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Repurchase Agreements (Notes)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of Repurchase Agreements [Abstract]  
Repurchase agreements
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
    
The Company’s repurchase agreements outstanding as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 are summarized in the following tables:
 
 
December 31, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
Collateral Type
 
Balance
 
Weighted
Average Rate
 
Fair Value of
Collateral Pledged
 
Balance
 
Weighted
Average Rate
 
Fair Value of
Collateral Pledged
Agency RMBS
 
$
836,281

 
1.47
%
 
$
867,120

 
$
1,157,302

 
0.82
%
 
$
1,191,147

Non-Agency RMBS
 

 
%
 

 
26,149

 
1.98
%
 
31,952

Agency CMBS
 
1,003,146

 
1.44
%
 
1,071,904

 
1,005,726

 
0.82
%
 
1,095,002

Non-Agency CMBS
 
15,508

 
2.47
%
 
18,212

 
66,881

 
1.63
%
 
77,840

Agency CMBS IO
 
324,163

 
2.17
%
 
372,077

 
346,892

 
1.57
%
 
407,481

Non-Agency CMBS IO
 
263,694

 
2.43
%
 
311,571

 
291,199

 
1.67
%
 
341,139

U.S. Treasuries
 
123,110

 
1.85
%
 
124,215

 

 
%
 

Securitization financing bond
 

 
%
 

 
4,803

 
2.00
%
 
5,278

Total repurchase agreements
 
$
2,565,902

 
1.67
%
 
$
2,765,099

 
$
2,898,952

 
1.03
%
 
$
3,149,839



The Company also had $156,899 due to counterparties for purchases of $156,551 fixed-rate Agency RMBS which were pending settlement as of December 31, 2017.

The following table provides information on the remaining term to maturity and original term to maturity for the Company’s repurchase agreements as of the periods indicated:
 
 
December 31, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
Remaining Term to Maturity
 
Balance
 
WAVG Original Term to Maturity
 
Balance
 
WAVG Original Term to Maturity
Less than 30 days
 
$
2,240,791

 
49

 
$
2,480,213

 
58

30 to 90 days
 
274,231

 
90

 
418,739

 
87

91 to 180 days
 
50,880

 
121

 

 

Total
 
$
2,565,902

 
54

 
$
2,898,952

 
63



The following table lists the counterparties with whom the Company had over 10% of its shareholders’ equity at risk (defined as the excess of collateral pledged over the borrowings outstanding):
 
 
December 31, 2017
Counterparty Name
 
Balance
 
Weighted Average Rate
 
Equity at Risk
Wells Fargo Bank, N. A. and affiliates
 
$
311,351

 
2.43
%
 
$
56,383


    
Of the amount outstanding with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and affiliates, $304,005 is under a committed repurchase facility which has an aggregate maximum borrowing capacity of $400,000 and is scheduled to mature on May 12, 2019, subject to early termination provisions contained in the master repurchase agreement. The facility is collateralized primarily by CMBS IO, and its weighted average borrowing rate as of December 31, 2017 was 2.43%.

As of December 31, 2017, the Company had repurchase agreement amounts outstanding with 16 of its 34 available repurchase agreement counterparties. The Company’s counterparties, as set forth in the master repurchase agreement with the counterparty, require the Company to comply with various customary operating and financial covenants, including, but not limited to, minimum net worth and earnings, maximum declines in net worth in a given period, and maximum leverage requirements as well as maintaining the Company’s REIT status. In addition, some of the agreements contain cross default features, whereby default under an agreement with one lender simultaneously causes default under agreements with other lenders. To the extent that the Company fails to comply with the covenants contained in these financing agreements or is otherwise found to be in default under the terms of such agreements, the counterparty has the right to accelerate amounts due under the master repurchase agreement. The Company was in full compliance with all covenants as of December 31, 2017.

The Company's repurchase agreements are subject to underlying agreements with master netting or similar arrangements, which provide for the right of offset in the event of default or in the event of bankruptcy of either party to the transactions. The Company reports its repurchase agreements to these arrangements on a gross basis. The following tables present information regarding the Company's repurchase agreements as if the Company had presented them on a net basis as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
 
Gross Amount of Recognized Liabilities
 
Gross Amount Offset in the Balance Sheet
 
Net Amount of Liabilities Presented in the Balance Sheet
 
Gross Amount Not Offset in the Balance Sheet (1)
 
Net Amount
Financial Instruments Posted as Collateral
 
Cash Posted as Collateral
December 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Repurchase agreements
$
2,565,902

 
$

 
$
2,565,902

 
$
(2,565,902
)
 
$

 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2016:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Repurchase agreements
$
2,898,952

 
$

 
$
2,898,952

 
$
(2,898,952
)
 
$

 
$

(1)
Amounts disclosed for collateral received by or posted to the same counterparty include cash and the fair value of debt securities up to and not exceeding the net amount of the asset or liability presented in the balance sheet. The fair value of the total collateral received by or posted to the same counterparty may exceed the amounts presented.

Please see Note 4 for information related to the Company’s derivatives which are also subject to underlying agreements with master netting or similar arrangements.