NOTE 4

Investment Securities

The amortized cost, other-than-temporary impairment recorded in other comprehensive income (loss), gross unrealized holding gains and losses, and fair value of held-to-maturity and available-for-sale investment securities at December 31 were as follows:


	2017											2016
					Unrealized Losses											Unrealized Losses
(Dollars in Millions)	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Other-than- Temporary^(e)		Other^(f)			Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Other-than- Temporary^(e)			Other^(f)			Fair Value
Held-to-maturity^(a)
U.S. Treasury and agencies	$	5,181	$	5	$	–	$	(120	)	$	5,066	$	5,246	$	12	$	–		$	(132	)	$	5,126
Mortgage-backed securities
Residential
Agency		39,150		48		–		(579	)		38,619		37,706		85		–			(529	)		37,262
Non-agency non-prime^(d)		–		–		–		–			–		1		–		–			–			1
Asset-backed securities
Collateralized debt obligations/Collateralized loan obligations		–		4		–		–			4		–		5		–			–			5
Other		6		2		–		–			8		8		3		–			–			11
Obligations of state and political subdivisions		6		1		–		–			7		6		1		–			–			7
Obligations of foreign governments		7		–		–		–			7		9		–		–			–			9
Other debt securities		12		–		–		–			12		15		–		–			(1	)		14
Total held-to-maturity	$	44,362	$	60	$	–	$	(699	)	$	43,723	$	42,991	$	106	$	–		$	(662	)	$	42,435
Available-for-sale^(b)
U.S. Treasury and agencies	$	23,586	$	3	$	–	$	(288	)	$	23,301	$	17,314	$	11	$	–		$	(198	)	$	17,127
Mortgage-backed securities
Residential
Agency		38,450		152		–		(571	)		38,031		43,558		225		–			(645	)		43,138
Non-agency
Prime^(c)		–		–		–		–			–		240		6		(3	)		(1	)		242
Non-prime^(d)		–		–		–		–			–		178		20		(3	)		–			195
Commercial agency		6		–		–		–			6		15		–		–			–			15
Other asset-backed securities		413		6		–		–			419		475		8		–			–			483
Obligations of state and political subdivisions		6,240		147		–		(29	)		6,358		5,167		55		–			(183	)		5,039
Corporate debt securities		–		–		–		–			–		11		–		–			(2	)		9
Other investments		22		–		–		–			22		27		9		–			–			36
Total available-for-sale	$	68,717	$	308	$	–	$	(888	)	$	68,137	$	66,985	$	334	$	(6	)	$	(1,029	)	$	66,284

(a)

Held-to-maturity investment securities are carried at historical cost or at fair value at the time of transfer from the available-for-sale to held-to-maturity category, adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts and credit-related other-than-temporary impairment.

(b)

Available-for-sale investment securities are carried at fair value with unrealized net gains or losses reported within accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in shareholders’ equity.

(c)

Prime securities are those designated as such by the issuer at origination. When an issuer designation is unavailable, the Company determines at acquisition date the categorization based on asset pool characteristics (such as weighted-average credit score, loan-to-value, loan type, prevalence of low documentation loans) and deal performance (such as pool delinquencies and security market spreads). When the Company determines the designation, prime securities typically have a weighted-average credit score of 725 or higher and a loan-to-value of 80 percent or lower; however, other pool characteristics may result in designations that deviate from these credit score and loan-to-value thresholds.

(d)

Includes all securities not meeting the conditions to be designated as prime.

(e)

Represents impairment not related to credit for those investment securities that have been determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired.

(f)

Represents unrealized losses on investment securities that have not been determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired.

The weighted-average maturity of the available-for-sale investment securities was 5.1 years at December 31, 2017 and 2016. The corresponding weighted-average yields were 2.25 percent and 2.06 percent, respectively. The weighted-average maturity of the held-to-maturity investment securities was 4.7 years at December 31, 2017 and 4.6 years at December 31, 2016. The corresponding weighted-average yields were 2.14 percent and 1.93 percent, respectively.

For amortized cost, fair value and yield by maturity date of held-to-maturity and available-for-sale investment securities outstanding at December 31, 2017, refer to Table 13 included in Management’s Discussion and Analysis, which is incorporated by reference into these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Investment securities with a fair value of $12.8 billion at December 31, 2017, and $11.3 billion at December 31, 2016, were pledged to secure public, private and trust deposits, repurchase agreements and for other purposes required by contractual obligation or law. Included in these amounts were securities where the Company and certain counterparties have agreements granting the counterparties the right to sell or pledge the securities. Investment securities securing these types of arrangements had a fair value of $689 million at December 31, 2017, and $755 million at December 31, 2016.

The following table provides information about the amount of interest income from taxable and non-taxable investment securities:


Year Ended December 31 (Dollars in Millions)	2017		2016		2015
Taxable	$	2,043	$	1,878	$	1,778
Non-taxable		189		200		223
Total interest income from investment securities	$	2,232	$	2,078	$	2,001

The following table provides information about the amount of gross gains and losses realized through the sales of available-for-sale investment securities:


Year Ended December 31 (Dollars in Millions)	2017			2016			2015
Realized gains	$	75		$	93		$	7
Realized losses		(18	)		(66	)		(6	)
Net realized gains (losses)	$	57		$	27		$	1
Income tax (benefit) on net realized gains (losses)	$	22		$	10		$	–

The Company conducts a regular assessment of its investment securities with unrealized losses to determine whether investment securities are other-than-temporarily impaired considering, among other factors, the nature of the investment securities, the credit ratings or financial condition of the issuer, the extent and duration of the unrealized loss, expected cash flows of underlying collateral, the existence of any government or agency guarantees, market conditions and whether the Company intends to sell or it is more likely than not the Company will be required to sell the investment securities. The Company determines other-than-temporary impairment recorded in earnings for debt securities not intended to be sold by estimating the future cash flows of each individual investment security, using market information where available, and discounting the cash flows at the original effective rate of the investment security. Other-than-temporary impairment recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) is measured as the difference between that discounted amount and the fair value of each investment security. The total amount of other-than-temporary impairment recorded was immaterial for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015.

At December 31, 2017, certain investment securities had a fair value below amortized cost. The following table shows the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the Company’s investment securities with unrealized losses, aggregated by investment category and length of time the individual investment securities have been in continuous unrealized loss positions, at December 31, 2017:


	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or Greater					Total
(Dollars in Millions)	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
Held-to-maturity
U.S. Treasury and agencies	$	2,109	$	(18	)	$	2,596	$	(102	)	$	4,705	$	(120	)
Residential agency mortgage-backed securities		17,484		(152	)		15,308		(427	)		32,792		(579	)
Other asset-backed securities		–		–			2		–			2		–
Other debt securities		–		–			12		–			12		–
Total held-to-maturity	$	19,593	$	(170	)	$	17,918	$	(529	)	$	37,511	$	(699	)
Available-for-sale
U.S. Treasury and agencies	$	13,911	$	(128	)	$	9,124	$	(160	)	$	23,035	$	(288	)
Residential agency mortgage-backed securities		9,132		(75	)		20,635		(496	)		29,767		(571	)
Obligations of state and political subdivisions		151		(1	)		1,313		(28	)		1,464		(29	)
Other investments		–		–			1		–			1		–
Total available-for-sale	$	23,194	$	(204	)	$	31,073	$	(684	)	$	54,267	$	(888	)

The Company does not consider these unrealized losses to be credit-related. These unrealized losses primarily relate to changes in interest rates and market spreads subsequent to purchase. A substantial portion of investment securities that have unrealized losses are either U.S. Treasury and agencies, agency mortgage-backed or state and political securities. In general, the issuers of the investment securities are contractually prohibited from prepayment at less than par, and the Company did not pay significant purchase premiums for these investment securities. At December 31, 2017, the Company had no plans to sell investment securities with unrealized losses, and believes it is more likely than not it would not be required to sell such investment securities before recovery of their amortized cost.