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INVESTMENT SECURITIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
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NOTE 5 – INVESTMENT SECURITIES

 

Investment Securities Available for Sale

 

The amortized cost, non-credit loss component of OTTI recorded in OCI, gross unrealized gains and losses recorded in OCI, approximate fair value, and weighted-average yield of investment securities available for sale by contractual maturities as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

 

   December 31, 2015
   Amortized cost Noncredit Loss Component of OTTI Recorded in OCI Gross Fair value Weighted-average yield%
      Unrealized   
       Gains Losses   
(Dollars in thousands)                 
                   
U.S. Treasury securities:                 
 After 1 to 5 years $ 7,530 $ - $ - $ 33 $ 7,497  0.57
                   
Obligations of U.S.                 
government-sponsored                  
agencies:                 
  Due within one year   14,624   -   4   10   14,618  0.68
  After 1 to 5 years   384,323   -   174   4,305   380,192  1.32
  After 5 to 10 years   58,150   -   343   242   58,251  2.34
                   
Puerto Rico Government                 
obligations:                 
  After 1 to 5 years   25,663   14,662   -   -   11,001  4.38
  After 5 to 10 years   855   -   -   -   855  5.20
  After 10 years   23,162   5,255   134   1,680   16,361  5.40
                   
United States and Puerto                 
Rico Government                 
obligations   514,307   19,917   655   6,270   488,775  1.75
                   
Mortgage-backed securities:                 
FHLMC certificates:                 
 After 5 to 10 years   336   -   31   -   367  4.95
 After 10 years   287,711   -   1,073   1,706   287,078  2.14
     288,047   -   1,104   1,706   287,445  2.15
GNMA certificates:                  
 Due within one year   2   -   -   -   2  1.70
 After 1 to 5 years   109   -   5   -   114  4.26
 After 5 to 10 years   120,298   -   3,182   -   123,480  3.07
 After 10 years   165,175   -   12,822   20   177,977  4.38
     285,584   -   16,009   20   301,573  3.83
FNMA certificates:                 
 After 1 to 5 years   2,552   -   74   -   2,626  3.32
 After 5 to 10 years   21,557   -   433   233   21,757  2.73
 After 10 years 759,247   -   5,628   6,063   758,812  2.34
     783,356   -   6,135   6,296   783,195  2.35
                   
Other mortgage pass-through                 
trust certificates:                 
  After 5 to 10 years   92   -   1   -   93  7.26
  After 10 years   34,905   9,691   -   -   25,214  2.26
     34,997   9,691   1   -   25,307  2.26
Total mortgage-backed securities                 
  securities   1,391,984   9,691   23,249   8,022   1,397,520  2.61
                   
Other                  
  After 1 to 5 years  100   -   -   -   100  1.50
                   
Total investment securities                 
 available for sale $ 1,906,391 $ 29,608 $ 23,904 $ 14,292 $ 1,886,395  2.38
                   
  

   December 31, 2014
   Amortized cost Noncredit Loss Component of OTTI Recorded in OCI Gross Fair value Weighted-average yield%
      Unrealized   
       Gains Losses   
(Dollars in thousands)                 
                   
U.S. Treasury securities:                 
 Due within one year $ 7,498 $ - $ 1 $ - $ 7,499  0.11
                   
Obligations of U.S.                 
government-sponsored                  
agencies:                 
  After 1 to 5 years   260,889   -   42   4,219   256,712  1.22
  After 5 to 10 years   78,234   -   246   2,077   76,403  1.72
                   
Puerto Rico Government                 
obligations:                 
  After 1 to 5 years   39,827   -   -   12,419   27,408  4.49
  After 5 to 10 years   886   -   1   -   887  5.20
  After 10 years   20,498   -   -   5,571   14,927  5.83
                   
United States and Puerto                 
Rico Government                 
obligations   407,832   -   290   24,286   383,836  1.86
                   
Mortgage-backed securities:                 
FHLMC certificates:                 
 After 10 years   315,311   -   1,743   1,260   315,794  2.17
GNMA certificates:                  
 After 1 to 5 years   39   -   1   -   40  3.26
 After 5 to 10 years   17,108   -   501   -   17,609  3.65
 After 10 years   338,842   -   20,957   -   359,799  3.83
     355,989   -   21,459   -   377,448  3.83
FNMA certificates:                 
 After 1 to 5 years   4,160   -   181   -   4,341  3.40
 After 5 to 10 years   9,584   -   521   5   10,100  3.49
 After 10 years   837,597   -   7,756   4,854   840,499  2.36
     851,341   -   8,458   4,859   854,940  2.37
Collateralized mortgage                 
 obligations issued or                 
 guaranteed by the FHLMC:                 
                   
Other mortgage pass-through                 
trust certificates:                 
  After 5 to 10 years   111   -   1   -   112  7.27
  After 10 years   45,677   12,141   -   -   33,536  2.17
     45,788   12,141   1   -   33,648  2.17
Total mortgage-backed                  
  securities   1,568,429   12,141   31,661   6,119   1,581,830  2.66
                   
Equity securities (without                 
                   
Total investment securities                 
 available for sale $ 1,976,261 $ 12,141 $ 31,951 $ 30,405 $ 1,965,666  2.49
                   
  

Maturities of mortgage-backed securities are based on contractual terms assuming no prepayments. Expected maturities of investments might differ from contractual maturities because they may be subject to prepayments and/or call options. The weighted-average yield on investment securities available for sale is based on amortized cost and, therefore, does not give effect to changes in fair value. The net unrealized gain or loss on securities available for sale and the noncredit loss component of OTTI are presented as part of OCI.

 

The aggregate amortized cost and approximate market value of investment securities available for sale as of December 31, 2015 by contractual maturity, are shown below:
     
      
 Amortized Cost Fair Value
(Dollars in thousands)     
      
Within 1 year$ 14,626 $ 14,620
After 1 to 5 years  420,277   401,530
After 5 to 10 years  201,288   204,803
After 10 years  1,270,200   1,265,442
Total investment securities available for sale$ 1,906,391 $ 1,886,395
      
      
      
      
      

The following tables show the Corporation's available-for-sale investments' fair value and gross unrealized losses, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, as of December 31, 2015 and 2014. The tables also include debt securities for which an OTTI was recognized and only the amount related to a credit loss was recognized in earnings. Unrealized losses for which OTTI was recognized and the related credit loss was charged against the amortized cost basis of the debt security.

 

 As of December 31, 2015
 Less than 12 months 12 months or more Total
   Unrealized   Unrealized   Unrealized
 Fair Value  Losses Fair Value  Losses Fair Value  Losses
(In thousands)                 
Debt securities:                 
Puerto Rico Government                 
obligations$ - $ - $ 23,008 $ 21,597 $ 23,008 $ 21,597
U.S Treasury and U.S. government                  
agencies obligations  198,243   929   210,504   3,661   408,747   4,590
Mortgage-backed securities:                 
FNMA  437,305   4,516   88,013   1,780   525,318   6,296
FHLMC  141,890   1,338   19,306   368   161,196   1,706
GNMA  1,047   20   -   -   1,047   20
Collateralized mortgage obligations                  
Other mortgage pass-through trust                 
certificates  -   -   25,214   9,691   25,214   9,691
 $ 778,485 $ 6,803 $ 366,045 $ 37,097 $ 1,144,530 $ 43,900
                  
                  
 As of December 31, 2014
 Less than 12 months 12 months or more Total
   Unrealized   Unrealized   Unrealized
 Fair Value  Losses Fair Value  Losses Fair Value  Losses
(In thousands)                 
Debt securities:                 
Puerto Rico Government                 
obligations$ - $ - $ 42,335 $ 17,990 $ 42,335 $ 17,990
U.S Treasury and U.S. government                  
obligations  46,436   74   257,996   6,222   304,432   6,296
Mortgage-backed securities:                 
FNMA  2,038   5   541,642   4,854   543,680   4,859
FHLMC  -   -   135,277   1,260   135,277   1,260
Collateralized mortgage                  
obligations issued or                  
Other mortgage pass-through trust                 
certificates  -   -   33,536   12,141   33,536   12,141
 $ 48,474 $ 79 $ 1,010,786 $ 42,467 $ 1,059,260 $ 42,546

Assessment for OTTI

 

Debt securities issued by U.S. government agencies, government-sponsored entities, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “U.S. Treasury”) accounted for approximately 97% of the total available-for-sale portfolio as of December 31, 2015 and no credit losses are expected, given the explicit and implicit guarantees provided by the U.S. federal government. The Corporation's OTTI assessment was concentrated mainly on Puerto Rico Government debt securities, with an amortized cost of $49.7 million, and on private label MBS with an amortized cost of $34.9 million for which credit losses are evaluated on a quarterly basis. The Corporation considered the following factors in determining whether a credit loss exists and the period over which the debt security is expected to recover:

 

  • The length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than the amortized cost basis;
  • Any adverse change to the credit conditions and liquidity of the issuer, taking into consideration the latest information available about the financial health and prospects of the issuer, credit ratings, the failure of the issuer to make scheduled principal or interest payments, recent legislation and government actions affecting the issuer's industry and actions taken by the issuer to deal with the present economic climate;
  • Changes in the near term prospects of the underlying collateral for a security, if any, such as changes in default rates, loss severity given default, and significant changes in prepayment assumptions; and
  • The level of cash flows generated from the underlying collateral, if any, supporting the principal and interest payments of the debt securities

 

The Corporation recorded OTTI losses on available-for-sale debt securities as follows:

 

    Year Ended
            
    2015 2014  2013
(In thousands)          
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses   $ (35,806) $ - $ -
Noncredit-related impairment portion recognized in OCI    19,917   -   -
Portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses          
previously recognized in OCI   (628)  (388)  (117)
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings (1)  $(16,517) $(388) $(117)
            
(1)For the year ended December 31, 2015, approximately $15.9 million of the credit impairment recognized in earnings consisted of credit losses on Puerto Rico Government debt securities and $0.6 million was associated with credit losses on private label MBS.    
     

The following tables summarize the roll-forward of credit losses on debt securities held by the Corporation for which a portion of an OTTI is recognized in OCI: 
              
  Cumulative OTTI credit losses recognized in earnings on securities still held 
     Credit impairments Credit impairments   
  December 31, recognized in earnings recognized in earnings on December 31, 
  2014 on securities not  securities that have been 2015 
  Balance previously impaired previously impaired Balance 
(In thousands)            
Available for sale securities            
Puerto Rico Government obligations$ - $ 15,889 $ - $ 15,889 
Private label MBS  5,777   -  628   6,405 
Total OTTI credit losses for available-for-sale            
debt securities$ 5,777 $ 15,889 $ 628 $ 22,294 
             

  
  Cumulative OTTI credit losses recognized in earnings on securities still held 
     Credit impairments Credit impairments   
  December 31, recognized in earnings recognized in earnings on December 31, 
  2013 on securities not  securities that have been 2014 
  Balance  previously impaired  previously impaired Balance 
(In thousands)            
Available for sale securities            
Private label MBS$ 5,389 $ - $ 388 $ 5,777 
             

  
  Cumulative OTTI credit losses recognized in earnings on securities still held 
     Credit impairments Credit impairments   
  December 31, recognized in earnings recognized in earnings on December 31, 
  2012 on securities not  securities that have been 2013 
  Balance  previously impaired  previously impaired Balance 
(In thousands)            
Available for sale securities            
Private label MBS$ 5,272 $ - $ 117 $ 5,389 
             

As of December 31, 2015, the Corporation owns Puerto Rico Government debt securities with an aggregate amortized cost of $49.7 million (net of a $15.9 million OTTI), carried on its books at a fair value of $28.2 million. During 2015, the fair value of these obligations decreased by $19.4 million. In February and March 2014, Standard & Poor's (“S&P”), Moody's Investor Service (“Moody's”) and Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) downgraded the Puerto Rico Government general obligation bonds and other obligations of Puerto Rico instrumentalities to non-investment grade categories. In June and July 2015, the three major credit rating agencies downgraded Puerto Rico's general obligation debt further into non-investment grade after the government's announcements about concerns on its ability to pay its financial obligations. The issuers of Puerto Rico government and agencies bonds held by the Corporation, primarily bonds of the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico (“GDB”) and of the Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority, have not defaulted, and the contractual payments on these securities have been made as scheduled. However, in 2015 and 2016, the Puerto Rico Government has defaulted on other bonds and implemented clawback” measures to redirect revenues pledged to support bonds from certain government agencies to service the general obligation debt.

 

During 2015, in consideration of the latest available market-based evidence implied in security valuations and information about the Puerto Rico Government's financial condition, including statements as to its intentions to restructure its outstanding bond obligations, credit ratings, payment defaults and “clawback” measures, the Corporation applied a discounted cash flow analysis to its Puerto Rico Government debt securities in order to calculate the cash flows expected to be collected and to determine if any portion of the decline in market value of these securities was considered a credit-related other-than-temporary impairment. The analysis derives an estimate of value based on the present value of risk-adjusted cash flows of the underlying securities and included the following components:

 

  • The contractual future cash flows of the bonds are projected based on the key terms as set forth in the official statements for each security. Such key terms include, among others, the interest rate, amortization schedule, if any, and maturity date.
  • The risk-adjusted cash flows are calculated based on a probability of default analysis and recovery rate assumptions, including the weighting of different scenarios of ultimate recovery, considering the credit rating of each security. Constant monthly default rates are assumed throughout the life of the bonds, which considers the respective security's credit rating as of the date of the analysis.
  • The adjusted future cash flows are then discounted at the original effective yield of each investment based on the purchase price and expected risk-adjusted future cash flows as of the purchase date of each investment.

 

The discounted risk-adjusted cash flow analysis for three of the bonds held by the Corporation as part of its available-for-sale securities portfolio resulted in a cumulative default probability in the range of 67% to 87% (weighted average of 81%), thus reflecting that it is more likely than not that these three bonds will default during their remaining terms. Based on this analysis, the Corporation determined that it is unlikely to receive all the remaining contractual interest and principal amounts when due on these bonds and recorded, in 2015, other-than-temporary credit-related impairment charges amounting $15.9 million, assuming recovery rates ranging from 35% to 80% (weighted average of 64%).

 

The Corporation does not have the intention to sell these securities and has sufficient capital and liquidity to hold these securities until a recovery of the fair value occurs; as such, only the credit loss component was reflected in earnings. Given the significant and prolonged uncertainty of a debt restructuring process, the Corporation cannot be certain that future impairment charges will not be required against these securities.

 

In addition, during 2015, the Corporation recorded a $0.6 million credit-related impairment loss associated with private label MBS, which are collateralized by fixed-rate mortgages on single-family residential properties in the United States. The interest rate on these private-label MBS is variable, tied to 3-month LIBOR and limited to the weighted-average coupon of the underlying collateral. The underlying mortgages are fixed-rate, single-family loans with original high FICO scores (over 700) and moderate original loan-to-value ratios (under 80%), as well as moderate delinquency levels.

 

Based on the expected cash flows derived from the model, and since the Corporation does not have the intention to sell the securities and has sufficient capital and liquidity to hold these securities until a recovery of the fair value occurs, only the credit loss component was reflected in earnings. Significant assumptions in the valuation of the private label MBS were as follows:

 As of As of
 December 31, 2015 December 31, 2014
 Weighted    Weighted   
 Average Range Average Range
        
Discount rate14.5% 14.5% 14.5% 14.5%
Prepayment rate28% 15.92% - 100.00% 32% 19.89% - 100.00%
Projected Cumulative Loss Rate7.0% 0.18% - 80.00% 7.9% 0.64% - 80.00%
        
 

Refer to Note 28 – Fair Value, for additional information about the valuation model for private label MBS.

 

No sales of securities available for sale were completed during 2015 and 2013. Total proceeds from the sale of securities available for sale during 2014 amounted to approximately $4.9 million. For the year ended December 31, 2014, a $0.3 million gain was recorded on the sale of a Puerto Rico government agency bond and a $29 thousand loss was recorded on the sale of equity securities.

The following table states the names of issuers, and the aggregate amortized cost and market value of the securities of such issuers, when the aggregate amortized cost of such securities exceeds 10% of the Corporation's stockholders' equity. This information excludes securities of the U.S. and Puerto Rico government. Investments in obligations issued by a state of the U.S. and its political subdivisions and agencies that are payable and secured by the same source of revenue or taxing authority, other than the U.S. government, are considered securities of a single issuer and include debt and mortgage-backed securities.

   As of  As of
  December 31, 2015 December 31, 2014
  Amortized    Amortized  
  Cost Fair Value Cost Fair Value
(In thousands)        
FHLMC $ 323,437 $ 322,772 $ 340,227 $ 340,723
GNMA   285,584   301,573   355,989   377,448
FNMA   954,178   953,866   922,883   926,189
FHLB   223,049   219,320   232,733   227,003
 

Investments Held to Maturity

 

From time to time, the Corporation has securities held to maturity with an original maturity of three months or less that are considered cash and cash equivalents and classified as money market investments in the consolidated statements of financial condition. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Corporation had no outstanding securities held to maturity that were classified as cash and cash equivalents.