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Impact of Accounting Standards and Interpretations
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]  
Impact of Accounting Standards and Interpretations
Impact of Accounting Standards and Interpretations

In January 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, 2014-04, “Receivables - Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors (Subtopic 310-40) Reclassification of Residential Real Estate Collateralized Consumer Mortgage Loans upon Foreclosure,” and in August 2014 the FASB issued ASU 2014-14, “Receivables - Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors (Subtopic 310-40) - Classification of Certain Government-Guaranteed Mortgage Loans upon Foreclosure.” ASU 2014-04 applies to all creditors who obtain physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan in satisfaction of a receivable. The amendments in ASU 2014-04 clarify when an in substance repossession or foreclosure occurs and requires disclosure of both (1) the amount of foreclosed residential real estate property held by a creditor and (2) the recorded investment in consumer mortgage loans collateralized by residential real estate property that are in the process of foreclosure according to local requirements of the applicable jurisdiction. ASU 2014-14 applies to creditors that hold government-guaranteed mortgage loans. The amendments in ASU 2014-14 require that a mortgage loan be derecognized and that a separate other receivable be recognized upon foreclosure if (1) the loan has a government guarantee that is not separable from the loan before foreclosure, (2) at the time of foreclosure, the creditor has the intent to convey the real estate property to the guarantor and make a claim on the guarantee, and the creditor has the ability to recover under that claim and (3) at the time of foreclosure, any amount of the claim that is determined on the basis of the fair value of the real estate is fixed. Effective July 1, 2014 we adopted the guidance in ASU 2014-04 and effective October 1, 2014 we adopted the guidance in ASU 2014-14 using the prospective transition method. Our adoption of the guidance in ASU 2014-04 and ASU 2014-14 did not have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.

In January 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-01, “Investments — Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323) Accounting for Investments in Qualified Affordable Housing Projects,” which applies to all reporting entities that invest in flow-through limited liability entities that manage or invest in affordable housing projects that qualify for the low-income housing tax credit. Currently under GAAP, a reporting entity that invests in a qualified affordable housing project may elect to account for that investment using the effective yield method if all of the conditions are met. For those investments that are not accounted for using the effective yield method, GAAP requires that they be accounted for under either the equity method or the cost method. Certain of the conditions required to be met to use the effective yield method were restrictive and thus prevented many such investments from qualifying for the use of the effective yield method. The amendments in this update modify the conditions that a reporting entity must meet to be eligible to use a method other than the equity or cost methods to account for qualified affordable housing project investments. If the modified conditions are met, the amendments permit an entity to use the proportional amortization method to amortize the initial cost of the investment in proportion to the amount of tax credits and other tax benefits received and recognize the net investment performance in the income statement as a component of income tax expense (benefit). Additionally, the amendments introduce new recurring disclosures about all investments in qualified affordable housing projects irrespective of the method used to account for the investments. The amendments in ASU 2014-01 are effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2014. Early adoption is permitted. This guidance will not have an impact on our financial condition or results of operations.

In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-11, “Transfers and Servicing (Topic 860) — Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, Repurchase Financings, and Disclosures” which applies to all entities that enter into repurchase-to-maturity transactions or repurchase financings (reverse repurchase agreements or securities sold under agreements to repurchase).  The amendments in this update change the accounting for repurchase-to-maturity transactions and linked repurchase financings (a transfer of a financial asset executed contemporaneously with a repurchase agreement with the same counterparty) to secured borrowing accounting, which is consistent with the accounting for other repurchase agreements.  In addition, the amendments in this update require an entity to disclose information on transfers accounted for as sales in transactions that are economically similar to repurchase agreements and provide disclosures to increase transparency about the types of collateral pledged in repurchase agreements and similar transactions accounted for as secured borrowings.  The amendments in ASU 2014-11 are effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2014.  Early application for a public business entity is prohibited.  All of our repurchase agreements (reverse repurchase agreements) are accounted for as secured borrowings.  Therefore, this guidance will not have an impact on our financial condition or results of operations.

In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-12, “Compensation — Stock Compensation (Topic 718) — Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period,” which applies to all entities that grant their employees share-based payments in which the terms of the award provide that a performance target that affects vesting could be achieved after the requisite service period.  The amendments in this update require that a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition.  As such, the performance target should not be reflected in estimating the grant date fair value of the award.  The amendments in ASU 2014-12 are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015 and may be applied either prospectively to all awards granted or modified after the effective date, or retrospectively to all awards with performance targets that are outstanding as of the beginning of the earliest annual period presented in the financial statements and to all new or modified awards thereafter.  Early adoption is permitted. The terms of our share-based payment awards currently do not provide that a performance target that affects vesting could be achieved after the requisite service period. Therefore, this guidance is not expected to have an impact on our financial condition or results of operations.