

 

$

(36,813

)

$

13,932,372

 

$

255,449

 

$

(73,599

)

$

14,114,222

 

 


(a)         Unrecognized gross holding gains and losses represent the difference between fair value and carrying value.

(b)         Commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) are Agency issued CMBS, collateralized by income-producing “multifamily properties”.  Eligible property types include standard conventional multifamily apartments, affordable multifamily housing, seniors housing, student housing, military housing, and rural rent housing.

(c)          The amounts represent non-agency private-label mortgage- and asset-backed securities.

(d)         Amortized cost — For securities that were deemed to be OTTI, amortized cost represents unamortized cost less credit OTTI, net of credit OTTI reversed due to improvements in cash flows.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

Certain non-Agency Private label MBS are insured by Ambac Assurance Corp (“Ambac”), MBIA Insurance Corp (“MBIA”) and Assured Guarantee Municipal Corp., (“AGM”).  Assumptions by the FHLBNY on the extent of expected reliance by the FHLBNY on insurance support by Ambac and MBIA to make whole expected cash shortfalls are noted in Monoline insurance in a subsequent paragraph within this Note 5. Held-to-Maturity Securities.

 

Securities Pledged

 

The FHLBNY had pledged MBS with an amortized cost basis of $8.4 million and $8.7 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 to the FDIC in connection with deposits maintained by the FDIC at the FHLBNY.  The FDIC does not have rights to sell or repledge the collateral unless the FHLBNY defaults under the terms of its deposit arrangements with the FDIC.

 

Unrealized Losses

 

The fair values and gross unrealized holding losses are aggregated by major security type and by the length of time individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position.  Unrealized losses represent the difference between fair value and amortized cost.  The baseline measure of unrealized loss is amortized cost, which is not adjusted for non-credit OTTI.  Total unrealized losses in these tables will not equal unrecognized losses in the Major Security Types tables.  Unrealized losses are calculated after adjusting for credit OTTI.  In the previous tables, unrecognized losses are adjusted for credit and non-credit OTTI.

 

The following tables summarize held-to-maturity securities with fair values below their amortized cost basis (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

Less than 12 months

 

12 months or more

 

Total

 

 

 

Estimated

 

Unrealized

 

Estimated

 

Unrealized

 

Estimated

 

Unrealized

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

Losses

 

Fair Value

 

Losses

 

Fair Value

 

Losses

 

Non-MBS Investment Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

$

49,972

 

$

(29

)

$

317,955

 

$

(41,600

)

$

367,927

 

$

(41,629

)

MBS Investment Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MBS-GSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

596,161

 

(1,165

)

157,660

 

(634

)

753,821

 

(1,799

)

Freddie Mac

 

1,513,270

 

(21,430

)

711,352

 

(11,998

)

2,224,622

 

(33,428

)

Total MBS-GSE

 

2,109,431

 

(22,595

)

869,012

 

(12,632

)

2,978,443

 

(35,227

)

MBS-Private-Label

 

1,772

 

 

50,496

 

(3,558

)

52,268

 

(3,558

)

Total MBS

 

2,111,203

 

(22,595

)

919,508

 

(16,190

)

3,030,711

 

(38,785

)

Total

 

$

2,161,175

 

$

(22,624

)

$

1,237,463

 

$

(57,790

)

$

3,398,638

 

$

(80,414

)

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Less than 12 months

 

12 months or more

 

Total

 

 

 

Estimated

 

Unrealized

 

Estimated

 

Unrealized

 

Estimated

 

Unrealized

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

Losses

 

Fair Value

 

Losses

 

Fair Value

 

Losses

 

Non-MBS Investment Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

$

 

$

 

$

317,419

 

$

(42,402

)

$

317,419

 

$

(42,402

)

MBS Investment Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MBS-GSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

1,143,422

 

(5,230

)

169,291

 

(536

)

1,312,713

 

(5,766

)

Freddie Mac

 

3,246,792

 

(19,016

)

164,002

 

(2,986

)

3,410,794

 

(22,002

)

Total MBS-GSE

 

4,390,214

 

(24,246

)

333,293

 

(3,522

)

4,723,507

 

(27,768

)

MBS-Private-Label

 

 

 

53,326

 

(3,049

)

53,326

 

(3,049

)

Total MBS

 

4,390,214

 

(24,246

)

386,619

 

(6,571

)

4,776,833

 

(30,817

)

Total

 

$

4,390,214

 

$

(24,246

)

$

704,038

 

$

(48,973

)

$

5,094,252

 

$

(73,219

)

 

At March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the FHLBNY’s investments in housing finance agency bonds had gross unrealized losses of $41.6 million and $42.4 million.  Management has reviewed the portfolio and has observed that the bonds are performing to their contractual terms, and has concluded that, as of March 31, 2016, all of the gross unrealized losses on its housing finance agency bonds are temporary because the underlying collateral and credit enhancements are sufficient to protect the FHLBNY from losses based on current expectations.  The credit enhancements included additional support from:

 

·                  Monoline Insurance

·                  Reserve and investment funds allocated to the securities that may be used to make principal and interest payments in the event that the underlying loans pledged for these securities are not sufficient to make the necessary payments.

·                  General obligation of the State

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

Our analyses of the fair values of HFA bonds have concluded that the market is generally pricing the bonds fairly to the “AA municipal sector”.  Based on our review, the FHLBNY expects to recover the entire amortized cost basis of these securities.  If conditions in the housing and mortgage markets and general business and economic conditions remain stressed or deteriorate further, the fair value of the bonds may decline further and the FHLBNY may experience OTTI in future periods.

 

Redemption Terms

 

Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment features.  The amortized cost and estimated fair value of held-to-maturity securities, arranged by contractual maturity, were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Estimated

 

Amortized

 

Estimated

 

 

 

Cost (a)

 

Fair Value

 

Cost (a)

 

Fair Value

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due after one year through five years

 

$

28,000

 

$

27,627

 

$

28,000

 

$

27,517

 

Due after five years through ten years

 

61,920

 

58,774

 

61,920

 

58,632

 

Due after ten years

 

734,845

 

696,878

 

735,130

 

696,625

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

824,765

 

783,279

 

825,050

 

782,774

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due in one year or less

 

70,557

 

70,598

 

79,921

 

79,960

 

Due after one year through five years

 

3,730,081

 

3,858,810

 

3,265,239

 

3,338,718

 

Due after five years through ten years

 

5,374,670

 

5,464,214

 

5,307,509

 

5,342,456

 

Due after ten years

 

4,295,559

 

4,386,217

 

4,491,466

 

4,570,314

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

13,470,867

 

13,779,839

 

13,144,135

 

13,331,448

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Held-to-maturity securities

 

$

14,295,632

 

$

14,563,118

 

$

13,969,185

 

$

14,114,222

 

 


(a)         Amortized cost is after adjusting for net unamortized premiums of $32.3 million and $34.2 million (net of unamortized discounts) at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

Interest Rate Payment Terms

 

The following table summarizes interest rate payment terms of securities classified as held-to-maturity (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Carrying

 

Amortized

 

Carrying

 

 

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

$

1,326,741

 

$

1,326,139

 

$

1,378,454

 

$

1,377,916

 

Floating

 

2,533,585

 

2,533,585

 

2,659,057

 

2,659,057

 

Total CMO

 

3,860,326

 

3,859,724

 

4,037,511

 

4,036,973

 

CMBS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

5,433,943

 

5,433,943

 

5,457,746

 

5,457,746

 

Floating

 

3,676,592

 

3,676,592

 

3,120,929

 

3,120,929

 

Total CMBS

 

9,110,535

 

9,110,535

 

8,578,675

 

8,578,675

 

Pass Thru (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

435,118

 

401,236

 

460,505

 

424,990

 

Floating

 

64,888

 

64,155

 

67,444

 

66,684

 

Total Pass Thru

 

500,006

 

465,391

 

527,949

 

491,674

 

Total MBS

 

13,470,867

 

13,435,650

 

13,144,135

 

13,107,322

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

10,840

 

10,840

 

10,860

 

10,860

 

Floating

 

813,925

 

813,925

 

814,190

 

814,190

 

Total State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

824,765

 

824,765

 

825,050

 

825,050

 

Total Held-to-maturity securities

 

$

14,295,632

 

$

14,260,415

 

$

13,969,185

 

$

13,932,372

 

 


(a)   Includes MBS supported by pools of mortgages.

 

Impairment Analysis (OTTI) of GSE-issued and Private Label Mortgage-backed Securities

 

The FHLBNY evaluates its individual securities issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and U.S. government agency, (collectively GSE-issued securities), by considering the creditworthiness and performance of the debt securities and the strength of the GSEs’ guarantees of the securities.  Based on analysis, GSE-issued securities are performing in accordance with their contractual agreements.  The FHLBNY believes that it will recover its investments in GSE- issued securities given the current levels of collateral, credit enhancements and guarantees that exist to protect the investments.

 

Management evaluates its investments in private-label MBS (“PLMBS”) for OTTI on a quarterly basis by performing cash flow tests on its entire portfolio of PLMBS.  For more information about cash flow impairment assessment methodology, see Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates in the Bank’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

OTTI — One PLMBS, which had been determined to be OTTI in a prior year, was re-impaired in the three months ended March 31, 2016, and credit OTTI of $8 thousand was recorded.  The re-impairment was due to further deterioration in the credit performance metrics of the security.

 

The following table presents the key characteristics of one security that was determined to be re-impaired or OTTI (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31, 2016

 

Three months ended March 31, 2016

 

 

 

OTTI

 

OTTI

 

 

 

 

 

Fair

 

Credit

 

Non-credit

 

Security Classification

 

UPB (a)

 

Value (a)

 

Loss (b)

 

Loss (b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RMBS-Prime

 

$

4,416

 

$

3,299

 

$

(8

)

$

(105

)

Total Securities

 

$

4,416

 

$

3,299

 

$

(8

)

$

(105

)

 


(a)         Unpaid principal balance and fair value of the security deemed to be OTTI at the OTTI determination as of the end of the period.

(b)          Represent cumulative OTTI recorded at the OTTI determination quarter end dates.  If the present value of cash flows expected to be collected (discounted at the security’s initial effective yield) is less than the amortized cost basis of the security, an OTTI is considered to have occurred because the entire amortized cost basis of the security will not be recovered.  The credit-related OTTI is recognized in earnings.  The non-credit portion of OTTI, which represents the fair value loss of an OTTI security, is recognized in AOCI.

 

Based on cash flow testing, the Bank believes no additional OTTI exists for the remaining investments at March 31, 2016.  The Bank’s conclusion is also based upon multiple factors, but not limited to the expected performance of the underlying collateral, and the evaluation of the fundamentals of the issuers’ financial condition.  Management has not made a decision to sell such securities at March 31, 2016, and has concluded that it will not be required to sell such securities before recovery of the amortized cost basis of the securities.

 

The following table provides rollforward information about the cumulative credit component of OTTI recognized as a charge to earnings related to held-to-maturity securities (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Beginning balance

 

$

31,892

 

$

34,893

 

Additional credit losses for which an OTTI charge was previously recognized

 

8

 

 

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

 

(768

)

(772

)

Ending balance

 

$

31,132

 

$

34,121

 

 

Monoline insurance — Certain PLMBS owned by the FHLBNY are insured by third-party bond insurers (“monoline insurers”).  The bond insurance on these investments guarantees the timely payments of principal and interest if these payments cannot be satisfied from the cash flows of the underlying mortgage pool.  The FHLBNY performs cash flow credit impairment tests on all of its PLMBS, and the analysis of the securities protected by such third-party insurance looks first to the performance of the underlying security, and considers its embedded credit enhancements in the form of excess spread, overcollateralization, and credit subordination, to determine the collectability of all amounts due.  If the embedded credit enhancement protections are deemed insufficient to make timely payment of all amounts due, then the FHLBNY considers the capacity of the third-party bond insurer to cover any shortfalls.  Certain monoline insurers have been subject to adverse ratings, rating downgrades, and weakening financial performance measures.  In estimating the insurers’ capacity to provide credit protection in the future to cover any shortfall in cash flows expected to be collected for securities deemed to be OTTI, the FHLBNY has developed a methodology to analyze and assess the ability of the monoline insurers to meet future insurance obligations.  Based on analysis performed, the FHLBNY has determined that for bond insurer AGM, insurance guarantees can be relied upon to cover projected shortfalls.  For bond insurer MBIA, the reliance period is through March 31, 2017.  For bond insurer Ambac, the reliance period is through March 31, 2020 and is further limited to cover 45% of shortfalls.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

Key Base Assumptions

 

The tables below summarize the weighted average and range of Key Base Assumptions for private-label MBS at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, including those deemed OTTI:

 

 

 

Key Base Assumptions - All PLMBS at March 31, 2016

 

 

 

CDR % (a)

 

CPR % (b)

 

Loss Severity % (c)

 

Security Classification

 

Range

 

Average

 

Range

 

Average

 

Range

 

Average

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RMBS Prime (d)

 

0.1-4.2

 

1.6

 

8.9-20.3

 

15.5

 

0.0-67.9

 

50.3

 

RMBS Alt-A (d)

 

1.0-5.4

 

1.5

 

2.0-2.0

 

2.0

 

30.0-30.0

 

30.0

 

HEL Subprime (e)

 

1.0-6.8

 

3.3

 

2.0-17.7

 

4.5

 

30.0-100.0

 

64.0

 

Manufactured Housing Loans

 

2.3-4.2

 

3.6

 

3.1-4.5

 

3.6

 

80.8-81.4

 

81.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Base Assumptions - All PLMBS at December 31, 2015

 

 

 

CDR% (a)

 

CPR% (b)

 

Loss Severity% (c)

 

Security Classification

 

Range

 

Average

 

Range

 

Average

 

Range

 

Average

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RMBS Prime (d)

 

0.1-3.9

 

1.5

 

10.4-21.0

 

16.2

 

0.0-81.1

 

45.4

 

RMBS Alt-A (d)

 

1.0-5.4

 

1.5

 

2.0-6.7

 

3.4

 

30.0-30.0

 

30.0

 

HEL Subprime (e)

 

1.0-6.3

 

3.3

 

2.0-13.6

 

4.6

 

22.5-100.0

 

61.3

 

Manufactured Housing Loans

 

2.1-4.1

 

3.5

 

2.9-4.2

 

3.3

 

81.8-82.8

 

82.1

 

 


(a)         Conditional Default Rate (CDR): 1— ((1-MDR)^12) where, MDR is defined as the “Monthly Default Rate (MDR)” = (Beginning Principal Balance of Liquidated Loans)/(Total Beginning Principal Balance).

(b)         Conditional Prepayment Rate (CPR): 1— ((1-SMM)^12) where, SMM is defined as the “Single Monthly Mortality (SMM)” = (Voluntary Partial and Full Prepayments + Repurchases + Liquidated Balances)/(Beginning Principal Balance - Scheduled Principal). Voluntary prepayment excludes the liquidated balances mentioned above.

(c)          Loss Severity (Principal and Interest in the current period) = Sum (Total Realized Loss Amount)/Sum (Beginning Principal and Interest Balance of Liquidated Loans).

(d)         CMOs/REMICS private-label MBS.

(e)          Residential asset-backed MBS.

 

Significant Inputs

 

For determining the fair values of all MBS, the FHLBNY has obtained pricing from four pricing services; the prices were clustered, averaged, and then assessed qualitatively before adopting the “final price”.  Disaggregation of the Level 3 bonds is by collateral type supporting the credit structure of the PLMBS, and the FHLBNY deems that no further disaggregation is necessary for a qualitative understanding of the sensitivity of fair values.  The table below provides a distribution of the prices, and the final price adopted for determining OTTI for the one security deemed OTTI at March 31, 2016 (dollars in thousands except for price):

 

 

 

Significant Inputs

 

 

 

Securities deemed OTTI at March 31, 2016

 

 

 

Carrying

 

Fair

 

Fair Value Recorded on

 

 

 

Price

 

Final

 

 

 

 

 

Value

 

Value

 

a Non-recurring basis

 

Level

 

Range

 

Price

 

Rating

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private Label RMBS - Prime Bond 1

 

$

3,299

 

$

3,299

 

$

3,299

 

3

 

$73.7 - 82.4

 

$

74.7

 

D

 

Total OTTI PLMBS

 

$

3,299

 

$

3,299

 

$

3,299

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

Note   6.                   Available-for-Sale Securities.

 

The carrying value of an AFS security equals its fair value.  No AFS security was other-than-temporarily impaired.  The following tables provide major security types (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Unrealized

 

Unrealized

 

Fair

 

 

 

Cost

 

Gains (b)

 

Losses (b)

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents (a)

 

$

2,703

 

$

 

$

 

$

2,703

 

Equity funds (a)

 

19,029

 

691

 

(734

)

18,986

 

Fixed income funds (a)

 

15,603

 

 

(243

)

15,360

 

GSE and U.S. Obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMO-Floating

 

857,433

 

6,735

 

(3

)

864,165

 

CMBS-Floating

 

37,893

 

85

 

 

37,978

 

Total Available-for-sale securities

 

$

932,661

 

$

7,511

 

$

(980

)

$

939,192

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Unrealized

 

Unrealized

 

Fair

 

 

 

Cost

 

Gains (b)

 

Losses (b)

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents (a)

 

$

1,650

 

$

 

$

 

$

1,650

 

Equity funds (a)

 

17,461

 

773

 

(711

)

17,523

 

Fixed income funds (a)

 

14,212

 

 

(512

)

13,700

 

GSE and U.S. Obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMO-Floating

 

907,094

 

9,433

 

 

916,527

 

CMBS-Floating

 

40,429

 

300

 

 

40,729

 

Total Available-for-sale securities

 

$

980,846

 

$

10,506

 

$

(1,223

)

$

990,129

 

 


(a)         The FHLBNY has a grantor trust, the intent of which is to set aside cash to meet current and future payments for a supplemental unfunded pension plan.  Neither the pension plan nor employees of the FHLBNY own the trust.  Investments in the trust are classified as AFS.  The grantor trust invests in money market, equity and fixed income and bond funds.  Daily net asset values (NAVs) are readily available and investments are redeemable at short notice.  NAVs are the fair values of the funds in the grantor trust.  The mutual funds used to manage the assets of the Grantor trust will be sufficiently liquid to enable the trust to meet all future liabilities.  Liquidity shall be assured by keeping an adequate amount of short-term investments in the portfolio to accommodate the cash needs of the trust.  Dividend income and the net realized gain from sales of funds was $0.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016 and $0.7 million in the same period in the prior year; amounts were recorded in Other income in the Statements of Income.

(b)         Recorded in AOCI — Net unrealized gain was $6.5 million at March 31, 2016 and $9.3 million at December 31, 2015.

 

Unrealized Losses MBS Classified as AFS Securities

 

Impairment Analysis of AFS Securities — The FHLBNY’s portfolio of MBS classified as AFS is comprised primarily of GSE-issued collateralized mortgage obligations, which are “pass through” securities, and floating rate CMBS.  The FHLBNY evaluates its GSE-issued securities by considering the creditworthiness and performance of the debt securities and the strength of the government-sponsored enterprises’ guarantees of the securities.  Based on the analysis, GSE-issued securities are performing in accordance with their contractual agreements.  The FHLBNY believes that it will recover its investments in GSE-issued securities given the current levels of collateral, credit enhancements and guarantees that exist to protect the investments.

 

Redemption Terms

 

Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.  The amortized cost and estimated fair value (a) of investments classified as AFS, by contractual maturity, were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Amortized Cost (c)

 

Fair Value

 

Amortized Cost (c)

 

Fair Value

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due after one year through five years

 

$

37,893

 

$

37,978

 

$

40,429

 

$

40,729

 

Due after ten years

 

857,433

 

864,165

 

907,094

 

916,527

 

Fixed income/bond funds, equity funds and cash equivalents (b)

 

37,335

 

37,049

 

33,323

 

32,873

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Available-for-sale securities

 

$

932,661

 

$

939,192

 

$

980,846

 

$

990,129

 

 


(a)         The carrying value of AFS securities equals fair value.

(b)         Funds in the grantor trust are determined to be redeemable at short notice.  Fair values are the daily NAVs of the bond and equity funds.

(c)          Amortized cost is after adjusting for net unamortized discounts of $3.0 million and $3.1 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

Interest Rate Payment Terms

 

The following table summarizes interest rate payment terms of investments in mortgage-backed securities classified as AFS securities (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Amortized Cost

 

Fair Value

 

Amortized Cost

 

Fair Value

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMO floating - LIBOR

 

$

857,433

 

$

864,165

 

$

907,094

 

$

916,527

 

CMBS floating - LIBOR

 

37,893

 

37,978

 

40,429

 

40,729

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Mortgage-backed securities (a)

 

$

895,326

 

$

902,143

 

$

947,523

 

$

957,256

 

 


(a)         Total will not agree to total AFS portfolio because bond and equity funds in a grantor trust have been excluded.

 

Note   7.   Advances.

 

The FHLBNY offers to its members a wide range of fixed- and adjustable-rate advance loan products with different maturities, interest rates, payment characteristics, and optionality.

 

Redemption Terms

 

Contractual redemption terms and yields of advances were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted (a)

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Average

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Amount

 

Yield

 

of Total

 

Amount

 

Yield

 

of Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

34,959,256

 

1.14

%

39.40

%

$

37,008,547

 

1.11

%

39.57

%

Due after one year through two years

 

20,491,730

 

1.28

 

23.10

 

19,452,065

 

1.09

 

20.80

 

Due after two years through three years

 

19,105,929

 

1.56

 

21.53

 

20,904,050

 

1.45

 

22.34

 

Due after three years through four years

 

6,063,562

 

1.89

 

6.83

 

6,467,223

 

1.81

 

6.91

 

Due after four years through five years

 

4,112,841

 

2.17

 

4.64

 

5,544,755

 

2.11

 

5.93

 

Thereafter

 

3,992,187

 

2.42

 

4.50

 

4,160,769

 

2.35

 

4.45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total par value

 

88,725,505

 

1.42

%

100.00

%

93,537,409

 

1.35

%

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge valuation basis adjustments (b)

 

745,898

 

 

 

 

 

336,489

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value option valuation adjustments and accrued interest (c)

 

10,552

 

 

 

 

 

313

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

89,481,955

 

 

 

 

 

$

93,874,211

 

 

 

 

 

 


(a)         The weighted average yield is the weighted average coupon rates for advances, unadjusted for swaps.  For floating-rate advances, the weighted average rate is the rate outstanding at the reporting dates.

(b)         Hedge valuation basis adjustments represent changes in the fair values of fixed-rate advances due to changes in LIBOR, which is the FHLBNY’s benchmark rate in a Fair value hedge.

(c)          Valuation adjustments represent changes in the entire fair values of advances elected under the FVO.

 

Monitoring and Evaluating Credit Losses on Advances — Summarized below are the FHLBNY’s assessment methodologies for evaluating advances for credit losses.

 

The FHLBNY closely monitors the creditworthiness of the institutions to which it lends.  The FHLBNY also closely monitors the quality and value of the assets that are pledged as collateral by its members.  The FHLBNY’s members are required to pledge collateral to secure advances.  Eligible collateral includes: (1) one-to-four-family and multi-family mortgages; (2) U.S. Treasury and government-agency securities; (3) mortgage-backed securities; and (4) certain other collateral which is real estate related and has a readily ascertainable value, and in which the FHLBNY can perfect a security interest.  The FHLBNY has the right to take such steps, as it deems necessary to protect its secured position on outstanding advances, including requiring additional collateral (whether or not such additional collateral would otherwise be eligible to secure a loan; and the provision would benefit the FHLBNY in a scenario when a member defaults).  The FHLBNY also has a statutory lien under the FHLBank Act on members’ capital stock, which serves as further collateral for members’ indebtedness to the FHLBNY.

 

Credit Risk.  The FHLBNY has policies and procedures in place to manage credit risk.  There were no past due advances and all advances were current for all periods in this report.  Management does not anticipate any credit losses, and accordingly, the FHLBNY has not provided an allowance for credit losses on advances.  Potential credit risk from advances is concentrated in commercial banks, savings institutions, and insurance companies.

 

Concentration of Advances Outstanding.  Advances to the FHLBNY’s top ten borrowing member institutions are reported in Note 19.  Segment Information and Concentration.  The FHLBNY held sufficient collateral to cover the advances to all institutions and it does not expect to incur any credit losses.  Advances borrowed by insurance companies accounted for 18.4% and 17.0% of total advances at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  Lending to insurance companies poses a number of unique risks not present in lending to federally insured depository

 

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institutions.  For example, there is no single federal regulator for insurance companies.  They are supervised by state regulators and subject to state insurance codes and regulations.  There is uncertainty about whether a state insurance commissioner would try to void the FHLBNY’s claims on collateral in the event of an insurance company failure.

 

As with all members, insurance companies are also required to purchase the FHLBNY’s capital stock as a prerequisite to membership.  The FHLBNY’s management takes a number of steps to mitigate the unique risk of lending to insurance companies.  At the time of membership, the FHLBNY requires an insurance company to be highly-rated and to meet the FHLBNY’s credit quality standards.  The FHLBNY performs credit analysis of insurance borrowers quarterly.  The FHLBNY also requires member insurance companies to pledge, as collateral for the FHLBNY’s custody, highly-rated readily marketable securities and mortgages that meet the FHLBNY’s credit quality standards.  Appropriate minimum margins are applied to all collateral, and the margins are reviewed quarterly to adjust for price volatility.

 

Security TermsThe FHLBNY lends to financial institutions involved in housing finance within its district.  Borrowing members pledge their capital stock of the FHLBNY as additional collateral for advances.  As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the FHLBNY had rights to collateral with an estimated value greater than outstanding advances.  Based upon the financial condition of the member, the FHLBNY:

 

(1)               Allows a member to retain possession of the mortgage collateral pledged to the FHLBNY if the member executes a written security agreement, provides periodic listings and agrees to hold such collateral for the benefit of the FHLBNY; however, securities and cash collateral are always in physical possession; or

(2)               Requires the member specifically to assign or place physical possession of such mortgage collateral with the FHLBNY or its custodial agent.

 

Beyond these provisions, Section 10(e) of the FHLBank Act affords any security interest granted by a member to the FHLBNY’s priority over the claims or rights of any other party.  The two exceptions are claims that would be entitled to priority under otherwise applicable law or perfected security interests.  All member obligations with the FHLBNY were fully collateralized throughout their entire term.  The total of collateral pledged to the FHLBNY includes excess collateral pledged above the minimum collateral requirements.  However, a “Maximum Lendable Value” is established to ensure that the FHLBNY has sufficient eligible collateral securing credit extensions.

 

Note 8.                     Mortgage Loans Held-for-Portfolio.

 

Mortgage Partnership Finance® program loans, or (MPF®), are the mortgage loans held-for-portfolio.  The FHLBNY participates in the MPF program by purchasing and originating conventional mortgage loans from its participating members, hereafter referred to as Participating Financial Institutions (“PFI”).  The FHLBNY manages the liquidity, interest rate and prepayment option risk of the MPF loans, while the PFIs retain servicing activities, and may credit-enhance the portion of the loans participated to the FHLBNY.  No intermediary trust is involved.

 

The FHLBNY classifies mortgage loans as held for investment, and accordingly reports them at their principal amount outstanding net of unamortized premiums, discounts, and unrealized gains and losses from loans initially classified as mortgage loan commitments.

 

The following table presents information on mortgage loans held-for-portfolio (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Amount

 

Percentage of
Total

 

Amount

 

Percentage of
Total

 

Real Estate(a):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed medium-term single-family mortgages

 

$

272,822

 

10.83

%

$

282,980

 

11.42

%

Fixed long-term single-family mortgages

 

2,246,544

 

89.17

 

2,195,149

 

88.58

 

Multi-family mortgages

 

59

 

 

60

 

 

Total par value

 

2,519,425

 

100.00

%

2,478,189

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unamortized premiums

 

47,071

 

 

 

46,694

 

 

 

Unamortized discounts

 

(2,029

)

 

 

(2,157

)

 

 

Basis adjustment (b)

 

2,155

 

 

 

1,885

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total mortgage loans held-for-portfolio

 

2,566,622

 

 

 

2,524,611

 

 

 

Allowance for credit losses

 

(1,195

)

 

 

(326

)

 

 

Total mortgage loans held-for-portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses

 

$

2,565,427

 

 

 

$

2,524,285

 

 

 

 


(a)         Conventional mortgages represent the majority of mortgage loans held-for-portfolio, with the remainder invested in FHA and VA insured loans (also referred to as government loans).

(b)         Balances represent unamortized fair value basis of closed delivery commitments.  A basis is recorded at the settlement of the loan and represents the difference in trade price paid for acquiring the loan and the price at the settlement date for a similar loan.  The basis is amortized as a yield adjustment to Interest income.

 

The FHLBNY and its members share the credit risk of MPF loans by structuring potential credit losses into layers.  The first layer is typically 100 basis points, but this varies with the particular MPF product.  The amount of the first layer, or First Loss Account (“FLA”), was estimated at $27.5 million and $27.1 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  The FLA is not recorded or reported as a reserve for loan losses, as it serves as a memorandum or information account.  The FHLBNY is responsible for absorbing the first layer.  The second layer is that amount of credit obligations that the PFI has taken on which will equate the loan to a double-A rating.  The FHLBNY pays a credit enhancement fee to the PFI for taking on this obligation.  The FHLBNY assumes all residual risk.  Credit

 

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enhancement fees accrued were $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.  These fees were reported as a reduction to mortgage loan interest income.

 

In terms of the credit enhancement waterfall, the MPF program structures potential credit losses on conventional MPF loans into layers on each loan pool as follows:

 

(1)         The first layer of protection against loss is the liquidation value of the real property securing the loan.

(2)         The next layer of protection comes from the primary mortgage insurance (“PMI”) that is required for loans with a loan-to-value ratio greater than 80% at origination.

(3)         Losses that exceed the liquidation value of the real property and any PMI will be absorbed by the FHLBNY, limited to the amount of the FLA available under the Master Commitment.  For certain MPF products, the FHLBNY could recover previously absorbed losses by withholding future credit enhancement fees (“CE Fees”) otherwise payable to the PFI, and applying the amounts to recover losses previously absorbed.  In effect, the FHLBNY may recover losses allocated to the FLA from CE Fees.  The amount of CE Fees depends on the MPF product and the outstanding balances of loans funded in the Master Commitment. CE Fees payable (and potentially available for loss recovery) will decline as the outstanding loan balances in the Master Commitment declines.

(4)         The second layer or portion of credit losses is incurred by the PFI and/or the Supplemental Mortgage Insurance (“SMI”) provider as follows:  The PFI absorbs losses in excess of any FLA up to the amount of the PFI’s credit obligation amount and/or to the SMI provider for MPF 125 Plus products if the PFI has selected SMI coverage.

(5)         The third layer of losses is absorbed by the FHLBNY.

 

Allowance Methodology for Loan Losses

 

Mortgage loans are considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the FHLBNY will be unable to collect all principal and interest amounts due according to the contractual terms of the mortgage loan agreements.  The FHLBNY considers the occurrence of a serious delinquency, 90 days or more delinquent, as a primary confirming event of a credit loss.  Bankruptcy and foreclosures are also considered as confirming events.  When a loan is past due 90 days or more, or is in bankruptcy or in foreclosure, the FHLBNY measures estimated credit losses on an individual loan basis.  For loans that have not been individually measured for estimated credit losses (i.e. they are not seriously delinquent, or in bankruptcy or in foreclosure), the FHLBNY measures for estimated credit losses on a collective basis.  When a loan is delinquent 180 days or more, the FHLBNY will charge off the excess carrying value over the net realizable value of the loan.  When the loan is foreclosed and the FHLBNY takes possession of real estate, the balance of the loan that has not been charged off is recorded as real estate owned at the lower of carrying value or net realizable value.

 

The FHLBNY performs periodic reviews of impaired mortgage loans within the MPF loan portfolio to identify the potential for credit losses inherent in the impaired loan to determine the likelihood of collection of the principal and interest.

 

We utilize an allowance for credit losses to reserve for estimated losses in our conventional mortgage loan portfolio (uninsured MPF loans).  The measurement of our allowance for credit losses is determined by (i) reviewing conventional mortgage loans for impairment on an individual basis, (ii) reviewing remaining conventional mortgage loans on a collective basis, and (iii) reviewing government insured loans (FHA- and VA-insured MPF loans) on a collective basis.

 

We compute the provision for credit losses without considering the private mortgage insurance and other accompanying credit enhancement features that provide credit assurance to the FHLBNY.

 

·                  Individually evaluated conventional mortgage loans — We evaluate certain conventional mortgage loans for impairment individually.  A conventional mortgage loan is considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that we will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement.  The primary credit quality indicator that we use in evaluating impairment on mortgage loans includes a serious delinquency rate - MPF loans that are 90 days or more past due, in bankruptcy, or in the process of foreclosure.  We also individually measure credit loss on loans that are modified, as we consider such loans as TDR.  Loans discharged under Chapter 7 bankruptcy are considered TDR, and are individually measured for credit losses when seriously delinquent.  We measure estimated credit impairment based on the estimated fair value of the underlying collateral, which is determined using property values, less selling costs.

 

·                  Collectively evaluated conventional mortgage loans — We collectively evaluate the majority of our conventional mortgage loan portfolio for impairment (excluding those individually evaluated), and estimate an allowance for credit losses based primarily upon the following factors: (i) loan delinquencies, and (ii) actual historical loss severities.  We utilize a roll-rate methodology when estimating allowance for credit losses.  This methodology projects loans migrating to charge off status (180 days delinquency) based on historical average rates of delinquency.  We then apply a loss severity factor to calculate an estimate of credit losses.  Prior to the first quarter of 2016, the result of the migration analysis was used as a qualitative measure to supplement and to corroborate credit loss allowance that was performed on a loan level basis.  Beginning with the first quarter of 2016, the FHLBNY records the results of loans collectively evaluated for impairment utilizing the migration analysis, and an additional allowance of $1.0 million was recorded as a charge to earnings, with a corresponding increase in allowance for credit losses.

 

·                  Collectively evaluated government insured loans — The FHLBNY invests in government-insured mortgage loans that are insured or guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration, the Department of

 

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Veterans Affairs, and/or the Rural Housing Service of the Department of Agriculture.  The servicer or PFI obtains and maintains insurance or a guaranty from the applicable government agency.  The servicer or PFI is responsible for compliance with all government agency requirements and for obtaining the benefit of the applicable guarantee or insurance with respect to defaulted government-insured mortgage loans.  Any losses incurred on these loans that are not recovered from the insurer/guarantor are absorbed by the servicers.  The FHLBNY’s credit risk for these loans is if the servicer or PFI fails to pay for losses not covered by the guarantee or insurance.  We evaluate the credit worthiness of our member, the PFI.

 

Classes of the MPF loan portfolio would be subject to disaggregation to the extent that it is needed to understand the exposure to credit risk arising from these loans.  The FHLBNY has determined that no further disaggregation of portfolio segments is needed other than the methodology discussed above.

 

Credit Enhancement Fees

 

The credit enhancement fee (“CE fees”) due to the PFI for taking on a credit enhancement obligation is accrued based on the master commitments outstanding, and for certain MPF products the CE fees are held back for 12 months and then paid monthly to the PFIs.  Under the MPF agreements with PFIs, the FHLBNY may recover credit losses from future CE fees.  The FHLBNY does not consider CE fees when computing the allowance for credit losses.  It is assumed that repayment is expected to be provided solely by the sale of the underlying property, and there is no other available and reliable source of repayment.  If a loss is incurred, the FHLBNY would withhold CE fee payments to the PFI associated with the loan that is in a loss position.  The amount withheld would be commensurate with the credit loss and the loss layer for which the PFI has assumed the credit enhancement responsibility.  The FHLBNY’s loss experience has been insignificant and amounts of CE fees withheld have been insignificant in all periods in this report.

 

Allowance for Credit Losses

 

Allowances for credit losses have been recorded against the uninsured MPF loans.  All other types of mortgage loans were insignificant and no allowances were necessary.  The following table provides a roll-forward analysis of the allowance for credit losses (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Allowance for credit losses:

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning balance

 

$

326

 

$

4,507

 

Charge-offs

 

(257

)

(3,747

)

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans

 

1,126

 

188

 

Ending balance

 

$

1,195

 

$

948

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ending balance, individually evaluated for impairment

 

$

218

 

$

948

 

Ending balance, collectively evaluated for impairment

 

977

 

 

Total Allowance for credit losses

 

$

1,195

 

$

948

 

 

Mortgage Loans Non-performing Loans

 

The FHLBNY’s non-performing mortgage loans are reported in the table below (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Total Mortgage loans, net of allowance for credit losses (a)

 

$

2,565,427

 

$

2,524,285

 

Non-performing mortgage loans - Conventional (a)(b)

 

$

15,832

 

$

17,121

 

Insured MPF loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest (a)(b)

 

$

4,494

 

$

3,920

 

 


(a)         Includes loans classified as special mention, sub-standard, doubtful or loss under regulatory criteria, net of amounts charged-off if delinquent for 180 days or more.

(b)         Data in this table represents unpaid principal balance, and would not agree to data reported in other tables at “recorded investment,” which includes interest receivable.

 

Mortgage Loans Interest on Non-performing Loans

 

The table summarizes interest income that was not recognized in earnings.  It also summarizes the actual cash that was received against interest due, but not recognized (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest contractually due (a)

 

$

293

 

$

363

 

Interest actually received

 

271

 

328

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shortfall

 

$

22

 

$

35

 

 


(a)         Represents the amount of interest accrual on non-accrual conventional loans that were not recorded as income.  When interest is received on non-accrual loans, cash received is recorded as a liability as the FHLBNY considers such amounts received as an advance from servicers that would be subject to repayment at foreclosure; the cash received remains in Other liabilities until legal determination is made at foreclosure.  For more information about the FHLBNY’s policy on non-accrual loans, see financial statements, Note 1.  Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates in our most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

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The following tables summarize the recorded investment in impaired loans (excluding insured FHA/VA loans), the unpaid principal balance, the related allowance (individually assessed), and the average recorded investment of loans for which the related allowance was individually measured (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaid

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

Recorded

 

Principal

 

Related

 

Recorded

 

 

 

Investment

 

Balance

 

Allowance

 

Investment (d)

 

Conventional MPF Loans (a)(c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No related allowance (b)

 

$

17,575

 

$

17,428

 

$

 

$

18,026

 

With a related allowance

 

1,225

 

1,221

 

218

 

1,519

 

Total individually measured for impairment

 

$

18,800

 

$

18,649

 

$

218

 

$

19,545

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaid

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

Recorded

 

Principal

 

Related

 

Recorded

 

 

 

Investment

 

Balance

 

Allowance

 

Investment (d)

 

Conventional MPF Loans (a)(c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No related allowance (b)

 

$

17,663

 

$

17,628

 

$

 

$

17,087

 

With a related allowance

 

1,983

 

1,973

 

326

 

5,046

 

Total individually measured for impairment

 

$

19,646

 

$

19,601

 

$

326

 

$

22,133

 

 


(a)         Based on analysis of the nature of risks of the FHLBNY’s investments in MPF loans, including its methodologies for identifying and measuring impairment, management has determined that presenting such loans as a single class is appropriate.

(b)         Collateral values, net of estimated costs to sell, exceeded the recorded investments in impaired loans and no allowances were deemed necessary.

(c)          Interest received is not recorded as Interest income if an uninsured loan is past due 90 days or more.  Cash received is recorded as a liability on the assumption that cash was remitted by the servicer to the FHLBNY that could potentially be recouped by the borrower in a foreclosure.

(d)         Represents the average recorded investment for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and the twelve months ended December 31, 2015.

 

The following tables summarize the recorded investment, the unpaid principal balance, and the average recorded investment of loans for which the related allowance was collectively measured (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaid

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

Recorded

 

Principal

 

Related

 

Recorded

 

 

 

Investment

 

Balance

 

Allowance

 

Investment (a)

 

Collectively measured for impairment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insured loans

 

$

215,287

 

$

209,100

 

$

 

$

211,824

 

Uninsured loans

 

2,345,121

 

2,291,676

 

977

 

2,337,463

 

Total loans collectively measured for impairment

 

$

2,560,408

 

$

2,500,776

 

$

977

 

$

2,549,287

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaid

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

Recorded

 

Principal

 

Related

 

Recorded

 

 

 

Investment

 

Balance

 

Allowance

 

Investment (a)

 

Collectively measured for impairment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insured loans

 

$

205,803

 

$

199,915

 

$

 

$

185,081

 

 


(a)         Represents the average recorded investment for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and the twelve months ended December 31, 2015.

 

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Recorded investments in MPF loans that were past due, and real estate owned are summarized below.  Recorded investment, which includes accrued interest receivable, would not equal carrying values reported elsewhere (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Conventional

 

Insured

 

Other

 

Conventional

 

Insured

 

Other

 

 

 

MPF Loans

 

Loans

 

Loans

 

MPF Loans

 

Loans

 

Loans

 

Mortgage loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Past due 30 - 59 days

 

$

21,283

 

$

8,341

 

$

 

$

17,976

 

$

6,827

 

$

 

Past due 60 - 89 days

 

5,073

 

1,424

 

 

5,967

 

1,541

 

 

Past due 90 - 179 days

 

1,256

 

1,747

 

 

2,691

 

1,150

 

 

Past due 180 days or more

 

14,618

 

2,976

 

 

14,467

 

2,953

 

 

Total past due

 

42,230

 

14,488

 

 

41,101

 

12,471

 

 

Total current loans

 

2,321,632

 

200,799

 

59

 

2,289,982

 

193,332

 

60

 

Total mortgage loans

 

$

2,363,862

 

$

215,287

 

$

59

 

$

2,331,083

 

$

205,803

 

$

60

 

Other delinquency statistics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans in process of foreclosure, included above

 

$

11,258

 

$

2,154

 

$

 

$

11,849

 

$

1,583

 

$

 

Number of foreclosures outstanding at period end

 

86

 

18

 

 

92

 

14

 

 

Serious delinquency rate (a)

 

0.69

%

2.19

%

%

0.74

%

1.99

%

%

Serious delinquent loans total used in calculation of serious delinquency rate

 

$

16,325

 

$

4,723

 

$

 

$

17,158

 

$

4,103

 

$

 

Past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest

 

$

 

$

4,723

 

$

 

$

 

$

4,103

 

$

 

Loans on non-accrual status

 

$

15,874

 

$

 

$

 

$

17,158

 

$

 

$

 

Troubled debt restructurings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans discharged from bankruptcy (b)

 

$

10,945

 

$

353

 

$

 

$

10,683

 

$

290

 

$

 

Modified loans under MPF® program

 

$

1,285

 

$

 

$

 

$

835

 

$

 

$

 

Real estate owned

 

$

2,021

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,166

 

 

 

 

 

 


(a)         Serious delinquency rate is defined as recorded investments in loans that are 90 days or more past due or in the process of foreclosure expressed as a percentage of total loan class.

(b)         Loans discharged from Chapter 7 bankruptcies are considered as TDRs.

 

Troubled Debt Restructurings (“TDRs”) and MPF Modification Standards.  Troubled debt restructuring is 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.  Effective August 1, 2009, the MPF program introduced a temporary loan payment modification plan for participating PFIs, which was initially available until December 31, 2011 and has been extended through December 31, 2017.  This modification plan was made available to homeowners currently in default or imminent danger of default and only a few MPF loans had been modified under the plan and outstanding at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  Due to the insignificant numbers of loans modified and considered to be a TDR, forgiveness and other information with respect to the modifications have been omitted. Loans modified under this program are considered impaired.  The allowance for credit losses on those impaired loans were evaluated individually, and the allowance balances were $0.1 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  A loan involved in the MPF modification program is individually evaluated by the FHLBNY for impairment when determining its related allowance for credit losses.  A modified loan is considered a TDR until the modified loan is performing to its original terms.

 

The FHLBNY measures all estimated credit losses based on the liquidation value of the real property collateral supporting the impaired loan after deducting costs to liquidate.  That value is compared to the carrying value of the impaired mortgage loan, and a shortfall is recorded as an allowance for credit losses.

 

Loans discharged from bankruptcy — The FHLBNY includes MPF loans discharged from Chapter 7 bankruptcy as TDRs; $10.9 million and $10.7 million of such loans were outstanding at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  The FHLBNY has determined that the discharge of mortgage debt in bankruptcy is a concession as defined under existing accounting literature for TDRs.  A loan discharged from bankruptcy is assessed for credit impairment only if past due 90 days or more, and $1.0 million were deemed impaired due to their past due delinquency status at March 31, 2016.   The allowance for credit losses associated with those loans was immaterial as the loans were well collateralized.

 

The following table summarizes performing and non-performing troubled debt restructurings balances (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Recorded Investment Outstanding

 

Performing

 

Non- performing

 

Total TDRs

 

Performing

 

Non- performing

 

Total TDRs

 

Troubled debt restructurings (TDRs) (a)(b) :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans discharged from bankruptcy

 

$

9,908

 

$

1,037

 

$

10,945

 

$

10,017

 

$

666

 

$

10,683

 

Modified loans under MPF® program

 

1,244

 

41

 

1,285

 

794

 

41

 

835

 

Total troubled debt restructurings

 

$

11,152

 

$

1,078

 

$

12,230

 

$

10,811

 

$

707

 

$

11,518

 

Related Allowance

 

 

 

 

 

$

107

 

 

 

 

 

$

113

 

 


(a) Insured loans were not included in the calculation for troubled debt restructuring.

(b) Loans discharged from Chapter 7 bankruptcy are also considered as TDRs.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

Note 9.                                                               Deposits.

 

The FHLBNY accepts demand, overnight and term deposits from its members.  Also, a member that services mortgage loans may deposit funds collected in connection with the mortgage loans as a pending disbursement to the owners of the mortgage loans.  The following table summarizes deposits (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Interest-bearing deposits

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing demand

 

$

1,016,794

 

$

1,308,923

 

Term (a)

 

30,000

 

26,000

 

Total interest-bearing deposits

 

1,046,794

 

1,334,923

 

Non-interest-bearing demand

 

19,342

 

15,493

 

Total deposits (b)

 

$

1,066,136

 

$

1,350,416

 

 


(a)         Term deposits were for periods of one year or less.

(b)         Specific disclosures about deposits that exceed FDIC limits have been omitted as deposits are not insured by the FDIC.  Deposits are received in the ordinary course of the FHLBNY’s business.  The FHLBNY has pledged securities to the FDIC to collateralize deposits maintained at the FHLBNY by the FDIC; for more information, see Securities Pledged in Note 5. Held-to-Maturity Securities.

 

Interest rate payment terms for deposits are summarized below (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Amount 
Outstanding

 

Weighted 
Average 
Interest Rate

 

Amount 
Outstanding

 

Weighted 
Average 
Interest Rate

 

Due in one year or less

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing deposits (a)

 

$

1,046,794

 

0.16

%

$

1,334,923

 

0.04

%

Non-interest-bearing deposits

 

19,342

 

 

 

15,493

 

 

 

Total deposits

 

$

1,066,136

 

 

 

$

1,350,416

 

 

 

 


(a)         Primarily adjustable rate; weighted average interest rates were for the periods in this table.

 

Note 10.                                                  Consolidated Obligations.

 

Consolidated obligations are the joint and several obligations of the FHLBanks, and consist of bonds and discount notes.  The FHLBanks issue consolidated obligations through the Office of Finance as their fiscal agent.  In connection with each debt issuance, a FHLBank specifies the amount of debt it wants issued on its behalf.  The Office of Finance tracks the amount of debt issued on behalf of each FHLBank.  Each FHLBank separately tracks and records as a liability for its specific portion of consolidated obligations for which it is the primary obligor.  Consolidated bonds are issued primarily to raise intermediate- and long-term funds for the FHLBanks and are not subject to any statutory or regulatory limits on maturity.  Consolidated discount notes are issued primarily to raise short-term funds.  Discount notes sell at less than their face amount and are redeemed at par value when they mature.

 

The Finance Agency, at its discretion, may require any FHLBank to make principal or interest payments due on any consolidated obligations.  Although it has never occurred, to the extent that a FHLBank would make a payment on a consolidated obligation on behalf of another FHLBank, the paying FHLBank would be entitled to reimbursement from the non-complying FHLBank.  However, if the Finance Agency determines that the non-complying FHLBank is unable to satisfy its obligations, then the Finance Agency may allocate the outstanding liability among the remaining FHLBanks on a pro rata basis in proportion to each FHLBank’s participation in all consolidated obligations outstanding, or on any other basis the Finance Agency may determine.  Based on management’s review, the FHLBNY has no reason to record actual or contingent liabilities with respect to the occurrence of events or circumstances that would require the FHLBNY to assume an obligation on behalf of other FHLBanks.  The par amounts of the FHLBanks’ outstanding consolidated obligations, including consolidated obligations held by other FHLBanks, were approximately $0.9 trillion as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

Finance Agency regulations require the FHLBanks to maintain, in the aggregate, unpledged qualifying assets equal to the consolidated obligations outstanding.  Qualifying assets are defined as cash; secured advances; obligations, participations, mortgages, or other securities of or issued by the United States or an agency of the United States; and securities in which fiduciary and trust funds may invest under the laws of the state in which the FHLBank is located.

 

The FHLBNY met the qualifying unpledged asset requirements as follows:

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of unpledged qualifying assets to consolidated obligations

 

107

%

107

%

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

The following table summarizes consolidated obligations issued by the FHLBNY and outstanding at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligation bonds-amortized cost

 

$

74,285,527

 

$

67,225,768

 

Hedge valuation basis adjustments (a)

 

485,527

 

346,423

 

Hedge basis adjustments on terminated hedges (b)

 

144,270

 

145,512

 

FVO (c) - valuation adjustments and accrued interest

 

11,773

 

(1,751

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Consolidated obligation bonds

 

$

74,927,097

 

$

67,715,952

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discount notes-amortized cost

 

$

36,851,001

 

$

46,837,709

 

FVO (c) - valuation adjustments and remaining accretion

 

12,671

 

12,159

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Consolidated obligation discount notes

 

$

36,863,672

 

$

46,849,868

 

 


(a)         Hedge valuation basis adjustments represent changes in the fair values due to changes in LIBOR on fixed-rate bonds in a Fair value hedge.

(b)         Hedge basis adjustments on terminated hedges represent the unamortized balances of valuation basis of fixed-rate bonds that were previously in a qualifying hedge relationship.  The valuation basis at the time of hedge termination is amortized as a yield adjustment through Interest expense.

(c)    Valuation adjustments represent changes in the entire fair values of bonds and discount notes elected under the FVO.

 

Redemption Terms of Consolidated Obligation Bonds

 

The following table is a summary of consolidated obligation bonds outstanding by year of maturity (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Average

 

Percentage

 

Maturity

 

Amount

 

Rate (a)

 

of Total

 

Amount

 

Rate (a)

 

of Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One year or less

 

$

45,616,635

 

0.54

%

61.42

%

$

37,123,630

 

0.44

%

55.23

%

Over one year through two years

 

17,754,410

 

0.98

 

23.90

 

18,265,465

 

0.80

 

27.18

 

Over two years through three years

 

4,048,505

 

1.34

 

5.45

 

4,128,285

 

1.38

 

6.14

 

Over three years through four years

 

1,475,400

 

1.68

 

1.99

 

1,708,750

 

1.65

 

2.54

 

Over four years through five years

 

1,235,160

 

2.05

 

1.66

 

1,450,050

 

1.98

 

2.16

 

Thereafter

 

4,147,610

 

3.20

 

5.58

 

4,540,420

 

3.08

 

6.75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total par value

 

74,277,720

 

0.88

%

100.00

%

67,216,600

 

0.84

%

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bond premiums (b)

 

39,906

 

 

 

 

 

42,169

 

 

 

 

 

Bond discounts (b)

 

(32,099

)

 

 

 

 

(33,001

)

 

 

 

 

Hedge valuation basis adjustments (c)

 

485,527

 

 

 

 

 

346,423

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge basis adjustments on terminated hedges (d)

 

144,270

 

 

 

 

 

145,512

 

 

 

 

 

FVO (e) - valuation adjustments and accrued interest

 

11,773

 

 

 

 

 

(1,751

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Consolidated obligation-bonds

 

$

74,927,097

 

 

 

 

 

$

67,715,952

 

 

 

 

 

 


(a)         Weighted average rate represents the weighted average contractual coupons of bonds, unadjusted for swaps.

(b)         Amortization of bond premiums and discounts resulted in net reduction of Interest expense by $3.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, and $5.3 million in the same period in 2015.

(c)          Hedge valuation basis adjustments represent changes in the fair values due to changes in LIBOR on fixed-rate bonds in a Fair value hedge.

(d)         Hedge basis adjustments on terminated hedges represent the unamortized balances of valuation basis of fixed-rate bonds that were previously in a fair value hedging relationship.  Generally, when a hedging relationship is de-designated, the valuation basis is no longer adjusted for changes in the valuation of the debt for changes in the benchmark rate; instead, the basis is amortized over the debt’s remaining life, so that at its maturity, the unamortized basis is reversed to $0.  The unamortized basis was $144.3 million and $145.5 million at March 31, 2016 and at December 31, 2015.  Amortization was recorded as a yield adjustment, which reduced Interest expenses by $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, and $1.3 million in the same period in the prior year.

(e)          Valuation adjustments represent changes in the entire fair values of bonds elected under the FVO.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

Interest Rate Payment Terms

 

The following table summarizes types of bonds issued and outstanding (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Amount

 

Percentage of 
Total

 

Amount

 

Percentage of 
Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed-rate, non-callable

 

$

42,969,720

 

57.85

%

$

45,808,600

 

68.15

%

Fixed-rate, callable

 

2,563,000

 

3.45

 

3,698,000

 

5.50

 

Step Up, callable

 

295,000

 

0.40

 

525,000

 

0.78

 

Step Down, callable

 

25,000

 

0.03

 

 

 

Single-index floating rate

 

28,425,000

 

38.27

 

17,185,000

 

25.57

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total par value

 

74,277,720

 

100.00

%

67,216,600

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bond premiums

 

39,906

 

 

 

42,169

 

 

 

Bond discounts

 

(32,099

)

 

 

(33,001

)

 

 

Hedge valuation basis adjustments (a)

 

485,527

 

 

 

346,423

 

 

 

Hedge basis adjustments on terminated hedges (b)

 

144,270

 

 

 

145,512

 

 

 

FVO (c) - valuation adjustments and accrued interest

 

11,773

 

 

 

(1,751

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Consolidated obligation-bonds

 

$

74,927,097

 

 

 

$

67,715,952

 

 

 

 


(a)         Hedge valuation basis adjustments represent changes in the fair values due to changes in LIBOR on fixed-rate bonds in a Fair value hedge.

(b)         Hedge basis adjustments on terminated hedges represent the unamortized balances of valuation basis of fixed-rate bonds that were previously in a hedging relationship.

(c)          Valuation adjustments represent changes in the entire fair values of bonds elected under the FVO.

 

Discount Notes

 

Consolidated obligation discount notes are issued to raise short-term funds.  Discount notes are consolidated obligations with original maturities of up to one year.  These notes are issued at less than their face amount and redeemed at par when they mature.

 

The FHLBNY’s outstanding consolidated obligation discount notes were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par value

 

$

36,883,998

 

$

46,875,847

 

Amortized cost

 

$

36,851,001

 

$

46,837,709

 

FVO (a) - valuation adjustments and remaining accretion

 

12,671

 

12,159

 

Total discount notes

 

$

36,863,672

 

$

46,849,868

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average interest rate

 

0.36

%

0.26

%

 


(a)         Valuation adjustments represent changes in the entire fair values of discount notes elected under the FVO.

 

Note 11.                                                  Affordable Housing Program.

 

For more information about the Affordable Housing Program and the Bank’s liability, see the Bank’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

The following table provides roll-forward information with respect to changes in Affordable Housing Program liabilities (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning balance

 

$

113,352

 

$

113,544

 

Additions from current period’s assessments

 

9,300

 

9,831

 

Net disbursements for grants and programs

 

(11,336

)

(13,803

)

Ending balance

 

$

111,316

 

$

109,572

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

Note 12.                                                  Capital Stock, Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock and Restricted Retained Earnings.

 

The FHLBanks, including the FHLBNY, have a cooperative structure.  To access the FHLBNY’s products and services, a financial institution must be approved for membership and purchase capital stock in the FHLBNY.  A member’s stock requirement is generally based on its use of FHLBNY products, subject to a minimum membership requirement as prescribed by the FHLBank Act and the FHLBNY’s Capital Plan.  FHLBNY stock can be issued, exchanged, redeemed and repurchased only at its stated par value of $100 per share.  It is not publicly traded.  An option to redeem capital stock that is greater than a member’s minimum requirement is held by both the member and the FHLBNY.

 

The FHLBNY’s Capital Plan offers two sub-classes of Class B capital stock, membership and activity-based capital stock.

 

Membership stock is issued to meet membership stock purchase requirements.  The FHLBNY requires member institutions to maintain membership stock based on a percentage of the member’s mortgage-related assets.

 

Activity based stock is issued on a percentage of outstanding balances of advances, MPF loans and certain commitments.

 

Membership and Activity-based Class B capital stock have the same voting rights and dividend rates.  Members can redeem Class B stock by giving five years notice.  The FHLBNY’s capital plan does not provide for the issuance of Class A capital stock.

 

The FHLBNY is subject to risk-based capital rules.  Specifically, the FHLBNY is subject to three capital requirements under its capital plan.  First, the FHLBNY must maintain at all times permanent capital in an amount at least equal to the sum of its credit risk, market risk, and operations risk capital requirements as calculated in accordance with the FHLBNY policy, and rules and regulations of the Finance Agency.  Only permanent capital, defined as Class B stock and retained earnings, satisfies this risk-based capital requirement.  The Finance Agency may require the FHLBNY to maintain an amount of permanent capital greater than what is required by the risk-based capital requirements.  In addition, the FHLBNY is required to maintain at least a 4.0% total capital-to-asset ratio and at least a 5.0% leverage ratio at all times.  The leverage ratio is defined as the sum of permanent capital weighted 1.5 times and non-permanent capital weighted 1.0 times divided by total assets.

 

The FHLBNY was in compliance with the aforementioned capital rules and requirements for all periods presented, and met the “adequately capitalized” classification, which is the highest rating, under the capital rule.  However, the Finance Agency has discretion to reclassify a FHLBank and to modify or add to the corrective action requirements for a particular capital classification.  If the FHLBNY became classified into a capital classification other than adequately capitalized, the Bank could be adversely impacted by the corrective action requirements for that capital classification.  For more information about the capital rules under the Finance Agency regulations and a discussion of any corrective actions, see Note 12.  Capital Stock, Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock and Restricted Retained Earnings in the audited financial statements included in our most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

Risk-based Capital — The following table summarizes the FHLBNY’s risk-based capital ratios (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Required (d)

 

Actual

 

Required (d)

 

Actual

 

Regulatory capital requirements:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-based capital (a)(e)

 

$

658,483

 

$

6,682,554

 

$

691,580

 

$

6,874,668

 

Total capital-to-asset ratio

 

4.00

%

5.57

%

4.00

%

5.58

%

Total capital (b)

 

$

4,797,642

 

$

6,682,554

 

$

4,929,936

 

$

6,874,668

 

Leverage ratio

 

5.00

%

8.36

%

5.00

%

8.37

%

Leverage capital (c )

 

$

5,997,053

 

$

10,023,830

 

$

6,162,420

 

$

10,312,002

 

 


(a)         Actual “Risk-based capital” is capital stock and retained earnings plus mandatorily redeemable capital stock. Section 932.2 of the Finance Agency’s regulations also refers to this amount as “Permanent Capital.”

(b)         Required “Total capital” is 4.0% of total assets.

(c)          Actual “Leverage capital” is actual “Risk-based capital” times 1.5.

(d)         Required minimum.

(e)          Under regulatory guidelines issued by the Finance Agency in August 2011 that was consistent with guidance provided by other federal banking agencies with respect to capital rules, risk weights are maintained at AAA for Treasury securities and other securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, government agencies, and government-sponsored entities for purposes of calculating risk-based capital.

 

Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock

 

Generally, the FHLBNY’s capital stock is redeemable at the option of either the member or the FHLBNY subject to certain conditions, including the provisions under the accounting guidance for certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity.  In accordance with the accounting guidance, the FHLBNY generally reclassifies the stock subject to redemption from equity to a liability once a member irrevocably exercises a written redemption right, gives notice of intent to withdraw from membership, or attains non-member status by merger or acquisition, charter termination, or involuntary termination from membership.  Under such circumstances, the member shares will then meet the definition of a mandatorily redeemable financial instrument.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

Anticipated redemptions of mandatorily redeemable capital stock in the following table assumes the FHLBNY will follow its current practice of daily redemption of capital in excess of the amount required to support advances and MPF loans (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption less than one year

 

$

16,087

 

$

5,033

 

Redemption from one year to less than three years

 

12,215

 

12,214

 

Redemption from three years to less than five years

 

272

 

271

 

Redemption from five years or greater

 

1,931

 

1,981

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

30,505

 

$

19,499

 

 

The following table provides roll-forward information with respect to changes in mandatorily redeemable capital stock liabilities (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning balance

 

$

19,499

 

$

19,200

 

Capital stock subject to mandatory redemption reclassified from equity

 

11,505

 

8,179

 

Redemption of mandatorily redeemable capital stock (a)

 

(499

)

(8,282

)

Ending balance

 

$

30,505

 

$

19,097

 

Accrued interest payable (b)

 

$

270

 

$

229

 

 


(a)         Redemption includes repayment of excess stock.

(b)         The annualized accrual rate was 4.65% for three months ended March 31, 2016 and 4.60% for three months ended March 31, 2015.

 

Restricted Retained Earnings

 

Under the FHLBank Joint Capital Enhancement Agreement (“Capital Agreement”), each FHLBank is required to set aside 20% of its Net income each quarter to a restricted retained earnings account until the balance of that account equals at least one percent of that FHLBank’s average balance of outstanding consolidated obligations.  The Capital Agreement is intended to enhance the capital position of each FHLBank.  These restricted retained earnings will not be available to pay dividends.  Retained earnings included $319.7 million and $303.1 million of Restricted retained earnings in the FHLBNY’s Total Capital at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

Note 13.                                                  Earnings Per Share of Capital.

 

The following table sets forth the computation of earnings per share.  Basic and diluted earnings per share of capital are the same.  The FHLBNY has no dilutive potential common shares or other common stock equivalents (dollars in thousands except per share amounts):

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

83,401

 

$

88,228

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income available to stockholders

 

$

83,401

 

$

88,228

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares of capital

 

54,998

 

55,357

 

Less: Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

(193

)

(199

)

Average number of shares of capital used to calculate earnings per share

 

54,805

 

55,158

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share

 

$

1.52

 

$

1.60

 

 

Note 14.                                                  Employee Retirement Plans.

 

The FHLBNY participates in the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions (“Pentegra DB Plan”), a tax-qualified, defined-benefit multiemployer pension plan that covers all officers and employees of the Bank.  The Bank also participates in the Pentegra Defined Contribution Plan for Financial Institutions, a tax-qualified defined contribution plan.  In addition, the FHLBNY maintains a non-qualified Benefit Equalization Plan (“BEP”) that restores defined benefits for those employees who have had their qualified defined benefits limited by IRS regulations.  The BEP is an unfunded plan.

 

For more information about employee retirement plans and plan changes and amendments, see Note 14. Employee Retirement Plans in the financial statements included in the most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

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Retirement Plan Expenses Summary

 

The following table presents employee retirement plan expenses for the periods ended (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Defined Benefit Plan

 

$

1,875

 

$

1,888

 

Benefit Equalization Plan (defined benefit)

 

1,141

 

1,187

 

Defined Contribution Plan

 

496

 

446

 

Postretirement Health Benefit Plan

 

(112

)

39

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total retirement plan expenses

 

$

3,400

 

$

3,560

 

 

Benefit Equalization Plan (BEP)

 

Components of the net periodic pension cost for the defined benefit component of the BEP were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Service cost

 

$

185

 

$

185

 

Interest cost

 

476

 

447

 

Amortization of unrecognized net loss/(gain)

 

492

 

568

 

Amortization of unrecognized past service (credit)/cost

 

(12

)

(13

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost

 

$

1,141

 

$

1,187

 

 

Postretirement Health Benefit Plan

 

Components of the net periodic benefit cost for the postretirement health benefit plan were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service cost (benefits attributed to service during the period)

 

$

31

 

$

81

 

Interest cost on accumulated postretirement health benefit obligation

 

137

 

139

 

Amortization of loss/(gain)

 

160

 

259

 

Amortization of prior service (credit)/cost

 

(440

)

(440

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net periodic postretirement health benefit (income)/cost (a)

 

$

(112

)

$

39

 

 


(a)         Plan amendments in a prior year reduced plan obligations by $8.8 million, and the resulting gain is being amortized over an actuarially determined period, reducing net periodic benefit costs.

 

Key assumptions (a) and other information to determine current year’s obligation for the postretirement health benefit plan were as follows:

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average discount rate

 

3.94%

 

3.94%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health care cost trend rates:

 

 

 

 

 

Assumed for next year

 

 

 

 

 

Pre 65

 

7.00%

 

7.00%

 

Post 65

 

6.25%

 

6.25%

 

Pre 65 Ultimate rate

 

4.50%

 

4.50%

 

Pre 65 Year that ultimate rate is reached

 

2024/2023

 

2024/2023

 

Post 65 Ultimate rate

 

4.50%

 

4.50%

 

Post 65 Year that ultimate rate is reached

 

2024/2023

 

2024/2023

 

Alternative amortization methods used to amortize

 

 

 

 

 

Prior service cost

 

Straight - line

 

Straight - line

 

Unrecognized net (gain) or loss

 

Straight - line

 

Straight - line

 

                 


(a)               The discount rates were based on the Citigroup Pension Liability Index adjusted for duration in each of the periods in this report.

 

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Note 15.   Derivatives and Hedging Activities.

 

General — The FHLBNY accounts for its hedging activities in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (formerly SFAS 133).  As a general rule, hedge accounting is permitted where the FHLBNY is exposed to a particular risk, such as interest-rate risk that causes changes in the fair value of an asset or liability or variability in the expected future cash flows of an existing asset, liability or a forecasted transaction that may affect earnings.

 

Derivative contracts hedging the risks associated with the changes in fair value are referred to as Fair value hedges, while contracts hedging the risks affecting the expected future cash flows are called Cash flow hedges.  For more information, see Derivatives in Note 1. Significant Accounting Polices and Estimates in the Bank’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

The FHLBNY, consistent with the Finance Agency’s regulations, may enter into interest-rate swaps, swaptions, and interest-rate cap and floor agreements to manage its interest rate exposure inherent in otherwise unhedged assets and funding positions.  We are not a derivatives dealer and do not trade derivatives for short-term profit.

 

We use derivatives in three ways — by designating them as a fair value or cash flow hedge of an underlying financial instrument or a forecasted transaction that qualifies for hedge accounting treatment; by acting as an intermediary; or by designating the derivative as an asset-liability management hedge (i.e. an “economic hedge”).

 

When designating a derivative in an economic hedge, it is after considering the operational costs and benefits of executing a hedge that would qualify for hedge accounting.  When entering into such hedges that do not qualify for hedge accounting, changes in fair value of the derivatives is recorded in earnings with no offsetting fair value adjustments for the hedged asset, liability, or firm commitment.  As a result, an economic hedge introduces the potential for earnings variability.  Economic hedges are an acceptable hedging strategy under the FHLBNY’s risk management program, and the strategies comply with the Finance Agency’s regulatory requirements prohibiting speculative use of derivatives.

 

Principal hedging activities are summarized below:

 

Consolidated Obligations

 

The FHLBNY may manage the risk arising from changing market prices and volatility of a consolidated obligation debt by matching the cash inflows on the derivative with the cash outflow on the consolidated obligation debt.

 

Fair value hedges — In a typical transaction, fixed-rate consolidated obligations are issued by the FHLBNY and we would concurrently enter into a matching interest rate swap in which the counterparty pays to the FHLBNY fixed cash flows designed to mirror, in timing and amounts, the cash outflows the FHLBNY pays to the holders of the consolidated obligations.

 

When such a transaction qualifies for hedge accounting, it is treated as a “Fair value hedge” under the accounting standards for derivatives and hedging.  By electing to use fair value hedge accounting, the carrying value of the debt is adjusted for changes in the benchmark interest rate, with any such changes in fair value recorded in current earnings.  The interest-rate swap that hedges the interest rate risk of the debt is also recorded on the balance sheet at fair value, with any changes in fair value reflected in earnings.

 

Cash flow hedges — The FHLBNY also hedges variable cash flows resulting from rollover (re-issuance) of 3-month consolidated obligation discount notes.  Variable cash flows from those liabilities are converted to fixed-rate cash flows by entering into receive-variable, pay-fixed interest rate swaps.  We also hedge the variability of cash flows of anticipated issuance of fixed-rate debt to changes in the benchmark rate.

 

When such a transaction qualifies for hedge accounting, the hedge is accounted for under the provisions of a “Cash flow hedge”.  The interest-rate swaps are recorded at fair values on the balance sheet as a derivative asset or liability, with the offset in AOCI.  Changes in fair values of the hedging derivatives are reflected in AOCI to the extent the hedges are effective.  Hedge ineffectiveness, if any, is recorded in current earnings.  Fair values of swaps in the cash flow hedge programs are reclassified from AOCI to earnings as an interest expense at the same time as when the interest expense from the discount note or the anticipated debt impacts interest expense.  Since efforts are made to match the terms of the derivatives to those of the hedged forecasted cash flows as closely as possible, the amount of hedge ineffectiveness is not significant.  The two Cash flow strategies are described below:

 

·                  Cash flow hedges of “Anticipated Consolidated Bond Issuance” — The FHLBNY enters into interest-rate swaps to hedge the anticipated issuance of debt, and to “lock in” the interest to be paid for the cost of funding.  The swaps are terminated upon issuance of the debt instrument, and gains or losses upon termination are recorded in AOCI.  Gains and losses are reclassified to earnings in the periods in which earnings are affected by the variability of the cash flows of the debt that was issued.

 

·                  Cash flow hedges of “Rolling Issuance of Discount Notes” — The FHLBNY executes long-term pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swaps as hedges of the variable quarterly interest payments on the discount note borrowing program.  In this program, we issue a series of discount notes with 91-day terms over periods typically up to 15 years.  We will continue issuing new 91-day discount notes over the terms of the swaps as each outstanding discount note matures.  The interest rate swaps require a settlement every 91 days, and the variable rate, which is based on the 3-month LIBOR, is reset immediately following each payment.  The swaps are expected to eliminate the risk of variability of cash flows for each forecasted discount note issuance every 91 days.  The fair values of the interest rate swaps are recorded in AOCI and ineffectiveness, if any, is recorded

 

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in earnings.  Amounts recorded in AOCI are reclassified to earnings in the same periods in which interest expenses are affected by the variability of the cash flows of the discount notes.

 

Economic hedges of consolidated obligation debt — When we issue variable-rate consolidated obligation bonds indexed to 1-month LIBOR, the U.S. Prime rate, or Federal funds rate, we will generally simultaneously execute interest-rate swaps (“basis swaps”) to hedge the basis risk of the variable rate debt to 3-month LIBOR, the FHLBNY’s preferred funding base.  The basis swaps are designated as economic hedges of the floating-rate bonds.  The choice of an economic hedge is made because the FHLBNY has determined that the operational cost of designating the hedges under accounting standards for derivatives and hedge accounting would outweigh the accounting benefits.  In this economic hedge, only the interest rate swap is carried at fair value, with changes in fair values recorded though earnings.

 

Consolidated obligation debt elected under the Fair Value Option — An alternative to hedge accounting, which permits the debt to be carried at the benchmark (LIBOR) fair value, is to elect debt under the FVO.  Once the irrevocable election is made upon issuance of the debt, the entire change in fair value of the debt is reported in earnings.  We have elected to carry certain fixed-rate consolidated bonds and discount notes under the FVO.  For more information, see Fair Value Option Disclosures in Note 16.  Fair Values of Financial Instruments.  Typically, we would also execute interest rate swaps (to convert the fixed-rate cash flows of the FVO debt to variable-rate cash flows), and changes in the fair values of the swaps are also recorded in earnings, creating a natural offset to the debt’s fair value changes through earnings.  The interest rate swap would be designated as an economic hedge of the debt.

 

Advances

 

We offer a wide array of advances structures to meet members’ funding needs.  These advances may have maturities up to 30 years with fixed or adjustable rates and may include early termination features or options.  We may use derivatives to adjust the repricing and/or options characteristics of advances to more closely match the characteristics of its funding liabilities.

 

Fair value hedges — In general, whenever a member executes a longer-term fixed rate advance, or a fixed or variable-rate advance with call or put or other embedded options, we will simultaneously execute a derivative transaction, generally an interest rate swap, with terms that offset the terms of the fixed rate advance, or terms of the advance with embedded put or call options or other options.  When such instruments are conceived, designed and structured, our control procedures require the identification and evaluation of embedded derivatives, as defined under accounting standards for derivatives and hedging activities.

 

When a fixed-rate advance is hedged, the combination of the fixed rate advance and the derivative transaction effectively creates a variable rate asset, indexed to LIBOR.  With a putable advance borrowed by a member, we would purchase from the member a put option that is embedded in the advance.  We may hedge a putable advance by entering into a cancellable interest rate swap in which we pay to the swap counterparty fixed-rate cash flows, and in return the swap counterparty pays us variable-rate cash flows.  The swap counterparty can cancel the swap on the put date, which would normally occur in a rising rate environment, and we can terminate the advance and extend additional credit to the member on new terms.  We also offer callable advances to members, which is a fixed-rate advance borrowed by a member.  Within the structure of the advance, the FHLBNY sells to the member an embedded call option that enables the member to terminate the advance at pre-determined exercise dates.  The call option is embedded in the advance.  We hedge such advances by executing interest rate swaps with cancellable option features that would allow us to terminate the swaps also at pre-determined option exercise dates.

 

Advances elected under the Fair Value Option — We have elected to carry certain advances under the FVO.  Once the irrevocable election is made upon issuance of the advance, the entire change in fair value of the advance is reported in earnings, and provides a natural economic offset when a consolidated obligation debt is elected under the FVO.

 

Economic hedges of variable rate capped advances — We offer variable rate advances with an embedded option that caps the interest rate payable by the borrower.  The FHLBNY would typically offset the risk presented by the embedded cap by executing a matching standalone cap.

 

Mortgage Loans

 

Mortgage loans are fixed-rate MPF loans held-for-portfolio, and the FHLBNY manages the interest rate and prepayment risk associated with mortgages through debt issuance, without the use of derivatives.  Firm commitments to purchase or deliver mortgage loans are accounted for as a derivative.  See “Firm Commitment Strategies” described below.

 

Firm Commitment Strategies — Mortgage delivery commitments are considered derivatives under the accounting standards for derivatives and hedging.  We account for them as freestanding derivatives, and record the fair values of mortgage loan delivery commitments on the balance sheet with an offset to Other income (loss) as Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities.  Fair values were not significant for all periods in this report.

 

Member Intermediation

 

To meet the hedging needs of its members, the FHLBNY acts as an intermediary between the members and the other counterparties.  This intermediation allows smaller members to access the derivatives market.  The derivatives used in intermediary activities do not qualify for hedge accounting, and fair value changes are recorded in earnings.

 

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Since the FHLBNY mitigates the fair value exposure of these positions by executing identical offsetting transactions, the net impact in earnings is not significant.  The notional principal of interest rate swaps outstanding were $31.0 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  The FHLBNY’s exposure with respect to the transactions with members was fully collateralized.

 

Other Economic Hedges

 

The derivatives in economic hedges are considered freestanding and changes in the fair values of the swaps are recorded through income.  In general, economic hedges comprised of (1) interest rate caps to hedge balance sheet risk, specifically interest rate risk from certain capped floating rate investment securities, and (2) interest rate swaps that had previously qualified as hedges under the accounting standards for derivatives and hedging, but had been subsequently de-designated from hedge accounting as they were assessed as being not highly effective hedges.

 

Credit Risk Due to Non-performance by Counterparties

 

The contractual or notional amount of derivatives reflects the involvement of the FHLBNY in the various classes of financial instruments, and serves as a basis for calculating periodic interest payments or cash flows.  Notional amount of a derivative does not measure the credit risk exposure, and the maximum credit exposure is substantially less than the notional amount.  The maximum credit risk is the estimated cost of replacing interest-rate swaps, forward agreements, mandatory delivery contracts for mortgage loans and purchased caps and floors (“derivatives”) in a gain position if the counterparty defaults and the related collateral, if any, is of insufficient value to the FHLBNY.

 

Derivatives are instruments that derive their value from underlying asset prices, indices, reference rates and other inputs, or a combination of these factors.  The FHLBNY executes derivatives with swap dealers and financial institution swap counterparties as negotiated contracts, which are usually referred to as over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives.  The majority of OTC derivative contracts are primarily bilateral contracts between the FHLBNY and the swap counterparties that are executed and settled bilaterally with counterparties, rather than settling the transaction with a derivative clearing house (“DCO”).  Certain of the FHLBNY’s OTC derivatives are executed bilaterally with executing swap counterparties, then cleared and settled through one or more DCOs as mandated under the Dodd-Frank Act.  When transacting a derivative for clearing, the FHLBNY utilizes a designated clearing agent, the Futures Clearing Merchant (“FCM”) that acts on behalf of the FHLBNY to clear and settle the interest rate exchange transaction through the DCO.  Once the transaction is accepted for clearing by the FCM, acting in the capacity of an intermediary between the FHLBNY and the DCO, the original transaction between the FHLBNY and the executing swap counterparty is extinguished, and is replaced by an identical transaction between the FHLBNY and the DCO.  The DCO becomes the counterparty to the FHLBNY.  However, the FCM remains as the principal operational contact and interacts with the DCO through the life cycle events of the derivative transaction on behalf of the FHLBNY.

 

Credit risk on bilateral OTC derivative contracts — For derivatives that are not eligible for clearing with a DCO under the Dodd-Frank Act, the FHLBNY is subject to credit risk as a result of non-performance by swap counterparties to the derivative agreements.  The FHLBNY enters into master netting arrangements and bilateral security agreements with all active derivative counterparties that provide for delivery of collateral at specified levels to limit the net unsecured credit exposure to these counterparties.  The FHLBNY makes judgments on each counterparty’s creditworthiness, and makes estimates of the collateral values in analyzing counterparty non-performance credit risk.  Bilateral agreements consider the credit risks and the agreement specifies thresholds to post or receive collateral with changes in credit ratings.  When the FHLBNY has more than one derivative transaction outstanding with the counterparty, and a legally enforceable master netting agreement exists with the counterparty, the net exposure (less collateral held) represents the appropriate measure of credit risk.  The FHLBNY conducts all its bilaterally executed derivative transactions under ISDA master netting agreements.

 

Credit risk on OTC cleared derivative transactions — The FHLBNY’s derivative transactions that are eligible for clearing are subject to mandatory clearing rules under the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) as provided under the Dodd-Frank Act.  If a derivative transaction is listed as eligible for clearing, the FHLBNY must abide by the CFTC rules to clear the transaction through a DCO.  The FHLBNY’s cleared derivatives are also initially executed bilaterally with a swap dealer (the executing swap counterparty), in the OTC market.  The clearing process requires all parties to the derivative transaction to novate the contracts to a DCO, which then becomes the counterparty to all parties, including the FHLBNY, to the transaction.

 

The enforceability of offsetting rights incorporated in the agreements for the cleared derivative transactions has been analyzed by the FHLBNY to establish the extent to which supportive legal opinion, obtained from counsel of recognized standing, provides the requisite level of certainty regarding the enforceability of these agreements.  Further analysis was performed to reach a view that the exercise of rights by the non-defaulting party under these agreements would not be stayed, or avoided under applicable law upon an event of default including bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding involving the DCO or the FHLBNY’s clearing agents or both.  Based on the analysis of the rules, and legal analysis obtained, the FHLBNY has made a determination that it has the right of setoff that is enforceable under applicable law that would allow it to net individual derivative contracts executed through a specific clearing agent, the FCM, to a designated DCO, so that a net derivative receivable or payable will be recorded for the DCO; that exposure (less margin held) would be represented by a single amount receivable from the DCO, and that amount be the appropriate measure of credit risk.  This policy election for netting cleared derivatives is consistent with the policy election for netting bilaterally settled derivative transactions under master netting agreements.

 

Typically, margin consists of “Initial margin” and “Variation margin”.  Variation margin fluctuates with the fair values of the open contracts.  Initial margin fluctuates with the volatility of the FHLBNY’s portfolio of cleared

 

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derivatives, and volatility is measured by the speed and severity of market price changes of the portfolio.  Initial margin and Variation margins are posted in cash by the FHLBNY.

 

Offsetting of Derivative Assets and Derivative Liabilities — Net Presentation

 

The following table presents the gross and net derivatives receivables by contract type and amount for those derivatives contracts for which netting is permissible under U.S. GAAP (“Derivative instruments - Nettable”).  Derivatives receivables have been netted with respect to those receivables as to which the netting requirements have been met, including obtaining a legal analysis with respect to the enforceability of the netting.  Where such a legal analysis has not been either sought or obtained, the receivables were not netted, and were reported as Derivative instruments - Not Nettable (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Derivative 
Assets

 

Derivative 
Liabilities

 

Derivative 
Assets

 

Derivative 
Liabilities

 

Derivative instruments -Nettable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross recognized amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bilateral derivatives

 

$

231,132

 

$

597,772

 

$

237,981

 

$

527,061

 

Cleared derivatives

 

389,773

 

412,424

 

355,644

 

135,638

 

Total gross recognized amount

 

620,905

 

1,010,196

 

593,625

 

662,699

 

Gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bilateral derivatives

 

(221,450

)

(383,825

)

(227,007

)

(316,962

)

Cleared derivatives

 

(228,364

)

(412,424

)

(184,959

)

(135,638

)

Total gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral

 

(449,814

)

(796,249

)

(411,966

)

(452,600

)

Net amounts after offsetting adjustments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bilateral derivatives

 

9,682

 

213,947

 

10,974

 

210,099

 

Cleared derivatives

 

161,409

 

 

170,685

 

 

Total net amounts after offsetting adjustments

 

171,091

 

213,947

 

181,659

 

210,099

 

Derivative instruments -Not Nettable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delivery commitments (a)

 

84

 

1

 

17

 

14

 

Total derivative assets and total derivative liabilities presented in the Statements of Condition

 

$

171,175

 

$

213,948

 

$

181,676

 

$

210,113

 

Non-cash collateral received or pledged not offset (c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cannot be sold or repledged

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bilateral derivatives

 

$

1,030

 

$

 

$

345

 

$

 

Delivery commitments (a)

 

84

 

 

17

 

 

Total cannot be sold or repledged

 

1,114

 

 

362

 

 

Net unsecured amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bilateral derivatives

 

8,652

 

213,948

 

10,629

 

210,113

 

Cleared derivatives

 

161,409

 

 

170,685

 

 

Total net amount (b)

 

$

170,061

 

$

213,948

 

$

181,314

 

$

210,113

 

 


(a)         Derivative instruments without legal right of offset were synthetic derivatives representing forward mortgage delivery commitments of 45 business days or less.  Amounts were not material, and it was operationally not practical to separate receivable from payables, and net presentation was adopted.  No cash collateral was involved with the mortgage delivery commitments accounted as derivatives.

 

(b)         Total net amount represents net unsecured amounts of Derivative assets and liabilities recorded in the Statements of Condition at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  The amounts primarily represent (1) the aggregate credit support thresholds that were waived under ISDA Credit Support and Master netting agreements between the FHLBNY and derivative counterparties for uncleared derivative contracts, and (2) Initial margins posted by the FHLBNY to DCO on cleared derivative transactions.

 

(c)          Non-Cash collateral received or pledged not offset — Amounts represent exposure arising from derivative positions with member counterparties where we acted as an intermediary, and a small amount of delivery commitments (see footnote a).  Amounts are collateralized by pledged non-cash collateral, primarily 1-4 family housing collateral.

 

The gross derivative exposure, as represented by derivatives in fair value gain positions for the FHLBNY, before netting and offsetting cash collateral, was $620.9 million at March 31, 2016 and $593.6 million at December 31, 2015.  Fair value amounts that were netted as a result of master netting agreements, or as a result of a determination that netting requirements had been met (including obtaining a legal analysis supporting the enforceability of the netting for cleared OTC derivatives), were $449.8 million and $412.0 million at those dates.  These netting adjustments included $175.5 million and $329.9 million in cash posted by counterparties to mitigate the FHLBNY’s exposures at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, and the net exposures after offsetting adjustments were $171.2 million and $181.7 million at those dates.

 

Derivative counterparties are also exposed to credit losses resulting from potential non-performance risk of the FHLBNY with respect to derivative contracts, and their exposure, due to a potential default or non-performance by the FHLBNY, is measured by derivatives in a fair value loss position from the FHLBNY’s perspective (and a gain position from the counterparty’s perspective).  At March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, net fair values of derivatives in unrealized loss positions were $213.9 million and $210.1 million, after deducting $522.0 million and $370.5 million of cash collateral posted to the exposed counterparties.

 

With respect to cleared derivatives, cash posted to the DCOs were in excess of required margins, primarily due to the requirement to post Initial margin.  The DCOs were exposed to the extent of the failure of the FHLBNY to deliver cash margin, which is typically paid one day following the execution of a cleared derivative, and that specific exposure was not significant at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

The FHLBNY is also exposed to the risk of derivative counterparties failing to return cash collateral deposited with counterparties due to counterparty bankruptcy or other similar scenarios.  If such an event were to occur, the FHLBNY would be forced to replace derivatives by executing similar derivative contracts with other counterparties.  To the extent that the FHLBNY receives cash from the replacement trades that is less than the amount of cash deposited with the defaulting counterparty, the FHLBNY’s cash pledged as a deposit is exposed to credit risk of the

 

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defaulting counterparty.  Derivative counterparties, including the DCO, holding the FHLBNY’s cash as posted collateral, were analyzed from a credit performance perspective, and based on credit analysis and collateral requirements, the management of the FHLBNY does not anticipate any credit losses on its derivative agreements.

 

Offsetting of Derivative Assets and Derivative Liabilities

 

The following tables represent outstanding notional balances and estimated fair values of the derivatives outstanding at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

Notional Amount
of Derivatives

 

Derivative Assets

 

Derivative 
Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of derivative instruments (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives designated in hedging relationships

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps-fair value hedges

 

$

68,180,733

 

$

590,601

 

$

841,176

 

Interest rate swaps-cash flow hedges

 

1,589,000

 

975

 

145,697

 

Total derivatives in hedging instruments

 

69,769,733

 

591,576

 

986,873

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

29,911,783

 

25,069

 

22,160

 

Interest rate caps or floors

 

2,898,000

 

3,207

 

172

 

Mortgage delivery commitments

 

20,675

 

84

 

1

 

Other (b)

 

62,000

 

1,053

 

991

 

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

32,892,458

 

29,413

 

23,324

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivatives before netting and collateral adjustments

 

$

102,662,191

 

620,989

 

1,010,197

 

Netting adjustments and cash collateral (c)

 

 

 

(449,814

)

(796,249

)

Net after cash collateral reported on the Statements of Condition

 

 

 

$

171,175

 

$

213,948

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Notional Amount
of Derivatives

 

Derivative Assets

 

Derivative 
Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of derivative instruments (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives designated in hedging relationships

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps-fair value hedges

 

$

69,075,046

 

$

561,016

 

$

551,617

 

Interest rate swaps-cash flow hedges

 

1,624,000

 

2,017

 

87,259

 

Total derivatives in hedging instruments

 

70,699,046

 

563,033

 

638,876

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

33,322,944

 

25,174

 

23,414

 

Interest rate caps or floors

 

2,698,000

 

4,947

 

 

Mortgage delivery commitments

 

14,806

 

17

 

14

 

Other (b)

 

62,000

 

471

 

409

 

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

36,097,750

 

30,609

 

23,837

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivatives before netting and collateral adjustments

 

$

106,796,796

 

593,642

 

662,713

 

Netting adjustments and cash collateral (c)

 

 

 

(411,966

)

(452,600

)

Net after cash collateral reported on the Statements of Condition

 

 

 

$

181,676

 

$

210,113

 

 


(a)         All derivative assets and liabilities with swap dealers and counterparties are collateralized by cash; derivative instruments executed bilaterally are subject to legal right of offset under master netting agreements.

(b)         The Other category comprised of swaps intermediated for member, and notional amounts represent purchases from dealers and an offsetting purchase by the members from us.

(c)          Cash collateral and related accrued interest posted by counterparties to the FHLBNY of $175.5 million and $329.9 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were netted in Netting adjustments in Derivative assets; cash collateral posted by the FHLBNY of $522.0 million and $370.5 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were netted in Netting adjustments in Derivative liabilities.

 

Earnings Impact of Derivatives and Hedging Activities

 

The FHLBNY carries all derivative instruments on the Statements of Condition at fair value as Derivative Assets and Derivative Liabilities.  If derivatives meet the hedging criteria under hedge accounting rules, including effectiveness measures, changes in fair value of the associated hedged financial instrument attributable to the risk being hedged (benchmark interest-rate risk, which is LIBOR for the FHLBNY) may also be recorded so that some or all of the unrealized fair value gains or losses recognized on the derivatives are offset by corresponding unrealized gains or losses on the associated hedged financial assets and liabilities.  The net differential between fair value changes of the derivatives and the hedged items represents hedge ineffectiveness.  The net ineffectiveness from hedges that qualify under hedge accounting rules is recorded as a Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities in Other income (loss) in the Statements of Income.  If derivatives do not qualify for the hedging criteria under hedge accounting rules, but are executed as economic hedges of financial assets or liabilities under a FHLBNY-approved hedge strategy, only the fair value changes of the derivatives are recorded as a Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities in Other income (loss) in the Statements of Income.

 

The FHLBNY has elected to measure certain debt under the accounting designation for FVO, and has executed interest rate swaps as economic hedges of the debt.  While changes in fair values of the interest rate swap and the debt elected under the FVO are recorded in earnings in Other income (loss), the changes in the fair value changes of the swaps are recorded as a Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities.  Fair value changes of debt and advances elected under the FVO are recorded as an Unrealized (losses) or gains from Instruments held at fair value.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

Components of net gains/ (losses) on Derivatives and hedging activities as presented in the Statements of Income are summarized below (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31, 2016

 

 

 

Gains (Losses) 
on Derivative

 

Gains (Losses) 
on Hedged 
Item

 

Earnings 
Impact

 

Effect of 
Derivatives on Net 
Interest Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances

 

$

(417,300

)

$

417,728

 

$

428

 

$

(132,577

)

Consolidated obligation bonds

 

139,056

 

(139,087

)

(31

)

30,415

 

Net (losses) gains related to fair value hedges

 

(278,244

)

278,641

 

397

 

$

(102,162

)

Cash flow hedges

 

(47

)

 

 

(47

)

$

(9,176

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps (a)

 

(347

)

 

 

(347

)

 

 

Caps or floors

 

(1,828

)

 

 

(1,828

)

 

 

Mortgage delivery commitments

 

400

 

 

 

400

 

 

 

Swaps economically hedging instruments designated under FVO

 

6,459

 

 

 

6,459

 

 

 

Accrued interest-swaps (a)

 

(4,150

)

 

 

(4,150

)

 

 

Net gains related to derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

534

 

 

 

534

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities

 

$

(277,757

)

$

278,641

 

$

884

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31, 2015

 

 

 

Gains (Losses) 
on Derivative

 

Gains (Losses) 
on Hedged 
Item

 

Earnings 
Impact

 

Effect of 
Derivatives on Net
Interest Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances

 

$

(120,546

)

$

119,486

 

$

(1,060

)

$

(237,210

)

Consolidated obligation bonds

 

95,126

 

(94,699

)

427

 

62,661

 

Net (losses) gains related to fair value hedges

 

(25,420

)

24,787

 

(633

)

$

(174,549

)

Cash flow hedges

 

(265

)

 

 

(265

)

$

(8,624

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps (a)

 

986

 

 

 

986

 

 

 

Caps or floors

 

(1,642

)

 

 

(1,642

)

 

 

Mortgage delivery commitments

 

(93

)

 

 

(93

)

 

 

Swaps economically hedging instruments designated under FVO

 

3,053

 

 

 

3,053

 

 

 

Accrued interest-swaps (a)

 

4,693

 

 

 

4,693

 

 

 

Net gains related to derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

6,997

 

 

 

6,997

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities

 

$

(18,688

)

$

24,787

 

$

6,099

 

 

 

 


(a)   Derivative gains and losses from interest rate swaps that did not qualify as hedges under accounting rules were designated as economic hedges.  Gains and losses include interest expenses and income associated with the interest rate swap.

 

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Cash Flow Hedges

 

The effect of interest rate swaps in cash flow hedging relationships was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31, 2016

 

 

 

AOCI

 

 

 

Gains/(Losses)

 

 

 

Recognized in 
AOCI
 (c)

 

Location:
Reclassified to 
Earnings 
(c)

 

Amount 
Reclassified to 
Earnings 
(c)

 

Ineffectiveness 
Recognized in 
Earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligation bonds (a)

 

$

(982

)

Interest Expense

 

$

(556

)

$

(47

)

Consolidated obligation discount notes (b)

 

(55,891

)

Interest Expense

 

 

 

 

 

$

(56,873

)

 

 

$

(556

)

$

(47

)

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31, 2015

 

 

 

AOCI

 

 

 

Gains/(Losses)

 

 

 

Recognized in 
AOCI
 (c)

 

Location:
Reclassified to 
Earnings 
(c)

 

Amount 
Reclassified to 
Earnings 
(c)

 

Ineffectiveness 
Recognized in 
Earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligation bonds (a)

 

$

(1,237

)

Interest Expense

 

$

(505

)

$

(265

)

Consolidated obligation discount notes (b)

 

(20,858

)

Interest Expense

 

 

 

 

 

$

(22,095

)

 

 

$

(505

)

$

(265

)

 


(a)               Cash flow hedges of anticipated issuance of consolidated obligation bonds.

 

Changes in period recognized in AOCI for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 — Cash flow hedges executed in the periods resulted in net unrecognized losses of $1.0 million from contracts that were closed in the reporting periods. There were no open contracts at March 31, 2016 and 2015.  In the same period in the prior year, contracts that were closed resulted in losses of $1.2 million.  Unrecognized losses in AOCI are amortized and reclassified to interest expense with an offset to the cumulative balance in AOCI.  See Statements of Comprehensive Income.

 

Cumulative unamortized balance in AOCI — The balance in AOCI of cumulative net unrecognized losses from hedges of anticipatory issuance strategy was $6.2 million at March 31, 2016, $6.6 million at March 31, 2015 and $5.8 million at December 31, 2015.

 

Amount Reclassified to Earnings — Amounts represented amortization of unrecognized losses from previously closed contracts that were a charge to interest expense and an offset to reduce the unamortized balance in AOCI.

 

Ineffectiveness Recognized in Earnings — Amounts were immaterial, and represented cash flow hedge ineffectiveness that were recorded in earnings in Other income as a fair value loss or gain from hedging activities.

 

(b)               Hedges of discount notes in rolling issuances

 

Changes in period recognized in AOCI for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 — Amounts represented period-over-period change in the fair values of open swap contracts in the cash flow hedging strategy.  Open swap contracts under this strategy were notional amounts of $1.6 billion at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  The fair values changes recorded in AOCI were net unrealized losses of $55.9 million and $20.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015.  The cash flow hedges mitigated exposure to the variability in future cash flows over a maximum period of 15 years.

 

Cumulative unamortized balance in AOCI — The balance in AOCI of cumulative net unrecognized losses from hedges of discount notes in rolling issuances was $141.1 million at March 31, 2016, $101.6 million at March 31, 2015 and $85.2 million at December 31, 2015.

 

(c)                Ineffectiveness recognized in earnings - Only the effective portion of the fair values of open contracts is recorded in AOCI.  Ineffectiveness is recorded in Other income as a component of derivatives and hedging gains and losses.

 

There were no material amounts that were reclassified into earnings as a result of the discontinuance of cash flow hedges because it became probable that the original forecasted transactions would not occur by the end of the originally specified time period or within a two-month period thereafter.

 

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Note 16.                                                  Fair Values of Financial Instruments.

 

The fair value amounts recorded on the Statements of Condition or presented in the note disclosures have been determined by the FHLBNY using available market information and best judgment of appropriate valuation methods.

 

Estimated Fair Values — Summary Tables

 

The carrying values, estimated fair values and the levels within the fair value hierarchy were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

Netting
Adjustment and

 

Financial Instruments

 

Carrying Value

 

Total

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3 (a)

 

Cash Collateral

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

 

$

 225,112

 

$

 225,112

 

$

 225,112

 

$

 —

 

$

 —

 

$

 —

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

 

5,210,000

 

5,209,980

 

 

5,209,980

 

 

 

Federal funds sold

 

6,916,000

 

6,915,974

 

 

6,915,974

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

939,192

 

939,192

 

37,049

 

902,143

 

 

 

Held-to-maturity securities

 

14,260,415

 

14,563,118

 

 

13,448,470

 

1,114,648

 

 

Advances

 

89,481,955

 

89,300,637

 

 

89,300,637

 

 

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio, net

 

2,565,427

 

2,624,974

 

 

2,624,974

 

 

 

Accrued interest receivable

 

156,836

 

156,836

 

 

156,836

 

 

 

Derivative assets

 

171,175

 

171,175

 

 

620,989

 

 

(449,814

)

Other financial assets

 

2,021

 

2,021

 

 

 

2,021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

1,066,136

 

1,066,141

 

 

1,066,141

 

 

 

Consolidated obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds

 

74,927,097

 

74,962,337

 

 

74,962,337

 

 

 

Discount notes

 

36,863,672

 

36,865,216

 

 

36,865,216

 

 

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

30,505

 

30,505

 

30,505

 

 

 

 

Accrued interest payable

 

120,827

 

120,827

 

 

120,827

 

 

 

Derivative liabilities

 

213,948

 

213,948

 

 

1,010,197

 

 

(796,249

)

Other financial liabilities

 

46,642

 

46,642

 

46,642

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

Netting
Adjustment and

 

Financial Instruments

 

Carrying Value

 

Total

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3 (a)

 

Cash Collateral

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

 

$

327,482

 

$

327,482

 

$

327,482

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

 

4,000,000

 

3,999,933

 

 

3,999,933

 

 

 

Federal funds sold

 

7,245,000

 

7,244,805

 

 

7,244,805

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

990,129

 

990,129

 

32,873

 

957,256

 

 

 

Held-to-maturity securities

 

13,932,372

 

14,114,222

 

 

12,985,121

 

1,129,101

 

 

Advances

 

93,874,211

 

93,681,217

 

 

93,681,217

 

 

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio, net

 

2,524,285

 

2,546,492

 

 

2,546,492

 

 

 

Accrued interest receivable

 

145,913

 

145,913

 

 

145,913

 

 

 

Derivative assets

 

181,676

 

181,676

 

 

593,642

 

 

(411,966

)

Other financial assets

 

2,166

 

2,166

 

 

 

2,166

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

1,350,416

 

1,350,382

 

 

1,350,382

 

 

 

Consolidated obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds

 

67,715,952

 

67,529,043

 

 

67,529,043

 

 

 

Discount notes

 

46,849,868

 

46,848,521

 

 

46,848,521

 

 

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

19,499

 

19,499

 

19,499

 

 

 

 

Accrued interest payable

 

108,575

 

108,575

 

 

108,575

 

 

 

Derivative liabilities

 

210,113

 

210,113

 

 

662,713

 

 

(452,600

)

Other financial liabilities

 

47,528

 

47,528

 

47,528

 

 

 

 

 


(a)         Level 3 Instruments — The fair values of non-Agency private-label MBS and housing finance agency bonds were estimated by management based on pricing services.  Valuations may have required pricing services to use significant inputs that were subjective because of the current lack of significant market activity so that the inputs may not be market based and observable.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy

 

The FHLBNY records available-for-sale securities, derivative assets, derivative liabilities, and consolidated obligations and advances elected under the FVO at fair value on a recurring basis.  On a non-recurring basis, held-to-maturity securities determined to be OTTI and written down to their fair values, and mortgage loans held-for-portfolio that are written down to their fair values or are foreclosed as Other real estate owned (“REO”) and written down to their fair values are reported on a non-recurring basis in the period the fair values are recorded in the Statements of Condition.

 

The accounting standards under Fair Value Measurement defines fair value, establishes a consistent framework for measuring fair value and requires disclosures about fair value measurements.  Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  Among other things, the standard requires the FHLBNY to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.  The standard specifies a hierarchy of inputs based on whether the inputs are observable or unobservable.  Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect the FHLBNY’s market assumptions.

 

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These two types of inputs have created the following fair value hierarchy, and an entity must disclose the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the measurements are classified for all assets and liabilities measured on a recurring or non-recurring basis:

 

·                                          Level 1 Inputs — Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in an active market that the reporting entity 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 (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: (1) quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; (2) quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; (3) 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 volatilities).

·                                          Level 3 Inputs — Inputs that are unobservable and significant to the valuation of the asset or liability.

 

The inputs are evaluated on an overall level for the fair value measurement to be determined.  This overall level is an indication of market observability of the fair value measurement for the asset or liability.  Changes in the observability of the valuation inputs may result in a reclassification of certain assets or liabilities.  These reclassifications are reported as transfers in/out as of the beginning of the quarter in which the changes occur.  There were no such transfers in any periods in this report.

 

The availability of observable inputs can vary from product to product and is affected by a wide variety of factors including, for example, the characteristics peculiar to the transaction.  To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment.  Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised by the FHLBNY in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized as Level 3.  In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy.  In such cases, for disclosure purposes the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

 

Summary of Valuation Techniques and Primary Inputs

 

The fair value of a financial instrument that is an asset is defined as the price the FHLBNY would receive to sell the asset in an orderly transaction with market participants.  A financial liability’s fair value is defined as the amount that would be paid to transfer the liability to a new obligor, not the amount that would be paid to settle the liability with the creditor.  Where available, fair values are based on observable market prices or parameters, or derived from such prices or parameters.  Where observable prices are not available, valuation models and inputs are utilized.  These valuation techniques involve some level of management estimation and judgment, the degree of which is dependent on the price transparency for the instruments or markets and the instruments’ complexity.

 

Because an active secondary market does not exist for a portion of the FHLBNY’s financial instruments, in certain cases, fair values are not subject to precise quantification or verification and may change as economic and market factors and evaluation of those factors change.  The fair values of financial assets and liabilities reported in the tables above are discussed below:

 

Cash and Due from Banks — The estimated fair values approximate the recorded book balances, and are considered to be within the Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Interest-Bearing Deposits, Federal Funds Sold and Securities Purchased under Agreements to Resell — The FHLBNY determines estimated fair values of short-term investments by calculating the present value of expected future cash flows of the investments, a methodology also referred to as the Income approach under the Fair Value Measurement standards.  The discount rates used in these calculations are the current coupons of investments with similar terms.  Inputs into the cash flow models are the yields on the instruments, which are market based and observable and are considered to be within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Investment Securities — The fair value of investment securities is estimated by the FHLBNY using pricing primarily from pricing services.  The pricing vendors typically use market multiples derived from a set of comparables, including matrix pricing, and other techniques.

 

Mortgage-backed securities — The FHLBNY’s valuation technique incorporates prices from up to four designated third-party pricing services, when available.  The FHLBNY’s base investment pricing methodology establishes a median price for each security using a formula that is based on the number of prices received.  If four prices are received from the four pricing vendors, the average of the two middle prices is used; if three prices are received, the middle price is used; if two prices are received, the average of the two prices is used; and if one price is received, it is used subject to further validation.  Vendor prices that are outside of a defined tolerance threshold of the median price are identified as outliers and subject to additional review, including, but not limited to, comparison to prices provided by an additional third-party valuation service, prices for similar securities, and/or non-binding dealer estimates, or use of internal model prices, which are deemed to be reflective of all relevant facts and circumstances that a market participant would consider.  Such analysis is also applied in those limited instances where no third-party vendor price or only one third-party vendor price is available in order to arrive at an estimated fair value.  In its analysis, the FHLBNY employs the concept of cluster pricing and cluster tolerances.  Once the median prices are computed from the four pricing vendors, the second step is to determine which of the sourced prices fall within the required tolerance level interval to the median price, which forms the “cluster” of prices to be averaged.  This average will determine a “default” price for the security.  The cluster tolerance guidelines shall be reviewed annually

 

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and may be revised as necessary.  To be included among the cluster, at March 31, 2016, each price must fall within 7 points (7 points at December 31, 2015) of the median price for residential PLMBS and within 2 points (2 points at December 31, 2015) of the median price for GSE-issued MBS.  The final step is to determine the final price of the security based on the cluster average and an evaluation of any outlier prices.  If the analysis confirms that an outlier is not representative of fair value and that the average of the vendor prices within the tolerance threshold of the median price is the best estimate, then the average of the vendor prices within the tolerance threshold of the median price is used as the final price.  If, on the other hand, 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.  In all cases, the final price is used to determine the fair value of the security.

 

The FHLBNY has also established that the pricing vendors use methods that generally employ, but are not limited to benchmark yields, recent trades, dealer estimates, valuation models, benchmarking of like securities, sector groupings, and/or matrix pricing.  To validate vendor prices of PLMBS, the FHLBNY has also adopted a formal process to examine yields as an additional validation method.  The FHLBNY calculates an implied yield for each of its PLMBS using estimated fair values derived from cash flows on a bond-by-bond basis.  This yield is then compared to the implied yield for comparable securities according to price information from third-party MBS “market surveillance reports”.  Significant variances or inconsistencies are evaluated in conjunction with all of the other available pricing information.  The objective is to determine whether an adjustment to the fair value estimate is appropriate.

 

Based on the FHLBNY’s review processes, management has concluded that inputs into the pricing models employed by pricing services for the FHLBNY’s investments in GSE securities are market based and observable and are considered to be within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.  The valuation of the private-label securities, all designated as held-to-maturity, may require pricing services to use significant inputs that are subjective and are considered to be within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.  This determination was made based on management’s view that the private-label instruments may not have an active market because of the specific vintage of the securities as well as inherent conditions surrounding the trading of private-label MBS, so that the inputs may not be market based and observable.  At March 31, 2016, one held-to-maturity private - label MBS was deemed OTTI and was written down to its fair values, so that its carrying values recorded in the balance sheet equaled its fair values, which was classified on a nonrecurring basis as Level 3 financial instruments under the valuation hierarchy.  At December 31, 2015, one held-to-maturity private -label MBS was deemed OTTI and was written down to its fair values, so that its carrying values recorded in the balance sheet equaled its fair values, which was classified on a nonrecurring basis as Level 3 financial instruments under the valuation hierarchy.

 

Housing finance agency bonds — The fair value of housing finance agency bonds is estimated by management using information primarily from pricing services.  Because of the current lack of significant market activity, their fair values were categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as inputs into vendor pricing models may not be market based and observable.

 

Grantor trust — The FHLBNY has a grantor trust, which invests in money market, equity and fixed income and bond funds.  Investments in the trust are classified as AFS.  Daily net asset values (NAVs) are readily available and investments are redeemable at short notice.  NAVs are the fair values of the funds in the grantor trust.  Because of the highly liquid nature of the investments at their NAVs, they are categorized as Level 1 financial instruments under the valuation hierarchy.

 

Advances — The fair values of advances are computed using standard option valuation models.  The most significant inputs to the valuation model are (1) consolidated obligation debt curve (“CO Curve”), published by the Office of Finance and available to the public, and (2) LIBOR swap curves and volatilities.  Both these inputs are considered to be market based and observable as they can be directly corroborated by market participants.

 

The FHLBNY determines the fair values of its advances by calculating the present value of expected future cash flows from the advances, a methodology also referred to as the Income approach under the Fair Value Measurement standards.  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, an advance with a maturity or repricing period greater than six months requires a prepayment fee sufficient to make a FHLBank financially indifferent to the borrower’s decision to prepay the advance.  Therefore, the fair value of an advance does not assume prepayment risk.

 

The inputs used to determine fair value of advances are as follows:

 

·                              CO Curve.  The FHLBNY uses the CO Curve, which represents its cost of funds, as an input to estimate the fair value of advances, and to determine current advance rates.  This input is considered market observable and therefore a Level 2 input.

·                              Volatility assumption.  To estimate the fair value of advances with optionality, the FHLBNY uses market-based expectations of future interest rate volatility implied from current market prices for similar options. This input is considered a Level 2 input as it is market based and market observable.

·                              Spread adjustment.  Adjustments represent the FHLBNY’s mark-up based on its pricing strategy.  The input is considered as unobservable, and is classified as a Level 3 input.  The spread adjustment is not a significant input to the overall fair value of an advance.

 

The FHLBNY creates an internal curve, which is interpolated from its advance rates.  Advance rates are calculated by applying a spread to an underlying “base curve” derived from the FHLBNY’s cost of funds, which is based on the CO Curve, inputs to which have been determined to be market observable and classified as Level 2.  The spreads applied to the base advance pricing curve typically represent the FHLBNY’s mark-ups over the FHLBNY’s cost of

 

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funds, and are not market observable inputs, but are based on the FHLBNY’s advance pricing strategy.  Such inputs have been classified as a Level 3 input.  For the FHLBNY, Level 3 inputs were considered as not significant.

 

To determine the appropriate classification of the overall measurement in the fair value hierarchy of an advance, an analysis of the inputs to the entire fair value measurement was performed at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  If the unobservable spread to the FHLBNY’s cost of funds was not significant to the overall fair value, then the measurement was classified as Level 2.  Conversely, if the unobservable spread was significant to the overall fair value, then the measurement would be classified as Level 3.  The impact of the unobservable input was calculated as the difference in the value determined by discounting an advance’s cash flows using the FHLBNY’s advance curve and the value determined by discounting an advance’s cash flows using the FHLBNY’s cost of funds curve.  Given the relatively small mark-ups over the FHLBNY’s cost of funds, the results of the FHLBNY’s quantitative analysis confirmed the FHLBNY’s expectations that the measurement of the FHLBNY’s advances was Level 2.  The unobservable mark-up spreads were not significant to the overall fair value of the instrument.  A quantitative threshold for significance factor has been established at 10%, with additional qualitative factors to be considered if the ratio exceeded the threshold.

 

The FHLBNY has elected the FVO designation for certain advances and recorded their fair values in the Statements of Condition for such advances.  The CO Curve was the primary input, which is market based and observable.  Inputs to apply spreads, which are FHLBNY specific, were not material.  Fair values were classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

 

Accrued Interest Receivable and Other Assets — The estimated fair values approximate the recorded book value because of the relatively short period of time between their origination and expected realization.

 

Mortgage Loans (MPF Loans)

 

A.  Principal and/or Most Advantageous Market and Market Participants — MPF Loans

 

The FHLBNY may sell mortgage loans to another FHLBank or in the secondary mortgage market.  Because transactions between FHLBanks occur infrequently, the FHLBNY has identified the secondary mortgage market as the principal market for mortgage loans under the MPF programs.  Also, based on the nature of the supporting collateral to the MPF loans held by FHLBNY, the presentation of a single class for all products within the MPF product types is considered appropriate.  As described below, the FHLBNY believes that the market participants within the secondary mortgage market for the MPF portfolio would differ primarily whether qualifying or non-qualifying loans are being sold.

 

Qualifying Loans (un-impaired mortgage loans) — The FHLBNY believes that a market participant is an entity that would buy qualifying mortgage loans for the purpose of securitization and subsequent resale as a security.  Other government-sponsored enterprises (“GSEs”), specifically Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), conduct the majority of such activity in the United States, but there are other commercial banks and financial institutions that periodically conduct business in this market.  Therefore, the FHLBNY has identified market participants for qualifying loans to include (1) all GSEs, and (2) other commercial banks and financial institutions that are independent of the FHLBank System.

 

Non-qualifying Loans (impaired mortgage loans) — For the FHLBNY, non-qualifying loans are primarily impaired loans.  The FHLBNY believes that it is unlikely the GSE market participants would willingly buy loans that did not meet their normal criteria or underwriting standards.  However, a market exists with commercial banks and financial institutions other than GSEs where such market participants buy non-qualifying loans in order to securitize them as they become current, resell them in the secondary market, or hold them in their portfolios.  Therefore, the FHLBNY has identified the market participants for non-qualifying loans to include other commercial banks and financial institutions that are independent of the FHLBank System.

 

B.  Fair Value at Initial Recognition — MPF Loans

 

The FHLBNY believes that the transaction price (entry price) may differ from the fair value (exit price) at initial recognition because it is determined using a different method than subsequent fair value measurements.  However, because mortgage loans are not measured at fair value in the balance sheet, day one gains and losses would not be applicable.  Additionally, all mortgage loans were performing at the time of origination by the PFI and acquisition by the FHLBNY.

 

The FHLBNY receives an entry price from the FHLBank of Chicago, the MPF Provider, at the time of acquisition. This entry price is based on the TBA rates, as well as exit prices received from market participants, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  The price is adjusted for specific MPF program characteristics and may be further adjusted by the FHLBNY to accommodate changing market conditions.  Because of the adjustments, in many cases the entry price would not equal the exit price at the time of acquisition.

 

C. Valuation Technique, Inputs and Hierarchy

 

The FHLBNY calculates the fair value of the entire mortgage loan portfolio using a valuation technique referred to as the “market approach”.  Loans are aggregated into synthetic pass-through securities based on product type, loan origination year, gross coupon and loan term.  The fair values are based on TBA rates (or agency commitment rates), as discussed above, adjusted primarily for seasonality.  TBA and agency commitment rates are market observable and therefore classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.  However, many of the credit and default risk related inputs involved with the valuation techniques described above may be considered unobservable due to a variety of reasons (e.g., lack of market activity for a particular loan, inherent judgment involved in property

 

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estimates).  If unobservable inputs are considered significant, the loans would be classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.  At March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, fair values were classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

 

The fair values of impaired MPF are generally based on collateral values less estimated selling costs.  Collateral values are generally based on broker price opinions, and any significant adjustments to apply a haircut value on the underlying collateral value would be considered to be an unobservable Level 3 input.  The FHLBNY’s mortgage loan historical loss experience has been insignificant, and expected credit losses are insignificant.  Level 3 inputs, if any, are generally insignificant to the total measurement, and therefore the measurement of most loans may be classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.  At March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, fair values of credit impaired loans were classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy as significant inputs to value collateral were also considered to be observable.  During the three months ended March 31, 2016, certain loans that were delinquent for 180 days or more had been charged-off and loans were recorded at their fair values of $1.3 million on a non-recurring basis as a Level 2 financial instruments as significant inputs to value collateral were considered to be observable.

 

Consolidated Obligations — The FHLBNY estimates the fair values of consolidated obligations based on the present values of expected future cash flows due on the debt obligations.  Calculations are performed by using the FHLBNY’s industry standard option adjusted valuation models.  Inputs are based on the cost of raising comparable term debt.

 

The FHLBNY’s internal valuation models use standard valuation techniques and estimate fair values based on the following inputs:

 

·                              CO Curve and LIBOR Swap Curve.  The Office of Finance constructs an internal curve, referred to as the CO Curve, using the U.S. Treasury Curve as a base curve that is then adjusted by adding indicative spreads obtained from market observable sources.  These market indications are generally derived from pricing indications from dealers, historical pricing relationships, recent GSE trades and secondary market activity.  The FHLBNY considers the inputs as Level 2 inputs as they are market observable.

·                              Volatility assumption.  To estimate the fair values of consolidated obligations with optionality, the FHLBNY uses market-based expectations of future interest rate volatility implied from current market prices for similar options.  These inputs are also considered Level 2 as they are market based and observable.

 

The FHLBNY has elected the FVO designation for certain consolidated obligation debt and recorded their fair values in the Statements of Condition.  The CO Curve and volatility assumptions (for debt with call options) were primary inputs, which are market based and observable.  Fair values were classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

 

Derivative Assets and Liabilities — The FHLBNY’s derivatives (cleared derivatives and bilaterally executed derivatives) are executed in the over-the-counter market and are valued using internal valuation techniques as no quoted market prices exist for such instruments.  Discounted cash flow analysis is the primary methodology employed by the FHLBNY’s valuation models to measure the fair values of interest rate swaps.  The valuation technique is considered as an “Income approach”.  Interest rate caps and floors are valued under the “Market approach”.  Interest rate swaps and interest rate caps and floors, collectively “derivatives”, were valued in industry-standard option adjusted valuation models, which generated fair values.  The valuation models employed multiple market inputs including interest rates, prices and indices to create continuous yield or pricing curves and volatility factors.  These multiple market inputs were corroborated by management to independent market data, and to relevant benchmark indices.  In addition, derivative valuations were compared by management to counterparty valuations received as part of the collateral exchange process.  These derivative positions were classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

The FHLBNY’s valuation model utilizes a modified Black-Karasinski methodology.  Significant market based and observable inputs into the valuation model include volatilities and interest rates.  The Bank’s valuation model employs industry standard market-observable inputs (inputs that are actively quoted and can be validated to external sources).  Inputs by class of derivative were as follows:

 

Interest-rate related:

 

·                              LIBOR Swap Curve.

·                              Volatility assumption.  Market-based expectations of future interest rate volatility implied from current market prices for similar options.

·                              Prepayment assumption (if applicable).

·                              Federal funds curve (OIS curve).

 

Mortgage delivery commitments (considered a derivative):

 

·                              TBA security prices are adjusted for differences in coupon, average loan rate and seasoning.

 

OIS — The FHLBNY incorporates the overnight indexed swap (“OIS”) curves as fair value measurement inputs for the valuation of its derivatives, as the OIS curves reflect the interest rates paid on cash collateral provided against the fair value of these derivatives.  The FHLBNY believes using relevant OIS curves as inputs to determine fair value measurements provides a more representative reflection of the fair values of these collateralized interest-rate related derivatives.  The OIS curve (federal funds rate curve) is an input to the valuation model.  The input for the

 

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federal funds curve is obtained from industry standard pricing vendors and the input is available and observable over its entire term structure.

 

Management considers the federal funds curve to be a Level 2 input.  The FHLBNY’s valuation model utilizes industry standard OIS methodology.  The model generates forecasted cash flows using the OIS calibrated 3-month LIBOR curve.  The model then discounts the cash flows by the OIS curve to generate fair values.  Previously, the FHLBNY used the 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) curve as the relevant benchmark curve for its derivatives and as the discounting rate for these collateralized interest-rate related derivatives.

 

Credit risk and credit valuation adjustments — The FHLBNY is subject to credit risk in derivatives transactions due to the potential non-performance of its derivatives counterparties or a DCO.

 

To mitigate this risk, the FHLBNY has entered into master netting agreements and credit support agreements with its derivative counterparties for its bilaterally executed derivative contracts that provide for the delivery of collateral at specified levels at least weekly.  The computed fair values of the derivatives took into consideration the effects of legally enforceable master netting agreements that allow the FHLBNY to settle positive and negative positions and offset cash collateral with the same counterparty on a net basis.

 

For derivative transactions executed as a cleared derivative, the transactions are fully collateralized in cash and exchanged daily with the DCO.  The FHLBNY has also established the enforceability of offsetting rights incorporated in the agreements for the cleared derivative transactions.

 

As a result of these practices and agreements and the FHLBNY’s assessment of any change in its own credit spread, the FHLBNY has concluded that the impact of the credit differential between the FHLBNY and its derivative counterparties and DCO was sufficiently mitigated to an immaterial level that no credit adjustments were deemed necessary to the recorded fair value of Derivative assets and Derivative liabilities in the Statements of Condition at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

Deposits — The FHLBNY determines estimated fair values of deposits by calculating the present value of expected future cash flows from the deposits.  The discount rates used in these calculations are the current cost of deposits with similar terms.

 

Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock — The fair value of capital stock subject to mandatory redemption is generally equal to its par value as indicated by contemporaneous member purchases and sales at par value.  Fair value also includes an estimated dividend earned at the time of reclassification from equity to liabilities, until such amount is paid, and any subsequently declared dividend.  FHLBank stock can only be acquired and redeemed at par value.  FHLBank stock is not traded and no market mechanism exists for the exchange of stock outside the FHLBank System’s cooperative structure.

 

Accrued Interest Payable and Other Liabilities — The estimated fair values approximate the recorded book value because of the relatively short period of time between their origination and expected realization.

 

Control processes — The FHLBNY employs control processes to validate the fair value of its financial instruments, including those derived from valuation models.  These control processes are designed to ensure that the values used for financial reporting are based on observable inputs wherever possible.  In the event that observable inputs are not available, the control processes are designed to ensure that the valuation approach utilized is appropriate and consistently applied and that the assumptions are reasonable.  These control processes include reviews of the pricing model’s theoretical soundness and appropriateness by specialists with relevant expertise who are independent from the trading desks or personnel who were involved in the design and selection of model inputs.  Additionally, groups that are independent from the trading desk, or personnel involved in the design and selection of model inputs participate in the review and validation of the fair values generated from the valuation model.  The FHLBNY maintains an ongoing review of its valuation models and has a formal model validation policy in addition to procedures for the approval and control of data inputs.  The FHLBNY has concluded that valuation models are performing to industry standards and its valuation capabilities remain robust and dependable.

 

Fair Value Measurement

 

The tables below present the fair value of those assets and liabilities that are recorded at fair value on a recurring or non-recurring basis at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, by level within the fair value hierarchy.  The FHLBNY also measures certain held-to-maturity securities and mortgage loans at fair value on a non-recurring basis when a credit loss is recognized and the carrying value of the asset is adjusted to fair value.  Other real estate owned (ORE) is measured at fair value when the asset’s fair value less costs to sell is lower than its carrying amount.  Generally, non-recurring items have not been material for the FHLBNY.

 

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Items Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

Total

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Netting
Adjustment and
Cash Collateral

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GSE/U.S. agency issued MBS

 

$

902,143

 

$

 

$

902,143

 

$

 

$

 

Equity and bond funds

 

37,049

 

37,049

 

 

 

 

Advances (to the extent FVO is elected)

 

8,222,792

 

 

8,222,792

 

 

 

Derivative assets (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-rate derivatives

 

171,091

 

 

620,905

 

 

(449,814

)

Mortgage delivery commitments

 

84

 

 

84

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total recurring fair value measurement - assets

 

$

9,333,159

 

$

37,049

 

$

9,745,924

 

$

 

$

(449,814

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discount notes (to the extent FVO is elected)

 

$

(9,497,652

)

$

 

$

(9,497,652

)

$

 

$

 

Bonds (to the extent FVO is elected) (b)

 

(9,959,433

)

 

(9,959,433

)

 

 

Derivative liabilities (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-rate derivatives

 

(213,947

)

 

(1,010,196

)

 

796,249

 

Mortgage delivery commitments

 

(1

)

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total recurring fair value measurement - liabilities

 

$

(19,671,033

)

$

 

$

(20,467,282

)

$

 

$

796,249

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Total

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Netting
Adjustment and
Cash Collateral

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GSE/U.S. agency issued MBS

 

$

957,256

 

$

 

$

957,256

 

$

 

$

 

Equity and bond funds

 

32,873

 

32,873

 

 

 

 

Advances (to the extent FVO is elected)

 

9,532,553

 

 

9,532,553

 

 

 

Derivative assets (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-rate derivatives

 

181,659

 

 

593,625

 

 

(411,966

)

Mortgage delivery commitments

 

17

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total recurring fair value measurement - assets

 

$

10,704,358

 

$

32,873

 

$

11,083,451

 

$

 

$

(411,966

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discount notes (to the extent FVO is elected)

 

$

(12,471,868

)

$

 

$

(12,471,868

)

$

 

$

 

Bonds (to the extent FVO is elected) (b)

 

(13,320,909

)

 

(13,320,909

)

 

 

Derivative liabilities (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-rate derivatives

 

(210,099

)

 

(662,699

)

 

452,600

 

Mortgage delivery commitments

 

(14

)

 

(14

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total recurring fair value measurement - liabilities

 

$

(26,002,890

)

$

 

$

(26,455,490

)

$

 

$

452,600

 

 


(a)         Based on analysis of the nature of the risk, the presentation of derivatives as a single class is appropriate.

(b)         Based on analysis of the nature of risks of consolidated obligation bonds measured at fair value, the FHLBNY has determined that presenting the bonds as a single class is appropriate.

 

Items Measured at Fair Value on a Non-recurring Basis (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private-label residential mortgage-backed securities

 

$

3,299

 

$

 

$

 

$

3,299

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio

 

1,276

 

 

1,276

 

 

Real estate owned

 

328

 

 

 

328

 

Total non-recurring assets at fair value

 

$

4,903

 

$

 

$

1,276

 

$

3,627

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private-label residential mortgage-backed securities

 

$

3,516

 

$

 

$

 

$

3,516

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio

 

10,683

 

 

10,683

 

 

Real estate owned

 

2,360

 

 

 

2,360

 

Total non-recurring assets at fair value

 

$

16,559

 

$

 

$

10,683

 

$

5,876

 

 

Fair values of Held-to-Maturity Securities on a Nonrecurring Basis — One held-to-maturity PLMBS was measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis at March 31, 2016; that is, it was not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis but was subject to fair value adjustments as there was evidence of other-than-temporary impairment.  In accordance with the guidance on recognition and presentation of other-than-temporary impairment, held-to-maturity mortgage-backed securities that are determined to be credit impaired are required to be recorded at their fair values in the Statements of Condition.  For more information, see Note 5.  Held-to-Maturity Securities.

 

Mortgage loans and “Real estate owned” — Represent fair values recorded on a non-recurring basis during the period ended on the reporting dates.   During the three months ended March 31, 2016, certain loans that were delinquent for 180 days or more were partially charged-off and the loans were recorded at their fair values of $1.3 million on a non-recurring basis.  Real estate owned (“Foreclosed”) properties, with fair values of $0.3 million was recorded on a non-recurring basis during the same period.

 

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Fair Value Option Disclosures

 

The fair value option (“FVO”) provides an irrevocable option to elect fair value as an alternative measurement for selected financial assets, financial liabilities, unrecognized firm commitments, and written loan commitments not previously carried at fair value.  It requires entities to display the fair value of those assets and liabilities for which the entity has chosen to use fair value on the face of the Statements of Condition.  Fair value is used for both the initial and subsequent measurement of the designated assets, liabilities and commitments, with the changes in fair value recognized in net income.  Interest income and interest expense on advances and consolidated obligations at fair value are recognized solely on the contractual amount of interest due or unpaid.  Any transaction fees or costs are immediately recognized into non-interest income or non-interest expense.

 

The FHLBNY has elected the FVO for certain advances and certain consolidated obligations that either do not qualify for hedge accounting or may be at risk for not meeting hedge effectiveness requirements, primarily in an effort to mitigate the potential income statement volatility that can arise from economic hedging relationships in which the carrying value of the hedged item is not adjusted for changes in fair value.  Advances have also been elected under the FVO when analysis indicated that changes in the fair values of the advance would be an offset to fair value volatility of debt elected under the FVO.  The FVO election is made at inception of the contracts for advances and debt obligations.

 

For instruments for which the fair value option has been elected, the related contractual interest income, contractual interest expense and the discount amortization on fair value option discount notes are recorded as part of net interest income in the Statements of Income.  The remaining changes in fair value for instruments for which the fair value option has been elected are recorded as net gains (losses) on financial instruments held under fair value option in the Statements of Income.  The change in fair value does not include changes in instrument-specific credit risk.  The FHLBNY has determined that no adjustments to the fair values of its instruments recorded under the fair value option for instrument-specific credit risk were necessary during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

Advances elected under the FVO were short-term in nature, with tenors that were generally less than 24 months.  As with all advances, the loans were fully collateralized through their terms to maturity.  Consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes elected under the FVO are high credit quality, highly-rated instruments, and changes in fair values were generally related to changes in interest rates and investor preference, including investor asset allocation strategies.  The FHLBNY believes the credit-quality of Consolidated obligation debt has remained stable, and changes in fair value attributable to instrument-specific credit risk, if any, were not material given that the debt elected under the FVO had been issued within the past 24 months or less, and no adverse changes have been observed in their credit characteristics.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

The following tables summarize the activity related to financial instruments for which the FHLBNY elected the fair value option (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

Advances

 

Bonds

 

Discount Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, beginning of the period

 

$

9,532,553

 

$

(13,320,909

)

$

(12,471,868

)

New transactions elected for fair value option

 

605,000

 

(415,000

)

(5,154,772

)

Maturities and terminations

 

(1,925,000

)

3,790,000

 

8,129,499

 

Net gains (losses) on financial instruments held

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

under fair value option

 

8,550

 

(11,332

)

(6,321

)

Change in accrued interest/unaccreted balance

 

1,689

 

(2,192

)

5,810

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, end of the period

 

$

8,222,792

 

$

(9,959,433

)

$

(9,497,652

)

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Advances

 

Bonds

 

Discount Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, beginning of the period

 

$

15,655,403

 

$

(19,523,202

)

$

(7,890,027

)

New transactions elected for fair value option

 

9,282,240

 

(18,462,660

)

(19,085,181

)

Maturities and terminations

 

(15,400,780

)

24,655,080

 

14,512,436

 

Net (losses) gains on financial instruments held under fair value option

 

(2,325

)

8,494

 

3,703

 

Change in accrued interest/unaccreted balance

 

(1,985

)

1,379

 

(12,799

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, end of the period

 

$

9,532,553

 

$

(13,320,909

)

$

(12,471,868

)

 

 

 

March 31, 2015

 

 

 

Advances

 

Bonds

 

Discount Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, beginning of the period

 

$

15,655,403

 

$

(19,523,202

)

$

(7,890,027

)

New transactions elected for fair value option

 

2,600,000

 

(2,948,650

)

(8,123,647

)

Maturities and terminations

 

(11,751,015

)

6,800,000

 

2,898,543

 

Net gains (losses) on financial instruments held under fair value option

 

4,367

 

(4,439

)

(3,018

)

Change in accrued interest/unaccreted balance

 

(3,614

)

3,912

 

(3,677

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, end of the period

 

$

6,505,141

 

$

(15,672,379

)

$

(13,121,826

)

 

The following tables present the change in fair value included in the Statements of Income for financial instruments for which the fair value option has been elected (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

Interest Income

 

Net Gains
(Losses) Due to
Changes in Fair
Value

 

Total Change in Fair
Value Included in
Current Period
Earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances

 

$

18,116

 

$

8,550

 

$

26,666

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2015

 

 

 

Interest Income

 

Net Gains
(Losses) Due to
Changes in Fair
Value

 

Total Change in Fair
Value Included in
Current Period
Earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances

 

$

14,981

 

$

4,367

 

$

19,348

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

Interest Expense

 

Net Gains
(Losses) Due to
Changes in Fair
Value

 

Total Change in Fair
Value Included in
Current Period
Earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligation bonds

 

$

(8,751

)

$

(11,332

)

$

(20,083

)

Consolidated obligation discount notes

 

(7,730

)

(6,321

)

(14,051

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(16,481

)

$

(17,653

)

$

(34,134

)

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2015

 

 

 

Interest Expense

 

Net Gains
(Losses) Due to
Changes in Fair
Value

 

Total Change in Fair
Value Included in
Current Period
Earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligation bonds

 

$

(8,724

)

$

(4,439

)

$

(13,163

)

Consolidated obligation discount notes

 

(5,132

)

(3,018

)

(8,150

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(13,856

)

$

(7,457

)

$

(21,313

)

 

The following tables compare the aggregate fair value and aggregate remaining contractual principal balance outstanding of financial instruments for which the fair value option has been elected (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

Aggregate
Unpaid Principal
Balance

 

Aggregate Fair
Value

 

Fair Value
Over/(Under)
Aggregate Unpaid
Principal Balance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances (a)

 

$

8,212,240

 

$

8,222,792

 

$

10,552

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligation bonds (b)

 

$

9,947,660

 

$

9,959,433

 

$

11,773

 

Consolidated obligation discount notes (c)

 

9,484,981

 

9,497,652

 

12,671

 

 

 

$

19,432,641

 

$

19,457,085

 

$

24,444

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Aggregate
Unpaid Principal
Balance

 

Aggregate Fair
Value

 

Fair Value
Over/(Under)
Aggregate Unpaid
Principal Balance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances (a)

 

$

9,532,240

 

$

9,532,553

 

$

313

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligation bonds (b)

 

$

13,322,660

 

$

13,320,909

 

$

(1,751

)

Consolidated obligation discount notes (c)

 

12,459,708

 

12,471,868

 

12,160

 

 

 

$

25,782,368

 

$

25,792,777

 

$

10,409

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2015

 

 

 

Aggregate 
Unpaid Principal
Balance

 

Aggregate Fair
Value

 

Fair Value
Over/(Under)
Aggregate Unpaid
Principal Balance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances (a)

 

$

6,500,000

 

$

6,505,141

 

$

5,141

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligation bonds (b)

 

$

15,663,730

 

$

15,672,379

 

$

8,649

 

Consolidated obligation discount notes (c)

 

13,112,067

 

13,121,826

 

9,759

 

 

 

$

28,775,797

 

$

28,794,205

 

$

18,408

 

 


(a)         Advances — The FHLBNY has elected the FVO for certain advances, primarily short- and intermediate term floating-rate advances, and intermediate-term fixed-rate advances.  The elections were made primarily as a natural fair value offset to debt elected under the FVO.

(b)         The FHLBNY has elected the FVO for certain short-term callable and non-callable bonds because management was not able to assert with confidence that the debt would qualify for hedge accounting as such short-term debt, specifically with call options, may not remain highly effective hedges through the maturity of the bonds.

(c)          Discount notes were elected under the FVO because management was not able to assert with confidence that the debt would qualify for hedge accounting as the short-term discount note debt may not remain highly effective hedges through maturity.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

Note 17.                          Commitments and Contingencies.

 

The FHLBanks have joint and several liability for all the consolidated obligations issued on their behalf.  Accordingly, should one or more of the FHLBanks be unable to repay their participation in the consolidated obligations, each of the other FHLBanks could be called upon to repay all or part of such obligations, as determined or approved by the Finance Agency.  Neither the FHLBNY nor any other FHLBank has ever had to assume or pay the consolidated obligations of another FHLBank.  The FHLBNY does not believe that it will be called upon to pay the consolidated obligations of another FHLBank in the future.  Under the provisions of accounting standards for guarantees, the FHLBNY would have been required to recognize the fair value of the FHLBNY’s joint and several liability for all the consolidated obligations, as discussed above.  However, the FHLBNY considers the joint and several liabilities as similar to a related party guarantee, which meets the scope exception under the accounting standard for guarantees.  Accordingly, the FHLBNY has not recognized the fair value of a liability for its joint and several obligations related to other FHLBanks’ consolidated obligations, which in aggregate were par amounts of  $0.9 trillion at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

Standby letters of credit are executed for a fee on behalf of members to facilitate residential housing, community lending, and members’ asset/liability management or to provide liquidity.  A standby letter of credit is a financing arrangement between the FHLBNY and its member.  Members assume an unconditional obligation to reimburse the FHLBNY for value given by the FHLBNY to the beneficiary under the terms of the standby letter of credit.  The FHLBNY may, in its discretion, permit the member to finance repayment of their obligation by receiving a collateralized advance.

 

Outstanding standby letters of credit were approximately $12.9 billion and $12.5 billion as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, and had original terms of up to 15 years, with a final expiration in 2019.  Standby letters of credit are fully collateralized.  Unearned fees on standby letters of credit are recorded in Other liabilities and were $1.1 million as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

MPF Program — Under the MPF program, the FHLBNY was unconditionally obligated to purchase $20.7 million and $14.8 million of mortgage loans at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  Commitments were generally for periods not to exceed 45 business days.  Such commitments were recorded as derivatives at their fair values in compliance with the provisions of the accounting standards for derivatives and hedging.  The FHLBNY also has executed conditional agreements with its members in the MPF program to purchase $1.1 billion and $1.2 billion of mortgage loans at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

Derivative contracts — When the FHLBNY executes derivatives with major financial institutions that are not eligible to be cleared under the CFTC rules, the FHLBNY and the swap counterparties enter into bilateral collateral agreements.  When the FHLBNY executes derivatives that are eligible to be cleared, the FHLBNY and the FCMs, acting as agents of Derivative Clearing Organization or DCO, would enter into margin agreements.  When counterparties (including the DCOs) are exposed, the FHLBNY posts cash collateral to mitigate the counterparty’s credit exposure; the FHLBNY had posted $522.0 million and $370.5 million in cash with derivative counterparties as pledged collateral at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, and these amounts were reported as a deduction to Derivative liabilities.  Further information is provided in Note 15.  Derivatives and Hedging Activities.

 

The following table summarizes contractual obligations and contingencies as of March 31, 2016 (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

Payments Due or Expiration Terms by Period

 

 

 

 

 

Greater Than

 

Greater Than

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less Than

 

One Year

 

Three Years

 

Greater Than

 

 

 

 

 

One Year

 

to Three Years

 

to Five Years

 

Five Years

 

Total

 

Contractual Obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligation bonds at par (a)

 

$

45,616,635

 

$

21,802,915

 

$

2,710,560

 

$

4,147,610

 

$

74,277,720

 

Consolidated obligation discount notes at par

 

36,883,998

 

 

 

 

36,883,998

 

Long-term debt obligations-interest payments (a) 

 

244,730

 

229,021

 

50,165

 

132,778

 

656,694

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock (a)

 

16,087

 

12,215

 

272

 

1,931

 

30,505

 

Other liabilities (b)

 

87,259

 

7,403

 

5,909

 

47,895

 

148,466

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total contractual obligations

 

82,848,709

 

22,051,554

 

2,766,906

 

4,330,214

 

111,997,383

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other commitments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standby letters of credit

 

12,836,211

 

41,815

 

11,391

 

 

12,889,417

 

Consolidated obligation bonds/discount notes traded not settled

 

1,039,563

 

 

 

 

1,039,563

 

Commitments to fund pension

 

7,500

 

 

 

 

7,500

 

Open delivery commitments (MPF)

 

20,675

 

 

 

 

20,675

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other commitments

 

13,903,949

 

41,815

 

11,391

 

 

13,957,155

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total obligations and commitments

 

$

96,752,658

 

$

22,093,369

 

$

2,778,297

 

$

4,330,214

 

$

125,954,538

 

 


(a)   Contractual obligations related to interest payments on long-term debt were calculated by applying the weighted average interest rate on the outstanding long-term debt at March 31, 2016 to the contractual payment obligations on long-term debt for each forecasted period disclosed in the table.  The FHLBNY’s overall weighted average contractual interest rate for long-term debt was 0.88% at March 31, 2016.  Callable bonds contain an exercise date or a series of exercise dates that may result in a shorter redemption period.  Redemption dates of mandatorily redeemable capital stock are assumed to correspond to maturity dates of member advances.  Excess capital stock is redeemed at that time, and hence, these dates better represent the related commitments than the put dates associated with capital stock.

(b)   Includes accounts payable and accrued expenses, Pass-through reserves at the FRB on behalf of certain members of the FHLBNY recorded in Other liabilities.  Also includes projected payment obligations for pension plans.  For more information about these employee retirement plans, see Note 14.  Employee Retirement Plans.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

For premises lease obligations, and remote backup site obligations, see Note 17. Commitments and Contingencies in the Bank’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

The FHLBNY does not anticipate any credit losses from its off-balance sheet commitments and accordingly no provision for losses is required.

 

Impact of the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers

 

From time to time, the FHLBNY is involved in disputes or regulatory inquiries that arise in the ordinary course of business.  At the present time, except as noted below, there are no pending claims against the FHLBNY that, if established, are reasonably likely to have a material effect on the FHLBNY’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (“LBHI”), the parent company of Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc. (“LBSF”), filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York. LBSF filed for protection under Chapter 11 on October 3, 2008.  A Chapter 11 plan became effective on March 6, 2012.

 

At the time of LBHI’s bankruptcy filing, the FHLBNY had 356 interest rate swap and other derivative transactions outstanding with LBSF, with a total notional amount of $16.5 billion.  LBHI guaranteed LBSF’s contractual obligations to the FHLBNY.  On September 18, 2008, the FHLBNY terminated these transactions as permitted in the wake of LBHI’s bankruptcy filing.  The FHLBNY provided LBSF with a calculation showing that LBSF owed the FHLBNY approximately $65 million as a result of the termination, after giving effect to collateral posted by the FHLBNY with LBSF.  The FHLBNY filed timely proofs of claim as a creditor of LBSF and LBHI in the bankruptcy proceedings.  Given the dispute described below, the FHLBNY fully reserved the LBSF and LBHI receivables, as the timing and amount of any recovery is uncertain.

 

On July 23, 2010, the FHLBNY received a notice from LBSF claiming that the FHLBNY improperly calculated the termination payment, and that the FHLBNY owed LBSF a substantial amount.  Pursuant to bankruptcy court procedures, the parties mediated their dispute commencing in late 2010 and again in early 2015.  Both mediations concluded without a settlement.

 

On May 13, 2015, LBHI, on behalf of itself and LBSF, filed a complaint against the FHLBNY in the bankruptcy court, alleging, among other things, that the FHLBNY’s calculation of the termination payment breached its contract with LBSF and violated section 562 of the Bankruptcy Code.  The complaint seeks damages in excess of $150 million, plus pre-judgment contractual interest.  On August 3, 2015, the FHLBNY filed amended proofs of claim reducing the FHLBNY’s claims against LBSF and LBHI, as LBSF’s guarantor, to approximately $45 million.    On September 24, 2015, the bankruptcy court denied the FHLBNY’s motion to dismiss certain of the claims alleged in LBHI’s complaint.  The parties are now engaged in pre-trial proceedings, including the exchange of documents, and trial is currently scheduled to commence in 2017.

 

The FHLBNY is pursuing its claims against LBSF and LBHI in the LBHI litigation.  The FHLBNY intends to vigorously defend against LBHI’s complaint, which we believe to be without merit.

 

Note 18.                          Related Party Transactions.

 

The FHLBNY is a cooperative and the members own almost all of the stock of the FHLBNY.  Stock issued and outstanding that is not owned by members is held by former members.  The majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the FHLBNY are elected by and from the membership.  The FHLBNY conducts its advances business almost exclusively with members, and considers its transactions with its members and non-member stockholders as related party transactions in addition to transactions with other FHLBanks, the Office of Finance, and the Finance Agency.  The FHLBNY conducts all transactions with members and non-members in the ordinary course of business.  All transactions with all members, including those whose officers may serve as directors of the FHLBNY, are at terms that are no more favorable than comparable transactions with other members.  The FHLBNY may from time to time borrow or sell overnight and term federal funds at market rates to members.

 

Debt Assumptions and Transfers

 

Debt assumptions — No debt was assumed in the three months ended March 31, 2016 and in the same period in the prior year from another FHLBank.

 

Debt transfers — No debt was transferred in the three months ended March 31, 2016 and in the same period in the prior year.  Cash paid in excess of book cost is charged to earnings in the period when debt is transferred; the transferring bank notifies the Office of Finance on trade date of the change in primary obligor for the transferred debt.

 

Debt assumptions and transfers were in the ordinary course of the FHLBNY’s business.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

Advances Sold or Transferred

 

No advances were transferred or sold to the FHLBNY or from the FHLBNY to another FHLBank in any periods in this report.

 

MPF Program

 

In the MPF program, the FHLBNY may participate to the FHLBank of Chicago portions of its purchases of mortgage loans from its members.  Transactions are participated at market rates.  Since 2004, the FHLBNY has not shared its purchases with the FHLBank of Chicago.  From the inception of the program through 2004, the cumulative share of participation in the FHLBNY’s MPF loans that has remained outstanding was $19.3 million and $20.8 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

Fees paid to the FHLBank of Chicago for providing MPF program services were approximately $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, compared to $0.3 million in the same period in the prior year.

 

Mortgage-backed Securities

 

No mortgage-backed securities were acquired from other FHLBanks during the periods in this report.

 

We pay an annual fee of $6.0 thousand to the FHLBank of Chicago for the use of MBS cash flow models in connection with OTTI analysis performed by the FHLBNY for certain of our private-label MBS.

 

Intermediation

 

From time to time, the FHLBNY acts as an intermediary to purchase derivatives to accommodate its smaller members.  At March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, outstanding notional amounts were $31.0 million and represented derivative contracts in which the FHLBNY acted as an intermediary to execute derivative contracts with members.  Separately, the contracts were offset with contracts purchased from unrelated derivatives dealers.  Net fair value exposures of these transactions at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were not significant.  The intermediated derivative transactions with members were fully collateralized.

 

Loans to Other Federal Home Loan Banks

 

In the three months ended March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015, the FHLBNY extended overnight loans for a total of $0.3 billion and $0.9 billion to other FHLBanks.  Generally, loans made to other FHLBanks are uncollateralized.  Interest income from such loans was immaterial in any period in this report.

 

Borrowings from Other Federal Home Loan Banks

 

The FHLBNY borrows from other FHLBanks, generally for a period of one day.  In the three month ended March 31, 2016 and in the same period in the prior year, there were no borrowings from other FHLBanks.

 

Cash and Due from Banks

 

Compensating cash balances were held at Citibank.  For more information, see Note 3.  Cash and Due from Banks.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

The following tables summarize outstanding balances with related parties at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, and transactions for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015 (in thousands):

 

Related Party: Outstanding Assets, Liabilities and Capital

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Related

 

Unrelated

 

Related

 

Unrelated

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

 

$

 

$

225,112

 

$

 

$

327,482

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

 

 

5,210,000

 

 

4,000,000

 

Federal funds sold

 

 

6,916,000

 

 

7,245,000

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

 

939,192

 

 

990,129

 

Held-to-maturity securities

 

 

14,260,415

 

 

13,932,372

 

Advances

 

89,481,955

 

 

93,874,211

 

 

Mortgage loans (a)

 

 

2,565,427

 

 

2,524,285

 

Accrued interest receivable

 

122,007

 

34,829

 

112,014

 

33,899

 

Premises, software, and equipment

 

 

10,090

 

 

9,466

 

Derivative assets (b)

 

 

171,175

 

 

181,676

 

Other assets (c)

 

341

 

4,512

 

410

 

7,687

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

89,604,303

 

$

30,336,752

 

$

93,986,635

 

$

29,251,996

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

$

1,066,136

 

$

 

$

1,350,416

 

$

 

Consolidated obligations

 

 

111,790,769

 

 

114,565,820

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

30,505

 

 

19,499

 

 

Accrued interest payable

 

31

 

120,796

 

18

 

108,557

 

Affordable Housing Program (d)

 

111,316

 

 

113,352

 

 

Derivative liabilities (b)

 

 

213,948

 

 

210,113

 

Other liabilities (e)

 

46,642

 

101,824

 

47,528

 

103,846

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

1,254,630

 

112,227,337

 

1,530,813

 

114,988,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total capital

 

6,459,088

 

 

6,719,482

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and capital

 

$

7,713,718

 

$

112,227,337

 

$

8,250,295

 

$

114,988,336

 

 


(a)    May include insignificant amounts of mortgage loans purchased from members of another FHLBank.

(b)           Derivative transactions with Citibank, N.A., a member that is a derivatives dealer counterparty, were conducted in the ordinary course of the FHLBNY’s business At March 31, 2016, notional amounts outstanding were $1.9 billion, and the fair value was a derivative liability of $13.0 million.  There was no posting of cash collateral at March 31, 2016.  At December 31, 2015, notional amounts outstanding were $2.6 billion, and the fair value was a derivative liability of $10.3 million.  There was no posting of cash collateral at December 31, 2015.  The swap interest rate exchanges with Citibank, N.A., resulted in interest expenses of $4.5 million and $5.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016 and in the same period in the prior year.  Also, includes insignificant fair values due to intermediation activities on behalf of other members with Citibank in the capacity of a derivative dealer.

Derivative transactions with Goldman Sachs Bank USA, a member that is a derivatives dealer counterparty, were conducted in the ordinary course of the FHLBNY’s business  At March 31, 2016, notional amounts outstanding were $2.3 billion; the net fair value after posting $23.8  million cash collateral was a net derivative liability of $26.8 million.  At December 31, 2015, notional amounts outstanding were $2.5 billion; the net fair value after posting $19.3 million cash collateral was a net derivative liability of $29.4 million.  The swap interest rate exchanges with Goldman Sachs Bank USA resulted in interest expense of $12.3 million and $21.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016 and the same period in 2015.  Also, may include insignificant fair values due to intermediation activities on behalf of other members with Goldman Sachs in the capacity of a derivative dealer.

(c)            May include insignificant amounts of miscellaneous assets that are in the Unrelated party category.

(d)           Represents funds not yet allocated or disbursed to AHP programs.

(e)            Related column includes member pass-through reserves at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 

Related Party:  Income and Expense transactions

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

March 31, 2015

 

 

 

Related

 

Unrelated

 

Related

 

Unrelated

 

Interest income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances

 

$

191,274

 

$

 

$

131,198

 

$

 

Interest-bearing deposits (a)

 

 

518

 

 

331

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

 

 

2,205

 

 

240

 

Federal funds sold

 

 

10,309

 

 

2,839

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

 

2,275

 

 

2,044

 

Held-to-maturity securities

 

 

70,671

 

 

65,440

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio (b)

 

 

21,977

 

 

19,316

 

Loans to other FHLBanks

 

3

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest income

 

$

191,277

 

$

107,955

 

$

131,200

 

$

90,210

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligations

 

$

 

$

170,881

 

$

 

$

101,877

 

Deposits

 

526

 

 

120

 

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

296

 

 

256

 

 

Cash collateral held and other borrowings

 

 

363

 

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest expense

 

$

822

 

$

171,244

 

$

376

 

$

101,940

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service fees and other Income/(Expenses)

 

$

2,827

 

$

599

 

$

2,263

 

$

701

 

 


(a) Includes insignificant amounts of interest income from MPF service provider.

(b) Includes immaterial amounts of mortgage interest income from loans purchased from members of another FHLBank.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

Note 19.                 Segment Information and Concentration.

 

The FHLBNY manages its operations as a single business segment.  Management and the FHLBNY’s Board of Directors review enterprise-wide financial information in order to make operating decisions and assess performance.  Advances to large members constitute a significant percentage of FHLBNY’s advance portfolio and its source of revenues.

 

The FHLBNY’s total assets and capital could significantly decrease if one or more large members were to withdraw from membership or decrease business with the FHLBNY.  Members might withdraw or reduce their business as a result of consolidating with an institution that was a member of another FHLBank, or for other reasons.  The FHLBNY has considered the impact of losing one or more large members.  In general, a withdrawing member would be required to repay all indebtedness prior to the redemption of its capital stock.  Under current conditions, the FHLBNY does not expect the loss of a large member to impair its operations, since the FHLBank Act of 1999 does not allow the FHLBNY to redeem the capital of an existing member if the redemption would cause the FHLBNY to fall below its capital requirements.  Consequently, the loss of a large member should not result in an inadequate capital position for the FHLBNY.  However, such an event could reduce the amount of capital that the FHLBNY has available for continued growth.  This could have various ramifications for the FHLBNY, including a possible reduction in net income and dividends, and a lower return on capital stock for remaining members.

 

The top ten advance holders at March 31, 2016, December 31, 2015, and March 31, 2015 and associated interest income for the periods then ended are summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par

 

Total Par Value

 

Three Months

 

 

 

City

 

State

 

Advances

 

of Advances

 

Interest Income

 

Percentage (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

New York

 

NY

 

$

14,050,000

 

15.84

%

$

29,119

 

13.47

%

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

 

New York

 

NY

 

12,570,000

 

14.17

 

53,743

 

24.87

 

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York Community Bank

 

Westbury

 

NY

 

10,321,600

 

11.63

 

42,525

 

19.68

 

New York Commercial Bank

 

Westbury

 

NY

 

611,500

 

0.69

 

1,495

 

0.69

 

Subtotal New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

10,933,100

 

12.32

 

44,020

 

20.37

 

HSBC Bank USA, National Association

 

New York

 

NY

 

6,700,000

 

7.55

 

12,058

 

5.58

 

First Niagara Bank, National Association

 

Buffalo

 

NY

 

4,758,500

 

5.36

 

10,115

 

4.68

 

Investors Bank*

 

Short Hills

 

NJ

 

3,389,692

 

3.82

 

16,516

 

7.64

 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

 

New York

 

NY

 

2,925,000

 

3.30

 

5,695

 

2.64

 

Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company

 

Buffalo

 

NY

 

2,702,609

 

3.05

 

28,286

 

13.09

 

Signature Bank

 

New York

 

NY

 

2,300,000

 

2.59

 

6,160

 

2.85

 

Astoria Bank*

 

Lake Success

 

NY

 

2,195,000

 

2.47

 

10,401

 

4.81

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

$

62,523,901

 

70.47

%

$

216,113

 

100.00

%

 


(a)   Interest income percentage is the member’s interest income from advances as a percentage of the top 10 members.

 

* At March 31, 2016, officer of member bank also served on the Board of Directors of the FHLBNY.

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par

 

Total Par Value

 

Twelve Months

 

 

 

City

 

State

 

Advances

 

of Advances

 

Interest Income

 

Percentage (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

New York

 

NY

 

$

14,750,000

 

15.77

%

$

88,933

 

9.21

%

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York Community Bank

 

Westbury

 

NY

 

12,699,600

 

13.58

 

221,991

 

22.99

 

New York Commercial Bank

 

Westbury

 

NY

 

764,200

 

0.82

 

6,208

 

0.64

 

Subtotal New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

13,463,800

 

14.40

 

228,199

 

23.63

 

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

 

New York

 

NY

 

12,570,000

 

13.44

 

192,749

 

19.96

 

HSBC Bank USA, National Association

 

New York

 

NY

 

5,600,000

 

5.99

 

25,014

 

2.59

 

First Niagara Bank, National Association

 

Buffalo

 

NY

 

5,525,000

 

5.91

 

26,638

 

2.76

 

Investors Bank*

 

Short Hills

 

NJ

 

3,124,782

 

3.34

 

63,921

 

6.62

 

Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company

 

Buffalo

 

NY

 

3,102,771

 

3.32

 

279,394

 

28.95

 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

 

New York

 

NY

 

2,925,000

 

3.13

 

6,889

 

0.71

 

Signature Bank

 

New York

 

NY

 

2,720,163

 

2.91

 

13,062

 

1.35

 

Astoria Bank*

 

Lake Success

 

NY

 

2,180,000

 

2.33

 

40,790

 

4.22

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

$

65,961,516

 

70.54

%

$

965,589

 

100.00

%

 


(a) Interest income percentage is the member’s interest income from advances as a percentage of the top 10 members.

 

* At December 31, 2015, officer of member bank also served on the Board of Directors of the FHLBNY.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements Unaudited

 

 

 

March 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par

 

Total Par Value

 

Three Months

 

 

 

City

 

State

 

Advances

 

of Advances

 

Interest Income

 

Percentage (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

New York

 

NY

 

$

15,250,000

 

17.56

%

$

28,706

 

10.69

%

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

 

New York

 

NY

 

12,570,000

 

14.48

 

46,096

 

17.17

 

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York Community Bank

 

Westbury

 

NY

 

7,934,115

 

9.14

 

59,850

 

22.30

 

New York Commercial Bank

 

Westbury

 

NY

 

793,612

 

0.91

 

1,311

 

0.49

 

Subtotal New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8,727,727

 

10.05

 

61,161

 

22.79

 

Hudson City Savings Bank, FSB**

 

Paramus

 

NJ

 

6,025,000

 

6.94

 

71,522

 

26.65

 

HSBC Bank USA, National Association

 

New York

 

NY

 

5,600,000

 

6.45

 

4,403

 

1.64

 

First Niagara Bank, National Association

 

Buffalo

 

NY

 

4,787,000

 

5.51

 

6,065

 

2.26

 

Investors Bank*

 

Short Hills

 

NJ

 

3,012,052

 

3.47

 

14,342

 

5.34

 

Astoria Bank*

 

Lake Success

 

NY

 

2,400,000

 

2.76

 

10,333

 

3.85

 

The Prudential Insurance Co. of America

 

Newark

 

NJ

 

2,225,000

 

2.56

 

7,542

 

2.81

 

Valley National Bank*

 

Wayne

 

NJ

 

1,899,500

 

2.19

 

18,242

 

6.80

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

$

62,496,279

 

71.97

%

$

268,412

 

100.00

%

 


(a) Interest income percentage is the member’s interest income from advances as a percentage of the top 10 members.

 

* At March 31, 2015, officer of member bank also served on the Board of Directors of the FHLBNY.

** Hudson City Savings Bank, FSB was acquired by Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company in the fourth quarter of 2015.

 

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

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Statements contained in this report, including statements describing the objectives, projections, estimates, or predictions of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (“we,” “us,” “our,”“the Bank” or the “FHLBNY”), may be “forward-looking statements.”  All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could potentially be forward-looking statements.  These statements may use forward-looking terminology, such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “may,” “should,” “will,” or other variations on these terms or their negatives, and include statements related to, among others, gains and losses on derivatives, plans to pay dividends and repurchase excess capital stock, future other-than-temporary impairment charges, future classification of securities, and housing reform legislation.  These statements may involve matters pertaining to, but not limited to: projections regarding revenue, income, earnings, capital expenditures, dividends, the capital structure and other financial items; statements of plans or objectives for future operations; expectations of future economic performance; and statements of assumptions underlying certain of the foregoing types of statements.

 

The Bank cautions that, by their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks or uncertainties, and actual results 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.  As a result, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements, which are current only as of the date thereof.  The Bank will not undertake to update any forward-looking statement herein or that may be made from time to time on behalf of the Bank.

 

These forward-looking statements may not be realized due to a variety of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to risks and uncertainties relating to economic, competitive, governmental, technological and marketing factors, as well as other factors identified in the Bank’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information about the forward-looking statements, see the Bank’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

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Organization of Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”).

 

This MD&A is designed to provide information that will assist the readers in better understanding the FHLBNY’s financial statements, the changes in key items in the Bank’s financial statements from period to period and the primary factors driving those changes as well as how accounting principles affect the FHLBNY’s financial statements.  The MD&A is organized as follows:

 

 

Page

 

 

Executive Overview

56

Business Outlook

57

Results of Operations

61

Net Income

61

Net Interest Income

62

Interest Income

66

Interest Expense

67

Earnings Impact of Derivatives and Hedging Activities

72

Operating Expense, Compensation and Benefits, and Other Expenses

76

Financial Condition

77

Advances

78

Investments

83

Mortgage Loans Held-for-Portfolio

88

Debt Financing Activity and Consolidated Obligations

91

Stockholders’ Capital

95

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

96

Liquidity, Cash Flows, Short-Term Borrowings and Short-Term Debt

101

Legislative and Regulatory Developments

104

 

MD&A TABLE REFERENCE

 

Table(s)

 

Description

 

Page(s)

 

 

Selected Financial Data

 

59 - 60

1.1 - 1.15

 

Results of Operations

 

61 - 76

2.1

 

Assessments

 

76

3.1 - 3.2

 

Financial Condition

 

77 - 79

4.1 - 4.6

 

Advances

 

80 - 83

5.1 - 5.9

 

Investments

 

83 - 88

6.1 - 6.6

 

Mortgage Loans

 

89 - 91

7.1 - 7.9

 

Consolidated Obligations

 

92 - 95

7.10

 

FHLBNY Ratings

 

95

8.1 - 8.3

 

Capital

 

95 - 96

9.1 - 9.7

 

Derivatives

 

97 - 100

10.1 - 10.3

 

Liquidity

 

101 - 102

10.4

 

Short Term Debt

 

103

 

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Executive Overview

 

This overview of management’s discussion and analysis highlights selected information and may not contain all of the information that is important to readers of this Form 10-Q.  For a more complete understanding of events, trends and uncertainties, as well as the liquidity, capital, credit and market risks, and critical accounting estimates, affecting the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (“FHLBNY” or “Bank”), this Form 10-Q should be read in its entirety and in conjunction with the Bank’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

Cooperative business model.  As a cooperative, we seek to maintain a balance between our public policy mission and our ability to provide adequate returns on the capital supplied by our members.  We achieve this balance by delivering low-cost financing to members to help them meet the credit needs of their communities and also by paying a dividend on members’ capital stock.  Our financial strategies are designed to enable us to expand and contract in response to member credit needs.  By investing capital in high-quality, short- and medium-term financial instruments, we maintain sufficient liquidity to satisfy member demand for short- and long-term funds, repay maturing consolidated obligations, and meet other obligations.  The dividends we pay are largely the result of earnings on invested member capital, net earnings on advances to members, mortgage loans and investments, offset in part by operating expenses and assessments.  Our Board of Directors and Management determine the pricing of member credit and dividend policies based on the needs of our members and the cooperative.

 

Business segment.  We manage our operations as a single business segment.  Advances to members are our primary focus and the principal factor that impacts our operating results.

 

Explanation of the use of certain non-GAAP measures of Interest Income and Expense, Net Interest income and margin.  The results of our operations are presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.  We have also presented certain information regarding our spread between Interest Income and Expense, Net Interest income spread and Return on Earning assets.  This spread combines interest expense on debt with net interest exchanged with swap dealers on interest rate swaps associated with debt hedged on an economic basis.  We believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors and members seeking to understand our operational performance and business and performance trends.  Although we believe these non-GAAP financial measures enhance investor and members’ understanding of the Bank’s business and performance, they should not be considered an alternative to GAAP.  We have provided GAAP measures in parallel whenever discussing non-GAAP measures.

 

2016 First Quarter Highlights

 

Results of Operations

 

Net Income — 2016 first quarter Net income was $83.4 million, and decreased by $4.8 million, or 5.5%, compared to the same period in the prior year.

 

·                  Net interest income, the principal source of Net Income was $127.2 million, an increase of $8.1 million, or 6.8%, from the same period in the prior year.  Average earning assets were $124.4 billion in the current year period, a decline of $3.3 billion from the prior year period.  Net interest spread, which is the yield from earning assets minus interest paid to fund earning assets, was 37 basis points in the current year period, one basis point higher than in the prior year period.  Earning assets yielded 96 basis points in the current year period, compared to 70 basis points in the prior year period; funding cost was 59 basis points in the current year period, compared to 34 basis points in the prior year period.

 

·                  Other Income (Loss) — Other Income/(loss) reported a loss of $4.9 million in the current year period, compared to a gain of $6.0 million in the prior year period.  Other Income/(Loss) is primarily net gains and losses from Derivatives and hedging activities,  and net fair value gains and losses recorded on instruments elected under the Fair Value Option.

 

·                  Other Expenses were $28.4 million in the current year period, compared to $26.8 million in the prior year period.  Other Expenses are Operating expenses, Compensation and benefits, and our share of the operating expenses of the Office of Finance and the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

 

·                  AHP assessments allocated from net income were $9.3 million in the current year period, compared to $9.8 million in the prior year period.  Assessments are calculated as a percentage of Net income, and changes in allocations were in parallel with changes in Net income.

 

Dividend payments — A quarterly cash dividend of $1.17 per share of capital stock ($4.65 annualized) was paid in the current year period, compared to $1.16 ($4.60 annualized) in the prior year period.

 

Financial Condition March 31, 2016 Compared to December 31, 2015

 

Total assets declined to $119.9 billion at March 31, 2016 from $123.2 billion at December 31, 2015, a decrease of $3.3 billion, or 2.7%.  Advances to members declined to $89.5 billion at March 31, 2016 from $93.9 billion at December 31, 2015, a decrease of $4.4 billion, or 4.7%.

 

Advances — Par balances declined at March 31, 2016 to $88.7 billion, compared to $93.5 billion at December 31, 2015.  Shorter maturity borrowings by members in the fourth quarter of 2015 were not renewed at their maturities in the first quarter of 2016.

 

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Long-term investment securities — In the AFS portfolio, long-term investments at March 31, 2016 were floating-rate GSE-issued mortgage-backed securities carried on the balance sheet at fair values of $0.9 billion, compared to $1.0 billion at December 31, 2015.

 

In the HTM portfolio, long-term investments at March 31, 2016 were predominantly GSE-issued fixed- and floating-rate mortgage-backed securities.  HTM securities were carried at $13.4 billion and $13.1 billion at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  Private-label issued MBS were only about 2% of the HTM portfolio of mortgage-backed securities at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  The HTM portfolio also included housing finance agency bonds, primarily New York and New Jersey, and the investments were carried at an amortized cost basis of $824.8 million and $825.1 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio — Mortgage loans were investments in Mortgage Partnership Finance loans (“MPF” or “MPF Program”).  Unpaid principal balances of loans under this program stood at $2.5 billion at March 31, 2016, up a little from the balance at December 31, 2015.

 

Capital ratios — Our capital position remains strong.  At March 31, 2016, actual risk-based capital was $6.7 billion, compared to required risk-based capital of $658.5 million.  To support $119.9 billion of total assets at March 31, 2016, the required minimum regulatory risk-based capital was $4.8 billion or 4.0% of assets.  Our actual regulatory risk-based capital was $6.7 billion, exceeding required capital by $1.9 billion.  These ratios have remained consistently above the required regulatory ratios through all periods in this report.

 

Liquidity and Debt — At March 31, 2016, liquid assets included $61.1 million as demand cash balances at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, $162.0 million as compensating cash balances at Citibank that could be withdrawn at short notice, $12.1 billion in overnight loans in the federal funds and the repo markets, and $0.9 billion of high credit quality GSE-issued available-for-sale securities that are investment quality, and readily marketable.  Our liquidity position remains strong, and in compliance with all regulatory requirements, and we do not foresee any changes to that position.

 

We also hold Contingency Liquidity in an amount sufficient to meet our liquidity needs if we are unable to access the consolidated obligation debt market for at least 5 days.  The actual Contingency Liquidity under the 5-day scenario in the 2016 first quarter was $28.5 billion, well in excess of the required $2.6 billion.

 

Business Outlook

 

The following forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the FHLBNY’s management and are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause our actual results to differ materially from those set forth in such forward-looking statements.

 

Earnings We project base net income for 2016 to be lower than 2015.  While it is difficult to forecast member prepayments, we do not expect the extraordinary prepayment activity and fees in 2015 to continue into 2016.  We do expect that certain announced pending mergers may result in balance sheet re-alignments of the merged institutions and drive additional prepayments in 2016.  During 2016, we may decide to retire some debt associated with advances that were prepaid in 2015 to re-align our balance sheet liabilities.  The timing and amounts re-purchased would be contingent on conditions in the debt markets and any repurchases would typically result in a charge to net income.  Aside from revenues from advances, interest income from long-term investments in mortgage-backed securities provides significant revenues.  Pricing of MBS remains tight and yields low, and earnings may be adversely impacted if we are unable to acquire investments that would outpace contractual pay downs, and at yields that would not be dilutive to earnings.

 

Advances — The pace of balance sheet growth experienced in the previous years was driven by the borrowing activities of a few large members.  We cannot predict if advances borrowed by our larger members will be rolled over at maturity or prepaid prior to maturity in 2016.  At March 31, 2016, three members’ advance borrowings exceeded 10.0% of total advances outstanding at that date Citibank, N.A. 15.8%, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 14.2%,  New York Community Bank/New York Commercial Bank 12.3%.

 

We expect limited demand for large intermediate and long-term advances because many members have adequate liquidity.

 

Member banks are also likely to develop liquidity strategies to address proposed regulatory liquidity frameworks, and those strategies may lead certain member banks to prepay advances ahead of their maturities.  Because of the complex interactions among a number of factors driving large banking institutions to address these expected regulatory liquidity guidance, we are unable to predict future trends particularly with respect to borrowings by our larger members.  When advances are prepaid, we receive prepayment penalty fees to make us economically whole, and as a result, the FHLBNY’s earnings may not be adversely impacted in the periods when prepayments occur, but may impact revenue streams in future periods.

 

Credit impairment of investment securities — OTTI has been insignificant in 2015 and in the three months ended March 31, 2016.  The aggregate carrying value of our private-label mortgage-backed securities was $270.3 million at March 31, 2016; fair values were $331.4 million, and securities were predominantly in gain positions.  Without continued recovery in the near term such that liquidity continues to expand in the mortgage-backed securities market, or if the credit losses of the underlying collateral within the mortgage-backed securities perform worse than expected, we could face additional credit losses.

 

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Demand for FHLBank debt — Our primary source of funds is the sale of consolidated obligations in the capital markets.  Our ability to obtain funds through the sale of consolidated obligations depends in part on prevailing conditions in the capital markets, which are beyond our control.  If we cannot access funding when needed on acceptable terms, our ability to support and continue operations could be adversely affected, which could negatively affect our financial condition and results of operations.  The pricing of our longer-term debt remains at levels that are still higher than historical levels, relative to LIBOR.  To the extent we receive sub-optimal funding, our member institutions in turn may experience higher costs for advance borrowings.  To the extent the FHLBanks may not be able to issue long-term debt at economical spreads to the 3-month LIBOR, borrowing choices may also be less economical for our members, potentially affecting their demand for advances.

 

The cost of FHLBank debt is a key driver of profitability, and we expect to be able to issue CO bonds and discount notes at reasonable spreads to yields earned from advances and investments.  Consolidated obligation discount notes have been in demand by investors, and pricing and yields have been attractive.  Our business plans and funding strategies are predicated on the expectation that investor demand will continue.

 

Rating — The U.S. Government’s credit is rated by Moody’s as Aaa with the outlook as stable, and AA+ and stable by Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”).  Consolidated obligations of FHLBanks are rated Aaa/P-1 by Moody’s, and AA+/A-1+ by S& P.  Any rating actions on the US Government would likely result in all individual FHLBanks’ long-term deposit ratings and the FHLBank System long-term bond rating moving in lock step with any US sovereign rating action.  See FHLBNY Ratings Table 7.10 for more details about ratings and recent rating actions by Moody’s and S&P.

 

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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)

 

Statements of Condition

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

September 30,

 

June 30,

 

March 31,

 

(dollars in millions)

 

2016

 

2015

 

2015

 

2015

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments (a) 

 

$

27,326

 

$

26,167

 

$

28,436

 

$

25,566

 

$

28,119

 

Advances

 

89,482

 

93,874

 

90,745

 

91,296

 

88,524

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses (b) 

 

2,565

 

2,524

 

2,462

 

2,380

 

2,299

 

Total assets

 

119,941

 

123,239

 

122,947

 

119,567

 

119,379

 

Deposits and borrowings

 

1,066

 

1,350

 

1,108

 

1,191

 

1,607

 

Consolidated obligations, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds

 

74,927

 

67,716

 

67,839

 

68,945

 

66,083

 

Discount notes

 

36,864

 

46,850

 

47,060

 

42,456

 

44,924

 

Total consolidated obligations

 

111,791

 

114,566

 

114,899

 

111,401

 

111,007

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

31

 

19

 

19

 

19

 

19

 

AHP liability

 

111

 

113

 

106

 

107

 

110

 

Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital stock

 

5,360

 

5,585

 

5,286

 

5,309

 

5,112

 

Retained earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrestricted

 

972

 

967

 

887

 

873

 

869

 

Restricted

 

320

 

303

 

269

 

253

 

238

 

Total retained earnings

 

1,292

 

1,270

 

1,156

 

1,126

 

1,107

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(193

)

(136

)

(164

)

(124

)

(157

)

Total capital

 

6,459

 

6,719

 

6,278

 

6,311

 

6,062

 

Equity to asset ratio (c)(j)

 

5.39

%

5.45

%

5.11

%

5.28

%

5.08

%

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Statements of Condition

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

September 30,

 

June 30,

 

March 31,

 

Averages (See note below; dollars in millions)

 

2016

 

2015

 

2015

 

2015

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments (a)

 

$

29,650

 

$

27,406

 

$

28,032

 

$

25,372

 

$

26,950

 

Advances

 

91,821

 

88,867

 

90,053

 

89,329

 

97,465

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses

 

2,548

 

2,496

 

2,422

 

2,343

 

2,181

 

Total assets

 

125,077

 

120,000

 

122,036

 

118,419

 

128,256

 

Interest-bearing deposits and other borrowings

 

1,301

 

1,229

 

1,029

 

1,112

 

1,488

 

Consolidated obligations, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds

 

71,055

 

70,082

 

69,838

 

65,706

 

71,086

 

Discount notes

 

44,921

 

40,705

 

43,163

 

43,499

 

47,219

 

Total consolidated obligations

 

115,976

 

110,787

 

113,001

 

109,205

 

118,305

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

19

 

19

 

19

 

19

 

20

 

AHP liability

 

112

 

108

 

106

 

106

 

108

 

Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital stock

 

5,480

 

5,234

 

5,255

 

5,195

 

5,516

 

Retained earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrestricted

 

958

 

905

 

873

 

865

 

855

 

Restricted

 

310

 

281

 

259

 

243

 

225

 

Total retained earnings

 

1,268

 

1,186

 

1,132

 

1,108

 

1,080

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(174

)

(157

)

(133

)

(150

)

(155

)

Total capital

 

6,574

 

6,263

 

6,254

 

6,153

 

6,441

 

 

Note —Average balance calculation.  For most components of the average balances, a daily weighted average balance is calculated for the period.  When daily weighted average balance information is not available, a simple monthly average balance is calculated.

 

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Operating Results and Other Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(dollars in millions)

 

Three months ended

 

(except earnings and dividends per

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

September 30,

 

June 30,

 

March 31,

 

share, and headcount)

 

2016

 

2015

 

2015

 

2015

 

2015

 

Net income

 

$

83

 

$

169

 

$

83

 

$

75

 

$

88

 

Net interest income (d)

 

127

 

219

 

110

 

106

 

119

 

Dividends paid in cash (e)

 

61

 

55

 

53

 

56

 

64

 

AHP expense

 

9

 

19

 

9

 

8

 

10

 

Return on average equity (f)(g)(j)

 

5.10

%

10.67

%

5.27

%

4.90

%

5.56

%

Return on average assets (g)(j)

 

0.27

%

0.56

%

0.27

%

0.25

%

0.28

%

Other non-interest (loss) income

 

(5

)

8

 

8

 

3

 

6

 

Operating expenses (h)

 

25

 

35

 

23

 

22

 

23

 

Finance Agency and Office of Finance expenses

 

4

 

4

 

3

 

3

 

4

 

Total other expenses

 

29

 

39

 

26

 

25

 

27

 

Operating expenses ratio (g)(i)(j)

 

0.08

%

0.12

%

0.07

%

0.07

%

0.07

%

Earnings per share

 

$

1.52

 

$

3.20

 

$

1.58

 

$

1.45

 

$

1.60

 

Dividends per share

 

$

1.17

 

$

1.03

 

$

1.02

 

$

1.01

 

$

1.16

 

Headcount (Full/part time)

 

280

 

273

 

264

 

275

 

259

 

 


(a)         Investments include held-to-maturity securities, available-for-sale securities, securities purchased under agreements to resell, federal funds, loans to other FHLBanks, and other interest-bearing deposits.

(b)         Allowances for credit losses were $1.2 million, $0.3 million, $0.4 million, $0.9 million and $0.9 million for the periods ended March 31, 2016, December 31, 2015, September 30, 2015, June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015.

(c)          Equity to asset ratio is capital stock plus retained earnings and Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as a percentage of total assets.

(d)         Net interest income is net interest income before the provision for credit losses on mortgage loans.

(e)          Excludes dividends accrued to non-members classified as interest expense under the accounting standards for certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity.

(f)            Return on average equity is net income as a percentage of average capital stock plus average retained earnings and average Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

(g)         Annualized.

(h)         Operating expenses include Compensation and Benefits.

(i)            Operating expenses as a percentage of total average assets.

(j)            All percentage calculations are performed using amounts in thousands, and may not agree if calculations are performed using amounts in millions.

 

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Results of Operations

 

The following section provides a comparative discussion of the FHLBNY’s results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and in the same period in the prior year.  For a discussion of the significant accounting estimates used by the FHLBNY that affect the results of operations, see financial statements, Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates in the most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

Net Income

 

Interest income from advances is the principal source of revenue.  Other sources of revenue are interest income from investment securities, mortgage loans in the MPF portfolio, and overnight investments.  The primary expense is interest paid on consolidated obligation debt.  Other expenses are Compensation and benefits, Operating expenses, and Assessments on Net income.  Other significant factors affecting our Net income include the volume and timing of investments in mortgage-backed securities, prepayments of advances, charges due to debt repurchased, gains and losses from derivatives and hedging activities, and earnings from investing our shareholders’ capital.

 

Summarized below are the principal components of Net income (in thousands):

 

Table 1.1:                                       Principal Components of Net Income

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest income

 

$

299,232

 

$

221,410

 

Total interest expense

 

172,066

 

102,316

 

Net interest income before provision for credit losses

 

127,166

 

119,094

 

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans

 

1,126

 

188

 

Net interest income after provision for credit losses

 

126,040

 

118,906

 

Total other (loss) income

 

(4,924

)

5,973

 

Total other expenses

 

28,415

 

26,820

 

Income before assessments

 

92,701

 

98,059

 

Affordable Housing Program Assessments

 

9,300

 

9,831

 

Net income

 

$

83,401

 

$

88,228

 

 

2016 First Quarter Compared to 2015 First Quarter

 

Net Income — For the FHLBNY, Net income is Net interest income, net of Provisions for credit losses, Other income/(loss), Other Expenses, and Assessments for the FHLBNY’s Affordable Housing Program.

 

Other Income/(Loss) is primarily net gains and losses from Derivatives and hedging activities, net fair value gains and losses recorded on instruments elected under the Fair Value Option, losses from credit OTTI, and charges due to early extinguishment of the FHLBank debt.  Other Expenses are Operating expenses, Compensation and benefits, and our share of operating expenses of the Office of Finance and the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

 

2016 first quarter Net income was $83.4 million, and decreased by $4.8 million, or 5.5%, compared to the same period in the prior year.

 

·                  Net interest income, the principal source of Net Income was $127.2 million, an increase of $8.1 million, or 6.8%, from the same period in the prior year.  Net interest income (“NII”) is typically driven by the volume of earning assets, as measured by average balances of earning assets, and the net interest spread earned in the period.  Average earning assets were $124.4 billion in the current year period, a decline of $3.3 billion from the prior year period.  Net interest spread, which is the yield from earning assets minus interest paid to fund earning assets, was 37 basis points in the current year period, one basis point higher than in the prior year period.  Earning assets yielded 96 basis points in the current year period, compared to 70 basis points in the prior year period; funding cost was 59 basis points in the current year period, compared to 34 basis points in the prior year period.

 

·                  Other Income (Loss) — Other Income/(loss) reported a loss of $4.9 million in the current year period, compared to a gain of $6.0 million in the prior year period:

 

·                  Service fees and Others are primarily correspondent banking fees and fee revenues from financial letters of credit.  Revenues were $3.4 million in the current year period, compared to $3.0 million in the prior year period.

 

·                  Financial instruments carried at fair values reported a net valuation loss of $9.1 million in the current year period, compared to a net loss of $3.1 million in the prior year period.  We have elected to account for certain consolidated obligation debt and advances under the Fair Value Option (“FVO”), and for these instruments, changes in the entire fair values of the instruments are recorded through earnings.  The debt instruments elected under the FVO were medium- and short-term in duration.  Advances elected under the FVO were variable and fixed-rate instruments, and were medium- and short-term in terms of maturities. Inter-period valuation fluctuations of instruments elected under the FVO were caused largely by gains and losses in one period, followed by reversals in a subsequent period as the instruments approached maturity.  For more information, see financial statements, Fair Value Option disclosures in Note 16.  Fair Values of Financial Instruments.  Also see, Table 1.11 Other Income (Loss) and discussions, in this MD&A.

 

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·                  Derivative and hedging activities contributed a net gain of $0.9 million in the current year period, compared to a net gain of $6.1 million in the prior year period:

 

Hedges that qualified for hedge accounting under ASC 815 reported valuation gains of $0.4 million in the current year period, compared to valuation losses of $0.9 million in the prior year period.

 

Derivatives that did not qualify for hedge accounting reported a net gain of $0.5 million in the current year period, compared to a net gain of $7.0 million in the prior year period.  Fair value changes on standalone swaps reported a net gain of $6.8 million in the current year period, compared to a net gain of $3.6 million in the prior year period.  Fair value changes on interest rate caps in economic hedges of certain floating-rate investments reported a net loss of $1.8 million in the current year period, compared to a net loss of $1.6 million in the prior year period.  Net interest settlements of $4.4 million on standalone swaps were recorded as a loss in the current year period, compared to gain of $5.1 million in the prior year period.

 

For more information, see financial statements, Note 15. Derivatives and Hedging Activities.  Also see, Table 1.13 Earnings Impact of Derivatives and Hedging Activities — By Financial Instrument Type and discussions, in this MD&A.

 

·                  Debt bought back or sold in current year period resulted in a $0.1 million charge to earnings.  No debt was retired or bought back in the prior year period.

 

·                  Other Expenses were $28.4 million in the current year period, compared to $26.8 million in the prior year period:

 

·                  Operating expenses were $7.5 million in the current year period, up from $7.0 million in the prior year period primarily due to increase in legal expenses and computer service agreements.

 

·                  Compensation and benefits expenses were $17.3 million in the current year period, up from $16.2 million in the prior year period primarily due to higher headcount and increases in incentive compensation plan expenses.

 

·                  The expenses allocated for our share of the costs to operate the Office of Finance and the Federal Housing Finance Agency was $3.6 million in the current year period, almost unchanged from the prior year period.

 

·                  AHP assessments allocated from net income were $9.3 million in the current year period, compared to $9.8 million in the prior year period.  Assessments are calculated as a percentage of Net income, and changes in allocations were in parallel with changes in Net income.

 

Net Interest Income — 2016 First Quarter Compared to 2015 First Quarter

 

Net interest income is impacted by a variety of factors: (1) transaction volumes, as measured by average balances of interest earning assets, and by (2) the prevailing balance sheet yields, as measured by yields on earning assets minus yields paid on interest-costing liabilities, after including the impact of the cash flows paid or received on interest rate derivatives that qualified under hedge accounting rules.  Shareholders’ capital stock and retained earnings are also factors that impact net interest income as they provide interest free capital.  When members prepay advances, prepayment fees are received and reported in interest income, a component of net interest income.

 

The following table summarizes Net interest income (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 1.2:                                       Net Interest Income

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Change

 

Total interest income (a)

 

$

299,232

 

$

221,410

 

35.15

%

Total interest expense (a)

 

172,066

 

102,316

 

(68.17

)

Net interest income before provision for credit losses

 

$

127,166

 

$

119,094

 

6.78

%

 


(a)   Total Interest Income and Total Interest Expense See Table 1.7 and 1.9 together with accompany discussions.

 

Net interest income for the current year period was $127.2 million, compared to $119.1 million in the prior year period.

 

The small increase was primarily attributable to one basis point improvement in net interest spread period-over-period.  Net interest spread in the current year period was 37 basis points, compared to 36 basis in the prior year period.  Net interest spread is the difference between yields earned on interest-earning assets and yields paid on interest-bearing liabilities.  Net interest margin, a measure of margin efficiency is Net interest income divided by average earning assets, was 41 basis points in the current year period, compared to 38 basis points in the prior year period.

 

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Asset Yields — Interest income in the current year period grew to $299.2 million, yielding 96 basis points, compared to $221.4 million at a yield of 70 basis points in the prior year period.   Recorded interest income and yields were after the impact of interest rate swaps that “synthetically” converted certain fixed-rate advances to LIBOR-indexed, variable-rate advances.

 

Interest income from advances in the current year period grew to $191.3 million, yielding 84 basis points, compared to $131.2 million, at a yield of 55 basis points in the prior year period.

 

Interest income from federal funds and repurchase agreements in the current year period grew to $12.5 million, yielding 35 basis points, benefiting from higher yields in the short-end of the yield curve, and higher invested balances.  The comparable interest income in the prior year period was $3.1 million at a yield of 10 basis points.

 

Interest income from investment securities, both fixed- and floating-rate securities, was $72.9 million in the current year period at a blended yield of 195 basis points, compared to $67.5 million in the prior year period at a blended yield of 191 basis points.  Increase in revenues was driven primarily by higher invested balances.  Run off of vintage higher yielding securities continued to put pressure on yields, as acquisitions in the existing tightly priced market have yielded lower fixed-rate coupons and lower spreads on floating-rate coupons, relative to vintage securities.  Fixed-rate MBS in the HTM portfolio earned $54.6 million in the current year period at a yield of 306 basis points, compared to $54.5 million in the prior year period at a yield of 307 basis points.  Floating-rate MBS in the HTM portfolio earned $13.2 million in the current year period at a yield of 89 basis points, compared to $8.7 million in the prior year period at a yield of 68 basis points.  The AFS portfolio, comprising of floating-rate MBS, earned $2.3 million in the current year period, at a yield of 99 basis points, compared to $2.0 million in the prior year period, at a yield of 70 basis points.

 

Interest income from mortgage loans and others was $22.0 million in the current year period, at a yield of 346 basis points, compared to $19.3 million in the prior year period, at a yield of 358 basis points.

 

Consolidated obligation funding costs:

 

Consolidated obligation bonds The blended cost of funding with fixed-rate and floating-rate bonds was 69 basis points in the current year period, up from 45 basis points in the prior year period; yield basis were after the fair value hedge impact of interest rate swaps that “synthetically” converted a significant percentage of fixed-rate bonds to LIBOR index (primarily sub-LIBOR).  On an un-swapped basis, the weighted average yield on fixed-rate CO bonds was 107 basis points in the current year period, compared to 88 basis points in the prior year period.  The cost of funding with floating-rate CO bonds has increased in line with the rising LIBOR, and rose to 46 basis points in the current year period, compared to 14 basis points in the prior year period.

 

Consolidated obligation discount notes The cost of funding with consolidated obligation discount notes was 43 basis points in the current year period, up from 20 basis points in the prior year period; reported yields on discount note funding were after the cash flow hedge impact of interest rate swaps that “synthetically” converted the variability of future issuances of the notes to fixed-rate cash flows.

 

Interest income from investing member capital In the very low interest rate environment for overnight and short-term investments, our earnings from interest free capital and non-interest bearing liabilities have not been significant contributors.  We earn interest income from investing our members’ capital to fund interest-earning assets.  Such earnings are sensitive to the changes in short-term interest rates (Rate effects), and changes in the average outstanding capital and non-interest bearing liabilities (Volume effects).  Typically, we invest capital and net non-interest costing liabilities (“deployed capital”) to fund short-term investment assets that yield money market rates.  The most significant element of deployed capital is Capital stock, which increases or decreases in parallel with the volume of advances borrowed by members.  Retained earnings balance is another component of deployed capital.  Average capital was $6.7 billion in the current year period compared to $6.6 billion in the prior year period.  In the past several years, opportunities for investing in short-term assets that met our risk/reward preferences had been limited, with a tradeoff between maintaining liquidity at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or investing at the low prevailing overnight rates at financial institutions.  In the current year period, market yields for overnight investments have improved. We are better poised to manage our risk/reward liquidity policies and earn higher interest income from investing excess liquidity.  For more information about factors that impact Interest income and Interest expense, see Table 1.3 and discussions thereto.  Also, see Table 1.5 Spread and Yield Analysis, and Table 1.6 Rate and Volume Analysis.

 

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Impact of Qualifying Hedges on Net Interest Income — 2016 First Quarter Compared to the 2015 First Quarter

 

The following table summarizes the impact of net interest adjustments from hedge qualifying interest-rate swaps (in thousands):

 

Table 1.3:                                       Net Interest Adjustments from Hedge Qualifying Interest-Rate Swaps

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Income

 

$

431,809

 

$

458,620

 

Net interest adjustment from interest rate swaps

 

(132,577

)

(237,210

)

Reported interest income

 

299,232

 

221,410

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Expense

 

193,305

 

156,353

 

Net interest adjustment from interest rate swaps and basis amortization

 

(21,239

)

(54,037

)

Reported interest expense

 

172,066

 

102,316

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

$

127,166

 

$

119,094

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest adjustment - interest rate swaps

 

$

(111,338

)

$

(183,173

)

 

GAAP Compared to Economic — 2016 First Quarter Compared to the 2015 First Quarter

 

Although we believe these non-GAAP financial measures used by management may enhance investor and members’ understanding of our business and performance, these non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered an alternative to GAAP.

 

The following table contrasts Net interest income, Net income (a) spread and Return on earning assets between GAAP and economic basis (dollar amounts in thousands):

 

Table 1.4:                                       GAAP Versus Economic Basis — Contrasting Net Interest Income, Net Income Spread and Return on Earning Assets

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

Amount

 

ROA

 

Net Spread

 

Amount

 

ROA

 

Net Spread

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP net interest income

 

$

127,166

 

0.41

%

0.37

%

$

119,094

 

0.38

%

0.36

%

Interest (expense) income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swaps not designated in a hedging relationship

 

(4,414

)

(0.01

)

(0.01

)

5,046

 

0.01

 

0.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Economic net interest income

 

$

122,752

 

0.40

%

0.36

%

$

124,140

 

0.39

%

0.37

%

 


(a)   Viewed on an economic basis, interest income or expense generated on standalone interest rate swaps would be considered as a measure of net interest income.  Under GAAP, such interest income or expense is a measure of derivative and hedging gains and losses.  Standalone interest rate swaps in economic hedges were associated with — (1) Basis swaps that hedged floating-rate consolidated obligation debt indexed to the 1-month LIBOR in a strategy that converted floating-rate debt indexed to the 1-month LIBOR to the 3-month LIBOR cash flows (in a pay 3-month LIBOR, receive 1-month LIBOR interest rate exchange swap transaction), and (2) Swaps that hedged instruments elected under the FVO.  If viewed on an economic basis, such interest rate swaps would have reduced net interest income by $4.4 million for current year period.  In the prior year period, an increase of $5.0 million would have been recorded to net interest income.

 

From an economic perspective, interest payments and receipts are an integral part of the FHLBNY’s business model that executes interest rate swap hedges, converting fixed-rate exposures to LIBOR exposures, or creating fixed-rate cash flows; the execution of the business model and the strategy should be considered as a relevant measure of our interest margin performance, rather than as a derivative and hedging gain.  Yields and spreads are annualized.  Table 1.4 above provides useful information to track the impact on our economic net interest margin.

 

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Spread and Yield Analysis 2016 First Quarter Compared to 2015 First Quarter

 

Table 1.5:                                       Spread and Yield Analysis

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

Income/

 

 

 

Average

 

Income/

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Balance

 

Expense

 

Rate (a)

 

Balance

 

Expense

 

Rate (a)

 

Earning Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances

 

$

91,820,627

 

$

191,274

 

0.84

%

$

97,464,810

 

$

131,198

 

0.55

%

Interest bearing deposits and others

 

507,032

 

518

 

0.41

 

1,167,935

 

331

 

0.12

 

Federal funds sold and other overnight funds

 

14,508,604

 

12,514

 

0.35

 

12,503,544

 

3,079

 

0.10

 

Investments

 

15,009,510

 

72,946

 

1.95

 

14,350,433

 

67,484

 

1.91

 

Mortgage and other loans

 

2,551,663

 

21,980

 

3.46

 

2,191,406

 

19,318

 

3.58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest-earning assets

 

$

124,397,436

 

$

299,232

 

0.96

%

$

127,678,128

 

$

221,410

 

0.70

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funded By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligations-bonds

 

$

71,055,003

 

$

122,361

 

0.69

%

$

71,076,849

(b)

$

78,727

 

0.45

%

Consolidated obligations-discount notes

 

44,921,069

 

48,520

 

0.43

 

47,218,816

 

23,150

 

0.20

 

Interest-bearing deposits and other borrowings

 

1,319,321

 

889

 

0.27

 

1,488,725

 

183

 

0.05

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

19,346

 

296

 

6.16

 

19,878

 

256

 

5.23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

117,314,739

 

172,066

 

0.59

%

119,804,268

 

102,316

 

0.34

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other non-interest-bearing funds

 

333,844

 

 

 

 

1,278,120

 

 

 

 

Capital

 

6,748,853

 

 

 

 

6,595,740

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Funding

 

$

124,397,436

 

$

172,066

 

 

 

$

127,678,128

 

$

102,316

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Interest Income/Spread

 

 

 

$

127,166

 

0.37

%

 

 

$

119,094

 

0.36

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Interest Margin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Net interest income/Earning Assets)

 

 

 

 

 

0.41

%

 

 

 

 

0.38

%

 


(a)         Reported yields with respect to advances and consolidated obligations may not necessarily equal the coupons on the instruments as derivatives are extensively used to change the yield and optionality characteristics of the underlying hedged items.  When we issue fixed-rate debt that is hedged with an interest rate swap, the hedge effectively converts the debt into a simple floating-rate bond.  Similarly, we make fixed-rate advances to members and hedge the advances with a pay-fixed and receive-variable interest rate swap that effectively converts the fixed-rate asset to one that floats with prevailing LIBOR rates.  Average balance sheet information is presented, as it is more representative of activity throughout the periods presented.  For most components of the average balances, a daily weighted average balance is calculated for the period.  When daily weighted average balance information is not available, a simple monthly average balance is calculated.  Average yields are derived by dividing income by the average balances of the related assets, and average costs are derived by dividing expenses by the average balances of the related liabilities.  Yields and spreads are annualized.

 

(b)         Previously reported comparative balances have been reclassified to conform to the retrospective adoption of ASU 2015-03 Interest-imputation of interest (Subtopic 835-30) Simplifying the presentation of Debt Issuance Costs.

 

Rate and Volume Analysis — 2016 First Quarter Compared to 2015 First Quarter

 

The Rate and Volume Analysis presents changes in interest income, interest expense and net interest income that are due to changes in both interest rates and the volume of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and their impact on interest income and interest expense (in thousands):

 

Table 1.6:                                       Rate and Volume Analysis

 

 

 

For the three months ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2016 vs. March 31, 2015

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease)

 

 

 

Volume

 

Rate

 

Total

 

Interest Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances

 

$

(7,996

)

$

68,072

 

$

60,076

 

Interest bearing deposits and others

 

(275

)

462

 

187

 

Federal funds sold and other overnight funds

 

568

 

8,867

 

9,435

 

Investments

 

3,159

 

2,303

 

5,462

 

Mortgage loans and other loans

 

3,112

 

(450

)

2,662

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest income

 

(1,432

)

79,254

 

77,822

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligations-bonds

 

(24

)

43,658

 

43,634

 

Consolidated obligations-discount notes

 

(1,179

)

26,549

 

25,370

 

Deposits and borrowings

 

(23

)

729

 

706

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

(7

)

47

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest expense

 

(1,233

)

70,983

 

69,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changes in Net Interest Income

 

$

(199

)

$

8,271

 

$

8,072

 

 

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Interest Income 2016 First Quarter Compared to 2015 First Quarter

 

Interest income from advances, investments in mortgage-backed securities and MPF loans are our principal sources of income.  Changes in both rate and intermediation volume (average interest-yielding assets) explain the change in the current year periods from the prior year periods.  Reported interest income is net of the impact of cash flows associated with interest rate swaps hedging fixed rate advances that were converted to floating rate generally indexed to short-term LIBOR.

 

The principal categories of Interest Income are summarized below (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 1.7:                                       Interest Income — Principal Sources

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Change

 

Interest Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances (a)

 

$

191,274

 

$

131,198

 

45.79

%

Interest-bearing deposits (b)

 

518

 

331

 

56.50

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell (c)

 

2,205

 

240

 

NM

 

Federal funds sold (c)

 

10,309

 

2,839

 

NM

 

Available-for-sale securities (d)

 

2,275

 

2,044

 

11.30

 

Held-to-maturity securities (d)

 

70,671

 

65,440

 

7.99

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio (e)

 

21,977

 

19,316

 

13.78

 

Loans to other FHLBanks

 

3

 

2

 

50.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest income

 

$

299,232

 

$

221,410

 

35.15

%

 


(a)                  Interest income from Advances — Interest income from advances in qualifying hedging relationships is recorded net of interest settlements on the interest swaps hedging the advances.  As a result, reported interest income would not necessarily be the same for Advances if not hedged.  Table 1.8 summarizes the impact of interest rate swaps on advance interest income.  For hedged fixed-rate advances, interest income is synthetically converted to a LIBOR indexed yield.  Interest income from Advances also includes prepayment fees received from members who prepay Advances ahead of their contractual maturities.

 

Despite a decline of $5.6 billion in average advance balances in the current year period, interest income from Advances increased by $60.1 million, or 45.8%, compared to the prior year period.  Weighted average yield was 84 basis points in the current year period, compared to 55 basis points in the prior year period.  The higher LIBOR level in the current year period has tended to generate increasing amounts of interest income on the swaps associated in the hedge, as the variable-leg of the swap re-priced at each reset date to a higher LIBOR.  On an un-swapped basis, and excluding prepayment fees, the aggregate weighted average yield of the advance portfolio was 142 basis points in the current year period, compared to 153 basis points in the prior year period.

 

·                  Long-term fixed-rate advances remained a significant component of the advance portfolio, with $45.7 billion in average outstanding balances in the current year period, yielding 198 basis points on an unswapped basis, compared to $47.3 billion in average balances, which yielded 252 basis points in the prior year period.  Yield decline period-over-period was primarily due to lower yields on long-term advances, which had been modified or prepaid and replaced by lower yielding advances in the last six months of 2015.

 

·                  Adjustable-rate advances or ARC advances represented 30.7% of our advance portfolio (par amount outstanding was $27.2 billion at March 31, 2016).   ARC’s, which are indexed to LIBOR, benefitted from the higher LIBOR level in the current year period.  The average 3-month LIBOR was 62 basis points in the current year period, up from 26 basis points in the prior year period.  ARCs yielded 79 basis points in the current year period, up from 47 basis points in the prior year period.

 

·                  Short-term fixed-rate Advances, which can have maturities from 2-days up to one year, represented 8.8% ($7.8 billion par) also benefited from the general increase in overnight and short rates in the current year period, as maturing advances were replaced by higher yielding advances.

 

(b)                     Interest bearing deposits — Represents interest income earned on cash collateral and margins posted to derivative counterparties. Interest income on cash posted as collateral was $0.5 million in the current year period, compared to $0.3 million in the prior year period.  The small increase was consistent with higher overnight federal funds effective rates, which is the earning index for cash collateral and margins.  Average yield was 41 basis points in the current year period, compared to 12 basis points in the prior year period.  Average cash balances were lower in the current year period, compared to prior year period as we continue to execute derivatives as “clearable trades” through central clearing, enabling us to net positive and negative derivative contracts through a Derivative Clearing Organization and post lower cash balances.

 

(c)                   Interest income from investments in federal funds and other overnight funds — Interest income from investments in federal funds sold and other overnight investments was $12.5 million in the current year period, compared to $3.1 million in the prior year period.  The increase was driven by the higher level of federal funds effective rates in the current year period.  Weighted average yield from overnight investments was 35 basis points in the current year period, up from 10 basis points in the prior year period.  Revenues grew also due to increase in investments.  Average invested balance was $14.5 billion in the current year period, compared to $12.5 billion in the prior year period.

 

(d)                  Interest income from investment securities Available-for-sale and Held-to-maturity securities — Long-term investments were primarily GSE- issued mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”), a small portfolio of private label MBS, a portfolio of housing finance agency bonds, and bond and equity funds in a Grantor trust owned by the FHLBNY.

 

Pricing and yields have improved somewhat in the current year period after a sustained period during which MBS yields were low and spreads to LIBOR narrow.  Tight supply of securities has been the primary cause, and market conditions limited acquisitions of MBS to only when pricing and yields met our risk/return criteria.  Although spread compression has widened in the current year period for floating rate GSE-issued CMBS, pricing remains at a premium that may not meet our risk/reward framework.

 

Long-term investments were designated as available-for-sale (“AFS”) or held-to-maturity (“HTM”).

 

·                  AFS portfolio.

 

MBS in the AFS portfolio were floating-rate GSE issued securities, which earned $2.3 million in the current year period, compared to $2.0 million in the prior year period.  The small increase period-over-period has been driven by higher LIBOR level, the base index

 

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for the floating-rate securities.  Floating-rate MBS are indexed to short-term LIBOR, typically 1-month LIBOR, which had been at record lows in the earlier quarters of 2015, and has steadily moved higher in each subsequent quarter.  The 1-month LIBOR averaged 43 basis points in the current year period.  In contrast, the average 1-month LIBOR was 17 basis points in the prior year period.  The all-in- yield (LIBOR plus the margin) earned from floating-rate MBS was 99 basis points in the current year period, compared to 70 basis points in the prior year period.  The favorable impact of the higher LIBOR levels in the current year period was partly offset by the continued decline of the portfolio.  Average principal balance was $924.8 million in the current year period, compared to $1.2 billion in the prior year period.

 

·                  MBS in the HTM portfolio were fixed-rate and floating-rate securities.

 

Fixed-rate MBS in the HTM portfolio earned $54.6 million in the current year period, almost unchanged from the prior year period.  Yields discussed do not include the impact of credit and non-credit OTTI and accretable yield under GAAP.  We believe economic yield may enhance shareholders’ understanding of market conditions.

 

Yields have been declining as vintage higher coupon fixed-rate MBS have paid down.  Market pricing for new issuances of highly-rated GSE securities generally remain tight and yields low.  When new securities were acquired to replace paydowns, tight pricing adversely impacted yields and revenues.  The overall yield on fixed-rate MBS was 306 basis points in the current year period, compared to 307 basis points in the prior year period.  Volume, as measured by average outstanding principal balance, was $7.2 billion in the current year period, almost flat from the prior year period, with acquisitions just keeping pace with paydowns.  The impact of a substantially unchanged volume of investment securities and a declining portfolio of high-yielding vintage securities explain the small period-over-period change in yields.

 

Floating-rate MBS in the HTM portfolio earned $13.2 million in the current year period, compared to $8.7 million in the prior year period.  Floating-rate MBS are indexed to short-term LIBOR, typically the 1-month LIBOR.  Growth in revenue was driven by an increase in the portfolio and the higher LIBOR level in the current year period, as the portfolio re-priced to higher yields.  Average principal balance was $6.0 billion, yielding 89 basis points in the current year period, compared to average principal balance of $5.2 billion that yielded 68 basis points in the prior year period.  Market yields for newly issued floating-rate CMBS have improved period-over-period, and acquisitions in the current quarter are at significantly better margins than those acquired in prior year period.

 

·                  Housing finance agency bonds in the HTM portfolio

 

Interest income from housing finance agency bonds (“HFA bonds”) was $2.0 million in the current year period, compared to $1.5 million in the prior year period.  HFA bonds, which are classified as held-to-maturity, were primarily floating rate securities indexed to LIBOR, and revenues benefited from the higher LIBOR level, as the bonds re-priced to higher yields.   Invested balance was $824.8 million at March 31, 2016, compared to $810.8 million at March 31, 2015 and $825.0 million at December 31, 2015.

 

(e)                Interest income from mortgage loans — Interest income from MPF loans was $22.0 million in the current year period, up from $19.3 million in the prior year period.  Growth was driven by higher loan volume.  Average outstanding balances grew to $2.6 billion in the current year period, up from $2.2 billion in the prior year period.  Yield on the portfolio declined in the current year period, primarily due to amortization of purchased premiums.  Yield was 346 basis points in the current year period, compared to 358 basis points in the prior year period.

 

NM — Not meaningful.

 

Impact of Hedging on Interest Income from Advances2016 First Quarter Compared to 2015 First Quarter

 

We have executed interest rate swaps to modify the effective interest rate terms of many of our fixed-rate advance products and typically all of our putable advances, effectively converting a fixed-rate stream of cash flows from fixed-rate advances to a floating-rate stream of cash flows, typically indexed to LIBOR.  The cash flow patterns achieved our interest rate risk management practices of synthetically converting much of our fixed-rate interest exposures to a LIBOR exposure.

 

The table below summarizes interest income earned from advances and the impact of interest rate derivatives (in thousands):

 

Table 1.8:                                       Impact of Interest Rate Swaps on Interest Income Earned from Advances

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Advance Interest Income

 

 

 

 

 

Advance interest income before adjustment for interest rate swaps

 

$

323,851

 

$

368,408

 

Net interest adjustment from interest rate swaps (a)

 

(132,577

)

(237,210

)

Total Advance interest income reported

 

$

191,274

 

$

131,198

 

 


(a)               Certain fixed-rate advances are hedged by the execution of interest rate swaps that created synthetic floaters (Fair value hedge).  The cash flows exchanged resulted in a net interest expense of $132.6 million in the current year period, compared to $237.2 billion in the prior year period.  A fair value hedge of an advance is accomplished by the execution of an interest rate swap in which we pay fixed-rate cash flows and receive LIBOR-indexed variable rate cash flows.   The difference between the two cash exchanges determines the net interest adjustments, which declines, as it did in the current year period, when the pay and receive cash flows converge.  The higher LIBOR level that we received in the current year period was one factor that narrowed the adjustment.  Certain long-term high fixed coupon swaps had been modified to lower fixed-rate coupons in the second half of 2015 in parallel with advance modifications.  Certain long-term high coupon swaps were terminated in the fourth quarter of 2015 in parallel with advance prepayments.  The spread narrowed between the fixed-rate coupon payments and the 3-month LIBOR received on the modified swaps or the swaps executed to hedge new advances.

 

Interest Expense 2016 First Quarter Compared to 2015 First Quarter

 

Our primary source of funding is through the issuance of consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes in the global debt markets.  Consolidated obligation bonds are medium- and long-term bonds, while discount notes are short-term instruments.  To fund our assets, our management considers our interest rate risk and liquidity requirements in conjunction with consolidated obligation buyers’ preferences and capital market conditions when determining the characteristics of debt to be issued.  Typically, we have used fixed-rate callable and non-callable bonds to fund mortgage-related assets and Advances.  Discount notes are generally issued to fund Advances and investments with shorter interest rate reset characteristics.

 

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Changes in rate and intermediation volume (average interest-costing liabilities), the mix of debt issuances between bonds and discount notes, and the impact of hedging strategies explain the changes in interest expense.  Reported Interest expense is net of the impact of hedge strategies.  The primary strategy is the Fair value hedge that creates LIBOR-indexed funding.  We also use the Cash Flow hedge strategy that creates long-term fixed-rate funding to lock in future net interest margin.  In a Fair value hedge strategy of a bond or discount note, we generally pay variable-rate LIBOR-indexed cash flows to swap counterparties.  In exchange, we receive fixed-rate cash flows, which typically mirror the fixed-rate coupon payments to investors holding the FHLBank debt.  This exchange effectively converts fixed coupons to floating rate coupons indexed to the 3-month LIBOR.  The primary cash flow hedge strategy is designed to eliminate the variability of cash flows attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate (3-month LIBOR), hedging long-term issuances of consolidated obligation discount notes and create long term fixed-rate funding.

 

The principal categories of Interest expense are summarized below (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 1.9:                                       Interest Expenses Principal Categories

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Change

 

Interest Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligations-bonds (a)

 

$

122,361

 

$

78,727

 

(55.42

)%

Consolidated obligations-discount notes (a)

 

48,520

 

23,150

 

NM

 

Deposits (b)

 

526

 

120

 

NM

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock (c)

 

296

 

256

 

(15.63

)

Cash collateral held and other borrowings

 

363

 

63

 

NM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest expense

 

$

172,066

 

$

102,316

 

(68.17

)%

 


(a)         Interest expense on consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes

 

The mix between the use of discount notes and the use of consolidated fixed-rate bonds to fund assets is an asset/liability management consideration that will impact period-over-period changes in recorded interest expense.  Discount note yields are lower relative to bonds, as discount notes are short-term funding instruments; other factors considered would include the prevailing funding environment, the liquidity needs of members, and the maturity and duration profiles of earning assets.  That mix, the utilization ratio of discount notes and bonds, was stable period-over-period.  Consolidated bonds funded 57.1% of average earning assets in the current period, compared to 55.7% in the prior year period.  Consolidated discount notes funded 36.1% of average earning assets in the current year period, compared to 37.0% in the prior year period.  The mix between the use of consolidated obligation fixed-rate bonds and floating-rate bonds is another asset/liability consideration that will impact the period-over-period changes in recorded interest expense.  The level of pricing of consolidated obligation debt will determine yields and the period-over-period changes in recorded interest expense, and for swapped debt, period-over-period changes in LIBOR.

 

Consolidated obligation bonds (“CO bonds”) — Aggregate interest expense of fixed- and floating-rate CO bonds in the current year period was $122.4 million, compared to $78.7 million in the prior year period.  The reported expenses are net of the impact of hedging fixed-rate CO bonds to create synthetic LIBOR indexed interest expense.  In the aggregate, yields on CO bonds (swapped and un-swapped) was 69 basis points in the current year period, compared to 45 basis points in the prior year period.

 

Fixed-rate bonds — Interest expense was $95.3 million in the current year period, compared to $76.0 million in the prior year period.  Recorded interest expense is net of the impact of interest rate swaps.  LIBOR levels were higher in the current year period, and has tended to drive up the cost of bonds on a swapped basis as we pay LIBOR indexed cash flows and in exchange we receive fixed-rate cash flows.  The sub-LIBOR spread on a swapped basis for short and medium-term bonds were tighter in the current year period.  The spread to LIBOR on longer maturity bonds have remained unfavorable, driving up cost of funds. The weighted average (after swap) yield on fixed-rate bonds was 82 basis points, compared to 49 basis points in the prior year period.  On a swapped basis, the cost of funding will tend to be in line with fluctuations in the LIBOR yield curve, as the fixed-rate bonds are synthetically converted to a LIBOR indexed yield.  By way of comparison, the weighted average yield on an un-swapped basis was 107 basis points in the current year period, compared to 88 basis points in the prior year period.

 

Floating-rate bonds — Interest expense was $27.1 million in the current year period, compared to $2.7 million in the prior year period.  Increase in interest expense was primarily driven by increased utilization of floating-rate bonds in the current year period.  Floating-rate bonds funded 18.9% of average earning assets in the current year period, compared to 5.8% in the prior year period.  The mix between the use of fixed-rate bonds and floating-rate bonds is an asset/liability management consideration, partly determined by the interest rate profile of assets that are being funded, and partly by the pricing of variable-rate debt, relative to alternative funding vehicles, such as discount notes or callable bonds with short lock-out periods to first call.  Higher LIBOR in the current year period has also driven up the cost of floating-rate funding, which was indexed to LIBOR.  Weighted average cost was 46 basis points in the current year period, compared to 14 basis points in the prior year period.

 

Consolidated obligation discount notesAs discount notes are short term funding, one year or less, the yields paid are lower than fixed-rate CO bonds.  Discount notes are typically issued at a small premium over equivalent maturity Treasury bills.  Discount notes do not make interest payments; instead the note is matured at a par value below the issuance price, and the difference between issuance price and par is used to “accrete” to par and to calculate the yield.

 

Interest expense was $48.5 million in the current year period, compared to $23.2 million in the prior year period.  Discount note yields have been favorable in the current year period as investor demand has driven yields down, and spreads to LIBOR have widened.  Interest expense included the impact of interest rate swaps in a cash flow hedge program in which $1.6 billion of discount notes are hedged in a cash flow strategy that synthetically converts cash flows on the future issuances of discount notes to fixed-rate cash flows.  Long-term fixed-rate payments are significantly higher than the 3-month LIBOR cash received, resulting in net swap interest expense accruals that increases the overall cost of the discount notes.  The strategy, however, assures us of achieving a predictable long-term cost of funds, and locking in future margins.  The synthetic conversion to fixed-rate cash flows resulted in increased cost of $9.2 million in the current year period and $8.6 million in the prior year period.  On a swapped basis, the weighted average cost was 43 basis points in the current year period, compared to 20 basis points in the prior year period.  On an un-swapped basis, the yield paid on consolidated obligation discount notes was 35 basis points in the current year period, up from 12 basis points in the prior year period.

 

(b)         Interest expense on deposits Interest expense increased in the current year period, primarily due to increase in the overnight deposit rates paid to members on their deposits, and overnight fed effective rates paid to swap dealers on interest bearing cash collateral.  In aggregate, average deposit balances declined in the current year period to $1.3 billion, compared to $1.5 billion in the prior year period.

 

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The FHLBNY takes deposits from members as a service to its members, and such deposits are not a significant source of funds.  Other deposits included cash collateral received from swap counterparties to mitigate the FHLBNY’s fair value exposures on open derivative positions, and balances and interest expense were not significant.

 

(c)          Mandatorily redeemable capital stock Holders of mandatorily redeemable capital stock are paid dividends at the same rate as all member stockholders.  The dividend payments are classified as interest payments to conform to accounting rules with respect to the classification of such dividends.  Reported interest expense has remained flat period-over-period, in line with a materially unchanged average balance of capital stock held by non-members, one of the collateral requirements of borrowing advances.

 

NM — Not meaningful.

 

Impact of Hedging on Interest Expense on Debt — 2016 First Quarter Compared to 2015 First Quarter

 

Derivative strategies are primarily used to manage the interest rate risk inherent in fixed-rate debt by converting the fixed-rate funding to floating-rate debt that is indexed to 3-month LIBOR, our preferred funding base.  The strategies are designed to protect future interest margins.  A substantial percentage of non-callable fixed-rate debt is swapped to plain vanilla 3-month LIBOR indexed cash flows.  We also issue fixed-rate callable debt that is typically issued with the simultaneous execution of cancellable interest rate swaps to modify the effective interest rate terms and the effective durations of our fixed-rate callable debt.  The cash flow objectives are accomplished by utilizing a Fair value hedging strategy, benefitting us in two principal ways.  First, the issuances of fixed-rate debt and the simultaneous execution of interest rate swaps convert the debt to an adjustable-rate instrument tied to the 3-month LIBOR.  Second, fixed-rate callable bonds issued in conjunction with the execution of interest rate swaps containing a call feature (that mirrors the option embedded in the callable bond), enables us to meet our funding needs at yields not otherwise directly attainable through the issuance of callable debt.  We may also issue floating rate debt indexed to other than the 3-month LIBOR (Prime, federal funds rate and 1-month LIBOR).  Typically, we would then execute interest rate swaps that would convert the cash flows to the 3-month LIBOR, and designate the hedge as an economic hedge.

 

We have also created synthetic long-term fixed rate funding to fund long-term investments, utilizing a Cash Flow hedging strategy that converted forecasted long-term discount note variable-rate funding to fixed-rate funding by the use of long-term swaps.  For such discount notes, the recorded interest expense is equivalent to long-term fixed rate coupons.  Cash Flow hedging strategies are also discussed under the heading Impact of Cash flow hedging on earnings and AOCI in this MD&A.

 

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The table below summarizes interest expense paid on consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes and the impact of interest rate swaps (in thousands):

 

Table 1.10:                                Impact of Interest Rate Swaps on Consolidated Obligations Interest Expense

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Bonds and discount notes-Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds-Interest expense before adjustment for swaps

 

$

152,775

 

$

141,389

 

Discount notes-Interest expense before adjustment for swaps

 

39,345

 

14,525

 

Amortization of basis adjustments

 

(669

)

(664

)

Net interest adjustment for interest rate swaps (a)

 

(20,570

)

(53,373

)

Total bonds and discount notes-Interest expense

 

$

170,881

 

$

101,877

 

 


(a)         Certain fixed-rate bonds are hedged by interest rate swaps that created synthetic floating-rate bonds (Fair value hedge).  Future issuances of certain discount note issuances are hedged by long-term interest rate swaps that created synthetic fixed-rate future cash flows (Cash flow hedge).  The cash flows exchanged resulted in net interest income of $20.6 million in the current year period, compared with $53.4 million in the prior year period.  A fair value hedge of debt was accomplished by the execution of interest rate swaps in which we receive fixed-rate cash flows, and a pay LIBOR-indexed variable cash flow.  A cash flow hedge of discount notes was accomplished by the execution of interest rate swaps in which we pay fixed-rate cash flows, and receive LIBOR-indexed variable rate cash flows. The difference between the two cash exchanges determines the net interest adjustments, which declines, as it did in the current year period, when the pay and receive cash flows converge  The higher LIBOR level that we have paid in the current year period was a primary factor that narrowed the adjustment. The net cash flows for the FHLBNY have been generally favorable in the periods in this report, reducing the cost of funding to a LIBOR basis.  If in future periods, LIBOR rises to levels above the fixed-rate contracts, the net cash flows (exchanged between the swap counterparty and the FHLBNY) would become unfavorable.

 

Allowance for Credit Losses 2016 First Quarter Compared to 2015 First Quarter

 

·                  Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio — Provision for credit allowances was $1.1 million in the current year period, compared to $0.2 million in the prior year period.  The increase in the provision in the current year period resulted from the adoption of a loan loss migration methodology in the current year period.

 

We evaluate impaired conventional mortgage loans on an individual (loan-by-loan) basis, and compare the fair values of collateral (net of liquidation costs) to recorded investment values in order to calculate/measure credit losses on impaired loans.  Loans are considered impaired when they are seriously delinquent (typically 90 days or more) or in bankruptcy or foreclosure, and loan loss allowances are computed at that point.  We perform a loss migration analysis to perform collective impairment analysis of loans that are not individually evaluated for impairment.  FHA/VA (Insured mortgage loans) guaranteed loans were evaluated collectively for impairment based on the credit worthiness of the PFI, and no allowance was deemed necessary.

 

The low amounts of provisions for credit allowances are consistent with our historical experience with foreclosures or losses.  Additionally, collateral values of impaired loans have continued to remain steady and have improved in the New York and New Jersey sectors, and the low loan loss reserves were reflective of the stability in home prices in our residential loan markets.  For more information, see financial statements Note 8 Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio.

 

·                  Advances — Based on the collateral held as security and prior repayment history, no allowance for losses was currently deemed necessary.  Our credit risk from advances was concentrated in commercial banks, savings institutions and insurance companies.  All advances were fully collateralized during their entire term.  In addition, borrowing members pledged their stock in the FHLBNY as additional collateral for advances.

 

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Analysis of Non-Interest Income (Loss) 2016 First Quarter Compared to 2015 First Quarter

 

The principal components of non-interest income (loss) are summarized below (in thousands):

 

Table 1.11:                                Other Income (Loss)

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

Service fees and other (a)

 

$

3,426

 

$

2,964

 

Instruments held at fair value - Unrealized gains (b)

 

(9,103

)

(3,090

)

Total OTTI losses

 

(113

)

 

Net amount of impairment losses reclassified to Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

105

 

 

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings (c)

 

(8

)

 

Net realized and unrealized gains on derivatives and hedging activities (d)

 

884

 

6,099

 

Net realized gains from sale of available-for-sale securities and redemption of held-to-maturity securities

 

 

 

Losses from extinguishment of debt (e)

 

(123

)

 

Total other (loss) income

 

$

(4,924

)

$

5,973

 

 


(a)         Service fees and other — Service fees are derived primarily from providing correspondent banking services to members, and fees earned on standby financial letters of credit issued by the FHLBNY on behalf of members.  Fees earned from commitments and financial letters of credit grew by $0.6 million due to increase in transactions in the current year period.

 

(b)         Instruments held at fair value under the Fair Value Option — Changes in fair values of consolidated obligation debt (bonds and discount notes) and Advances elected under the FVO reported net fair value losses of $9.1 million in the current year period, compared to net fair value losses of $3.1 million in the prior year period.  Fluctuations in fair values are impacted by changes in the notional amounts of debt and advances elected under the FVO, the remaining duration to maturity, and changes in the term structure of the pricing curve.  For more information, see financial statements, FVO disclosures in Note 16. Fair Values of Financial Instruments.

 

FVO Advances — Changes in fair values of advances elected under the FVO resulted in a net gain of $8.6 million in the current year period, compared to a net gain of $4.4 million in the prior year period.  Vintage FVO Advances were nearing their maturities or had matured at March 31, 2016, and previously recorded unrealized fair value losses reversed.  As FVO Advances are generally medium-term with maturities of two years or less, advances are issued in a period, mature in a subsequent period, and previously recorded unrealized fair value gains and losses reverse to zero in the subsequent period.

 

Changes in fair values have not been significant as the adjustable rate Advances (ARC advances elected under the FVO) re-priced quarterly to the then prevailing LIBOR, and fair values remain close to par.  Also, fair values of medium and short-term fixed-rate advances (elected under the FVO) also remained close to par.  Generally, the volume of advances, as measured by notional amounts designated under the FVO, can have an impact on fair values.  Notional amounts of Advances elected under the FVO were $8.2 billion at March 31, 2016 and $6.5 billion at March 31, 2015.  Changes to the pricing curve have not been a significant factor as the Advance pricing curve has remained well correlated to the LIBOR curve, which is the index for the ARC coupon, and to the CO curve, which is the basis for pricing the fixed-rate advances.

 

FVO Bonds — Changes in fair values of bonds elected under the FVO resulted in a net loss of $11.3 million in the current year period, compared to $4.4 million in the prior year period.  The volume of bonds as measured by notional amounts can impact fair values.  Notional amounts of bonds elected under the FVO were $9.9 billion at March 31, 2016 and $15.7 billion at March 31, 2015.  The FVO bonds were fixed-rate with original maturities that were generally two years or less.  As bonds matured in a period, unrealized fair value gains and losses recorded in a previous period reversed to zero. The steepening of the CO pricing curve was significant at March 31, 2016, and had a favorable impact on fair values of FVO bonds outstanding at March 31, 2016.  In the prior year period, shifts in the CO pricing curve were generally not significant.

 

FVO Discount notes — Changes in fair values of discount notes elected under the FVO resulted in a net loss of $6.3 million in the current year period, compared to a net loss of $3.0 million in the prior year period.  Typically, changes in the fair values of FVO discount notes have not been significant as the notes mature within a year of issuance, or shorter.  Inter-period fluctuations in fair value are likely to occur when discount notes mature in a period causing previously recorded unrealized gains and losses reverse to zero.   Notional amounts of discount notes elected under the FVO were $9.5 billion at March 31, 2016 and $13.1 billion at March 31, 2015.  The decline in the discount note yield curve at March 31, 2016 had an unfavorable impact on fair values of outstanding FVO discount notes.  In the prior year period, shifts in the discount note pricing curve have generally not been significant.

 

(c)          Net impairment losses recognized in earnings on held-to-maturity securities — Cash flow analyses in the current year period identified immaterial deterioration in the performance parameters of a previously impaired private-label MBS.  No credit OTTI was recorded in the prior year period.

 

(d)         Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities — See Table 1.13 and accompanying discussions for more information.

 

(e)          Earnings Impact of Debt extinguishment — Par amounts $7.9 million of CO bonds were extinguished in the current year period at a realized loss of $0.1 million.  Extinguishments and transfers are executed at negotiated market rates.  No debt was extinguished in the prior year period.  See Table 1.12 for more information.

 

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The following table summarizes debt retirement and transfer activities (in thousands):

 

Table 1.12:                                Debt Extinguishment

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

Carrying Value

 

Gains/(Losses)

 

Carrying Value

 

Gains/(Losses)

 

Extinguishment of CO Bonds

 

$

7,858

 

$

(123

)

$

 

$

 

 

Earnings Impact of Derivatives and Hedging Activities 2016 First Quarter Compared to 2015 First Quarter

 

We may designate a derivative as either a hedge of (1) the fair value changes of a recognized fixed-rate asset (Advance) or liability (Consolidated obligation debt), or an unrecognized firm commitment; (2) a forecasted transaction; or (3) the variability of future cash flows of a floating-rate asset or liability (Cash flow hedge).  We may also designate a derivative as an economic hedge, which does not qualify for hedge accounting under the accounting standards.

 

Derivative fair values are driven largely by the rise and fall of the forward swap curve, which determines forward cash flows, and by changes in the OIS curve, which is the discounting basis.  Hedged advances and debt fair values are also driven largely by the rise and fall of the LIBOR curve, which is the discounting basis of hedged advances and bonds in a fair value hedge.  Other market factors include interest rate spreads and interest rate volatility.  The volume of derivatives and their duration to maturity are factors that are also key drivers of changes in fair values.

 

For derivatives that are not designated in a hedging relationship (i.e. in an economic hedge), the derivatives are considered as a “standalone” instrument and fair value changes are recorded as net unrealized gains or losses, without the offset of a hedged item.  Net interest accruals on such “standalone” derivative instruments in economic hedges may also have a significant impact on reported derivatives gains and losses.

 

Generally for the FHLBNY, derivative and hedging gains and losses are primarily from two sources.  Hedge ineffectiveness from hedges that qualify under hedge accounting rules (fair value effects of derivatives, net of the fair value effects of hedged items), and fair value changes of standalone derivatives in an economic hedge (fair value changes of derivatives without the offsetting fair value changes of the hedged items).  Typically, the largest source of gains or losses from derivative and hedging activities arise from derivatives designated as standalone derivatives.  For the FHLBNY, standalone derivatives have typically comprised of swaps in economic hedges of debt elected under the FVO, interest rate caps in economic hedges of capped floating-rate MBS, and basis swaps hedging floating-rate debt indexed to other than the 3-month LIBOR.  For both categories, derivatives that are standalone, and derivatives and hedged items that qualify under hedge accounting rules, fair value gains and losses are unrealized and sum to zero if held to maturity.  Interest accruals on standalone derivatives, are considered as hedging gains or losses on standalone hedges, and realized at the periodic accrual settlement dates.  For more information about qualifying Fair Value and Cash Flow hedges of advances and debt, see Derivative Hedging Strategies in Tables 9.1 — 9.3.

 

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The impact of hedging activities on earnings, including the “geography” of the primary components of expenses and income as reported in the Statements of income are summarized below (in thousands):

 

Table 1.13:                                Earnings Impact of Derivatives and Hedging Activities — By Financial Instrument Type

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MPF

 

Obligation

 

Obligation

 

Balance

 

Intermediary

 

 

 

Earnings Impact

 

Advances

 

Loans

 

Bonds

 

Discount Notes

 

Sheet

 

Positions

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization/accretion/interest accruals of hedging activities reported in net interest income (a)

 

$

(132,577

)

$

(50

)

$

30,415

 

$

(9,176

)

$

 

$

 

$

(111,388

)

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gains (Losses) on fair value hedges

 

428

 

 

(31

)

 

 

 

397

 

(Losses) on cash flow hedges

 

 

 

(47

)

 

 

 

(47

)

Net fair value gains and interest income on swaps in economic hedges of FVO instruments

 

(3,275

)

 

3,433

 

2,151

 

 

 

2,309

 

Net (losses) gains on swaps and caps in other economic hedges

 

19

 

400

 

(375

)

 

(1,820

)

1

 

(1,775

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized (losses) gains on derivatives and hedging activities (b)

 

(2,828

)

400

 

2,980

 

2,151

 

(1,820

)

1

 

884

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total earnings impact

 

$

(135,405

)

$

350

 

$

33,395

 

$

(7,025

)

$

(1,820

)

$

1

 

$

(110,504

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MPF

 

Obligation

 

Obligation

 

Balance

 

Intermediary

 

 

 

Earnings Impact

 

Advances

 

Loans

 

Bonds

 

Discount Notes

 

Sheet

 

Positions

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization/accretion/interest accruals of hedging activities reported in net interest income (a)

 

$

(237,210

)

$

(103

)

$

62,661

 

$

(8,624

)

$

 

$

 

$

(183,276

)

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Losses) gains on fair value hedges

 

(1,060

)

 

427

 

 

 

 

(633

)

(Losses) on cash flow hedges

 

 

 

(265

)

 

 

 

(265

)

Net fair value gains and interest income on swaps in economic hedges of FVO instruments

 

(86

)

 

4,446

 

3,386

 

 

 

7,746

 

Net (losses) gains on swaps and caps in other economic hedges

 

(37

)

(93

)

977

 

 

(1,636

)

40

 

(749

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized (losses) gains on derivatives and hedging activities (b)

 

(1,183

)

(93

)

5,585

 

3,386

 

(1,636

)

40

 

6,099

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total earnings impact

 

$

(238,393

)

$

(196

)

$

68,246

 

$

(5,238

)

$

(1,636

)

$

40

 

$

(177,177

)

 


(a)         Yield adjustments The impact of amortization/accretion and interest accruals on hedging activities — Previously recorded hedge valuation basis on advances and debt that are no longer in a hedging relationship are amortized and recorded as a yield adjustment in the Statements of income in the same interest income or expense line as the hedged items.  Interest accrual on a swap in a qualifying hedge relationship is also recorded as a yield adjustment in the Statements of income as an Interest income or Interest expense.

 

Together, the impact of hedging activities, specifically accruals on net yield and on Net interest income is significant.  Net interest expense of $111.4 million was recorded as a charge to Net interest income in the current year period, compared to $183.3 million in the prior year period.  The net expense primarily represented net interest accruals, on the swap interest rate exchange contracts that generally hedged and synthetically converted fixed-rate cash flows of Advances and Consolidated obligation debt to floating-rate.  In certain instances, we have converted the variability of forecasted discount note cash flows to fixed-rate cash flows by the execution of cash flow hedges.

 

While the impact of the interest rate exchanges on periodic earnings was unfavorable (expense), the execution of the interest rate swap contracts achieved our interest rate risk management strategies, which were to mitigate the risk arising from fixed-rate cash flows from fixed-rate advances borrowed by our members and the issuances of fixed-rate debt to finance our lending activities, or in the cash flow hedge to create a predictable fixed-rate cash flow and lock-in margin.

 

Additional information is provided in this MD&A in Table 1.3 Net Interest Adjustments from Hedge Qualifying Interest-Rate Swaps, Table 1.8 Impact of Interest Rate Swaps on Interest Income Earned from Advances, and Table 1.10 Impact of Interest Rate Swaps on Consolidated Obligations Interest Expense.

 

(b)         Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities recorded in Other income — The primary components were (a) fair value changes of derivatives in qualifying fair value hedges offset by fair value changes of hedged items, (b) the ineffective portion of fair value changes of derivative in cash flow hedging relationships, and (c) fair value changes of standalone derivatives that were in economic hedges, and (d) net interest accruals on the standalone derivatives.

 

Standalone derivatives were primarily interest rate swaps designated in economic hedges of advances and debt elected under the FVO, and interest rate caps in economic hedges of capped investments.  Standalone derivatives are marked to their fair values without the offset of fair value changes of advances and debt under the FVO or in another economic hedge.  Fair value changes of instruments elected under the FVO are recorded separately in Other income as Instruments held at fair value.  Assets and liabilities that are economically hedged, other than those elected under the FVO, are not marked to fair values.

 

Derivatives are marked to their fair value.  If the hedge qualifies under ASC 815, an offsetting change in the fair values of the hedged advance and debt is also recorded in Other income as a component of derivatives and hedging activities,  The difference between fair value changes between the derivative and the hedged instruments is referred to as “the hedge ineffectiveness”.

 

Derivatives and hedging activities reported net fair value gains of $0.9 million in the current year period, compared to net fair value gains of $6.1 million in the prior year period.

 

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Primary drivers are discussed below:

 

Qualifying hedging

 

Fair value gains and losses on Fair value hedges - Hedge ineffectiveness reported a net gain of $0.4 million in the current year period, compared to a net loss of $0.6 million. We do not consider recorded hedge ineffectiveness to be significant relative to the more than $100.0 billion in notional amounts of derivative transactions outstanding in each period in this report.  The small ineffectiveness was consistent with our hedging strategy of closely matching our derivatives with hedged advances and debt.

 

Fair value gains and losses on Cash flow hedges — We have two primary cash flow hedging strategies — a rollover cash flow strategy hedging the variability of long-term issuances of discount notes, and another strategy to hedge anticipated issuances of debt.  No ineffectiveness has been observed or recorded in the rollover strategy.  Ineffectiveness from hedging anticipated issuances of debt resulted in insignificant amounts of ineffectiveness reported net losses of $0.05 million in the current year period, and  net losses $0.3 million in the prior year period.

 

Standalone derivative:

 

Fair values from standalone derivatives are recorded in Other income as gains or losses from derivatives and hedging activities.  By policy election, interest accruals on standalone swaps are also recorded as gains or losses from derivatives and hedging activities.

 

Standalone derivatives reported net gains of $0.5 million in the current year period, compared to net gains of $7.0 million in the prior year period.

 

·                  Interest accruals on standalone derivatives — Earnings impact from derivatives and hedging activities included interest accrual expenses of $4.4 million in the current year period, compared to net income of $5.1 million in the prior year period.  Accrual expenses on standalone interest rate swaps represented payments to swap counterparties that exceeded the payments received by the FHLBNY.  Interest rate swaps in economic hedges of debt elected under the FVO were structured to pay LIBOR indexed cash flows and to receive fixed-rate cash flows.  Interest rate swaps in economic hedges of advances elected under the FVO were structured to pay fixed-rate cash flows, and in return receive variable-rate cash flows.

 

The policy election — reporting accruals on standalone derivatives as a component of derivatives and hedging activities in Other income, only impacts the reporting classification of accruals and has no impact on Net income. The interest rate swap accruals would have been otherwise reported in Net interest income if in an ASC 815 hedging relationship.

 

·                  Fair value gains and losses on standalone derivatives.

 

Standalone derivatives were primarily interest rate swaps in economic hedges of advances and bonds elected under the FVO.  Fair values of swaps in economic hedges are one-sided marks without the benefit of offsetting changes in the values of the FVO instruments.  Inter-period valuation fluctuations were generally due to fair value gains and losses in one period that are followed by reversals in subsequent periods as swaps approached maturity, driven by the relative short duration of the swaps, which were intermediate term, generally with maturities of less than two years; as the swaps approached their maturity, gains and losses reversed, so that at maturity their values were zero.

 

Valuation changes on interest rate swaps designated in economic hedges of debt elected under the FVO reported net gains of $8.9 million in the current year period, compared to net gains of $3.1 million in the prior year period.  Valuation changes of interest rate swaps designated in economic hedges of advances elected under the FVO reported fair value losses of $2.5 million in the current year period, compared to a loss of less than $0.1 million in the prior year period.

 

Valuation changes of interest rate caps, designated as standalone derivatives in economic hedges of floating-rate MBS reported fair value losses of $1.8 million in the current year period, compared to net losses of $1.6 million in the prior year period.  The fair values of interest rate caps will decline if long-term rates decline or volatility of rates decline; fair values will increase when long-term rates rise or volatility of rates increase.  The interest rate caps are expected to mitigate the cash flow risk exposure of capped floating-rate MBS in a rising interest rate environment.

 

For more information, also see financial statements, Components of net gains and losses on derivatives and hedging activities in Note 15. Derivatives and Hedging Activities.

 

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Impact of Cash flow Hedging on Earnings and AOCI — 2016 First Quarter Compared to 2015 First Quarter

 

Derivative gains and losses reclassified from AOCI to current period income The following table summarizes changes in derivative gains and (losses), including reclassifications into earnings from AOCI in the Statements of Condition (in thousands):

 

Table 1.14:                                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) to Current Period Income from Cash Flow Hedges

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss from cash flow hedges

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of period

 

$

(91,037

)

$

(86,667

)

Net hedging transactions (a)

 

(56,873

)

(22,095

)

Reclassified into earnings

 

556

 

505

 

End of period (b)

 

$

(147,354

)

$

(108,257

)

 


(a)         Net hedging transactions reported valuation losses of $56.9 million and $22.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015. Valuation losses were associated with the two cash flow programs discussed below, but primarily represented changes in fair values of swaps in the discount note cash flow hedging program.

(b)         End of period balances represent fair value losses (effective portion) of contracts open at period end.  There was no ineffectiveness on the open contracts.  Open contracts were interest rate contracts in the discount note cash flow hedging programs.

 

The two Cash Flow hedging strategies were:

 

Hedges of anticipated issuances of consolidated obligation bonds From time to time, we execute interest rate swaps on the anticipated issuance of debt to lock in a spread between the earning asset that is expected to settle in a future period and the cost of funding.  The swaps are structured to pay fixed-rate, receive LIBOR indexed cash flows.  Open swap contracts are valued at the end of each reporting period and recorded in the balance sheet as a derivative asset or a liability, with an offset to AOCI.  The effective portion of changes in the fair values of the swaps is recorded in AOCI.  Ineffectiveness, if any, is recorded through earnings.  In this program, the swap is typically terminated upon issuance of the debt instrument.  The termination fair value is recorded in AOCI and reclassified to earnings in the periods in which earnings are affected by the variability of the cash flows of the debt that was issued.  The maximum period of time that we typically hedge our exposure to the variability in future cash flows, for forecasted transactions to issue consolidated obligation bonds, is between three and six months.

 

There were no swap contracts open under this program at March 31, 2016 or at March 31, 2015.  At December 31, 2015, $35.0 million in notional amounts were open under this program at a net unrealized fair value loss of $0.02 million.

 

·                  Net hedging transactions executed under this cash flow hedge reported $1.0 million of unrecognized losses from new contracts closed in the current year period, compared to $1.2 million in the prior year period.

 

·                  The amount reclassified from AOCI to interest expense on consolidated obligation bonds was $0.6 million in the current year period, compared to $0.5 million in the prior year period.

 

AOCI - The cumulative unamortized balances from previously closed contracts in this program that were recorded in AOCI were unrecognized losses of $6.2 million at March 31, 2016, $6.6 million at March 31, 2015 and $5.8 million at December 31, 2015.  Over the next 12 months, it is expected that $2.0 million of net losses recorded in AOCI will be recognized as an interest expense.

 

Hedges of discount note issuances

 

In the “rollover” cash flow hedge strategy, fair values of derivatives are recorded as a derivative asset or a liability in the balance sheet, and the effective portion is recorded as an offset to AOCI.  The ineffective portion is recorded in earnings.  The objective of this cash flow strategy is to hedge the long-term issuances of consolidated obligation discount notes, eliminate the variability of cash flows attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate (3-month LIBOR), and to create predictable long term fixed-rate funding.

 

Net hedging transactions Amounts represent changes in fair values period-over-period.  Fair values of interest rate swaps in the discount note roll-over hedging program declined, and valuation losses of $55.9 million and $20.9 million were recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

·                  Long-term swaps, notional amounts of $1.6 billion at March 31, 2016, $1.3 billion at March 31, 2015, and $1.6 billion at December 31, 2015, were in pay fixed-rate receive floating-rate interest rate swap contracts.  Fair values will move inversely with the rise and fall of long-term swap rates, and fluctuation in long-term swap rates will determine future changes in valuations.

 

·                  The cumulative fair value changes from inception of the contracts recorded in AOCI were net losses of $141.1 million at March 31, 2016, $101.6 million at March 31, 2015, and $85.2 million at December 31, 2015.  We expect the long-term hedge programs to remain in place to the contractual maturities of the interest rate swaps.  Cumulative fair value losses will sum to zero over contractual terms to maturity.

 

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Reclassified into earnings No fair values were reclassified to earnings in any periods in this report under this cash flow strategy, although swap interest expense had a significant impact on interest expense on hedged discount notes. In the prevailing interest rate environment, the higher fixed-rate payments made (compared to 3-month LIBOR received ) resulted in a net interest expense of $9.2 million in the current year period, compared to $8.6 million in the prior year period.

 

For more information, see financial statements, Note 15.  Derivatives and Hedging Activities.

 

Operating Expenses, Compensation and Benefits, and Other Expenses 2016 First Quarter Compared to 2015 First Quarter

 

The following table sets forth the major categories of operating expenses (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 1.15:                                Operating Expenses, and Compensation and Benefits

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

Percentage of
Total

 

2015

 

Percentage of
Total

 

Operating Expenses (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupancy

 

$

1,088

 

14.44

%

$

1,162

 

16.55

%

Depreciation and leasehold amortization

 

887

 

11.77

 

952

 

13.56

 

All others (b)

 

5,562

 

73.79

 

4,906

 

69.89

 

Total Operating Expenses

 

$

7,537

 

100.00

%

$

7,020

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee compensation (c)

 

$

9,541

 

55.23

%

$

8,088

 

50.02

%

Employee benefits (d)

 

7,735

 

44.77

 

8,083

 

49.98

 

Total Compensation and Benefits

 

$

17,276

 

100.00

%

$

16,171

 

100.00

%

Finance Agency and Office of Finance (e)

 

$

3,602

 

 

 

$

3,629

 

 

 

 


(a)         Operating expenses included the administrative and overhead costs of operating the FHLBNY, as well as the operating costs of providing advances and managing collateral associated with the advances, managing the investment portfolios, and providing correspondent banking services to members.  Operating expenses have not increased materially period-over-period.

(b)         The category “All others” included temporary workers, computer service agreements, contractual services, professional and legal fees, audit fees, director fees and expenses, insurance and telecommunications.

(c)          Employee compensation increased somewhat due to market adjustments, and additions to headcount.

(d)         Employee benefits were lower in the current year period, due to lower medical insurance costs. Pension plan expenses were flat period-over-period.  For more information about pension expenses, see financial statements, Note 14. Employee Retirement Plans in the most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

(e)          We are also assessed for our share of the operating expenses for the Finance Agency and the Office of Finance.  The FHLBanks and two other GSEs share the entire cost of the Finance Agency.  Expenses are allocated by the Finance Agency and the Office of Finance.

 

Assessments 2016 First Quarter Compared to 2015 First Quarter

 

For more information about assessments, see Affordable Housing Program and Other Mission Related Programs and Assessments under ITEM 1 BUSINESS in the most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

The following table provides roll-forward information with respect to changes in AHP liabilities (in thousands):

 

Table 2.1:                                       Affordable Housing Program Liabilities

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning balance

 

$

113,352

 

$

113,544

 

Additions from current period’s assessments

 

9,300

 

9,831

 

Net disbursements for grants and programs

 

(11,336

)

(13,803

)

Ending balance

 

$

111,316

 

$

109,572

 

 

AHP assessments allocated from net income totaled $9.3 million in the current year period, compared to $9.8 million in the prior year period.  Assessments are calculated as a percentage of Net income, and the changes in allocations were in parallel with changes in Net income.

 

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Financial Condition

 

Table 3.1:               Statements of Condition — Period-Over-Period Comparison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in

 

Net change in

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

dollar amount

 

percentage

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

 

$

225,112

 

$

327,482

 

$

(102,370

)

(31.26

)%

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

 

5,210,000

 

4,000,000

 

1,210,000

 

30.25

 

Federal funds sold

 

6,916,000

 

7,245,000

 

(329,000

)

(4.54

)

Available-for-sale securities

 

939,192

 

990,129

 

(50,937

)

(5.14

)

Held-to-maturity securities

 

14,260,415

 

13,932,372

 

328,043

 

2.35

 

Advances

 

89,481,955

 

93,874,211

 

(4,392,256

)

(4.68

)

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio

 

2,565,427

 

2,524,285

 

41,142

 

1.63

 

Derivative assets

 

171,175

 

181,676

 

(10,501

)

(5.78

)

Other assets

 

171,779

 

163,476

 

8,303

 

5.08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

119,941,055

 

$

123,238,631

 

$

(3,297,576

)

(2.68

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing demand

 

$

1,016,794

 

$

1,308,923

 

$

(292,129

)

(22.32

)%

Non-interest-bearing demand

 

19,342

 

15,493

 

3,849

 

24.84

 

Term

 

30,000

 

26,000

 

4,000

 

15.38

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total deposits

 

1,066,136

 

1,350,416

 

(284,280

)

(21.05

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds

 

74,927,097

 

67,715,952

 

7,211,145

 

10.65

 

Discount notes

 

36,863,672

 

46,849,868

 

(9,986,196

)

(21.32

)

Total consolidated obligations

 

111,790,769

 

114,565,820

 

(2,775,051

)

(2.42

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

30,505

 

19,499

 

11,006

 

56.44

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative liabilities

 

213,948

 

210,113

 

3,835

 

1.83

 

Other liabilities

 

380,609

 

373,301

 

7,308

 

1.96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

113,481,967

 

116,519,149

 

(3,037,182

)

(2.61

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital

 

6,459,088

 

6,719,482

 

(260,394

)

(3.88

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and capital

 

$

119,941,055

 

$

123,238,631

 

$

(3,297,576

)

(2.68

)%

 

Balance Sheet Overview — March 31, 2016 Compared to December 31, 2015

 

Total assets declined to $119.9 billion at March 31, 2016 from $123.2 billion at December 31, 2015, a decrease of $3.3 billion, or 2.7%.  Advances to members declined to $89.5 billion at March 31, 2016 from $93.9 billion at December 31, 2015, a decrease of $4.4 billion, or 4.7%.  Cash at banks was $225.1 million at March 31, 2016, compared to $327.5 million at December 31, 2015.  At March 31, 2016, cash balance primarily represented $162.0 million at Citibank that was maintained as a compensating balance in lieu of fees for certain outsourced processes, and the remaining liquidity was at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (“FRBNY”).

 

Overnight investments at March 31, 2016 were $6.9 billion in federal funds sold and $5.2 billion in overnight resale agreements.  Overnight investments at December 31, 2015 were $7.2 billion in federal funds and $4.0 billion in overnight resale agreements.  In years prior to those reported, opportunities for investing in short-term assets and meeting our risk/reward preferences were limited, with a tradeoff between maintaining liquidity at the FRBNY or investing at the prevailing low overnight rates at financial institutions.  Market yields for overnight investments have improved.  Additionally, with the success of the tri-party repo infrastructure reform efforts in the repo markets, the FHLBNY has leveraged the infrastructure, and specifically has utilized the Bank of New York (“BONY”) as its tri-party custodian bank to transact in a streamlined process for exchanging “repo cash” for securities collateral.  We are also eligible to engage in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s reverse repurchase transactions (“RRP”).  At March 31, 2016, overnight investments in the securities purchased under agreements to resell included $4.0 billion in the RRP program with BONY as the custodian.  With these processes in place at the FHLBNY, we are better positioned to manage the FHLBNY’s liquidity practices, from a risk/reward perspective, and earn higher income from investing excess liquidity.

 

Advances — Par balances declined at March 31, 2016 to $88.7 billion, compared to $93.5 billion at December 31, 2015.  Shorter maturity borrowings by members in the fourth quarter of 2015 were not renewed at their maturities in the first quarter of 2016.

 

Long-term investment securities — Long-term investment securities are designated as available-for-sale (“AFS”) or held-to-maturity (“HTM”).  The heavy concentration of GSE and Agency issued (“GSE-issued”) securities, and a declining balance of private-label MBS is our investment profile.

 

In the AFS portfolio, long-term investments at March 31, 2016 were floating-rate GSE-issued mortgage-backed securities carried on the balance sheet at fair values of $0.9 billion, compared to $1.0 billion at December 31, 2015.

 

The FHLBNY owns a grantor trust that invests in highly-liquid registered mutual funds, which were classified as AFS; funds were carried on the balance sheet at fair values of $37.0 million and $32.9 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

In the HTM portfolio, long-term investments at March 31, 2016 were predominantly GSE-issued fixed- and floating-rate mortgage-backed securities.  Carrying values of HTM securities are reported at amortized cost adjusted

 

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for credit and non-credit OTTI.  HTM securities were carried at $13.4 billion and $13.1 billion at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  Private-label issued MBS were only about 2% of the HTM portfolio of mortgage-backed securities at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  The HTM portfolio also included housing finance agency bonds, primarily New York and New Jersey, and the investments were carried at an amortized cost basis of $824.8 million and $825.1 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio — Mortgage loans were investments in Mortgage Partnership Finance loans (“MPF” or “MPF Program”).  Unpaid principal balances of loans under this program stood at $2.5 billion at March 31, 2016, up a little from the balance at December 31, 2015.  Loans are primarily fixed-rate, single-family mortgages acquired through the MPF Program.  Pay downs in the first quarter of the current year were $59.3 million, compared to $58.6 million in the same period in the prior year.  Acquisitions in the first quarter of the current year were $102.9 million, compared to $231.3 million in same period in the prior year.  Credit performance has been strong and delinquency low.  Historical loss experience remains very low.  Residential collateral values have remained stable in the New York and New Jersey sectors, the primary geographic concentration for our MPF portfolio.

 

Capital ratios — Our capital position remains strong.  At March 31, 2016, actual risk-based capital was $6.7 billion, compared to required risk-based capital of $658.5 million.  To support $119.9 billion of total assets at March 31, 2016, the required minimum regulatory risk-based capital was $4.8 billion or 4.0% of assets.  Our actual regulatory risk-based capital was $6.7 billion, exceeding required capital by $1.9 billion.  These ratios have remained consistently above the required regulatory ratios through all periods in this report.  For more information, see financial statements, Note 12.  Capital Stock, Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock and Restricted Retained Earnings.

 

Leverage — At March 31, 2016, balance sheet leverage (based on GAAP) was 18.6 times shareholders’ equity, compared to 18.3 times at December 31, 2015.  Balance sheet leverage has generally remained steady over the last several years, although from time to time we have maintained excess liquidity in highly liquid investments, or cash balances at the FRBNY to meet unexpected member demand for funds.  Increases or decreases in investments have a direct impact on leverage, but generally growth in or shrinkage of advances does not significantly impact balance sheet leverage under existing capital stock management practices.  Members are required to purchase activity-based capital stock to support their borrowings from us, and when activity-based capital stock is in excess of the amount that is required to support advance borrowings, we redeem the excess capital stock immediately.  Therefore, stockholders’ capital increases and decreases with members’ advance borrowings, and the capital to asset ratios remain relatively unchanged.

 

Liquidity and Debt — At March 31, 2016, liquid assets included $61.1 million as demand cash balances at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, $162.0 million as compensating cash balances at Citibank that could be withdrawn at short notice, $12.1 billion in overnight loans in the federal funds and the repo markets, and $0.9 billion of high credit quality GSE-issued available-for-sale securities that are investment quality, and readily marketable.  Our liquidity position remains strong, and in compliance with all regulatory requirements, and we do not foresee any changes to that position.

 

The primary source of our funds is the issuance of consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes to the public.  Our GSE status enables the FHLBanks to raise funds at rates that are typically at a small to moderate spread above U.S. Treasury security yields.  Our ability to access the capital markets, which has a direct impact on our cost of funds, is dependent to a degree on our credit ratings from the major ratings organizations.  The FHLBank debt performance has withstood the impact of the rating downgrade in the recent past and the controversy surrounding the debt ceiling.  However, we cannot say with certainty the long-term impact of such actions on our liquidity position, which could be adversely affected by many causes both internal and external to our business.

 

Among other liquidity measures, the Finance Agency requires FHLBanks to maintain sufficient liquidity through short-term investments in an amount at least equal to our anticipated cash outflows under two different scenarios.  The first scenario assumes that we cannot access capital markets for 15 days, and during that period members do not renew their maturing, prepaid and called advances.  The second scenario assumes that we cannot access the capital markets for five days, and during that period, members renew maturing advances.  We remain in compliance with regulations under both scenarios.

 

We also hold Contingency Liquidity in an amount sufficient to meet our liquidity needs if we are unable to access the consolidated obligation debt market for at least 5 days.  The actual Contingency Liquidity under the 5-day scenario in the 2016 first quarter was $28.5 billion, well in excess of the required $2.6 billion.

 

We also have other liquidity measures in place, Deposit Liquidity and Operational Liquidity, and those liquidity buffers remain in excess of required reserves.  For more information about our liquidity measures, please see section Liquidity, Cash Flows, Short-Term Borrowings and Short-Term Debt in this MD&A.

 

Advances

 

Our primary business is making collateralized loans to members, referred to as advances.  Generally, the growth or decline in advances is reflective of demand by members for both short-term liquidity and term funding.  This demand is driven by economic factors such as availability of alternative funding sources that are more attractive, or by the interest rate environment and the outlook for the economy.  Members may choose to prepay advances (which may generate prepayment penalty fees) based on their expectations of interest rate changes and demand for liquidity.

 

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Advance volume is also influenced by merger activity, where members are either acquired by non-members or acquired by members of another FHLBank.  When our members are acquired by members of another FHLBank or by non-members, these former members no longer qualify for membership and we may not offer renewals or additional advances to the former members.  If maturing advances are not replaced, it will have an impact on business volume.

 

Decrease in amounts outstanding at March 31, 2016, relative to December 31, 2015 has been largely driven by maturing short-term advances that were not renewed.

 

Table 3.2:               Advance Trends

 

 

Member demand for advance products

 

Par amounts of advances outstanding were $88.7 billion at March 31, 2016, compared to $93.5 billion at December 31, 2015.  Carrying values of advances outstanding at March 31, 2016 declined to $89.5 billion, down from $93.9 billion at December 31, 2015.  Carrying values included unrealized net fair value hedging basis adjustments.  For advances hedged under a qualifying hedging rule, net fair value gains of $745.9 million and $336.5 million were recorded at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, and were computed based on changes in the LIBOR benchmark rate.  For advances elected under the fair value option (“FVO”), valuations were the entire fair values of advances, and net valuation basis gains of $10.6 million and $0.3 million were recorded at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

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Advances — Product Types

 

The following table summarizes par values of advances by product type (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 4.1:               Advances by Product Type

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Amounts

 

of Total

 

Amounts

 

of Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustable Rate Credit - ARCs

 

$

27,212,890

 

30.67

%

$

26,547,890

 

28.38

%

Fixed Rate Advances

 

45,109,971

 

50.84

 

45,857,975

 

49.03

 

Short-Term Advances

 

7,798,338

 

8.79

 

11,617,757

 

12.42

 

Mortgage Matched Advances

 

484,176

 

0.55

 

490,716

 

0.52

 

Overnight & Line of Credit (OLOC) Advances

 

2,438,441

 

2.75

 

3,738,527

 

4.00

 

All other categories

 

5,681,689

 

6.40

 

5,284,544

 

5.65

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total par value

 

88,725,505

 

100.00

%

93,537,409

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge valuation basis adjustments

 

745,898

 

 

 

336,489

 

 

 

Fair value option valuation adjustments and accrued interest

 

10,552

 

 

 

313

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

89,481,955

 

 

 

$

93,874,211

 

 

 

 

Adjustable Rate Advances (“ARC Advances”) — Outstanding balances are concentrated with some of our largest members.

 

ARC Advances are medium- and long-term loans that can be linked to a variety of indices, such as 1-month LIBOR, 3-month LIBOR, the federal funds rate, or Prime.  The ARC interest rate is set and reset (depending upon the maturity of the advance and the type of index) at a spread to LIBOR.  Principal is due at maturity and interest payments are due at each reset date, including the final payment date.  Members use ARC Advances to manage interest rate and basis risks by efficiently matching the interest rate index and repricing characteristics of floating-rate assets.  Some members may elect to use ARC Advances as part of a cash flow hedge strategy, where they will synthetically convert the floating-rate borrowing to fixed-rate with the use of interest rate swaps.

 

Fixed-rate Advances Medium and long-term fixed-rate advances, comprising putable and non-putable advances, remain the largest category of advances.  Fixed-rate advances are offered in maturities of one year or longer.  Member demand for fixed-rate advances has remained steady in the first quarter of 2016, with maturing advances replaced by new borrowings.  We believe that members still remain uncertain about locking into long-term advances, perhaps because of unfavorable pricing of longer-term advances, an uncertain outlook on the direction and timing of interest rate changes, or lukewarm demand from members’ customer base for longer-term fixed-rate loans.

 

Fixed-rate advances include advances with a “put” option feature (“putable advance”).  Putable advance balance was $3.3 billion at March 31, 2016, compared to $3.7 billion at December 31, 2015.  Historically, in years prior to periods in this report, fixed-rate putable advances had been more competitively priced relative to fixed-rate “bullet” advances (without put option) because the “put” feature (that we have purchased from the member) reduces the coupon on the advance.  The price advantage of a putable advance increases with the number of puts sold and the length of the term of a putable advance.  With a putable advance, we have the right to exercise the put option and terminate the advance at predetermined exercise date(s).  We would normally exercise this option when interest rates rise, and the borrower may then apply for a new advance at the then-prevailing coupon and terms.  In the present interest rate environment, the price advantage has not been significant and member demand was weak.

 

Short-term Advances — Member demand for short-term fixed-rate advances was weak in the first quarter of 2016, declining to $7.8 billion at March 31, 2016, compared to $11.6 billion at December 31, 2015.  Maturing advances were not replaced.  Short term advances are fixed-rate advances with original maturities of one year or less.

 

Overnight Advances — Overnight advance balance was $2.4 billion at March 31, 2016, compared to $3.7 billion at December 31, 2015.  Fluctuations in demand reflect the seasonal needs of certain member banks for their short-term liquidity requirements.  Some large members also use overnight advances to adjust their balance sheet in line with their own leverage targets.  The overnight advances program gives members a short-term, flexible, readily accessible revolving line of credit for immediate liquidity needs.  Overnight advances mature on the next business day, at which time the advance is repaid.

 

Collateral Security

 

Our member borrowers are required to maintain an amount of eligible collateral that adequately secures their outstanding obligations with the FHLBNY.  Eligible collateral includes: (1) one-to-four-family and multi-family mortgages; (2) Treasury and U.S. government agency securities; (3) mortgage-backed securities; and (4) certain other collateral that is real estate-related, provided that such collateral has a readily ascertainable value and the Bank can perfect a security interest in that collateral.  We also have a statutory lien priority with respect to certain member assets under the FHLBank Act as well as a claim on FHLBNY capital stock held by our members.

 

The FHLBNY’s loan and collateral agreements give us a security interest in assets held by borrowers that is sufficient to cover their obligations to the FHLBNY.  We may supplement this security interest by imposing additional reporting, segregation or delivery requirements on the borrower.  We assign specific collateral requirements to a borrower, based on a number of factors.  These include, but are not limited to: (1) the borrower’s overall financial condition; (2) the degree of complexity involved in the pledging, verifying, and reporting of

 

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collateral between the borrower and the FHLBNY, especially when third-party pledges, custodians, outside service providers and pledges to other entities are involved; and (3) the type of collateral pledged.

 

In order to ensure that the FHLBNY has sufficient collateral to cover credit extensions, the Bank has established a Collateral Lendable Value methodology. This methodology determines the lendable value or amount of borrowing capacity assigned to each specific type of collateral.  Key components of the Lendable Value include measures of Market, Credit, Price Volatility and Operational Risk associated with the unique collateral types pledged to the FHLBNY.  Lendable Values are periodically adjusted to reflect current market and business conditions.  For more information about our practices with respect to collateral, see the Bank’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

Advances — Interest Rate Terms

 

The following table summarizes interest-rate payment terms for advances (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 4.2:               Advances by Interest-Rate Payment Terms

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Amount

 

of Total

 

Amount

 

of Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed-rate (a)

 

$

61,445,302

 

69.25

%

$

66,951,089

 

71.57

%

Variable-rate (b)

 

27,074,203

 

30.52

 

26,580,320

 

28.42

 

Variable-rate capped or floored (c)

 

206,000

 

0.23

 

6,000

 

0.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total par value

 

88,725,505

 

100.00

%

93,537,409

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge valuation basis adjustments

 

745,898

 

 

 

336,489

 

 

 

Fair value option valuation adjustments and accrued interest

 

10,552

 

 

 

313

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

89,481,955

 

 

 

$

93,874,211

 

 

 

 


(a)         Fixed-rate borrowings remained the largest category of advances borrowed by members.  The category includes long-term and short-term fixed-rate advances.  Long-term advances remain a small segment of the portfolio at March 31, 2016, with only 4.5% of advances in the remaining maturity bucket of greater than 5 years (4.4% at December 31, 2015).  Decline in balances were concentrated along the short-term fixed rate advances that matured in the first quarter of 2016 and were not renewed.

(b)         ARC Advances are typically indexed to LIBOR.  The FHLBNY’s larger members are generally borrowers of variable-rate advances.

(c)          Capped ARCs were not in demand in a declining interest rate environment, as members were unwilling to purchase cap options to limit their interest rate exposure.  With a capped variable rate advance, we purchase cap options that mirror the terms of the caps sold to members, offsetting our exposure on the advance.

 

The following table summarizes maturity and yield characteristics of advances (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 4.3:               Advances by Maturity and Yield Type

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Amount

 

of Total

 

Amount

 

of Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed-rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

23,272,072

 

26.23

%

$

28,844,057

 

30.84

%

Due after one year

 

38,173,230

 

43.02

 

38,107,032

 

40.74

 

Total Fixed-rate

 

61,445,302

 

69.25

 

66,951,089

 

71.58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable-rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due in one year or less

 

11,687,184

 

13.17

 

8,164,490

 

8.73

 

Due after one year

 

15,593,019

 

17.58

 

18,421,830

 

19.69

 

Total Variable-rate

 

27,280,203

 

30.75

 

26,586,320

 

28.42

 

Total par value

 

88,725,505

 

100.00

%

93,537,409

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge valuation basis adjustments (a)

 

745,898

 

 

 

336,489

 

 

 

Fair value option valuation adjustments and accrued interest (b)

 

10,552

 

 

 

313

 

 

 

Total

 

$

89,481,955

 

 

 

$

93,874,211

 

 

 

 

Fair value basis and valuation adjustments — The carrying values of advances include valuation basis adjustments.   Key determinants of valuation adjustments are factors such as volume, the forward swap curve, the volatility of the swap rates, the remaining duration to maturity, and for advances elected under the FVO, the changes in the spread between the swap rate and the consolidated obligation debt yields, and changes in interest receivable, which is a component of the entire fair value of FVO advances.

 


(a)

Hedging valuation adjustments The reported carrying value of hedged advances is adjusted for changes in their fair values (fair value basis adjustments or fair value) that are attributable to the risk being hedged, which is LIBOR for the FHLBNY, and is the discounting basis for computing changes in fair values for hedges of advances. The application of this accounting methodology resulted in the recognition of unrealized hedge valuation gains at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (See Table 4.3 above). When medium- and long-term interest rates rise or fall, the fair values of fixed-rate advances move in the opposite direction and valuation basis adjustments will decline or rise. Hedging valuation basis adjustments resulted in a net gain of $745.9 million at March 31, 2016, compared to a net gain of $336.5 million at December 31, 2015. The benchmark swap curve declined at term points beyond the short-end of the curve at March 31, 2016, relative to December 31, 2015, causing fair value basis gains to increase at March 31, 2016. The hedged advance portfolio is fixed-rate and fair values will increase when forward rates decline.

 

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Unrealized gains from fair value basis adjustments on hedged advances were almost entirely offset by net fair value unrealized losses on the derivatives hedging the advances, thereby achieving our hedging objectives of mitigating fair value basis risk.  For more information, see Table 1.13: Earnings Impact of Derivatives and Hedging Activities — By Financial Instrument Type.

 

 

(b)

FVO fair values Carrying values of advances elected under the FVO include valuation basis adjustments to recognize their entire fair values.  The discounting basis for computing fair values of FVO advances is the Advance pricing curve, which is primarily derived from the FHLBNY’s cost of funds (yields paid on consolidated obligation debt).  Fair value basis of a FVO advance reflect changes in the term structure and shape of the Advance pricing curve at the measurement dates, and includes accrued interest receivable.

 

 

 

Valuation adjustments have not been significant relative to the par amounts of the FVO advance, as advances elected under the FVO were either variable rate LIBOR indexed advances, which re-priced frequently to market indices, or fixed-rate medium- term, and valuation basis remained near to par.  Increase in fair value basis was  due to declining market interest rates; fair value basis moves inversely to market rates.  The FVO advance portfolio declined to $8.2 billion at March 31, 2016, compared to $9.5 billion at December 31, 2015, causing previously recorded fair value basis losses to reverse.  We have elected the FVO on an instrument-by-instrument basis.  With respect to credit risk, we have concluded that it was not necessary to estimate changes attributable to instrument-specific credit risk, as we consider our advances to remain fully collateralized through to maturity.  For more information, see financial statements, Fair Value Option Disclosures in Note 16.  Fair Values of Financial Instruments.

 

Hedge volume — We hedge putable advances and certain “bullet” fixed-rate advances under the hedge accounting provisions when they qualify under those standards and as economic hedges when the hedge accounting provisions are operationally difficult to establish or a high degree of hedge effectiveness cannot be asserted.

 

The following table summarizes hedged advances by type of option features (in thousands):

 

Table 4.4:               Hedged Advances by Type

 

Par Amount

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Qualifying Hedges

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed-rate bullets (a)

 

$

39,707,058

 

$

39,671,761

 

Fixed-rate putable (b)

 

3,232,350

 

3,583,600

 

Fixed-rate callable

 

5,000

 

 

Fixed-rate with embedded cap

 

180,075

 

180,075

 

Total Qualifying Hedges

 

$

43,124,483

 

$

43,435,436

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate par amount of advances hedged (c)

 

$

43,336,625

 

$

43,444,011

 

Fair value basis (Qualifying hedging adjustments)

 

$

745,898

 

$

336,489

 

 


(a)         Generally, non-callable fixed-rate medium and longer term advances are hedged to mitigate the risk in fixed-rate lending.

(b)         Putable advances are hedged by cancellable swaps, and the paired long put and short call options mitigate the put/call option risks; additionally, fixed-rate is synthetically converted to LIBOR, mitigating the risk in fixed-rate lending for the FHLBNY.  In a rising rate environment, swap dealers would likely exercise their call option, and the FHLBNY will exercise its put option with the member and both instruments terminate at par.  Members may borrow new advances at the then prevailing rate.

(c)          Except for an insignificant amount of derivatives that were designated as economic hedges of advances, hedged advances were in a qualifying hedging relationship.

 

Advances elected under the FVO — Advances elected under the FVO were adjustable-rate and fixed-rate advances.  By electing the FVO for an asset instrument (the advance), the objective is to offset some of the volatility in earnings due to the designation of debt (liability) under the FVO.  Changes in the fair values of the advance were recorded through earnings, and the offset was recorded as a fair value basis adjustment to the carrying values of the advances.

 

The following table summarizes par amounts of advances elected under the FVO (in thousands):

 

Table 4.5:               Advances under the Fair Value Option (FVO)

 

 

 

Advances

 

Par Amount

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Advances designated under FVO (a)

 

$

8,212,240

 

$

9,532,240

 

 


(a)         Advances elected under the FVO declined primarily due to maturing ARC advances that were not rolled over.  FVO advances at March 31, 2016 were Adjustable rate (ARCs) $4.6 billion; Fixed-rate $3.6  billion.  FVO advances at December 31, 2015 were Adjustable rate (ARCs) $5.8 billion; Fixed-rate $3.7 billion.

 

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The following table summarizes par amounts of advances that were still putable or callable, with one or more pre-determined option exercise dates remaining (par amounts in thousands):

 

Table 4.6:               Putable and Callable Advances

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Putable/callable

 

$

3,315,600

 

$

3,663,600

 

No-longer putable/callable

 

$

906,500

 

$

1,081,500

 

 

Member demand has been weak for putable advances, which are typically medium- and long-term.

 

Investments

 

We maintain long-term investment portfolios, which are principally mortgage-backed securities issued by GSEs and U.S. Agency (hereinafter referred to as “GSE-issued”).  Investments include a small portfolio of MBS issued by private enterprises, and bonds issued by state or local housing finance agencies.  We also maintain short-term investments for our liquidity purpose, for funding daily stock repurchases and redemptions, for ensuring the availability of funds to meet the credit needs of our members, and to provide additional earnings.

 

We are subject to credit risk on our investments, generally transacted with GSEs and large financial institutions that are considered to be of investment quality.  The Finance Agency defines investment quality as a security with adequate financial backings so that full and timely payment of principal and interest on such security is expected and there is minimal risk that the timely payment of principal and interest would not occur because of adverse changes in economic and financial conditions during the projected life of the security.  For more information about investment policies, restrictions and practices, see the most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

The following table summarizes changes in investments by categories: Held-to-maturity securities, Available-for-sale securities, and money market investments  (Carrying values in thousands):

 

Table 5.1:                                       Investments by Categories

 

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

Dollar

 

Percentage

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Variance

 

Variance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations (a)

 

$

824,765

 

$

825,050

 

$

(285

)

(0.03

)%

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities, at fair value (b)

 

902,143

 

957,256

 

(55,113

)

(5.76

)

Held-to-maturity securities, at carrying value (b)

 

13,435,650

 

13,107,322

 

328,328

 

2.50

 

Total securities

 

15,162,558

 

14,889,628

 

272,930

 

1.83

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grantor trust (c)

 

37,049

 

32,873

 

4,176

 

12.70

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

 

5,210,000

 

4,000,000

 

1,210,000

 

30.25

 

Federal funds sold

 

6,916,000

 

7,245,000

 

(329,000

)

(4.54

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments

 

$

27,325,607

 

$

26,167,501

 

$

1,158,106

 

4.43

%

 


(a)         State and local housing finance agency bonds Bonds are classified as HTM and are carried at amortized cost.  No acquisitions were made in the three months ended March 31, 2016.

 

(b)         Mortgage-backed securities classified as AFS No acquisitions were made in the three months ended March 31, 2016.  AFS securities outstanding are GSE issued floating-rate MBS carried at fair value.

 

Mortgage-backed securities classified as HTM $0.6  billion of GSE-issued MBS were acquired in the three months ended March 31, 2016 and designated as HTM.  Approximately 98.0% of HTM mortgage-backed securities are GSE issued securities.

 

(c)         The grantor trust is classified as AFS.  We invested $4.3 million in the grantor trust in the three months ended March 31, 2016.  Trust funds represent investments in registered mutual funds and other fixed-income and equity funds.  Funds are highly liquid and readily redeemable at their NAVs, which are the fair values of the investments.  The fund is owned by the FHLBNY, and the intent is to utilize investments to fund current and potential future payment obligations of the non-qualified Benefits Equalization Pension plan.  For more information about the pension plan, see financial statements, Note 14.  Employee Retirement Plans in the Bank’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

Long-Term Investment Securities

 

Pricing of GSE-issued MBS has remained tight, and acquisitions were made only when pricing justified our risk/reward criteria.  Unpaid principal balances of investments in MBS was $14.4 billion at March 31, 2016, an increase of $275.6 million (net of paydowns), compared to December 31, 2015.  By policy, we acquire only GSE-issued RMBS and CMBS.

 

The long-term investment securities at March 31, 2016 comprised of a portfolio of GSE-issued MBS, a small portfolio of vintage Private label MBS, and a small portfolio of housing finance agency bonds, as summarized below:

 

·                  The AFS portfolio of GSE-issued floating-rate MBS were carried at their fair values of $0.9 billion at March 31, 2016, compared to $1.0 billion at December 31, 2015.  Unpaid principal balances decreased by $52.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016.  No acquisitions were designated to the AFS portfolio and no MBS securities were sold in the three months ended March 31, 2016.  Fair values of the AFS securities were

 

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substantially all in unrealized fair value gain positions at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  The AFS securities are indexed to LIBOR, and certain securities are capped, typically between 6.5% and 7.5%.  The risk arising from the capped floating-rate MBS in our portfolios of available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities is economically hedged by $2.7 billion notional amounts of interest rate caps.  For more information about the interest rate caps, see financial statements, Note 15.  Derivatives and Hedging Activities, and Table 9.3 Derivative Hedging Strategies — Balance Sheet and Intermediation in this MD&A.  No AFS securities were determined to be OTTI in any periods in this report.  For more information about AFS securities, see financial statements, Note 6.  Available-for-Sale Securities.

 

·                  The HTM portfolio of MBS comprised of portfolios of GSE issued fixed and floating-rate MBS, and a small portfolio of Private label MBS (98.0%, GSE-issued; 2.0%, PLMBS).  Securities classified as HTM are carried at amortized cost less adjustments for credit and non-credit OTTI losses and OTTI recoveries.  Unpaid principal balance of fixed-rate MBS was $7.2 billion and $7.3 billion at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  No acquisitions were made to the fixed-rate portfolio in the three months ended March 31, 2016; paydowns were $99.6 million.  Unpaid principal balance of floating-rate MBS was $6.3 billion at March 31, 2016 and $5.9 billion at December 31, 2015.  In the three months ended March 31, 2016, we acquired $649.8 million of floating-rate securities, ahead of $222.3 million in paydowns.  HTM floating-rate securities are typically indexed to the 1-month LIBOR, and certain securities are capped, typically between 6.5% and 7.5%.  As discussed in the previous bullet, the risk arising from capped AFS and HTM floating-rate securities is economically hedged by the purchased interest rate caps.  For more information about HTM securities, see financial statements, Note 5.  Held-to-Maturity Securities.

 

·                  Housing finance agency bonds (“HFA bonds”), all designated as HTM, were carried at amortized cost basis of $824.8 million and $825.1 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  We did not acquire HFA bonds in the three months ended March 31, 2016.  HFA bonds are primarily floating rate instruments indexed to LIBOR.  No HFA bonds were determined to be OTTI in any periods in this report.

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities — By Issuer

 

The following table summarizes our investment securities issuer concentration (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 5.2:                                       Investment Securities Issuer Concentration

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying value as a

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying value as a

 

 

 

Carrying (a)

 

 

 

Percentage

 

Carrying (a)

 

 

 

Percentage

 

Long Term Investment

 

Value

 

Fair Value

 

of Capital

 

Value

 

Fair Value

 

of Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MBS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

$

5,303,738

 

$

5,395,418

 

82.11

%

$

5,356,075

 

$

5,401,014

 

79.71

%

Freddie Mac

 

8,718,107

 

8,909,352

 

134.97

 

8,377,753

 

8,492,476

 

124.68

 

Ginnie Mae

 

45,604

 

45,843

 

0.71

 

48,584

 

48,887

 

0.72

 

All Others - PLMBS

 

270,344

 

331,369

 

4.19

 

282,166

 

346,327

 

4.20

 

Non-MBS (b)

 

861,814

 

820,328

 

13.34

 

857,923

 

815,647

 

12.77

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

 

$

15,199,607

 

$

15,502,310

 

235.32

%

$

14,922,501

 

$

15,104,351

 

222.08

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Categorized as:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-Sale Securities

 

$

939,192

 

$

939,192

 

 

 

$

990,129

 

$

990,129

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Held-to-Maturity Securities

 

$

14,260,415

 

$

14,563,118

 

 

 

$

13,932,372

 

$

14,114,222

 

 

 

 


(a)         Carrying values include fair values for AFS securities.

(b)         Non-MBS consists of housing finance agency bonds and a grantor trust.

 

External rating information of the held-to-maturity portfolio was as follows (carrying values in thousands):

 

Table 5.3:                                       External Rating of the Held-to-Maturity Portfolio

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

AAA-rated (a)

 

AA-rated (b)

 

A-rated

 

BBB-rated

 

Below
Investment
Grade

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

$

1,362

 

$

13,175,869

 

$

158,284

 

$

27,229

 

$

72,906

 

$

13,435,650

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

53,000

 

739,305

 

32,460

 

 

 

824,765

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Long-term securities

 

$

54,362

 

$

13,915,174

 

$

190,744

 

$

27,229

 

$

72,906

 

$

14,260,415

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

AAA-rated (a)

 

AA-rated (b)

 

A-rated

 

BBB-rated

 

Below
Investment
Grade

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

$

1,443

 

$

12,833,230

 

$

168,531

 

$

28,572

 

$

75,546

 

$

13,107,322

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

53,000

 

739,590

 

32,460

 

 

 

825,050

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Long-term securities

 

$

54,443

 

$

13,572,820

 

$

200,991

 

$

28,572

 

$

75,546

 

$

13,932,372

 

 

See footnotes (a) and (b) under Table 5.4

 

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External rating information of the AFS portfolio was as follows (the carrying values of AFS investments are at fair values; in thousands):

 

Table 5.4:                                       External Rating of the Available-for-Sale Portfolio

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

AA-rated (b)

 

Unrated

 

Total

 

AA-rated (b)

 

Unrated

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

$

902,143

 

$

 

$

902,143

 

$

957,256

 

$

 

$

957,256

 

Other - Grantor trust (c)

 

 

37,049

 

37,049

 

 

32,873

 

32,873

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Available-for-sale securities

 

$

902,143

 

$

37,049

 

$

939,192

 

$

957,256

 

$

32,873

 

$

990,129

 

 


Footnotes to Table 5.3 and Table 5.4

 

(a)         Certain PLMBS and housing finance bonds have been assigned AAA, based on the ratings by S&P and Moody’s.

(b)         We have assigned GSE-issued MBS a rating of AA+ based on the credit rating assigned to long-term senior debt issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and U.S. Agency.  The debt ratings are based on S&P’s rating of AA+ for the GSE Senior long-term debt and AA+ for the debt issued by the U.S. government; Moody’s debt rating is Aaa for the GSE Senior long-term debt and the U.S. government.

(c)          Highly liquid equity and bond mutual funds, carried at net asset values (NAVs) as fair values.  We invested $4.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016.

 

External credit rating information has been provided in Table 5.3 and Table 5.4 as the information is used as another data point to supplement our credit quality indicators, and they serve as a useful indicator when analyzing the degree of credit risk to which we are exposed.  Significant changes in credit ratings classifications of our investment securities portfolio could indicate increased credit risk for us that could be accompanied by a reduction in the fair values of our investment securities portfolio.

 

Fair Value Levels of Investment Securities, and Unrecognized and Unrealized Holding Losses

 

To compute fair values at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, four vendor prices were received for substantially all of our MBS holdings, and substantially all of those prices fell within specified thresholds.  The relative proximity of the prices received from the four vendors supported our conclusion that the final computed prices were reasonable estimates of fair values.  GSE securities priced under such a valuation technique using the market approach are typically classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

 

For a comparison of carrying values and fair values of investment securities, see financial statements, Note 5. Held-to-Maturity Securities and Note 6. Available-for-Sale Securities.  For more information about the corroboration and other analytical procedures performed, see Note 16. Fair Values of Financial Instruments.

 

Weighted average rates — Mortgage-backed securities (HTM and AFS)

 

The following table summarizes weighted average rates and amounts by contractual maturities.  A significant portion of the MBS portfolio consisted of floating-rate securities and the weighted average rates will change in parallel with changes in the LIBOR rate (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 5.5:                                       Mortgage-Backed Securities Weighted Average Rates by Contractual Maturities

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Weighted

 

Amortized

 

Weighted

 

 

 

Cost

 

Average Rate

 

Cost

 

Average Rate

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

70,557

 

1.61

%

$

79,921

 

1.60

%

Due after one year through five years

 

3,767,974

 

2.49

 

3,305,668

 

2.47

 

Due after five years through ten years

 

5,374,670

 

1.87

 

5,307,509

 

1.92

 

Due after ten years

 

5,152,992

 

1.83

 

5,398,560

 

1.79

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total mortgage-backed securities

 

$

14,366,193

 

2.02

%

$

14,091,658

 

2.00

%

 

OTTI — Base Case and Adverse Case Scenario

 

We evaluated our PLMBS under a base case (or best estimate) scenario by performing a cash flow analysis for each security under assumptions that forecasted increased credit default rates or loss severities, or both.  The stress test scenario and associated results do not represent our current expectations and therefore should not be construed as a prediction of future results, market conditions or the actual performance of these securities.

 

Cash flow analysis in the three months ended March 31, 2016 identified de minimus deterioration in the performance parameters of one previously impaired private-label MBS.  Credit OTTI charged to earnings was immaterial.

 

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The results of the adverse case scenario are presented next to expected outcome for the credit impaired securities (the base case) at the OTTI measurement dates (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 5.6:                                       Base and Adverse Case Stress Scenarios (a)

 

 

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

Actual Results - Base Case Scenario

 

Adverse Case Scenario

 

 

 

 

 

# of Securities

 

UPB

 

OTTI Related
to Credit Loss

 

# of Securities

 

UPB

 

OTTI Related to
Credit Loss

 

RMBS

 

Prime

 

8

 

$

19,236

 

$

(8

)

8

 

$

19,236

 

$

(59

)

RMBS

 

Alt-A

 

5

 

4,200

 

 

5

 

4,200

 

(7

)

HEL

 

Subprime

 

30

 

241,104

 

 

30

 

241,104

 

(210

)

Manufactured Housing Loans

 

Subprime

 

2

 

72,397

 

 

2

 

72,397

 

 

Total Securities

 

 

 

45

 

$

336,937

 

$

(8

)

45

 

$

336,937

 

$

(276

)

 

 

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

Actual Results - Base Case Scenario

 

Adverse Case Scenario

 

 

 

 

 

# of Securities

 

UPB

 

OTTI Related
to Credit Loss

 

# of Securities

 

UPB

 

OTTI Related to
Credit Loss

 

RMBS

 

Prime

 

8

 

$

20,974

 

$

(116

)

8

 

$

20,974

 

$

(172

)

RMBS

 

Alt-A

 

5

 

4,460

 

 

5

 

4,460

 

(17

)

HEL

 

Subprime

 

30

 

249,495

 

 

30

 

249,495

 

(3,326

)

Manufactured Housing Loans

 

Subprime

 

2

 

76,202

 

 

2

 

76,202

 

 

Total Securities

 

 

 

45

 

$

351,131

 

$

(116

)

45

 

$

351,131

 

$

(3,515

)

 


(a)         Generally, the Adverse Case is computed by stressing Credit Default Rate and Loss Severity.  Information presented is as of the period end dates.

 

FHLBank OTTI Governance Committee Common Platform Consistent with the guidelines provided by the OTTI Committee, the FHLBNY has contracted with the FHLBanks of San Francisco and Chicago to perform cash flow analysis for about 50% of our non-Agency PLMBS portfolio that were possible to be cash flow tested within the Common platform.  The results were reviewed and found reasonable by the FHLBNY.  For more information about the OTTI Committee and the Common platform, see Other-Than-Temporary Impairment (“OTTI”) — Accounting and governance policies, and impairment analysis in the financial statements, Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates in the FHLBNY’s most recent Form 10-K issued on March 21, 2016.

 

Non-Agency Private label mortgage- and asset-backed securities

 

Our investments in privately-issued MBS are summarized below.  All private-label MBS were classified as held-to-maturity (unpaid principal balance (a) in thousands):

 

Table 5.7:                                       Non-Agency Private Label Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Private-label MBS

 

Fixed Rate

 

Variable
Rate

 

Total

 

Fixed Rate

 

Variable
Rate

 

Total

 

RMBS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prime

 

$

17,485

 

$

1,751

 

$

19,236

 

$

19,187

 

$

1,787

 

$

20,974

 

Alt-A

 

2,837

 

1,363

 

4,200

 

3,017

 

1,443

 

4,460

 

Total RMBS

 

20,322

 

3,114

 

23,436

 

22,204

 

3,230

 

25,434

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subprime

 

203,412

 

37,692

 

241,104

 

210,282

 

39,213

 

249,495

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manufactured Housing Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subprime

 

72,397

 

 

72,397

 

76,202

 

 

76,202

 

Total UPB of private-label MBS (b)

 

$

296,131

 

$

40,806

 

$

336,937

 

$

308,688

 

$

42,443

 

$

351,131

 

 


(a)         Unpaid principal balance (UPB) is also known as the current face or par amount of a mortgage-backed security.

(b)         Paydowns of PLMBS have reduced outstanding unpaid principal balances.  No acquisitions of PLMBS have been made since 2006.

 

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The following table presents additional information of the fair values and gross unrealized losses of PLMBS by year of securitization and external rating (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 5.8:                                       PLMBS by Year of Securitization and External Rating

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaid Principal Balance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private-label MBS

 

Ratings
Subtotal

 

Triple-A

 

Double-A

 

Single-A

 

Triple-B

 

Below
Investment
Grade

 

Amortized
Cost

 

Gross
Unrealized
(Losses)

 

Fair Value

 

RMBS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prime

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006

 

$

7,067

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

7,067

 

$

6,197

 

$

(323

)

$

5,938

 

2005

 

5,609

 

 

 

 

 

5,609

 

5,104

 

 

5,601

 

2004 and earlier

 

6,560

 

 

3,281

 

1,528

 

 

1,751

 

6,526

 

(121

)

6,451

 

Total RMBS Prime

 

19,236

 

 

3,281

 

1,528

 

 

14,427

 

17,827

 

(444

)

17,990

 

Alt-A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004 and earlier

 

4,200

 

1,363

 

 

795

 

937

 

1,105

 

4,199

 

(85

)

4,152

 

Total RMBS

 

23,436

 

1,363

 

3,281

 

2,323

 

937

 

15,532

 

22,026

 

(529

)

22,142

 

HEL Subprime

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004 and earlier

 

241,104

 

 

7,289

 

87,087

 

33,812

 

112,916

 

211,147

 

(3,029

)

234,374

 

Manufactured

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Housing Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subprime

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004 and earlier

 

72,397

 

 

 

72,397

 

 

 

72,388

 

 

74,853

 

Total PLMBS

 

$

336,937

 

$

1,363

 

$

10,570

 

$

161,807

 

$

34,749

 

$

128,448

 

$

305,561

 

$

(3,558

)

$

331,369

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaid Principal Balance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private-label MBS

 

Ratings
Subtotal

 

Triple-A

 

Double-A

 

Single-A

 

Triple-B

 

Below
Investment
Grade

 

Amortized
Cost

 

Gross
Unrealized
(Losses)

 

Fair Value

 

RMBS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prime

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006

 

$

7,390

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

7,390

 

$

6,526

 

$

(228

)

$

6,365

 

2005

 

6,254

 

 

 

 

 

6,254

 

5,735

 

 

6,267

 

2004 and earlier

 

7,330

 

 

3,839

 

1,704

 

 

1,787

 

7,296

 

(93

)

7,256

 

Total RMBS Prime

 

20,974

 

 

3,839

 

1,704

 

 

15,431

 

19,557

 

(321

)

19,888

 

Alt-A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004 and earlier

 

4,460

 

1,443

 

 

911

 

961

 

1,145

 

4,460

 

(77

)

4,421

 

Total RMBS

 

25,434

 

1,443

 

3,839

 

2,615

 

961

 

16,576

 

24,017

 

(398

)

24,309

 

HEL Subprime

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004 and earlier

 

249,495

 

 

4,244

 

93,605

 

35,541

 

116,105

 

218,769

 

(2,651

)

243,746

 

Manufactured

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Housing Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subprime

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004 and earlier

 

76,202

 

 

 

76,202

 

 

 

76,193

 

 

78,272

 

Total PLMBS

 

$

351,131

 

$

1,443

 

$

8,083

 

$

172,422

 

$

36,502

 

$

132,681

 

$

318,979

 

$

(3,049

)

$

346,327

 

 

Short-term investments

 

We typically maintain substantial investments in high quality short- and intermediate-term financial instruments such as secured overnight transactions collateralized by securities, and unsecured overnight and term federal funds sold to highly-rated financial institutions who also satisfy other credit quality factors.  These investments provide the liquidity necessary to meet members’ credit needs.  Short-term investments also provide a flexible means of implementing the asset/liability management decisions to adjust liquidity.

 

Monitoring — We actively monitor our credit exposures and the credit quality of our counterparties, including an assessment of each counterparty’s financial performance, capital adequacy, and sovereign support as well as related market signals, and actively limit or suspend existing exposures, as appropriate.  In addition, we are required to manage our unsecured portfolio subject to regulatory limits, prescribed by the Finance Agency, our regulator.  The Finance Agency regulations include limits on the amount of unsecured credit that may be extended to a counterparty or a group of affiliated counterparties, based upon a percentage of eligible regulatory capital and the counterparty’s overall credit rating.  Under these regulations, the level of eligible regulatory capital is determined as the lesser of our regulatory capital or the eligible amount of regulatory capital of the counterparty determined in accordance with Finance Agency regulations.

 

The Finance Agency regulations also permit us to extend additional unsecured credit, which could be comprised of overnight extensions and sales of federal funds subject to continuing contract.  Our total unsecured overnight exposure to a single counterparty may not exceed twice the regulatory limit for term exposures.  We are prohibited by Finance Agency regulation from investing in financial instruments issued by non-U.S. entities other than those issued by U.S. branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks.  We did not own any financial instruments issued by foreign sovereign governments, including those countries that are members of the European Union in any periods in this report.

 

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For more information about our policies and practices, see the most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

Securities purchased with agreement to resell — As part of our banking activities with counterparties, we have entered into secured financing transactions that mature overnight, and can be extended only at our discretion.  These transactions involve the lending of cash against securities, which are accepted as collateral.  The balance outstanding under such agreements was $5.2 billion at March 31, 2016 and $4.0 billion at December 31, 2015.  For more information, see financial statements, Note 4.  Federal Funds Sold, Interest-bearing Deposits, and Securities Purchased Under Agreement to Resell.

 

Federal funds sold — Federal funds sold at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 represented overnight unsecured lending to major banks and financial institutions.  The amount of unsecured credit risk that may be extended to individual counterparties is commensurate with the counterparty’s credit quality as assessed by our management, and the assessment would include reviews of credit ratings of counterparty’s debt securities or deposits as reported by NRSROs.  Overnight and short-term federal funds allow us to warehouse funds and provide balance sheet liquidity to meet unexpected member borrowing demands.

 

The table below presents federal funds sold, the counterparty credit ratings, and the domicile of the counterparty or the domicile of the counterparty’s parent for U.S. branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks in the U.S. (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 5.9:                                       Federal Funds Sold by Domicile of the Counterparty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Balances at

 

Daily average

 

Foreign
Counterparties

 

S&P
Rating

 

Moody’s
Rating

 

S&P
Rating

 

Moody’s
Rating

 

March 31,
2016

 

December 31,
2015

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australia

 

AA-

 

AA2

 

AA-

 

AA2

 

$

1,490,000

 

$

1,000,000

 

$

1,902,802

 

$

254,511

 

Canada

 

A to AA-

 

AA3

 

A to AA-

 

AA3 to AA1

 

793,000

 

1,753,000

 

2,256,407

 

4,275,056

 

Finland

 

AA-

 

AA3

 

AA-

 

AA3

 

1,490,000

 

1,418,000

 

1,417,505

 

1,806,033

 

Netherlands

 

A+

 

AA2

 

A+

 

AA2

 

580,000

 

773,000

 

744,000

 

940,522

 

Norway

 

A+

 

AA2

 

A+

 

AA3

 

 

400,000

 

790,659

 

1,195,800

 

Sweden

 

A+ to AA-

 

AA3 to AA2

 

A+ to AA-

 

AA3 to AA2

 

963,000

 

 

2,548,538

 

1,540,333

 

Switzerland

 

A

 

A2

 

A

 

A1

 

 

 

8,242

 

 

UK

 

A-

 

A2

 

A-

 

A2

 

 

 

680,220

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,316,000

 

5,344,000

 

10,348,373

 

10,012,255

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA

 

A- to AA-

 

BAA1 to AA2

 

A- to AA-

 

BAA1 to AA2

 

1,600,000

 

1,901,000

 

1,169,736

 

1,021,700

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,916,000

 

$

7,245,000

 

$

11,518,109

 

$

11,033,955

 

 

Cash collateral pledged to derivative counterparties — At March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we had deposited $522.0 million and $370.5 million in interest-earning cash as pledged collateral or as margins to derivative counterparties.  All cash posted as pledged collateral to derivative counterparties is reported as a deduction to Derivative liabilities in the Statements of Condition.  Cash posted in excess of required collateral is reported as a component of Derivative assets.  Typically, cash posted as collateral or as margin earn interest at the overnight federal funds rate.

 

We execute derivatives with major financial institutions.  We enter into bilateral collateral netting agreements for derivatives that have not yet been approved for clearing by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”).  Such derivatives are also referred to as uncleared derivatives.  For derivative contracts that are mandated for clearing under the Dodd-Frank Act, we have obtained legal netting analyses that provide support for the right of offset of posted margins as a netting adjustment to the fair value exposures of the associated derivatives.  When our derivatives are in a liability position, counterparties are in a fair value gain position and counterparties are exposed to the non-performance risk of the FHLBNY.  For cleared and uncleared derivatives, we are required to post cash collateral or margin to mitigate the counterparties’ credit exposure under agreed upon procedures.  For uncleared derivatives, bilateral collateral agreements include certain thresholds and pledge requirements under ISDA agreements that are generally triggered if exposures exceed the agreed-upon thresholds.  For cleared derivatives executed in compliance with CFTC rules, margins are posted daily to cover the exposure presented by our open positions.  Certain triggering events such as a default by the FHLBNY could result in additional margins to be posted by the FHLBNY to our derivative clearing agents.  For more information, see Credit Risk Due to Non-performance by Counterparties in financial statements, Note 15. Derivatives and Hedging Activities.  Also see Tables 9.5 and 9.6 and accompanying discussions in this MD&A.

 

Mortgage Loans Held-for-Portfolio

 

Mortgage loans are carried in the Statements of Condition at amortized cost, less allowance for credit losses.  Outstanding unpaid principal balance was $2.5 billion at March 31, 2016, an increase of $41.2 million (net of acquisitions and paydowns) from the balance at December 31, 2015.  Mortgage loans were investments in Mortgage Partnership Finance loans (“MPF” or “MPF Program”).  We provide this product to members as another alternative for them to sell their mortgage production.  Loan origination by members and acceptable pricing are key factors that drive growth.  MPF loans are fixed rate mortgage loans secured by one-to-four family residential properties with maturities ranging from five to 30 years.

 

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Mortgage Partnership Finance Program

 

We invest in mortgage loans through the MPF Program, which is a secondary mortgage market structure under which eligible mortgage loans are purchased or funded from or through members who are Participating Financial Institutions (“PFI”).  We may also acquire MPF loans through participations with other FHLBanks, although our current acquisition strategy is to limit acquisitions through our PFIs.  MPF loans are conforming conventional and Government i.e., insured or guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”), the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) or the Rural Housing Service of the Department of Agriculture (“RHS”), fixed rate mortgage loans secured by one-to-four family residential properties with maturities ranging from five to 30 years or participations in such mortgage loans.  The FHLBank of Chicago (“MPF Provider”) developed the MPF Program in order to help fulfill the housing mission and to provide an additional source of liquidity to FHLBank members that choose to sell mortgage loans into the secondary market rather than holding them in their own portfolios.  Finance Agency regulations define the acquisition of Acquired Member Assets (“AMA”) as a core mission activity of the FHLBanks.  In order for MPF loans to meet the AMA requirements, the purchase and funding are structured so that the credit risk associated with MPF loans is shared with PFIs.

 

For more information about the MPF program, see Mortgage Loans Held-for-Portfolio in the MD&A in the Bank’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

MPF Loan Types There are five MPF loan products under the MPF program that we participate in: Original MPF, MPF 100, MPF 125, MPF 125 Plus, and MPF Government.  While still held in our mortgage portfolio, we currently do not offer the MPF 100 or MPF 125 Plus loan products.  Original MPF, MPF 125, MPF 125 Plus, and MPF Government are “closed loan” products in which we purchase loans acquired or closed by the PFI.

 

The following table summarizes MPF loan by product types (par value, in thousands):

 

Table 6.1:                                       MPF by Product Types

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Original MPF (a)

 

$

466,202

 

$

463,106

 

MPF 100 (b)

 

3,895

 

4,062

 

MPF 125 (c)

 

1,709,018

 

1,670,053

 

MPF 125 Plus (d)

 

131,151

 

140,993

 

Other (e)

 

209,159

 

199,975

 

Total par MPF loans

 

$

2,519,425

 

$

2,478,189

 

 


(a)         Original MPF — The first layer of losses is applied to the First Loss Account.  We are responsible for the first layer of losses. The member then provides a credit enhancement up to “AA” rating equivalent.  We would absorb any credit losses beyond the first two layers.

(b)         MPF 100 — The first layer of losses is applied to the First Loss Account.  We are responsible for the first layer of losses. Losses incurred in the First Loss Account are deducted from credit enhancement fees payable to the member after the third year.  The member then provides a credit enhancement up to “AA” rating equivalent less the amount placed in the FLA.  We absorb any losses incurred in the FLA that are not recovered through credit enhancement fees (should the pool liquidate prior to repayment of losses).  We would absorb any credit losses beyond the first two layers.

(c)          MPF 125 — The first layer of losses is applied to the First Loss Account.  We are responsible for the first layer of losses. Losses incurred in the First Loss Account are deducted from the credit enhancement fees payable to the member.  The member then provides a credit enhancement up to “AA” rating equivalent less the amount placed in the FLA.  We absorb any losses incurred in the FLA that are not recovered through credit enhancement fees (if the pool should liquidate prior to repayment of losses).  We would absorb any credit losses beyond the first two layers.

(d)         MPF 125 Plus —The first layer of losses is applied to the First Loss Account (“FLA”) in an amount equal to a specified percentage of loans in the pool as of the sale date. Losses incurred in the First Loss Account are deducted from the credit enhancement fees payable to the member.  We absorb any losses incurred in the FLA that are not recovered through credit enhancement fees (should the pool liquidate prior to repayment of losses).  The member acquires an additional Credit Enhancement (“CE”) coverage through a supplemental mortgage insurance (“SMI”) policy to cover second layer losses that exceed the deductible (“FLA”) of the Supplemental Mortgage Insurance policy. Losses not covered by the First Loss Account or Supplemental Mortgage Insurance coverage will be paid by the member’s Credit Enhancement obligation up to “AA” rating equivalent.  We would absorb losses that exceeded the Credit Enhancement obligation, though such losses are a remote possibility.

(e)          Other includes FHA and VA insured loans.

 

Mortgage loans — Conventional and Insured Loans

 

The following table classifies mortgage loans between conventional loans and loans insured by FHA/VA (in thousands):

 

Table 6.2:                                       MPF by Conventional and Insured Loans

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Housing Administration and Veteran Administration insured loans

 

$

209,100

 

$

199,915

 

Conventional loans

 

2,310,266

 

2,278,214

 

Others

 

59

 

60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total par MPF loans

 

$

2,519,425

 

$

2,478,189

 

 

Mortgage Loans — Loss sharing and the credit enhancement waterfall

 

In the credit enhancement waterfall, we are responsible for the first loss layer.  The second loss layer is the amount of credit obligation that the PFI has taken on that will equate the loan to a double-A rating.  We assume all residual risk.  Also, see financial statements, Note 8.  Mortgage Loans Held-for-Portfolio.

 

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First loss layer The amount of the first layer or the First Loss Account (“FLA”) serves as an information or memorandum account, and as an indicator of the amount of losses that the FHLBNY is responsible for in the first layer.  The table below provides changes in the FLA for the periods in this report.  Losses that exceed the liquidation value of the real property, and the value of any primary mortgage insurance (“PMI”) for loans with a loan-to-value ratio greater than 80% at origination, will be absorbed by the FHLBNY up to the FLA for each Master Commitment. For the Original MPF, MPF 100, MPF 125 and MPF 125 Plus products, the Credit Enhancement is periodically recalculated.  If the recalculated Credit Enhancement would result in a PFI Credit Enhancement obligation lower than the remaining obligation, the PFI’s Credit Enhancement obligation will be reset to the new, lower level.

 

Table 6.3:                                       Roll-Forward First Loss Account (in thousands)

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning balance

 

$

27,107

 

$

22,116

 

Additions

 

328

 

2,078

 

Charge-offs

 

90

 

(129

)

Ending balance

 

$

27,525

 

$

24,065

 

 

Second loss layer The PFI is required to cover the next layer of losses up to an agreed-upon credit enhancement obligation amount, which may consist of a direct liability of the PFI to pay credit losses up to a specified amount, or through a contractual obligation of a PFI to provide supplemental mortgage insurance, or a combination of both.

 

The amount of the credit enhancement is computed with the use of S&P’s model for determining the amount of credit enhancement necessary to bring a pool of uninsured loans to “AA” credit risk.  The credit enhancement becomes an obligation of the PFI.  For taking on the credit enhancement obligation, we pay to the PFI a credit enhancement fee.  For certain MPF products, the credit enhancement fee is accrued and paid each month to the PFI, and for other MPF products, the credit enhancement fee is accrued and paid monthly after being deferred for 12 months.  CE Fees are paid on a pool level, and if the pool runs down, the amount of future CE fees would shrink in line.

 

The portion of the credit enhancement that is an obligation of the PFI must be fully secured with pledged collateral.  A portion of the credit enhancement may also be covered by insurance, subject to limitations specified in the Acquired Member Assets regulation.  Each PFI that participates in the MPF program must meet our established financial performance criteria.  In addition, we perform financial reviews of each approved PFI annually.

 

PMI is required for loans with a loan-to-value ratio greater than 80% at origination.  In addition, for MPF 125 Plus products, Supplemental Mortgage Insurance (“SMI”) may be required from the PFI.  Typically, the FHLBNY will pay the PFI a higher credit enhancement fee in return for the PFI taking on the additional obligation.

 

Table 6.4:                                       Second Losses and SMI Coverage (in thousands)

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Loss Position (a)

 

$

120,367

 

$

116,405

 

SMI Coverage - NY share only (b)

 

$

17,593

 

$

17,593

 

SMI Coverage - portfolio (b)

 

$

17,958

 

$

17,958

 

 


(a)         Increase due to increase in overall outstanding of MPF.

(b)         SMI coverage has remained unchanged since no new master commitments have been added under the MPF 125 Plus Program, which requires a SMI coverage.

 

Loan and PFI Concentration — Loan concentration was in New York State, which is to be expected since the largest PFIs are located in New York.  The tables below summarize MPF loan and PFI concentration:

 

Table 6.5:                                       Concentration of MPF Loans

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Number of
loans %

 

Amounts
outstanding %

 

Number of
loans %

 

Amounts
outstanding %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York State

 

70.4

%

60.0

%

70.8

%

60.5

%

 

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Table 6.6:                                       Top Five Participating Financial Institutions — Concentration (par value, dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

Mortgage

 

Percent of Total

 

 

 

Loans

 

Mortgage Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Astoria Bank

 

$

299,476

 

11.89

%

Investors Bank

 

186,963

 

7.42

 

New York Community Bank

 

154,366

 

6.13

 

Elmira Savings Bank

 

133,396

 

5.29

 

Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company

 

131,462

 

5.22

 

All Others

 

1,613,703

 

64.05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

2,519,366

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Mortgage

 

Percent of Total

 

 

 

Loans

 

Mortgage Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Astoria Bank

 

$

306,650

 

12.37

%

Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company

 

188,201

 

7.60

 

Investors Bank

 

141,334

 

5.70

 

Elmira Savings Bank

 

133,353

 

5.38

 

First Choice Bank

 

130,953

 

5.29

 

All Others

 

1,577,638

 

63.66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

2,478,129

 

100.00

%

 

Accrued interest receivable

Other assets

 

Accrued interest receivable was $156.8 million at March 31, 2016 and $145.9 million at December 31, 2015, and represented interest receivable primarily from advances and investments.  Changes in balances would represent the timing of coupons receivable from advances and investments at the balance sheet dates.

 

Other assets, including prepayments and miscellaneous receivables, were $4.9 million and $8.1 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

Debt Financing Activity and Consolidated Obligations

 

Our primary source of funds continues to be the issuance of consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes.

 

Consolidated obligation bonds The carrying value of consolidated obligation bonds outstanding at March 31, 2016 was $74.9 billion (par, $74.3 billion), compared to $67.7 billion (par, $67.2 billion) at December 31, 2015.  Carrying values included valuation basis losses of $641.6 million at March 31, 2016 and $490.2 million at December 31, 2015.  For more information about valuation basis adjustments, see Table 7.1 Consolidated Obligation Bonds by Type.

 

Consolidated obligation discount notes The carrying value of consolidated obligation discount notes outstanding was $36.9 billion at March 31, 2016 and $46.8 billion at December 31, 2015.  Discount notes funded 36.1% of average earning assets in the three months ended March 31, 2016, compared to 37.0% in the same period in the prior year.  No discount notes had been hedged under a fair value accounting hedge at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, although from time to time we have designated the instruments in economic hedges during the periods in this report.  Discount notes elected under the FVO were par amounts of $9.5 billion and $12.5 billion at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

Carrying value of discount notes included unrealized valuation losses of $12.7 million and $12.2 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  For more information about valuation basis adjustments, see Table 7.7 Discount Notes Outstanding.  Certain discount notes were hedged under a cash flow accounting hedge, and are discussed in financial statements, Note 15. Derivatives and Hedging Activities.

 

A FHLBank’s ability to access the capital markets to issue debt, as well as our cost of funds, is dependent on our credit ratings from major ratings organizations, which is presented in Table 7.10.

 

The issuance and servicing of consolidated obligation debt are performed by the Office of Finance, a joint office of the FHLBanks established by the Finance Agency.  Each FHLBank independently determines its participation in each issuance of consolidated obligations based on, among other factors, its own funding and operating requirements, maturities, interest rates and other terms available for consolidated obligations in the market place.  The two major debt programs offered by the Office of Finance are the Global Debt Program and the TAP issue programs.  We participate in both programs.  For more information about these programs, see our most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

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Joint and Several Liability

 

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 FHLBanks for the payment of principal and interest on the consolidated obligations of all the FHLBanks.  For more information, see financial statements, Note 17.  Commitments and Contingencies.

 

Consolidated obligation bonds

 

The following table summarizes types of bonds issued and outstanding (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 7.1:                                       Consolidated Obligation Bonds by Type

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Amount

 

Percentage of
Total

 

Amount

 

Percentage of
Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed-rate, non-callable

 

$

42,969,720

 

57.85

%

$

45,808,600

 

68.15

%

Fixed-rate, callable

 

2,563,000

 

3.45

 

3,698,000

 

5.50

 

Step Up, callable

 

295,000

 

0.40

 

525,000

 

0.78

 

Step Down, callable

 

25,000

 

0.03

 

 

 

Single-index floating rate

 

28,425,000

 

38.27

 

17,185,000

 

25.57

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total par value

 

74,277,720

 

100.00

%

67,216,600

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bond premiums

 

39,906

 

 

 

42,169

 

 

 

Bond discounts

 

(32,099

)

 

 

(33,001

)

 

 

Hedge valuation basis adjustments (a)

 

485,527

 

 

 

346,423

 

 

 

Hedge basis adjustments on terminated hedges (b)

 

144,270

 

 

 

145,512

 

 

 

FVO (c) - valuation adjustments and accrued interest

 

11,773

 

 

 

(1,751

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Consolidated obligation-bonds

 

$

74,927,097

 

 

 

$

67,715,952

 

 

 

 


Fair value basis and valuation adjustments — The carrying values of consolidated obligation bonds include valuation basis adjustments.  Key determinants are factors such as volume, the forward swap curve, the volatility of the swap rates, the remaining duration to maturity, and for bonds elected under the FVO, the changes in the spread between the swap rate and the consolidated obligation debt yields, and changes in interest payable, which is a component of the entire fair value of FVO bonds.

 

(a)         Hedge valuation basis The reported carrying values of hedged consolidated bonds are adjusted for changes to their fair values (fair value basis adjustments or fair value) that are attributable to the risk being hedged, which is LIBOR for the FHLBNY, and is the discounting basis for computing changes in fair values basis for hedged debt.

 

At March 31, 2016, the application of the accounting methodology resulted in the recognition of $485.5 million in hedge valuation basis losses, compared to losses of $346.4 million at December 31, 2015.  Most of existing hedged bonds are fixed-rate liabilities, which had been issued at higher coupons in prior years at the then prevailing higher interest rate environment, and fair values will move inversely to market rates.  Generally, hedge valuation basis are unrealized and will reverse to zero if held to their maturity or their call dates.  Valuation basis were not significant, relative to their par values, because the terms to maturity of the hedged bonds were on average short- and medium-term.

 

Valuation losses have increased at March 31, 2016, in line with the declining forward LIBOR, which is the discounting basis of bonds hedged under ASC 815.  More information is provided in Table 7.2 Bonds Hedged under Qualifying Fair Value Hedges.

 

(b)         Valuation basis of terminated hedges When hedges were terminated before their stated terms, the hedge valuation basis of the debt at the hedge termination date was a cumulative valuation loss. As the hedge was terminated, the valuation was no longer adjusted for changes in the benchmark rate.  Instead, the valuation basis is being amortized on a level yield method, and amortization recorded as a reduction of Interest expense.  Unamortized basis adjustments on terminated hedges were losses of $144.3 million and $145.5 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  If the CO bonds are held to maturity, the basis losses will be amortized to zero.

 

(c)          FVO valuation adjustments Carrying values of bonds elected under the FVO include valuation basis losses of $11.8 million at March 31, 2016 and basis gains of $1.8 million at December 31, 2015.  Valuation basis adjustments are recorded to recognize changes in the entire fair values of bonds elected under the FVO, including accrued interest payable.  The discounting basis for computing changes in fair values basis of bonds elected under the FVO is the observable (FHLBank) CO bond yield curve.   All FVO bonds are short- and medium-term, and fluctuations in their valuation, excluding interest payable, were not significant as the bonds re-price relatively frequently to market indices, remaining near to par, although there could be inter-period volatility over their life cycle.  FVO bonds outstanding at March 31, 2016 reported valuation losses in line with the declining market observable CO curve at March 31, 2016.  When the market observed CO rate (the cost of funds pricing curve for the FHLBNY) declines, fair value losses will move inversely and will increase.

 

Par amounts of bonds elected under the FVO were $9.9 billion at March 31, 2016, compared to $13.3 billion at December 31, 2015. We have elected the FVO on an instrument-by-instrument basis.  For bonds elected under the FVO, it was not necessary to estimate changes attributable to instrument-specific credit risk, as we consider the credit worthiness of the FHLBanks to be secure and credit related adjustments unnecessary.  More information about debt elected under the FVO is provided in financial statements, Note 16.  Fair Values of Financial Instruments (See Fair Value Option Disclosures).

 

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Hedge volume — Tables 7.2 — 7.4 provide information with respect to par amounts of bonds based on accounting designation: (1) under hedge qualifying rules, (2) under the FVO, and (3) as an economic hedge (in thousands):

 

Table 7.2:                                       Bonds Hedged under Qualifying Fair Value Hedges

 

Qualifying hedges - Generally, fixed-rate (bullet and callable) medium and long-term consolidated obligation bonds are hedged in a Fair value hedge that would qualify under ASC 815.

 

 

 

Consolidated Obligation Bonds

 

Par Amount

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Qualifying Hedges

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed-rate bullet bonds

 

$

23,736,250

 

$

23,259,610

 

Fixed-rate callable bonds

 

1,320,000

 

2,380,000

 

 

 

$

25,056,250

 

$

25,639,610

 

 

Table 7.3:                                       Bonds Elected under the Fair Value Option (FVO)

 

CO bonds elected under the FVO If at inception of a hedge we do not believe that a hedge would be highly effective in offsetting fair value changes between the derivative and the debt (hedged item), we may designate the debt under the FVO if operationally practical.  We would record fair value changes of the FVO debt through earnings, and to the extent the debt is economically hedged, record changes of the fair values of the interest rate swap through earnings.  The recorded balance sheet value of debt under the FVO would include the fair value basis adjustments, so that the debt’s balance sheet carrying values would be its full fair value.

 

 

 

Consolidated Obligation Bonds

 

Par Amount

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Bonds designated under FVO

 

$

9,947,660

 

$

13,322,660

 

 

CO bonds elected under the FVO were generally economically hedged by interest rate swaps.  Election of short-term bonds under the FVO has largely been in parallel with the election of advances under the FVO.  By electing the FVO of both the liability (Consolidated bond) and the asset (Advances), we have reduced the potential earnings volatility if the advance asset was marked to fair value and the debt liability was not marked to fair value.  We elected to account for the bonds under the FVO as we were unable to assert with confidence that the short- and intermediate-term bonds, or callable bonds, with short lock-out periods to the exercise of call options, would remain effective hedges as required under hedge accounting rules.  We opted instead to elect to hedge such FVO bonds on an economic basis with an interest rate swap.  Table 7.4 below provides more information.  Also, see financial statements, Fair Value Option disclosures in Note 16.  Fair Values of Financial Instruments.

 

Table 7.4:                                       Economically Hedged Bonds

 

(Excludes consolidated obligation bonds elected under the FVO and hedged economically)

 

Economically hedged bonds We also issue variable rate debt with coupons that are not indexed to the 3-month LIBOR, our preferred funding base.  To mitigate the economic risk of a change in the basis between the 1-month LIBOR and the 3-month LIBOR, we have executed basis rate swaps that have synthetically created 3-month LIBOR debt.  The operational cost of electing the FVO or designating the instruments in a fair value hedge outweighed the accounting benefits of offsetting fair value gains and losses.  We opted instead to designate the basis swap as a standalone derivative, and recorded changes in their fair values through earnings.  The carrying value of the debt would not include fair value basis since the debt is recorded at amortized cost.

 

 

 

Consolidated Obligation Bonds

 

Par Amount

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Bonds designated as economically hedged

 

 

 

 

 

Floating-rate bonds (a)

 

$

6,725,000

 

$

3,735,000

 

Fixed-rate bonds (b)

 

110,000

 

45,000

 

 

 

$

6,835,000

 

$

3,780,000

 

 


(a)         Floating-rate debt Floating-rate bonds were indexed to 1-month LIBOR and swapped in economic hedges to 3-month LIBOR with the execution of basis swaps.  Outstanding balances increased as issuances increased partly due to favorable pricing of the 1-month LIBOR indexed bonds, and partly due to increase in the funding needs for variable debt.

 

(b)         Fixed-rate debt Represent bonds that were previously hedged and that have fallen out of effectiveness.

 

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Consolidated obligation bonds — maturity or next call date (a)

 

Callable bonds contain an exercise date or a series of exercise dates that may result in a shorter redemption period.  The following table summarizes consolidated bonds outstanding by years to maturity or next call date (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 7.5:                                       Consolidated Obligation Bonds — Maturity or Next Call Date

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Amount

 

Percentage of
Total

 

Amount

 

Percentage of
Total

 

Year of maturity or next call date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due or callable in one year or less

 

$

48,066,635

 

64.71

%

$

40,573,630

 

60.36

%

Due or callable after one year through two years

 

17,459,410

 

23.51

 

17,785,465

 

26.46

 

Due or callable after two years through three years

 

3,413,505

 

4.60

 

3,123,285

 

4.65

 

Due or callable after three years through four years

 

1,065,400

 

1.43

 

1,278,750

 

1.90

 

Due or callable after four years through five years

 

850,160

 

1.14

 

925,050

 

1.38

 

Thereafter

 

3,422,610

 

4.61

 

3,530,420

 

5.25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total par value

 

74,277,720

 

100.00

%

67,216,600

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bond premiums

 

39,906

 

 

 

42,169

 

 

 

Bond discounts

 

(32,099

)

 

 

(33,001

)

 

 

Hedge valuation basis adjustments

 

485,527

 

 

 

346,423

 

 

 

Hedge basis adjustments on terminated hedges

 

144,270

 

 

 

145,512

 

 

 

FVO - valuation adjustments and accrued interest

 

11,773

 

 

 

(1,751

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total bonds

 

$

74,927,097

 

 

 

$

67,715,952

 

 

 

 


(a)         Contrasting consolidated obligation bonds by contractual maturity dates (see financial statements, Note 10.  Consolidated Obligations — Redemption Terms of Consolidated Obligation bonds) with potential call dates (as reported in table above) illustrates the impact of hedging on the effective duration of the bond.  With a callable bond, we have purchased the option to terminate debt at agreed upon dates from investors.  Call options are exercisable either as a one-time option or as quarterly.  Our current practice is to exercise our option to call a bond when the swap counterparty exercises its option to call the cancellable swap hedging the callable bond.  Thus, issuance of a callable bond with an associated callable swap significantly alters the contractual maturity characteristics of the original bond and introduces the possibility of an exercise call date that is significantly shorter than the contractual maturity.

 

The following table summarizes callable bonds outstanding (par amounts, in thousands):

 

Table 7.6:                                       Outstanding Callable Bonds

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Callable

 

$

2,883,000

 

$

4,223,000

 

Non-Callable

 

$

71,394,720

 

$

62,993,600

 

 

Discount Notes

 

The following table summarizes discount notes issued and outstanding (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 7.7:                                       Discount Notes Outstanding

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par value

 

$

36,883,998

 

$

46,875,847

 

Amortized cost

 

$

36,851,001

 

$

46,837,709

 

FVO (a) - valuation adjustments and remaining accretion

 

12,671

 

12,159

 

Total discount notes

 

$

36,863,672

 

$

46,849,868

 

Weighted average interest rate

 

0.36

%

0.26

%

 


(a)         Carrying values of discount notes elected under the FVO include valuation adjustments to recognize changes in fair values.  The discounting basis for computing changes in fair values of discount notes elected under the FVO is the observable FHLBank discount note yield curve.  Changes in fair value basis reflect changes in the term structure of interest rates, the shape of the yield curve at the measurement dates, and the growth or decline in volume.  Valuation adjustments included significant cumulative unaccreted discounts.  Unaccreted discounts or accrued unpaid interest expenses are included in the entire fair value on debt instruments elected under the FVO.  If held to maturity, unaccreted discounts will be fully accreted to par, and unrealized fair value gains and losses will sum to zero over the term to maturity.

 

The following table summarizes discount notes under the FVO (par amounts, in thousands):

 

Table 7.8:                                       Discount Notes under the Fair Value Option (FVO)

 

 

 

Consolidated Obligation Discount Notes

 

Par Amount

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Discount notes designated under FVO (a)

 

$

9,484,981

 

$

12,459,708

 

 


(a)         We elected the FVO for the discount notes to partly offset the volatility of floating-rate advances elected under the FVO.  For discount notes elected under the FVO, it was not necessary to estimate changes attributable to instrument-specific credit risk, as we consider the credit worthiness of the FHLBanks to be secured and credit related adjustments unnecessary.

 

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The following table summarizes Cash flow hedges of discount notes (par amounts, in thousands):

 

Table 7.9:                                       Cash Flow Hedges of Discount Notes

 

 

 

Consolidated Obligation Discount Notes

 

Principal Amount

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Discount notes hedged under qualifying hedge (a)

 

$

1,589,000

 

$

1,589,000

 

 


(a)         Par amounts represent discounts notes issued in cash flow “rollover” hedge strategies that hedged the variability of 91-day discount notes issued in sequence typically for periods up to 15 years.  In this strategy, the discount note expense, which resets every 91 days, is synthetically changed to fixed cash flows over the hedge periods, thereby achieving hedge objectives.  For more information, see financial statements, Cash Flow Hedges in Note 15. Derivatives and Hedging Activities.

 

Recent Rating Actions

 

Table 7.10 below presents FHLBank’s long-term credit rating, short-term credit rating and outlook at April 30, 2016.

 

Table 7.10:                                FHLBNY Ratings

 

 

 

 

 

S&P

 

 

 

Moody’s

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term/ Short-Term

 

 

 

Long-Term/ Short-Term

 

Year

 

 

 

Rating

 

Outlook

 

 

 

Rating

 

Outlook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 20, 2016

 

Aaa/P-1

 

Stable/Affirmed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2015

 

June 25, 2015

 

AA+/A-1+

 

Stable/Affirmed

 

December 22, 2015

 

Aaa/P-1

 

Stable/Affirmed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 24, 2015

 

Aaa/P-1

 

Stable/Affirmed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2014

 

August 19, 2014

 

AA+/A-1+

 

Stable/Affirmed

 

December 22, 2014

 

Aaa/P-1

 

Stable/Affirmed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 2, 2014

 

Aaa/P-1

 

Stable/Affirmed

 

 

Accrued interest payable

 

Other liabilities

 

Accrued interest payable Amounts outstanding were $120.8 million and $108.6 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  Accrued interest payable was comprised primarily of interest due and unpaid on consolidated obligation bonds, which are generally payable on a semi-annual basis.  Fluctuations in unpaid interest balances on bonds are due to the timing of semi-annual coupon accruals and payments at the balance sheet dates.

 

Other liabilities Amounts outstanding were $148.5 million and $151.4 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  Other liabilities comprised of unfunded pension liabilities, pass-through reserves held on behalf of members at the FRBNY, commitments and miscellaneous payables.

 

Stockholders’ Capital

 

The following table summarizes the components of Stockholders’ capital (in thousands):

 

Table 8.1:                                       Stockholders’ Capital

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Capital Stock (a)

 

$

5,359,856

 

$

5,585,030

 

Unrestricted retained earnings (b)

 

972,451

 

967,078

 

Restricted retained earnings (c)

 

319,741

 

303,061

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

 

(192,960

)

(135,687

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Capital

 

$

6,459,088

 

$

6,719,482

 

 


(a)         Stockholders’ Capital — Capital stock remained declined in line with the decline in advances borrowed.  When an advance matures or is prepaid, the excess capital stock is re-purchased by the FHLBNY.  When an advance is borrowed or a member joins the FHLBNY’s membership, the member is required to purchase capital stock.  For more information about activity and membership stock, see Note 12.  Capital Stock, Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock and Restricted Retained Earnings in the FHLBNY’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

(b)         Unrestricted retained earnings Net Income for the first quarter of 2016 was $83.4 million; $16.7 million was set aside towards Restricted retained earnings.  From the remaining amount, we paid $61.3 million to members as dividends in the first quarter of 2016.  As a result, Unrestricted retained earnings increased by $5.4 million to $972.5 million at March 31, 2016.

 

(c)          Restricted retained earnings Restricted retained earning balance at March 31, 2016 has grown to $319.7 million from the third quarter of 2011 when the FHLBanks, including the FHLBNY agreed to set up a restricted retained earnings account.  The FHLBNY will allocate at least 20% of its net income to the FHLBNY’s Restricted retained earnings account until the balance of the account equals at least 1% of FHLBNY’s average balance of outstanding Consolidated Obligations for the previous quarter.  For more information about Restricted retained earnings, see Note 12. Capital Stock, Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock and Restricted Retained Earnings in the Bank’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

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The following table summarizes the components of AOCI (in thousands):

 

Table 8.2:                                       Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (“AOCI”)

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

Non-credit portion of OTTI on held-to-maturity securities, net of accretion (a)

 

$

(35,217

)

$

(36,813

)

Net unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities (b)

 

6,531

 

9,283

 

Net unrealized losses on hedging activities (c)

 

(147,354

)

(91,037

)

Employee supplemental retirement plans (d)

 

(16,920

)

(17,120

)

Total Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

$

(192,960

)

$

(135,687

)

 


(a)         OTTI — Non-credit OTTI losses recorded in AOCI declined at March 31, 2016, primarily due to accretion recorded as a reduction in AOCI and a corresponding increase in the balance sheet carrying values of the OTTI securities.

 

(b)         Fair values of available-for-sale securities — Balances represent net unrealized fair value gains of MBS securities and the grantor trust fund classified as available-for-sale.  The pricing of MBS in the AFS portfolio was substantially in unrealized gain positions at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

(c)          Cash flow hedge valuation losses - The two components in AOCI are discussed below:

 

Discount note rollover hedging — Fair value basis in AOCI in this program was a cumulative unrealized loss of $141.1 million at March 31, 2016, a loss of $101.6 million at March 31, 2015, and a loss of $85.2 million at December 31, 2015.  Balances represent unrealized valuation losses on interest rate swaps in cash flow “rollover” strategies that hedged the variability of 91-day discount notes, which will be issued in sequence typically for periods up to 15 years.  Fair values of the swaps were in net unrealized loss positions since the present value of future payments to swap dealers are based on fixed-rates. Fixed-rates remained significantly higher than the forward swap rates, which determine cash flows due from the swap dealers.  Valuation losses have increased due to decline in the forecasted swap rates along the longer end of the swap yield curve at March 31, 2016 relative to December 31, 2015.  Fair values of interest rate swaps in this hedging strategy will move unfavorably when long-term swap rates decline, and favorably when long-term swap rates rise.  Fair value changes will be recorded through AOCI over the life of the hedges for the effective portion of the cash flow hedge strategy.

 

Hedges of anticipatory issuance of debt — From time to time, we execute interest rate swaps to mitigate interest rate exposure of a future issuance of debt.  When the debt is issued, the swap is terminated, and realized gains or losses are recorded in AOCI, and amortized to debt interest expenses as a yield adjustment.  If the swap is outstanding, and not terminated, the effective portion of its fair value is also recorded in AOCI.  There were no open contracts at March 31, 2016.   For closed contracts, the cumulative unamortized realized net loss was $6.2 million at March 31, 2016, $6.6 million at March 31, 2015, and $5.8 million at December 31, 2015.  It is expected that over the next 12 months, $2.0 million of the unrecognized loss in AOCI will be recognized as a yield adjustment (expense) to debt interest expense.

 

(d)         Employee supplemental plans — Balances represent actuarially determined supplemental pension and postretirement health benefit liabilities that were not recognized through earnings.  Amounts are amortized as an expense through Compensation and benefits over an actuarially determined period.  For more information, see financial statements, Note 14.  Employee Retirement Plans in the FHLBNY’s most recent Form10-K filed on March 21, 2016.

 

Dividends — By Finance Agency regulation, dividends may be paid out of current earnings or if certain conditions are met, may be paid out of previously retained earnings.  We may be restricted from paying dividends if we do not comply with any of its minimum capital requirements or if payment would cause us to fail to meet any of its minimum capital requirements, including our Retained earnings target as established by the Board of Directors of the FHLBNY.  In addition, we may not pay dividends if any principal or interest due on any consolidated obligations has not been paid in full, or if we fail to satisfy certain liquidity requirements under applicable Finance Agency regulations.  None of these restrictions applied for any period presented.

 

The following table summarizes dividends paid and payout ratios:

 

Table 8.3:                                       Dividends Paid and Payout Ratios

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

March 31, 2015

 

Cash dividends paid per share

 

$

1.17

 

$

1.16

 

Dividends paid (a) (c)

 

$

61,348

 

$

64,275

 

Pay-out ratio (b)

 

73.56

%

72.85

%

 


(a)         In thousands.

(b)         Dividend paid during the period divided by net income for the period.

(c)          Does not include dividend paid to non-member; for accounting purposes, such dividends are recorded as interest expense.

 

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

 

Interest rate swaps, swaptions, cap and floor agreements (collectively, derivatives) enable us to manage our exposure to changes in interest rates by adjusting the effective maturity, repricing frequency, or option characteristics of financial instruments.  To a limited extent, we also use interest rate swaps to hedge changes in interest rates prior to debt issuance and essentially lock in funding costs. Finance Agency regulations prohibit the speculative use of derivatives.  For additional information about the methodologies adopted for the fair value measurement of derivatives, see financial statements, Note 16.  Fair Values of Financial Instruments.

 

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The following tables summarize the principal derivatives hedging strategies outstanding as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015:

 

Table 9.1:                                       Derivative Hedging Strategies — Advances

 

Derivatives/Terms

 

Hedging Strategy

 

Accounting Designation

 

March 31, 2016
Notional Amount
(in millions)

 

December 31, 2015
Notional Amount
(in millions)

 

Pay fixed, receive floating interest rate swap non-cancellable

 

To convert fixed rate on a fixed rate advance to a LIBOR floating rate non-putable advance

 

Economic Hedge of Fair Value Risk

 

$

2

 

$

3

 

Pay fixed, receive adjustable interest rate swap

 

To convert fixed rate advance (with embedded caps) to a LIBOR adjustable rate

 

Fair Value Hedge

 

$

180

 

$

180

 

Pay fixed, receive floating interest rate swap cancellable by FHLBNY

 

To convert fixed rate on a fixed rate advance to a LIBOR floating rate callable advance

 

Fair Value Hedge

 

$

5

 

$

 

Pay fixed, receive floating interest rate swap cancellable by counterparty

 

To convert fixed rate on a fixed rate advance to a LIBOR floating rate putable advance

 

Economic Hedge of Fair Value Risk

 

$

4

 

$

 

Pay fixed, receive floating interest rate swap cancellable by counterparty

 

To convert fixed rate on a fixed rate advance to a LIBOR floating rate putable advance

 

Fair Value Hedge

 

$

3,232

 

$

3,584

 

Pay fixed, receive floating interest rate swap no longer cancellable by counterparty

 

To convert fixed rate on a fixed rate advance to a LIBOR floating rate no-longer putable advance

 

Fair Value Hedge

 

$

1,523

 

$

1,574

 

Pay fixed, receive floating interest rate swap non-cancellable

 

To convert fixed rate on a fixed rate advance to a LIBOR floating rate non-putable advance

 

Fair Value Hedge

 

$

38,184

 

$

38,097

 

Purchased interest rate options

 

To offset interest rate options in variable rate advance

 

Economic Hedge of Fair Value Risk

 

$

206

 

$

6

 

Pay fixed, receive floating interest rate swap non-cancellable

 

Fixed rate non-putable advance converted to a LIBOR floating rate; matched to non-putable advance accounted for under fair value option

 

Fair Value Option

 

$

3,638

 

$

3,758

 

 

Table 9.2:                                       Derivative Hedging Strategies — Consolidated Obligation Liabilities

 

Derivatives/Terms

 

Hedging Strategy

 

Accounting Designation

 

March 31, 2016
Notional Amount
(in millions)

 

December 31, 2015
Notional Amount
(in millions)

 

Receive fixed, pay floating interest rate swap cancellable by counterparty

 

To convert fixed rate consolidated obligation bond debt to a LIBOR floating rate callable bond

 

Economic Hedge of Fair Value Risk

 

$

80

 

$

15

 

Receive fixed, pay floating interest rate swap non-cancellable

 

To convert fixed rate consolidated obligation bond debt to a LIBOR floating rate non-callable

 

Economic Hedge of Fair Value Risk

 

$

15

 

$

15

 

Receive fixed, pay floating interest rate swap no longer cancellable

 

To convert fixed rate consolidated obligation bond debt to a LIBOR floating rate no-longer callable

 

Economic Hedge of Fair Value Risk

 

$

15

 

$

15

 

Receive fixed, pay floating interest rate swap cancellable by counterparty

 

To convert fixed rate consolidated obligation bond debt to a LIBOR floating rate callable bond

 

Fair Value Hedge

 

$

1,320

 

$

2,380

 

Receive fixed, pay floating interest rate swap no longer cancellable

 

To convert fixed rate consolidated obligation bond debt to a LIBOR floating rate no-longer callable

 

Fair Value Hedge

 

$

160

 

$

160

 

Receive fixed, pay floating interest rate swap non-cancellable

 

To convert fixed rate consolidated obligation bond debt to a LIBOR floating rate non-callable

 

Fair Value Hedge

 

$

23,576

 

$

23,100

 

Pay fixed, receive LIBOR interest rate swap

 

To offset the variability of cash flows associated with interest payments on forecasted issuance of fixed rate consolidated obligation bond debt.

 

Cash flow hedge

 

$

 

$

35

 

Pay fixed, receive LIBOR interest rate swap

 

To offset the variability of cash flows associated with interest payments on forecasted issuance of fixed rate consolidated obligation discount note debt.

 

Cash flow hedge

 

$

1,589

 

$

1,589

 

Basis swap

 

To convert 1M LIBOR index to 3M LIBOR to reduce interest rate sensitivity and repricing gaps

 

Economic Hedge of Cash Flows

 

$

6,725

 

$

3,735

 

Receive fixed, pay floating interest rate swap cancellable by counterparty

 

Fixed rate callable bond converted to a LIBOR floating rate; matched to callable bond accounted for under fair value option

 

Fair Value Option

 

$

433

 

$

718

 

Receive fixed, pay floating interest rate swap no longer cancelable

 

Fixed rate callable bond converted to a LIBOR floating rate; matched to bond no-longer callable accounted for under fair value option.

 

Fair Value Option

 

$

1,400

 

$

1,150

 

Receive fixed, pay floating interest rate swap non-cancellable

 

Fixed rate non-callable bond converted to a LIBOR floating rate; matched to non-callable bond accounted for under fair value option

 

Fair Value Option

 

$

8,115

 

$

11,455

 

Receive fixed, pay floating interest rate swap non-cancellable

 

Fixed rate consolidated obligation discount note converted to a LIBOR floating rate; matched to discount note accounted for under fair value option

 

Fair Value Option

 

$

9,485

 

$

12,460

 

 

Table 9.3:                                       Derivative Hedging Strategies — Balance Sheet and Intermediation

 

Derivatives/Terms

 

Hedging Strategy

 

Accounting Designation

 

March 31, 2016
Notional Amount
(in millions)

 

December 31, 2015
Notional Amount
(in millions)

 

Purchased interest rate cap

 

Economic hedge on the Balance Sheet

 

Economic Hedge

 

$

2,692

 

$

2,692

 

Intermediary positions- interest rate swaps and caps

 

To offset interest rate swaps and caps executed with members by executing offsetting derivatives with counterparties

 

Economic Hedge of Fair Value Risk

 

$

62

 

$

62

 

 

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Derivatives Financial Instruments by Product

 

The following table summarizes the notional amounts and estimated fair values of derivative financial instruments (excluding accrued interest) by product and type of accounting treatment.  The table also provides a reconciliation of fair value basis gains and (losses) of derivatives to the Statements of Condition (in thousands):

 

Table 9.4:                                       Derivatives Financial Instruments by Product

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

Total Estimated

 

 

 

Total Estimated

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

(Excluding

 

 

 

(Excluding

 

 

 

Total Notional

 

Accrued

 

Total Notional

 

Accrued

 

 

 

Amount

 

Interest)

 

Amount

 

Interest)

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances-fair value hedges

 

$

43,124,483

 

$

(749,634

)

$

43,435,436

 

$

(341,254

)

Consolidated obligation fair value hedges

 

25,056,250

 

488,596

 

25,639,610

 

349,649

 

Cash Flow-anticipated transactions

 

1,589,000

 

(141,113

)

1,624,000

 

(85,243

)

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments (b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances hedges

 

212,142

 

(527

)

8,575

 

28

 

Consolidated obligation hedges

 

6,835,000

 

(1,853

)

3,780,000

 

(1,749

)

Mortgage delivery commitments

 

20,675

 

83

 

14,806

 

3

 

Balance sheet

 

2,692,000

 

3,100

 

2,692,000

 

4,920

 

Intermediary positions hedges

 

62,000

 

60

 

62,000

 

61

 

Derivatives matching Advances designated under FVO (c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps-advances

 

3,638,000

 

(604

)

3,758,000

 

1,886

 

Derivatives matching COs designated under FVO (c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps-consolidated obligation bonds

 

9,947,660

 

(3,419

)

13,322,660

 

(8,770

)

Interest rate swaps-consolidated obligation discount notes

 

9,484,981

 

(811

)

12,459,709

 

(4,409

)

Total notional and fair value

 

$

102,662,191

 

$

(406,122

)

$

106,796,796

 

$

(84,878

)

Total derivatives, excluding accrued interest

 

 

 

$

(406,122

)

 

 

$

(84,878

)

Cash collateral pledged to counterparties (d)

 

 

 

521,954

 

 

 

370,529

 

Cash collateral received from counterparties

 

 

 

(175,519

)

 

 

(329,895

)

Accrued interest

 

 

 

16,914

 

 

 

15,807

 

Net derivative balance

 

 

 

$

(42,773

)

 

 

$

(28,437

)

Net derivative asset balance (d)

 

 

 

$

171,175

 

 

 

$

181,676

 

Net derivative liability balance

 

 

 

(213,948

)

 

 

(210,113

)

Net derivative balance

 

 

 

$

(42,773

)

 

 

$

(28,437

)

 


(a)         Derivatives that qualified as a fair value or cash flow hedge under hedge accounting rules.

(b)         Derivatives that did not qualify under hedge accounting rules, but were utilized as an economic hedge (“standalone”).

(c)          Derivatives that were utilized as economic hedges of financial instruments elected under the FVO.

(d)         Net derivative asset balance included $165.5 million and $173.7 million of excess cash collateral/margins posted by the FHLBNY to derivative counterparties at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  Excess margins were largely the initial margins posted to Derivative Clearing Organizations in compliance with rules for cleared swaps.

 

The categories of “Fair value,” “Commitment,” and “Cash flow” hedges represented derivative transactions accounted for as hedges.  The category of “Economic” hedges represented derivative transactions under hedge strategies that did not qualify for hedge accounting treatment but were an approved risk management strategy.

 

Derivative Credit Risk Exposure and Concentration

 

In addition to market risk, we are subject to credit risk in derivative transactions because of the potential for non-performance by the counterparties, which could result in the FHLBNY having to acquire a replacement derivative from a different counterparty at a cost that may exceed its recorded fair values.  We are also subject to operational risks in the execution and servicing of derivative transactions.  The degree of counterparty credit risk may depend on, among other factors, the extent to which netting procedures and/or the provision of collateral are used to mitigate the risk.  Summarized below are our risk measurement and mitigation processes:

 

Risk measurement — We estimate exposure to credit loss on derivative instruments by calculating the replacement cost, on a present value basis, to settle at current market prices all outstanding derivative contracts in a gain position, net of collateral pledged by the counterparty.  All derivative contracts with non-members are also subject to master netting agreements or other right of offset arrangements.

 

Exposure — In determining credit risk, we consider accrued interest receivable and payable, and the legal right to offset assets and liabilities by counterparty.  We attempt to mitigate exposure by requiring derivative counterparties to pledge cash collateral if the amount of exposure is above the collateral threshold agreements.

 

Our credit exposures (derivatives in a net gain position) were to highly-rated counterparties and a Derivative Clearing Organization (“DCO”) that met our credit quality standards.  Our exposures also included open derivative contracts executed on behalf of member institutions, and the exposures were collateralized under standard advance collateral agreements with our members.  For such transactions, acting as an intermediary, we offset the transaction by purchasing equivalent notional amounts of derivatives from unrelated derivative counterparties.  For more

 

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information, see financial statements, Credit Risk due to non-performance by counterparties, in Note 15. Derivatives and Hedging Activities.

 

Risk mitigation — We attempt to mitigate derivative counterparty credit risk by contracting only with experienced counterparties with investment-quality credit ratings that met our credit quality standards.  Annually, our management and Board of Directors review and approve all non-member derivative counterparties.  We monitor counterparties on an ongoing basis for significant business events, including ratings actions taken by Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (“NRSRO”).  All approved derivatives counterparties must enter into a master ISDA agreement with our bank before we execute a trade through that counterparty.  In addition, for all bilateral OTC derivatives, we have executed the Credit Support Annex to the ISDA agreement that provides for collateral support at predetermined thresholds.  For Cleared-OTC derivatives, margin requirements are mandated under the Dodd-Frank Act.  We believe that these arrangements have sufficiently mitigated our exposures, and we do not anticipate any credit losses on derivative contracts.

 

Derivatives Counterparty Credit Ratings

 

The following table summarizes notional amounts and fair values for the FHLBNY’s derivative exposures as represented by derivatives in fair value gain positions.  For derivatives where the counterparties were in gain positions, the fair values and notional amounts are grouped together (in thousands):

 

Table 9.5:                                       Derivatives Counterparty Credit Ratings

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

Credit Rating

 

Notional Amount

 

Net Derivatives
Fair Value Before
Collateral

 

Cash Collateral
Pledged To (From)
Counterparties 
(a)

 

Balance Sheet
Net Credit
Exposure

 

Non-cash Collateral
Pledged To (From)
Counterparties 
(b)

 

Net Credit
Exposure to
Counterparties

 

Non-member counterparties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asset positions with credit exposure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bilateral derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Single-A (c)

 

2,376,633

 

113,452

 

(104,800

)

8,652

 

 

8,652

 

Cleared derivatives (d)

 

81,857,829

 

(22,651

)

184,060

 

161,409

 

 

161,409

 

Total derivative positions with non-member counterparties to which the Bank had credit exposure

 

84,234,462

 

90,801

 

79,260

 

170,061

 

 

170,061

 

Member institutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative positions with member counterparties to which the Bank had credit exposure

 

31,000

 

1,031

 

 

1,031

 

(1,031

)

 

Delivery Commitments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative position with delivery commitments

 

20,675

 

83

 

 

83

 

(83

)

 

Total derivative position with members

 

51,675

 

1,114

 

 

1,114

 

(1,114

)

 

Derivative positions with credit exposure

 

84,286,137

 

$

91,915

 

$

79,260

 

$

171,175

 

$

(1,114

)

$

170,061

 

Derivative positions without fair value credit exposure

 

18,376,054

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total notional

 

$

102,662,191

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

Credit Rating

 

Notional Amount

 

Net Derivatives
Fair Value Before
Collateral

 

Cash Collateral
Pledged To (From)
Counterparties 
(a)

 

Balance Sheet
Net Credit
Exposure

 

Non-cash Collateral
Pledged To (From)
Counterparties 
(b)

 

Net Credit
Exposure to
Counterparties

 

Non-member counterparties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asset positions with credit exposure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bilateral derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Double-A (c)

 

$

15,000

 

$

108

 

$

 

$

108

 

$

 

$

108

 

Single-A (c)

 

2,664,093

 

116,535

 

(106,000

)

10,535

 

 

10,535

 

Cleared derivatives (d)

 

83,933,206

 

220,005

 

(49,320

)

170,685

 

 

170,685

 

Total derivative positions with non-member counterparties to which the Bank had credit exposure

 

86,612,299

 

336,648

 

(155,320

)

181,328

 

 

181,328

 

Member institutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative positions with member counterparties to which the Bank had credit exposure

 

31,000

 

345

 

 

345

 

(345

)

 

Delivery Commitments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative position with delivery commitments

 

14,806

 

3

 

 

3

 

(3

)

 

Total derivative position with members

 

45,806

 

348

 

 

348

 

(348

)

 

Derivative positions with credit exposure

 

86,658,105

 

$

336,996

 

$

(155,320

)

$

181,676

 

$

(348

)

$

181,328

 

Derivative positions without fair value credit exposure

 

20,138,691

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total notional

 

$

106,796,796

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(a)             Includes excess margins posted to counterparties and to a Derivative Clearing Organization on derivatives that were classified as derivative assets, as they represent an exposure for the FHLBNY.

(b)             Members pledge non-cash collateral to fully collateralize their exposures.  Non-cash collateral is not deducted from net derivative assets on the balance sheet.

(c)              NRSRO Ratings.

(d)             Net exposure includes excess cash margins posted to derivative clearing organizations (DCOs) on cleared derivatives, primarily in the form of “Initial Margins”.

 

Uncleared derivatives Notional amounts of uncleared (bilaterally executed) derivatives were $20.8 billion and $22.9 billion at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  For bilaterally executed OTC derivatives (uncleared derivatives), many of the Credit Support Amount (“CSA”) agreements with swap dealers stipulate that so long as we retain our GSE status, ratings downgrades would not result in the posting of additional collateral.  Other CSA agreements with derivative counterparties would require us to post additional collateral based solely on an adverse change in our credit rating by S&P and Moody’s.  In the event of a split rating, the lower rating will apply.  We do not expect to post additional collateral.  The FHLBNY is rated AA+/stable by S&P’s and Aaa/stable by Moody’s.

 

Cleared derivatives Notional amounts of cleared derivatives were $81.9 billion and $83.9 billion at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  For cleared OTC derivatives, margin requirements are determined by the DCO based on the volatility of the exposure, and generally credit ratings are not factored into the margin amounts.  Clearing agents may require additional margin amounts to be posted based on credit considerations.  We were not subject to additional margin calls by our clearing agents at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

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Collateral and margin posted Cash collateral of $522.0 million and $370.5 million were posted to swap counterparties (including DCOs) at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  After posting cash collateral, the fair values of our derivative instruments in net liability positions were approximately $214.0 million and $210.1 million, at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.  Amounts represented the exposures facing the swap counterparties in the event of non-performance by the FHLBNY to the swap contracts.

 

On the assumption that we will retain our status as a GSE, we estimate that a one notch downgrade of our credit rating by S&P would have permitted swap dealers and counterparties to make additional collateral calls of up to $30.7 million at March 31, 2016 and $27.3 million at December 31, 2015.  Additional collateral postings upon an assumed downgrade were estimated based on the individual collateral posting provisions of the CSA of the counterparty and the actual bilateral exposure of the counterparty and the FHLBNY at those dates.

 

Derivative Counterparty Country Concentration Risk

 

The following table summarizes derivative notional amounts and fair values by country of incorporation (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 9.6:                                       FHLBNY Exposure Concentration (a)

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

Ultimate Country

 

Notional

 

Percentage

 

Fair Value

 

Percentage

 

Counterparties (Asset position)

 

of Incorporation (b)

 

Amount

 

of Total

 

Exposure

 

of Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counterparty (ies)

 

U.S.A. (c)

 

$

84,234,462

 

82.05

%

$

170,062

 

99.35

%

Member and Delivery Commitments

 

U.S.A.

 

51,675

 

0.05

 

1,113

 

0.65

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Credit Exposure (Fair values, net) - Balance sheet assets

 

 

 

84,286,137

 

82.10

 

$

171,175

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counterparties (Liability position)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counterparty (ies)

 

U.S.A.

 

10,954,588

 

10.68

 

$

(172,883

)

 

 

Counterparty (ies)

 

Germany

 

4,417,500

 

4.30

 

(27,237

)

 

 

Counterparty (ies)

 

United Kingdom

 

1,499,998

 

1.46

 

(7,808

)

 

 

Counterparty (ies)

 

Switzerland

 

932,968

 

0.91

 

(159

)

 

 

Counterparty (ies)

 

France

 

445,000

 

0.43

 

(4,146

)

 

 

Counterparty (ies)

 

Canada

 

126,000

 

0.12

 

(1,715

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,376,054

 

17.90

 

$

(213,948

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total notional

 

 

 

$

102,662,191

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Ultimate Country

 

Notional

 

Percentage

 

Fair Value

 

Percentage

 

Counterparties (Asset position)

 

of Incorporation (b)

 

Amount

 

of Total

 

Exposure

 

of Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counterparty (ies)

 

U.S.A. (c)

 

$

86,612,299

 

81.10

%

$

181,328

 

99.81

%

Member and Delivery Commitments

 

U.S.A.

 

39,806

 

0.03

 

348

 

0.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Credit Exposure (Fair values, net) - Balance sheet assets

 

 

 

86,652,105

 

81.13

 

$

181,676

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counterparties (Liability position)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counterparty (ies)

 

U.S.A.

 

12,367,425

 

11.58

 

$

(171,271

)

 

 

Counterparty (ies)

 

United Kingdom

 

4,442,500

 

4.16

 

(26,958

)

 

 

Counterparty (ies)

 

Germany

 

1,504,998

 

1.41

 

(5,355

)

 

 

Counterparty (ies)

 

Switzerland

 

1,152,768

 

1.08

 

(438

)

 

 

Counterparty (ies)

 

France

 

545,000

 

0.51

 

(3,086

)

 

 

Counterparty (ies)

 

Canada

 

126,000

 

0.12

 

(2,996

)

 

 

Member

 

U.S.A.

 

6,000

 

0.01

 

(9

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,144,691

 

18.87

 

$

(210,113

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total notional

 

 

 

$

106,796,796

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 


(a)          Notional concentration — Concentration is measured by fair value exposure and not by notional amounts.  Fair values for derivative contracts in a gain position represent the credit exposure we face due to potential non-performance of the derivative counterparty.  For such transactions, the FHLBNY’s potential exposure would be the FHLBNY’s inability to replace the contracts at a value that would be equal to or greater than the cash posted to the defaulting counterparty.  For derivative contracts that were in a liability position, the swap counterparties were exposed to a default or non-performance by the FHLBNY.

(b)          Country of incorporation is based on domicile of the ultimate parent company.

(c)           Includes cleared swaps at Derivative clearing organizations —  notional amounts of $81.9 billion and $83.9 billion at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

The following table summarizes derivative notional and fair values (a) by contractual maturities (in thousands):

 

Table 9.7:                                       Notional and Fair Value by Contractual Maturity

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

Notional

 

Fair Value (a)

 

Notional

 

Fair Value (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maturity less than one year

 

$

46,788,571

 

$

(32,409

)

$

50,928,278

 

$

(72,650

)

Maturity from one year to less than three years

 

39,898,874

 

(240,853

)

37,695,659

 

(117,344

)

Maturity from three years to less than five years

 

10,544,141

 

(311,545

)

11,947,492

 

(109,666

)

Maturity from five years or greater

 

5,409,930

 

178,602

 

6,210,561

 

214,779

 

Delivery Commitments

 

20,675

 

83

 

14,806

 

3

 

 

 

$

102,662,191

 

$

(406,122

)

$

106,796,796

 

$

(84,878

)

 


(a)         Derivative fair values were in a net liability position at the two dates.

 

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Liquidity, Cash Flows, Short-Term Borrowings and Short-Term Debt

 

Our primary source of liquidity is the issuance of consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes.  To refinance maturing consolidated obligations, we rely on the willingness of our investors to purchase new issuances.  We have access to the discount note market, and the efficiency of issuing discount notes is an important source of liquidity, since discount notes can be issued any time and in a variety of amounts and maturities.  Member deposits and capital stock purchased by members are another source of funds.  Short-term unsecured borrowings from other FHLBanks and in the federal funds market provide additional sources of liquidity.  In addition, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to purchase up to $4.0 billion of consolidated obligations from the FHLBanks.  Our liquidity position remains in compliance with all regulatory requirements and management does not foresee any changes to that position.

 

Finance Agency Regulations — Liquidity

 

Regulatory requirements are specified in Parts 1239, 932 and 1270 of the Finance Agency regulations and are summarized below.  Each FHLBank shall at all times have at least an amount of liquidity equal to the current deposits received from its members that may be invested in: (1) Obligations of the United States; (2) Deposits in banks or trust companies; or (3) Advances with a remaining maturity not to exceed five years.

 

In addition, each FHLBank shall provide for contingency liquidity, which is defined as the sources of cash a FHLBank may use to meet its operational requirements when its access to the capital markets is impeded.  We met our contingency liquidity requirements during all periods in this report.  Liquidity in excess of requirements is summarized in the table titled Contingency Liquidity.  Violations of the liquidity requirements would result in non-compliance penalties under discretionary powers given to the Finance Agency under applicable regulations, which include other corrective actions.

 

Liquidity Management

 

We actively manage our liquidity position to maintain stable, reliable, and cost-effective sources of funds while taking into account market conditions, member demand and the maturity profile of our assets and liabilities. We recognize that managing liquidity is critical to achieving our statutory mission of providing low-cost funding to our members.  In managing liquidity risk, we are required to maintain certain liquidity measures in accordance with the FHLBank Act and policies developed by management and approved by our Board of Directors.  The applicable liquidity requirements are described in the next four sections.

 

Deposit Liquidity. We are required to invest an aggregate amount at least equal to the amount of current deposits received from members in: (1) Obligations of the U.S. government; (2) Deposits in banks or trust companies; or (3) Advances to members with remaining maturities not exceeding five years.  In addition to accepting deposits from our members, we may accept deposits from other FHLBanks or from any other governmental instrumentality.  We met these requirements at all times.  Quarterly average reserves and actual reserves are summarized below (in millions):

 

Table 10.1:                                Deposit Liquidity

 

 

 

Average Deposit

 

Average Actual

 

 

 

For the Quarters Ended

 

Reserve Required

 

Deposit Liquidity

 

Excess

 

March 31, 2016

 

$

1,318

 

$

87,098

 

$

85,780

 

December 31, 2015

 

1,246

 

81,228

 

79,982

 

 

Operational LiquidityWe must be able to fund our activities as our balance sheet changes from day to day.  We maintain the capacity to fund balance sheet growth through regular money market and capital market funding activities.  We monitor our operational liquidity needs by regularly comparing our demonstrated funding capacity with potential balance sheet growth.  We take such actions as may be necessary to maintain adequate sources of funding for such growth.  Operational liquidity is measured daily.  We met these requirements at all times.

 

The following table summarizes excess operational liquidity (in millions):

 

Table 10.2:                                Operational Liquidity

 

 

 

Average Balance Sheet

 

Average Actual

 

 

 

For the Quarters Ended

 

Liquidity Requirement

 

Operational Liquidity

 

Excess

 

March 31, 2016

 

$

6,375

 

$

28,902

 

$

22,527

 

December 31, 2015

 

7,255

 

27,722

 

20,467

 

 

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Contingency LiquidityWe are required by Finance Agency regulations to hold “contingency liquidity” in an amount sufficient to meet our liquidity needs if we are unable to access the consolidated obligation debt markets for at least five business days.  Contingency liquidity includes (1) marketable assets with a maturity of one year or less; (2) self-liquidating assets with a maturity of one year or less; (3) assets that are generally acceptable as collateral in the repurchase market; and (4) irrevocable lines of credit from financial institutions receiving not less than the second-highest credit rating from a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization.  We consistently exceeded the regulatory minimum requirements for contingency liquidity.  Contingency liquidity is measured daily.  We met these requirements at all times.

 

The following table summarizes excess contingency liquidity (in millions):

 

Table 10.3:                                Contingency Liquidity

 

 

 

Average Five Day

 

Average Actual

 

 

 

For the Quarters Ended

 

Requirement

 

Contingency Liquidity

 

Excess

 

March 31, 2016

 

$

2,574

 

$

28,515

 

$

25,941

 

December 31, 2015

 

2,204

 

27,521

 

25,317

 

 

The standards in our risk management policy address our day-to-day operational and contingency liquidity needs. These standards enumerate the specific types of investments to be held to satisfy such liquidity needs and are outlined above.  These standards also establish the methodology to be used in determining our operational and contingency needs.  We continually monitor and project our cash needs, daily debt issuance capacity, and the amount and value of investments available for use in the market for repurchase agreements.  We use this information to determine our liquidity needs and to develop appropriate liquidity plans.

 

Advance “Roll-Off” and “Roll-Over” Liquidity Guidelines.  The Finance Agency’s Minimum Liquidity Requirement Guidelines expanded the existing liquidity requirements to include additional cash flow requirements under two scenarios:  Advance “Roll-Over” and “Roll-Off” scenarios.  Each FHLBank, including the FHLBNY, must have positive cash balances to be able to maintain positive cash flows for 15 days under the Roll-Off scenario, and for five days under the Roll-Over scenario.  The Roll-Off scenario assumes that advances maturing under their contractual terms would mature, and in that scenario we would maintain positive cash flows for a minimum of 15 days on a daily basis.  The Roll-Over scenario assumes that our maturing advances would be rolled over, and in that scenario we would maintain positive cash flows for a minimum of 5 days on a daily basis.  We calculate the amount of cash flows under each scenario on a daily basis and have been in compliance with these guidelines.

 

Other Liquidity Contingencies.  As discussed more fully under the section Debt Financing Activity and Consolidated Obligations, we are primarily liable for consolidated obligations issued on our behalf.   We are also jointly and severally liable with the other FHLBanks for the payment of principal and interest on the consolidated obligations of all the FHLBanks.  If the principal or interest on any consolidated obligation issued on our behalf is not paid in full when due, we may not pay dividends, redeem or repurchase shares of stock of any member or non-member stockholder until the Finance Agency approves our consolidated obligation payment plan or other remedy and until we pay all the interest or principal currently due on all our consolidated obligations.  The Finance Agency, at its discretion, may require any FHLBank to make principal or interest payments due on any consolidated obligations.

 

Finance Agency regulations also state that the FHLBanks must maintain, free from any lien or pledge, the following types of assets in an amount at least equal to the amount of consolidated obligations outstanding: Cash; Obligations of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States; Secured advances; Mortgages that have any guaranty, insurance, or commitment from the United States or any agency of the United States; and investments described in section 16(a) of the FHLBank Act, including securities that a fiduciary or trust fund may purchase under the laws of the state in which the FHLBank is located.

 

Cash flows

 

Cash and due from banks was $225.1 million at March 31, 2016 and $327.5 million at December 31, 2015.  The following discussion highlights the major activities and transactions that affected our cash flows.

 

Cash flows from operating activities — Operating assets and liabilities support our lending activities to members, and can vary significantly in the normal course of business due to the amount and timing of cash flows, which are affected by member-driven borrowing, our investment strategies, and market conditions.  Management believes cash flows from operations, available cash balances and our ability to generate cash through the issuance of consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes are sufficient to fund our operating liquidity needs.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities in the three months ended March 31, 2016 was $109.4 million and $187.6 million in the same period in the prior year.  By way of comparison, Net income was $83.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016 and $88.2 million in the same period in the prior year.

 

Net cash flows provided by operating activities were higher than Net income in all periods in this report, and was largely as a result of adjustments for non-cash fair value adjustments on derivatives and hedging activities of $71.1 million and $78.1 million that were almost entirely driven by derivative financing elements.  For more information, see Statements of Cash Flows in the financial statements.  For cash flow reporting, cash outflows (expenses) associated with swaps with off-market terms are considered to be principal repayments of certain off-market swap transactions, although they are reported as an expense to Net income in the Statements of Income.  Certain interest rate swaps at inception of the contracts included off-market terms, and required up-front cash exchanges, and were

 

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largely outstanding in the periods in this report.  We view these swaps to contain “financing elements”, as defined under hedge accounting rules.  The amounts, which represented interest payments to swap counterparties for the off-market swaps, were classified as Financing activities rather than Operating activities.

 

Cash flows used in investing activities — Investing activities resulted in $3.5 billion in favorable net cash inflows in the three months ended March 31, 2016.  In the same period in the prior year, investing activities also resulted in favorable net cash inflows of $7.2 billion of funds.  In both periods, favorable cash inflows were primarily driven by maturing advances that exceeded advances made.

 

Short-term Borrowings and Short-term Debt

 

Our primary source of funds is the issuance of FHLBank debt.  Consolidated obligation discount notes are issued with maturities up to one year and provide us with short-term funds.  Discount notes are principally used in funding short-term advances, some long-term advances, as well as money market instruments.  We also issue short-term consolidated obligation bonds as part of our asset-liability management strategy.  We may also borrow from another FHLBank, generally for a period of one day.  Such borrowings have been insignificant historically.

 

The following table summarizes short-term debt and their key characteristics (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 10.4:                                Short-term Debt

 

 

 

Consolidated Obligations-Discount Notes

 

Consolidated Obligations-Bonds With Original
Maturities of One Year or Less

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at end of the period (a)

 

$

36,863,672

 

$

46,849,868

 

$

19,507,030

 

$

18,800,030

 

Weighted-average rate at end of the period

 

0.36

%

0.26

%

0.43

%

0.28

%

Average outstanding for the period (a)

 

$

44,921,069

 

$

43,627,528

 

$

18,296,942

 

$

15,708,964

 

Weighted-average rate for the period

 

0.33

%

0.13

%

0.10

%

0.18

%

Highest outstanding at any month-end (a)

 

$

53,569,596

 

$

50,143,718

 

$

19,507,030

 

$

19,680,030

 

 


(a)         Outstanding balances represent the carrying value of discount notes and par value of bonds (one year or less) issued and outstanding at the reported dates.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements, Guarantees, and Other Commitments — In accordance with regulations governing the operations of the FHLBanks, each FHLBank, including the FHLBNY, is jointly and severally liable for the FHLBank System’s consolidated obligations issued under sections 11(a) and 11(c) of the FHLBank Act.   The joint and several liability regulation authorizes the Finance Agency to require any FHLBank to repay all or a portion of the principal or interest on consolidated obligations for which another FHLBank is the primary obligor.

 

In addition, in the ordinary course of business, the FHLBNY engages in financial transactions that, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, are not recorded on the FHLBNY’s balance sheet or may be recorded on the FHLBNY’s balance sheet in amounts that are different from the full contract or notional amount of the transactions.  For example, the Bank routinely enters into commitments to purchase MPF loans from PFIs, and issues standby letters of credit.  These commitments may represent future cash requirements of the Bank, although the standby letters of credit usually expire without being drawn upon.  For more information about contractual obligations and commitments, see financial statements, Note 17. Commitments and Contingencies.

 

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Legislative and Regulatory Developments

 

Significant regulatory actions and developments for the three months ended March 31, 2016 are summarized below:

 

Joint Proposed Rule on Incentive-Based Compensation Arrangements

 

On April 26, 2016, the Finance Agency, jointly with five other federal regulators, issued the rule contemplated by Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act), which requires implementation of regulations or guidelines to (1) prohibit incentive-based payment arrangements that these regulators determine encourage inappropriate risks by certain financial institutions by providing excessive compensation or that could lead to material financial loss; and (2) require those financial institutions to disclose information concerning incentive-based compensation arrangements to the appropriate federal regulator.

 

The proposed rule identifies three categories of institutions that would be covered by these regulations based on average total consolidated assets, applying less prescriptive incentive-based compensation program requirements to the smallest covered institutions (Level 3) and progressively more rigorous requirements to the larger covered institutions (Level 1).  The proposed rule specifies that the Bank would fall into the middle category, Level 2.  The proposed rule would supplement existing Finance Agency executive compensation rules.

 

The proposed rule would prohibit the Bank from establishing or maintaining incentive-based compensation arrangements that encourage inappropriate risks by “senior executive officers” and “significant risk-takers” (each as defined in the proposed rule, together, “covered persons”) that could lead to a material financial loss at the Bank.

 

If adopted in its current form, the proposed rule would, among other things, impose requirements related to the Bank’s incentive-based compensation arrangements for covered persons, related to:

 

·                  mandatory deferrals of 50 percent and 40 percent of annual incentive-based compensation payments for senior executive officers and significant risk takers, respectively, over no less than 3 years;

·                  risk of downward adjustment and forfeiture of awards;

·                  clawbacks of vested compensation; and

·                  limits on the maximum incentive-based compensation opportunity.

 

Comments are due on the proposed rule by July 22, 2016.  The Bank is currently assessing the effect of the proposed rule.

 

Finance Agency Final Rule on FHLBank Membership

 

On January 20, 2016, the Finance Agency issued a rule effective on February 19, 2016 that, among other things:

 

·                  makes captive insurance companies ineligible for FHLBank membership; and

·                  defines the “principal place of business” of an institution eligible for FHLBank membership to be the state in which it maintains its home office and from which the institution conducts business operations.

 

The rule defines a captive insurance company as a company that is authorized under state law to conduct an insurance business but whose primary business is the underwriting of insurance for affiliated persons or entities.

 

Captive insurance company members that were admitted as FHLBank members prior to September 12, 2014 (the date the Finance Agency proposed this rule) will have their memberships terminated by February 19, 2021.  Captive insurance company members that were admitted as FHLBank members after September 12, 2014 will have their memberships terminated by February 19, 2017.  There are restrictions on the level and maturity of advances that FHLBanks can make to these members during the sunset periods.

 

In the final rule, the Finance Agency declined to adopt certain proposed provisions that would have required FHLBank members to hold specified levels of home mortgage loan assets on an ongoing basis.

 

While we continue to study the long-term ramifications of the rule, we do not expect it to materially impact our financial condition or results of operation.

 

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ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

 

Market Risk Management.  Market risk or interest rate risk (“IRR”) is the risk of loss to market value or future earnings that may result from changes in the interest rate environment.  Embedded in IRR is a tradeoff of risk versus reward.  We could earn higher income by having higher IRR through greater mismatches between our assets and liabilities at the cost of potentially significant declines in market value and future income if the interest rate environment turned against our expectations.  We have opted to retain a modest level of IRR which allows us to preserve our capital value while generating steady and predictable income.  In keeping with that philosophy, our balance sheet consists of predominantly short-term and LIBOR-based assets and liabilities.  More than 85% of our financial assets are either short-term or LIBOR-based, and a similar percentage of our liabilities are also either short-term or LIBOR-based.  These positions protect our capital from large changes in value arising from interest rate or volatility changes.

 

Our primary tool to achieve the desired risk profile is the use of interest rate exchange agreements (“Swaps”).  All the LIBOR-based advances are long-term advances that are swapped to 3- or 1-month LIBOR or possess adjustable rates which periodically reset to a LIBOR index.  Similarly, a majority of the long-term consolidated obligations are swapped to 3- or 1-month LIBOR.  These features create a relatively steady income that changes in concert with prevailing interest rate changes to maintain a spread to short-term rates.

 

Despite the conservative philosophy, IRR does arise from a number of aspects in our portfolio.  These include the embedded prepayment rights, refunding needs, rate resets between short-term assets and liabilities, and basis risks arising from differences between the yield curves associated with assets and liabilities.  To monitor these risks, we use certain key IRR measures including re-pricing gaps, duration of equity (“DOE”), value at risk (“VaR”), net interest income (“NII”) at risk, key rate durations (“KRD”), and forecasted dividend rates.

 

Risk Measurements.  Our Risk Management Policy sets up a series of risk limits that we calculate on a regular basis.  The risk limits are as follows:

 

·                  The option-adjusted DOE is limited to a range of +2.0 years to -3.5 years in the rates unchanged case, and to a range of +/-6.0 years in the +/-200bps shock cases.  Due to the low interest rate environment beginning in early 2008, rates at March 2015, June 2015, September 2015, December 2015 and March 2016 were too low for a meaningful parallel down-shock measurement.

 

·                  The one-year cumulative re-pricing gap is limited to 10 percent of total assets.

 

·                  The sensitivity of expected net interest income over a one-year period is limited to a -15 percent change under both the +/-200bps shocks compared to the rates in the unchanged case.

 

·                  The potential decline in the market value of equity is limited to a 10 percent change under the +/-200bps shocks.

 

·                  KRD exposure at any of nine term points (3-month, 1-year, 2-year, 3-year, 5-year, 7-year, 10-year, 15-year, and 30-year) is limited to between +/-12 months through the 3-year term point and a cumulative limit of +/-30 months from the 5-year through 30-year term points.  KRD exposures have largely remained unchanged year-over-year.

 

Our portfolio, including derivatives, is tracked and the overall mismatch between assets and liabilities is summarized by using a DOE measure.  Our last five quarterly DOE results are shown in years in the table below (due to the on-going low interest rate environment, there was no down-shock measurement performed between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016):

 

 

 

Base Case DOE

 

-200bps DOE

 

+200bps DOE

 

March 31, 2016

 

-0.80

 

N/A

 

0.36

 

December 31, 2015

 

-0.61

 

N/A

 

0.84

 

September 30, 2015

 

-1.02

 

N/A

 

0.88

 

June 30, 2015

 

-0.35

 

N/A

 

1.02

 

March 31, 2015

 

-0.74

 

N/A

 

0.87

 

 

The DOE has remained within policy limits.  Duration indicates any cumulative re-pricing/maturity imbalance in the portfolio’s financial assets and liabilities.  A positive DOE indicates that, on average, the liabilities will re-price or mature sooner than the assets, while a negative DOE indicates that, on average, the assets will re-price or mature earlier than the liabilities.  We measure DOE using software that incorporates any optionality within our portfolio using well-known and tested financial pricing theoretical models.

 

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We do not solely rely on the DOE measure as a mismatch measure between assets and liabilities.  We also perform the more traditional gap measure that subtracts re-pricing/maturing liabilities from re-pricing/maturing assets over time.  We observe the differences over various horizons, but have set a 10 percent of assets limit on cumulative re-pricings at the one-year point.  This quarterly observation of the one-year cumulative re-pricing gap is provided in the table below and all values are below 10 percent of assets, well within the limit:

 

 

 

One Year
Re-pricing Gap

 

March 31, 2016

 

$

5.659 Billion

 

December 31, 2015

 

$

5.640 Billion

 

September 30, 2015

 

$

5.646 Billion

 

June 30, 2015

 

$

5.323 Billion

 

March 31, 2015

 

$

5.596 Billion

 

 

Our review of potential interest rate risk issues also includes the effect of changes in interest rates on expected net income.  We project asset and liability volumes and spreads over a one-year horizon and then simulate expected income and expenses from those volumes and other inputs.  The effects of changes in interest rates are measured to test whether the portfolio has too much exposure in its net interest income over the coming 12-month period.  To measure the effect, the change to the spread in the shocks is calculated and compared against the base case and subjected to a -15 percent limit.  The quarterly sensitivity of our expected net interest income under both +/-200bps shocks over the next 12 months is provided in the table below (due to the ongoing low interest rate environment, the down-shock measurement was not performed between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016):

 

 

 

Sensitivity in
the -200bps
Shock

 

Sensitivity in
the +200bps
Shock

 

March 31, 2016

 

N/A

 

9.55

%

December 31, 2015

 

N/A

 

5.01

%

September 30, 2015

 

N/A

 

8.80

%

June 30, 2015

 

N/A

 

7.33

%

March 31, 2015

 

N/A

 

9.42

%

 

Aside from net interest income, the other significant impact on changes in the interest rate environment is the potential impact on the value of the portfolio.  These calculated and quoted market values are estimated based upon their financial attributes (including optionality) and then re-estimated under the assumption that interest rates suddenly rise or fall by 200bps.  The worst effect, whether it is the up or the down shock, is compared to the internal limit of 10 percent.  The quarterly potential maximum decline in the market value of equity under these 200bps shocks is provided below (due to the ongoing low interest rate environment, the down-shock measurement was not performed between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016):

 

 

 

Down-shock
Change
in MVE

 

+200bps Change
in
MVE

 

March 31, 2016

 

N/A

 

0.35

%

December 31, 2015

 

N/A

 

-0.49

%

September 30, 2015

 

N/A

 

0.01

%

June 30, 2015

 

N/A

 

-0.66

%

March 31, 2015

 

N/A

 

0.09

%

 

As noted, the potential declines under these shocks are within our limits of a maximum 10 percent.

 

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The following tables display the portfolio’s maturity/re-pricing gaps as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (in millions):

 

 

 

Interest Rate Sensitivity

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

More Than

 

More Than

 

More Than

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

Six Months to

 

One Year to

 

Three Years to

 

More Than

 

 

 

or Less

 

One Year

 

Three Years

 

Five Years

 

Five Years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-earning assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-MBS Investments

 

$

13,588

 

$

146

 

$

498

 

$

376

 

$

1,490

 

MBS Investments

 

7,610

 

354

 

2,197

 

1,891

 

2,346

 

Adjustable-rate loans and advances

 

27,280

 

 

 

 

 

Net unswapped

 

48,478

 

500

 

2,695

 

2,267

 

3,836

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed-rate loans and advances

 

18,541

 

4,807

 

25,627

 

9,545

 

2,925

 

Swaps hedging advances

 

39,517

 

(3,928

)

(23,697

)

(9,033

)

(2,859

)

Net fixed-rate loans and advances

 

58,058

 

879

 

1,930

 

512

 

66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest-earning assets

 

$

106,536

 

$

1,379

 

$

4,625

 

$

2,779

 

$

3,902

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

$

1,215

 

$

7

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discount notes

 

35,665

 

1,196

 

 

 

 

Swapped discount notes

 

(739

)

(850

)

 

768

 

821

 

Net discount notes

 

34,926

 

346

 

 

768

 

821

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Obligation Bonds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FHLBank bonds

 

39,561

 

10,859

 

18,032

 

2,248

 

3,742

 

Swaps hedging bonds

 

25,213

 

(9,871

)

(14,066

)

(401

)

(875

)

Net FHLBank bonds

 

64,774

 

988

 

3,966

 

1,847

 

2,867

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

$

100,915

 

$

1,341

 

$

3,966

 

$

2,615

 

$

3,688

 

Post hedge gaps (a):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Periodic gap

 

$

5,621

 

$

38

 

$

659

 

$

164

 

$

214

 

Cumulative gaps

 

$

5,621

 

$

5,659

 

$

6,318

 

$

6,482

 

$

6,696

 

 

 

 

Interest Rate Sensitivity

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

More Than

 

More Than

 

More Than

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

Six Months to

 

One Year to

 

Three Years to

 

More Than

 

 

 

or Less

 

One Year

 

Three Years

 

Five Years

 

Five Years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-earning assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-MBS Investments

 

$

12,702

 

$

123

 

$

432

 

$

361

 

$

1,573

 

MBS Investments

 

7,089

 

347

 

1,942

 

1,981

 

2,764

 

Adjustable-rate loans and advances

 

26,586

 

 

 

 

 

Net unswapped

 

46,377

 

470

 

2,374

 

2,342

 

4,337

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed-rate loans and advances

 

23,328

 

5,589

 

23,565

 

11,375

 

3,095

 

Swaps hedging advances

 

39,868

 

(4,500

)

(21,512

)

(10,819

)

(3,037

)

Net fixed-rate loans and advances

 

63,196

 

1,089

 

2,053

 

556

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest-earning assets

 

$

109,573

 

$

1,559

 

$

4,427

 

$

2,898

 

$

4,395

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

$

1,663

 

$

2

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discount notes

 

45,866

 

988

 

 

 

 

Swapped discount notes

 

(1,219

)

(348

)

 

525

 

1,042

 

Net discount notes

 

44,647

 

640

 

 

525

 

1,042

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Obligation Bonds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FHLBank bonds

 

32,077

 

10,401

 

18,038

 

2,707

 

4,161

 

Swaps hedging bonds

 

25,487

 

(9,425

)

(14,313

)

(564

)

(1,185

)

Net FHLBank bonds

 

57,564

 

976

 

3,725

 

2,143

 

2,976

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

$

103,874

 

$

1,618

 

$

3,725

 

$

2,668

 

$

4,018

 

Post hedge gaps (a):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Periodic gap

 

$

5,699

 

$

(59

)

$

702

 

$

230

 

$

377

 

Cumulative gaps

 

$

5,699

 

$

5,640

 

$

6,342

 

$

6,572

 

$

6,949

 

 


(a)         Re-pricing gaps are estimated at the scheduled rate reset dates for floating rate instruments, and at maturity for fixed rate instruments.  For callable instruments, the re-pricing period is estimated by the earlier of the estimated call date under the current interest rate environment or the instrument’s contractual maturity.

 

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ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures: An evaluation of the Bank’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”)) was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of the Bank’s President and Chief Executive Officer, José R. González, and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Kevin M. Neylan, as of March 31, 2016.  Based on this evaluation, they concluded that as of March 31, 2016, the Bank’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, at a reasonable level of assurance, in ensuring that the information required to be disclosed by the Bank in the reports it files or submits under the Act is (i) accumulated and communicated to the Bank’s management (including the President and Chief Executive Officer and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer) in a timely manner, and (ii) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting: There were no changes in the Bank’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Act) during the Bank’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Bank’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION.

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

From time to time, the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York is involved in disputes or regulatory inquiries that arise in the ordinary course of business.  An ongoing dispute over the termination value of multiple derivative transactions involving the FHLBNY was previously disclosed in Part I, Item 3 of the FHLBNY’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.

 

Additional information about the foregoing matter can be found in Note 17 of the financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which information primarily restates that which is set forth at Part I, Item 3 of the FHLBNY’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.

 

ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS

 

There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in the “Part I — Item 1A - Risk Factors” section of the FHLBNY’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.

 

ITEM 2.  UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 3.  DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.

 

ITEM 4.  MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

No.

 

Exhibit
Description

 

Filed with this
Form 10-Q

 

Form

 

Date Filed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.02

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Bank

 

 

 

8-K

 

2/24/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.01

 

Bank 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan (a)

 

 

 

10-K

 

3/21/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.02

 

2016 Director Compensation Policy (a)

 

 

 

10-K

 

3/21/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.03

 

Bank Amended and Restated Benefit Equalization Plan (2016) (a)

 

 

 

10-K

 

3/21/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.04

 

Form of Executive Change in Control Agreement between the Bank and each of the CEO, the other members of the Bank’s Management Committee, and the Bank’s Chief Audit Officer (a)

 

 

 

10-K

 

3/21/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.01

 

Certification of the President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.02

 

Certification of the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.01

 

Certification of the President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.02

 

Certification of the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

X

 

 

 

 

 


(a) This exhibit includes a management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement required to be noted herein.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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 New York

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kevin M. Neylan

 

Kevin M. Neylan

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (on behalf of the registrant and as the Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

Date: May 13, 2016

 

 

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