Variable Interest Entities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Variable Interest Entities [Abstract]

Schedule of significant types of variable interest entities by business segment

The following table summarizes the most significant types of Firm-sponsored VIEs by business segment.

Line-of-Business	Transaction Type	Activity	Form 10-Q page reference
CCB	Credit card securitization trusts	Securitization of both originated and purchased credit card receivables	127
	Mortgage securitization trusts	Servicing and securitization of both originated and purchased residential mortgages	127-129
CIB	Mortgage and other securitization trusts	Securitization of both originated and purchased residential and commercial mortgages, and student loans	127-129
	Multi-seller conduits Investor intermediation activities:	Assist clients in accessing the financial markets in a cost-efficient manner and structures transactions to meet investor needs	129
	Municipal bond vehicles		129-130
	Credit-related note and asset swap vehicles		130

Firm-sponsored mortgage and other consumer securitization trusts

The following table presents the total unpaid principal amount of assets held in Firm-sponsored private-label securitization entities, including those in which the Firm has continuing involvement, and those that are consolidated by the Firm. Continuing involvement includes servicing the loans; holding senior interests or subordinated interests; recourse or guarantee arrangements; and derivative transactions. In certain instances, the Firm’s only continuing involvement is servicing the loans. See Securitization activity on page 132 of this Note for further information regarding the Firm’s cash flows with and interests retained in nonconsolidated VIEs, and page 132 of this Note for information on the Firm’s loan sales to U.S. government agencies.

	Principal amount outstanding						JPMorgan Chase interest in securitized assets in nonconsolidated VIEs(c)(d)(e)
March 31, 2015(a) (in billions)	Total assets held by securitization VIEs		Assets held in consolidated securitization VIEs		Assets held in nonconsolidated securitization VIEs with continuing involvement		Trading assets		AFS securities		Total interests held by JPMorgan Chase
Securitization-related
Residential mortgage:
Prime/Alt-A and Option ARMs	$	95.5	$	2.0	$	77.4	$	0.6	$	1.6	$	2.2
Subprime	26.4		0.1		24.6		0.1		—		0.1
Commercial and other(b)	130.5		0.2		93.3		0.3		3.5		3.8
Total	$	252.4	$	2.3	$	195.3	$	1.0	$	5.1	$	6.1

	Principal amount outstanding						JPMorgan Chase interest in securitized assets in nonconsolidated VIEs(c)(d)(e)
December 31, 2014(a) (in billions)	Total assets held by securitization VIEs		Assets held in consolidated securitization VIEs		Assets held in nonconsolidated securitization VIEs with continuing involvement		Trading assets		AFS securities		Total interests held by JPMorgan Chase
Securitization-related
Residential mortgage:
Prime/Alt-A and Option ARMs	$	96.3	$	2.7	$	78.3	$	0.5	$	0.7	$	1.2
Subprime	28.4		0.8		25.7		0.1		—		0.1
Commercial and other(b)	129.6		0.2		94.4		0.4		3.5		3.9
Total	$	254.3	$	3.7	$	198.4	$	1.0	$	4.2	$	5.2

(a) Excludes U.S. government agency securitizations. See page 132 of this Note for information on the Firm’s loan sales to U.S. government agencies.

(b) Consists of securities backed by commercial loans (predominantly real estate) and non-mortgage-related consumer receivables purchased from third parties. The Firm generally does not retain a residual interest in its sponsored commercial mortgage securitization transactions.

(c) The table above excludes the following: retained servicing (see Note 16 for a discussion of MSRs); securities retained from loan sales to U.S. government agencies; interest rate and foreign exchange derivatives primarily used to manage interest rate and foreign exchange risks of securitization entities (See Note 5 for further information on derivatives); senior and subordinated securities of $28 million and $129 million, respectively, at March 31, 2015, and $136 million and $34 million, respectively, at December 31, 2014, which the Firm purchased in connection with CIB’s secondary market-making activities.

(d) Includes interests held in re-securitization transactions.

(e) As of March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, 83% and 77%, respectively, of the Firm’s retained securitization interests, which are carried at fair value, were risk-rated “A” or better, on an S&P-equivalent basis. The retained interests in prime residential mortgages consisted of $2.1 billion and $1.1 billion of investment-grade and $125 million and $185 million of noninvestment-grade retained interests at March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively. The retained interests in commercial and other securitizations trusts consisted of $3.7 billion and $3.7 billion of investment-grade and $113 million and $194 million of noninvestment-grade retained interests at March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively.

Firm's exposure to nonconsolidated municipal bond VIEs

The Firm’s exposure to nonconsolidated municipal bond VIEs at March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, including the ratings profile of the VIEs’ assets, was as follows.

(in billions)	Fair value of assets held by VIEs		Liquidity facilities		Excess/(deficit)(a)		Maximum exposure
Nonconsolidated municipal bond vehicles
March 31, 2015	$	11.5	$	6.3	$	5.2	$	6.3
December 31, 2014	11.5		6.3		5.2		6.3

Ratings profile of the VIEs' assets

	Ratings profile of VIE assets(b)										Fair value of assets held by VIEs		Wt. avg. expected life of assets (years)
	Investment-grade								Noninvestment- grade
(in billions, except where otherwise noted)	AAA to AAA-		AA+ to AA-		A+ to A-		BBB+ to BBB-		BB+ and below
March 31, 2015	$	2.7	$	8.4	$	0.4	$	—	$	—	$	11.5	4.9
December 31, 2014	2.7		8.4		0.4		—		—		11.5		4.9

(a) Represents the excess/(deficit) of the fair values of municipal bond assets available to repay the liquidity facilities, if drawn.

(b) The ratings scale is presented on an S&P-equivalent basis.

Information on assets and liabilities related to VIEs that are consolidated by the Firm

The following table presents information on assets and liabilities related to VIEs consolidated by the Firm as of March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014.

	Assets								Liabilities
March 31, 2015 (in billions)(a)	Trading assets		Loans		Other(c)		Total assets(d)		Beneficial interests in VIE assets(e)		Other(f)		Total liabilities
VIE program type
Firm-sponsored credit card trusts	$	—	$	47.9	$	0.8	$	48.7	$	31.4	$	—	$	31.4
Firm-administered multi-seller conduits	—		16.5		—		16.5		11.8		—		11.8
Municipal bond vehicles	5.2		—		—		5.2		4.7		—		4.7
Mortgage securitization entities(b)	2.1		0.7		0.1		2.9		1.1		0.8		1.9
Student loan securitization entities	0.1		2.1		0.1		2.3		2.0		—		2.0
Other	0.3		—		1.4		1.7		0.1		0.1		0.2
Total	$	7.7	$	67.2	$	2.4	$	77.3	$	51.1	$	0.9	$	52.0
	Assets								Liabilities
December 31, 2014 (in billions)(a)	Trading assets		Loans		Other(c)		Total assets(d)		Beneficial interests in VIE assets(e)		Other(f)		Total liabilities
VIE program type
Firm-sponsored credit card trusts	$	—	$	48.3	$	0.7	$	49.0	$	31.2	$	—	$	31.2
Firm-administered multi-seller conduits	—		17.7		0.1		17.8		12.0		—		12.0
Municipal bond vehicles	5.3		—		—		5.3		4.9		—		4.9
Mortgage securitization entities(b)	3.3		0.7		—		4.0		2.1		0.8		2.9
Student loan securitization entities	0.2		2.2		—		2.4		2.1		—		2.1
Other	0.3		—		1.0		1.3		0.1		0.1		0.2
Total	$	9.1	$	68.9	$	1.8	$	79.8	$	52.4	$	0.9	$	53.3

(a) Excludes intercompany transactions which were eliminated in consolidation.

(b) Includes residential and commercial mortgage securitizations as well as re-securitizations.

(c) Includes assets classified as cash, AFS securities, and other assets within the Consolidated balance sheets.

(d) The assets of the consolidated VIEs included in the program types above are used to settle the liabilities of those entities. The difference between total assets and total liabilities recognized for consolidated VIEs represents the Firm’s interest in the consolidated VIEs for each program type.

(e) The interest-bearing beneficial interest liabilities issued by consolidated VIEs are classified in the line item on the Consolidated balance sheets titled, “Beneficial interests issued by consolidated variable interest entities.” The holders of these beneficial interests do not have recourse to the general credit of JPMorgan Chase. Included in beneficial interests in VIE assets are long-term beneficial interests of $34.7 billion and $35.4 billion at March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014 respectively. The maturities of the long-term beneficial interests as of March 31, 2015, were as follows: $9.0 billion under one year, $21.1 billion between one and five years, and $4.6 billion over five years, all respectively.

(f) Includes liabilities classified as accounts payable and other liabilities in the Consolidated balance sheets.

Securitization activities

The following table provides information related to the Firm’s securitization activities for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, related to assets held in JPMorgan Chase-sponsored securitization entities that were not consolidated by the Firm, and where sale accounting was achieved based on the accounting rules in effect at the time of the securitization.

	Three months ended March 31,
	2015				2014
(in millions)(a)	Residential mortgage(d)		Commercial and other(e)		Residential mortgage(d)		Commercial and other(e)
Principal securitized	$	1,312	$	3,375	$	356	$	2,027
All cash flows during the period:
Proceeds from new securitizations(b)	$	1,317	$	3,369	$	351	$	2,044
Servicing fees collected	146		1		139		1
Purchases of previously transferred financial assets (or the underlying collateral)(c)	—		—		3		—
Cash flows received on interests	70		79		44		62

(a) Excludes re-securitization transactions.

(b) For the three months ended March 31, 2015, $1.3 billion of proceeds from residential mortgage securitizations were received as securities classified in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. For the three months ended March 31, 2015, $3.4 billion of proceeds from commercial mortgage securitizations were received as securities classified in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, $330 million and $21 million of proceeds from residential mortgage securitizations were received as securities classified in level 2 and 3 of the fair value hierarchy, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, $2.0 billion of proceeds from commercial mortgage securitizations were received as securities classified in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

(c) Includes cash paid by the Firm to reacquire assets from off–balance sheet, nonconsolidated entities – for example, loan repurchases due to representation and warranties and servicer clean-up calls.

(d) Includes prime, Alt-A, subprime, and option ARMs. Excludes certain loan securitization transactions entered into with Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae and

Freddie Mac.

(e) Includes commercial and student loan securitizations.

Summary of loan sale activities

The following table summarizes the activities related to loans sold to the GSEs, loans in securitization transactions pursuant to Ginnie Mae guidelines, and other third-party-sponsored securitization entities.

	Three months ended March 31,
(in millions)	2015		2014
Carrying value of loans sold(a)	$	12,139	$	13,920
Proceeds received from loan sales as cash	51		39
Proceeds from loans sales as securities(b)	12,029		13,735
Total proceeds received from loan sales(c)	$	12,080	$	13,774
Gains on loan sales(d)	$	91	$	37

(a) Predominantly to the GSEs and in securitization transactions pursuant to Ginnie Mae guidelines.

(b) Predominantly includes securities from the GSEs and Ginnie Mae that are generally sold shortly after receipt.

(c) Excludes the value of MSRs retained upon the sale of loans. Gains on loan sales include the value of MSRs.

(d) The carrying value of the loans accounted for at fair value approximated the total proceeds received upon loan sale.

Information about delinquencies, net charge-offs, and components of off-balance sheet securitized financial assets

The table below includes information about components of nonconsolidated securitized financial assets, in which the Firm has continuing involvement, and delinquencies as of March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively; and liquidation losses for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

									Liquidation losses
	Securitized assets				90 days past due				Three months ended March 31,
(in millions)	Mar 31, 2015		Dec 31, 2014		Mar 31, 2015		Dec 31, 2014		2015		2014
Securitized loans(a)
Residential mortgage:
Prime / Alt-A & Option ARMs	$	77,349	$	78,294	$	10,572	$	11,363	$	462	$	659
Subprime	24,601		25,659		6,150		6,473		354		739
Commercial and other	93,330		94,438		1,502		1,522		99		234
Total loans securitized(b)	$	195,280	$	198,391	$	18,224	$	19,358	$	915	$	1,632

(a) Total assets held in securitization-related SPEs were $252.4 billion and $254.3 billion, respectively, at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014. The $195.3 billion and $198.4 billion, respectively, of loans securitized at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, excluded: $54.8 billion and $52.2 billion, respectively, of securitized loans in which the Firm has no continuing involvement, and $2.3 billion and $3.7 billion, respectively, of loan securitizations consolidated on the Firm’s Consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

(b) Includes securitized loans that were previously recorded at fair value and classified as trading assets.