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Derivatives and Hedging Activity
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Derivatives and Hedging Activity  
Derivatives and Hedging Activity

12. Derivatives and Hedging Activity

Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives

We are exposed to certain risks arising from both our business operations and economic conditions. Refer to Note 13 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K for further discussion of our risk management objectives and policies.

Designated Hedges

The Company does not generally elect to apply the hedge accounting designation to its hedging instruments. As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company did not have any designated hedges. As of June 30, 2018, the Company had one interest rate swap that had been designated as a cash flow hedge of the interest rate risk associated with forecasted interest payments. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the impact of this cash flow hedge on our net income was not material and we did not recognize any hedge ineffectiveness in earnings.


Non-designated Hedges and Derivatives

We have entered into the following types of non-designated hedges and derivatives:

Foreign exchange (“Fx”) forwards whereby we agree to buy or sell a specified amount of foreign currency for a specified amount of USD at a future date, economically fixing the USD amounts of foreign denominated cash flows we expect to receive or pay related to certain foreign denominated loan investments and properties;
Interest rate contracts which hedge a portion of our exposure to changes in interest rates;
Credit index instruments which hedge a portion of our exposure to the credit risk of our commercial loans held-for-sale; and
Interest rate swap guarantees whereby we guarantee the interest rate swap obligations of certain Infrastructure Lending borrowers. Our interest rate swap guarantees were assumed in connection with the acquisition of the Infrastructure Lending Segment.

The following table summarizes our non-designated derivatives as of June 30, 2019 (notional amounts in thousands):

Type of Derivative

    

Number of Contracts

    

Aggregate Notional Amount

    

Notional Currency

    

Maturity

Fx contracts – Sell Euros ("EUR")

79

309,884

EUR

July 2019 - November 2022

Fx contracts – Sell Pounds Sterling ("GBP")

105

303,176

GBP

July 2019 – April 2022

Fx contracts – Sell Australian dollar ("AUD")

3

12,542

AUD

July 2019 – November 2021

Interest rate swaps – Paying fixed rates

38

1,149,539

USD

December 2021 – July 2029

Interest rate swaps – Receiving fixed rates

2

970,000

USD

January 2021 – March 2025

Interest rate caps

8

109,506

USD

January 2020 – December 2021

Credit index instruments

4

39,000

USD

November 2054 – August 2061

Interest rate swap guarantees

9

665,358

USD

July 2019 – June 2025

Interest rate swap guarantees

1

10,263

GBP

December 2024

Total

249

The table below presents the fair value of our derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (amounts in thousands):

Fair Value of Derivatives

Fair Value of Derivatives

in an Asset Position (1) as of

in a Liability Position (2) as of

June 30,

December 31,

June 30,

December 31,

    

2019

    

2018

    

2019

    

2018

Interest rate contracts

$

22,851

$

30,791

$

7,796

$

14,457

Interest rate swap guarantees

435

396

Foreign exchange contracts

 

30,801

 

21,346

 

511

 

562

Credit index instruments

 

24

 

554

 

149

 

Total derivatives

$

53,676

$

52,691

$

8,891

$

15,415

(1)Classified as derivative assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

(2)Classified as derivative liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The tables below present the effect of our derivative financial instruments on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and of comprehensive income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 (amounts in thousands):

Amount of Gain (Loss)

Amount of Gain (Loss)

Recognized in Income for the

Recognized in Income for the

Derivatives Not Designated

Location of Gain (Loss)

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

as Hedging Instruments

    

Recognized in Income

2019

2018

2019

2018

Interest rate contracts

 

(Loss) gain on derivative financial instruments

$

(10,077)

$

(128)

$

(13,835)

$

6,109

Interest rate swap guarantees

(Loss) gain on derivative financial instruments

(2,990)

(3,171)

Foreign exchange contracts

 

(Loss) gain on derivative financial instruments

 

13,245

 

32,818

 

15,689

 

9,675

Credit index instruments

 

(Loss) gain on derivative financial instruments

 

(210)

 

(68)

 

(922)

 

(21)

$

(32)

$

32,622

$

(2,239)

$

15,763

    

    

Gain (Loss)

    

    

Gain (Loss)

Reclassified

Gain (Loss)

Recognized

from AOCI

Recognized

Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments

in OCI

into Income

in Income

Location of Gain (Loss)

For the Three Months Ended June 30,

(effective portion)

(effective portion)

(ineffective portion)

Recognized in Income

2019

$

$

$

 

Interest expense

2018

$

(1)

$

22

$

 

Interest expense

For the Six Months Ended June 30,

2019

$

$

$

 

Interest expense

2018

$

8

$

26

$

 

Interest expense