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Derivatives and Hedging Activities
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES DERIVATIVE AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES
The Company’s derivative financial instruments are used to manage differences in the amount, timing, and duration of the Company’s known or expected cash receipts and its known or expected cash payments principally to manage the Company’s interest rate risk. Additionally, the Company enters into interest rate derivatives and foreign exchange contracts to accommodate the business requirements of its customers (“customer related positions”). The Company minimizes the market and liquidity risks of customer related positions by entering into similar offsetting positions with broker-dealers. Derivative instruments are carried at fair value in the Company’s financial statements. The accounting for changes in the fair value of a derivative instrument is dependent upon whether or not it qualifies as a hedge for accounting purposes, and further, by the type of hedging relationship.
The Company does not enter into proprietary trading positions for any derivatives.
Interest Rate Positions
The Company may utilize various interest rate derivatives as hedging instruments against interest rate risk associated with the Company’s borrowings and loan portfolios. An interest rate derivative is an agreement whereby one party agrees to pay a floating rate of interest on a notional principal amount in exchange for receiving a fixed rate of interest on the same notional amount, for a predetermined period of time, from a second party. The amounts relating to the notional principal amount are not actually exchanged.
The following tables reflect the Company's derivative positions for the periods indicated below for interest rate derivatives which qualify as cash flow hedges for accounting purposes:
September 30, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted Average Rate
 
 
 
 
Notional Amount
 
Average Maturity
 
Current
Rate
Received
 
Pay Fixed
Swap Rate
 
Fair Value
 
 
(in thousands)
 
(in years)
 
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Interest rate swaps on borrowings
 
$
75,000

 
2.43
 
2.12
%
 
1.53
%
 
$
5

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current Rate Paid
 
Receive Fixed
Swap Rate
 
 
Interest rate swaps on loans
 
400,000

 
3.76
 
2.03
%
 
2.47
%
 
16,389

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current Rate Paid
 
Receive Fixed Swap Rate
Cap - Floor
 
 
Interest rate collars on loans
 
350,000

 
3.74
 
2.03
%
 
2.87% - 2.32%

 
12,913

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
825,000

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
29,307

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted Average Rate
 
 
 
 
Notional Amount
 
Average Maturity
 
Current
Rate
Received
 
Pay Fixed
Swap Rate
 
Fair Value
 
 
(in thousands)
 
(in years)
 
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Interest rate swaps on borrowings
 
$
75,000

 
3.18
 
2.74
%
 
1.53
%
 
$
2,282

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Current Rate Paid
 
Receive Fixed
Swap Rate
 

Interest rate swaps on loans
 
250,000

 
4.52
 
2.57
%
 
2.67
%
 
2,938

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current Rate Paid
 
Receive Fixed Swap Rate
Cap - Floor
 
 
Interest rate collars on loans
 
250,000

 
4.17
 
2.47
%
 
3.02% - 2.51%

 
3,344

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
575,000

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
8,564


The maximum length of time over which the Company is currently hedging its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions related to the payment of variable interest on existing financial instruments is 4.6 years.
For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedging instruments, the effective portion of the gains or losses is reported as a component of other comprehensive income ("OCI"), and is subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings.  The Company expects approximately $5.8 million (pre-tax) to be reclassified to interest income and $201,000 (pre-tax) to be reclassified as an offset to interest expense, from OCI related to the Company’s cash flow hedges in the next twelve months.  This reclassification is due to anticipated payments that will be made and/or received on the swaps based upon the forward curve as of September 30, 2019.
The Company recognized $61,000 and $183,000 of net amortization income that was an offset to interest expense related to previously terminated swaps for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2018, respectively. The Company did not recognize any amortization income related to previously terminated swaps for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2019.
The Company had no fair value hedges as of September 30, 2019 or December 31, 2018.
Customer Related Positions
Loan level derivatives, primarily interest rate swaps, offered to commercial borrowers through the Company’s loan level derivative program do not qualify as hedges for accounting purposes. The Company believes that its exposure to commercial customer derivatives is limited because these contracts are simultaneously matched at inception with an offsetting dealer transaction. The commercial customer derivative program allows the Company to retain variable-rate commercial loans while allowing the customer to synthetically fix the loan rate by entering into a variable-to-fixed interest rate swap. The amounts relating to the notional principal amount are not actually exchanged.
Foreign exchange contracts offered to commercial borrowers through the Company’s derivative program do not qualify as hedges for accounting purposes. The Company acts as a seller and buyer of foreign exchange contracts to accommodate its customers. To mitigate the market and liquidity risk associated with these derivatives, the Company enters into similar offsetting positions.
The following tables reflect the Company’s customer related derivative positions for the periods indicated below for those derivatives not designated as hedging:
 
 
 
Notional Amount Maturing
 
 
 
Number of  Positions 
(1)
 
Less than 1 year
 
Less than 2 years
 
Less than 3 years
 
Less than 4 years
 
Thereafter
 
Total
 
Fair Value
 
September 30, 2019
 
(Dollars in thousands)
Loan level swaps
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Receive fixed, pay variable
305

 
$
74,074

 
$
225,274

 
$
43,837

 
$
200,589

 
$
1,064,509

 
$
1,608,283

 
$
71,302

Pay fixed, receive variable
296

 
$
74,074

 
$
225,274

 
$
43,837

 
$
200,589

 
$
1,064,509

 
$
1,608,283

 
$
(71,292
)
Foreign exchange contracts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Buys foreign currency, sells U.S. currency
41

 
$
82,118

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
82,118

 
$
(3,305
)
Buys U.S. currency, sells foreign currency
41

 
$
82,118

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
82,118

 
$
3,345

 
December 31, 2018
 
(Dollars in thousands)
Loan level swaps
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Receive fixed, pay variable
235

 
$
50,702

 
$
124,222

 
$
97,904

 
$
47,308

 
$
631,471

 
$
951,607

 
$
(2,907
)
Pay fixed, receive variable
220

 
$
50,702

 
$
124,222

 
$
97,904

 
$
47,308

 
$
631,471

 
$
951,607

 
$
2,903

Foreign exchange contracts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Buys foreign currency, sells U.S. currency
27

 
$
60,297

 
$
3,505

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
63,802

 
$
(1,404
)
Buys U.S. currency, sells foreign currency
27

 
$
60,297

 
$
3,505

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
63,802

 
$
1,434

 

(1)
The Company may enter into one dealer swap agreement which offsets multiple commercial borrower swap agreements.

Mortgage Derivatives
The Company enters into commitments to fund residential mortgage loans at specified rates and times in the future, with the intention that loans will likely be sold subsequently in the secondary market. Mortgage loan commitments are referred to as derivative loan commitments if the loan that will result from exercise of the commitment will be held for sale upon funding. These commitments are recognized at fair value on the consolidated balance sheet in other assets and other liabilities with changes in their fair values recorded within mortgage banking income. In addition, the Company has elected the fair value option to carry loans held for sale at fair value. The change in fair value of loans held for sale is recorded in current period earnings as a component of mortgage banking income in accordance with the Company's fair value election. The fair value of loans held for sale increased by $272,000 and $103,000 for the three month periods ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The fair value associated
with loans held for sale increased by $1.2 million and $147,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. These amounts were offset in earnings by the change in the fair value of mortgage derivatives.
Outstanding loan commitments expose the Company to the risk that the price of the loans arising from exercise of the loan commitment might change from inception of the rate lock to funding of the loan due to changes in mortgage interest rates. If interest rates increase, the value of these loan commitments decreases. Conversely, if interest rates decrease, the value of these loan commitments increases. To protect against the price risk inherent in derivative loan commitments, the Company utilizes both "mandatory delivery" and "best efforts" forward loan sale commitments to mitigate the risk of potential decreases in the values of loans that would result from the exercise of the derivative loan commitments. Mandatory delivery contracts are accounted for as derivative instruments. Included in the mandatory delivery forward commitments are To Be Announced securities (“TBAs”). Certain assumptions, including pull through rates and rate lock periods, are used in managing the existing and future hedges. The accuracy of underlying assumptions will impact the ultimate effectiveness of any hedging strategies.
With mandatory delivery contracts, the Company commits to deliver a certain principal amount of mortgage loans to an investor at a specified price on or before a specified date. If the Company fails to deliver the amount of mortgages necessary to fulfill the commitment by the specified date, it is obligated to pay a “pair-off” fee, based on then-current market prices, to the investor/counterparty to compensate the investor for the shortfall. Generally the Company makes this type of commitment once mortgage loans have been funded and are held for sale, in order to minimize the risk of failure to deliver the requisite volume of loans to the investor and paying pair-off fees as a result. The Company also sells TBA securities to offset potential changes in the fair value of derivative loan commitments. Generally the Company sells TBA securities upon entering derivative loan commitments for settlement in 30 to 90 days. The Company expects that mandatory delivery contracts, including TBA securities, will experience changes in fair value opposite to the changes in the fair value of derivative loan commitments.
With best effort contracts, the Company commits to deliver an individual mortgage loan of a specified principal amount and quality to an investor if the loan to the underlying borrower closes. Generally best efforts cash contracts have no pair off risk regardless of market movement. The price the investor will pay the seller for an individual loan is specified prior to the loan being funded (e.g., on the same day the lender commits to lend funds to a potential borrower). The Company expects that these best efforts forward loan sale commitments will experience a net neutral shift in fair value with related derivative loan commitments.
The aggregate amount of net realized gains or losses on sales of such loans included within mortgage banking income was $5.5 million and $1.1 million for the three month periods ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $9.5 million and $2.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The table below presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments, as well as their classification on the balance sheet at the periods indicated:
 
Asset Derivatives
 
Liability Derivatives
 
 
 
Fair Value at
 
Fair Value at
 
 
 
Fair Value at
 
Fair Value at
 
Balance Sheet
Location
 
September 30
2019
 
December 31
2018
 
Balance Sheet
Location
 
September 30
2019
 
December 31
2018
 
(Dollars in thousands)
Derivatives designated as hedges
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate derivatives
Other assets
 
$
29,551

 
$
8,955

 
Other liabilities
 
$
244

 
$
391

Derivatives not designated as hedges
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Customer Related Positions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loan level derivatives
Other assets
 
$
71,554

 
$
15,580

 
Other liabilities
 
$
71,544

 
$
15,584

Foreign exchange contracts
Other assets
 
3,345

 
1,578

 
Other liabilities
 
3,305

 
1,548

Mortgage Derivatives
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate lock commitments
Other assets
 
2,133

 
91

 
Other liabilities
 

 

Forward sale loan commitments
Other assets
 

 
106

 
Other liabilities
 
41

 

Forward sale hedge commitments
Other assets
 
18

 

 
Other liabilities
 

 

 
 
 
$
77,050

 
$
17,355

 
 
 
$
74,890

 
$
17,132

Total
 
 
$
106,601

 
$
26,310

 
 
 
$
75,134

 
$
17,523



The table below presents the effect of the Company’s derivative financial instruments included in OCI and current earnings for the periods indicated:
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 30
 
September 30
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
(Dollars in thousands)
Derivatives designated as hedges
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gain (loss) in OCI on derivatives (effective portion), net of tax
$
3,030

 
$
(405
)
 
$
14,905

 
$
(302
)
Gain reclassified from OCI into interest income or interest expense (effective portion)
$
352

 
$
268

 
$
1,170

 
$
525

Loss recognized in income on derivatives (ineffective portion and amount excluded from effectiveness testing)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Other expense

 

 

 

Total
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Derivatives not designated as hedges
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Changes in fair value of customer related positions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other income
$
10

 
$
3

 
$
37

 
$
27

Other expense
(2
)
 
(10
)
 
(13
)
 
(28
)
Changes in fair value of mortgage derivatives
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage banking income
366

 
(139
)
 
1,913

 
14

Total
$
374

 
$
(146
)
 
$
1,937

 
$
13



The Company's derivative agreements with institutional counterparties contain various credit-risk related contingent provisions, such as requiring the Company to maintain a well-capitalized capital position. If the Company fails to meet these conditions, the counterparties could request the Company make immediate payment or demand that the Company provide immediate and ongoing full collateralization on derivative positions in net liability positions. The aggregate fair value of all derivative instruments with credit-risk related contingent features that were in a net liability position was $42.2 million and $176,000 at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Although none of the contingency provisions have applied as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company has posted collateral to offset the net liability exposures with institutional counterparties.

By using derivatives, the Company is exposed to credit risk to the extent that counterparties to the derivative contracts do not perform as required. Should a counterparty fail to perform under the terms of a derivative contract, the Company's credit exposure on interest rate swaps is limited to the net positive fair value and accrued interest of all swaps with each counterparty. The Company seeks to minimize counterparty credit risk through credit approvals, limits, monitoring procedures, and obtaining collateral, where appropriate. Institutional counterparties must have an investment grade credit rating and be approved by the Company's Board of Directors. As such, management believes the risk of incurring credit losses on derivative contracts with institutional counterparties is remote. The Company's exposure relating to institutional counterparties was $30.0 million and $18.4 million at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. The Company’s exposure relating to customer counterparties was approximately $71.7 million and $6.4 million at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Credit exposure may be reduced by the value of collateral pledged by the counterparty.