Fair Value Option (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

FAIR VALUE OPTION

The Company may elect to report financial instruments and certain other items at fair value on an instrument-by-instrument basis with changes in fair value reported in earnings. The election is made upon the initial recognition of an eligible financial asset, financial liability, or firm commitment or when certain specified reconsideration events occur. The fair value election may not otherwise be revoked once an election is made. The changes in fair value are recorded in current earnings. However, movements in debt valuation adjustments are reported as a component of "Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income." Debt valuation adjustments represent the portion of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk.

Fair Value Option for Certain Debt Liabilities

The Company has elected the fair value option for the credit-linked notes issued in September 2022. The Company elected the fair value option because these exposures are considered to be structured notes, which are financial instruments that contain embedded derivatives. The notes are linked to the credit risk of an approximately $2.66 billion reference pool of previously purchased single-family residential mortgage loans. The principal balance of the credit-linked notes was $131.1 million at December 31, 2022. The carrying value of the credit-linked notes at December 31, 2022 was $132.0 million, which approximated the fair value. The changes in fair value are reported in "Noninterest income" in the consolidated statements of earnings.

The following table presents the changes in fair value of the credit-linked notes for the which the fair value option has been elected for the years indicated:


	Year Ended December 31,
Credit-Linked Notes	2022		2021
	(In thousands)

Changes in fair value - (losses) gains	$	(911)	$	—

The following table provides information about the credit-linked notes carried at fair value as of the dates indicated:


	December 31,
Credit-Linked Notes	2022		2021
	(In thousands)

Carrying value reported on the consolidated balance sheets	$	132,030	$	—
Aggregate unpaid principal balance less than fair value	131,119		—