Liquidity and Capital Resources. Liquidity is the ability to meet current and future financial obligations. Our primary sources of funds consist of deposit inflows, loan repayments, advances from the FHLB of Boston, security repayments and loan sales. While maturities and scheduled amortization of loans and securities are predictable sources of funds, deposit flows and mortgage prepayments are greatly influenced by general interest rates, economic conditions and competition. Our Asset/Liability Management Committee is responsible for establishing and monitoring our liquidity targets and strategies in order to ensure that sufficient liquidity exists for meeting the borrowing needs and deposit withdrawals of our customers as well as unanticipated contingencies. We believe that we had enough sources of liquidity at September 30, 2018 to satisfy our short and long-term liquidity needs as of that date.
We regularly monitor and adjust our investments in liquid assets based on our assessment of:
| • | | Expected deposit flows and borrowing maturities; |
| • | | Yields available on interest-earning deposits and securities; and |
| • | | The objectives of our asset/liability management program. |
Excess liquid assets are invested generally in interest-earning deposits and short-term securities and may also be used to pay off short-term borrowings.
Our most liquid assets are cash and cash equivalents. The level of these assets is dependent on our operating, financing, lending and investing activities during any given period. At September 30, 2018 (unaudited), cash and cash equivalents totaled $133.6 million.
Our cash flows are derived from operating activities, investing activities and financing activities as reported in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows included in our Consolidated Financial Statements.
At September 30, 2018 (unaudited), we had $59.6 million in loan commitments outstanding. In addition to these commitments to originate and purchase loans, we had $325.3 million in unused lines of credit to borrowers and $59.7 million in unadvanced funds on construction loans.
Certificates of deposit due within one year of September 30, 2018 (unaudited) totaled $313.8 million, or 16.1%, of total deposits. If these deposits do not remain with us, we may be required to seek other sources of funds, including loan sales, brokered deposits, repurchase agreements and FHLB advances. Depending on market conditions, we may be required to pay higher rates on such deposits or other borrowings than we currently pay on the certificates of deposit due on or before September 30, 2019. We believe, however, based on historical experience and current market interest rates that we will retain upon maturity a large portion of our certificates of deposit with maturities of one year or less as of September 30, 2018 (unaudited).
Our primary investing activity is originating and purchasing loans. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2017, we originated and purchased $669.2 million and $835.8 million of new loans, respectively.
Financing activities consist primarily of activity in deposit accounts, FHLB advances and, to a lesser extent, brokered deposits. We experienced net increases in deposits of $197.1 million and $281.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 (unaudited) and for the year ended December 31, 2017, respectively. At September 30, 2018 (unaudited) and December 31, 2017, the levels of brokered deposits were $293.6 million and $247.2 million, respectively. Deposit flows are affected by the overall level of interest rates, the interest rates and products offered by us and our local competitors, and by other factors.
Liquidity management is both a daily and long-term function of business management. If we require funds beyond our ability to generate them internally, borrowing agreements exist with the FHLB of Boston, which provide an additional source of funds. At September 30, 2018 (unaudited), we had $794.3 million of FHLB advances outstanding. Based on available collateral at that date, we had the ability to borrow up to an additional $369.7 million from the FHLB of Boston.
We are obligated to make future payments according to various contracts. As of September 30, 2018 (unaudited), our contractual obligations have not changed materially from those disclosed in our 2017 Annual Report on Form10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2018.
BSB Bancorp, Inc. and Belmont Savings Bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements, including a risk-based capital measure. The risk-based capital guidelines include both a definition of capital and a framework for calculating risk-weighted assets by assigning balance sheet assets andoff-balance sheet items to broad risk categories. At September 30, 2018 (unaudited), BSB Bancorp, Inc. and Belmont Savings Bank exceeded all regulatory capital requirements and Belmont Savings Bank is considered “well capitalized” under the prompt corrective action regulatory guidelines.
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