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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
x | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2007
OR
¨ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Commission File Number: 000-51398
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Federally chartered corporation | 94-6000630 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. employer identification number) | |
600 California Street San Francisco, CA | 94108 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
(415) 616-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing for the past 90 days. x Yes ¨ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
¨ Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer x Non-accelerated filer
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ¨ Yes x No
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Shares outstanding as of April 30, 2007 | ||
Class B Stock, par value $100 | 93,815,141 |
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Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Form 10-Q
Index
PART I. | ||||
Item 1. | 1 | |||
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2 | ||||
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6 | ||||
Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 27 | ||
27 | ||||
29 | ||||
30 | ||||
35 | ||||
41 | ||||
43 | ||||
62 | ||||
68 | ||||
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements, Guarantees, and Other Commitments | 69 | |||
Item 3. | 69 | |||
Item 4. | 70 | |||
Item 4T. | 70 | |||
PART II. | ||||
Item 1. | 71 | |||
Item 1A. | 71 | |||
Item 2. | 71 | |||
Item 3. | 71 | |||
Item 4. | 71 | |||
Item 5. | 71 | |||
Item 6. | 72 | |||
Signatures | 73 |
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Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Statements of Condition
(Unaudited)
(In millions-except par value) | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Cash and due from banks | $ | 7 | $ | 7 | ||||
Interest-bearing deposits in banks | 10,235 | 9,323 | ||||||
Deposits for mortgage loan program with other Federal Home Loan Bank | — | 1 | ||||||
Securities purchased under agreements to resell | 2,100 | 200 | ||||||
Federal funds sold | 21,246 | 15,443 | ||||||
Trading securities ($17 and $28, respectively, were pledged as collateral) | 66 | 77 | ||||||
Held-to-maturity securities ($312 and $659, respectively, were pledged as collateral) (a) | 30,120 | 30,348 | ||||||
Advances | 177,455 | 183,669 | ||||||
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans of $0.7 and $0.7, respectively | 4,505 | 4,630 | ||||||
Accrued interest receivable | 976 | 1,078 | ||||||
Premises and equipment, net | 12 | 12 | ||||||
Derivative assets | 78 | 20 | ||||||
Other assets | 106 | 107 | ||||||
Total Assets | $ | 246,906 | $ | 244,915 | ||||
Liabilities and Capital | ||||||||
Liabilities: | ||||||||
Deposits: | ||||||||
Interest-bearing: | ||||||||
Demand and overnight | $ | 615 | $ | 587 | ||||
Term | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Other | 12 | 2 | ||||||
Non-interest-bearing – Other | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Total deposits | 636 | 598 | ||||||
Consolidated obligations, net: | ||||||||
Bonds | 202,437 | 199,300 | ||||||
Discount notes | 29,729 | 30,128 | ||||||
Total consolidated obligations | 232,166 | 229,428 | ||||||
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock | 103 | 106 | ||||||
Accrued interest payable | 2,111 | 2,280 | ||||||
Affordable Housing Program | 154 | 147 | ||||||
Payable to REFCORP | 36 | 39 | ||||||
Derivative liabilities | 583 | 995 | ||||||
Other liabilities | 64 | 568 | ||||||
Total Liabilities | 235,853 | 234,161 | ||||||
Commitments and Contingencies: Note 11 | ||||||||
Capital (Note 7): | ||||||||
Capital stock – Class B – Putable ($100 par value) issued and outstanding: | 10,898 | 10,616 | ||||||
Restricted retained earnings | 160 | 143 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (5 | ) | (5 | ) | ||||
Total Capital | 11,053 | 10,754 | ||||||
Total Liabilities and Capital | $ | 246,906 | $ | 244,915 | ||||
(a) | Fair values of held-to-maturity securities were $29,961 and $30,100, at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, respectively. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Statements of Income
(Unaudited)
For the three months ended March 31, | |||||||
(In millions) | 2007 | 2006 | |||||
Interest Income: | |||||||
Advances | $ | 2,425 | $ | 1,888 | |||
Prepayment fees on advances, net | — | 1 | |||||
Interest-bearing deposits in banks | 119 | 83 | |||||
Securities purchased under agreements to resell | 4 | 24 | |||||
Federal funds sold | 180 | 172 | |||||
Trading securities | 1 | 2 | |||||
Held-to-maturity securities | 367 | 353 | |||||
Mortgage loans held for portfolio | 57 | 63 | |||||
Total Interest Income | 3,153 | 2,586 | |||||
Interest Expense: | |||||||
Consolidated obligations: | |||||||
Bonds | 2,611 | 2,182 | |||||
Discount notes | 330 | 206 | |||||
Deposits | 6 | 4 | |||||
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock | 1 | 1 | |||||
Total Interest Expense | 2,948 | 2,393 | |||||
Net Interest Income | 205 | 193 | |||||
Other Income/(Loss): | |||||||
Net gain/(loss) on derivatives and hedging activities | 11 | (11 | ) | ||||
Other | 1 | 1 | |||||
Total Other Income/(Loss) | 12 | (10 | ) | ||||
Other Expense: | |||||||
Compensation and benefits | 13 | 11 | |||||
Other operating expense | 7 | 7 | |||||
Federal Housing Finance Board | 2 | 2 | |||||
Office of Finance | 2 | 1 | |||||
Total Other Expense | 24 | 21 | |||||
Income Before Assessments | 193 | 162 | |||||
REFCORP | 35 | 30 | |||||
Affordable Housing Program | 16 | 13 | |||||
Total Assessments | 51 | 43 | |||||
Net Income | $ | 142 | $ | 119 | |||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Statements of Capital Accounts
(Unaudited)
Capital Stock Class B—Putable | Retained Earnings | Accumulated (Loss)/Income | Total Capital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
(In millions) | Shares | Par Value | Restricted | Unrestricted | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2005 | 95 | $ | 9,520 | $ | 131 | $ | — | $ | 131 | $ | (3 | ) | $ | 9,648 | |||||||||||||
Issuance of capital stock | 5 | 479 | 479 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Repurchase/redemption of capital stock | (1 | ) | (112 | ) | (112 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Capital stock reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive income: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | 119 | 119 | 119 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reclassification adjustment for losses included in net income relating to hedging activities | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive income | 120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transfers from restricted retained earnings | (1 | ) | 1 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends on capital stock (5.03%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock issued | 1 | 120 | (120 | ) | (120 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, March 31, 2006 | 100 | $ | 10,007 | $ | 130 | $ | — | $ | 130 | $ | (2 | ) | $ | 10,135 | |||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2006 | 106 | $ | 10,616 | $ | 143 | $ | — | $ | 143 | $ | (5 | ) | $ | 10,754 | |||||||||||||
Issuance of capital stock | 10 | 957 | 957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Repurchase/redemption of capital stock | (8 | ) | (799 | ) | (799 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Capital stock reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock | — | (1 | ) | (1 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive income: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | 142 | 142 | 142 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive income | 142 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transfers to restricted retained earnings | 17 | (17 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends on capital stock (4.89%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock issued | 1 | 125 | — | (125 | ) | (125 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance, March 31, 2007 | 109 | $ | 10,898 | $ | 160 | $ | — | $ | 160 | $ | (5 | ) | $ | 11,053 | |||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
For the three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
(In millions) | 2007 | 2006 | ||||||
Cash Flows from Operating Activities: | ||||||||
Net Income | $ | 142 | $ | 119 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 13 | (44 | ) | |||||
Non-cash interest on mandatorily redeemable capital stock | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Change in net fair value adjustment on derivative and hedging activities | (147 | ) | 84 | |||||
Gain on extinguishment of debt | — | (1 | ) | |||||
Net change in: | ||||||||
Trading securities | 11 | 14 | ||||||
Accrued interest receivable | 102 | 78 | ||||||
Other assets | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Accrued interest payable | (169 | ) | 286 | |||||
Affordable Housing Program liability and discount on Affordable Housing Program advances | 7 | 3 | ||||||
Payable to REFCORP | (3 | ) | 1 | |||||
Other liabilities | (4 | ) | (3 | ) | ||||
Total adjustments | (188 | ) | 422 | |||||
Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities | (46 | ) | 541 | |||||
Cash Flows from Investing Activities: | ||||||||
Net change in: | ||||||||
Interest-bearing deposits in banks | (912 | ) | (2,296 | ) | ||||
Securities purchased under agreements to resell | (1,900 | ) | (900 | ) | ||||
Federal funds sold | (5,803 | ) | 753 | |||||
Deposits for mortgage loan program with other FHLBank | 1 | — | ||||||
Premises and equipment | 2 | (1 | ) | |||||
Held-to-maturity securities: | ||||||||
Net (increase)/decrease in short-term | (274 | ) | (386 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from maturities of long-term | 1,611 | 1,651 | ||||||
Purchases of long-term | (1,596 | ) | (1,527 | ) | ||||
Advances: | ||||||||
Principal collected | 676,617 | 384,532 | ||||||
Made to members | (670,305 | ) | (385,789 | ) | ||||
Mortgage loans held for portfolio: | ||||||||
Principal collected | 126 | 140 | ||||||
Purchases | — | (5 | ) | |||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (2,433 | ) | (3,828 | ) | ||||
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Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Statements of Cash Flows (continued)
(Unaudited)
For the three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
(In millions) | 2007 | 2006 | ||||||
Cash Flows from Financing Activities: | ||||||||
Net change in: | ||||||||
Deposits | 38 | (192 | ) | |||||
Net proceeds from consolidated obligations: | ||||||||
Bonds issued | 23,123 | 26,917 | ||||||
Discount notes issued | 54,983 | 54,439 | ||||||
Bonds transferred from other FHLBanks | — | 396 | ||||||
Payments for consolidated obligations: | ||||||||
Bonds matured or retired | (20,437 | ) | (11,182 | ) | ||||
Discount notes matured or retired | (55,381 | ) | (67,460 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from issuance of capital stock | 957 | 479 | ||||||
Payments for repurchase/redemption of mandatorily redeemable capital stock | (5 | ) | (2 | ) | ||||
Payments for repurchase/redemption of capital stock | (799 | ) | (112 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 2,479 | 3,283 | ||||||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | — | (4 | ) | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year | 7 | 12 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 7 | $ | 8 | ||||
Supplemental Disclosures: | ||||||||
Interest paid during the period | $ | 3,360 | $ | 1,672 | ||||
Affordable Housing Program payments during the period | 9 | 10 | ||||||
REFCORP payments during the period | 38 | 29 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Notes to Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in millions)
Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The information about the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (Bank) included in these unaudited financial statements reflects all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of results for the periods presented. These adjustments are of a normal recurring nature, unless otherwise disclosed. The results of operations in these interim statements are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any subsequent period or for the entire year ending December 31, 2007. These unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Bank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 (2006 Form 10-K).
Descriptions of the Bank’s significant accounting policies are included in Note 1 (Summary of Significant Accounting Policies) to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K. There have been no significant changes to these policies as of March 31, 2007.
Use of Estimates.The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) requires management to make a number of judgments, estimates, and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, if applicable, and the reported amounts of income, expenses, gains, and losses during the reporting period. Changes in judgments, estimates, and assumptions could potentially affect the Bank’s financial position and results of operations significantly. Although management believes these judgments, estimates, and assumptions to be reasonable, actual results may differ.
Note 2 – Recently Issued Accounting Standards and Interpretations
Adoption of SFAS 155. On February 16, 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 155,Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140 (SFAS 155), which resolves issues addressed in Derivatives Implementation Group (DIG) Statement 133 Implementation Issue No. D1,Recognition and Measurement of Derivatives: Application of Statement 133 to Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets(DIG Issue D1). SFAS 155 amends SFAS No. 133,Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, which had been amended previously by SFAS No. 138,Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities, on January 1, 2001, and SFAS No. 149,Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, on July 1, 2003 (as amended, SFAS 133) to simplify the accounting for certain derivatives embedded in other financial instruments (hybrid financial instruments) by permitting fair value remeasurement for any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that otherwise required bifurcation, provided that the entire hybrid financial instrument is accounted for on a fair value basis. SFAS 155 also establishes the requirement to evaluate interests in securitized financial assets to identify interests that are freestanding derivatives or that are hybrid financial instruments that contain an embedded derivative requiring bifurcation, which replaces the interim guidance in DIG Issue D1. SFAS 155 amends SFAS No. 140,Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishment of Liabilities – a replacement of FASB Statement 125(SFAS 140) to allow a qualifying special-purpose entity to hold a derivative financial instrument that pertains to beneficial interests other than another derivative financial instrument. SFAS 155 is effective for all financial instruments acquired or issued after the beginning of the first fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006 (January 1, 2007, for the Bank), with earlier adoption allowed. The Bank adopted SFAS 155 as of January 1, 2007. The adoption of SFAS 155 did not have a material impact on the Bank’s results of operations or financial condition at the time of adoption.
Adoption of DIG Issue B40. On December 20, 2006, the FASB issued DIG Statement 133 Implementation Issue No. B40,Application of Paragraph 13(b) to Securitized Interest in Prepayable Financial Assets(DIG Issue B40). DIG Issue B40 clarifies when a securitized interest in prepayable financial assets is subject to the conditions in paragraph 13(b) of SFAS 133. DIG Issue B40 will become effective upon an entity’s initial adoption of SFAS 155 (January 1, 2007, for the Bank). The adoption of DIG Issue B40 did not have a material impact on the Bank’s results of operations or financial condition at the time of adoption.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
SFAS 157.In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157,Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements, the FASB having previously concluded in those accounting pronouncements that fair value is the relevant measurement attribute. Accordingly, SFAS 157 does not require any new fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Bank will adopt SFAS 157 on January 1, 2008, and is assessing the expected impact of the adoption of this Statement.
SFAS 159. On February 15, 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159,The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115(SFAS 159). SFAS 159 provides companies with an option to report selected financial assets and liabilities at fair value. It requires entities to display the fair value of those assets and liabilities for which the company has chosen to use fair value on the face of the balance sheet. In addition, unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected are reported in earnings. SFAS 159 is effective as of the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2007. The Bank is currently evaluating SFAS 159 and has not yet determined the financial assets and liabilities, if any, for which the fair value option would be elected or the potential impact on the results of operations or financial condition if such election were made.
FSP FIN 39-1. On April 30, 2007, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. FIN 39-1,Amendment of FASB Interpretation No. 39 (FSP FIN 39-1). FSP FIN 39-1 amends paragraph 3 of FASB Interpretation No. 39,Offsetting of Amounts Related to Certain Contracts – an interpretation of APB Opinion No. 10 and FASB Statement No. 105 (FIN 39) to replace the terms “conditional contracts” and “exchange contracts” with the term “derivative instruments” as defined in SFAS 133. It also amends paragraph 10 of FIN 39 to permit a reporting entity to offset fair value amounts recognized for the right to reclaim cash collateral (a receivable) or the obligation to return cash collateral (a payable) against fair value amounts recognized for derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty under the same master netting arrangement that have been offset in accordance with that paragraph. The guidance in FSP FIN 39-1 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Bank does not expect FSP FIN 39-1 to have a material impact on its results of operations or financial condition at the time of adoption.
Note 3 – Held-to-Maturity Securities
The Bank classifies the following securities as held-to-maturity because the Bank has the positive intent and ability to hold these securities to maturity:
March 31, 2007 | |||||||||||||
Amortized Cost | Gross Unrealized Gains | Gross Unrealized Losses | Estimated Fair Value | ||||||||||
Commercial paper | $ | 2,687 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,687 | |||||
Housing finance agency bonds | 917 | 2 | — | 919 | |||||||||
Discount notes: | |||||||||||||
FNMA | 150 | — | — | 150 | |||||||||
Subtotal | 3,754 | 2 | — | 3,756 | |||||||||
MBS: | |||||||||||||
GNMA | 26 | — | — | 26 | |||||||||
FHLMC | 139 | 1 | (1 | ) | 139 | ||||||||
FNMA | 397 | 1 | (8 | ) | 390 | ||||||||
Non-agency | 25,804 | 45 | (199 | ) | 25,650 | ||||||||
Total MBS | 26,366 | 47 | (208 | ) | 26,205 | ||||||||
Total | $ | 30,120 | $ | 49 | $ | (208 | ) | $ | 29,961 | ||||
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December 31, 2006 | |||||||||||||
Amortized Cost | Gross Unrealized Gains | Gross Unrealized Losses | Estimated Fair Value | ||||||||||
Commercial paper | $ | 2,235 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,235 | |||||
Housing finance agency bonds | 1,000 | 2 | — | 1,002 | |||||||||
Discount notes: | |||||||||||||
FHLMC | 150 | — | — | 150 | |||||||||
FNMA | 149 | — | — | 149 | |||||||||
Subtotal | 3,534 | 2 | — | 3,536 | |||||||||
MBS: | |||||||||||||
GNMA | 28 | — | — | 28 | |||||||||
FHLMC | 150 | 1 | (1 | ) | 150 | ||||||||
FNMA | 417 | 1 | (11 | ) | 407 | ||||||||
Non-agency | 26,219 | 37 | (277 | ) | 25,979 | ||||||||
Total MBS | 26,814 | 39 | (289 | ) | 26,564 | ||||||||
Total | $ | 30,348 | $ | 41 | $ | (289 | ) | $ | 30,100 | ||||
Redemption Terms.The amortized cost and estimated fair value of certain securities by contractual maturity (based on contractual final principal payment) and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, are shown below. Expected maturities of certain securities and MBS will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers generally have the right to prepay these obligations without prepayment fees.
March 31, 2007 | |||||||||
Year of Contractual Maturity | Amortized Cost | Estimated Fair Value | Weighted Average Interest Rate | ||||||
Within 1 year | $ | 2,837 | $ | 2,837 | 5.24 | % | |||
After 5 years through 10 years | 57 | 57 | 5.49 | ||||||
After 10 years | 860 | 862 | 5.57 | ||||||
Subtotal | 3,754 | 3,756 | 5.32 | ||||||
MBS: | |||||||||
GNMA | 26 | 26 | 5.65 | ||||||
FHLMC | 139 | 139 | 6.43 | ||||||
FNMA | 397 | 390 | 4.80 | ||||||
Non-agency | 25,804 | 25,650 | 5.25 | ||||||
Total MBS | 26,366 | 26,205 | 5.25 | ||||||
Total | $ | 30,120 | $ | 29,961 | 5.26 | % | |||
December 31, 2006 | |||||||||
Year of Contractual Maturity | Amortized Cost | Estimated Fair Value | Weighted Average Interest Rate | ||||||
Within 1 year | $ | 2,534 | $ | 2,534 | 5.24 | % | |||
After 5 years through 10 years | 28 | 28 | 5.52 | ||||||
After 10 years | 972 | 974 | 5.59 | ||||||
Subtotal | 3,534 | 3,536 | 5.35 | ||||||
MBS: | |||||||||
GNMA | 28 | 28 | 5.68 | ||||||
FHLMC | 150 | 150 | 6.37 | ||||||
FNMA | 417 | 407 | 4.80 | ||||||
Non-agency | 26,219 | 25,979 | 5.16 | ||||||
Total MBS | 26,814 | 26,564 | 5.16 | ||||||
Total | $ | 30,348 | $ | 30,100 | 5.18 | % | |||
The amortized cost of the Bank’s MBS classified as held-to-maturity included net premiums of $18 at March 31, 2007, and net premiums of $33 at December 31, 2006.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
Interest Rate Payment Terms.Interest rate payment terms for held-to-maturity securities at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, are detailed in the following table:
March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||
Amortized cost of held-to-maturity securities other than MBS: | ||||||
Fixed rate | $ | 2,837 | $ | 2,534 | ||
Adjustable rate | 917 | 1,000 | ||||
Subtotal | 3,754 | 3,534 | ||||
Amortized cost of held-to-maturity MBS: | ||||||
Passthrough securities: | ||||||
Fixed rate | 375 | 395 | ||||
Adjustable rate | 115 | 122 | ||||
Collateralized mortgage obligations: | ||||||
Fixed rate | 20,254 | 21,140 | ||||
Adjustable rate | 5,622 | 5,157 | ||||
Subtotal | 26,366 | 26,814 | ||||
Total | $ | 30,120 | $ | 30,348 | ||
Certain MBS classified as fixed rate passthrough securities and fixed rate collateralized mortgage obligations have an initial fixed interest rate that subsequently converts to an adjustable interest rate on a specified date.
The Bank does not own MBS that are backed by mortgage loans purchased by another Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) from either (i) the Bank’s members or (ii) the members of other FHLBanks.
Note 4 – Advances
Redemption Terms. The Bank had advances outstanding at interest rates ranging from 2.23% to 8.57% at March 31, 2007, and 1.97% to 8.57% at December 31, 2006, as summarized below.
March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||||||||||
Contractual Maturity | Amount Outstanding | Weighted Average Interest Rate | Amount Outstanding | Weighted Average Interest Rate | ||||||||||
Overdrawn demand deposit accounts | $ | 1 | 4.69 | % | $ | — | 3.69 | % | ||||||
Within 1 year | 67,328 | 5.14 | 73,140 | 5.14 | ||||||||||
After 1 year through 2 years | 42,638 | 5.15 | 40,762 | 5.14 | ||||||||||
After 2 years through 3 years | 32,729 | 5.21 | 34,444 | 5.24 | ||||||||||
After 3 years through 4 years | 11,154 | 5.15 | 9,468 | 5.13 | ||||||||||
After 4 years through 5 years | 14,913 | 5.27 | 17,249 | 5.31 | ||||||||||
After 5 years | 8,774 | 5.20 | 8,785 | 5.18 | ||||||||||
Subtotal | 177,537 | 5.17 | % | 183,848 | 5.17 | % | ||||||||
SFAS 133 valuation adjustments | (80 | ) | (176 | ) | ||||||||||
Net unamortized (discounts)/premiums | (2 | ) | (3 | ) | ||||||||||
Total | $ | 177,455 | $ | 183,669 | ||||||||||
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Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
The following table summarizes advances at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, by the earlier of the year of contractual maturity or next call date for callable advances.
Earlier of Contractual Maturity or Next Call Date | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||
Overdrawn demand deposit accounts | $ | 1 | $ | — | ||
Within 1 year | 68,250 | 74,031 | ||||
After 1 year through 2 years | 42,694 | 40,850 | ||||
After 2 years through 3 years | 32,158 | 33,872 | ||||
After 3 years through 4 years | 11,084 | 9,429 | ||||
After 4 years through 5 years | 14,663 | 16,968 | ||||
After 5 years | 8,687 | 8,698 | ||||
Total par amount | $ | 177,537 | $ | 183,848 | ||
The following table summarizes advances to members at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, by the earlier of the year of contractual maturity or next put date for putable advances.
Earlier of Contractual Maturity or Next Put Date | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||
Overdrawn demand deposit accounts | $ | 1 | $ | — | ||
Within 1 year | 69,758 | 74,880 | ||||
After 1 year through 2 years | 42,203 | 40,174 | ||||
After 2 years through 3 years | 32,503 | 34,602 | ||||
After 3 years through 4 years | 11,054 | 9,493 | ||||
After 4 years through 5 years | 14,177 | 16,929 | ||||
After 5 years | 7,841 | 7,770 | ||||
Total par amount | $ | 177,537 | $ | 183,848 | ||
Security Terms. The Bank lends to member financial institutions that have a principal place of business in Arizona, California, or Nevada. The Bank is required by the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932, as amended (FHLBank Act), to obtain sufficient collateral for advances to protect against losses and to accept as collateral for advances only certain U.S. government or government agency securities, residential mortgage loans or MBS, other eligible real estate-related assets, and cash or deposits in the Bank. The capital stock of the Bank owned by each borrowing member is pledged as additional collateral for the member’s indebtedness to the Bank. The Bank may also accept secured small business, small farm, small agribusiness loans, and securities representing a whole interest in such secured loans as collateral from members that qualify as community financial institutions. Community financial institutions are defined for 2007 as Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-insured depository institutions with average total assets over the preceding three-year period of $599 or less. For additional information on security terms, see Note 7 to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
Credit and Concentration Risk. The Bank’s potential credit risk from advances is concentrated in three institutions. The following table presents the concentration in advances to these three members as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006. The table also presents the interest income from advances before the impact of interest rate exchange agreements associated with these advances for the first quarter of 2007 and 2006.
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Concentration of Advances and Interest Income from Advances
(Dollars in millions) | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||||||||
Name of Borrower | Advances Outstanding(1) | Percentage of Total Advances Outstanding | Advances Outstanding(1) | Percentage of Total Advances Outstanding | ||||||||
Citibank, N.A. | $ | 84,881 | 48 | % | $ | 72,323 | 39 | % | ||||
World Savings Bank, FSB | 19,428 | 11 | 22,846 | 13 | ||||||||
Washington Mutual Bank | 18,713 | 10 | 34,864 | 19 | ||||||||
Subtotal | 123,022 | 69 | 130,033 | 71 | ||||||||
Others | 54,515 | 31 | 53,815 | 29 | ||||||||
Total par amount | $ | 177,537 | 100 | % | $ | 183,848 | 100 | % | ||||
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||||||
Name of Borrower | Interest Income from | Percentage of Total Interest Income from Advances | Interest Income from | Percentage of Total Interest Income from Advances | ||||||||
Citibank, N.A.(3) | $ | 999 | 42 | % | $ | — | — | % | ||||
Citibank (West), FSB(3) | — | — | 346 | 19 | ||||||||
Washington Mutual Bank | 366 | 15 | 633 | 35 | ||||||||
World Savings Bank, FSB | 280 | 12 | 303 | 16 | ||||||||
Subtotal | 1,645 | 69 | 1,282 | 70 | ||||||||
Others | 720 | 31 | 539 | 30 | ||||||||
Total | $ | 2,365 | 100 | % | $ | 1,821 | 100 | % | ||||
(1) | Member advance amounts and total advance amounts are at par value, and total advance amounts will not agree to carrying value amounts shown in the Statements of Condition. The differences between the par and carrying value amounts primarily relate to fair value adjustments for hedged advances resulting from SFAS 133. |
(2) | Interest income amounts exclude the interest effect of interest rate exchange agreements with derivatives counterparties; as a result, the total interest income amounts will not agree to the Statements of Income. |
(3) | On October 1, 2006, Citibank (West), FSB, was reorganized into its affiliate Citibank, N.A., and Citibank, N.A., assumed the outstanding advances of Citibank (West), FSB. |
The Bank held a security interest in collateral from each of these institutions with an estimated value in excess of their respective advances outstanding, and the Bank does not expect to incur any credit losses on these advances. Each of these members owned more than 10% of the Bank’s capital stock outstanding as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
The Bank has never experienced any credit losses on advances to a member. The Bank has policies and procedures in place to manage the credit risk of advances. Based on the collateral pledged as security for advances, management’s credit analyses of members’ financial condition, and prior repayment history, no allowance for losses on advances is deemed necessary by management.
Interest Rate Payment Terms.Interest rate payment terms for advances at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, are detailed below:
March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||
Par amount of advances: | ||||||
Fixed rate | $ | 58,724 | $ | 53,120 | ||
Adjustable rate | 118,813 | 130,728 | ||||
Total par amount | $ | 177,537 | $ | 183,848 | ||
Note 5 – Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio
Under the Mortgage Partnership Finance® (MPF®) Program, the Bank purchased qualifying mortgage loans directly from its participating members. (“Mortgage Partnership Finance” and “MPF” are registered trademarks of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago.) The mortgage loans represent held-for-portfolio loans. Under the MPF Program, participating members originated or purchased the mortgage loans, credit-enhanced them and sold them to the Bank, and generally retained the servicing of the loans.
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On October 6, 2006, the Bank announced that it would no longer offer new commitments to purchase mortgage loans from its members, but that it would retain its existing portfolio of mortgage loans. (For more information, see Note 8 to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.) The Bank’s last purchase commitment expired on February 15, 2007.
The following table presents information as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, on mortgage loans, all of which are qualifying conventional, conforming fixed rate residential mortgage loans on one- to four-unit residential properties and single-unit second homes.
March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||||
Fixed rate medium-term mortgage loans | $ | 1,554 | $ | 1,613 | ||||
Fixed rate long-term mortgage loans | 2,968 | 3,035 | ||||||
Subtotal | 4,522 | 4,648 | ||||||
Unamortized premiums | 1 | 6 | ||||||
Unamortized discounts | (17 | ) | (23 | ) | ||||
Mortgage loans held for portfolio | 4,506 | 4,631 | ||||||
Less: Allowance for credit losses | (1 | ) | (1 | ) | ||||
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net | $ | 4,505 | $ | 4,630 | ||||
Medium-term loans have contractual terms of 15 years or less, and long-term loans have contractual terms of more than 15 years.
For taking on the credit enhancement obligation, the Bank pays the participating member a credit enhancement fee, which is calculated on the remaining unpaid principal balance of the mortgage loans. The Bank records credit enhancement fees as a reduction to interest income. In the first quarter of 2007 and 2006, the Bank reduced net interest income for credit enhancement fees totaling $1 and $1, respectively.
Concentration Risk.The Bank had the following concentration in MPF loans with members whose outstanding total of mortgage loans sold to the Bank represented 10% or more of the Bank’s total outstanding mortgage loans at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
Concentration of Mortgage Loans
(Dollars in millions)
March 31, 2007 | |||||||||||
Name of Member | Mortgage Loan Balances Outstanding | Percentage of Total Mortgage Loan Balances Outstanding | Number of Mortgage Loans Outstanding | Percentage of Total Number of Mortgage Loans Outstanding | |||||||
Washington Mutual Bank | $ | 3,423 | 76 | % | 24,017 | 72 | % | ||||
IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. | 678 | 15 | 6,496 | 19 | |||||||
Subtotal | 4,101 | 91 | 30,513 | 91 | |||||||
Others | 421 | 9 | 2,988 | 9 | |||||||
Total | $ | 4,522 | 100 | % | 33,501 | 100 | % | ||||
December 31, 2006 | |||||||||||
Name of Member | Mortgage Loan Balances Outstanding | Percentage of Total Mortgage Loan Balances Outstanding | Number of Mortgage Loans Outstanding | Percentage of Total Number of Mortgage Loans Outstanding | |||||||
Washington Mutual Bank | $ | 3,506 | 76 | % | 24,406 | 72 | % | ||||
IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. | 706 | 15 | 6,650 | 19 | |||||||
Subtotal | 4,212 | 91 | 31,056 | 91 | |||||||
Others | 436 | 9 | 3,057 | 9 | |||||||
Total | $ | 4,648 | 100 | % | 34,113 | 100 | % | ||||
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Credit Risk. A loan is considered to be impaired when it is reported 90 days or more past due (nonaccrual) or when it is probable, based on current information and events, that the Bank will be unable to collect all principal and interest amounts due according to the contractual terms of the mortgage loan agreement. At March 31, 2007, the Bank had 35 loans totaling $4 classified as nonaccrual or impaired. Twenty-one of these loans totaling $3 were in foreclosure or bankruptcy. At December 31, 2006, the Bank had 31 loans totaling $4 classified as nonaccrual or impaired. Twenty-three of these loans totaling $3 were in foreclosure or bankruptcy.
The allowance for credit losses on the mortgage loan portfolio was as follows:
Three months ended | |||||||
March 31, 2007 | March 31, 2006 | ||||||
Balance, beginning of the period | $ | 0.6 | $ | 0.7 | |||
Chargeoffs | — | — | |||||
Recoveries | — | — | |||||
Provision for/(reduction of) credit losses | 0.1 | (0.1 | ) | ||||
Balance, end of the period | $ | 0.7 | $ | 0.6 | |||
For more information on how the Bank determines its estimated allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans, see Note 8 to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
The Bank’s average recorded investment in impaired loans totaled $4 and $4 for both the first quarter of 2007 and the first quarter of 2006. The Bank did not recognize any interest income for impaired loans in the first quarter of 2007 and 2006.
At both March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, the Bank’s other assets included an insignificant amount of real estate owned resulting from foreclosure of mortgage loans held by the Bank.
Note 6 – Consolidated Obligations
Consolidated obligations, consisting of consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes, are jointly issued by the FHLBanks through the Office of Finance, which serves as the FHLBanks’ agent. As provided by the FHLBank Act or Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) regulation, all FHLBanks have joint and several liability for all FHLBank consolidated obligations. For discussion of the Finance Board’s joint and several liability regulation, see Note 18 to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K. In connection with each debt issuance, each FHLBank specifies the type, term, and amount of debt it requests to have issued on its behalf. The Office of Finance tracks the amount of debt issued on behalf of each FHLBank. In addition, the Bank separately tracks and records as a liability its specific portion of the consolidated obligations issued and is the primary obligor for that portion of the consolidated obligations issued. The Finance Board and the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury have oversight over the issuance of FHLBank debt through the Office of Finance.
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Redemption Terms. The following is a summary of the Bank’s participation in consolidated obligation bonds outstanding at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||||||||||
Contractual Maturity | Amount Outstanding | Weighted Average Interest Rate | Amount Outstanding | Weighted Average Interest Rate | ||||||||||
Within 1 year | $ | 70,068 | 4.38 | % | $ | 64,617 | 4.19 | % | ||||||
After 1 year through 2 years | 53,580 | 4.55 | 57,351 | 4.41 | ||||||||||
After 2 years through 3 years | 29,924 | 4.76 | 28,036 | 4.72 | ||||||||||
After 3 years through 4 years | 13,312 | 4.80 | 13,774 | 4.68 | ||||||||||
After 4 years through 5 years | 16,792 | 5.16 | 18,653 | 5.08 | ||||||||||
After 5 years | 19,410 | 5.17 | 17,956 | 5.04 | ||||||||||
Index amortizing notes | 9 | 4.61 | 9 | 4.61 | ||||||||||
Subtotal | 203,095 | 4.65 | % | 200,396 | 4.52 | % | ||||||||
Unamortized premiums | 31 | 38 | ||||||||||||
Unamortized discounts | (192 | ) | (218 | ) | ||||||||||
SFAS 133 valuation adjustments | (497 | ) | (916 | ) | ||||||||||
Total | $ | 202,437 | $ | 199,300 | ||||||||||
The Bank’s participation in consolidated obligation bonds outstanding includes callable bonds of $61,352 at March 31, 2007, and $58,528 at December 31, 2006. Contemporaneous with the issuance of a callable bond for which the Bank is the primary obligor, the Bank routinely enters into an interest rate swap (in which the Bank pays a variable rate and receives a fixed rate) with a call feature that mirrors the call option embedded in the bond (a sold callable swap). The Bank had notional amounts of interest rate exchange agreements hedging callable bonds of $44,752 at March 31, 2007, and $43,027 at December 31, 2006. The combined sold callable swap and callable bond enable the Bank to meet its funding needs at costs not otherwise directly attainable solely through the issuance of non-callable debt, while effectively converting the Bank’s net payment to an adjustable rate. The Bank uses fixed rate callable bonds to finance fixed rate callable advances, fixed rate MBS, and fixed rate mortgage loans.
The Bank’s participation in consolidated obligation bonds was as follows:
March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||
Par amount of consolidated obligation bonds: | ||||||
Non-callable | $ | 141,743 | $ | 141,868 | ||
Callable | 61,352 | 58,528 | ||||
Total par amount | $ | 203,095 | $ | 200,396 | ||
The following is a summary of the Bank’s participation in consolidated obligation bonds outstanding at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, by the earlier of the year of contractual maturity or next call date.
Maturity or Next Call Date | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||
Within 1 year | $ | 112,020 | $ | 103,397 | ||
After 1 year through 2 years | 49,314 | 55,118 | ||||
After 2 years through 3 years | 17,368 | 15,454 | ||||
After 3 years through 4 years | 7,635 | 7,419 | ||||
After 4 years through 5 years | 9,259 | 11,461 | ||||
After 5 years | 7,490 | 7,538 | ||||
Index amortizing notes | 9 | 9 | ||||
Total par amount | $ | 203,095 | $ | 200,396 | ||
Consolidated obligation discount notes are consolidated obligations issued to raise short-term funds; discount notes have original maturities up to 365 days. These notes are issued at less than their face amount and redeemed at par value when they mature. The Bank’s participation in consolidated obligation discount notes, all of which are due within one year, was as follows:
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March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||||||||||
Amount Outstanding | Weighted Average Interest Rate | Amount Outstanding | Weighted Average Interest Rate | |||||||||||
Par amount | $ | 29,830 | 5.15 | % | $ | 30,226 | 5.15 | % | ||||||
Unamortized discounts | (101 | ) | (98 | ) | ||||||||||
Total | $ | 29,729 | $ | 30,128 | ||||||||||
Interest Rate Payment Terms. Interest rate payment terms for consolidated obligations at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, are detailed in the following table. For information on the general terms and types of consolidated obligations outstanding, see Note 10 to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||
Par amount of consolidated obligations: | ||||||
Bonds: | ||||||
Fixed rate | $ | 178,112 | $ | 177,924 | ||
Adjustable rate | 17,340 | 14,265 | ||||
Step-up | 5,295 | 5,840 | ||||
Fixed rate that converts to adjustable rate | 787 | 827 | ||||
Adjustable rate that converts to fixed rate | 160 | 160 | ||||
Range bonds | 1,257 | 1,236 | ||||
Zero-coupon | 110 | 110 | ||||
Inverse floating | 25 | 25 | ||||
Index amortizing notes | 9 | 9 | ||||
Total bonds, par | 203,095 | 200,396 | ||||
Discount notes, par | 29,830 | 30,226 | ||||
Total consolidated obligations, par | $ | 232,925 | $ | 230,622 | ||
Note 7 – Capital
Capital Requirements.The Bank is subject to risk-based capital requirements, which must be met with permanent capital (defined as retained earnings and Class B stock). In addition, the Bank is subject to a 5% minimum leverage capital ratio with a 1.5 weighting factor for permanent capital, and a 4% minimum total capital-to-assets ratio calculated without reference to the 1.5 weighting factor. As of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, the Bank was in compliance with these capital rules and requirements. The FHLBank Act and Finance Board regulations require that the minimum stock requirement for members must be sufficient to enable the Bank to meet its regulatory requirements for total capital, leverage capital, and risk-based capital. In addition, the Finance Board has confirmed that mandatorily redeemable capital stock that is classified as a liability for financial reporting purposes under SFAS No. 150,Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity (SFAS 150), is considered capital for determining the Bank’s compliance with its regulatory capital requirements.
The following table shows the Bank’s compliance with the Finance Board’s capital requirements at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
Regulatory Capital Requirements
March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
Required | Actual | Required | Actual | |||||||||||||
Risk-based capital | $ | 1,098 | $ | 11,161 | $ | 1,182 | $ | 10,865 | ||||||||
Total capital-to-assets ratio | 4.00 | % | 4.52 | % | 4.00 | % | 4.44 | % | ||||||||
Total regulatory capital | $ | 9,876 | $ | 11,161 | $ | 9,797 | $ | 10,865 | ||||||||
Leverage ratio | 5.00 | % | 6.78 | % | 5.00 | % | 6.65 | % | ||||||||
Leverage capital | $ | 12,345 | $ | 16,742 | $ | 12,246 | $ | 16,298 |
The Bank’s capital requirements are more fully discussed in Note 13 to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
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Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock.The Bank had mandatorily redeemable capital stock totaling $103 at March 31, 2007, and $106 at December 31, 2006. These amounts included accrued interest expense (accrued stock dividends) of $1 at March 31, 2007, and $2 at December 31, 2006, and have been classified as a liability in the Statements of Condition.
The following table presents mandatorily redeemable capital stock amounts by contractual redemption period at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
Contractual Redemption Period | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||
After 2 years through 3 years | $ | 20 | $ | 30 | ||
After 3 years through 4 years | 1 | 4 | ||||
After 4 years through 5 years | 82 | 72 | ||||
Total | $ | 103 | $ | 106 | ||
The Bank’s activity for mandatorily redeemable capital stock for the first quarter of 2007 and 2006 was as follows:
Three months ended | ||||||||||||||
March 31, 2007 | March 31, 2006 | |||||||||||||
Number of members | Amount | Number of members | Amount | |||||||||||
Balance at the beginning of the period | 12 | $ | 106 | 8 | $ | 47 | ||||||||
Reclassified from/(to) capital during the period: | ||||||||||||||
Withdrawal from membership | 1 | 14 | (1 | ) | — | |||||||||
Conversion of nonmember institution to member institution | (1 | ) | (13 | ) | — | — | ||||||||
Repurchase of mandatorily redeemable capital stock | (5 | ) | (2 | ) | ||||||||||
Dividends accrued on mandatorily redeemable capital stock | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||||||||
Balance at the end of the period | 12 | $ | 103 | 7 | $ | 46 | ||||||||
The Bank’s mandatorily redeemable capital stock is more fully discussed in Note 13 to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy. The Bank’s Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy establishes amounts to be retained in restricted retained earnings, which are not made available for dividends in the current dividend period.
In accordance with the Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy, the Bank retains in restricted retained earnings any cumulative net unrealized gains in earnings (net of applicable assessments) resulting from the application of SFAS 133. Retained earnings restricted in accordance with this provision totaled $29 at March 31, 2007, and $26 at December 31, 2006.
In addition to the SFAS 133 gains, the Bank holds other restricted retained earnings intended to protect members’ paid-in capital from an extremely adverse credit or operations risk event, an extremely adverse SFAS 133 quarterly result, or an extremely low (or negative) level of net income before the effects of SFAS 133 resulting from an adverse interest rate environment. In 2006, the Bank’s Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy was amended, effective January 1, 2007, to increase the target for the buildup of retained earnings other than SFAS 133 gains to $296 and to change the amount that may be made available for dividends to 90% of net income, excluding the effects of SFAS 133, until the new target for the buildup of retained earnings is reached. The retained earnings restricted in accordance with this provision of the Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy totaled $131 at March 31, 2007, and $117 at December 31, 2006.
For more information on these two categories of restricted retained earnings and the Bank’s Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy, see Note 13 to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
Excess and Surplus Capital Stock. The Bank may repurchase some or all of a member’s excess capital stock and any excess mandatorily redeemable capital stock, at the Bank’s discretion and subject to certain statutory and regulatory requirements. The Bank
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may also repurchase some or all of a member’s excess capital stock at the member’s request, at the Bank’s discretion and subject to certain statutory and regulatory requirements. Excess capital stock is defined as any stock holdings in excess of a member’s minimum capital stock requirement, as established by the Bank’s capital plan.
The Bank’s surplus capital stock repurchase policy provides for the Bank to repurchase excess stock that constitutes surplus stock, at the Bank’s discretion and subject to certain statutory and regulatory requirements, if a member has surplus capital stock as of the last business day of the quarter. A member’s surplus capital stock is defined as any stock holdings in excess of 115% of the member’s minimum capital stock requirement, generally excluding stock dividends earned and credited for the current year.
On a quarterly basis, the Bank determines whether it will repurchase excess capital stock, including surplus capital stock. The Bank generally repurchases capital stock approximately one month after the end of each quarter. On the scheduled repurchase date, the Bank recalculates the amount of stock to be repurchased to ensure that each member will continue to meet its minimum stock requirement after the stock repurchase.
The Bank repurchased surplus capital stock totaling $330 in the first quarter of 2007 and $112 in the first quarter of 2006. The Bank also repurchased excess capital stock that was not surplus capital stock totaling $474 in the first quarter of 2007 and $2 in the first quarter of 2006.
Excess capital stock totaled $1,678 as of March 31, 2007, which included surplus capital stock of $1,134. On April 30, 2007, the Bank repurchased $1,100 of surplus capital stock. The Bank also repurchased $591 of excess capital stock that was not surplus capital stock, including $576 in excess capital stock that was the subject of repurchase requests submitted during the first quarter of 2007 by five members, and $15 in excess mandatorily redeemable capital stock repurchased from former members of the Bank. Excess capital stock totaled $257 after the April 30, 2007, capital stock repurchase.
For more information on excess and surplus capital stock, see Note 13 to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
Limitation on Issuance of Excess Stock.On December 28, 2006, the Finance Board published a final rule that limits the ability of an FHLBank to create member excess stock under certain circumstances. Effective January 29, 2007, an FHLBank may not pay dividends in the form of capital stock or issue new stock to members if the FHLBank’s excess stock exceeds 1% of its total assets or if the issuance of stock would cause the FHLBank’s excess stock to exceed 1% of its total assets. At March 31, 2007, the Bank’s excess capital stock totaled $1,678, or 0.7% of total assets.
In addition, the Finance Board’s final rule states that FHLBanks may declare and pay dividends only from previously retained earnings or current net earnings, and may not declare or pay dividends based on projected or anticipated earnings.
Concentration. The following table represents the concentration in capital stock held by members whose capital stock outstanding represented 10% or more of the Bank’s capital stock, including mandatorily redeemable capital stock, as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
Concentration of Capital Stock
(Dollars in millions) | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||||||||
Name of Member | Capital Stock Outstanding | Percentage of Total Capital Stock Outstanding | Capital Stock Outstanding | Percentage of Total Capital Stock Outstanding | ||||||||
Citibank, N.A. | $ | 3,989 | 37 | % | $ | 3,399 | 32 | % | ||||
Washington Mutual Bank | 1,526 | 14 | 1,964 | 18 | ||||||||
World Savings Bank, FSB | 1,308 | 12 | 1,343 | 13 | ||||||||
Total | $ | 6,823 | 63 | % | $ | 6,706 | 63 | % | ||||
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On April 30, 2007, the Bank repurchased $626 in excess capital stock, including $318 in surplus capital stock, from Washington Mutual Bank. The Bank also repurchased $505 in excess capital stock, including $258 in surplus capital stock, from World Savings Bank, FSB. After the repurchase, Citibank, N.A., Washington Mutual Bank, and World Savings Bank, FSB, held 43%, 10%, and 9%, respectively, of the Bank’s total capital stock and mandatorily redeemable capital stock outstanding.
Note 8 – Segment Information
The Bank analyzes financial performance based on the balances and adjusted net interest income of two operating segments, the advances-related business and the mortgage-related business, based on the Bank’s method of internal reporting. For purposes of segment reporting, adjusted net interest income includes interest income and expenses associated with economic hedges that are recorded in “Net gain/(loss) on derivatives and hedging activities” in other income. It is at the adjusted net interest income level that the Bank’s chief operating decision maker reviews and analyzes financial performance and determines the allocation of resources to the two operating segments. Except for the interest income and expenses associated with economic hedges, the Bank does not allocate other income, other expense, or assessments to its operating segments.
The advances-related business consists of advances and other credit products provided to members, related financing and hedging instruments, liquidity and other non-MBS investments associated with the Bank’s role as a liquidity provider, and member capital. Adjusted net interest income for this segment is derived primarily from the difference, or spread, between the yield on all assets associated with the business activities in this segment and the cost of funding those activities, cash flows from associated interest rate exchange agreements, and earnings on invested member capital.
The mortgage-related business consists of MBS investments, mortgage loans acquired through the MPF Program, the consolidated obligations specifically identified as funding those assets, and related hedging instruments. Adjusted net interest income for this segment is derived primarily from the difference, or spread, between the yield on the MBS and mortgage loans and the cost of the consolidated obligations funding those assets, including the cash flows from associated interest rate exchange agreements, less the provision for credit losses on mortgage loans.
The following table presents the Bank’s adjusted net interest income by operating segment and reconciles total adjusted net interest income to income before assessments for the first quarter of 2007 and 2006.
Reconciliation of Adjusted Net Interest Income and Income Before Assessments
Three months ended: | Advances- Related Business | Mortgage- Related Business | Adjusted Net Interest Income | Net Interest Expense on Economic Hedges(1) | Net Interest Income | Other Income/ | Other Expense | Income Before Assessments | |||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2007 | $ | 180 | $ | 23 | $ | 203 | $ | 2 | $ | 205 | $ | 12 | $ | 24 | $ | 193 | |||||||||
March 31, 2006 | 145 | 42 | 187 | 6 | 193 | (10 | ) | 21 | 162 |
(1) | The Bank includes interest income and interest expense associated with economic hedges in its evaluation of financial performance for its two operating segments. For financial reporting purposes, the Bank does not include these amounts in net interest income in the Statements of Income, but instead records them in other income in “Net gain/(loss) on derivatives and hedging activities.” |
The following table presents total assets by operating segment at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
Total Assets
Advances- Related Business | Mortgage- Related Business | Total Assets | |||||||
March 31, 2007 | $ | 215,836 | $ | 31,070 | $ | 246,906 | |||
December 31, 2006 | 213,258 | 31,657 | 244,915 |
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Note 9 – Derivatives and Hedging Activities
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. SFAS 133 requires that all derivative instruments be recorded on the balance sheet at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recorded each period in current earnings or other comprehensive income, depending on whether a derivative is designated as part of a hedge transaction and, if it is, the type of hedge transaction. The gains and losses on derivative instruments that are reported in other comprehensive income are recognized as earnings in the periods in which earnings are affected by the variability of the cash flows of the hedged item. The gains or losses on the ineffective portion of all hedges are recognized in current period earnings. Changes in the fair value of a derivative instrument that does not qualify as a hedge of an asset or liability under SFAS 133 for asset/liability management (economic hedge) are recorded each period in current earnings.
For more information on the Bank’s use of derivatives and hedging activities, see Note 16 to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
Net gains/(losses) on derivatives and hedging activities for the first quarter of 2007 and 2006 were as follows:
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March 31, 2007 | March 31, 2006 | |||||||
Net gains/(losses) related to fair value hedge ineffectiveness | $ | 8 | $ | (4 | ) | |||
Net losses related to cash flow hedge ineffectiveness | — | (1 | ) | |||||
Net gains on economic hedges | 5 | — | ||||||
Net interest expense on derivative instruments used in economic hedges | (2 | ) | (6 | ) | ||||
Net gains/(losses) on derivatives and hedging activities | $ | 11 | $ | (11 | ) | |||
For the first quarter of 2007 and 2006, there were no reclassifications from other comprehensive income into earnings as a result of the discontinuance of cash flow hedges because the original forecasted transactions occurred by the end of the originally specified time period or within a two-month period thereafter. As of March 31, 2007, the amount of unrecognized net losses on derivative instruments accumulated in other comprehensive income expected to be reclassified to earnings during the next 12 months was immaterial.
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The following table represents outstanding notional balances and estimated fair values of the derivatives outstanding at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||||||||||
Type of Derivative and Hedge Classification | Notional | Estimated Fair Value | Notional | Estimated Fair Value | ||||||||||
Interest rate swaps: | ||||||||||||||
Fair value | $ | 190,740 | $ | (495 | ) | $ | 185,477 | $ | (839 | ) | ||||
Economic | 79,222 | (5 | ) | 78,151 | (13 | ) | ||||||||
Interest rate swaptions: Economic | 3,340 | 6 | 3,575 | 6 | ||||||||||
Interest rate caps, floors, corridors, and/or collars: | ||||||||||||||
Fair value | 7,090 | 44 | 9,090 | 62 | ||||||||||
Economic | 70 | — | 70 | — | ||||||||||
Total | $ | 280,462 | $ | (450 | ) | $ | 276,363 | $ | (784 | ) | ||||
Total derivatives excluding accrued interest | $ | (450 | ) | $ | (784 | ) | ||||||||
Accrued interest, net | (55 | ) | (191 | ) | ||||||||||
Net derivative balances | $ | (505 | ) | $ | (975 | ) | ||||||||
Derivative assets | $ | 78 | $ | 20 | ||||||||||
Derivative liabilities | (583 | ) | (995 | ) | ||||||||||
Net derivative balances | $ | (505 | ) | $ | (975 | ) | ||||||||
The fair values of embedded derivatives presented on a combined basis with the host contract and not included in the above table are as follows:
Estimated Fair Values of Embedded Derivatives
March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||
Host contract: | ||||||
Non-callable bonds | $ | 10 | $ | 15 | ||
Callable bonds | 1 | — | ||||
Total | $ | 11 | $ | 15 | ||
Credit Risk –The Bank is subject to credit risk as a result of the risk of nonperformance by counterparties to the derivative agreements. All derivative agreements contain master netting provisions to mitigate the credit risk exposure to each counterparty. The Bank manages counterparty credit risk through credit analyses and collateral requirements and by following the requirements of the Bank’s risk management policies and credit guidelines. Based on the master netting provisions in each agreement, credit analyses, and the collateral requirements in place with each counterparty, management of the Bank does not anticipate any credit losses on derivative agreements, and no allowance for losses is deemed necessary by management.
The contractual or notional amounts of interest rate exchange agreements reflect the extent of the Bank’s involvement in particular classes of financial instruments. The notional amount does not represent the exposure to credit loss. The amount potentially subject to credit loss is the estimated cost of replacing an interest rate exchange agreement that has a net positive market value if the counterparty defaults; this amount is substantially less than the notional amount.
Maximum credit risk is defined as the estimated cost of replacing all interest rate exchange agreements the Bank has transacted with counterparties where the Bank is in a net favorable position (has a net unrealized gain) if the counterparties all defaulted and the related collateral proved to be of no value to the Bank. At March 31, 2007, the Bank’s maximum credit risk, as defined above, was estimated at $78, including $56 of net accrued interest and fees receivable. At December 31, 2006, the Bank’s maximum credit risk was estimated at $20, including $1 of net accrued interest and fees receivable. Accrued interest and fees receivable and payable and the legal right to offset assets and liabilities by counterparty (under which amounts recognized for individual transactions may be offset against amounts recognized for other derivatives transactions with the same counterparty) are considered in determining the
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maximum credit risk. The Bank held cash, investment grade securities, and mortgage loans valued at $74 and $19 as collateral from counterparties as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, respectively. This collateral has not been sold or repledged. A significant number of the Bank’s interest rate exchange agreements are transacted with financial institutions such as major banks and broker-dealers. Some of these banks and broker-dealers or their affiliates buy, sell, and distribute consolidated obligations. Assets pledged as collateral by the Bank to these counterparties are more fully discussed in Note 11.
Intermediation –As an additional service to its members, the Bank enters into offsetting interest rate exchange agreements, acting as an intermediary between exactly offsetting derivatives transactions with members and other counterparties. This intermediation allows members indirect access to the derivatives market. The offsetting derivatives used in intermediary activities do not receive SFAS 133 hedge accounting treatment and are separately marked to market through earnings. The net result of the accounting for these derivatives does not significantly affect the operating results of the Bank. These amounts are recorded in other income and presented as “Net gain/(loss) on derivatives and hedging activities.”
Derivatives in which the Bank is an intermediary may arise when the Bank (i) enters into derivatives with members and offsetting derivatives with other counterparties to meet the needs of its members, and (ii) enters into derivatives to offset the economic effect of other derivatives that are no longer designated to either advances, investments, or consolidated obligations. The notional principal of interest rate exchange agreements arising from the Bank entering into derivatives with members and offsetting derivatives with other counterparties was $1,330 at March 31, 2007, and $1,330 at December 31, 2006. The Bank did not have any interest rate exchange agreements outstanding at March 31, 2007, or December 31, 2006, that were used to offset the economic effect of other derivatives that were no longer designated to either advances, investments, or consolidated obligations.
Note 10 – Estimated Fair Values
The following estimated fair value amounts have been determined by the Bank using available market information and the Bank’s best judgment of appropriate valuation methods. These estimates are based on pertinent information available to the Bank as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006. Although the Bank uses its best judgment in estimating the fair value of these financial instruments, there are inherent limitations in any estimation technique or valuation methodology. For example, because an active secondary market does not exist for a portion of the Bank’s financial instruments, in certain cases fair values are not subject to precise quantification or verification and may change as economic and market factors, and evaluation of those factors, change. Therefore, these estimated fair values are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that would be realized in current market transactions. The fair value summary tables do not represent an estimate of the overall market value of the Bank as a going concern, which would take into account future business opportunities. The assumptions used in estimating the fair values of the Bank’s financial instruments are more fully discussed in Note 17 to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
The following tables show the estimated fair values of the Bank’s financial instruments at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments – March 31, 2007
Carrying Value | Net Unrealized Gains/(Losses) | Estimated Fair Value | ||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||
Cash and due from banks | $ | 7 | $ | — | $ | 7 | ||||
Interest-bearing deposits in banks | 10,235 | — | 10,235 | |||||||
Securities purchased under agreements to resell | 2,100 | — | 2,100 | |||||||
Federal funds sold | 21,246 | — | 21,246 | |||||||
Trading securities | 66 | — | 66 | |||||||
Held-to-maturity securities | 30,120 | (159 | ) | 29,961 | ||||||
Advances | 177,455 | 149 | 177,604 | |||||||
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans | 4,505 | (97 | ) | 4,408 | ||||||
Accrued interest receivable | 976 | — | 976 | |||||||
Derivative assets | 78 | — | 78 | |||||||
Other assets | 118 | (67 | ) | 51 | ||||||
Total | $ | 246,906 | $ | (174 | ) | $ | 246,732 | |||
Liabilities | ||||||||||
Deposits | $ | 636 | $ | — | $ | 636 | ||||
Consolidated obligations: | ||||||||||
Bonds | 202,437 | 286 | 202,151 | |||||||
Discount notes | 29,729 | 3 | 29,726 | |||||||
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock | 103 | — | 103 | |||||||
Accrued interest payable | 2,111 | — | 2,111 | |||||||
Derivative liabilities | 583 | — | 583 | |||||||
Other liabilities | 254 | — | 254 | |||||||
Total | $ | 235,853 | $ | 289 | $ | 235,564 | ||||
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments – December 31, 2006
Carrying Value | Net Unrealized Gains/(Losses) | Estimated Fair Value | ||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||
Cash and due from banks | $ | 8 | $ | — | $ | 8 | ||||
Interest-bearing deposits in banks | 9,323 | — | 9,323 | |||||||
Securities purchased under agreements to resell | 200 | — | 200 | |||||||
Federal funds sold | 15,443 | — | 15,443 | |||||||
Trading securities | 77 | — | 77 | |||||||
Held-to-maturity securities | 30,348 | (248 | ) | 30,100 | ||||||
Advances | 183,669 | 184 | 183,853 | |||||||
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans | 4,630 | (112 | ) | 4,518 | ||||||
Accrued interest receivable | 1,078 | — | 1,078 | |||||||
Derivative assets | 20 | — | 20 | |||||||
Other assets | 119 | (66 | ) | 53 | ||||||
Total | $ | 244,915 | $ | (242 | ) | $ | 244,673 | |||
Liabilities | ||||||||||
Deposits | $ | 598 | $ | — | $ | 598 | ||||
Consolidated obligations: | ||||||||||
Bonds | 199,300 | 323 | 198,977 | |||||||
Discount notes | 30,128 | 3 | 30,125 | |||||||
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock | 106 | — | 106 | |||||||
Accrued interest payable | 2,280 | — | 2,280 | |||||||
Derivative liabilities | 995 | — | 995 | |||||||
Other liabilities | 754 | — | 754 | |||||||
Total | $ | 234,161 | $ | 326 | $ | 233,835 | ||||
Note 11 – Commitments and Contingencies
As provided by the FHLBank Act or Finance Board regulation, all FHLBanks have joint and several liability for all FHLBank consolidated obligations. The joint and several liability regulation of the Finance Board authorizes the Finance Board to require any FHLBank to repay all or a portion of the principal or interest on consolidated obligations for which another FHLBank is the primary obligor. The Bank has never been asked or required to repay the principal or interest on any consolidated obligation on behalf of another FHLBank. The par amount of the outstanding consolidated obligations of all 12 FHLBanks was $951,470 at March 31, 2007, and $951,990 at December 31, 2006. The par value of the Bank’s participation in consolidated obligations was $232,925 at March 31, 2007, and $230,622 at December 31, 2006. For more information on the Finance Board’s joint and several liability regulation, see Note 18 to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
Commitments that legally obligate the Bank for additional advances totaled $1,005 at March 31, 2007, and $3,289 at December 31, 2006. Commitments are generally for periods up to 12 months. Standby letters of credit are generally issued for a fee on behalf of members to support their obligations to third parties. If the Bank is required to make payment for a beneficiary’s drawing, the amount is charged to the member’s demand deposit account with the Bank or converted into a collateralized advance to the member. Outstanding standby letters of credit were $1,097 at March 31, 2007, and $1,124 at December 31, 2006, and had original terms of 30 days to 10 years with the latest final expiration in 2017. The value of the guarantees related to standby letters of credit is recorded in other liabilities and amounted to $2 at March 31, 2007, and $2 at December 31, 2006. Based on management’s credit analyses of members’ financial condition and collateral requirements, no allowance for losses is deemed necessary by management on these advance commitments and letters of credit. Advances funded under these advance commitments and letters of credit are fully collateralized at the time of funding (see Note 4). The estimated fair value of commitments and letters of credit was immaterial to the balance sheet as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
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The Bank executes interest rate exchange agreements with major banks and derivatives entities affiliated with broker-dealers that have, or are supported by guaranties from related entities that have, long-term credit ratings of single-A or better from both Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (Standard & Poor’s) and Moody’s Investors Service. The Bank also executes interest rate exchange agreements with its members. The Bank enters into master agreements with netting provisions with all counterparties and into bilateral security agreements with all active derivatives dealer counterparties. All member counterparty master agreements, excluding those with derivatives dealers, are subject to the terms of the Bank’s Advances and Security Agreement with members, and all member counterparties must fully collateralize the Bank’s net credit exposure. As of March 31, 2007, the Bank had pledged as collateral securities with a carrying value of $329, of which $27 cannot be sold or repledged and $302 can be sold or repledged, to counterparties that have market risk exposure from the Bank related to derivatives. As of December 31, 2006, the Bank had pledged as collateral securities with a carrying value of $687, of which $78 cannot be sold or repledged and $609 can be sold or repledged, to counterparties that have market risk exposure from the Bank related to derivatives.
The Bank may be subject to various pending legal proceedings that may arise in the normal course of business. After consultation with legal counsel, management does not anticipate that the ultimate liability, if any, arising out of these matters will have a material effect on the Bank’s financial condition or results of operations.
The Bank had committed to the issuance of consolidated obligations totaling $420 at March 31, 2007, and $186 at December 31, 2006.
The Bank entered into interest rate exchange agreements that had traded but not yet settled with notional amounts totaling $420 at March 31, 2007, and $1,062 at December 31, 2006.
Other commitments and contingencies are discussed in Notes 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9.
Note 12 – Transactions with Members
Transactions with Members.The Bank has a cooperative ownership structure in which the member institutions own the capital stock of the Bank. In addition, certain former members are required to maintain their investment in the Bank’s capital stock until their outstanding transactions mature or are paid off or until their capital stock is redeemed following the five-year redemption period for capital stock, in accordance with the Bank’s capital requirements. See Note 13 to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K for more information on the Bank’s capital requirements.
All advances are made to members, and all mortgage loans held for portfolio are purchased from members. The Bank also maintains deposit accounts for members primarily to facilitate settlement activities that are directly related to advances and mortgage loan purchases. All transactions with members and their affiliates are entered into in the normal course of business. In instances where the member has an officer or director who is a director of the Bank, transactions with the member are subject to the same eligibility and credit criteria, as well as the same conditions, as transactions with all other members, in accordance with Finance Board regulations.
The Bank has cash and investments, such as Federal funds sold, interest-bearing deposits, and commercial paper with members or their affiliates, and the Bank executes MBS and derivatives transactions with members or their affiliates. The Bank purchases MBS through securities brokers or dealers and executes all MBS investments without preference to the status of the counterparty or the issuer of the investment as a nonmember, member, or affiliate of a member. When the Bank executes non-MBS investments with members, the Bank may give consideration to their secured credit availability and the Bank’s advance price levels. As an additional service to its members, the Bank enters into offsetting interest rate exchange agreements, acting as an intermediary between exactly offsetting derivative transactions with members and other counterparties. These transactions are executed at market rates.
The following tables set forth information at the dates and for the periods indicated with respect to the Bank’s transactions with members and their affiliates and former members and their affiliates with outstanding transactions.
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March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||
Assets: | ||||||
Cash and due from banks | $ | 6 | $ | 7 | ||
Interest-bearing deposits in banks | 1,535 | 1,301 | ||||
Federal funds sold | 4,410 | 2,598 | ||||
Held-to-maturity securities(1) | 7,349 | 7,495 | ||||
Advances | 177,455 | 183,669 | ||||
Mortgage loans held for portfolio | 4,505 | 4,630 | ||||
Accrued interest receivable | 840 | 940 | ||||
Derivative assets | 16 | 20 | ||||
Other assets | 30 | 32 | ||||
Total | $ | 196,146 | $ | 200,692 | ||
Liabilities: | ||||||
Deposits | $ | 636 | $ | 598 | ||
Accrued interest payable | 3 | 2 | ||||
Derivative liabilities | 98 | 164 | ||||
Total | $ | 737 | $ | 764 | ||
Notional amount of derivatives | $ | 40,882 | $ | 42,323 | ||
Letters of credit | 1,097 | 1,124 |
(1) | Held-to-maturity securities include MBS issued by and/or purchased from the Bank’s members or their affiliates. |
Three months ended | |||||||
March 31, 2007 | March 31, 2006 | ||||||
Interest Income: | |||||||
Interest-bearing deposits in banks | $ | 24 | $ | 9 | |||
Federal funds sold | 40 | 31 | |||||
Held-to-maturity securities | 91 | 82 | |||||
Advances(1) | 2,425 | 1,888 | |||||
Prepayment fees on advances, net | — | 1 | |||||
Mortgage loans held for portfolio | 57 | 63 | |||||
Total | $ | 2,637 | $ | 2,074 | |||
Interest Expense: | |||||||
Deposits | $ | 6 | $ | 4 | |||
Consolidated obligations(1) | 33 | 16 | |||||
Total | $ | 39 | $ | 20 | |||
Other Income/(Loss): | |||||||
Net gain/(loss) on derivatives and hedging activities | $ | 41 | $ | (55 | ) |
(1) | Includes the effect of associated derivatives with members and their affiliates. |
Transactions with Certain Members.The following tables set forth information at the dates and for the periods indicated with respect to transactions with (i) members and former members holding more than 10% of the outstanding shares of the Bank’s capital stock at each respective period end, (ii) members or former members with a representative serving on the Bank’s Board of Directors at any time during the year ended on the respective dates or during the respective periods, and (iii) affiliates of the foregoing members or former members.
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March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||
Assets: | ||||||
Cash and due from banks | $ | 6 | $ | 7 | ||
Federal funds sold | 1,300 | 700 | ||||
Held-to-maturity securities(1) | 3,013 | 3,101 | ||||
Advances | 124,964 | 132,912 | ||||
Mortgage loans held for portfolio | 3,423 | 3,691 | ||||
Accrued interest receivable | 561 | 662 | ||||
Derivative assets | 1 | 1 | ||||
Total | $ | 133,268 | $ | 141,074 | ||
Liabilities: | ||||||
Deposits | $ | 17 | $ | 48 | ||
Derivative liabilities | 57 | 70 | ||||
Total | $ | 74 | $ | 118 | ||
Notional amount of derivatives | $ | 8,995 | $ | 9,474 | ||
Letters of credit | 168 | 172 |
(1) | Held-to-maturity securities include MBS securities issued by and/or purchased from the members described in this section or their affiliates. |
Three months ended | |||||||
March 31, 2007 | March 31, 2006 | ||||||
Interest Income: | |||||||
Interest-bearing deposits in banks | $ | — | $ | 5 | |||
Federal funds sold | 11 | 2 | |||||
Held-to-maturity securities | 36 | 31 | |||||
Advances(1) | 1,676 | 1,337 | |||||
Mortgage loans held for portfolio | 43 | 50 | |||||
Total | $ | 1,766 | $ | 1,425 | |||
Interest Expense: | |||||||
Consolidated obligations(1) | $ | 17 | $ | 8 | |||
Other Income/(Loss) | |||||||
Net gain/(loss) on derivatives and hedging activities | $ | 16 | $ | (27 | ) |
(1) | Includes the effect of associated derivatives with the members described in this section or their affiliates. |
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ITEM 2. | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
Statements contained in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, including statements describing the objectives, projections, estimates, or predictions of the future of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (Bank), may be “forward-looking statements.” These statements may use forward-looking terms, such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “may,” “should,” “will,” or their negatives or other variations on these terms. The Bank cautions that by their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk or uncertainty and that actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements or could affect the extent to which a particular objective, projection, estimate, or prediction is realized. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the following: economic and market conditions; volatility of market prices, rates, and indices; political, legislative, regulatory, or judicial events; changes in the Bank’s capital structure; the ability of the Bank to pay dividends or redeem or repurchase capital stock; membership changes; changes in the demand by Bank members for Bank advances; competitive forces, including the availability of other sources of funding for Bank members; changes in investor demand for consolidated obligations and/or the terms of interest rate exchange agreements and similar agreements; the ability of the Bank to introduce new products and services to meet market demand and to manage successfully the risks associated with new products and services; the ability of each of the other Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) to repay the principal and interest on consolidated obligations for which it is the primary obligor and with respect to which the Bank has joint and several liability; and timing and volume of market activity. This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the Bank’s interim financial statements and notes, which begin on page 1, and the Bank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 (2006 Form 10-K).
The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco maintains a balance between its obligation to achieve its public policy mission to promote housing, homeownership, and community development through its activities with members, and its objective to provide adequate returns on the private capital provided by its members. The Bank achieves this balance by delivering low-cost credit to help its members meet the credit needs of their communities while paying members a market-rate dividend.
The Bank’s financial strategies are designed to enable it to safely expand and contract its assets, liabilities, and capital in response to changes in the member base and in members’ credit needs. The Bank’s capital grows when members are required to purchase additional capital stock as they increase their advance borrowings. The Bank may also repurchase excess capital stock from members as their advances or balances of mortgage loans previously sold to the Bank decline. As a result of these strategies, the Bank has been able to achieve its housing mission by meeting member credit needs and paying market-rate dividends despite significant fluctuations in total assets, liabilities, and capital in recent years.
The Bank strives to pay a market rate return on its members’ investment in the Bank’s capital stock and assesses the effectiveness of its market rate return policy by comparing the dividend rate on its capital stock to a benchmark that is calculated as the combined average of (i) the daily average of the overnight Federal funds effective rate and (ii) the four-year moving average of the U.S. Treasury note yield (calculated as the average of the three-year and five-year U.S. Treasury note yields). The benchmark is consistent with the Bank’s interest rate risk and capital management goals.
The Bank’s annualized dividend rate for the first quarter of 2007 was 4.89%, compared to 5.03% for the first quarter of 2006. In the first quarter of 2007, the Bank retained $14 million, or 10% of its earnings excluding the effects of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 133,Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended by SFAS No. 138,Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities, on January 1, 2001; SFAS No. 149,Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, on July 1, 2003; and SFAS No. 155,Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140 (together referred to as “SFAS 133”). The Bank retained this amount to continue building retained earnings to its target amount of $296 million, in accordance with the Bank’s Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy. In the first quarter of 2006, the Bank retained $8 million, which was equal to 6% of its earnings excluding the effects of SFAS 133.
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In addition to the impact of the change in the amount of earnings retained to build the Bank’s retained earnings, the difference between the first quarter dividend rates in 2007 and 2006 reflects a lower net interest spread on the Bank’s combined mortgage loan and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) portfolio, partially offset by a higher yield on invested capital during the first quarter of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006.
Net income rose $23 million, or 19%, to $142 million in the first quarter of 2007 from $119 million in the first quarter of 2006. The increase primarily reflected growth in net interest income, as well as differences in fair value adjustments for the respective periods.
Net interest income increased $12 million, or 6%, to $205 million in the first quarter of 2007 from $193 million in the first quarter of 2006. The increase in net interest income was primarily driven by the effect of higher interest rates on higher average capital balances, combined with higher interest-earning assets, partially offset by lower net interest income on the Bank’s mortgage portfolio (MBS and mortgage loans). The decrease in net interest income on the mortgage portfolio primarily reflected the impact of higher estimated prepayment speeds on MBS with purchase premiums, which resulted in cumulative retrospective adjustments for the amortization of the purchase premiums from the acquisition dates of the MBS in accordance with SFAS No. 91,Accounting for Nonrefundable Fees and Costs Associated with Originating or Acquiring Loans and Initial Direct Costs of Leases(SFAS 91). The cumulative retrospective adjustments made in accordance with SFAS 91 decreased net interest income by $14 million in the first quarter of 2007 and by $0.3 million in the first quarter of 2006.
Net income also reflected the net effect of fair value adjustments on trading securities, derivatives, and hedged items, after assessments (excluding the impact from net interest expense on derivative instruments used in economic hedges), which resulted in a net fair value gain of $10 million in the first quarter of 2007 compared to a net fair value loss of $3 million in the first quarter of 2006. Most of the $10 million net fair value gain in the first quarter of 2007 consisted of unrealized fair value adjustments. The $3 million net fair value loss in the first quarter of 2006 consisted of $5 million of net unrealized fair value losses, partially offset by $2 million of net gains on the termination of hedges related to consolidated obligations.
Nearly all of the Bank’s derivatives and hedged instruments are held to maturity, call date, or put date. For these derivatives and hedged items, net unrealized fair value gains or losses are primarily a matter of timing because they will generally reverse over the remaining contractual terms to maturity, or by the call or put date. However, the Bank may have instances in which hedging relationships are terminated prior to maturity or prior to the call or put dates. Terminating a hedging relationship may result in a realized gain or loss. In addition, the Bank may have instances in which it may sell trading securities prior to maturity, which may also result in a realized gain or loss.
During the first quarter of 2007, total assets grew $2.0 billion, or 1%, to $246.9 billion from $244.9 billion at December 31, 2006. While advances decreased by $6.2 billion, or 3%, to $177.5 billion from $183.7 billion, Federal funds sold increased by $5.8 billion, or 38%, to $21.2 billion from $15.4 billion, securities purchased under agreements to resell (resale agreements) increased by $1.9 billion, or 950%, to $2.1 billion from $0.2 billion, and interest-bearing deposits in banks increased by $0.9 billion, or 10%, to $10.2 billion from $9.3 billion. The Bank increased its non-MBS investments to maintain financial leverage until the repurchase of capital stock on April 30, 2007. For more information on the repurchase of capital stock, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Capital.”
On October 6, 2006, the Bank announced that it would no longer offer new commitments to purchase mortgage loans from its members under the Mortgage Partnership Finance® (MPF®) Program. (“Mortgage Partnership Finance” and “MPF” are registered trademarks of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago.) The Bank intends to retain its existing portfolio of mortgage loans. The Bank’s last purchase commitment expired on February 15, 2007. (For more information, see Note 8 to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.)
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The following table presents a summary of certain financial information for the Bank for the periods indicated.
Financial Highlights
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in millions) | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | September 30, 2006 | June 30, 2006 | March 31, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
Selected Balance Sheet Items at Quarter End | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 246,906 | $ | 244,915 | $ | 231,719 | $ | 233,750 | $ | 227,213 | ||||||||||
Advances | 177,455 | 183,669 | 174,538 | 167,356 | 164,004 | |||||||||||||||
Mortgage Loans | 4,505 | 4,630 | 4,775 | 4,928 | 5,079 | |||||||||||||||
Held-to-Maturity Securities | 30,120 | 30,348 | 29,824 | 30,825 | 29,963 | |||||||||||||||
Interest-Bearing Deposits in Banks | 10,235 | 9,323 | 12,568 | 16,519 | 9,195 | |||||||||||||||
Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell | 2,100 | 200 | 200 | 700 | 1,650 | |||||||||||||||
Federal Funds Sold | 21,246 | 15,443 | 8,600 | 12,306 | 16,244 | |||||||||||||||
Consolidated Obligations:(1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bonds | 202,437 | 199,300 | 197,711 | 187,769 | 198,305 | |||||||||||||||
Discount Notes | 29,729 | 30,128 | 19,653 | 29,325 | 14,541 | |||||||||||||||
Capital Stock – Class B – Putable | 10,898 | 10,616 | 10,301 | 10,049 | 10,007 | |||||||||||||||
Total Capital | 11,053 | 10,754 | 10,437 | 10,181 | 10,135 | |||||||||||||||
Selected Operating Results for the Quarter | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Interest Income | $ | 205 | $ | 228 | $ | 217 | $ | 201 | $ | 193 | ||||||||||
Other Income/(Loss) | 12 | 9 | (3 | ) | (6 | ) | (10 | ) | ||||||||||||
Other Expense | 24 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||
Assessments | 51 | 57 | 51 | 46 | 43 | |||||||||||||||
Net Income | $ | 142 | $ | 155 | $ | 140 | $ | 128 | $ | 119 | ||||||||||
Selected Other Data for the Quarter | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Interest Margin | 0.35 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.38 | % | 0.36 | % | 0.34 | % | ||||||||||
Operating Expenses as a Percent of Average Assets | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | |||||||||||||||
Return on Assets | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.21 | |||||||||||||||
Return on Equity | 5.40 | 5.88 | 5.59 | 5.23 | 4.87 | |||||||||||||||
Annualized Dividend Rate | 4.89 | 5.83 | 5.54 | 5.22 | 5.03 | |||||||||||||||
Spread of Dividend Rate to Dividend Benchmark(2) | 0.42 | 1.44 | 1.21 | 1.12 | 1.17 | |||||||||||||||
Dividend Payout Ratio(3) | 87.98 | 96.77 | 96.72 | 97.35 | 100.46 | |||||||||||||||
Selected Other Data at Quarter End | ||||||||||||||||||||
Capital to Assets Ratio(4) | 4.52 | 4.44 | 4.55 | 4.39 | 4.48 | |||||||||||||||
Duration Gap (in months) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
(1) | As provided by the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932, as amended (FHLBank Act), or Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) regulation, all of the FHLBanks have joint and several liability for FHLBank consolidated obligations, which are backed only by the financial resources of the FHLBanks. The joint and several liability regulation of the Finance Board authorizes the Finance Board to require any FHLBank to repay all or a portion of the principal or interest on consolidated obligations for which another FHLBank is the primary obligor. The Bank has never been asked or required to repay the principal or interest on any consolidated obligation on behalf of another FHLBank. The par amount of the outstanding consolidated obligations of all 12 FHLBanks was as follows: |
Quarter ended | Par amount | ||
March 31, 2007 | $ | 951,470 | |
December 31, 2006 | 951,990 | ||
September 30, 2006 | 958,023 | ||
June 30, 2006 | 958,570 | ||
March 31, 2006 | 935,828 |
(2) | The dividend benchmark is calculated as the combined average of (i) the daily average of the overnight Federal funds effective rate and (ii) the four-year moving average of the U.S. Treasury note yield calculated as the average of the three-year and five-year U.S. Treasury note yields. |
(3) | This ratio is calculated as dividends declared per share divided by net income per share. This calculation has been modified for prior periods to exclude mandatorily redeemable capital stock (which is classified as a liability) and the dividends on that stock (which are classified as interest expense). |
(4) | This ratio is based on regulatory capital, which includes mandatorily redeemable capital stock (which is classified as a liability). |
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The primary source of Bank earnings is net interest income, which is the interest earned on advances, mortgage loans, and investments, less interest paid on consolidated obligations, deposits, and other borrowings. The following Average Balance Sheets table presents average balances of earning asset categories and the sources that fund those earning assets (liabilities and capital) for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, together with the related interest income and expense. It also presents the average rates on total earning assets and the average costs of total funding sources. The Change in Net Interest Income table details the changes in interest income and interest expense for the first quarter of 2007 compared to the first quarter of 2006. Changes in both volume and interest rates influence changes in net interest income and the net interest margin.
Average Balance Sheets
Three months ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2007 | March 31, 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||
(In millions) | Average Balance | Interest Income/ Expense | Average Rate | Average Balance | Interest Income/ Expense | Average Rate | ||||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest-earning assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest-bearing deposits in banks | $ | 9,044 | $ | 119 | 5.34 | % | $ | 7,452 | $ | 83 | 4.52 | % | ||||||||
Securities purchased under agreements to resell | 345 | 4 | 4.70 | 2,135 | 24 | 4.56 | ||||||||||||||
Federal funds sold | 13,713 | 180 | 5.32 | 15,385 | 172 | 4.53 | ||||||||||||||
Trading securities: | ||||||||||||||||||||
MBS | 69 | 1 | 5.88 | 123 | 2 | 6.59 | ||||||||||||||
Held-to-maturity securities: | ||||||||||||||||||||
MBS | 26,047 | 325 | 5.06 | 26,728 | 320 | 4.86 | ||||||||||||||
Other investments | 3,114 | 42 | 5.47 | 2,928 | 33 | 4.57 | ||||||||||||||
Mortgage loans | 4,565 | 57 | 5.06 | 5,149 | 63 | 4.96 | ||||||||||||||
Advances(1) | 183,179 | 2,425 | 5.37 | 168,047 | 1,889 | 4.56 | ||||||||||||||
Loans to other FHLBanks | 4 | — | 5.38 | 6 | — | 4.06 | ||||||||||||||
Total interest-earning assets | 240,080 | 3,153 | 5.33 | 227,953 | 2,586 | 4.60 | ||||||||||||||
Other assets(2) | 3,526 | — | — | 1,679 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 243,606 | $ | 3,153 | 5.25 | % | $ | 229,632 | $ | 2,586 | 4.57 | % | ||||||||
Liabilities and Capital | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest-bearing liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bonds(1) | $ | 202,190 | $ | 2,611 | 5.24 | % | $ | 197,707 | $ | 2,182 | 4.48 | % | ||||||||
Discount notes(1) | 25,468 | 330 | 5.25 | 19,219 | 206 | 4.35 | ||||||||||||||
Deposits | 488 | 6 | 4.99 | 395 | 4 | 4.11 | ||||||||||||||
Borrowings from other FHLBanks | — | — | 5.26 | 6 | — | 4.73 | ||||||||||||||
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock | 103 | 1 | 4.89 | 46 | 1 | 5.03 | ||||||||||||||
Other borrowings | 6 | — | 5.32 | 6 | — | 4.73 | ||||||||||||||
Total interest-bearing liabilities | 228,255 | 2,948 | 5.24 | 217,379 | 2,393 | 4.46 | ||||||||||||||
Other liabilities(2) | 4,696 | — | — | 2,358 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Total Liabilities | 232,951 | 2,948 | 5.13 | 219,737 | 2,393 | 4.42 | ||||||||||||||
Total Capital | 10,655 | — | — | 9,895 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Total Liabilities and Capital | $ | 243,606 | $ | 2,948 | 4.91 | % | $ | 229,632 | $ | 2,393 | 4.23 | % | ||||||||
Net Interest Income | $ | 205 | $ | 193 | ||||||||||||||||
Net Interest Spread(3) | 0.09 | % | 0.14 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Net Interest Margin(4) | 0.35 | % | 0.34 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Total Average Assets/Capital Ratio(5) | 22.6 | x | 23.1 | x | ||||||||||||||||
Interest-earning Assets/Interest-bearing Liabilities | 1.1 | x | 1.0 | x | ||||||||||||||||
(1) | Interest income/expense and average rates include the effect of associated interest rate exchange agreements. |
(2) | Includes forward settling transactions and fair value adjustments in accordance with SFAS 133. |
(3) | Net interest spread is the difference between the average rate earned on interest-earning assets and the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities. |
(4) | Net interest margin is net interest income (annualized) divided by average interest-earning assets. |
(5) | For this purpose, capital includes mandatorily redeemable capital stock. |
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Change in Net Interest Income: Rate/Volume Analysis
Three Months Ended March 31, 2007, Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2006
(In millions) | Increase/ (Decrease) | Attributable to Changes in(1) | ||||||||||
Average Volume | Average Rate | |||||||||||
Interest-earning assets: | ||||||||||||
Interest-bearing deposits in banks | $ | 36 | $ | 19 | $ | 17 | ||||||
Securities purchased under agreements to resell | (20 | ) | (21 | ) | 1 | |||||||
Federal funds sold | 8 | (20 | ) | 28 | ||||||||
Trading securities: | ||||||||||||
MBS | (1 | ) | (1 | ) | — | |||||||
Held-to-maturity securities: | ||||||||||||
MBS | 5 | (8 | ) | 13 | ||||||||
Other investments | 9 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||
Mortgage loans | (6 | ) | (7 | ) | 1 | |||||||
Advances(2) | 536 | 180 | 356 | |||||||||
Total interest-earning assets | 567 | 144 | 423 | |||||||||
Interest-bearing liabilities: | ||||||||||||
Consolidated obligations: | ||||||||||||
Bonds(2) | 429 | 50 | 379 | |||||||||
Discount notes(2) | 124 | 75 | 49 | |||||||||
Deposits | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Total interest-bearing liabilities | 555 | 126 | 429 | |||||||||
Net interest income | $ | 12 | $ | 18 | $ | (6 | ) | |||||
(1) | Combined rate/volume variances, a third element of the calculation, are allocated to the rate and volume variances based on their relative sizes. |
(2) | Interest income/expense and average rates include the interest effect of associated interest rate exchange agreements. |
The net interest margin was 35 basis points for the first quarter of 2007, slightly higher than the net interest margin for the first quarter of 2006, which was 34 basis points.
The net interest spread was 5 basis points lower during the first quarter of 2007 compared to the first quarter of 2006. The decrease was driven primarily by a lower net interest spread on the Bank’s mortgage portfolio in the first quarter of 2007 compared to the first quarter of 2006, reflecting the impact on financing costs of higher short-term interest rates and a flatter yield curve. The lower net interest spread on the mortgage portfolio also reflects the impact of higher estimated prepayments speeds on MBS with purchase premiums, which resulted in cumulative retrospective adjustments for the amortization of the purchase premiums from the acquisition dates of the MBS in accordance with SFAS 91. In addition, the increased average volume of lower-spread advances coupled with decreased average volume of non-MBS investments relative to the overall asset mix contributed further to the decrease in the net interest spread.
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Net Interest Income
Net interest income in the first quarter of 2007 was $205 million, a 6% increase from $193 million in the first quarter of 2006. The increase was driven primarily by the effect of higher interest rates on higher average capital balances, combined with higher interest-earning assets. The increase was partially offset by lower net interest income on the Bank’s mortgage portfolio, which included the impact of retrospective adjustments for the amortization of purchase premiums and discounts from the acquisition dates of the mortgage loans and MBS in accordance with SFAS 91.
Interest income on non-MBS investments (interest-bearing deposits in banks, resale agreements, Federal funds sold, and other non-MBS investments classified as held-to-maturity and trading securities) contributed $33 million to the increase in interest income in the first quarter of 2007 compared to the first quarter of 2006. The increase consisted of $53 million that was attributable to higher average yields on non-MBS investments, partially offset by $20 million that was attributable to a 6% decrease in average non-MBS investment balances.
Interest income from the mortgage portfolio decreased $2 million in the first quarter of 2007 compared to the first quarter of 2006. The decrease consisted of $9 million attributable to a 3% decrease in average MBS outstanding and $7 million attributable to an 11% decrease in average mortgage loans outstanding, partially offset by $13 million attributable to higher average yields on MBS investments and $1 million attributable to higher average yields on mortgage loans. Interest income from the mortgage portfolio reflects the impact of cumulative retrospective adjustments for the amortization of purchase premiums from the acquisition dates of the MBS and mortgage loans in accordance with SFAS 91, which decreased interest income by $14 million in the first quarter of 2007 and by $0.3 million in the first quarter of 2006.
Interest income from advances increased $536 million, which consisted of $180 million attributable to a 9% increase in average advances outstanding, reflecting higher member demand during the first quarter of 2007 relative to the first quarter of 2006, and $356 million attributable to higher average yields because of increases in interest rates for new advances and adjustable rate advances repricing at higher rates.
Paralleling the growth in interest-earning assets, average consolidated obligations (bonds and discount notes) funding the earning assets increased 5%, resulting in a $553 million increase in interest expense for the first quarter of 2007 relative to the first quarter of 2006. Higher interest rates on consolidated obligations outstanding in the first quarter of 2007 compared to the first quarter of 2006 contributed $428 million to the increase in interest expense. Higher average consolidated obligation balances, which were issued primarily to finance growth in intermediate-term advances, contributed $125 million to the increase in interest expense during the first quarter of 2007.
The growth in average interest-earning assets and net interest income during the first quarter of 2007 compared to the first quarter of 2006 was driven primarily by member demand for advances. Member demand for wholesale funding from the Bank can vary greatly depending on a number of factors, including economic and market conditions, competition from other wholesale funding sources, member deposit inflows and outflows, the activity level of the primary and secondary mortgage markets, and strategic decisions made by individual member institutions. As a result, Bank asset levels and operating results may vary significantly from period to period.
Other Income/(Loss)
Other income/(loss) was a net gain of $12 million in the first quarter of 2007 compared to a net loss of $10 million in the first quarter of 2006. The increase was primarily the result of fair value adjustments associated with derivatives and hedging activities under the provisions of SFAS 133 and decreased net interest expense on derivative instruments used in economic hedges.
Under SFAS 133, the Bank is required to carry all of its derivative instruments on the balance sheet at fair value. If derivatives meet the hedging criteria, including effectiveness measures, specified in SFAS 133, the underlying hedged instruments may also be carried at fair value so that some or all of the unrealized gain or loss recognized on the derivative is offset by a corresponding unrealized loss or gain on the underlying hedged instrument. The unrealized gain or loss on the “ineffective” portion of all hedges, which represents
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the amount by which the change in the fair value of the derivative differs from the change in the fair value of the hedged item or the variability in the cash flows of the forecasted transaction, is recognized in current period earnings. In addition, certain derivatives are associated with assets or liabilities but do not qualify as fair value or cash flow hedges under SFAS 133. These economic hedges are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value with the unrealized gain or loss recorded in earnings without any offsetting unrealized loss or gain from the associated asset or liability.
In general, the Bank’s derivatives and hedged instruments are held to maturity, call date, or put date. Therefore, nearly all of the SFAS 133 cumulative net gains and losses that are unrealized fair value gains or losses are primarily a matter of timing and will generally reverse over the remaining contractual terms to maturity, or by the call or put date, of the hedged financial instruments and associated interest rate exchange agreements. However, the Bank may have instances in which hedging relationships are terminated prior to maturity or prior to the call or put dates. Terminating the hedging relationship may result in a realized gain or loss. In addition, the Bank may have instances in which it may sell trading securities prior to maturity, which may also result in a realized gain or loss.
The following table shows the accounting classification of hedges and the categories of hedged items that contributed to the gains and losses on derivatives and hedged items that were recorded in earnings in the first quarter of 2007 and 2006.
Sources of Gains/(Losses) on Derivatives and Hedged Items Recorded in Earnings
Three Months Ended March 31, 2007, Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2006
(In millions) | Three months ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2007 | March 31, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gain/(Loss) | Net Interest Income/ (Expense) on Economic Hedges | Gain/(Loss) | Net Interest Expense on Economic Hedges | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hedged Item | Fair Value Hedges | Cash Flow Hedges | Economic Hedges | Total | Fair Value Hedges | Cash Flow Hedges | Economic Hedges | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advances | $ | (1 | ) | $ | — | $ | (1 | ) | $ | 1 | $ | (1 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 4 | $ | (2 | ) | $ | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligations | 9 | — | 6 | (3 | ) | 12 | (4 | ) | (1 | ) | (4 | ) | (4 | ) | (13 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
MBS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 8 | $ | — | $ | 5 | $ | (2 | ) | $ | 11 | $ | (4 | ) | $ | (1 | ) | $ | — | $ | (6 | ) | $ | (11 | ) | ||||||||||||||
During the first quarter of 2007, net gains on derivatives and hedging activities totaled $11 million compared to net losses of $11 million in the first quarter of 2006. These amounts included net interest expense on derivative instruments used in economic hedges of $2 million in the first quarter of 2007 and $6 million in the first quarter of 2006. The majority of this net interest expense was attributable to interest rate swaps associated with consolidated obligations.
Excluding the $2 million impact from net interest expense on derivative instruments used in economic hedges, fair value adjustments for the first quarter of 2007 were net gains of $13 million. The $13 million net gains primarily consisted of unrealized net gains of $15 million attributable to the hedges related to consolidated obligations, partially offset by unrealized net losses of $2 million attributable to the hedges related to advances.
Excluding the $6 million impact from net interest expense on derivative instruments used in economic hedges, fair value adjustments for the first quarter of 2006 were net losses of $5 million. The $5 million net losses consisted of unrealized net losses of $11 million attributable to the hedges related to consolidated obligations, in which the Bank primarily both paid and received adjustable rate coupons, partially offset by unrealized net gains of $4 million attributable to the hedges related to advances, in which the Bank primarily both paid and received adjustable rate coupons, and by net gains of $2 million on the termination of hedges related to consolidated obligations.
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Return on Equity
Return on equity (ROE) was 5.40% (annualized) for the first quarter of 2007, an increase of 53 basis points from the first quarter of 2006. This increase reflected the 19% rise in net income, to $142 million in the first quarter of 2007 from $119 million in the first quarter of 2006. In addition, the growth in net income more than kept pace with the growth in average capital. Average capital increased 8% to $10.7 billion in the first quarter of 2007 from $9.9 billion in the first quarter of 2006.
Dividends
By Finance Board regulation, dividends may be paid out of current net earnings or previously retained earnings. As required by the Finance Board, the Bank has a formal retained earnings policy that is reviewed at least annually. The Bank’s Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy establishes amounts to be retained in restricted retained earnings, which are not made available for dividends in the current dividend period. The Bank may be restricted from paying dividends if the Bank is not in compliance with any of its minimum capital requirements or if payment would cause the Bank to fail to meet any of its minimum capital requirements. In addition, the Bank may not pay dividends if any principal or interest due on any consolidated obligations has not been paid in full or is not expected to be paid in full, or, under certain circumstances, if the Bank fails to satisfy certain liquidity requirements under applicable Finance Board regulations. The Finance Board’s regulatory liquidity requirements state: (i) each FHLBank must maintain eligible high quality assets (advances with a maturity not exceeding five years, Treasury security investments, and deposits in banks or trust companies) in an amount equal to or greater than the deposits received from members, and (ii) each FHLBank must hold contingency liquidity in an amount sufficient to meet its liquidity needs for at least five business days without access to the consolidated obligations markets. At March 31, 2007, advances maturing within five years totaled $168.8 billion, significantly in excess of the $0.6 billion of member deposits on that date. At December 31, 2006, advances maturing within five years totaled $175.1 billion, also significantly in excess of the $0.6 billion of member deposits on that date. In addition, as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, the Bank’s estimated total sources of funds obtainable from liquidity investments, repurchase agreement borrowings collateralized by the Bank’s marketable securities, and advance repayments would have allowed the Bank to meet its liquidity needs for more than 90 days without access to the consolidated obligations markets.
In accordance with the Bank’s Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy, the Bank retains in restricted retained earnings any cumulative net unrealized gains in earnings (net of applicable assessments) resulting from the application of SFAS 133. Retained earnings restricted in accordance with this provision totaled $29 million at March 31, 2007, and $26 million at December 31, 2006.
In addition to the SFAS 133 gains, the Bank holds other restricted retained earnings intended to protect members’ paid-in capital from an extremely adverse credit or operations risk event, an extremely adverse SFAS 133 quarterly result, or an extremely low (or negative) level of net income before the effects of SFAS 133 resulting from an adverse interest rate environment. Effective January 1, 2007, the Bank’s Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy was amended to increase the target for the buildup of retained earnings other than SFAS 133 gains to $296 million and to change the amount that may be made available for dividends to 90% of net income, excluding the effects of SFAS 133, until the new target for the buildup of retained earnings is reached. The retained earnings restricted in accordance with this provision of the Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy totaled $131 million at March 31, 2007, and $117 million at December 31, 2006. Assuming that the Bank’s financial performance remains relatively consistent with its recent performance, the Bank would be expected to reach the $296 million target in the second quarter of 2010.
The Bank’s annualized dividend rate decreased to 4.89% for the first quarter of 2007 from 5.03% for the first quarter of 2006. The spread between the dividend rate and the dividend benchmark decreased to 0.42% for the first quarter of 2007 from 1.17% for the first quarter of 2006.
In the first quarter of 2007, the Bank retained $14 million, or 10% of its earnings excluding the effects of SFAS 133, to build retained earnings to its target amount of $296 million, in accordance with the Bank’s Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy, and made available for dividends an amount equal to the remaining 90% of earnings excluding the effects of SFAS 133. In the first quarter of 2006, the Bank retained $8 million, which was equal to 6% of its earnings excluding the effects of SFAS 133, and made available for
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dividends an amount equal to the remaining 94% of earnings excluding the effects of SFAS 133. These retained amounts reduced the annualized dividend rate by 54 basis points in the first quarter of 2007 and by 33 basis points in the first quarter of 2006.
In addition to the impact of the change in the amount of earnings retained to build the Bank’s retained earnings, the decrease in the dividend rate and the decrease in the spread between the dividend rate and the dividend benchmark reflect a lower net interest spread on the Bank’s mortgage portfolio, partially offset by a higher yield on invested capital, during the first quarter of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006.
For more information on the Bank’s Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Results of Operations – Comparison of 2006 to 2005 – Dividends” in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K. For more information on the implementation of amendments to the Bank’s Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Recent Developments – Implementation of Amendment to the Bank’s Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy.”
Total assets were $246.9 billion at March 31, 2007, a 1% increase from $244.9 billion at December 31, 2006, reflecting increases in Federal funds sold, resale agreements, and interest-bearing deposits in banks, partially offset by a decrease in advances during the first quarter of 2007. Average total assets were $243.6 billion for the first quarter of 2007, a 6% increase compared to $229.6 billion for the first quarter of 2006, primarily because of higher average advance balances.
Total liabilities were $235.9 billion at March 31, 2007, a 1% increase from $234.2 billion at December 31, 2006. Average total liabilities were $233.0 billion for the first quarter of 2007, a 6% increase compared to $219.7 billion for the first quarter of 2006. The increase in liabilities reflects increases in consolidated obligations, paralleling the growth in assets. Consolidated obligations were $232.2 billion at March 31, 2007, and $229.4 billion at December 31, 2006. Average consolidated obligations were $227.7 billion in the first quarter of 2007 and $216.9 billion in the first quarter of 2006.
As provided by the FHLBank Act or Finance Board regulation, all FHLBanks have joint and several liability for all FHLBank consolidated obligations. The joint and several liability regulation of the Finance Board authorizes the Finance Board to require any FHLBank to repay all or a portion of the principal or interest on consolidated obligations for which another FHLBank is the primary obligor. The Bank has never been asked or required to repay the principal or interest on any consolidated obligation on behalf of another FHLBank. The par amount of the outstanding consolidated obligations of all 12 FHLBanks was $951.5 billion at March 31, 2007, and $952.0 billion at December 31, 2006.
Some FHLBanks have been the subject of regulatory actions pursuant to which their boards of directors and/or managements have agreed with the Office of Supervision of the Finance Board to, among other requirements, maintain higher levels of capital. The Bank cannot provide assurance that it has been informed or will be informed of regulatory actions taken at other FHLBanks.
As of March 31, 2007, Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (Standard & Poor’s) rated the FHLBanks’ consolidated obligations AAA/A-1+, and Moody’s Investors Service rated them Aaa/P-1. As of March 31, 2007, Standard & Poor’s assigned ten FHLBanks, including the Bank, a long-term credit rating of AAA, and two FHLBanks a long-term credit rating of AA+. As of March 31, 2007, Moody’s Investors Service continued to assign all the FHLBanks a long-term credit rating of Aaa. Changes in the long-term credit ratings of individual FHLBanks do not necessarily affect the credit rating of the consolidated obligations issued on behalf of the FHLBanks. Rating agencies may from time to time change a rating because of various factors, including operating results or actions taken, business developments, or changes in their opinion regarding, among other factors, the general outlook for a particular industry or the economy.
The Bank evaluated the publicly disclosed FHLBank regulatory actions and long-term credit ratings of other FHLBanks as of March 31, 2007, and as of each period end presented, and determined that they have not materially increased the likelihood that the Bank will be required by the Finance Board to repay any principal or interest associated with consolidated obligations for which the Bank is not the primary obligor.
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Financial condition is further discussed under “Segment Information.”
Segment Information
The Bank analyzes its financial performance based on the adjusted net interest income of two operating segments: the advances-related business and the mortgage-related business. For purposes of segment reporting, adjusted net interest income includes the net interest expense on derivative instruments used in economic hedges that are recorded in “Net gain/(loss) on derivatives and hedging activities” in other income. For a reconciliation of the Bank’s operating segment adjusted net interest income to the Bank’s total net interest income, see Note 8 to the Financial Statements.
Advances-Related Business. The advances-related business consists of advances and other credit products provided to members, related financing and hedging instruments, liquidity and other non-MBS investments associated with the Bank’s role as a liquidity provider, and member capital.
Assets associated with this segment increased to $215.8 billion (87% of total assets) at March 31, 2007, from $213.3 billion (87% of total assets) at December 31, 2006, an increase of $2.5 billion, or 1%. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in Federal funds sold, resale agreements, and interest-bearing deposits in banks, partially offset by lower demand for advances by the Bank’s members.
Adjusted net interest income for this segment was $180 million in the first quarter of 2007, an increase of $35 million, or 24%, compared to $145 million in the first quarter of 2006. The increases were primarily attributable to an increase in average advances and capital balances and a higher yield on invested capital.
Adjusted net interest income for this segment represented 89% and 78% of total adjusted net interest income for the first quarter of 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Advances –Advances outstanding decreased $6.2 billion, or 3%, to $177.5 billion at March 31, 2007, from $183.7 billion at December 31, 2006. Advances outstanding included unrealized fair value losses of $80 million at March 31, 2007, and unrealized fair value losses of $176 million at December 31, 2006. The decrease in the unrealized fair value losses of hedged advances from December 31, 2006, to March 31, 2007, was primarily attributable to the reversal of prior period unrealized losses from maturing advances and the impact of lower interest rates on the fair value of hedged advances.
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The components of the advances portfolio at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, are presented in the following table.
Advances Portfolio by Product Type
(In millions) | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||||
Standard advances: | ||||||||
Adjustable – London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) | $ | 105,899 | $ | 112,163 | ||||
Adjustable – other indices | 2,614 | 2,677 | ||||||
Fixed | 51,026 | 46,602 | ||||||
Daily variable rate | 3,210 | 6,799 | ||||||
Subtotal | 162,749 | 168,241 | ||||||
Customized advances: | ||||||||
Adjustable – LIBOR, with caps and/or floors | 515 | 515 | ||||||
Adjustable – LIBOR, with caps and/or floors and partial prepayment symmetry (PPS)(1) | 6,575 | 8,574 | ||||||
Fixed – amortizing | 778 | 803 | ||||||
Fixed with PPS(1) | 2,147 | 1,915 | ||||||
Fixed – callable at member’s option | 1,275 | 1,275 | ||||||
Fixed – putable at Bank’s option | 3,130 | 2,157 | ||||||
Fixed – putable at Bank’s option with PPS(1) | 368 | 368 | ||||||
Subtotal | 14,788 | 15,607 | ||||||
Total par value | 177,537 | 183,848 | ||||||
SFAS 133 valuation adjustments | (80 | ) | (176 | ) | ||||
Net unamortized premiums | (2 | ) | (3 | ) | ||||
Total | $ | 177,455 | $ | 183,669 | ||||
(1) | Partial prepayment symmetry (PPS) means the Bank may charge the member a prepayment fee or pay the member a prepayment credit, depending on certain circumstances such as movements in interest rates, when the advance is prepaid. Any prepayment credit on an advance with PPS would be limited to the lesser of 10% of the par value of the advance or the gain recognized on the termination of the associated interest rate swap, which may also include a similar contractual gain limitation. |
During the first quarter of 2007, adjustable rate advances decreased by $8.3 billion and variable rate overnight advances decreased by $3.6 billion, while fixed rate advances increased by $5.6 billion.
Advances outstanding to the Bank’s three largest members totaled $123.0 billion at March 31, 2007, a net decrease of $7.0 billion from $130.0 billion at December 31, 2006. Of this decrease, $19.6 billion was attributable to lower advance borrowings by two of the largest members, partially offset by a $12.6 billion increase in advances to the third largest member. In total, 116 institutions decreased their advances during the first quarter of 2007, while 71 institutions increased their advances.
Average advances were $183.2 billion in the first quarter of 2007, a 9% increase from $168.0 billion in the first quarter of 2006. The increase in average advances reflected members’ use of Bank advances to finance asset growth.
Non-MBS Investments –The Bank’s non-MBS investment portfolio consists of high-quality financial instruments that are used primarily to facilitate the Bank’s role as a cost-effective provider of credit and liquidity to members. These investments are also used as a source of liquidity to meet the Bank’s financial obligations on a timely basis and to supplement earnings. The Bank’s total non-MBS investment portfolio was $37.3 billion as of March 31, 2007, an increase of $8.8 billion, or 31%, from $28.5 billion as of December 31, 2006. During the first quarter of 2007, Federal funds sold increased $5.8 billion, resale agreements increased $1.9 billion, interest-bearing deposits in banks increased $0.9 billion, and commercial paper increased $0.5 billion, while discount notes issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac decreased $0.2 billion and housing finance agency bonds decreased $0.1 billion. The Bank increased its non-MBS investments to maintain financial leverage until the repurchase of capital stock on April 30, 2007. For more information on the repurchase of capital stock, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Capital.”
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Non-MBS investments other than housing finance agency bonds generally have terms to maturity of three months or less. The rates on housing finance agency bonds generally adjust quarterly.
Borrowings –Total liabilities (primarily consolidated obligations) funding the advances-related business increased $2.3 billion, or 1%, from $202.5 billion at December 31, 2006, to $204.8 billion at March 31, 2007, primarily to maintain financial leverage until the repurchase of capital stock on April 30, 2007. For more information on the repurchase of capital stock, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Capital.” For further information and discussion of the Bank’s joint and several liability for FHLBank consolidated obligations, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Financial Condition.”
To meet the specific needs of certain investors, fixed and adjustable rate consolidated obligation bonds may contain embedded call options or other features that result in complex coupon payment terms. When these consolidated obligation bonds are issued on behalf of the Bank, typically the Bank simultaneously enters into interest rate exchange agreements with features that offset the complex features of the bonds and, in effect, convert the bonds to adjustable rate instruments tied to an index, primarily LIBOR. For example, the Bank uses fixed rate callable bonds that are typically offset with interest rate exchange agreements with call features that offset the call options embedded in the callable bonds. This combined financing structure enables the Bank to meet its funding needs at costs not generally attainable solely through the issuance of non-callable debt.
At March 31, 2007, the notional amount of interest rate exchange agreements associated with the advances-related business totaled $268.3 billion, of which $45.8 billion were hedging advances and $222.5 billion were hedging consolidated obligations. At December 31, 2006, the notional amount of interest rate exchange agreements associated with the advances-related business totaled $264.9 billion, of which $40.2 billion were hedging advances and $224.7 billion were hedging consolidated obligations. The hedges associated with advances and consolidated obligations were primarily used to convert the fixed rate cash flows and non-LIBOR-indexed cash flows of the advances and consolidated obligations to adjustable rate LIBOR-indexed cash flows or to manage the interest rate sensitivity and net repricing gaps of assets, liabilities, and interest rate exchange agreements.
FHLBank System consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes, along with similar debt securities issued by other government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are generally referred to as agency debt. The agency debt market is a large sector of the debt capital markets. The costs of fixed rate debt issued by the FHLBanks and the other GSEs rise and fall with increases and decreases in general market interest rates.
The following table provides selected market interest rates as of the dates shown.
Market Instrument | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | March 31, 2006 | December 31, 2005 | ||||||||
Federal Reserve target rate for overnight Federal funds | 5.25 | % | 5.25 | % | 4.75 | % | 4.25 | % | ||||
3-month Treasury bill | 5.03 | 5.01 | 4.61 | 4.08 | ||||||||
3-month LIBOR | 5.35 | 5.36 | 5.00 | 4.54 | ||||||||
2-year Treasury note | 4.58 | 4.81 | 4.82 | 4.40 | ||||||||
5-year Treasury note | 4.54 | 4.69 | 4.81 | 4.35 |
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The average cost of fixed rate FHLBank System consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes issued on behalf of the Bank in the first quarter of 2007 were generally higher than the costs of comparable bonds and discount notes issued in the first quarter of 2006, consistent with the general rise in short- and intermediate-term average market interest rates.
The average relative cost of FHLBank System consolidated obligation bonds compared to market benchmark rates (such as LIBOR and LIBOR-indexed interest rate swap rates) improved in the first quarter of 2007 compared to the first quarter of 2006, reflecting strong foreign investor demand for GSE debt and modest new debt issuance volume from the other GSEs. The average relative cost of FHLBank System discount notes, on the other hand, experienced a modest deterioration because the supply of new discount note issuances outpaced investor demand.
The following table presents a comparison of the average cost of FHLBank System consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes relative to comparable term LIBOR rates in the first quarter of 2007 and 2006.
Average cost of consolidated obligations versus LIBOR for the three months ended | ||||
(In basis points) | March 31, 2007 | March 31, 2006 | ||
Consolidated obligation auctioned and negotiated bonds | –18.0 | –15.3 | ||
Consolidated obligation auctioned discount notes | –14.5 | –17.3 |
At March 31, 2007, the Bank had $119.5 billion of swapped non-callable bonds and $44.8 billion of swapped callable bonds that primarily funded advances and non-MBS investments. These swapped non-callable and callable bonds combined represented 81% of the Bank’s total consolidated obligation bonds outstanding at March 31, 2007. At December 31, 2006, the Bank had $122.6 billion of swapped non-callable bonds and $43.0 billion of swapped callable bonds that primarily funded advances and non-MBS investments. These swapped non-callable and callable bonds combined represented 83% of the Bank’s total consolidated obligation bonds outstanding at December 31, 2006.
These swapped callable and non-callable bonds are used in part to fund the Bank’s advances portfolio. In general, the Bank does not match-fund advances with consolidated obligations. Instead, the Bank uses interest rate exchange agreements to, in effect, convert the advances to floating rate LIBOR-indexed assets (except overnight advances and adjustable rate advances that are already indexed to LIBOR) and to, in effect, convert the consolidated obligation bonds to floating rate LIBOR-indexed liabilities.
Mortgage-Related Business.The mortgage-related business consists of MBS investments, mortgage loans acquired through the MPF Program, and the related financing and hedging instruments. Adjusted net interest income for this segment is derived primarily from the difference, or spread, between the yield on the MBS and mortgage loans and the cost of the consolidated obligations funding those assets, including the cash flows from associated interest rate exchange agreements, less the provision for credit losses on mortgage loans.
At March 31, 2007, assets associated with this segment were $31.1 billion (13% of total assets), a decrease of $0.6 billion, or 2%, from $31.7 billion at December 31, 2006 (13% of total assets). The decrease was due to lower investments in MBS, which decreased $0.5 billion to $26.4 billion at March 31, 2007, from $26.9 billion at December 31, 2006, and lower mortgage loan balances, which decreased $0.1 billion to $4.5 billion at March 31, 2007, from $4.6 billion at December 31, 2006.
On October 6, 2006, the Bank announced that it would no longer offer new commitments to purchase mortgage loans from its members, but that it would retain its existing portfolio of mortgage loans. The Bank’s last purchase commitment expired on February 15, 2007. Average mortgage loans decreased $0.6 billion to $4.5 billion in the first quarter of 2007 from $5.1 billion in the first quarter of 2006.
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Average MBS investments decreased $0.7 billion to $26.1 billion in the first quarter of 2007 compared to $26.8 billion in the first quarter of 2006. Average MBS investments decreased because of the limited availability of MBS that met the Bank’s risk-adjusted return thresholds and credit enhancement requirements.
Adjusted net interest income for this segment was $23 million in the first quarter of 2007, a decrease of $19 million, or 45%, from $42 million in the first quarter of 2006. The decrease was primarily the result of a decline in the average profit spread on the mortgage portfolio, reflecting the impact on financing costs of higher short-term interest rates and a flatter yield curve.
Adjusted net interest income for this segment represented 11% and 22% of total adjusted net interest income for the first quarter of 2007 and 2006, respectively.
MPF Program –Under the MPF Program, the Bank purchased conventional fixed rate conforming residential mortgage loans directly from eligible members. Under the program, participating members originated or purchased the mortgage loans, credit-enhanced them and sold them to the Bank, and generally retained the servicing of the loans. The Bank manages the interest rate and prepayment risk of the loans. The Bank and the member selling the loans share in the credit risk of the loans. For more information regarding credit risk, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Risk Management – Credit Risk – MPF Program” in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
At March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, the Bank held conventional fixed rate conforming mortgage loans purchased under one of two MPF products, MPF Plus or Original MPF, which are described in greater detail in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Risk Management – Credit Risk – MPF Program” in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K. Mortgage loan balances at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, were as follows:
(In millions) | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||||
MPF Plus | $ | 4,100 | $ | 4,210 | ||||
Original MPF | 422 | 438 | ||||||
Subtotal | 4,522 | 4,648 | ||||||
Unamortized premiums | 1 | 6 | ||||||
Unamortized discounts | (17 | ) | (23 | ) | ||||
Mortgage loans held for portfolio | 4,506 | 4,631 | ||||||
Less: Allowance for credit losses | (1 | ) | (1 | ) | ||||
Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net | $ | 4,505 | $ | 4,630 | ||||
The Bank periodically reviews its mortgage loan portfolio to identify probable credit losses in the portfolio and to determine the likelihood of collection of the portfolio. The Bank maintains an allowance for credit losses, net of credit enhancements, on mortgage loans acquired under the MPF Program at levels management believes to be adequate to absorb estimated probable losses inherent in the total mortgage loan portfolio. The Bank established an allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans totaling $0.7 million at both March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006. For more information on how the Bank determines its estimated allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates – Allowance for Credit Losses – Mortgage Loans Acquired Under the MPF Program” in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
At March 31, 2007, the Bank had 35 loans totaling $4 million classified as nonaccrual or impaired. Twenty-one of these loans totaling $3 million were in foreclosure or bankruptcy. At December 31, 2006, the Bank had 31 loans totaling $4 million classified as nonaccrual or impaired. Twenty-three of these loans totaling $3 million were in foreclosure or bankruptcy.
The Bank manages the interest rate and prepayment risks of the mortgage loans by funding these assets with callable and non-callable debt and by limiting the size of the fixed rate mortgage loan portfolio.
MBS Investments –The Bank’s MBS portfolio was $26.4 billion, or 237% of Bank capital (as defined by the Finance Board), at March 31, 2007, compared to $26.9 billion, or 248% of Bank capital, at December 31, 2006. The Bank’s MBS portfolio decreased
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because of the limited availability of MBS that met the Bank’s risk-adjusted return thresholds and credit enhancement requirements. All MBS purchases during the first quarter of 2007 were AAA-rated non-agency MBS. For these purchases the Bank, on average, obtained an amount in excess of the credit enhancement required by the rating agencies for AAA-rated investments.
Intermediate-term and long-term fixed rate MBS investments are subject to prepayment risk, and long-term adjustable rate MBS investments are subject to interest rate cap risk. The Bank has primarily managed these risks by predominantly purchasing intermediate-term fixed rate MBS (rather than long-term fixed rate MBS), funding the fixed rate MBS with a mix of non-callable and callable debt, and using interest rate exchange agreements with interest rate risk characteristics similar to callable debt.
In addition, the Bank’s MBS portfolio included certain MBS classified as trading securities, which were marked to fair value through earnings to partially offset the mark-to-fair value of the associated interest rate exchange agreements, for net unrealized gains of $228,000 and net unrealized losses of $268,000 during the first quarter of 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Borrowings –Total consolidated obligations funding the mortgage-related business decreased $0.6 billion, or 2%, from $31.7 billion at December 31, 2006, to $31.1 billion at March 31, 2007, paralleling the decrease in mortgage portfolio assets. For further information and discussion of the Bank’s joint and several liability for FHLBank consolidated obligations, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Financial Condition.”
At March 31, 2007, the notional amount of interest rate exchange agreements associated with the mortgage-related business totaled $12.1 billion, most of which hedged or was associated with consolidated obligations funding the mortgage portfolio. At March 31, 2007, $9.1 billion in notional amounts of interest rate exchange agreements associated with consolidated obligations were economic hedges that did not qualify for either fair value or cash flow hedge accounting under SFAS 133.
At December 31, 2006, the notional amount of interest rate exchange agreements associated with the mortgage-related business totaled $11.5 billion, all of which hedged or was associated with consolidated obligations funding the mortgage portfolio. At December 31, 2006, $8.2 billion in notional amounts of interest rate exchange agreements associated with consolidated obligations were economic hedges that did not qualify for either fair value or cash flow hedge accounting under SFAS 133.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Bank’s financial strategies are designed to enable the Bank to expand and contract its assets, liabilities, and capital in response to changes in membership composition and member credit needs. The Bank’s liquidity and capital resources are designed to support these financial strategies. The Bank’s primary source of liquidity is its access to the capital markets through consolidated obligation issuance. The Bank’s equity capital resources are governed by the Bank’s capital plan.
Liquidity
The Bank strives to maintain the liquidity necessary to meet member credit demands, repay maturing consolidated obligations for which it is the primary obligor, meet other obligations and commitments, and respond to significant changes in membership composition. The Bank monitors its financial position in an effort to ensure that it has ready access to sufficient liquid funds to meet normal transaction requirements, take advantage of investment opportunities, and cover unforeseen liquidity demands.
During the last several years, the Bank has experienced a significant expansion of its balance sheet. The Bank’s advances increased from $81.2 billion at December 31, 2002, to $177.5 billion at March 31, 2007. This expansion has been supported by an increase in capital stock purchased by members, in accordance with the Bank’s capital stock requirements, from $5.6 billion at December 31, 2002, to $10.9 billion at March 31, 2007, as the balances of both advances and mortgage loans (purchased from members and held by the Bank) increased. The increases in advances, mortgage loans, MBS, and other investments were also supported by an increase in consolidated obligations of $123.9 billion from $108.3 billion at December 31, 2002, to $232.2 billion at March 31, 2007.
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The Bank’s ability to expand in response to member credit needs is based on the capital stock requirements for advances and mortgage loans. A member is required to increase its capital stock investment in the Bank as its balances of outstanding advances increase (and formerly, as it sold mortgage loans to the Bank). The activity-based capital stock requirement is currently 4.7% for advances and 5.0% for mortgage loans sold to the Bank, while the Bank’s regulatory minimum capital to assets leverage requirement is currently 4.0%. The additional capital stock from higher balances of advances and mortgage loans expands the Bank’s capacity to issue consolidated obligations, which are used not only to support the increase in these balances but also to increase the Bank’s purchases of MBS and other investments.
The Bank can also contract its balance sheet and liquidity requirements in response to members’ reduced credit needs. As changing member credit needs result in reduced advances and as mortgage loan balances decline, members will have capital stock in excess of the amount required by the capital plan. The Bank’s capital stock policies allow the Bank to repurchase a member’s excess capital stock if the member reduces its advances or the balance of mortgage loans it has sold to the Bank decreases. The Bank may allow its consolidated obligations to mature without replacement, or repurchase and retire outstanding consolidated obligations, allowing its balance sheet to shrink.
The Bank is not able to predict future trends in member credit needs since they are driven by complex interactions among a number of factors, including members’ mortgage loan originations, other loan portfolio growth, and deposit growth, and the pricing of advances compared to other wholesale borrowing alternatives. The Bank regularly monitors current trends and anticipates future debt issuance needs to be prepared to fund its members’ credit needs and its investment opportunities.
For information on short-term liquidity, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Risk Management – Liquidity Risk.”
Capital
Total capital as of March 31, 2007, was $11.1 billion, a 3% increase from $10.8 billion as of December 31, 2006. The increase primarily reflects additional capital stock purchases by existing members to support additional borrowings during the period, and, to a lesser degree, capital stock purchases by new members, and includes excess capital stock held by existing members whose advance borrowings decreased during the first quarter of 2007. The increase was net of repurchases of capital stock in January 2007, which primarily resulted from the Bank’s surplus capital stock repurchase policy, described below.
The Bank may repurchase some or all of a member’s excess capital stock and any excess mandatorily redeemable capital stock, at the Bank’s discretion and subject to certain statutory and regulatory requirements. The Bank may also repurchase some or all of a member’s excess capital stock at the member’s request, at the Bank’s discretion and subject to certain statutory and regulatory requirements. Excess capital stock is defined as any stock holdings in excess of a member’s minimum capital stock requirement, as established by the Bank’s capital plan.
The Bank’s surplus capital stock repurchase policy provides for the Bank to repurchase excess stock that constitutes surplus stock, at the Bank’s discretion and subject to certain statutory and regulatory requirements, if a member has surplus capital stock as of the last business day of the quarter. A member’s surplus capital stock is defined as any stock holdings in excess of 115% of the member’s minimum capital stock requirement, generally excluding stock dividends earned and credited for the current year.
On a quarterly basis, the Bank determines whether it will repurchase excess capital stock, including surplus capital stock. The Bank generally repurchases capital stock approximately one month after the end of each quarter. On the scheduled repurchase date, the Bank recalculates the amount of stock to be repurchased to ensure that each member will continue to meet its minimum stock requirement after the stock repurchase.
The Bank repurchased surplus capital stock totaling $330 million in the first quarter of 2007 and $112 million in the first quarter of 2006. The Bank also repurchased excess capital stock that was not surplus capital stock totaling $474 million in the first quarter of 2007 and $2 million in the first quarter of 2006.
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Excess capital stock totaled $1.7 billion as of March 31, 2007, which included surplus capital stock of $1.1 billion. On April 30, 2007, the Bank repurchased $1.1 billion of surplus capital stock. The Bank also repurchased $591 million of excess capital stock that was not surplus capital stock, including $576 million in excess capital stock that was the subject of repurchase requests submitted during the first quarter of 2007 by five members, and $15 million in mandatorily redeemable excess stock repurchased from former members of the Bank. Excess capital stock totaled $257 million after the April 30, 2007, capital stock repurchase.
On December 28, 2006, the Finance Board published a final rule that limits the ability of an FHLBank to create member excess stock under certain circumstances. Effective January 29, 2007, an FHLBank may not pay dividends in the form of capital stock or issue new stock to members if the FHLBank’s excess stock exceeds 1% of its total assets or if the issuance of stock would cause the FHLBank’s excess stock to exceed 1% of its total assets. At March 31, 2007, the Bank’s excess capital stock totaled $1.7 billion, or 0.7% of total assets.
In addition, the Finance Board’s final rule states that FHLBanks may declare and pay dividends only from previously retained earnings or current net earnings, and may not declare or pay dividends based on projected or anticipated earnings.
Provisions of the Bank’s capital plan are more fully discussed in Note 13 to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
Capital Requirements
The FHLBank Act and Finance Board regulations specify that each FHLBank must meet certain minimum regulatory capital standards. The Bank must maintain (i) total capital in an amount equal to at least 4.0% of its total assets, (ii) leverage capital in an amount equal to at least 5.0% of its total assets, and (iii) permanent capital in an amount at least equal to its regulatory risk-based capital requirement. Permanent capital is defined as total capital stock outstanding, including mandatorily redeemable capital stock, plus retained earnings. Finance Board staff has indicated that mandatorily redeemable capital stock is considered capital for regulatory purposes. The following table shows the Bank’s compliance with the Finance Board’s capital requirements at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
Regulatory Capital Requirements
March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
(Dollars in millions) | Required | Actual | Required | Actual | ||||||||||||
Risk-based capital | $ | 1,098 | $ | 11,161 | $ | 1,182 | $ | 10,865 | ||||||||
Total capital-to-assets ratio | 4.00 | % | 4.52 | % | 4.00 | % | 4.44 | % | ||||||||
Total regulatory capital | $ | 9,876 | $ | 11,161 | $ | 9,797 | $ | 10,865 | ||||||||
Leverage ratio | 5.00 | % | 6.78 | % | 5.00 | % | 6.65 | % | ||||||||
Leverage capital | $ | 12,345 | $ | 16,742 | $ | 12,246 | $ | 16,298 |
The Bank’s capital requirements are more fully discussed in Note 13 to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
The Bank has an integrated corporate governance and internal control framework designed to support effective management of the Bank’s business activities and the risks inherent in these activities. As part of this framework, the Bank’s Board of Directors has adopted a Risk Management Policy and a Member Products Policy, which are reviewed regularly and reapproved at least annually. The Risk Management Policy establishes risk guidelines, limits (if applicable), and standards in accordance with Finance Board regulations, the risk profile established by the Board of Directors, and other applicable guidelines in connection with the Bank’s capital plan and overall risk management. For more detailed information, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Risk Management” in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
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Concentration Risk
Advances.The following table presents the concentration in advances to members whose advances outstanding represented 10% or more of the Bank’s total par amount of advances outstanding as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006. It also presents the interest income from these advances before the impact of interest rate exchange agreements associated with these advances for the first quarter of 2007 and 2006.
Concentration of Advances and Interest Income from Advances
(Dollars in millions) | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||||||||
Name of Borrower | Advances Outstanding(1) | Percentage of Total Advances Outstanding | Advances Outstanding(1) | Percentage of Total Advances Outstanding | ||||||||
Citibank, N.A. | $ | 84,881 | 48 | % | $ | 72,323 | 39 | % | ||||
World Savings Bank, FSB | 19,428 | 11 | 22,846 | 13 | ||||||||
Washington Mutual Bank | 18,713 | 10 | 34,864 | 19 | ||||||||
Subtotal | 123,022 | 69 | 130,033 | 71 | ||||||||
Others | 54,515 | 31 | 53,815 | 29 | ||||||||
Total par amount | $ | 177,537 | 100 | % | $ | 183,848 | 100 | % | ||||
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||||||
Name of Borrower | �� | Interest Income from | Percentage of Total Interest Income from Advances | Interest Income from | Percentage of Total Interest Income from Advances | |||||||
Citibank, N.A.(3) | $ | 999 | 42 | % | $ | — | — | % | ||||
Citibank (West), FSB(3) | — | — | 346 | 19 | ||||||||
Washington Mutual Bank | 366 | 15 | 633 | 35 | ||||||||
World Savings Bank, FSB | 280 | 12 | 303 | 16 | ||||||||
Subtotal | 1,645 | 69 | 1,282 | 70 | ||||||||
Others | 720 | 31 | 539 | 30 | ||||||||
Total | $ | 2,365 | 100 | % | $ | 1,821 | 100 | % | ||||
(1) | Member advance amounts and total advance amounts are at par value, and total advance amounts will not agree to carrying value amounts shown in the Statements of Condition. The differences between the par and carrying value amounts primarily relate to fair value adjustments for hedged advances resulting from SFAS 133. |
(2) | Interest income amounts exclude the interest effect of interest rate exchange agreements with derivatives counterparties; as a result, the total interest income amounts will not agree to the Statements of Income. |
(3) | On October 1, 2006, Citibank (West), FSB, was reorganized into its affiliate Citibank, N.A., and Citibank, N.A., assumed the outstanding advances of Citibank (West), FSB. |
Because of this concentration in advances, the Bank has implemented enhanced credit and collateral review procedures for these members. The Bank also analyzes the implications for its financial management and profitability if it were to lose the advances business of one or more of these members. For more information, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Risk Management – Concentration Risk – Advances” in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
MPF Program.The Bank had the following concentration in MPF loans with members whose outstanding total of mortgage loans sold to the Bank represented 10% or more of the Bank’s total outstanding mortgage loans at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
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Concentration of Mortgage Loans
(Dollars in millions)
March 31, 2007 | |||||||||||
Name of Member | Mortgage Loan Balances Outstanding | Percentage of Total Mortgage Loan Balances Outstanding | Number of Mortgage Loans Outstanding | Percentage of Total Number of Mortgage Loans Outstanding | |||||||
Washington Mutual Bank | $ | 3,423 | 76 | % | 24,017 | 72 | % | ||||
IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. | 678 | 15 | 6,496 | 19 | |||||||
Subtotal | 4,101 | 91 | 30,513 | 91 | |||||||
Others | 421 | 9 | 2,988 | 9 | |||||||
Total | $ | 4,522 | 100 | % | 33,501 | 100 | % | ||||
December 31, 2006 | |||||||||||
Name of Member | Mortgage Loan Balances Outstanding | Percentage of Total Mortgage Loan Balances Outstanding | Number of Mortgage Loans Outstanding | Percentage of Total Number of Mortgage Loans Outstanding | |||||||
Washington Mutual Bank | $ | 3,506 | 76 | % | 24,406 | 72 | % | ||||
IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. | 706 | 15 | 6,650 | 19 | |||||||
Subtotal | 4,212 | 91 | 31,056 | 91 | |||||||
Others | 436 | 9 | 3,057 | 9 | |||||||
Total | $ | 4,648 | 100 | % | 34,113 | 100 | % | ||||
Members that have sold mortgage loans to the Bank through the MPF Program, including Washington Mutual Bank and IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., have made representations and warranties that the loans comply with the MPF underwriting guidelines. The Bank relies on the quality control review process established for the MPF Program for identification of loans that may not comply with the underwriting guidelines. The Bank has conducted its own validation sampling to monitor the effectiveness of the MPF Program’s quality control. In the event a mortgage loan does not comply with the MPF underwriting guidelines, the Bank’s agreement with the member provides that the member is required to repurchase the loan as a result of a breach of the member’s representations and warranties. The Bank may, at its discretion, choose to retain the loan if the Bank determines that the noncompliance can be cured or mitigated through additional contract assurances from the member. During the first quarter of 2007 and 2006, there were no loans repurchased by members because of noncompliance with the MPF underwriting guidelines. In addition, all participating members have retained the servicing on the mortgage loans purchased from them by the Bank, and the servicing of mortgage loans purchased from former participating members is held by Bank-approved financial institutions.
Capital Stock.The following table presents the concentration in capital stock held by members whose capital stock outstanding represented 10% or more of the Bank’s total capital stock, including mandatorily redeemable capital stock, outstanding as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
Concentration of Capital Stock
(Dollars in millions) | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||||||||
Name of Member | Capital Stock Outstanding | Percentage of Total Capital Stock Outstanding | Capital Stock Outstanding | Percentage of Total Capital Stock Outstanding | ||||||||
Citibank, N.A. | $ | 3,989 | 37 | % | $ | 3,399 | 32 | % | ||||
Washington Mutual Bank | 1,526 | 14 | 1,964 | 18 | ||||||||
World Savings Bank, FSB | 1,308 | 12 | 1,343 | 13 | ||||||||
Total | $ | 6,823 | 63 | % | $ | 6,706 | 63 | % | ||||
On April 30, 2007, the Bank repurchased $626 million in excess capital stock, including $318 million in surplus capital stock, from Washington Mutual Bank. The Bank also repurchased $505 million in excess capital stock, including $258 million in surplus capital
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stock, from World Savings Bank, FSB. After the repurchase, Citibank, N.A, Washington Mutual Bank, and World Savings Bank, FSB, held 43%, 10%, and 9%, respectively, of the Bank’s total capital stock and mandatorily redeemable capital stock outstanding. For more information, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Capital.”
Derivatives Counterparties. The following table presents the concentration in derivatives with derivatives counterparties whose outstanding notional balances represented 10% or more of the Bank’s total notional amount of derivatives outstanding as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
Concentration of Derivatives Counterparties
(Dollars in millions) | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||||||||||
Derivatives Counterparty | Credit Rating | Notional Amount | Percentage of Total Notional | Notional Amount | Percentage of Total Notional | ||||||||||
Deutsche Bank AG | AA | $ | 43,149 | 15 | % | $ | 36,810 | 13 | % | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | AA | (1) | 41,976 | 15 | 47,914 | 17 | |||||||||
Merrill Lynch Capital Services | AA | 27,799 | 10 | 29,555 | 11 | ||||||||||
Subtotal | 112,924 | 40 | 114,279 | 41 | |||||||||||
Others | 167,538 | 60 | 162,084 | 59 | |||||||||||
Total | $ | 280,462 | 100 | % | $ | 276,363 | 100 | % | |||||||
(1) | The credit rating for JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., was single-A at December 31, 2006. |
For more information regarding the credit risk of derivatives counterparties, see the Credit Exposure to Derivatives Counterparties table in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Risk Management – Credit Risk – Derivatives Counterparties.”
Liquidity Risk
The Bank’s primary sources of liquidity are short-term investments and the issuance of new consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes. The Bank maintains short-term, high-quality money market investments in amounts that average up to three times the Bank’s capital as a primary source of funds to satisfy these requirements and objectives. Growth in advances to members may initially be funded by maturing on-balance sheet liquid investments, but within a short time the growth is usually funded by new issuances of consolidated obligations. The capital to support the growth in advances is provided by the borrowing members through their capital stock purchase requirements, which are based in part on outstanding advances. At March 31, 2007, the Bank’s total capital to assets ratio was 4.52%, 0.52% above the minimum regulatory requirement. At December 31, 2006, the Bank’s total capital to assets ratio was 4.44%, 0.44% above the minimum regulatory requirement.
The Bank maintains contingency liquidity plans designed to enable it to meet its obligations and the liquidity needs of members in the event of operational disruptions at the Bank or the Office of Finance or short-term disruptions of the consolidated obligations markets. The Bank has a regulatory contingency liquidity requirement to maintain at least five days of liquidity to enable it to meet its obligations without issuance of new consolidated obligations. In addition, the Bank’s asset-liability management committee has a formal guideline to maintain at least three months of liquidity to enable the Bank to meet its obligations in the event of a longer-term consolidated obligations markets disruption. The Bank maintained at least three months of contingency liquidity during the first quarter of 2007. On a daily basis, the Bank models its cash commitments and expected cash flows for the next 90 days to determine the Bank’s projected liquidity position.
The following table shows the Bank’s principal financial obligations due, estimated sources of funds available to meet those obligations, and the net difference of funds available or funds needed for the five-business-day and 90-day periods following March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006. Also shown are additional contingent sources of funds from on-balance sheet collateral available for repurchase agreement borrowings.
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Principal Financial Obligations Due and Funds Available for Selected Periods
As of March 31, 2007 | As of December 31, 2006 | |||||||||||
(In millions) | 5 Business Days | 90 Days | 5 Business Days | 90 Days | ||||||||
Obligations due: | ||||||||||||
Commitments for new advances | $ | 1,005 | $ | 1,005 | $ | 2,176 | $ | 3,289 | ||||
Commitments to purchase investments | — | — | — | 500 | ||||||||
Maturing member term deposits | — | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Discount note and bond maturities and expected exercises of bond call options | 5,410 | 49,945 | 5,166 | 46,762 | ||||||||
Subtotal obligations | 6,415 | 50,956 | 7,345 | 50,554 | ||||||||
Sources of available funds: | ||||||||||||
Maturing investments | 12,061 | 36,007 | 9,801 | 27,380 | ||||||||
Proceeds from scheduled settlements of discount notes and bonds | 90 | 420 | 121 | 186 | ||||||||
Maturing advances and scheduled prepayments | 6,795 | 31,807 | 11,860 | 47,044 | ||||||||
Subtotal sources | 18,946 | 68,234 | 21,782 | 74,610 | ||||||||
Net funds available | $ | 12,531 | $ | 17,278 | $ | 14,437 | $ | 24,056 | ||||
Additional contingent sources of funds:(1) | ||||||||||||
Estimated borrowing capacity of securities available for repurchase agreement borrowings: | ||||||||||||
MBS | $ | — | $ | 22,196 | $ | ��� | $ | 21,917 | ||||
Housing finance agency bonds | — | 780 | — | 850 | ||||||||
Marketable money market investments | 8,609 | — | 8,007 | — |
(1) | The estimated amount of repurchase agreement borrowings obtainable from authorized securities dealers is subject to market conditions and the ability of securities dealers to obtain financing for the securities and transactions entered into with the Bank. The estimated maximum amount of repurchase agreement borrowings obtainable is based on the current par amount and estimated market value of MBS and other investments (not included in above figures) that are not pledged at the beginning of the period and subject to estimated collateral discounts taken by securities dealers. |
In addition, Section 11(i) of the FHLBank Act authorizes the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, at his or her discretion, to purchase certain obligations issued by the FHLBanks aggregating not more than $4.0 billion under certain conditions. There were no such purchases by the U.S. Treasury during the first quarter of 2007.
Credit Risk
Advances.The Bank manages the credit risk associated with lending to members by monitoring the creditworthiness of the members and the quality and value of the assets that they pledge as collateral. The Bank also has procedures to assess the mortgage loan underwriting and documentation standards of the members that pledge mortgage loan collateral. In addition, the Bank has collateral policies and restricted lending procedures in place to help manage its exposure to members that experience difficulty in meeting their capital requirements or other standards of creditworthiness. These credit and collateral policies balance the Bank’s dual goals of meeting members’ needs as a reliable source of liquidity and limiting credit loss by adjusting the credit and collateral terms in response to deterioration in creditworthiness. The Bank has never experienced a credit loss on an advance.
All advances must be fully collateralized. To secure advances, members may pledge one- to four-family first lien residential mortgage loans; multifamily mortgage loans; mortgage-backed securities; securities issued, insured, or guaranteed by the U.S. government or any of its agencies, including without limitation MBS issued or guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or Ginnie Mae; cash or deposits in the Bank; and certain other real estate-related collateral, such as home equity or commercial real estate loans and second lien residential mortgage loans. The Bank may also accept secured small business, small farm, small agribusiness loans, and securities representing a whole interest in such secured loans as collateral from members that are community financial institutions. The Finance Board defined community financial institutions for 2007 as Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-insured depository institutions with average total assets over the preceding three-year period of $599 million or less.
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In accordance with the FHLBank Act, any security interest granted to the Bank by any member or member affiliate has priority over the claims and rights of any other party, including any receiver, conservator, trustee, or similar entity that has the rights of a lien creditor, unless these claims and rights would be entitled to priority under otherwise applicable law and are held by actual purchasers or by parties that are secured by actual perfected security interests. The Bank perfects its security interest in loan collateral by completing a UCC-1 filing for each member pledging loans. The Bank requires delivery of all securities collateral and may also require delivery of loan collateral under certain conditions (for example, from a newly formed institution or when a member’s creditworthiness deteriorates below a certain level).
Management determines the maximum amount and term of the advances it will lend to a member based on the member’s creditworthiness and eligible collateral pledged in accordance with the Bank’s Member Products Policy and regulatory requirements. Creditworthiness is determined and periodically assessed using the member’s financial information, regulatory examination and enforcement actions, and other public information. The Bank estimates the risk-adjusted liquidation value of the pledged collateral and conducts periodic collateral field reviews to establish the amount it will lend against each collateral type for each member, known as the “borrowing capacity.” The Bank monitors each member’s borrowing capacity and collateral requirements on a daily basis. The borrowing capacities include a margin that incorporates components for estimates of value, secondary market discounts for credit attributes and defects that address prime, Alt-A, and subprime characteristics, potential risks and estimated costs to liquidate, and the risk of a decline in the fair value of the collateral. The Bank reviews the secondary market discounts regularly and may adjust them at any time as market conditions change.
As of March 31, 2007, the Bank held a security interest in subprime residential mortgage loans pledged as collateral. The amount of these loans was not significant compared to the total amount of residential mortgage loan collateral pledged to the Bank. For a small number of members, subprime mortgage loans represented a large proportion of their pledged collateral. The Bank reviews and assigns borrowing capacities to subprime mortgage loans as it does all other types of loan collateral, taking into account the known credit attributes in assigning the appropriate secondary market discounts, and has determined that all advances, including those made to members pledging subprime mortgage loans, are fully collateralized.
Other factors that the Bank considers in assigning borrowing capacities to a member’s collateral include the pledging method for loans (specific identification, blanket lien, or required delivery), data reporting frequency, collateral field review results, the member’s financial strength and condition, and the concentration of collateral type by member.
The following table presents a summary of the status of members’ credit outstanding and overall collateral borrowing capacity as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006. Almost all credit outstanding and collateral borrowing capacity are with members that have the Bank’s top three credit quality ratings. Credit quality ratings are determined based on results from the Bank’s credit model and on other qualitative information, including regulatory examination reports. The Bank assigns an internal rating from one to ten, with one as the highest rating.
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Member Credit Outstanding and Collateral Borrowing Capacity
By Credit Quality Rating
(Dollars in millions)
March 31, 2007
All Members | Members with Credit Outstanding | ||||||||||||
Collateral Borrowing Capacity(2) | |||||||||||||
Member Credit Quality Rating | Number | Number | Credit Outstanding(1) | Total | Used | ||||||||
1-3 | 309 | 218 | $ | 179,105 | $ | 282,662 | 63 | % | |||||
4-6 | 81 | 31 | 1,264 | 2,776 | 46 | ||||||||
7-10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 80 | ||||||||
Total | 392 | 250 | $ | 180,373 | $ | 285,443 | 63 | % | |||||
December 31, 2006 | |||||||||||||
All Members | Members with Credit Outstanding | ||||||||||||
Collateral Borrowing Capacity(2) | |||||||||||||
Member Credit Quality Rating | Number | Number | Credit Outstanding(1) | Total | Used | ||||||||
1-3 | 309 | 229 | $ | 184,481 | $ | 285,446 | 65 | % | |||||
4-6 | 77 | 35 | 1,336 | 2,921 | 46 | ||||||||
7-10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 80 | ||||||||
Total | 387 | 265 | $ | 185,821 | $ | 288,372 | 64 | % | |||||
(1) | Includes letters of credit, the market value of swaps, Federal funds and other investments, and the credit enhancement obligation on MPF loans. |
(2) | Collateral borrowing capacity does not represent any commitment to lend on the part of the Bank. |
Based on the borrowing capacity of collateral held as security for advances, management’s credit analyses, and prior repayment history, no allowance for credit losses on advances is deemed necessary by management.
MPF Program.On mortgage loans acquired under the MPF Program, the Bank provides for a loss allowance, net of credit enhancements, for any impaired loans and for the estimates of other probable losses, and the Bank has policies and procedures in place to monitor the credit risk. The Bank bases the allowance for credit losses for the Bank’s mortgage loan portfolio on management’s estimate of probable credit losses in the portfolio as of the balance sheet date. The Bank performs periodic reviews of its portfolio to identify the probable losses within the portfolio. The overall allowance is determined by an analysis that includes consideration of observable data such as delinquency statistics, past performance, current performance, loan portfolio characteristics, collateral valuations, industry data, collectibility of credit enhancements from participating members or from mortgage insurers, and prevailing economic conditions, taking into account the credit enhancement provided by the member under the terms of each Master Commitment.
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Mortgage loan delinquencies as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, were as follows:
(Dollars in millions) | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||||
30 – 59 days delinquent | $ | 25 | $ | 22 | ||||
60 – 89 days delinquent | 3 | 3 | ||||||
90 days or more delinquent | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Total delinquencies | $ | 32 | $ | 29 | ||||
Nonaccrual loans(1) | $ | 4 | $ | 4 | ||||
Loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest | — | — | ||||||
Delinquencies as a percentage of total mortgage loans outstanding | 0.71 | % | 0.62 | % | ||||
Nonaccrual loans as a percentage of total mortgage loans outstanding | 0.09 | % | 0.09 | % |
(1) | The nonaccrual loans included 21 loans totaling $3 million that were in foreclosure or bankruptcy as of March 31, 2007, and 23 loans totaling $3 million that were in foreclosure or bankruptcy as of December 31, 2006. |
For the first quarter of 2007, interest income that was contractually due but forgone on the nonaccrual loans was not significant.
Delinquencies amounted to 0.71% of the total loans in the Bank’s portfolio as of March 31, 2007, and 0.62% of the total loans in the Bank’s portfolio as of December 31, 2006, which were below the national delinquency rate for prime fixed rate mortgages of 2.47% in the fourth quarter of 2006 published in the Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Delinquency Survey. However, the delinquency rate for the Bank’s portfolio may not be comparable to the national delinquency rates published in the Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Delinquency Survey because the Bank’s MPF mortgage loan portfolio may not be as seasoned as the portfolios used by the Mortgage Bankers Association. The weighted average age of the Bank’s MPF mortgage loan portfolio was 44 months as of March 31, 2007, and 41 months as of December 31, 2006.
Investments.The Bank has adopted credit policies and exposure limits for investments that promote diversification and liquidity. These policies restrict the amounts and terms of the Bank’s investments with any given counterparty according to the Bank’s own capital position as well as the capital and creditworthiness of the counterparty. The following table presents the Bank’s investment credit exposure at the dates indicated, based on counterparties’ long-term credit ratings provided by Moody’s Investors Service, Standard & Poor’s, or comparable Fitch ratings.
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Investment Credit Exposure
(In millions) | ||||||||||||
March 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||
Credit Rating(1) | ||||||||||||
Investment Type | AAA | AA | A | Total | ||||||||
Interest-bearing deposits in banks | $ | — | $ | 7,220 | $ | 3,015 | $ | 10,235 | ||||
Securities purchased under agreements to resell(2) | 2,100 | — | — | 2,100 | ||||||||
Federal funds sold | — | 16,968 | 4,278 | 21,246 | ||||||||
Trading securities: | ||||||||||||
MBS: | ||||||||||||
GNMA | 36 | — | — | 36 | ||||||||
FHLMC | 15 | — | — | 15 | ||||||||
FNMA | 15 | — | — | 15 | ||||||||
Total trading securities | 66 | — | — | 66 | ||||||||
Held-to-maturity securities: | ||||||||||||
Commercial paper | 399 | 1,698 | 590 | 2,687 | ||||||||
Housing finance agency bonds | 917 | — | — | 917 | ||||||||
Discount notes: | ||||||||||||
FHLMC | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
FNMA | 150 | — | — | 150 | ||||||||
MBS: | ||||||||||||
GNMA | 26 | — | — | 26 | ||||||||
FHLMC | 139 | — | — | 139 | ||||||||
FNMA | 397 | — | — | 397 | ||||||||
Non-agency | 25,804 | — | — | 25,804 | ||||||||
Total held-to-maturity securities | 27,832 | 1,698 | 590 | 30,120 | ||||||||
Total investments | $ | 29,998 | $ | 25,886 | $ | 7,883 | $ | 63,767 | ||||
December 31, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
Credit Rating(1) | |||||||||||||||
Investment Type | AAA | AA | A | BBB | Total | ||||||||||
Interest-bearing deposits in banks | $ | — | $ | 6,877 | $ | 2,446 | $ | — | $ | 9,323 | |||||
Securities purchased under agreements to resell(2) | 200 | — | — | — | 200 | ||||||||||
Federal funds sold | — | 11,759 | 3,660 | 24 | 15,443 | ||||||||||
Trading securities: | |||||||||||||||
MBS: | |||||||||||||||
GNMA | 38 | — | — | — | 38 | ||||||||||
FHLMC | 15 | — | — | — | 15 | ||||||||||
FNMA | 24 | — | — | — | 24 | ||||||||||
Total trading securities | 77 | — | — | — | 77 | ||||||||||
Held-to-maturity securities: | |||||||||||||||
Commercial paper | 698 | 699 | 838 | — | 2,235 | ||||||||||
Housing finance agency bonds | 1,000 | — | — | — | 1,000 | ||||||||||
Discount notes: | |||||||||||||||
FHLMC | 150 | — | — | — | 150 | ||||||||||
FNMA | 149 | — | — | — | 149 | ||||||||||
MBS: | |||||||||||||||
GNMA | 28 | — | — | — | 28 | ||||||||||
FHLMC | 150 | — | — | — | 150 | ||||||||||
FNMA | 417 | — | — | — | 417 | ||||||||||
Non-agency | 26,219 | — | — | — | 26,219 | ||||||||||
Total held-to-maturity securities | 28,811 | 699 | 838 | — | 30,348 | ||||||||||
Total investments | $ | 29,088 | $ | 19,335 | $ | 6,944 | $ | 24 | $ | 55,391 | |||||
(1) | At March 31, 2007, $1,043 million of the A-rated investments were with members. At December 31, 2006, $995 million of the A-rated investments, and $24 million of the BBB-rated investments were with members. The A-rated investments all had maturities of four months or less as of March 31, 2007. The A- and BBB-rated investments all had maturities of six months or less as of December 31, 2006. |
(2) | Classified based on the credit rating of securities held as collateral. |
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Many of the Bank’s members and their affiliates are extensively involved in residential mortgage finance. Accordingly, members or their affiliates may be involved in the sale of MBS to the Bank or in the origination or securitization of the mortgage loans backing the MBS purchased by the Bank.
The Bank held approximately $6.6 billion carrying value of non-agency MBS at March 31, 2007, that had been issued by entities sponsored by five members or their affiliates. In addition, the Bank held $3.0 billion carrying value of MBS at March 31, 2007, that had been purchased from three registered securities dealers that were affiliates of members at the time of purchase.
The Bank held approximately $6.7 billion carrying value of non-agency MBS at December 31, 2006, that had been issued by entities sponsored by five members or their affiliates. In addition, the Bank held $3.1 billion carrying value of MBS at December 31, 2006, that had been purchased from three registered securities dealers that were affiliates of members at the time of purchase.
Derivatives Counterparties.The Bank has also adopted credit policies and exposure limits for derivatives credit exposure. All credit exposure from derivatives transactions entered into by the Bank with counterparties that are members (including interest rate swaps, caps, floors, corridors, and collars), for which the Bank serves as an intermediary, must be fully secured by eligible collateral, and all such derivatives transactions are subject to both the Bank’s Advances and Security Agreement and a master netting agreement.
For all derivatives dealer counterparties, the Bank selects only highly rated derivatives dealers and major banks that meet the Bank’s eligibility criteria. In addition, the Bank has entered into master netting agreements and bilateral security agreements with all active derivatives dealer counterparties that provide for delivery of collateral at specified levels tied to counterparty credit ratings to limit the Bank’s net unsecured credit exposure to these counterparties. The following table presents the Bank’s credit exposure to its derivatives counterparties at the dates indicated.
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Credit Exposure to Derivatives Counterparties
(In millions) | ||||||||||||
March 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||
Counterparty Credit Rating | Notional Balance | Gross Credit Exposure | Collateral | Net Unsecured Exposure | ||||||||
AA(1) | $ | 237,997 | $ | 62 | $ | 58 | $ | 4 | ||||
A | 41,800 | — | — | — | ||||||||
Subtotal | 279,797 | 62 | 58 | 4 | ||||||||
Member institutions(2) | 665 | 16 | 16 | — | ||||||||
Total derivatives | $ | 280,462 | $ | 78 | $ | 74 | $ | 4 | ||||
December 31, 2006 | ||||||||||||
Counterparty Credit Rating | Notional Balance | Gross Credit Exposure | Collateral | Net Unsecured Exposure | ||||||||
AA(1) | $ | 179,874 | $ | 1 | $ | — | $ | 1 | ||||
A | 95,824 | — | — | — | ||||||||
Subtotal | 275,698 | 1 | — | 1 | ||||||||
Member institutions(2) | 665 | 19 | 19 | — | ||||||||
Total derivatives | $ | 276,363 | $ | 20 | $ | 19 | $ | 1 | ||||
(1) | Includes notional amounts of derivatives contracts outstanding totaling $1.7 billion at March 31, 2007, and $1.9 billion at December 31, 2006, with Citibank, N.A., a member that is a derivatives dealer counterparty. |
(2) | Collateral held with respect to interest rate exchange agreements with members represents either collateral physically held by or on behalf of the Bank or collateral assigned to the Bank, as evidenced by an Advances and Security Agreement, and held by the members for the benefit of the Bank. |
At March 31, 2007, the Bank had a total of $280.5 billion in notional amounts of derivatives contracts outstanding. Of this total:
• | $279.8 billion represented notional amounts of derivatives contracts outstanding with 22 derivatives dealer counterparties. Eight of these counterparties made up 78% of the total notional amount outstanding with these derivatives dealer counterparties and individually ranged from 6% to 15% of the total. The remaining counterparties each represented less than 5% of the total. Four of these counterparties, with $38 billion of derivatives outstanding at March 31, 2007, were affiliates of members, and one counterparty, with $1.7 billion outstanding at March 31, 2007, was a member of the Bank. |
• | $665 million represented notional amounts of derivatives contracts with five non-derivatives dealer member counterparties. The Bank entered into this $665 million notional amount of derivatives as an intermediary and entered into the same amount of exactly offsetting transactions with nonmember derivatives counterparties. The Bank’s intermediation in this manner allows members indirect access to the derivatives market. |
Gross credit exposure on derivatives contracts at March 31, 2007, was $78 million, which consisted of:
• | $62 million of gross credit exposure on open derivatives contracts with three derivatives dealer counterparties. After consideration of collateral held by the Bank, the amount of net unsecured exposure totaled $4 million. |
• | $16 million of gross credit exposure on open derivatives contracts, in which the Bank served as an intermediary, with three member counterparties, all of which was secured with eligible collateral. |
At December 31, 2006, the Bank had a total of $276.4 billion in notional amounts of derivatives contracts outstanding. Of this total:
• | $275.7 billion represented notional amounts of derivatives contracts outstanding with 22 derivatives dealer counterparties. Eight of these counterparties made up 78% of the total notional amount outstanding with these derivatives dealer counterparties and individually ranged from 5% to 17% of the total. The remaining counterparties each represented less than |
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5% of the total. Four of these counterparties, with $37.9 billion of derivatives outstanding at December 31, 2006, were affiliates of members, and one counterparty, with $1.9 billion outstanding at December 31, 2006, was a member of the Bank. |
• | $665 million represented notional amounts of derivatives contracts with five non-derivatives dealer member counterparties. The Bank entered into this $665 million notional amount of derivatives as an intermediary and entered into the same amount of exactly offsetting transactions with nonmember derivatives counterparties. The Bank’s intermediation in this manner allows members indirect access to the derivatives market. |
Gross credit exposure on derivatives contracts at December 31, 2006, was $20 million, which consisted of:
• | $1 million of gross credit exposure on open derivatives contracts with one derivatives dealer counterparty. After consideration of collateral held by the Bank, the amount of net unsecured exposure totaled $1 million. |
• | $19 million of gross credit exposure on open derivatives contracts, in which the Bank served as an intermediary, with three member counterparties, all of which was secured with eligible collateral. |
The Bank’s gross credit exposure with derivatives dealer counterparties, representing net gain amounts due to the Bank, was $62 million at March 31, 2007, and $1 million at December 31, 2006. The gross credit exposure reflects the fair value of derivatives contracts, including interest amounts accrued through the reporting date, and is netted by counterparty because such legal right of offset exists with all Bank counterparties.
The Bank’s gross credit exposure grew $58 million from December 31, 2006, to March 31, 2007. In general, the Bank is a net receiver of fixed interest rates and a net payer of floating interest rates under its derivatives contracts with counterparties. From December 31, 2006, to March 31, 2007, interest rates decreased, causing interest rate swaps in which the Bank is a net receiver of fixed interest rates to increase in value. As a result, certain counterparties increased the amount of collateral that they pledged to the Bank because of the change in value. As interest rates rise, certain counterparties to interest rate swaps in which the Bank is a net receiver of fixed interest rates may have increased credit exposure to the Bank resulting in an increase in the collateral the Bank must deliver and pledge to the counterparty.
The notional amount of derivatives contracts outstanding with derivatives dealer counterparties grew $4.1 billion from December 31, 2006, to March 31, 2007. The increase was primarily due to a $5.6 billion increase in interest rate exchange agreements used to hedge the market risk of new fixed rate advances, partially offset by a $1.5 billion decrease in interest rate exchange agreements that hedge various types of consolidated obligations. An increase or decrease in the notional amounts of derivatives contracts may not result in a corresponding increase or decrease in gross credit exposure because the fair values of derivatives contracts are generally zero at inception.
Market Risk
The Bank’s market risk management objective is to maintain a relatively low exposure of net equity value and future earnings (excluding the impact of SFAS 133) to changes in interest rates. This profile reflects the Bank’s objective of maintaining a conservative asset-liability mix and its commitment to providing value to its members through products and the dividend without subjecting their investments in Bank capital stock to significant interest rate risk.
Risk identification and risk measurement are primarily accomplished through (i) market value sensitivity analyses, (ii) net interest income sensitivity analyses, and (iii) repricing gap analyses. The Risk Management Policy approved by the Board of Directors establishes market risk policy limits and market risk measurement standards at the total Bank level. Additional guidelines approved by the Bank’s asset-liability management committee (ALCO) apply to the Bank’s two business segments.
These guidelines provide limits that are monitored at the segment level and are consistent with the total Bank policy limits. Interest rate risk is managed for each business segment on a daily basis, as discussed in “Segment Market Risk.” At least monthly, compliance with Bank policies and management guidelines is presented to the ALCO or Board of Directors with a corrective action plan, if applicable.
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Total Bank Market Risk.
Market Value of Equity Sensitivity –The Bank uses market value of equity sensitivity (the interest rate sensitivity of the net fair value of all assets, liabilities, and interest rate exchange agreements) to measure the Bank’s exposure to changes in interest rates. The Bank maintains its estimated market value of equity sensitivity within the limits specified by the Board of Directors in the Risk Management Policy primarily by managing the term, size, timing, and interest rate attributes of assets, liabilities, and interest rate exchange agreements acquired, issued, or executed.
The following table presents the estimated percentage change in the Bank’s market value of equity that would be expected to result from changes in interest rates under different interest rate scenarios.
Market Value of Equity Sensitivity
Estimated Percentage Change in Market Value of Bank Equity
for Various Changes in Interest Rates
Interest Rate Scenario(1) | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||
+200 basis-point change | –3.5 | % | –4.0 | % | ||
+100 basis-point change | –1.6 | –1.8 | ||||
–100 basis-point change | +0.9 | +1.3 | ||||
–200 basis-point change | +1.1 | +1.9 |
(1) | Instantaneous change from actual rates at dates indicated. |
The Bank’s estimates of the sensitivity of the market value of equity to changes in interest rates show slightly less sensitivity as of March 31, 2007, compared to the estimates as of December 31, 2006. Compared to interest rates as of December 31, 2006, interest rates as of March 31, 2007, were 11 basis points lower for terms of 1 year, 11 basis points lower for terms of 5 years, and 1 basis point lower for terms of 10 years. The issuance of $1.8 billion of long-term callable debt as part of the rebalancing of the mortgage portfolio accounts for the slight reduction in sensitivity.
Potential Dividend Yield –The potential dividend yield is a measure used by the Bank to assess financial performance. The potential dividend yield is based on current period earnings excluding the effects of unrealized fair value adjustments made in accordance with SFAS 133, which will generally reverse over the remaining contractual terms to maturity or by the call or put date of the hedged assets, hedged liabilities, and derivatives.
The Bank limits the sensitivity of projected financial performance through a Board of Directors’ policy limit on projected adverse changes in the potential dividend yield. The policy limits the adverse impact of a simulated plus or minus 200-basis-point instantaneous change in interest rates (limited such that interest rates cannot be less than zero) on the projected potential dividend yield, measured over a 12-month forecast period, to –175 basis points. Results of simulations as of March 31, 2007, showed that the adverse change in the projected potential dividend yield from an instantaneous and parallel increase or decrease of 200 basis points in interest rates was –50 basis points, well within the policy limit of –175 basis points.
Repricing Gap Analysis –Repricing gap analysis shows the interest rate sensitivity of assets, liabilities, and interest rate exchange agreements by term-to-maturity (fixed rate instruments) or repricing interval (adjustable rate instruments). The amounts shown in the following table represent the net difference between total asset and liability repricings, including the impact of interest rate exchange agreements, for a specified time period (the “periodic gap”).
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Repricing Gap Analysis
As of March 31, 2007
Interest Rate Sensitivity Period | |||||||||||||||
(In millions) | 6 Months or Less | > 6 Months to 1 Year | > 1 to 5 Years | Over 5 Years | |||||||||||
Advances-related business: | |||||||||||||||
Assets | |||||||||||||||
Investments | $ | 37,342 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||
Advances | 147,243 | 4,296 | 23,057 | 2,859 | |||||||||||
Other assets | 1,039 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Total Assets | 185,624 | 4,296 | 23,057 | 2,859 | |||||||||||
Liabilities | |||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligations: | |||||||||||||||
Bonds | 45,285 | 24,908 | 91,459 | 12,649 | |||||||||||
Discount notes | 26,762 | 36 | — | — | |||||||||||
Deposits | 636 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Mandatorily redeemable capital stock | — | — | 103 | — | |||||||||||
Other liabilities | 2,692 | — | — | 253 | |||||||||||
Total Liabilities | 75,375 | 24,944 | 91,562 | 12,902 | |||||||||||
Interest rate exchange agreements | (103,379 | ) | 21,478 | 71,979 | 9,922 | ||||||||||
Periodic gap of advances-related business | 6,870 | 830 | 3,474 | (121 | ) | ||||||||||
Mortgage-related business: | |||||||||||||||
Assets | |||||||||||||||
MBS | 8,875 | 2,392 | 13,223 | 1,942 | |||||||||||
Mortgage loans | 376 | 277 | 1,866 | 1,986 | |||||||||||
Other assets | 133 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Total Assets | 9,384 | 2,669 | 15,089 | 3,928 | |||||||||||
Liabilities | |||||||||||||||
Consolidated obligations: | |||||||||||||||
Bonds | 5,006 | 2,406 | 14,891 | 5,833 | |||||||||||
Discount notes | 2,906 | 25 | — | — | |||||||||||
Other liabilities | 3 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Total Liabilities | 7,915 | 2,431 | 14,891 | 5,833 | |||||||||||
Interest rate exchange agreements | 17 | 412 | (224 | ) | (205 | ) | |||||||||
Periodic gap of mortgage-related business | 1,486 | 650 | (26 | ) | (2,110 | ) | |||||||||
Total periodic gap | 8,356 | 1,480 | 3,448 | (2,231 | ) | ||||||||||
Cumulative gap | $ | 8,356 | $ | 9,836 | $ | 13,284 | $ | 11,053 | |||||||
Duration Gap –Duration gap is the difference between the estimated durations (market value sensitivity) of assets and liabilities (including the impact of interest rate exchange agreements) and reflects the extent to which estimated maturity and repricing cash flows for assets and liabilities are matched. The Bank monitors duration gap analysis at the total Bank level but does not have a policy limit. The Bank’s duration gap was one month at both March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
Total Bank Duration Gap Analysis
March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||||||
Amount (In millions) | Duration Gap(1) (In months) | Amount (In millions) | Duration Gap(1) (In months) | |||||||
Assets | $ | 246,906 | 5 | $ | 244,915 | 5 | ||||
Liabilities | 235,853 | 4 | 234,161 | 4 | ||||||
Net | $ | 11,053 | 1 | $ | 10,754 | 1 | ||||
(1) | Duration gap values include the impact of interest rate exchange agreements. |
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Segment Market Risk. The financial performance and interest rate risks of each business segment are managed within prescribed guidelines, which, when combined, are consistent with the policy limits for the total Bank.
Advances-Related Business –Interest rate risk arises from the advances-related business primarily through the use of member-contributed capital to fund fixed rate investments of targeted amounts and maturities. In general, advances result in very little net interest rate risk for the Bank because most fixed rate advances with original maturities greater than three months and advances with embedded options are hedged contemporaneously with an interest rate swap or option with terms offsetting the advance. The interest rate swap or option generally is maintained as a hedge for the life of the advance. These hedged advances effectively create a pool of variable rate assets, which, in combination with the strategy of raising debt swapped to variable rate liabilities, creates an advances portfolio with low net interest rate risk.
Non-MBS investments have maturities of less than three months or are variable rate investments. These investments also effectively match the interest rate risk of the Bank’s variable rate funding.
The interest rate risk in the advances-related business is primarily associated with the Bank’s strategy for investing the members’ contributed capital. The Bank invests approximately 50% of its capital in short-term assets (maturities of three months or less) and approximately 50% of its capital in a laddered portfolio of fixed rate financial instruments with maturities of one month to four years (“targeted gaps”).
The strategy to invest 50% of members’ contributed capital in short-term assets is intended to mitigate the market value of capital risks associated with potential repurchase or redemption of members’ excess capital stock. The strategy to invest 50% of capital in a laddered portfolio of instruments with maturities up to four years is intended to take advantage of the higher earnings available from a generally positively sloped yield curve, when intermediate-term investments generally have higher yields than short-term investments. Excess capital stock primarily results from a decline in a member’s advances. Under the Bank’s capital plan, capital stock, when repurchased or redeemed, is required to be repurchased or redeemed at its par value of $100 per share, subject to certain regulatory and statutory limits.
Management updates the repricing and maturity gaps for actual asset, liability, and derivatives transactions that occur in the advances-related segment each day. Management regularly compares the targeted repricing and maturity gaps to the actual repricing and maturity gaps to identify rebalancing needs for the targeted gaps. On a weekly basis, management evaluates the projected impact of expected maturities and scheduled repricings of assets, liabilities, and interest rate exchange agreements on the interest rate risk of the advances-related segment. The analyses are prepared under base case and alternate interest rate scenarios to assess the effect of put options and call options embedded in the advances, related financing, and hedges. These analyses are also used to measure and manage potential reinvestment risk (when the remaining term of advances is shorter than the remaining term of the financing) and potential refinancing risk (when the remaining term of advances is longer than the remaining term of the financing).
Because of the short-term and variable rate nature of the assets, liabilities, and derivatives of the advances-related business, the Bank’s interest rate risk guidelines address the amounts of net assets that are expected to mature or reprice in a given period. The repricing gap analysis table as of March 31, 2007, in “Repricing Gap Analysis” above shows that approximately $6.9 billion of net assets for the advances-related business (62% of capital) were scheduled to mature or reprice in the six-month period following March 31, 2007, which is consistent with the Bank’s guidelines. Net market value sensitivity analysis and net interest income simulations are also used to identify and measure risk and variances to the target interest rate risk exposure in the advances-related segment.
Mortgage-Related Business –The Bank’s mortgage assets include MBS, most of which are classified as held-to-maturity and some of which are classified as trading, and mortgage loans purchased under the MPF Program. The Bank is exposed to interest rate risk from the mortgage-related business because the principal cash flows of the mortgage assets and the liabilities that fund them are not exactly matched through time and across all possible interest rate scenarios, given the uncertainty of the mortgage prepayments and the existence of interest rate caps on certain adjustable rate MBS.
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The Bank purchases a mix of intermediate-term fixed rate and floating rate MBS. Generally, purchases of long-term fixed rate MBS have been relatively small. Any MPF loans acquired are long-term fixed rate mortgage assets. This results in a mortgage portfolio that has a diversified set of interest rate risk attributes.
The estimated market risk of the mortgage-related business is managed both at the time an individual asset is purchased and on a total portfolio level. At the time of purchase (for all significant mortgage asset acquisitions), the Bank analyzes the estimated earnings sensitivity risk, estimated net market value sensitivity, and estimated prepayment sensitivity of the mortgage assets and anticipated funding and hedging under various interest rate scenarios. The related funding and hedging transactions are executed at or close to the time of purchase of a mortgage asset.
At least monthly, management reviews the estimated market risk of the entire portfolio of mortgage assets and related funding and hedges. Rebalancing strategies to modify the estimated mortgage portfolio market risks are then considered. Periodically, management performs more in-depth analyses, which include the impacts of non-parallel shifts in the yield curve and assessments of unanticipated prepayment behavior. Based on these analyses, management may take actions to rebalance the mortgage portfolio’s estimated market risk profile. These rebalancing strategies may include entering into new funding and hedging transactions, forgoing or modifying certain funding or hedging transactions normally executed with new MBS purchases, or terminating certain funding and hedging transactions for the mortgage asset portfolio.
The Bank manages the estimated interest rate and prepayment risk associated with mortgage assets through a combination of debt issuance and derivatives. The Bank may obtain funding through callable and non-callable FHLBank System debt and execute derivatives transactions to achieve principal cash flow patterns and market value sensitivities for the liabilities and derivatives similar to those expected on the mortgage assets. Debt issued to finance mortgage assets may be fixed rate debt, callable fixed rate debt, or adjustable rate debt. Derivatives may be used as temporary hedges of anticipated debt issuance or as long-term hedges of debt used to finance the mortgage assets. The derivatives used to hedge the interest rate risk of fixed rate mortgage assets generally may be options to enter into interest rate swaps (swaptions) or callable and non-callable pay-fixed interest rate swaps. Derivatives used to hedge the periodic cap risks of adjustable rate mortgages may be receive-adjustable, pay-adjustable swaps with embedded caps that offset the periodic caps in the mortgage assets.
The Bank’s interest rate risk guidelines for the mortgage-related business address the net market value sensitivity of the assets, liabilities, and derivatives of the mortgage-related business. The following table presents results of the estimated market value of equity sensitivity analysis attributable to the mortgage-related business as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
Market Value of Equity Sensitivity
Estimated Percentage Change in Market Value of Bank Equity Attributable to
the Mortgage-Related Business for Various Changes in Interest Rates
Interest Rate Scenario(1) | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||
+200 basis-point change | –1.7 | % | –2.0 | % | ||
+100 basis-point change | –0.7 | –0.9 | ||||
–100 basis-point change | +0.0 | +0.4 | ||||
–200 basis-point change | -0.6 | +0.0 |
(1) | Instantaneous change from actual rates at dates indicated. |
The Bank’s estimates of the contribution of the mortgage-related business to the sensitivity of the market value of equity to changes in interest rates show slightly less adverse sensitivity to rate increases and slightly more adverse sensitivity to rate decreases as of March 31, 2007, compared to the estimates as of December 31, 2006. Compared to interest rates as of December 31, 2006, interest rates as of March 31, 2007, were 11 basis points lower for terms of 1 year, 11 basis points lower for terms of 5 years, and 1 basis point lower for terms of 10 years. The issuance of $1.8 billion of long-term callable debt as part of the rebalancing of the mortgage portfolio accounts for the change in sensitivity.
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Interest Rate Exchange Agreements. A derivatives transaction or interest rate exchange agreement is a financial contract whose fair value is generally derived from changes in the value of an underlying asset or liability. The Bank uses interest rate swaps, options to enter into interest rate swaps (swaptions), interest rate cap, floor, corridor and collar agreements, and callable and putable interest rate swaps (collectively, interest rate exchange agreements) to manage its exposure to interest rate risks inherent in its normal course of business – lending, investment, and funding activities. For more information on the primary strategies that the Bank employs for using interest rate exchange agreements and the associated market risks, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Risk Management – Market Risk – Interest Rate Exchange Agreements” in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
The following table summarizes the Bank’s interest rate exchange agreements by type of hedged item, hedging instrument, associated hedging strategy, accounting designation as specified under SFAS 133, and notional amount as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
(In millions) | ||||||||||
Notional Amount | ||||||||||
Hedging Instrument | Hedging Strategy | Accounting Designation | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||||
Hedged Item: Advances | ||||||||||
Pay fixed, receive floating interest rate swap | Fixed rate advance converted to a LIBOR floating rate | Fair Value Hedge | $ | 29,583 | $ | 24,334 | ||||
Pay fixed, receive floating interest rate swap – swap is callable at Bank’s option | Fixed rate callable advance converted to a LIBOR floating rate; swap is callable | Fair Value Hedge | 1,250 | 1,249 | ||||||
Pay fixed, receive floating interest rate swap – swap is putable at counterparty’s option or is index based | Fixed rate putable advance converted to a LIBOR floating rate; swap is putable | Fair Value Hedge | 3,238 | 2,125 | ||||||
Interest rate cap, floor, corridor, and/or collar | Interest rate cap, floor, corridor, and/or collar embedded in an adjustable rate advance | Fair Value Hedge | 7,090 | 9,090 | ||||||
Subtotal Fair Value Hedges | 41,161 | 36,798 | ||||||||
Basis swap | Adjustable rate advance converted to a LIBOR floating rate | Economic Hedge(1) | 2,489 | 2,552 | ||||||
Receive fixed, pay floating interest rate swap | LIBOR index rate advance converted to a fixed rate | Economic Hedge(1) | 75 | 75 | ||||||
Basis swap | Three-month LIBOR floating rate advance converted to a one-month LIBOR floating rate to reduce interest rate sensitivity and repricing gaps | Economic Hedge(1) | 100 | — | ||||||
Pay fixed, receive floating interest rate swap; swap may be callable or putable | Fixed rate advance converted to a LIBOR floating rate; advance and swap may be callable or putable | Economic Hedge(1) | 2,019 | 773 | ||||||
Subtotal Economic Hedges(1) | 4,683 | 3,400 | ||||||||
Total | 45,844 | 40,198 | ||||||||
Hedged Item: Non-Callable Bonds | ||||||||||
Receive fixed or structured, pay floating interest rate swap | Fixed rate or structured rate non-callable bond converted to a LIBOR floating rate | Fair Value Hedge | 115,384 | 118,131 | ||||||
Receive fixed or structured, pay floating interest rate swap | Fixed rate or structured rate non-callable bond converted to a LIBOR floating rate | Economic Hedge(1) | 2,963 | 1,800 |
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(In millions) | ||||||||||
Notional Amount | ||||||||||
Hedging Instrument | Hedging Strategy | Accounting Designation | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||||
Basis swap | Non-LIBOR index non-callable bond converted to a LIBOR floating rate | Economic Hedge(1) | 6,167 | 6,377 | ||||||
Basis swap | Three-month LIBOR or other short-term floating rate non-callable bond converted to a one-month LIBOR or other short-term floating rate to reduce interest rate sensitivity and repricing gaps | Economic Hedge(1) | 48,716 | 48,566 | ||||||
Swaption | An option to enter into an interest rate swap to receive a fixed rate, which provides an option to reduce the Bank’s exposure to fixed interest rates on non-callable bonds that offset the prepayment risk of mortgage assets | Economic Hedge(1) | 3,340 | 3,575 | ||||||
Subtotal Economic Hedges(1) | 61,186 | 60,318 | ||||||||
Total | 176,570 | 178,449 | ||||||||
Hedged Item: Callable Bonds | ||||||||||
Receive fixed or structured rate, pay floating interest rate swap with an option to call | Fixed or structured rate callable bond converted to a LIBOR floating rate; swap is callable | Fair Value Hedge | 41,285 | 39,638 | ||||||
Receive fixed or structured, pay floating interest rate swap with an option to call | Fixed rate or structured rate callable bond converted to a LIBOR floating rate; swap is callable | Economic Hedge(1) | 3,467 | 3,389 | ||||||
Total | 44,752 | 43,027 | ||||||||
Hedged Item: Discount Notes | ||||||||||
Pay fixed, receive floating callable interest rate swap | Discount note converted to fixed rate callable debt that offsets the prepayment risk of mortgage assets | Economic Hedge(1) | 2,252 | 2,253 | ||||||
Basis swap or receive fixed, pay floating interest rate swap | Discount note converted to one-month LIBOR or other short-term floating rate to hedge repricing gaps | Economic Hedge(1) | 9,684 | 11,067 | ||||||
Total | 11,936 | 13,320 | ||||||||
Hedged Item: Trading Securities | ||||||||||
Pay MBS rate, receive floating interest rate swap | MBS rate converted to a LIBOR floating rate | Economic Hedge(1) | 30 | 39 | ||||||
Hedged Item: Intermediary Positions | ||||||||||
Pay fixed, receive floating interest rate swap, and receive fixed, pay floating interest rate swap | Interest rate swaps executed with members offset by executing interest rate swaps with counterparties | Economic Hedge(1) | 1,260 | 1,260 | ||||||
Interest rate cap/floor | Stand-alone interest rate cap and/or floor executed with a member offset by executing an interest rate cap and/or floor with counterparties | Economic Hedge(1) | 70 | 70 | ||||||
Total | 1,330 | 1,330 | ||||||||
Total Notional | $ | 280,462 | $ | 276,363 |
(1) | Economic hedges are derivatives that are matched to balance sheet instruments or other derivatives but do not meet the requirements for hedge accounting under SFAS 133. |
At March 31, 2007, the total notional amount of interest rate exchange agreements outstanding was $280.5 billion, compared with $276.4 billion at December 31, 2006. The $4.1 billion increase in the notional amount of derivatives during the first quarter of 2007 was primarily due to a $5.6 billion increase in interest rate swaps used to hedge the market risk of new fixed rate advances, partially offset by a $1.5 billion decrease in interest rate exchange agreements that hedge various types of consolidated obligations. The notional amount serves as a basis for calculating periodic interest payments or cash flows received and paid.
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The following table categorizes the notional amounts and estimated fair values of the Bank’s interest rate exchange agreements, excluding accrued interest, and related hedged items by product and type of accounting treatment under SFAS 133 as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
Estimated Fair Values of Derivatives and Hedged Items
(In millions) | |||||||||||||||
March 31, 2007 | |||||||||||||||
Notional Amount | Derivatives | Hedged Items | Difference | ||||||||||||
Fair value hedges: | |||||||||||||||
Advances | $ | 41,161 | $ | 85 | $ | (80 | ) | $ | 5 | ||||||
Non-callable bonds | 115,384 | (305 | ) | 267 | (38 | ) | |||||||||
Callable bonds | 41,285 | (231 | ) | 219 | (12 | ) | |||||||||
Subtotal | 197,830 | (451 | ) | 406 | (45 | ) | |||||||||
Not qualifying for hedge accounting (economic hedges): | |||||||||||||||
Advances | 4,683 | (1 | ) | — | (1 | ) | |||||||||
Non-callable bonds | 57,236 | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||||
Non-callable bonds with embedded derivatives | 3,950 | (10 | ) | — | (10 | ) | |||||||||
Callable bonds | 3,442 | (20 | ) | — | (20 | ) | |||||||||
Callable bonds with embedded derivatives | 25 | (1 | ) | — | (1 | ) | |||||||||
Discount notes | 11,936 | 32 | — | 32 | |||||||||||
MBS – trading | 30 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Intermediated | 1,330 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Subtotal | 82,632 | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||||
Total | $ | 280,462 | $ | (450 | ) | $ | 406 | $ | (44 | ) | |||||
December 31, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
Notional Amount | Derivatives | Hedged Items | Difference | ||||||||||||
Fair value hedges: | |||||||||||||||
Advances | $ | 36,798 | $ | 182 | $ | (176 | ) | $ | 6 | ||||||
Non-callable bonds | 118,131 | (606 | ) | 565 | (41 | ) | |||||||||
Callable bonds | 39,638 | (353 | ) | 335 | (18 | ) | |||||||||
Subtotal | 194,567 | (777 | ) | 724 | (53 | ) | |||||||||
Not qualifying for hedge accounting (economic hedges): | |||||||||||||||
Advances | 3,400 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Non-callable bonds | 55,238 | (6 | ) | — | (6 | ) | |||||||||
Non-callable bonds with embedded derivatives | 5,080 | (15 | ) | — | (15 | ) | |||||||||
Callable bonds | 3,364 | (28 | ) | — | (28 | ) | |||||||||
Callable bonds with embedded derivatives | 25 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Discount notes | 13,320 | 41 | — | 41 | |||||||||||
MBS – trading | 39 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Intermediated | 1,330 | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||||
Subtotal | 81,796 | (7 | ) | — | (7 | ) | |||||||||
Total | $ | 276,363 | $ | (784 | ) | $ | 724 | $ | (60 | ) | |||||
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The fair values of embedded derivatives presented on a combined basis with the host contract and not included in the above table are as follows:
Estimated Fair Values of Embedded Derivatives
(In millions) | March 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||
Host contract: | ||||||
Non-callable bonds | $ | 10 | $ | 15 | ||
Callable bonds | 1 | — | ||||
Total | $ | 11 | $ | 15 | ||
Currently, the primary source of SFAS 133-related income volatility arises from economic hedges. These are hedges that do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment under the rules of SFAS 133. Economic hedges introduce the potential for earnings volatility because the changes in fair value recorded on the interest rate exchange agreements generally are not offset by corresponding changes in the value of the economically hedged assets, liabilities, or firm commitments. These economic hedges are primarily transacted as non-SFAS 133-hedge qualifying at inception but also arise when hedge accounting is discontinued when the Bank determines that a derivative no longer qualifies as an effective hedge.
The ongoing impact of SFAS 133 on the Bank cannot be predicted, and the Bank’s retained earnings in the future may not be sufficient to offset the impact of SFAS 133. The effects of SFAS 133 may lead to significant volatility in future earnings, other comprehensive income, and dividends. Because the SFAS 133 periodic and cumulative net unrealized gains or losses are primarily a matter of timing, the unrealized gains or losses will generally reverse over the remaining contractual terms to maturity, call date, or put date of the hedged financial instruments and associated interest rate exchange agreements. However, the Bank may have instances in which hedging relationships are terminated prior to maturity or prior to the call or put dates. Terminating the hedging relationship may result in a realized gain or loss. In addition, the Bank may have instances in which it may sell trading securities prior to maturity, which may also result in a realized gain or loss.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make a number of judgments, estimates, and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, if applicable, and the reported amounts of income, expenses, gains, and losses during the reporting period. Changes in judgments, estimates, and assumptions could potentially affect the Bank’s financial position and results of operations significantly. Although management believes these judgments, estimates, and assumptions to be reasonably accurate, actual results may differ.
The Bank has identified five accounting policies that it believes are critical because they require management to make subjective or complex judgments about matters that are inherently uncertain and because of the likelihood that materially different amounts would be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions. These policies include estimating the allowance for credit losses on the advances and mortgage loan portfolios; accounting for derivatives; estimating fair values of investments classified as trading and all derivatives and hedged items carried at fair value in accordance with SFAS 133; estimating the fair value of the collateral pledged to the Bank; and estimating the prepayment speeds on MBS and mortgage loans for the accounting of amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts on MBS and mortgage loans. These policies and the judgments, estimates, and assumptions are also described in Note 1 to the Financial Statements.
Allowance for Credit Losses
The allowance for credit losses for advances and mortgage loans acquired under the MPF Program represents management’s estimate of the probable credit losses inherent in these two portfolios. Determining the amount of the allowance for credit losses is considered a critical accounting estimate because management’s evaluation of the adequacy of the provision is inherently subjective and requires significant estimates, including the amounts and timing of estimated future cash flows, estimated losses based on historical loss experience, and consideration of current economic trends, all of which are susceptible to change. The Bank’s assumptions and judgments on its allowance for credit losses are based on information available as of the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
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Advances.The allowance for credit losses on advances includes the following underlying assumptions that the Bank uses for evaluating its exposure to credit loss: (i) management’s judgment as to the creditworthiness of the members to which the Bank lends funds, (ii) review and valuation of the collateral pledged by members, and (iii) evaluation of historical loss experience. The Bank has policies and procedures in place to manage its credit risk on advances. These include:
• | Monitoring the creditworthiness and financial condition of the members to which it lends funds. |
• | Reviewing the quality and value of collateral pledged by members to secure advances. |
• | Establishing borrowing capacities based on collateral value and type for each member, including assessment of margin requirements based on factors such as the cost to liquidate and inherent risk exposure based on collateral type. |
• | �� | Evaluating historical loss experience. |
The Bank is required by the FHLBank Act and Finance Board regulation to obtain sufficient collateral on advances to protect against losses and to accept only certain collateral for advances, such as U.S. government or government-agency securities, residential mortgage loans, deposits in the Bank, and other real estate-related assets.
At March 31, 2007, the Bank had $177.5 billion of advances outstanding and collateral pledged with an estimated borrowing capacity (value of collateral less a margin) of $285.4 billion. At December 31, 2006, the Bank had $183.7 billion of advances outstanding and collateral pledged with an estimated borrowing capacity (value of collateral less a margin) of $288.4 billion.
The Bank has never experienced a credit loss on an advance. Based on management’s credit analyses, the collateral held as security for advances, and prior repayment history, the Bank has not provided an allowance for losses on advances as of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006
Significant changes to any of the factors described above could materially affect the Bank’s allowance for losses on advances. For example, the Bank’s current assumptions about the financial strength of any member may change due to various circumstances, such as new information becoming available regarding the member’s financial strength or changes in the national or regional economy. New information may require the Bank to place a member on credit watch and require collateral to be delivered, adjust the borrowing capacity of the member’s collateral, or provide for losses on advances.
Mortgage Loans Acquired Under the MPF Program. In determining the allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans, management evaluates the Bank’s exposure to credit loss taking into consideration the following: (i) management’s judgment on the eligibility of members to continue to service and credit-enhance the loans sold to the Bank, (ii) evaluation of credit exposure on purchased loans, (iii) valuation of credit enhancements provided by members, and (iv) valuation of loss exposure and historical loss experience.
The Bank has policies and procedures in place to manage its credit risk. These include:
• | Monitoring the credit quality of members that sold mortgage loans to the Bank. |
• | Valuation of required credit enhancements to be provided by members calculated using a rating agency model. |
• | Estimation of loss exposure and historical loss experience to establish an adequate level of loss reserves. |
The Bank maintains an allowance for credit losses, net of credit enhancements, on mortgage loans acquired under the MPF Program at levels that management believes to be adequate to absorb estimated losses inherent in the total mortgage loan portfolio. Setting the level of reserves requires significant judgment and regular evaluation by management. Many factors, including delinquency statistics, past performance, current performance, loan portfolio characteristics, collateral valuations, industry data, collectibility of credit enhancements from members or from mortgage insurers, and prevailing economic conditions, are important in estimating mortgage loan losses, taking into account the credit enhancement. The use of different estimates or assumptions as well as changes in external factors could produce materially different allowance levels.
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The Bank began purchasing mortgage loans from members under the MPF Program in 2002. The Bank’s last purchase commitment expired on February 15, 2007. The Bank calculates its estimated allowance for credit losses for its Original MPF loans and MPF Plus loans as described below and does not estimate ranges of allowances. Given that the Bank’s participation in this program began in 2002, the Bank does not have significant loss history to evaluate the historical accuracy of its estimate for allowances for credit losses. However, the Bank does have a process in place for determining whether the loans purchased comply with the underwriting and qualifying standards established for the program and for monitoring and identifying loans that are deemed impaired. A loan is considered impaired when it is reported 90 days or more past due (nonaccrual) or when it is probable, based on current information and events, that the Bank will be unable to collect all principal and interest amounts due according to the contractual terms of the mortgage loan agreement.
The Bank evaluates the allowance for credit losses on Original MPF mortgage loans based on two components. The first component applies to each individual loan that is specifically identified as impaired. Once the Bank identifies the impaired loans, the Bank evaluates the exposure on these loans in excess of the first and second layers of loss protection (the liquidation value of the real property securing the loan and any primary mortgage insurance) and records a provision for credit losses on the Original MPF loans.
The second component applies to loans that are not specifically identified as impaired and is based on the Bank’s estimate of probable credit losses on those loans as of the financial statement date. The Bank evaluates the credit loss exposure based on the First Loss Account exposure on a loan pool basis and also considers various observable data, such as delinquency statistics, past performance, current performance, loan portfolio characteristics, collateral valuations, industry data, collectibility of credit enhancements from members or from mortgage insurers, and prevailing economic conditions, taking into account the credit enhancement provided by the member under the terms of each Master Commitment. The Bank had established an allowance for credit losses for the Original MPF loan portfolio totaling $0.7 million as of March 31, 2007, and $0.7 million as of December 31, 2006.
The Bank evaluates the allowance for credit losses on MPF Plus loans based on two components. The first component applies to each individual loan that is specifically identified as impaired. The Bank evaluates the exposure on these loans in excess of the first and second layers of loss protection to determine whether the Bank’s potential credit loss exposure is in excess of the performance-based credit enhancement fee and supplemental mortgage insurance. If the analysis indicates the Bank has credit loss exposure, the Bank records a provision for credit losses on MPF Plus loans. As of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, the Bank determined that an allowance for credit losses was not required for MPF Plus loans because the amount of the liquidation value of the real property, primary mortgage insurance, available performance-based credit enhancements, and supplemental mortgage insurance associated with these loans was in excess of the estimated loss exposure.
The second component in the evaluation of the allowance for credit losses on MPF Plus mortgage loans applies to loans that are not specifically identified as impaired, and is based on the Bank’s estimate of probable credit losses on those loans as of the financial statement date. The Bank evaluates the credit loss exposure and considers various observable data, such as delinquency statistics, past performance, current performance, loan portfolio characteristics, collateral valuations, industry data, collectibility of credit enhancements from members or from mortgage insurers, and prevailing economic conditions, taking into account the credit enhancement provided by the member under the terms of each Master Commitment. As of March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, the Bank determined that an allowance for credit losses was not required for these loans.
At March 31, 2007, the Bank had 35 loans totaling $4 million classified as nonaccrual or impaired. Twenty-one of these loans totaling $3 million were in foreclosure or bankruptcy. At December 31, 2006, the Bank had 31 loans totaling $4 million classified as nonaccrual or impaired. Twenty-three of these loans totaling $3 million were in foreclosure or bankruptcy.
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Significant changes in any of the factors described above could materially affect the Bank’s allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans. In addition, as the Bank’s mortgage loan portfolio ages and becomes sufficiently seasoned and additional loss history is obtained, the Bank may have to adjust its methods of estimating its allowance for credit losses and make additional provisions for credit losses in the future.
The allowance for credit losses on the mortgage loan portfolio was as follows:
Three months ended | |||||||
March 31, 2007 | March 31, 2006 | ||||||
Balance, beginning of the period | $ | 0.6 | $ | 0.7 | |||
Chargeoffs | — | — | |||||
Recoveries | — | — | |||||
Provision for/(reduction of) credit losses | 0.1 | (0.1 | ) | ||||
Balance, end of the period | $ | 0.7 | $ | 0.6 | |||
Accounting for Derivatives
Accounting for derivatives includes the following assumptions and estimates by the Bank: (i) assessing whether the hedging relationship qualifies for hedge accounting under SFAS 133, (ii) assessing whether an embedded derivative should be bifurcated under SFAS 133, (iii) calculating the estimated effectiveness of the hedging relationship, (iv) evaluating exposure associated with counterparty credit risk, and (v) estimating the fair value of the derivatives (which is discussed in “Fair Values” below). The Bank’s assumptions and judgments include subjective calculations and estimates based on information available as of the date of the financial statements and could be materially different based on different assumptions, calculations, and estimates.
The Bank accounts for derivatives in accordance with SFAS 133. The Bank specifically identifies the hedged asset or liability and the associated hedging strategy. Prior to execution of each transaction, the Bank documents the following items:
• | Hedging strategy |
• | Identification of the item being hedged |
• | Determination of the accounting designation under SFAS 133 |
• | Determination of method used to assess the effectiveness of the hedging relationship |
• | Assessment that the hedge is expected to be effective in the future if designated as a hedge under SFAS 133 |
All derivatives are recorded on the Statements of Condition at their fair value and designated as either fair value or cash flow hedges for SFAS 133-qualifying hedges or as non-SFAS 133-qualifying hedges (economic hedges). Any changes in the fair value of a derivative are recorded in current period earnings or other comprehensive income, depending on the type of hedge designation.
In addition, the Bank evaluates all transactions to determine whether an embedded derivative exists based on the guidance of SFAS 133. The evaluation includes reviewing the terms of the instrument to identify whether some or all of the cash flows or the value of other exchanges required by the instrument are similar to a derivative and should be bifurcated from the host contract. If it is determined that an embedded derivative should be bifurcated, the Bank measures the fair value of the embedded derivative separate from the host contract and records the changes in fair value in earnings.
Assessment of Effectiveness. Highly effective hedging relationships that use interest rate swaps as the hedging instrument and that meet certain criteria under SFAS 133 may qualify for the “short-cut” method of assessing effectiveness. The short-cut method allows the Bank to make the assumption of no ineffectiveness, which means that the change in fair value of the hedged item can be assumed to be equal to the change in fair value of the derivative. No further evaluation of effectiveness is performed for these hedging relationships unless a critical term is changed. Included in these hedging relationships may be hedged items for which the settlement of the hedged item occurs within the shortest period of time possible for the type of instrument based on market settlement conventions. The Bank defines market settlement conventions to be five business days or less for advances and 30 calendar days, using a next business day convention, for consolidated
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obligations. The Bank designates the hedged item in a qualifying hedging relationship as of its trade date. Although the hedged item will not be recognized in the financial statements until settlement date, in certain circumstances when the fair value of the hedging instrument is zero on the trade date, the Bank believes that it meets a condition of SFAS 133 that allows the use of the short-cut method. The Bank then records the changes in fair value of the derivative and the hedged item beginning on the trade date.
For a hedging relationship that does not qualify for the short-cut method, the Bank measures its effectiveness using the “long-haul” method, in which the change in fair value of the hedged item must be measured separately from the change in fair value of the derivative. The Bank designs effectiveness testing criteria based on its knowledge of the hedged item and hedging instrument that were employed to create the hedging relationship. The Bank uses regression analyses or other statistical analyses to evaluate effectiveness results, which must fall within established tolerances. Effectiveness testing is performed at inception and on at least a quarterly basis for both prospective considerations and retrospective evaluations.
Hedge Discontinuance.When a hedging relationship fails the effectiveness test, the Bank immediately discontinues hedge accounting. In addition, the Bank discontinues hedge accounting when it is no longer probable that a forecasted transaction will occur in the original expected time period and when a hedged firm commitment no longer meets the required criteria of a firm commitment. The Bank treats modifications of hedged items (such as a reduction in par amount, change in maturity date, or change in strike rates) as a termination of a hedge relationship. The Bank records the effect of discontinuance of hedges to earnings in “Net loss on derivatives and hedging activities.”
Accounting for Hedge Ineffectiveness. The Bank quantifies and records in other income the ineffective portion of its hedging relationships. Ineffectiveness for fair value hedging relationships is calculated as the difference between the change in fair value of the hedging instrument and the change in fair value of the hedged item. Ineffectiveness for anticipatory hedge relationships is recorded when the change in the forecasted fair value of the hedging instrument exceeds the change in the fair value of the anticipated hedged item.
Credit Risk for Counterparties.The Bank is subject to credit risk as a result of nonperformance by counterparties to the derivatives agreements. All extensions of credit to counterparties that are members of the Bank and are not derivatives dealers, in which the Bank serves as an intermediary, are fully secured by eligible collateral and are subject to both the Bank’s Advances and Security Agreement and a master netting agreement. For all derivatives dealer counterparties, the Bank selects only highly rated derivatives dealers and major banks that meet the Bank’s eligibility requirements. In addition, the Bank enters into master netting agreements and bilateral security agreements with all active derivatives dealer counterparties that provide for delivery of collateral at specified levels tied to counterparty credit rating to limit the Bank’s net unsecured credit exposure to these counterparties. The Bank makes judgments on each counterparty’s creditworthiness and estimates of collateral values in analyzing its credit risk for nonperformance by counterparties.
Based on the master netting arrangements, its credit analyses, and the collateral requirements in place with each counterparty, management of the Bank does not anticipate any credit losses on its derivatives agreements. The Bank’s net unsecured credit exposure to derivatives counterparties was $4 million at March 31, 2007, and $1 million at December 31, 2006. See additional discussion of credit exposure to derivatives counterparties in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Risk Management – Credit Risk – Derivatives Counterparties.”
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Fair Values
Certain assets and liabilities, including investments classified as trading securities and all derivatives and associated hedged items accounted for in accordance with SFAS 133, are presented in the Statements of Condition at fair value. In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), the fair value of an asset or liability is the amount at which the asset could be bought or sold or the amount at which the liability could be incurred or settled in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced liquidation. Fair values play an important role in the valuation of certain of the Bank’s assets, liabilities, and derivatives transactions. In addition, the Bank estimates the fair value of pledged collateral to confirm that the Bank has sufficient collateral to meet regulatory requirements and to protect itself from loss.
Fair values are based on market prices when they are available. If market quotes are not available, which is the case for many of the Bank’s financial instruments and collateral, the Bank is required to make significant assumptions and use valuation techniques for the purpose of determining estimated fair values.
The methods the Bank uses to estimate fair value include the following:
• | Readily available quoted prices, market rates, or replacement rates for similar financial instruments. |
• | Discounted cash flows using market estimates of interest rates and volatility or dealer prices and prices of similar instruments. |
• | Pricing models and their underlying assumptions based on management’s best estimates for discount rates, prepayments, market volatility, and other factors. |
• | Carrying value to approximate fair value for financial instruments with three months or less to repricing or maturity. |
Changes in these assumptions, calculations, and techniques could significantly affect the Bank’s financial position and results of operations. These fair values may not represent the actual values of the financial instruments that could have been realized as of yearend or that will be realized in the future. Although the Bank uses its best judgment in estimating the fair value of these financial instruments, there are inherent limitations in any estimation technique or valuation methodology. The Bank continually refines its assumptions and valuation methodologies to reflect market indications more effectively. Therefore, these estimated fair values are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that would be realized in current market transactions.
The Bank’s estimated fair value of total assets was $246.7 billion and of total liabilities was $235.6 billion at March 31, 2007. The Bank used valuation techniques to estimate the fair value of $209.3 billion of assets and $232.5 billion of liabilities at March 31, 2007. The Bank’s estimated fair value of total assets was $244.7 billion and of total liabilities was $233.8 billion at December 31, 2006. The Bank used valuation techniques to estimate the fair value of $216.0 billion of assets and $230.1 billion of liabilities at December 31, 2006.
Amortization of Premiums and Accretion of Discounts on MBS and Purchased Mortgage Loans
When the Bank purchases MBS and mortgage loans, it may not pay the seller the par value of the MBS or the exact amount of the unpaid principal balance of the mortgage loans. If the Bank pays more than the par value or the unpaid principal balance, purchasing the asset at a premium, the premium reduces the yield the Bank recognizes on the asset below the coupon amount. Conversely, if the Bank pays less than the par value or the unpaid principal balance, purchasing the asset at a discount, the discount increases the yield above the coupon amount.
The Bank amortizes premiums and accretes discounts in accordance with the requirements of SFAS 91. Where appropriate and allowed under SFAS 91, the Bank uses estimates of prepayments and applies a level-yield calculation on a retrospective basis. The Bank applies the retrospective method on MBS and purchased mortgage loans for which prepayments reasonably can be expected and estimated. Use of the retrospective method may increase volatility of reported earnings during periods of changing interest rates, and the use of different estimates or assumptions as well as changes in external factors could produce significantly different results.
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Publication of FHLBanks’ 2005 and 2006 Combined Financial Reports by Office of Finance and Finance Board Waiver of Certain Requirements Dealing with Prior Combined Financial Reports. On November 8, 2006, the Office of Finance published the FHLBanks’ 2005 Combined Financial Report, including audited combined financial statements of the 12 FHLBanks. The Office of Finance also announced that the combined financial statements of the FHLBanks had been restated as of and for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002, and 2001, as a result of restatements at 7 of the 12 FHLBanks, and that the effects of these restatements were reflected in the 2005 Combined Financial Report for the appropriate periods. On March 30, 2007, the Office of Finance published the FHLBanks’ 2006 Combined Financial Report. On April 11, 2007, the Finance Board passed a resolution waiving certain requirements dealing with the Combined Financial Reports for prior periods and requiring the Office of Finance to post on its website restated core financial statements for 2001, 2002, and 2003 and core financial statements for 2004 with an abbreviated financial discussion and analysis. The Finance Board stated that three of the principal effects of the resolution are that the Office of Finance will not be required to issue an audited 2004 Combined Financial Report, to re-issue quarterly Combined Financial Reports for periods up through the second quarter of 2004, or to issue quarterly Combined Financial Reports for periods up through the third quarter of 2006.
Proposed Changes to Regulation of GSEs. Congress is considering proposed legislation to establish a new regulator for the housing GSEs (the FHLBanks, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac) and to address other GSE reform issues. The House Financial Services Committee approved a GSE bill (H.R. 1427) which would, among other things, establish a new regulator for the housing GSEs. It is uncertain at this time whether there will be final legislation affecting the FHLBanks, the other housing GSEs, or their regulators.
Implementation of Amendment to the Bank’s Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy.On December 1, 2006, the Board of Directors voted to implement amendments to the Bank’s Retained Earnings and Dividend Policy that increased the target for the buildup of retained earnings other than SFAS 133 gains to $296 million and changed the amount that may be made available for dividends to 90% of net income, excluding the effects of SFAS 133, until the new target is reached. This buildup of retained earnings is intended to protect members’ paid-in capital from an extremely adverse credit or operations risk event, an extremely adverse SFAS 133 quarterly result, or an extremely low (or negative) level of net income before the effects of SFAS 133 resulting from an adverse interest rate environment. This buildup of retained earnings is in addition to any amounts retained as cumulative net unrealized gains in net income resulting from the application of SFAS 133. The amended policy became effective as of January 1, 2007, for dividend periods beginning on and after that date. Assuming that the Bank’s financial performance remains relatively consistent with its recent performance, the Bank would be expected to reach the $296 million target in the second quarter of 2010.
Appointment of Directors by Finance Board.On April 19, 2007, the Finance Board appointed Melinda Guzman and Robert F. Nielsen to the Bank’s Board of Directors, each to fill the remainder of a three-year term that began on January 1, 2006, and John F. Luikart and John T. Wasley to the Bank’s Board of Directors, each to fill the remainder of a three-year term that began on January 1, 2007. Ms. Guzman has been designated as a community interest director. She is a partner with the law firm of Goldsberry, Freeman & Guzman, LLP. Mr. Nielsen is President of Shelter Properties, Inc., a real estate and management company. Mr. Luikart is President of Bethany Advisors LLC, a consulting firm. Mr. Wasley is a managing partner with Heidrick & Struggles, an executive search firm.
Appointive Directors Final Rule. On April 2, 2007, the Finance Board issued a final rule that requires each FHLBank to submit on or before October 1st of each year a list of candidates qualified to fill vacant appointive director seats on its board. The final rule provides that FHLBanks are responsible for identifying potential candidates and conducting a preliminary assessment of the candidates’ eligibility and qualifications.
Annual Designation of Elected Director Positions.On May 9, 2007, the Finance Board redesignated one of the Bank’s eight elected director positions from California to Nevada, effective January 1, 2008, which will result in three elected director positions for California, four for Nevada, and one for Arizona for 2008. The director position redesignated from California to Nevada has a term
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ending December 31, 2008, and is currently filled by James F. Burr, an officer of World Savings Bank, FSB, a California member. Mr. Burr’s position with World Savings Bank, FSB, will no longer qualify him for the director position once it is redesignated from California to Nevada. The position will become vacant and the vacancy will be filled by the Bank’s Board of Directors. Each elected director selected by the Board to fill a vacancy must be an officer or director of a member of the Bank located in the relevant state.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements, Guarantees, and Other Commitments
In accordance with Finance Board regulations, the Bank is jointly and severally liable for the FHLBank System’s consolidated obligations issued under Section 11(a) of the FHLBank Act, and in accordance with the FHLBank Act, the Bank is jointly and severally liable for consolidated obligations issued under Section 11(c) of the FHLBank Act. The joint and several liability regulation of the Finance Board authorizes the Finance Board to require any FHLBank to repay all or a portion of the principal or interest on consolidated obligations for which another FHLBank is the primary obligor.
The Bank’s joint and several contingent liability is a guarantee, as defined by FASB Interpretation No. 45,Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others, an interpretation of FASB Statements No. 5, 57, and 107 and Rescission of FASB Interpretation No. 34 (FIN 45), but is excluded from the initial recognition and measurement provisions of FIN 45. The valuation of this contingent liability is therefore not recorded on the balance sheet of the Bank. The par amount of the outstanding consolidated obligations of all 12 FHLBanks was $951.5 billion at March 31, 2007, and $952.0 billion at December 31, 2006. The par value of the Bank’s participation in consolidated obligations was $232.9 billion at March 31, 2007, and $230.6 billion at December 31, 2006. The Bank had committed to the issuance of consolidated obligations totaling $420 million at March 31, 2007, and $186 million at December 31, 2006. For additional information on the Bank’s joint and several liability contingent obligation, see Note 10 and Note 18 to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
In addition, in the ordinary course of business, the Bank engages in financial transactions that, in accordance with GAAP, are not recorded on the Bank’s balance sheet or may be recorded on the Bank’s balance sheet in amounts that are different from the full contract or notional amount of the transactions. For example, the Bank routinely enters into commitments to extend advances and issues standby letters of credit. These commitments and standby letters of credit may represent future cash requirements of the Bank, although the standby letters of credit usually expire without being drawn upon. Standby letters of credit are subject to the same underwriting and collateral requirements as advances made by the Bank. At March 31, 2007, the Bank had $1.0 billion of advance commitments and $1.1 billion in standby letters of credit outstanding. At December 31, 2006, the Bank had $3.3 billion of advance commitments and $1.1 billion in standby letters of credit outstanding. The estimated fair values of these commitments and standby letters of credit were immaterial to the balance sheet at March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006.
The Bank’s financial statements do not include a liability for future statutorily mandated payments from the Bank to the Resolution Funding Corporation (REFCORP). No liability is recorded because each FHLBank must pay 20% of net earnings (after its Affordable Housing Program obligation) to the REFCORP to support the payment of part of the interest on the bonds issued by the REFCORP, and each FHLBank is unable to estimate its future required payments because the payments are based on the future earnings of that FHLBank and the other FHLBanks and are not estimable under SFAS 5,Accounting for Contingencies. Accordingly, the REFCORP payments are disclosed as a long-term statutory payment requirement and, for accounting purposes, are treated, accrued, and recognized like an income tax.
ITEM 3. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK |
See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition – Risk Management – Market Risk” beginning on page 54 of this Form 10-Q.
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ITEM 4. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Bank’s senior management is responsible for establishing and maintaining a system of disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Bank in the reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Bank’s disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Bank in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to the Bank’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the Bank’s disclosure controls and procedures, the Bank’s management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and the Bank’s management necessarily is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of controls and procedures.
Management of the Bank has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures with the participation of the President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Controller as of the end of the quarterly period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Bank’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Controller have concluded that the Bank’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level as of the end of the fiscal quarter covered by this report.
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
For the first quarter of 2007, there were no changes in the Bank’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Bank’s internal control over financial reporting.
Consolidated Obligations
The Bank’s disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures for accumulating and communicating information in compliance with the Bank’s disclosure and financial reporting requirements relating to the joint and several liability for the consolidated obligations of other FHLBanks. Because the FHLBanks are independently managed and operated, management of the Bank relies on information that is provided or disseminated by the Finance Board, the Office of Finance, or the other FHLBanks, as well as on published FHLBank credit ratings, in determining whether the Bank’s joint and several liability is reasonably likely to result in a direct obligation for the Bank or whether it is reasonably possible that the Bank will accrue a direct liability.
Management of the Bank also relies on the operation of the Finance Board’s joint and several liability regulation (12 C.F.R. Section 966.9). The joint and several liability regulation requires that each FHLBank file with the Finance Board a quarterly certification that it will remain capable of making full and timely payment of all of its current obligations, including direct obligations, coming due during the next quarter. In addition, if an FHLBank cannot make such a certification or if it projects that it may be unable to meet its current obligations during the next quarter on a timely basis, it must file a notice with the Finance Board. Under the joint and several liability regulation, the Finance Board may order any FHLBank to make principal and interest payments on any consolidated obligations of any other FHLBank, or allocate the outstanding liability of an FHLBank among all remaining FHLBanks on a pro rata basis in proportion to each FHLBank’s participation in all consolidated obligations outstanding or on any other basis.
ITEM 4T. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
Not applicable.
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ITEM 1. | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS |
The Bank may be subject to various legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. After consultation with legal counsel, management is not aware of any such proceedings that might result in the Bank’s ultimate liability in an amount that will have a material effect on the Bank’s financial condition or results of operations or that are otherwise material to the Bank.
ITEM 1A. | RISK FACTORS |
For a discussion of risk factors, see “Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Bank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 (2006 Form 10-K). There have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in the “Risk Factors” section of the Bank’s 2006 Form 10-K.
ITEM 2. | UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS |
Not applicable.
ITEM 3. | DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES |
None.
ITEM 4. | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS |
None.
ITEM 5. | OTHER INFORMATION |
None.
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ITEM 6. | EXHIBITS |
10.1 | Summary Sheet: Terms of Employment for Named Executive Officers for 2007, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Bank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2007 (Commission File No. 000-51398) | |
10.2 | Board Resolution for Directors’ 2007 Compensation and Expense Reimbursement Policy, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Bank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2007 (Commission File No. 000-51398) | |
10.3 | 2007 Executive Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Bank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2007 (Commission File No. 000-51398) | |
10.4 | 2007 Executive Performance Unit Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Bank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2007 (Commission File No. 000-51398) | |
10.5 | 2007 President’s Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Bank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2007 (Commission File No. 000-51398) | |
10.6 | Deferred Compensation Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Bank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2007 (Commission File No. 000-51398) | |
10.7 | Corporate Officer Severance Policy, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Bank’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2007 (Commission File No. 000-51398) | |
31.1 | Certification of the President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
31.2 | Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
31.3 | Certification of the Controller pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
32.1 | Certification of the President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
32.2 | Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
32.3 | Certification of the Controller pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
99.1 | Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges – Three Months Ended March 31, 2007 |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on May 15, 2007.
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco |
/S/ STEVEN T. HONDA |
Steven T. Honda Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |
/S/ VERA MAYTUM |
Vera Maytum Senior Vice President and Controller (Chief Accounting Officer) |
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