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Derivatives and Hedging Activities
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivatives and Hedging Activities [Text Block] Derivatives and Hedging Activities

Table 7.1 - Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
(dollars in thousands)

 
March 31, 2020
 
December 31, 2019
 
Notional
Amount of
Derivatives
 
Derivative
Assets
 
Derivative
Liabilities
 
Notional
Amount of
Derivatives
 
Derivative
Assets
 
Derivative
Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest-rate swaps
$
12,808,610

 
$
30,660

 
$
(48,635
)
 
$
12,128,105

 
$
14,734

 
$
(12,805
)
Forward-start interest-rate swaps
17,000

 
24

 

 
17,000

 
19

 

Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments
12,825,610

 
30,684

 
(48,635
)
 
12,145,105

 
14,753

 
(12,805
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Economic hedges:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest-rate swaps
4,142,300

 
28

 
(55,319
)
 
2,902,300

 
349

 
(31,000
)
Mortgage-delivery commitments (1)
98,765

 
147

 
(695
)
 
49,911

 
227

 

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
4,241,065

 
175

 
(56,014
)
 
2,952,211

 
576

 
(31,000
)
Total notional amount of derivatives
$
17,066,675

 
 

 
 

 
$
15,097,316

 
 

 
 

Total derivatives before netting and collateral adjustments
 

 
30,859

 
(104,649
)
 
 
 
15,329

 
(43,805
)
Netting adjustments and cash collateral, including related accrued interest (2)
 

 
196,861

 
80,245

 
 
 
144,402

 
33,534

Derivative assets and derivative liabilities
 

 
$
227,720

 
$
(24,404
)
 
 
 
$
159,731

 
$
(10,271
)
_______________________
(1)
Mortgage-delivery commitments are classified as derivatives with changes in fair value recorded in other income.
(2)
Amounts represent the effect of master-netting agreements intended to allow us to settle positive and negative positions with the same counterparty. Cash collateral and related accrued interest posted was $278.3 million and $178.5 million at March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, respectively. The change in cash collateral posted is included in the net change in interest-bearing deposits in the statement of cash flows. Cash collateral and related accrued interest received was $1.2 million and $561 thousand at March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019.

Changes in fair value of the derivative hedging instrument and the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk for designated fair-value hedges are recorded in net interest income in the same line as the earnings effect of the hedged item. For designated cash-flow hedges, the entire change in the fair value of the hedging instrument (assuming it is included in the assessment of hedge effectiveness) is reported in other comprehensive income until the hedged transaction affects earnings. At that time, this amount is reclassified from other comprehensive income and recorded in net interest income in the same line as the earnings effect of the hedged item.

Tables 7.2 presents the net gains (losses) on qualifying fair-value and cash flow hedging relationships. Gains (losses) on derivatives include unrealized changes in fair value as well as net interest settlements.

Table 7.2 - Net Gains (Losses) on Hedging Relationships
(dollars in thousands)

 
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
 
 
Advances
 
Available-for-sale Securities
 
CO Bonds
Total interest income (expense) in the statements of operations
 
$
168,659

 
$
12,361

 
$
(123,547
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gains (losses) on hedging relationships
 
 
 
 
 
 
Changes in fair value:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives
 
$
(127,568
)
 
$
(376,494
)
 
$
63,735

Hedged items
 
124,692

 
366,518

 
(64,058
)
Net changes in fair value before price alignment interest
 
(2,876
)
 
(9,976
)
 
(323
)
Price alignment interest(1)
 
389

 
1,035

 
(177
)
Net interest settlements on derivatives(2)(3)
 
(2,625
)
 
(9,098
)
 
2,956

Net (losses) gains on qualifying hedging relationships
 
(5,112
)
 
(18,039
)
 
2,456

Amortization/accretion of discontinued hedging relationships
 
(337
)
 

 
(888
)
Net (losses) gains on derivatives and hedging activities recorded in net interest income
 
$
(5,449
)
 
$
(18,039
)
 
$
1,568

 
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
 
 
Advances
 
Available-for-sale Securities
 
CO Bonds
Total interest income (expense) in the statements of operations
 
$
247,877

 
$
21,291

 
$
(154,817
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gains (losses) on hedging relationships
 
 
 
 
 
 
Changes in fair value:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives
 
$
(24,897
)
 
$
(23,197
)
 
$
33,636

Hedged items
 
25,672

 
19,115

 
(34,633
)
Net changes in fair value before price alignment interest
 
775

 
(4,082
)
 
(997
)
Price alignment interest(1)
 
286

 
8

 
5

Net interest settlements on derivatives(2)(3)
 
16,251

 
(5,791
)
 
(9,080
)
Net gains (losses) on qualifying hedging relationships
 
17,312

 
(9,865
)
 
(10,072
)
Amortization/accretion of discontinued hedging relationships
 
(444
)
 

 
(75
)
Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities recorded in net interest income
 
$
16,868

 
$
(9,865
)
 
$
(10,147
)

_______________________
(1)
Relates to derivatives for which variation margin payments are characterized as daily settled contracts.
(2)
Represents interest income/expense on derivatives in qualifying fair-value hedging relationships. Net interest settlements on derivatives that are not in qualifying fair-value hedging relationships are reported in other income.
(3)
Excludes the interest income/expense of the respective hedged items recorded in net interest income.

Tables 7.3 presents the net gains (losses) on qualifying cash flow hedging relationships.



Table 7.3 - Net Gains (Losses) on Cash Flow Hedging Relationships
(dollars in thousands)

 
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
2020
 
2019
Forward-start interest rate swaps - CO Bonds
 
 
 
 
Losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss into interest expense
 
$
(1,757
)
 
$
(786
)
Losses recognized in other comprehensive income
 
(1,125
)
 
(3,379
)


For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, there were no reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings as a result of the discontinuance of cash-flow hedges because the original forecasted transactions were not expected to occur by the end of the originally specified time period or within a two-month period thereafter. As of March 31, 2020, the maximum length of time over which we are hedging our exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions is one year.

As of March 31, 2020, the amount of deferred net losses on derivatives accumulated in other comprehensive loss related to cash flow hedges expected to be reclassified to earnings during the next 12 months is $6.8 million.

Table 7.4 - Cumulative Basis Adjustments for Fair-Value Hedges
(dollars in thousands)

 
 
March 31, 2020
Line Item in Statement of Condition of Hedged Item
 
Amortized Cost of Hedged Asset/ Liability(1)
 
Basis Adjustments for Active Hedging Relationships Included in Amortized Cost
 
Basis Adjustments for Discontinued Hedging Relationships Included in Amortized Cost
 
Cumulative Amount of Fair Value Hedging Basis Adjustments
Advances
 
$
6,241,203

 
$
187,480

 
$
10,505

 
$
197,985

Available-for-sale securities
 
4,419,656

 
595,088

 

 
595,088

Consolidated bonds
 
3,130,935

 
59,218

 
41,687

 
100,905

_______________________
(1)
Includes only the portion of amortized cost representing the hedged items in fair-value hedging relationships.

Table 7.5 - Net Gains and Losses on Derivatives not Designated as Hedging Instruments
(dollars in thousands)

 
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
2020
 
2019
Interest-rate swaps
 
$
(52,569
)
 
$
(60
)
Mortgage-delivery commitments
 
(62
)
 
608

Price alignment interest(1)
 
73

 

 
 
 
 
 
Net (losses) gains on derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 
$
(52,558
)
 
$
548

______________________
(1)
Relates to derivatives for which variation margin payments are characterized as daily settled contracts.

Managing Credit Risk on Derivatives. We enter into derivatives that we clear (cleared derivatives) with a derivatives clearing organization (DCO), our counterparty for such derivatives. We also enter into derivatives that are not cleared (uncleared derivatives) under master-netting agreements. Certain of our uncleared derivatives master-netting agreements contain provisions that require us to post additional collateral with our uncleared derivatives counterparties if our credit ratings are lowered. Under the terms that govern such agreements, if our credit rating is lowered by Moody's or S&P to a certain level, we are required to deliver additional collateral on uncleared derivatives in a net liability position. In the event of a split between
such credit ratings, the lower rating governs. The aggregate fair value of all uncleared derivatives with these provisions that were in a net-liability position (before cash collateral and related accrued interest) at March 31, 2020, was $88.3 million for which we had delivered collateral with a post-haircut value of $86.2 million in accordance with the terms of the master-netting agreements. Securities collateral is subject to valuation haircuts in accordance with the terms of the master-netting arrangements. Table 7.6 sets forth the post-haircut value of incremental collateral that certain uncleared derivatives counterparties could have required us to deliver based on incremental credit rating downgrades at March 31, 2020.

Table 7.6 - Post Haircut Value of Incremental Collateral to be Delivered as of March 31, 2020
(dollars in thousands)

Ratings Downgrade (1)
 
 
 
From
 
To
 
Incremental Collateral
 
AA+
 
AA or AA-
 
$
579

 
AA-
 
A+, A or A-
 

 
A-
 
below A-
 
7,513

 
_______________________
(1)
Ratings are expressed in this table according to S&P's conventions but include the equivalent of such rating by Moody's. If there is a split rating, the lower rating is used.

Cleared Derivatives. For cleared derivatives, the DCO is our counterparty. The DCO notifies the clearing member of the required initial and variation margin and our agent (clearing member) in turn notifies us. We utilize two DCOs, for all cleared derivative transactions, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (CME Inc.) and LCH Limited (LCH Ltd.). Based upon their rulebooks, we characterize variation margin payments as daily settlement payments, rather than as collateral. At both DCOs, posted initial margin is considered collateral. We post initial margin and exchange variation margin through a clearing member which acts as our agent to the DCO and which guarantees our performance to the DCO, subject to the terms of relevant agreements. These arrangements expose us to credit risk in the event that one of our clearing members or one of the DCOs fails to meet its obligations. The use of cleared derivatives is intended to mitigate credit risk exposure because the DCO, which is fully secured at all times through margin received from its clearing members, is substituted for the credit risk exposure of individual counterparties in uncleared derivatives, and collateral is posted at least once daily for changes in the fair value of cleared derivatives through a clearing member.

For cleared derivatives, the DCO determines initial margin requirements. We clear our trades via clearing members of the DCOs. These clearing members who act as our agent to the DCOs are the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)-registered futures commission merchants. Our clearing members may require us to post margin in excess of DCO requirements based on our credit or other considerations, including but not limited to, credit rating downgrades. We were not required to post any such excess margin by our clearing members based on credit considerations at March 31, 2020.

Impacts on Statement of Cash Flows. Due to declines in market values of cleared derivatives during the three months ended March 31, 2020, there was an increase in variation margin posted on cleared derivatives to the DCOs totaling $480.4 million. On the statement of cash flows, $373.3 million of the variation margin cash payment is included in net change in derivatives and hedging activities, as an operating activity, while $107.1 million of the variation margin cash payment is included in net payments on derivatives with a financing element, as a financing activity.

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we terminated certain uncleared interest-rate exchange agreements with a total notional amount of $611.9 million which were indexed to three-month LIBOR on the floating leg of the swaps. The net fair value of these derivative transactions, from our perspective, was $(251.5) million, which was transferred to the bilateral counterparty upon termination, and securities collateral that we had pledged against this obligation was returned to us. This cash payment is included in net change in derivatives and hedging activities, as an operating activity in the statement of cash flows. Simultaneously with the termination of these derivatives, we entered into replacement interest-rate exchange agreements (the replacement derivatives) having the same notional amount of $611.9 million and which are indexed to the OIS rate based on the federal funds effective rate on the floating leg of the swaps. Upon settlement of the replacement derivatives, the Bank received an initial upfront payment of $251.5 million. The replacement derivatives are cleared through a DCO, which called for variation margin to be delivered. Because the replacement derivatives include off-market terms and this large initial upfront payment, all payments for the replacement derivatives are classified as net payments on derivative contracts with a financing element, within the financing activities section of the statement of cash flows.

Offsetting of Certain Derivatives. We present derivatives, any related cash collateral received or pledged, and associated accrued interest, on a net basis by counterparty.

We have analyzed the rights, rules, and regulations governing our cleared and non-cleared derivatives and determined that those rights, rules, and regulations should result in a net claim with each of our counterparties (which, in the context of cleared derivatives is through each of our clearing members with the related DCO) upon an event of default (solely in the case of non-cleared derivatives) or the bankruptcy, insolvency or a similar proceeding involving our counterparty (and/or one of our clearing members, in the case of cleared derivatives). For this purpose, "net claim" generally means a single net amount reflecting the aggregation of all amounts indirectly owed by us to the relevant counterparty and indirectly payable to us from the relevant counterparty.

Table 7.7 presents separately the fair value of derivatives that are subject to netting due to a legal right of offset based on the terms of our master netting arrangements or similar agreements as of March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, and the fair value of derivatives that are not subject to such netting. Derivatives subject to netting include any related cash collateral received from or pledged to counterparties.

Table 7.7 - Netting of Derivative Assets and Derivative Liabilities
(dollars in thousands)

 
March 31, 2020
 
Derivative Instruments Meeting Netting Requirements
 
 
 
 
 
Non-cash Collateral (Received) or Pledged Not Offset(2)
 
 
 
Gross Recognized Amount
Gross Amounts of Netting Adjustments (1)
 
Mortgage Delivery Commitments
 
Total Derivative Assets and Total Derivative Liabilities
 
Can Be Sold or Repledged
Cannot Be Sold or Repledged
 
Net Amount
Derivative Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Uncleared
$
13,187

$
(13,187
)
 
$
147

 
$
147

 
$

$

 
$
147

Cleared
17,526

210,047

 
 
 
227,573

 


 
227,573

Total
 
 
 
 
 
$
227,720

 
 
 
 
$
227,720

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative Liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Uncleared
$
(100,449
)
$
76,740

 
$
(695
)
 
$
(24,404
)
 
$

$
21,442

 
$
(2,962
)
Cleared
(3,506
)
3,506

 
 
 

 


 

Total
 
 
 
 
 
$
(24,404
)
 
 
 
 
$
(2,962
)
_______________________
(1)
Includes gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral.
(2)
Includes non-cash collateral at fair value. Any overcollateralization with a counterparty is not included in the determination of the net amount. At March 31, 2020, we had additional net credit exposure of $158 thousand due to instances where our collateral pledged to a counterparty exceeded our net derivative liability position.

 
December 31, 2019
 
Derivative Instruments Meeting Netting Requirements
 
 
 
 
 
Non-cash Collateral (Received) or Pledged Not Offset(2)
 
 
 
Gross Recognized Amount
Gross Amounts of Netting Adjustments (1)
 
Mortgage Delivery Commitments
 
Total Derivative Assets and Total Derivative Liabilities
 
Can Be Sold or Repledged
Cannot Be Sold or Repledged
 
Net Amount
Derivative Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Uncleared
$
4,950

$
(3,519
)
 
$
227

 
$
1,658

 
$
(995
)
$

 
$
663

Cleared
10,152

147,921

 
 
 
158,073

 


 
158,073

Total
 
 
 
 
 
$
159,731

 
 
 
 
$
158,736

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative Liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Uncleared
$
(42,199
)
$
31,928

 
$

 
$
(10,271
)
 
$
82

$
9,333

 
$
(856
)
Cleared
(1,606
)
1,606

 
 
 

 


 

Total
 
 
 
 
 
$
(10,271
)
 
 
 
 
$
(856
)
_______________________
(1)
Includes gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral.
(2)
Includes non-cash collateral at fair value. Any overcollateralization with a counterparty is not included in the determination of the net amount. At December 31, 2019, we had additional net credit exposure of $300 thousand due to instances where our collateral pledged to a counterparty exceeded our net derivative liability position.