Investment Securities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Investment Securities [Abstract]

Investment Securities

Note 3 – Investment Securities

The following tables summarize FHN’s investment securities on December 31, 2014 and 2013:
	December 31, 2014
			Gross		Gross
	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair
(Dollars in thousands)	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
Securities available-for-sale ("AFS"):
U.S. treasuries	$	100	$	-	$	-	$	100
Government agency issued mortgage-backed securities ("MBS")		716,618		35,287		(740)		751,165
Government agency issued collateralized mortgage obligations ("CMO")		2,615,620		22,026		(26,380)		2,611,266
Other U.S. government agencies		1,755		52		-		1,807
States and municipalities		10,205		-		-		10,205
Equity and other (a)		182,184		-		(114)		182,070
Total securities available-for-sale (b)	$	3,526,482	$	57,365	$	(27,234)	$	3,556,613
Securities held-to-maturity ("HTM"):
States and municipalities	$	4,292	$	1,112	$	-	$	5,404
Total securities held-to-maturity	$	4,292	$	1,112	$	-	$	5,404

• Includes restricted investments in FHLB-Cincinnati stock of $87.9million and FRB stock of $66.0million. The remainder is money market and cost method investments.
• Includes $3.3billion of securities pledged to secure public deposits, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, and for other purposes.

	December 31, 2013
			Gross		Gross
	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair
(Dollars in thousands)	Cost		Gains		Losses		Value
Securities available-for-sale:
U.S. treasuries	$	39,997	$	-	$	(1)	$	39,996
Government agency issued MBS		796,835		32,353		(5,499)		823,689
Government agency issued CMO		2,335,718		12,399		(57,180)		2,290,937
Other U.S. government agencies		2,202		124		-		2,326
States and municipalities		15,155		-		-		15,155
Equity and other (a)		226,376		-		(22)		226,354
Total securities available-for-sale (b)	$	3,416,283	$	44,876	$	(62,702)	$	3,398,457

• Includes restricted investments in FHLB-Cincinnati stock of $128.0 million and FRB stock of $66.0million. The remainder is money market, venture capital, and cost method investments.
• Includes $3.1 billion of securities pledged to secure public deposits, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, and for other purposes.

The amortized cost and fair value by contractual maturity for the available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities portfolios on December 31, 2014, are provided below:
		Held-to-Maturity				Available-for-Sale
		Amortized		Fair		Amortized		Fair
(Dollars in thousands)		Cost		Value		Cost		Value
Within 1 year		$	-	$	-	$	1,755	$	1,807
After 1 year; within 5 years			-		-		1,600		1,600
After 5 years; within 10 years			-		-		-		-
After 10 years			4,292		5,404		8,705		8,705
	Subtotal		4,292		5,404		12,060		12,112
Government agency issued MBS and CMO			-		-		3,332,238		3,362,431
Equity and other			-		-		182,184		182,070
Total		$	4,292	$	5,404	$	3,526,482	$	3,556,613

Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

The table below provides information on gross gains and gross losses from investment securities for the twelve months ended December 31:
	Available-for-Sale
(Dollars in thousands)	2014		2013		2012
Gross gains on sales of securities	$	5,867	$	4,078	$	5,433
Gross (losses) on sales of securities		-		(1,193)		-
Net gain/(loss) on sales of securities (a)	$	5,867	$	2,885	$	5,433
Venture capital investments (b)		(2,995)		-		(4,700)
Net OTTI recorded (c)		-		(1,125)		(40)
Total securities gain/(loss), net	$	2,872	$	1,760	$	693

• Proceeds from sales during 2014 were $9.2 million, inclusive of $1.4 million of equity securities. Proceeds from sales during 2013 and 2012 were $63.8 million and $47.5 million, respectively.
• Includes losses on sales, write-offs and /or unrealized fair value adjustments related to venture capital investments.
• OTTI recorded in 2013 and 2012 is related to equity securities.

The following tables provide information on investments within the available-for-sale portfolio that had unrealized losses as of December 31, 2014 and 2013:
	As of December 31, 2014
	Less than 12 months				12 months or longer				Total
	Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized
(Dollars in thousands)	Value		Losses		Value		Losses		Value		Losses
Government agency issued CMO	$	179,661	$	(869)	$	964,267	$	(25,511)	$	1,143,928	$	(26,380)
Government agency issued MBS		32,141		(8)		35,849		(732)		67,990		(740)
Total debt securities		211,802		(877)		1,000,116		(26,243)		1,211,918		(27,120)
Equity		967		(80)		9		(34)		976		(114)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	212,769	$	(957)	$	1,000,125	$	(26,277)	$	1,212,894	$	(27,234)

	As of December 31, 2013
	Less than 12 months				12 months or longer				Total
	Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized
(Dollars in thousands)	Value		Losses		Value		Losses		Value		Losses
Government agency issued CMO	$	1,639,254	$	(57,117)	$	10,010	$	(63)	$	1,649,264	$	(57,180)
Government agency issued MBS		147,792		(5,499)		-		-		147,792		(5,499)
U.S. treasuries		24,997		(1)		-		-		24,997		(1)
Total debt securities		1,812,043		(62,617)		10,010		(63)		1,822,053		(62,680)
Equity		43		(22)		-		-		43		(22)
Total temporarily impaired securities	$	1,812,086	$	(62,639)	$	10,010	$	(63)	$	1,822,096	$	(62,702)

FHN has reviewed investment securities that were in unrealized loss positions in accordance with its accounting policy for OTTI and does not consider them other-than-temporarily impaired. For debt securities with unrealized losses, FHN does not intend to sell them and it is more-likely-than-not that FHN will not be required to sell them prior to recovery. The decline in value is primarily attributable to interest rates and not credit losses. For equity securities, FHN has both the ability and intent to hold these securities for the time necessary to recover the amortized cost.