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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 September 30, 2019

 

or

 

o         TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from            to

 

Commission file number: 000-51397

 

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF NEW YORK

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Federally chartered corporation

 

13-6400946

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

 

101 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y.

 

10178

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(212) 681-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which
registered

None

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

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 requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes x No o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes x No o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer o

 

Accelerated filer o

Non-accelerated filer x

 

Smaller reporting company o

 

 

Emerging growth company o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes o No x

 

The number of shares outstanding of the issuer’s common stock as of October 31, 2019 was 53,477,168.

 

 

 


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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF NEW YORK

FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited):

 

Statements of Condition (Unaudited) as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018

3

Statements of Income (Unaudited) for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018

4

Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018

5

Statements of Capital (Unaudited) for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018

6

Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018

7

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

9

 

 

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

62

 

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

115

 

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

119

 

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

120

 

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

120

 

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

120

 

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

120

 

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

120

 

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

120

 

 

Item 5. Other Information

120

 

 

Item 6. Exhibits

121

 

 

Signatures

122

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Statements of Condition — Unaudited (In Thousands, Except Par Value of Capital Stock)

As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks (Note 3)

 

$

53,278

 

$

85,406

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell (Note 4)

 

9,935,000

 

4,095,000

 

Federal funds sold (Note 4)

 

3,930,000

 

7,640,000

 

Trading securities (Note 5) (Includes $251,192 pledged as collateral at September 30, 2019 and $239,813 at December 31, 2018)

 

11,369,920

 

5,810,512

 

Equity Investments (Note 6)

 

56,814

 

48,179

 

Available-for-sale securities, net of unrealized gains of $114,052 at September 30, 2019 and $4,034 at December 31, 2018 (Note 7)

 

2,613,218

 

422,216

 

Held-to-maturity securities (Note 8) (Includes $3,886 pledged as collateral at September 30, 2019 and $4,548 at December 31, 2018)

 

15,120,124

 

17,474,826

 

Advances (Note 9) (Includes $0 at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 at fair value under the fair value option)

 

94,300,543

 

105,178,833

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses of $637 at September 30, 2019 and $814 at December 31, 2018 (Note 10)

 

3,054,821

 

2,927,230

 

Loans to other FHLBanks (Note 20)

 

 

250,000

 

Accrued interest receivable

 

273,102

 

275,256

 

Premises, software, and equipment

 

60,629

 

51,572

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets (Note 19)

 

76,663

 

 

Derivative assets (Note 17)

 

212,640

 

113,762

 

Other assets

 

4,929

 

8,602

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

141,061,681

 

$

144,381,394

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits (Note 11)

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing demand

 

$

1,480,622

 

$

1,002,587

 

Non-interest-bearing demand

 

31,163

 

20,050

 

Term

 

25,000

 

40,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total deposits

 

1,536,785

 

1,062,637

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligations, net (Note 12)

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds (Includes $10,369,961 at September 30, 2019 and $5,159,792 at December 31, 2018 at fair value under the fair value option)

 

76,043,928

 

84,153,776

 

Discount notes (Includes $0 at September 30, 2019 and $3,180,086 at December 31, 2018 at fair value under the fair value option)

 

55,534,357

 

50,640,238

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total consolidated obligations

 

131,578,285

 

134,794,014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock (Note 14)

 

5,332

 

5,845

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued interest payable

 

183,136

 

223,570

 

Affordable Housing Program (Note 13)

 

160,524

 

161,718

 

Derivative liabilities (Note 17)

 

65,622

 

31,147

 

Other liabilities

 

261,864

 

355,841

 

Operating lease liabilities (Note 19)

 

90,311

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

133,881,859

 

136,634,772

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Notes 14, 17 and 19)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital (Note 14)

 

 

 

 

 

Capital stock ($100 par value), putable, issued and outstanding shares: 54,740 at September 30, 2019 and 60,658 at December 31, 2018

 

5,474,018

 

6,065,799

 

Retained earnings

 

 

 

 

 

Unrestricted

 

1,097,444

 

1,102,801

 

Restricted (Note 14)

 

660,147

 

591,281

 

Total retained earnings

 

1,757,591

 

1,694,082

 

Total accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

(51,787

)

(13,259

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total capital

 

7,179,822

 

7,746,622

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and capital

 

$

141,061,681

 

$

144,381,394

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Statements of Income — Unaudited (In Thousands, Except Per Share Data)

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018

 

 

 

Three months ended
September 30,

 

Nine months ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Interest income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances, net (Note 9)

 

$

599,554

 

$

678,029

 

$

1,996,386

 

$

1,853,974

 

Interest-bearing deposits

 

1,856

 

105

 

3,174

 

259

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell (Note 4)

 

55,340

 

25,288

 

137,582

 

55,125

 

Federal funds sold (Note 4)

 

60,073

 

84,349

 

190,729

 

228,205

 

Trading securities (Note 5)

 

57,944

 

22,134

 

145,746

 

44,479

 

Available-for-sale securities (Note 7)

 

18,009

 

3,081

 

50,310

 

9,008

 

Held-to-maturity securities (Note 8)

 

113,926

 

127,500

 

352,257

 

359,731

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio (Note 10)

 

25,224

 

24,305

 

75,678

 

72,931

 

Loans to other FHLBanks (Note 20)

 

1

 

86

 

155

 

99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest income

 

931,927

 

964,877

 

2,952,017

 

2,623,811

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligation bonds (Note 12)

 

429,738

 

492,448

 

1,424,320

 

1,308,708

 

Consolidated obligation discount notes (Note 12)

 

333,413

 

256,029

 

1,005,434

 

688,785

 

Deposits (Note 11)

 

6,053

 

5,032

 

17,994

 

12,980

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock (Note 14)

 

87

 

221

 

295

 

847

 

Cash collateral held and other borrowings

 

242

 

430

 

788

 

1,050

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest expense

 

769,533

 

754,160

 

2,448,831

 

2,012,370

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income before provision for credit losses

 

162,394

 

210,717

 

503,186

 

611,441

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision (Reversal) for credit losses on mortgage loans

 

134

 

(95

)

(158

)

(403

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income after provision for credit losses

 

162,260

 

210,812

 

503,344

 

611,844

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service fees and other

 

4,665

 

4,195

 

13,739

 

11,889

 

Instruments held under the fair value option gains (losses) (Note 18)

 

(694

)

535

 

(3,518

)

173

 

Total OTTI losses

 

 

 

 

(398

)

Net amount of impairment losses reclassified to (from)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

(256

)

 

(640

)

257

 

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings

 

(256

)

 

(640

)

(141

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative gains (losses) (Note 17)

 

(4,269

)

(3,197

)

(55,618

)

(27,282

)

Trading securities gains (losses) (Note 5)

 

(4,000

)

(2,275

)

46,994

 

(4,695

)

Equity investments gains (losses) (Note 6)

 

381

 

1,248

 

6,745

 

1,293

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other income (loss)

 

(4,173

)

506

 

7,702

 

(18,763

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating

 

17,151

 

11,938

 

45,452

 

33,288

 

Compensation and benefits

 

21,870

 

18,639

 

63,770

 

54,896

 

Finance Agency and Office of Finance

 

3,997

 

4,034

 

12,138

 

11,934

 

Other expenses

 

2,379

 

2,891

 

7,062

 

6,412

 

Total other expenses

 

45,397

 

37,502

 

128,422

 

106,530

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before assessments

 

112,690

 

173,816

 

382,624

 

486,551

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affordable Housing Program Assessments (Note 13)

 

11,278

 

17,404

 

38,292

 

48,740

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

101,412

 

$

156,412

 

$

344,332

 

$

437,811

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share (Note 15)

 

$

1.91

 

$

2.51

 

$

6.19

 

$

6.97

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Statements of Comprehensive Income — Unaudited (In Thousands)

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net Income

 

$

101,412

 

$

156,412

 

$

344,332

 

$

437,811

 

Other Comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities

 

43,143

 

(131

)

136,290

 

(345

)

Net change in non-credit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-credit portion of other-than-temporary impairment gains (losses)

 

 

 

 

(257

)

Reclassification of non-credit portion included in net income

 

256

 

 

640

 

 

Accretion of non-credit portion of OTTI

 

559

 

823

 

2,351

 

3,162

 

Total net change in non-credit portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities

 

815

 

823

 

2,991

 

2,905

 

Net change due to hedging activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow hedges (a)

 

(41,143

)

25,055

 

(153,503

)

102,917

 

Fair value hedges (b)

 

(12,909

)

 

(26,272

)

 

Total net change due to hedging activities

 

(54,052

)

25,055

 

(179,775

)

102,917

 

Net change in pension and postretirement benefits

 

656

 

637

 

1,966

 

1,953

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

 

(9,438

)

26,384

 

(38,528

)

107,430

 

Total comprehensive income (loss)

 

$

91,974

 

$

182,796

 

$

305,804

 

$

545,241

 

 


(a)         Represents changes in the fair values of derivatives in cash flow hedging programs, primarily from open contracts in the hedging of rolling issuance of CO discount notes, and open contracts in cash flow hedges of anticipatory issuance of CO bonds.  Also includes unamortized gains and losses related to closed cash flow hedges that will be amortized in future periods from AOCI to interest expense.  For more information, see table “Cash flow hedge gains and losses” in Note 17.  Derivatives and Hedging Activities.

 

(b)         Represents cumulative hedge valuation basis adjustments on fair value hedges of AFS securities under the partial-term/benchmark rate component hedging provisions of ASU 2017-12. The hedge basis adjustment is the change in the unrealized fair value of the hedged security due to change in the benchmark rate component elected in the hedging strategy.  Quarterly changes in the benchmark rate will be recorded through AOCI with an offset to earnings until the hedged securities mature or are sold.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Statements of Capital — Unaudited (In Thousands, Except Per Share Data)

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Stock (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

Class B

 

Retained Earnings

 

Comprehensive

 

Total

 

 

 

Shares

 

Par Value

 

Unrestricted

 

Restricted

 

Total

 

Income (Loss)

 

Capital

 

Balance, June 30, 2018

 

62,762

 

$

6,276,227

 

$

1,089,965

 

$

535,465

 

$

1,625,430

 

$

20,873

 

$

7,922,530

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of capital stock

 

16,283

 

1,628,316

 

 

 

 

 

1,628,316

 

Repurchase/redemption of capital stock

 

(20,463

)

(2,046,412

)

 

 

 

 

(2,046,412

)

Shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

(22

)

(2,128

)

 

 

 

 

(2,128

)

Cash dividends ($1.68 per share) on capital stock

 

 

 

(103,269

)

 

(103,269

)

 

(103,269

)

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

125,129

 

31,283

 

156,412

 

26,384

 

182,796

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, September 30, 2018

 

58,560

 

$

5,856,003

 

$

1,111,825

 

$

566,748

 

$

1,678,573

 

$

47,257

 

$

7,581,833

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, June 30, 2019

 

58,412

 

$

5,841,247

 

$

1,108,387

 

$

639,865

 

$

1,748,252

 

$

(42,349

)

$

7,547,150

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of capital stock

 

22,004

 

2,200,344

 

 

 

 

 

2,200,344

 

Repurchase/redemption of capital stock

 

(25,676

)

(2,567,573

)

 

 

 

 

(2,567,573

)

Shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash dividends ($1.58 per share) on capital stock

 

 

 

(92,073

)

 

(92,073

)

 

(92,073

)

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

81,130

 

20,282

 

101,412

 

(9,438

)

91,974

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, September 30, 2019

 

54,740

 

$

5,474,018

 

$

1,097,444

 

$

660,147

 

$

1,757,591

 

$

(51,787

)

$

7,179,822

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Stock (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

Class B

 

Retained Earnings

 

Comprehensive

 

Total

 

 

 

Shares

 

Par Value

 

Unrestricted

 

Restricted

 

Total

 

Income (Loss)

 

Capital

 

Balance, December 31, 2017

 

67,500

 

$

6,750,005

 

$

1,067,097

 

$

479,185

 

$

1,546,282

 

$

(55,249

)

$

8,241,038

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustments to opening balances (b)

 

 

 

4,924

 

 

4,924

 

(4,924

)

 

Proceeds from issuance of capital stock

 

58,012

 

5,801,206

 

 

 

 

 

5,801,206

 

Repurchase/redemption of capital stock

 

(66,929

)

(6,692,956

)

 

 

 

 

(6,692,956

)

Shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

(23

)

(2,252

)

 

 

 

 

(2,252

)

Cash dividends ($4.92 per share) on capital stock

 

 

 

(310,444

)

 

(310,444

)

 

(310,444

)

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

350,248

 

87,563

 

437,811

 

107,430

 

545,241

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, September 30, 2018

 

58,560

 

$

5,856,003

 

$

1,111,825

 

$

566,748

 

$

1,678,573

 

$

47,257

 

$

7,581,833

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2018

 

60,658

 

$

6,065,799

 

$

1,102,801

 

$

591,281

 

$

1,694,082

 

$

(13,259

)

$

7,746,622

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of capital stock

 

58,726

 

5,872,520

 

 

 

 

 

5,872,520

 

Repurchase/redemption of capital stock

 

(64,603

)

(6,460,252

)

 

 

 

 

(6,460,252

)

Shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

(41

)

(4,049

)

 

 

 

 

(4,049

)

Cash dividends ($4.89 per share) on capital stock

 

 

 

(280,823

)

 

(280,823

)

 

(280,823

)

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

275,466

 

68,866

 

344,332

 

(38,528

)

305,804

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, September 30, 2019

 

54,740

 

$

5,474,018

 

$

1,097,444

 

$

660,147

 

$

1,757,591

 

$

(51,787

)

$

7,179,822

 

 


(a)   Putable stock.  Cash dividends paid — Dividends per share and aggregate dividends were paid on a single class of shares of capital stock.  For more information, see Note 14. Capital Stock, Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock and Restricted Earnings.

 

(b)   Cumulative catch-up adjustment upon adoption of ASU 2016-01 relating to change in the designation of funds in the grantor trusts from AFS to Equity Investments.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Statements of Cash Flows — Unaudited (In Thousands)

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

Operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income

 

$

344,332

 

$

437,811

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization:

 

 

 

 

 

Net premiums and discounts on consolidated obligations, investments, mortgage loans and other adjustments (a)

 

(218,314

)

109,892

 

Concessions on consolidated obligations

 

2,277

 

1,971

 

Premises, software, and equipment

 

6,344

 

3,819

 

Provision (Reversal) for credit losses on mortgage loans

 

(158

)

(403

)

Credit impairment losses on held-to-maturity securities

 

640

 

141

 

Change in net fair value adjustments on derivatives and hedging activities

 

(307,368

)

156,255

 

Net realized and unrealized (gains) losses on trading securities

 

(46,994

)

4,695

 

Change in fair value on Equity Investments

 

(6,012

)

(1,293

)

Change in fair value adjustments on financial instruments held at fair value

 

3,518

 

(173

)

Net change in:

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued interest receivable

 

1,735

 

(62,873

)

Derivative assets due to accrued interest

 

41,852

 

(105,548

)

Derivative liabilities due to accrued interest

 

(1,951

)

88,224

 

Other assets

 

3,170

 

2,005

 

Affordable Housing Program liability

 

(1,194

)

28,847

 

Accrued interest payable

 

(40,434

)

46,809

 

Other liabilities (a)

 

6,411

 

10,725

 

Total adjustments

 

(556,478

)

283,093

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

(212,146

)

720,904

 

Investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in:

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing deposits

 

(379,145

)

(11,260

)

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

 

(5,840,000

)

(2,170,000

)

Federal funds sold

 

3,710,000

 

(4,034,000

)

Deposits with other FHLBanks

 

(89

)

171

 

Premises, software, and equipment

 

(15,401

)

(19,383

)

Trading securities:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased

 

(7,991,883

)

(3,590,102

)

Repayments

 

1,714,159

 

255,149

 

Proceeds from sales

 

748,301

 

349,383

 

Equity Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased

 

(4,101

)

(2,834

)

Proceeds from sales

 

1,478

 

1,342

 

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased

 

(521,965

)

 

Repayments

 

60,830

 

84,263

 

Held-to-maturity securities:

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term securities

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased

 

(1,524,044

)

(2,674,589

)

Repayments (b)

 

2,275,156

 

2,629,997

 

Advances:

 

 

 

 

 

Principal collected

 

868,256,828

 

815,377,695

 

Made

 

(856,562,006

)

(793,461,042

)

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio:

 

 

 

 

 

Principal collected

 

204,891

 

200,847

 

Purchased

 

(336,487

)

(219,045

)

Proceeds from sales of REO

 

2,388

 

1,666

 

Net change in loans to other FHLBanks

 

250,000

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

4,048,910

 

12,718,258

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Statements of Cash Flows — Unaudited (In Thousands)

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

Financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in:

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits and other borrowings

 

$

402,828

 

$

(195,541

)

Derivative contracts with financing element

 

(14,811

)

(6,185

)

Consolidated obligation bonds:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance

 

67,059,485

 

82,507,414

 

Payments for maturing and early retirement

 

(75,378,234

)

(95,740,677

)

Consolidated obligation discount notes:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance

 

935,812,989

 

928,411,518

 

Payments for maturing

 

(930,878,032

)

(927,238,362

)

Capital stock:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of capital stock

 

5,872,520

 

5,801,206

 

Payments for repurchase/redemption of capital stock

 

(6,460,252

)

(6,692,956

)

Redemption of mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

(4,562

)

(15,533

)

Cash dividends paid (c)

 

(280,823

)

(310,444

)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

(3,868,892

)

(13,479,560

)

Net increase (decrease) in cash and due from banks

 

(32,128

)

(40,398

)

Cash and due from banks at beginning of the period (d)

 

85,406

 

127,403

 

Cash and due from banks at end of the period (d)

 

$

53,278

 

$

87,005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosures:

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid

 

$

1,502,674

 

$

1,221,313

 

Interest paid for Discount Notes (e)

 

$

1,029,127

 

$

634,869

 

Affordable Housing Program payments (f)

 

$

39,486

 

$

19,893

 

Transfers of mortgage loans to real estate owned

 

$

459

 

$

659

 

Net amount of impairment losses reclassified to (from)

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

$

(640

)

$

257

 

Capital stock subject to mandatory redemption reclassified from equity

 

$

4,049

 

$

2,252

 

Securities traded but not settled

 

$

100,922

 

$

 

Transfers of HTM securities to AFS that are not other-than-temporarily impaired (g)

 

$

1,597,207

 

$

 

 


Notes to Supplemental Disclosure:

 

The following non-cash transactions were not included in the Statements of Cash Flows in the nine months ended September 30, 2019:

 

(a)               The adoption of ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) resulted in the recognition of non-cash right-of-use operating assets of $71.6 million and lease liabilities of $83.9 million as of January 1, 2019.  For cash flow information on operating leases outstanding at September 30, 2019, including additions, see Operating Lease Commitments in Note 19. Commitments and Contingencies.

 

(b)               Non-cash paydowns on HTM securities were $3.8 million.

 

Other Notes

 

(c)               Does not include payments to holders of mandatorily redeemable capital stock.  Such payments are considered as interest expense and reported within operating cash flows.

 

(d)              Cash and due from banks did not include any restricted cash or cash equivalents.  Includes pass-thru reserves at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.  See Note 3. Cash and Due from Banks for further information.

 

(e)               Interest paid disclosures have been supplemented for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 under the disclosure guidance provided under ASU 2016-15, Statements of Cash flows (Topic 230), “Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments”, which the FHLBNY adopted on January 1, 2018: the line item, Interest paid for Discount Notes, is the portion of the cash payments at settlement of zero-coupon Consolidated obligation discount notes.

 

(f)                 AHP payments = (beginning accrual - ending accrual) + AHP assessment for the period; payments represent funds released to the Affordable Housing Program.

 

(g)              As of January 1, 2019, the FHLBNY elected (as permitted under ASU 2017-12) and transferred $1.6 billion (amortized cost basis) of fixed-rate MBS from HTM classification to AFS classification.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Background

 

The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLBNY or the Bank) is a federally chartered corporation, and is one of 11 district Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks).  The FHLBanks are U.S. government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), organized under the authority of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932, as amended (FHLBank Act).  Each FHLBank is a cooperative owned by member institutions located within a defined geographic district.  The FHLBNY’s defined geographic district is New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

 

Tax Status.  The FHLBanks, including the FHLBNY, are exempt from ordinary federal, state, and local taxation except for real property taxes.

 

Assessments.  Affordable Housing Program (AHP) Assessments — Each FHLBank, including the FHLBNY, provides subsidies in the form of direct grants and below-market interest rate advances to members, who use the funds to assist in the purchase, construction or rehabilitation of housing for very low-, low- and moderate-income households.  Annually, the 11 FHLBanks must allocate the greater of $100 million or 10% of their regulatory defined net income for the Affordable Housing Program.

 

Note 1.                                                         Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying financial statements of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York have been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States (GAAP) and with the instructions provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

 

Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

The FHLBNY has identified certain accounting policies that it believes are significant because they require management to make subjective judgments about matters that are inherently uncertain and because of the likelihood that materially different amounts would be reported under different conditions or by using different assumptions.  These policies include estimating the allowance for credit losses on the advance and mortgage loan portfolios, evaluating the impairment of the FHLBNY’s securities portfolios, and estimating fair values of certain assets and liabilities.

 

Other than the recently adopted policies as discussed below, there have been no significant changes to accounting policies from those identified in Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates in Notes to the Financial Statements in the Bank’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2019, which contains a summary of the Bank’s significant accounting policies and estimates.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Standards Adopted

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Guidances:

 

Standard

 

Summary of Guidances

 

Effective Date

 

Effects on the Financial Statements

Derivatives and Hedging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASU 2017-12, Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities (Topic 815) Issued in August 2017

 

This guidance amends the accounting for derivatives and hedging activities to better portray the economic results of an entity’s risk management activities in its financial statements. In addition to that main objective, the amendments in this ASU made certain targeted improvements to simplify the application of the hedge accounting guidance in pre-existing GAAP. The new guidance also requires that we report the entire hedging effects of the hedging instruments in the same income statement line item as the hedged item.

 

This guidance became effective for the FHLBNY for the interim and annual periods beginning on January 1, 2019.

 

While this is a change in presentation from the legacy standards, the impact for the FHLBNY was not material. The amended presentation was applied prospectively in the Statements of income and prior period comparative financial information was not reclassified to conform to current presentation. ASU 2017-12 allowed a one-time transfer of fixed-rate, pre-payable debt securities from HTM to AFS. The FHLBNY transferred $1.6 billion of HTM securities into AFS classification effective January 1, 2019 as a one-time transfer permitted under the standard. Other than changes in disclosures as required under the ASU and a one-time election to transfer the HTM securities to AFS, adoption did not have a material effect on the FHLBNY’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASU 2018-16, Inclusion of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap (OIS) Rate as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes (Topic 815) Issued in October 2018

 

The new ASU added the OIS rate based on SOFR as a U.S. benchmark rate to facilitate the LIBOR to SOFR transition.

 

The amendments in the ASU became effective for the FHLBNY concurrently with the adoption of ASU 2017-12 on January 1, 2019.

 

The FHLBNY has adopted OIS/SOFR as another ASC 815 hedging benchmark for its interest rate risk management objectives. The FHLBNY’s primary benchmark for hedges under ASC 815 remains LIBOR. Beginning in the first quarter, the FHLBNY has also executed hedges under ASC 815 designating the FED funds OIS index (FF/OIS) as a benchmark rate. For further information, see Note 17 Derivatives and Hedging Activities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leases

 

ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) Issued in February 2016

 

 

 

This guidance amends the accounting for lease arrangements. In particular, it requires a lessee of operating and financing leases to recognize on the statements of condition, a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for leases.

 

 

 

This guidance became effective for the FHLBNY for the interim and annual periods beginning on January 1, 2019.

 

 

 

At January 1, 2019, we recognized lease liabilities of $83.9 million and right-of-use assets of $71.6 million, primarily related to operating premise leases. Other than the recognition of leases on the balance sheet, adoption on January 1, 2019 did not result in material changes to the recognition of operating lease expense in the FHLBNY’s Statements of income. For further information, see Note 19. Commitments and Contingencies.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Note 2.                                                         FASB Standards Issued But Not Yet Adopted.

 

Standard

 

Summary of Guidances

 

Effective Date

 

Effects on the Financial Statements

Accounting for Financial Instruments — Credit Losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326)
Issued in June 2016

 

The ASU introduces a new accounting model, the Current Expected Credit Losses model (CECL), which requires earlier recognition of credit losses, while also providing additional transparency about credit risk.  The FASB’s CECL model utilizes a lifetime “expected credit loss” measurement objective for the recognition of credit losses for loans, held-to-maturity securities and other receivables at the time the financial asset is originated or acquired.  The expected credit losses are adjusted each period for changes in expected lifetime credit losses.  For available-for-sale securities where fair value is less than cost, credit-related impairment, if any, will be recognized in an allowance for credit losses and adjusted each period for changes in expected credit risk.  This model replaces the multiple existing impairment models in current GAAP, which generally require that a loss be incurred before it is recognized. 

 

The FHLBNY will adopt the ASU effective January 1, 2020.

 

We have concluded our preliminary assessment of the impact of CECL on all our business lines, including advances, investments and other financial assets.  While the CECL model represents a significant departure from existing GAAP, we expect adoption will have an immaterial impact on our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

 

Note 3.                                                         Cash and Due from Banks.

 

Cash on hand, cash items in the process of collection, and amounts due from correspondent banks and the Federal Reserve Banks are included in Cash and due from banks.  The FHLBNY is exempted from maintaining any required clearing balance at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 

Compensating Balances

 

The FHLBNY has arrangements with Citibank (a member/stockholder of the FHLBNY) to maintain compensating collected cash balances in return for certain fee based safekeeping and back office operational services that the counterparty provides to the FHLBNY.  There are no restrictions on the withdrawal of funds.  There were no compensating balance at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

 

Pass-through Deposit Reserves

 

The FHLBNY acts as a pass-through correspondent for member institutions who are required by banking regulations to deposit reserves with the Federal Reserve Banks.  Pass-through reserves deposited with Federal Reserve Banks on behalf of the members by the FHLBNY were $48.0 million at September 30, 2019 and $86.1 million at December 31, 2018.  The liabilities offsetting the pass-through reserves were due to member institutions and were recorded in Other liabilities in the Statements of Condition.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Note 4.                                                         Federal Funds Sold and Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell.

 

Federal funds sold — Federal funds sold are unsecured advances to third parties.

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell — As part of the FHLBNY’s banking activities, the FHLBNY may enter into secured financing transactions that mature overnight, and can be extended only at the discretion of the FHLBNY.  These transactions involve the lending of cash, against which marketable securities are taken as collateral.  The amount of cash loaned against the collateral is a function of the liquidity and quality of the collateral.  The collateral is typically in the form of securities that meet the FHLBNY’s credit quality standards, are highly-rated and readily marketable.  The FHLBNY has the ability to call for additional collateral if the value of the securities falls below a pre-defined haircut.  The FHLBNY can terminate the transaction and liquidate the collateral if the counterparty fails to post the additional margin.  Agreements generally allow the FHLBNY to repledge securities under certain conditions.  No adjustments for instrument-specific credit risk were deemed necessary as market values of collateral were in excess of principal amounts loaned.

 

At September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the outstanding balances of Securities purchased under agreements to resell were $9.9 billion and $4.1 billion; the investments typically matured overnight, and were executed through a tri-party arrangement that involved transfer of overnight funds to a segregated safekeeping account at the Bank of New York (BONY).  BONY, acting as an independent agent on behalf of the FHLBNY and the counterparty to the transactions, assumes the responsibility of receiving eligible securities as collateral and releasing funds to the counterparty.  U.S. Treasury securities at market values of $10.2 billion and $4.2 billion were received at BONY to collateralize the overnight investments at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.  Securities purchased under agreements to resell averaged $9.7 billion and $7.7 billion for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019.  For the same periods in the prior year, transaction balances averaged $5.1 billion and $4.1 billion.  Interest income from securities purchased under agreements to resell were $55.3 million and $137.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to $25.3 million and $55.1 million for the same periods in the prior year.  No overnight investments had been executed bilaterally with counterparties at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

 

Transactions recorded as Securities purchased under agreements to resell (reverse repos) were accounted as collateralized financing transactions.

 

Note 5.                                                         Trading Securities.

 

The carrying value of a trading security equals its fair value.  The following table provides major security types at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in thousands):

 

Fair value

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

GSE securities

 

$

 

$

502,849

 

Corporate notes

 

3,401

 

3,334

 

U.S. Treasury notes

 

11,366,519

 

5,304,329

 

Total Trading securities

 

$

11,369,920

 

$

5,810,512

 

 

The carrying values of trading securities included net unrealized fair value gains of $49.3 million at September 30, 2019, and $2.6 million at December 31, 2018.  We have classified investments acquired for purposes of meeting short-term contingency and other liquidity needs as trading securities.  In accordance with Finance Agency guidance, we do not participate in speculative trading practices.

 

Trading Securities Pledged

 

The FHLBNY had pledged marketable securities at fair values of $251.2 million at September 30, 2019 and $239.8 million at December 31, 2018 to derivative clearing organizations to fulfill the FHLBNY’s initial margin requirements as mandated under margin rules of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).  The clearing organizations have rights to sell or repledge the collateral securities under certain conditions.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

The following tables present redemption terms of the major types of trading securities (dollars in thousands):

 

Redemption Terms

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

Due in one year
or less

 

Due after one year
through five years

 

Total Fair Value

 

Corporate notes

 

$

854

 

$

2,547

 

$

3,401

 

U.S. Treasury notes

 

5,255,487

 

6,111,032

 

11,366,519

 

Total Trading securities

 

$

5,256,341

 

$

6,113,579

 

$

11,369,920

 

Yield on Trading securities

 

2.48

%

2.48

%

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Due in one year
or less

 

Due after one year
through five years

 

Total Fair Value

 

GSE securities

 

$

502,849

 

$

 

$

502,849

 

Corporate notes

 

 

3,334

 

3,334

 

U.S. Treasury notes

 

3,171,130

 

2,133,199

 

5,304,329

 

Total Trading securities

 

$

3,673,979

 

$

2,136,533

 

$

5,810,512

 

Yield on Trading securities

 

2.05

%

2.14

%

 

 

 

Note 6.                                                         Equity Investments.

 

The FHLBNY has classified its grantor trusts as equity investments.  The carrying value of equity investments in the Statements of Condition, and the types of assets in the grantor trusts were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Unrealized

 

Unrealized

 

Fair

 

 

 

Cost

 

Gains (b)

 

Losses (b)

 

Value (c)

 

Cash equivalents

 

$

1,267

 

$

 

$

 

$

1,267

 

Equity funds

 

27,594

 

6,335

 

(674

)

33,255

 

Fixed income funds

 

21,837

 

523

 

(68

)

22,292

 

Total Equity Investments (a)

 

$

50,698

 

$

6,858

 

$

(742

)

$

56,814

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Unrealized

 

Unrealized

 

Fair

 

 

 

Cost

 

Gains (b)

 

Losses (b)

 

Value (c)

 

Cash equivalents

 

$

1,250

 

$

 

$

 

$

1,250

 

Equity funds

 

25,788

 

2,481

 

(1,674

)

26,595

 

Fixed income funds

 

21,036

 

7

 

(709

)

20,334

 

Total Equity Investments (a)

 

$

48,074

 

$

2,488

 

$

(2,383

)

$

48,179

 

 


(a)        The intent of the grantor trusts is to set aside cash to meet current and future payments for supplemental unfunded pension plans.  Neither the pension plans nor employees of the FHLBNY own the trust.

 

(b)       Changes in unrealized gains and losses are recorded through earnings, specifically in Other income in the Statements of Income.

 

(c)        The grantor trusts invest in money market, equity and fixed income and bond funds.  Daily net asset values (NAVs) are readily available and investments are redeemable at short notice.  NAVs are the fair values of the funds in the grantor trusts.  The grantor trusts are owned by the FHLBNY.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

In the Statements of Income gains and losses related to outstanding Equity Investments were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Unrealized gains (losses) recognized during the reporting period on equity investments still held at the reporting date

 

$

135

 

$

1,248

 

$

6,012

 

$

1,293

 

Net gains (losses) recognized during the period on equity investments sold during the period

 

17

 

 

17

 

 

Net dividend and other

 

229

 

 

716

 

 

Net gains (losses) recognized during the period

 

$

381

 

$

1,248

 

$

6,745

 

$

1,293

 

 

Note 7.                                                         Available-for-Sale Securities.

 

As permitted by the new hedge accounting guidance (ASU 2017-12) adopted as of January 1, 2019, the FHLBNY made a one-time election and transferred $1.6 billion (amortized cost basis) of unimpaired fixed-rate GSE-issued commercial mortgage-backed securities from HTM to AFS effective January 1, 2019.  The securities were recorded as AFS with an unrealized fair value loss of $13.5 million at the date of the transfer.

 

The carrying value of an AFS security equals its fair value.  At September 30, 2019 and at December 31, 2018, no AFS security was other-than-temporarily impaired.  The following tables provide major security types (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Unrealized

 

Unrealized

 

Fair

 

 

 

Cost

 

Gains (a)

 

Losses (a)

 

Value

 

GSE and U.S. Obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMO

 

$

354,156

 

$

3,013

 

$

 

$

357,169

 

CMBS

 

3,413

 

2

 

 

3,415

 

Total Floating

 

357,569

 

3,015

 

 

360,584

 

Fixed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMBS (b)

 

2,141,597

 

111,037

 

 

2,252,634

 

Total Available-for-sale securities

 

$

2,499,166

 

$

114,052

 

$

 

$

2,613,218

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Unrealized

 

Unrealized

 

Fair

 

 

 

Cost

 

Gains (a)

 

Losses (a)

 

Value

 

GSE and U.S. Obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMO-Floating

 

$

402,540

 

$

4,011

 

$

 

$

406,551

 

CMBS-Floating

 

15,642

 

23

 

 

15,665

 

Total Available-for-sale securities

 

$

418,182

 

$

4,034

 

$

 

$

422,216

 

 


(a)               Recorded in AOCI — Net unrealized fair value gains as reported in the preceding table at September 30, 2019 represent market value based unrealized gains minus gains due to changes in the benchmark rate for those securities in a fair value hedge.  Market value gains of the securities are based on the historical amortized costs before fair value hedging adjustments.  Securities in a fair value hedging relationship at September 30, 2019 reported $26.3 million as hedging basis gains due to changes in the benchmark rate component hedging provisions elected in the hedging relationship.  The hedge basis gains increased the historical amortized costs of hedged securities and an offsetting reduction in the market based unrealized gain, so that fair values remained market based.  At December 31, 2018, no securities were hedged, and it was not necessary to adjust market value based unrealized gains.

 

(b)               In compliance with GAAP (see preceding footnote), historical amortized cost for hedged AFS securities were adjusted for hedged basis adjustments.  Fair values were not impacted by the hedge basis adjustments.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Impairment Analysis of AFS Securities

 

The FHLBNY’s portfolio of MBS classified as AFS is comprised of GSE-issued collateralized mortgage obligations and floating rate CMBS, and U.S. Agency issued MBS.  The FHLBNY evaluates its GSE-issued securities by considering the creditworthiness and performance of the debt securities and the strength of the government-sponsored enterprises’ guarantees of the securities.

 

Based on credit and performance analysis, GSE-issued securities are performing in accordance with their contractual agreements.  The FHLBNY believes that it will recover its investments in GSE-issued securities given the current levels of collateral, credit enhancements and guarantees that exist to protect the investments. At September 30, 2019 unrealized fair value losses have been aggregated in the table below by the length of time a security was in a continuous unrealized loss position.  At December 31, 2018, there was no available-for-sale debt security at a fair value below its amortized cost basis.

 

The following table summarizes available-for-sale securities with estimated fair values below their amortized cost basis (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

Less than 12 months

 

12 months or more

 

Total

 

 

 

Estimated

 

Unrealized

 

Estimated

 

Unrealized

 

Estimated

 

Unrealized

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

Losses

 

Fair Value

 

Losses

 

Fair Value

 

Losses

 

MBS Investment Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MBS-GSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae-CMO

 

$

8,272

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

8,272

 

$

 

 

Redemption Terms

 

Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.  The amortized cost and estimated fair value (a) of investments classified as AFS, by contractual maturity, were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Amortized Cost (b)

 

Fair Value

 

Amortized Cost (b)

 

Fair Value

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due after one year through five years

 

$

3,413

 

$

3,415

 

$

15,642

 

$

15,665

 

Due after five year through ten years

 

2,141,597

 

2,252,634

 

 

 

Due after ten years

 

354,156

 

357,169

 

402,540

 

406,551

 

Total Available-for-sale securities

 

$

2,499,166

 

$

2,613,218

 

$

418,182

 

$

422,216

 

 


(a)         The carrying value of AFS securities equals fair value.

 

(b)         Amortized cost is UPB after adjusting for net unamortized premiums of $29.1 million and net unamortized discounts of $1.5 million at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.  At September 30, 2019, hedge basis gains of $26.3 million were also added to the historical amortized cost.  No hedge basis adjustments were necessary in the comparative period as no hedges were executed in the prior period.  The hedge basis adjustments had no impact on fair values.  No AFS security was OTTI.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Interest Rate Payment Terms

 

The following table summarizes interest rate payment terms of investments in mortgage-backed securities classified as AFS securities (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Amortized Cost

 

Fair Value

 

Amortized Cost

 

Fair Value

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMO - LIBOR

 

$

354,156

 

$

357,169

 

$

402,540

 

$

406,551

 

CMBS - LIBOR

 

3,413

 

3,415

 

15,642

 

15,665

 

Total Floating

 

357,569

 

360,584

 

418,182

 

422,216

 

Fixed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMBS

 

2,141,597

 

2,252,634

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Mortgage-backed securities

 

$

2,499,166

 

$

2,613,218

 

$

418,182

 

$

422,216

 

 

See preceding footnotes in the preceding table for hedge basis adjustments to historical amortized cost.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Note 8.                                                         Held-to-Maturity Securities.

 

Major Security Types (in thousands)

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

OTTI

 

 

 

Gross

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Recognized

 

Carrying

 

Unrecognized

 

Unrecognized

 

Fair

 

Issued, guaranteed or insured:

 

Cost (d)

 

in AOCI

 

Value

 

Holding Gains (a)

 

Holding Losses (a)

 

Value

 

Pools of Mortgages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

$

64,828

 

$

 

$

64,828

 

$

6,656

 

$

 

$

71,484

 

Freddie Mac

 

12,145

 

 

12,145

 

1,178

 

 

13,323

 

Total pools of mortgages

 

76,973

 

 

76,973

 

7,834

 

 

84,807

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations/Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

1,505,134

 

 

1,505,134

 

5,040

 

(2,688

)

1,507,486

 

Freddie Mac

 

937,682

 

 

937,682

 

4,132

 

(2,117

)

939,697

 

Ginnie Mae

 

9,861

 

 

9,861

 

138

 

 

9,999

 

Total CMOs/REMICs

 

2,452,677

 

 

2,452,677

 

9,310

 

(4,805

)

2,457,182

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

1,904,202

 

 

1,904,202

 

24,551

 

(1,339

)

1,927,414

 

Freddie Mac

 

9,438,926

 

 

9,438,926

 

300,818

 

(8,257

)

9,731,487

 

Total commercial mortgage-backed securities

 

11,343,128

 

 

11,343,128

 

325,369

 

(9,596

)

11,658,901

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-GSE MBS (c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMOs/REMICs

 

4,658

 

(339

)

4,319

 

123

 

(33

)

4,409

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asset-Backed Securities (c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manufactured housing (insured)

 

29,713

 

 

29,713

 

1,320

 

 

31,033

 

Home equity loans (insured)

 

63,028

 

(4,259

)

58,769

 

19,297

 

 

78,066

 

Home equity loans (uninsured)

 

24,217

 

(3,472

)

20,745

 

4,668

 

(157

)

25,256

 

Total asset-backed securities

 

116,958

 

(7,731

)

109,227

 

25,285

 

(157

)

134,355

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total MBS

 

13,994,394

 

(8,070

)

13,986,324

 

367,921

 

(14,591

)

14,339,654

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

1,133,800

 

 

1,133,800

 

244

 

(21,954

)

1,112,090

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Held-to-maturity securities

 

$

15,128,194

 

$

(8,070

)

$

15,120,124

 

$

368,165

 

$

(36,545

)

$

15,451,744

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

OTTI

 

 

 

Gross

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Recognized

 

Carrying

 

Unrecognized

 

Unrecognized

 

Fair

 

Issued, guaranteed or insured:

 

Cost (d)

 

in AOCI

 

Value

 

Holding Gains (a)

 

Holding Losses (a)

 

Value

 

Pools of Mortgages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

$

74,301

 

$

 

$

74,301

 

$

4,355

 

$

 

$

78,656

 

Freddie Mac

 

13,673

 

 

13,673

 

953

 

 

14,626

 

Total pools of mortgages

 

87,974

 

 

87,974

 

5,308

 

 

93,282

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations/Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

1,752,909

 

 

1,752,909

 

5,057

 

(6,642

)

1,751,324

 

Freddie Mac

 

1,079,824

 

 

1,079,824

 

4,971

 

(3,069

)

1,081,726

 

Ginnie Mae

 

11,610

 

 

11,610

 

181

 

 

11,791

 

Total CMOs/REMICs

 

2,844,343

 

 

2,844,343

 

10,209

 

(9,711

)

2,844,841

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

2,596,388

 

 

2,596,388

 

888

 

(37,525

)

2,559,751

 

Freddie Mac

 

10,635,137

 

 

10,635,137

 

59,025

 

(65,374

)

10,628,788

 

Total commercial mortgage-backed securities

 

13,231,525

 

 

13,231,525

 

59,913

 

(102,899

)

13,188,539

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-GSE MBS (c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMOs/REMICs

 

6,158

 

(380

)

5,778

 

327

 

(42

)

6,063

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asset-Backed Securities (c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manufactured housing (insured)

 

35,528

 

 

35,528

 

1,490

 

 

37,018

 

Home equity loans (insured)

 

69,583

 

(6,214

)

63,369

 

24,940

 

(14

)

88,295

 

Home equity loans (uninsured)

 

42,426

 

(4,467

)

37,959

 

5,886

 

(472

)

43,373

 

Total asset-backed securities

 

147,537

 

(10,681

)

136,856

 

32,316

 

(486

)

168,686

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total MBS

 

16,317,537

 

(11,061

)

16,306,476

 

108,073

 

(113,138

)

16,301,411

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

1,168,350

 

 

1,168,350

 

202

 

(24,207

)

1,144,345

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Held-to-maturity securities

 

$

17,485,887

 

$

(11,061

)

$

17,474,826

 

$

108,275

 

$

(137,345

)

$

17,445,756

 

 


(a)         Unrecognized gross holding gains and losses represent the difference between fair value and carrying value.

 

(b)         Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) are Agency issued securities, collateralized by income-producing “multifamily properties”.  Eligible property types include standard conventional multifamily apartments, affordable multifamily housing, seniors housing, student housing, military housing, and rural rent housing.  As permitted by the new hedge accounting guidance, the FHLBNY elected to transfer fixed-rate GSE-issued CMBS at amortized cost basis of $1.6 billion from HTM to AFS effective as of January 1, 2019.

 

(c)          The amounts represent non-agency private-label mortgage- and asset-backed securities.

 

(d)         Amortized cost — For securities that were deemed to be OTTI, amortized cost represents unamortized cost less credit OTTI, net of credit OTTI reversed due to improvements in cash flows.

 

Securities Pledged

 

The FHLBNY had pledged MBS, with an amortized cost basis of $3.9 million at September 30, 2019 and $4.5 million at December 31, 2018, to the FDIC in connection with deposits maintained by the FDIC at the FHLBNY.  The FDIC does not have rights to sell or repledge the collateral unless the FHLBNY defaults under the terms of its deposit arrangements with the FDIC.

 

Unrealized Losses

 

The fair values and gross unrealized holding losses are aggregated by major security type and by the length of time the individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position.  Unrealized losses represent the difference between fair value and amortized cost.  The baseline measure of unrealized loss is amortized cost, which is not adjusted for non-credit OTTI.  Total unrealized losses in these tables will not equal unrecognized holding losses in the Major Security Types tables.  Unrealized losses are calculated after adjusting for credit OTTI.  In the previous tables, unrecognized holding losses are adjusted for credit and non-credit OTTI.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

The following tables summarize held-to-maturity securities with estimated fair values below their amortized cost basis (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

Less than 12 months

 

12 months or more

 

Total

 

 

 

Estimated

 

Unrealized

 

Estimated

 

Unrealized

 

Estimated

 

Unrealized

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

Losses

 

Fair Value

 

Losses

 

Fair Value

 

Losses

 

Non-MBS Investment Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

$

145,154

 

$

(1

)

$

226,206

 

$

(21,953

)

$

371,360

 

$

(21,954

)

MBS Investment Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MBS-GSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

856,842

 

(1,602

)

483,057

 

(2,425

)

1,339,899

 

(4,027

)

Freddie Mac

 

1,765,223

 

(4,602

)

1,288,566

 

(5,772

)

3,053,789

 

(10,374

)

Total MBS-GSE

 

2,622,065

 

(6,204

)

1,771,623

 

(8,197

)

4,393,688

 

(14,401

)

MBS-Private-Label

 

56

 

 

9,667

 

(419

)

9,723

 

(419

)

Total MBS

 

2,622,121

 

(6,204

)

1,781,290

 

(8,616

)

4,403,411

 

(14,820

)

Total

 

$

2,767,275

 

$

(6,205

)

$

2,007,496

 

$

(30,569

)

$

4,774,771

 

$

(36,774

)

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Less than 12 months

 

12 months or more

 

Total

 

 

 

Estimated

 

Unrealized

 

Estimated

 

Unrealized

 

Estimated

 

Unrealized

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

Losses

 

Fair Value

 

Losses

 

Fair Value

 

Losses

 

Non-MBS Investment Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

$

304,671

 

$

(29

)

$

231,022

 

$

(24,178

)

$

535,693

 

$

(24,207

)

MBS Investment Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MBS-GSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

1,212,164

 

(1,787

)

2,134,166

 

(42,380

)

3,346,330

 

(44,167

)

Freddie Mac

 

3,999,726

 

(14,431

)

3,157,646

 

(54,012

)

7,157,372

 

(68,443

)

Total MBS-GSE

 

5,211,890

 

(16,218

)

5,291,812

 

(96,392

)

10,503,702

 

(112,610

)

MBS-Private-Label

 

4,635

 

(24

)

23,138

 

(600

)

27,773

 

(624

)

Total MBS

 

5,216,525

 

(16,242

)

5,314,950

 

(96,992

)

10,531,475

 

(113,234

)

Total

 

$

5,521,196

 

$

(16,271

)

$

5,545,972

 

$

(121,170

)

$

11,067,168

 

$

(137,441

)

 

The FHLBNY’s investments in housing finance agency bonds reported gross unrealized losses of $22.0 million and $24.2 million at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.  Our analyses of the fair values of HFA bonds have concluded that the market is generally pricing our investments in the HFA bonds to the “AA municipal sector”.  The bonds are performing to their contractual terms, and management has concluded that the gross unrealized losses on its housing finance agency bonds are temporary because the underlying collateral and credit enhancements are sufficient to protect the FHLBNY from losses based on current expectations.  The credit enhancements may include additional support from Monoline Insurance, Reserve and investment funds allocated to the securities that may be used to make principal and interest payments in the event that the underlying loans pledged for these securities are not sufficient to make the necessary payments and the general obligation of the State issuing the bond.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Redemption Terms

 

Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment features.  The amortized cost and estimated fair value of held-to-maturity securities, arranged by contractual maturity, were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Estimated

 

Amortized

 

Estimated

 

 

 

Cost (a)

 

Fair Value

 

Cost (a)

 

Fair Value

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due after one year through five years

 

$

16,080

 

$

16,048

 

$

20,300

 

$

20,194

 

Due after five years through ten years

 

37,425

 

36,952

 

27,670

 

27,228

 

Due after ten years

 

1,080,295

 

1,059,090

 

1,120,380

 

1,096,923

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

1,133,800

 

1,112,090

 

1,168,350

 

1,144,345

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due in one year or less

 

371,116

 

372,974

 

369,989

 

367,636

 

Due after one year through five years

 

4,441,658

 

4,491,934

 

4,587,009

 

4,590,849

 

Due after five years through ten years

 

6,339,559

 

6,597,775

 

8,201,200

 

8,157,858

 

Due after ten years

 

2,842,061

 

2,876,971

 

3,159,339

 

3,185,068

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

13,994,394

 

14,339,654

 

16,317,537

 

16,301,411

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Held-to-maturity securities

 

$

15,128,194

 

$

15,451,744

 

$

17,485,887

 

$

17,445,756

 

 


(a)   Amortized cost is UPB after adjusting for net unamortized premiums of $65.4 million and $63.7 million (net of unamortized discounts) and before OTTI adjustments at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

 

Interest Rate Payment Terms

 

The following table summarizes interest rate payment terms of securities classified as held-to-maturity (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Carrying

 

Amortized

 

Carrying

 

 

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

$

551,133

 

$

550,793

 

$

680,247

 

$

679,867

 

Floating

 

1,905,929

 

1,905,929

 

2,169,384

 

2,169,384

 

Total CMO

 

2,457,062

 

2,456,722

 

2,849,631

 

2,849,251

 

CMBS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

7,739,983

 

7,739,983

 

8,348,709

 

8,348,709

 

Floating

 

3,603,145

 

3,603,145

 

4,882,816

 

4,882,816

 

Total CMBS

 

11,343,128

 

11,343,128

 

13,231,525

 

13,231,525

 

Pass Thru (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

178,686

 

170,956

 

204,281

 

193,601

 

Floating

 

15,518

 

15,518

 

32,100

 

32,099

 

Total Pass Thru

 

194,204

 

186,474

 

236,381

 

225,700

 

Total MBS

 

13,994,394

 

13,986,324

 

16,317,537

 

16,306,476

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

6,125

 

6,125

 

6,770

 

6,770

 

Floating

 

1,127,675

 

1,127,675

 

1,161,580

 

1,161,580

 

Total State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

1,133,800

 

1,133,800

 

1,168,350

 

1,168,350

 

Total Held-to-maturity securities

 

$

15,128,194

 

$

15,120,124

 

$

17,485,887

 

$

17,474,826

 

 


(a)         Includes MBS supported by pools of mortgages.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Impairment Analysis (OTTI) of GSE-issued and Private Label Mortgage-backed Securities

 

The FHLBNY evaluates its individual securities issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and U.S. government agency, (collectively GSE-issued securities), by considering the creditworthiness and performance of the debt securities and the strength of the GSEs’ guarantees of the securities.  Based on analysis, GSE-issued securities are performing in accordance with their contractual agreements, and we will recover our investments in GSE- issued securities given the current levels of collateral, credit enhancements and guarantees that exist to protect the investments.

 

Management evaluates its investments in private-label MBS (PLMBS) for OTTI on a quarterly basis by performing cash flow tests on its entire portfolio of PLMBS.  De minimus OTTI losses of $0.6 million were recorded in the year-to-date period in 2019.  Other-than-temporary impairment recorded in the same period in 2018 was $0.1 million.  Based on cash flow testing, the Bank believes no material OTTI exists for the remaining investments.  The Bank’s conclusion is also based upon multiple factors, but not limited to the expected performance of the underlying collateral, and the evaluation of the fundamentals of the issuers’ financial condition.  Management has not made a decision to sell such securities at September 30, 2019, and has concluded that it will not be required to sell such securities before recovery of the amortized cost basis of the securities.

 

The following table provides rollforward information about the cumulative credit losses and other components of OTTI that will be recognized in future periods as recoveries (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended
September 30,

 

Nine months ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Beginning balance

 

$

15,612

 

$

19,295

 

$

16,584

 

$

22,731

 

Additional credit losses for which an OTTI charge was previously recognized

 

256

 

 

640

 

141

 

Realized credit losses

 

 

 

 

(49

)

Increases in cash flows expected to be collected, recognized over the remaining life of the securities

 

(745

)

(1,495

)

(2,101

)

(5,023

)

Ending balance

 

$

15,123

 

$

17,800

 

$

15,123

 

$

17,800

 

 

Note 9.                                                         Advances.

 

The FHLBNY offers to its members a wide range of fixed- and adjustable-rate advance loan products with different maturities, interest rates, payment characteristics, and optionality.

 

Redemption Terms

 

Contractual redemption terms and yields of advances were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted (a)

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Average

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Amount

 

Yield

 

of Total

 

Amount

 

Yield

 

of Total

 

Overdrawn demand deposit accounts

 

$

 

%

%

$

4,282

 

3.35

%

%

Due in one year or less

 

61,222,472

 

2.23

 

65.31

 

68,305,214

 

2.52

 

64.79

 

Due after one year through two years

 

10,822,378

 

2.22

 

11.54

 

18,019,447

 

2.46

 

17.09

 

Due after two years through three years

 

7,525,284

 

2.50

 

8.03

 

6,471,750

 

2.38

 

6.14

 

Due after three years through four years

 

2,358,780

 

2.78

 

2.52

 

3,505,420

 

2.61

 

3.32

 

Due after four years through five years

 

2,685,759

 

2.24

 

2.87

 

2,078,462

 

2.97

 

1.97

 

Thereafter

 

9,124,362

 

2.27

 

9.73

 

7,049,282

 

2.51

 

6.69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total par value

 

93,739,035

 

2.27

%

100.00

%

105,433,857

 

2.51

%

100.00

%

Hedge valuation basis adjustments (b)

 

561,508

 

 

 

 

 

(255,024

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

94,300,543

 

 

 

 

 

$

105,178,833

 

 

 

 

 

 


(a)         The weighted average yield is the weighted average coupon rates for advances, unadjusted for swaps.  For floating-rate advances, the weighted average rate is the rate outstanding at the reporting dates.

 

(b)         Hedge valuation basis adjustments under ASC 815 hedges represent changes in the fair values of fixed-rate advances due to changes in the designated benchmark rate.  The FHLBNY’s primary benchmark rate is LIBOR; the FHLBNY may also hedge to the OIS/FF index and OIS/SOFR index.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Monitoring and Evaluating Credit Losses on Advances — Summarized below are the FHLBNY’s assessment methodologies for evaluating advances for credit losses.

 

The FHLBNY closely monitors the creditworthiness of the institutions to which it lends.  The FHLBNY also closely monitors the quality and value of the assets that are pledged as collateral by its members.  The FHLBNY’s members are required to pledge collateral to secure advances.  Eligible collateral includes: (1) one-to-four-family and multi-family mortgages; (2) U.S. Treasury and government-agency securities; (3) mortgage-backed securities; and (4) certain other collateral which is real estate related and has a readily ascertainable value, and in which the FHLBNY can perfect a security interest.  The FHLBNY has the right to take such steps, as it deems necessary to protect its secured position on outstanding advances, including requiring additional collateral (whether or not such additional collateral would otherwise be eligible to secure a loan; and the provision would benefit the FHLBNY in a scenario when a member defaults).  The FHLBNY also has a statutory lien under the FHLBank Act on members’ capital stock, which serves as further collateral for members’ indebtedness to the FHLBNY.

 

Credit Risk.  The FHLBNY has policies and procedures in place to manage credit risk.  There were no past due advances and all advances were current for all periods in this report.  Management does not anticipate any credit losses, and accordingly, the FHLBNY has not provided an allowance for credit losses on advances.  Potential credit risk from advances is concentrated in commercial banks, savings institutions, and insurance companies.

 

Concentration of Advances Outstanding.  Advances to the FHLBNY’s top ten borrowing member institutions are reported in Note 21. Segment Information and Concentration.  The FHLBNY held sufficient collateral to cover the advances to all institutions and it does not expect to incur any credit losses.

 

Advances borrowed by insurance companies accounted for 25.5% and 21.1% of total advances at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.  Lending to insurance companies poses a number of unique risks not present in lending to federally insured depository institutions.  For example, there is no single federal regulator for insurance companies.  They are supervised by state regulators and subject to state insurance codes and regulations.  There is uncertainty about whether a state insurance commissioner would try to void the FHLBNY’s claims on collateral in the event of an insurance company failure.  As with all members, insurance companies are also required to purchase the FHLBNY’s capital stock as a prerequisite to membership and borrowing activity.  The FHLBNY’s management takes a number of steps to mitigate the unique risk of lending to insurance companies.  At the time of membership, the FHLBNY requires an insurance company to be highly-rated and to meet the FHLBNY’s credit quality standards. The FHLBNY performs quarterly credit analysis of the insurance borrower.  Insurance companies are required to successfully complete an on-site review prior to pledging collateral. Additionally, in order to ensure its position as a first priority secured creditor, FHLBNY typically requires insurance companies to place physical possession of all pledged eligible collateral with FHLBNY or deposit it with a third party custodian or control agent. Such collateral must meet the FHLBNY’s credit quality standards, with appropriate minimum margins applied.

 

Security TermsThe FHLBNY lends to financial institutions involved in housing finance within its district.  Borrowing members are required to purchase capital stock of the FHLBNY and pledge collateral for advances.  As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the FHLBNY had rights to collateral with an estimated value greater than outstanding advances.  Based upon the financial condition of the member, the FHLBNY:

 

(1)               Allows a member to retain possession of the mortgage collateral pledged to the FHLBNY if the member executes a written security agreement, provides periodic listings and agrees to hold such collateral for the benefit of the FHLBNY; however, securities and cash collateral are always in physical possession; or

(2)               Requires the member specifically to assign or place physical possession of such mortgage collateral with the FHLBNY or its custodial agent.

 

Beyond these provisions, Section 10(e) of the FHLBank Act affords any security interest granted by a member to the FHLBNY’s priority over the claims or rights of any other party.  The two exceptions are claims that would be entitled to priority under otherwise applicable law or perfected security interests.  All member obligations with the FHLBNY were fully collateralized throughout their entire term.  The total of collateral pledged to the FHLBNY includes excess collateral pledged above the minimum collateral requirements.  However, a “Maximum Lendable Value” is established to ensure that the FHLBNY has sufficient eligible collateral securing credit extensions.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Note 10.                                                  Mortgage Loans Held-for-Portfolio.

 

Mortgage Partnership Finance® program loans, or (MPF®), are the mortgage loans held-for-portfolio.  The FHLBNY participates in the MPF program by purchasing and originating conventional mortgage loans from its participating members, hereafter referred to as Participating Financial Institutions (PFI).  The FHLBNY manages the liquidity, interest rate and prepayment option risk of the MPF loans, while the PFIs retain servicing activities, and may credit-enhance the portion of the loans participated to the FHLBNY.  No intermediary trust is involved.

 

The FHLBNY classifies mortgage loans as held for investment, and accordingly reports them at their principal amount outstanding net of unamortized premiums, discounts, and unrealized gains and losses from loans initially classified as mortgage loan commitments.

 

The following table presents information on mortgage loans held-for-portfolio (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Amount

 

Percentage
of Total

 

Amount

 

Percentage
of Total

 

Real Estate(a):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed medium-term single-family mortgages

 

$

175,436

 

5.83

%

$

196,551

 

6.82

%

Fixed long-term single-family mortgages

 

2,834,121

 

94.17

 

2,686,866

 

93.18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total par value

 

3,009,557

 

100.00

%

2,883,417

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unamortized premiums

 

46,065

 

 

 

45,451

 

 

 

Unamortized discounts

 

(1,589

)

 

 

(1,761

)

 

 

Basis adjustment (b)

 

1,425

 

 

 

937

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total mortgage loans held-for-portfolio

 

3,055,458

 

 

 

2,928,044

 

 

 

Allowance for credit losses

 

(637

)

 

 

(814

)

 

 

Total mortgage loans held-for-portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses

 

$

3,054,821

 

 

 

$

2,927,230

 

 

 

 


(a)  Conventional mortgages represent the majority of mortgage loans held-for-portfolio, with the remainder invested in FHA and VA insured loans (also referred to as government loans).

 

(b)  Balances represent unamortized fair value basis of closed delivery commitments.  A basis adjustment is recorded at the settlement of the loan and it represents the difference in trade price paid for acquiring the loan and the price at the settlement date for a similar loan.  The basis adjustment is amortized as a yield adjustment to Interest income.

 

The FHLBNY and its members share the credit risk of MPF loans by structuring potential credit losses into layers.  The first layer is typically 100 bps, but this varies with the particular MPF product.  The amount of the first layer, or First Loss Account (FLA), was estimated at $38.2 million and $35.8 million at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.  The FLA is not recorded or reported as a reserve for loan losses, as it serves as a memorandum or information account.  The FHLBNY is responsible for absorbing the first layer.  The second layer is that amount of credit obligations that the PFI has agreed to assume at the “Master Commitment” level.  The FHLBNY pays a credit enhancement fee to the PFI for taking on this obligation.  The FHLBNY assumes all residual risk.  Credit enhancement fees accrued were $0.6 million and $1.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and $0.6 million and $1.8 million for the same periods in the prior year.  These fees were reported as a reduction to mortgage loan interest income.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

In terms of the credit enhancement waterfall, the MPF program structures potential credit losses on conventional MPF loans into layers on each loan pool as follows:

 

(1)         The first layer of protection against loss is the liquidation value of the real property securing the loan.

(2)         The next layer of protection comes from the primary mortgage insurance (PMI) that is required for loans with a loan-to-value ratio greater than 80% at origination.

(3)         Losses that exceed the liquidation value of the real property and any PMI will be absorbed by the FHLBNY, limited to the amount of the FLA available under the Master Commitment.  For certain MPF products, the FHLBNY could recover previously absorbed losses by withholding future credit enhancement fees (CE Fees) otherwise payable to the PFI, and applying the amounts to recover losses previously absorbed.  In effect, the FHLBNY may recover losses allocated to the FLA from CE Fees.  The amount of CE Fees depends on the MPF product and the outstanding balances of loans funded in the Master Commitment.  CE Fees payable (potentially available for loss recovery) will decline as the outstanding loan balances in the Master Commitment declines.

(4)         The second layer or portion of credit losses is incurred by the PFI and/or the Supplemental Mortgage Insurance (SMI) provider as follows:  The PFI absorbs losses in excess of any FLA up to the amount of the PFI’s credit obligation amount and/or to the SMI provider for MPF 125 Plus products if the PFI has selected SMI coverage.

(5)         The third layer of losses is absorbed by the FHLBNY.

 

Allowance Methodology for Loan Losses

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments Credit Losses (Topic 326)The ASU introduces a new accounting model, the Current Expected Credit Losses model (CECL), which upon adoption on January 1, 2020, will require earlier recognition of credit losses.  The FASB’s CECL model utilizes a lifetime “expected credit loss” measurement objective for the recognition of credit losses. This guidance is effective beginning on January 1, 2020.  We have concluded our preliminary evaluation under the guidance, and upon adoption we expect immaterial change to the allowance for credit losses on our MPF portfolio.

 

The FHLBNY’s existing allowance methodology is based on pre-CECL GAAP, which generally requires that a loss be incurred before it is recognized.  For more information about our allowance policies, processes and methodologies, see the most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2019.

 

Mortgage loans under the existing (pre-CECL) GAAP are considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the FHLBNY will be unable to collect all principal and interest amounts due according to the contractual terms of the mortgage loan agreements.  The FHLBNY considers a loan to be seriously delinquent when it is past due 90 days or more.  The FHLBNY considers the occurrence of serious delinquency as a primary confirming event of a credit loss.  Bankruptcy and foreclosures are also considered as confirming events.  When a loan is seriously delinquent, or in bankruptcy or in foreclosure, the FHLBNY measures estimated credit losses on an individual loan basis by looking to the value of the real property collateral.  For such loans, the FHLBNY believes it is probable that we will be unable to collect all contractual interest and principal in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement.  For loans that have not been individually measured for estimated credit losses (i.e. they are not seriously delinquent, or in bankruptcy or in foreclosure), the FHLBNY measures estimated incurred credit losses on a collective basis and records a valuation reserve.  When a loan is delinquent 180 days or more, the FHLBNY will charge-off the excess carrying value over the net realizable value of the loan because the FHLBNY deems that foreclosure is probable at 180 days delinquency.  When the loan is foreclosed and the FHLBNY takes possession of real estate, the balance of the loan that has not been charged off is recorded as real estate owned at the lower of carrying value or net realizable value.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Allowance for Credit Losses

 

Allowances for credit losses have been recorded against the uninsured MPF loans.  All other types of mortgage loans were insignificant and no allowances were necessary.  The following table provides a rollforward analysis of the allowance for credit losses (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Allowance for credit losses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning balance

 

$

522

 

$

817

 

$

814

 

$

992

 

Charge-offs

 

(19

)

(9

)

(19

)

(90

)

Recoveries

 

 

81

 

 

295

 

Provision (Reversal) for credit losses on mortgage loans

 

134

 

(95

)

(158

)

(403

)

Ending balance

 

$

637

 

$

794

 

$

637

 

$

794

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Ending balance, individually evaluated for impairment

 

$

166

 

$

238

 

 

 

 

 

Ending balance, collectively evaluated for impairment

 

471

 

576

 

 

 

 

 

Total Allowance for credit losses

 

$

637

 

$

814

 

 

 

 

 

 

The FHLBNY’s total MPF loans and impaired MPF loans were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Total Mortgage loans, carrying values net of allowance for credit losses (a)

 

$

3,054,821

 

$

2,927,230

 

Non-performing mortgage loans - Conventional (a)(b)

 

$

7,072

 

$

8,453

 

Insured MPF loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest (a)(b)

 

$

5,009

 

$

5,501

 

 


(a)         Includes loans classified as special mention, sub-standard, doubtful or loss under regulatory criteria, net of amounts charged-off if delinquent for 180 days or more.

 

(b)         Data in this table represents UPB, and would not agree to data reported in other tables at “recorded investment,” which includes interest receivable.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

The following summarizes the recorded investment in impaired loans (excluding insured FHA/VA loans), the unpaid principal balance, and the related allowance (individually assessed), and the average recorded investment of loans for which the related allowance was individually measured (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

September 30, 2019

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaid

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

Recorded

 

Principal

 

Related

 

Recorded

 

 

 

Investment

 

Balance

 

Allowance

 

Investment (d)

 

Conventional MPF Loans (a)(c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No related allowance (b)

 

$

9,674

 

$

9,639

 

$

 

$

10,067

 

$

10,420

 

With a related allowance

 

940

 

936

 

166

 

742

 

932

 

Total individually measured for impairment

 

$

10,614

 

$

10,575

 

$

166

 

$

10,809

 

$

11,352

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaid

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

Recorded

 

Principal

 

Related

 

Recorded

 

 

 

Investment

 

Balance

 

Allowance

 

Investment (d)

 

Conventional MPF Loans (a)(c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No related allowance (b)

 

$

10,507

 

$

10,443

 

$

 

$

12,681

 

With a related allowance

 

993

 

974

 

238

 

1,161

 

Total individually measured for impairment

 

$

11,500

 

$

11,417

 

$

238

 

$

13,842

 

 


(a)         Based on analysis of the nature of risks of the FHLBNY’s investments in MPF loans, including its methodologies for identifying and measuring impairment, management has determined that presenting such loans as a single class is appropriate.

 

(b)         Collateral values, net of estimated costs to sell, exceeded the recorded investments in impaired loans and no allowances were deemed necessary.

 

(c)          Interest received is not recorded as Interest income if an uninsured loan is past due 90 days or more.  Cash received is recorded as a liability on the assumption that cash was remitted by the servicer to the FHLBNY that could potentially be recouped by the borrower in a foreclosure.

 

(d)         Represents the average recorded investment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and the twelve months ended December 31, 2018.

 

The following tables summarize the recorded investment, the unpaid principal balance, and the average recorded investment of loans for which the related allowance was collectively measured (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

September 30, 2019

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaid

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

Recorded

 

Principal

 

Related

 

Recorded

 

 

 

Investment

 

Balance

 

Allowance

 

Investment (a)

 

Collectively measured for impairment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insured loans

 

$

226,529

 

$

221,075

 

$

 

$

226,795

 

$

228,923

 

Uninsured loans

 

2,833,219

 

2,777,907

 

471

 

2,808,945

 

2,753,483

 

Total loans collectively measured for impairment

 

$

3,059,748

 

$

2,998,982

 

$

471

 

$

3,035,740

 

$

2,982,406

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaid

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

Recorded

 

Principal

 

Related

 

Recorded

 

 

 

Investment

 

Balance

 

Allowance

 

Investment (a)

 

Collectively measured for impairment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insured loans

 

$

233,064

 

$

227,268

 

$

 

$

237,144

 

Uninsured loans

 

2,697,827

 

2,644,732

 

576

 

2,660,060

 

Total loans collectively measured for impairment

 

$

2,930,891

 

$

2,872,000

 

$

576

 

$

2,897,204

 

 


(a)         Represents the average recorded investment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and the twelve months ended December 31, 2018.

 

Recorded investments in MPF loans that were past due, and real estate owned are summarized below.  Recorded investment, which includes accrued interest receivable, would not equal carrying values reported elsewhere (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Conventional

 

Insured

 

Conventional

 

Insured

 

 

 

MPF Loans

 

Loans

 

MPF Loans

 

Loans

 

Mortgage loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Past due 30 - 59 days

 

$

12,073

 

$

10,629

 

$

17,635

 

$

12,724

 

Past due 60 - 89 days

 

3,638

 

2,693

 

2,683

 

3,025

 

Past due 90 - 179 days

 

1,366

 

1,901

 

1,169

 

1,663

 

Past due 180 days or more

 

5,731

 

3,405

 

7,316

 

4,216

 

Total past due

 

22,808

 

18,628

 

28,803

 

21,628

 

Total current loans

 

2,821,025

 

207,901

 

2,680,524

 

211,436

 

Total mortgage loans

 

$

2,843,833

 

$

226,529

 

$

2,709,327

 

$

233,064

 

Other delinquency statistics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans in process of foreclosure, included above

 

$

4,089

 

$

2,430

 

$

5,149

 

$

3,343

 

Number of foreclosures outstanding at period end

 

33

 

20

 

37

 

27

 

Serious delinquency rate (a)

 

0.26

%

2.34

%

0.31

%

2.52

%

Serious delinquent loans total used in calculation of serious delinquency rate

 

$

7,324

 

$

5,306

 

$

8,525

 

$

5,879

 

Past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest

 

$

 

$

5,306

 

$

 

$

5,879

 

Loans on non-accrual status

 

$

7,097

 

$

 

$

8,485

 

$

 

Troubled debt restructurings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans discharged from bankruptcy (b)

 

$

7,728

 

$

1,036

 

$

7,398

 

$

823

 

Modified loans under MPF® program

 

$

1,247

 

$

 

$

1,423

 

$

 

Real estate owned

 

$

172

 

 

 

$

767

 

 

 

 


(a)         Serious delinquency rate is defined as recorded investments in loans that are 90 days or more past due or in the process of foreclosure expressed as a percentage of total loan class.

 

(b)         Loans discharged from Chapter 7 bankruptcies are considered as TDRs.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Note 11.                                                  Deposits.

 

The FHLBNY accepts demand, overnight and term deposits from its members.  Also, a member that services mortgage loans may deposit funds collected in connection with the mortgage loans as a pending disbursement to the owners of the mortgage loans.  The following table summarizes deposits (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Interest-bearing deposits

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing demand

 

$

1,480,622

 

$

1,002,587

 

Term (a)

 

25,000

 

40,000

 

Total interest-bearing deposits

 

1,505,622

 

1,042,587

 

Non-interest-bearing demand

 

31,163

 

20,050

 

Total deposits (b)

 

$

1,536,785

 

$

1,062,637

 

 


(a)         Term deposits were for periods of one year or less.

 

(b)         Specific disclosures about deposits that exceed FDIC limits have been omitted as deposits are not insured by the FDIC.  Deposits are received in the ordinary course of the FHLBNY’s business.  The FHLBNY has pledged securities to the FDIC to collateralize deposits maintained at the FHLBNY by the FDIC; for more information, see Securities Pledged in Note 8. Held-to-Maturity Securities.

 

Interest rate payment terms for deposits are summarized below (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Amount
Outstanding

 

Weighted Average
Interest Rate 
(b)

 

Amount
Outstanding

 

Weighted Average
Interest Rate 
(b)

 

Due in one year or less

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing deposits (a)

 

$

1,505,622

 

2.21

%

$

1,042,587

 

1.73

%

Non-interest-bearing deposits

 

31,163

 

 

 

20,050

 

 

 

Total deposits

 

$

1,536,785

 

 

 

$

1,062,637

 

 

 

 


(a)         Primarily adjustable rate.

 

(b)         The weighted average interest rate is calculated based on the average balance.

 

Note 12.                                                  Consolidated Obligations.

 

The FHLBanks have joint and several liability for all the Consolidated obligations issued on their behalf (for more information, see Note 19.  Commitments and Contingencies).  Consolidated obligations consist of bonds and discount notes.  The FHLBanks issue Consolidated obligations through the Office of Finance as their fiscal agent.  In connection with each debt issuance, a FHLBank specifies the amount of debt it wants issued on its behalf.  The Office of Finance tracks the amount of debt issued on behalf of each FHLBank.  Each FHLBank separately tracks and records as a liability for its specific portion of Consolidated obligations for which it is the primary obligor. Consolidated obligation bonds (CO bonds or Consolidated bonds) are issued primarily to raise intermediate- and long-term funds for the FHLBanks and are not subject to any statutory or regulatory limits on maturity.

 

Consolidated obligation discount notes (CO discount notes, Discount notes, or Consolidated discount notes) are issued primarily to raise short-term funds.  Discount notes sell at less than their face amount and are redeemed at par value when they mature.

 

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The following table summarizes carrying amounts of Consolidated obligations issued by the FHLBNY and outstanding at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Consolidated obligation bonds-amortized cost

 

$

75,432,970

 

$

83,764,337

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge valuation basis adjustments

 

435,504

 

238,150

 

Hedge basis adjustments on de-designated hedges

 

140,493

 

131,497

 

FVO - valuation adjustments and accrued interest

 

34,961

 

19,792

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Consolidated obligation bonds

 

$

76,043,928

 

$

84,153,776

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discount notes-amortized cost

 

$

55,534,357

 

$

50,631,066

 

FVO - valuation adjustments and remaining accretion

 

 

9,172

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Consolidated obligation discount notes

 

$

55,534,357

 

$

50,640,238

 

 

Redemption Terms of Consolidated Obligation Bonds

 

The following table is a summary of carrying amounts of Consolidated obligation bonds outstanding by year of maturity (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Average

 

Percentage

 

Maturity

 

Amount

 

Rate (a)

 

of Total

 

Amount

 

Rate (a)

 

of Total

 

One year or less

 

$

59,445,485

 

2.01

%

78.88

%

$

64,893,475

 

2.29

%

77.48

%

Over one year through two years

 

4,511,140

 

2.26

 

5.98

 

7,555,545

 

2.38

 

9.02

 

Over two years through three years

 

2,213,965

 

2.36

 

2.94

 

2,586,325

 

2.48

 

3.09

 

Over three years through four years

 

2,041,040

 

2.58

 

2.71

 

2,181,750

 

2.39

 

2.60

 

Over four years through five years

 

1,224,380

 

2.78

 

1.62

 

1,435,235

 

2.73

 

1.71

 

Thereafter

 

5,927,985

 

3.42

 

7.87

 

5,105,650

 

3.45

 

6.10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total par value

 

75,363,995

 

2.17

%

100.00

%

83,757,980

 

2.39

%

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bond premiums (b)

 

94,002

 

 

 

 

 

42,647

 

 

 

 

 

Bond discounts (b)

 

(25,027

)

 

 

 

 

(36,290

)

 

 

 

 

Hedge valuation basis adjustments (c)

 

435,504

 

 

 

 

 

238,150

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge basis adjustments on de-designated hedges (d)

 

140,493

 

 

 

 

 

131,497

 

 

 

 

 

FVO (e) - valuation adjustments and accrued interest

 

34,961

 

 

 

 

 

19,792

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Consolidated obligation-bonds

 

$

76,043,928

 

 

 

 

 

$

84,153,776

 

 

 

 

 

 


(a)         Weighted average rate represents the weighted average contractual coupons of bonds, unadjusted for swaps.

 

(b)         Amortization of CO bond premiums and discounts are recorded in interest expense as yield adjustments.

 

(c)          Hedge valuation basis adjustments under ASC 815 fair value hedges represent changes in the fair values of fixed-rate CO bonds due to changes in the designated benchmark rate.  LIBOR is the primary benchmark index; the FHLBNY may also hedge to the FF/OIS index and the FF/SOFR index.

 

(d)         Hedge basis adjustments on de-designated hedges represent the unamortized balances of valuation basis of fixed-rate bonds that were previously in a fair value hedging relationship.  Generally, when a hedging relationship is de-designated, the valuation basis is no longer adjusted for changes in the valuation of the debt for changes in the benchmark rate; instead, the basis is amortized over the debt’s remaining life, so that at maturity of the debt the unamortized basis is reversed to zero.

 

(e)          Valuation adjustments represent changes in the entire fair values of bonds elected under the FVO.

 

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Interest Rate Payment Terms

 

The following table summarizes par amounts of major types of Consolidated obligation bonds issued and outstanding (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Amount

 

Percentage
of Total

 

Amount

 

Percentage
of Total

 

Fixed-rate, non-callable

 

$

25,003,995

 

33.18

%

$

22,745,980

 

27.16

%

Fixed-rate, callable

 

6,161,000

 

8.17

 

4,966,000

 

5.93

 

Step Up, callable

 

75,000

 

0.10

 

880,000

 

1.05

 

Single-index floating rate

 

44,124,000

 

58.55

 

55,166,000

 

65.86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total par value

 

$

75,363,995

 

100.00

%

$

83,757,980

 

100.00

%

 

Discount Notes

 

Consolidated obligation discount notes are issued to raise short-term funds.  Discount notes are Consolidated obligations with original maturities of up to one year.  These notes are issued at less than their face amount and redeemed at par when they mature.

 

The FHLBNY’s outstanding Consolidated obligation discount notes were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Par value

 

$

55,626,021

 

$

50,805,481

 

Amortized cost

 

$

55,534,357

 

$

50,631,066

 

FVO (a) - valuation adjustments and remaining accretion

 

 

9,172

 

Total discount notes

 

$

55,534,357

 

$

50,640,238

 

Weighted average interest rate

 

1.98

%

2.34

%

 


(a)         Valuation adjustments represent changes in the entire fair values of discount notes elected under the FVO.

 

Note 13.                                                  Affordable Housing Program.

 

The FHLBNY charges the amount allocated for the Affordable Housing Program (AHP) to income and recognizes it as a liability.  The FHLBNY relieves the AHP liability as members use the subsidies.  For more information about the Affordable Housing Program and the Bank’s liability, see the Bank’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2019.

 

The following table provides rollforward information with respect to changes in Affordable Housing Program liabilities (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Beginning balance

 

$

164,262

 

$

149,304

 

$

161,718

 

$

131,654

 

Additions from current period’s assessments

 

11,278

 

17,404

 

38,292

 

48,740

 

Net disbursements for grants and programs

 

(15,016

)

(6,207

)

(39,486

)

(19,893

)

Ending balance

 

$

160,524

 

$

160,501

 

$

160,524

 

$

160,501

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Note 14.                                                  Capital Stock, Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock and Restricted Retained Earnings.

 

The FHLBanks, including the FHLBNY, have a cooperative structure.  To access the FHLBNY’s products and services, a financial institution must be approved for membership and purchase capital stock in the FHLBNY.  A member’s stock requirement is generally based on its use of FHLBNY products, subject to a minimum membership requirement as prescribed by the FHLBank Act and the FHLBNY’s Capital Plan.  FHLBNY stock can be issued, exchanged, redeemed and repurchased only at its stated par value of $100 per share.  It is not publicly traded.  An option to redeem capital stock that is greater than a member’s minimum requirement is held by both the member and the FHLBNY.  The FHLBNY’s Capital Plan offers two sub-classes of Class B capital stock, membership and activity-based capital stock, and members can redeem Class B stock by giving five years notice.  The FHLBNY’s Class B capital stock issued and outstanding was $5.5 billion at September 30, 2019 and $6.1 billion at December 31, 2018.

 

Membership and Activity-based Class B capital stocks have the same voting rights and dividend rates.  (See Statements of Capital):

 

·                  Membership stock is issued to meet membership stock purchase requirements.  The FHLBNY requires member institutions to maintain membership stock based on a percentage of the member’s mortgage-related assets.  Effective August 1, 2017, the FHLBNY reduced the capital stock purchase requirement for membership from 15.0 basis points to 12.5 basis points.  In addition, notwithstanding this requirement, the FHLBNY introduced a $100 million cap on membership stock per member effective January 1, 2019.

 

·                  Activity based stock is issued on a percentage of outstanding balances of advances, MPF loans and certain commitments.  The FHLBNY’s current capital plan requires a stock purchase of 4.5% of the member’s borrowed amount.  Excess activity-based capital stock is repurchased daily.

 

The FHLBNY is subject to risk-based capital rules of the Finance Agency, the regulator of the FHLBanks.  Specifically, the FHLBNY is subject to three capital requirements under its capital plan.  First, the FHLBNY must maintain at all times permanent capital in an amount at least equal to the sum of its credit risk, market risk, and operations risk capital requirements as calculated in accordance with the FHLBNY policy, and rules and regulations of the Finance Agency.  Only permanent capital, defined as Class B stock and retained earnings, satisfies this risk-based capital requirement.  The capital plan does not provide for the issuance of Class A capital stock.  The Finance Agency may require the FHLBNY to maintain an amount of permanent capital greater than what is required by the risk-based capital requirements.  Second, the FHLBNY is required to maintain at least a 4.0% total capital-to-asset ratio; and third, the FHLBNY will maintain at least a 5.0% leverage ratio at all times.  The FHFA’s regulatory leverage ratio is defined as the sum of permanent capital weighted 1.5 times and non-permanent capital weighted 1.0 times divided by total assets.

 

The FHLBNY was in compliance with the aforementioned capital rules and requirements for all periods presented, and met the “adequately capitalized” classification, which is the highest rating, under the capital rule.  However, the Finance Agency has discretion to reclassify a FHLBank and to modify or add to the corrective action requirements for a particular capital classification.  The Director of the Finance Agency has discretion to add to or modify the corrective action requirements for each capital classification other than adequately capitalized if the Director of the Finance Agency determines that such action is necessary to ensure the safe and sound operation of the FHLBank and the FHLBank’s compliance with its risk-based and minimum capital requirements.

 

If the FHLBNY became classified into a capital classification other than adequately capitalized, the FHLBNY could be adversely impacted by the corrective action requirements for that capital classification.

 

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Risk-based Capital — The following table summarizes the FHLBNY’s risk-based capital ratios (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Required (d)

 

Actual

 

Required (d)

 

Actual

 

Regulatory capital requirements:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-based capital (a)(e)

 

$

966,734

 

$

7,236,942

 

$

797,783

 

$

7,765,726

 

Total capital-to-asset ratio

 

4.00

%

5.13

%

4.00

%

5.38

%

Total capital (b)

 

$

5,642,467

 

$

7,236,942

 

$

5,775,256

 

$

7,765,726

 

Leverage ratio

 

5.00

%

7.70

%

5.00

%

8.07

%

Leverage capital (c )

 

$

7,053,084

 

$

10,855,412

 

$

7,219,070

 

$

11,648,589

 

 


(a)         Actual “Risk-based capital” is capital stock and retained earnings plus mandatorily redeemable capital stock. Section 932.2 of the Finance Agency’s regulations also refers to this amount as “Permanent Capital.”

 

(b)         Required “Total capital” is 4.0% of total assets.

 

(c)          The required leverage ratio of total capital to total assets should be at least 5.0%.  For the purposes of determining the leverage ratio, total capital shall be computed by multiplying the Bank’s Permanent Capital by 1.5.

 

(d)         Required minimum.

 

(e)          Under regulatory guidelines issued by the Finance Agency in August 2011 that was consistent with guidance provided by other federal banking agencies with respect to capital rules, risk weights are maintained at AAA for U.S. Treasury securities and other securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, government agencies, and government-sponsored entities for purposes of calculating risk-based capital.

 

Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock

 

Generally, the FHLBNY’s capital stock is redeemable at the option of either the member or the FHLBNY subject to certain conditions, including the provisions under the accounting guidance for certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity.  In accordance with the accounting guidance, the FHLBNY generally reclassifies the stock subject to redemption from equity to a liability once a member irrevocably exercises a written redemption right, gives notice of intent to withdraw from membership, or attains non-member status by merger or acquisition, charter termination, or involuntary termination from membership.  Under such circumstances, the member shares will then meet the definition of a mandatorily redeemable financial instrument.  Estimated redemption periods were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Redemption less than one year

 

$

838

 

$

229

 

Redemption from one year to less than three years

 

376

 

1,068

 

Redemption from three years to less than five years

 

407

 

425

 

Redemption from five years or greater

 

3,711

 

4,123

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

5,332

 

$

5,845

 

 

The following table provides rollforward information with respect to changes in mandatorily redeemable capital stock liabilities (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Beginning balance

 

$

5,514

 

$

17,707

 

$

5,845

 

$

19,945

 

Capital stock subject to mandatory redemption reclassified from equity

 

 

2,128

 

4,049

 

2,252

 

Redemption of mandatorily redeemable capital stock (a)

 

(182

)

(13,171

)

(4,562

)

(15,533

)

Ending balance

 

$

5,332

 

$

6,664

 

$

5,332

 

$

6,664

 

Accrued interest payable (b)

 

$

87

 

$

210

 

$

87

 

$

210

 

 


(a)               Redemption includes repayment of excess stock.

 

(b)              The annualized accrual rate was 6.35% for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 6.75% for the three months ended September 30, 2018.  Accrual rates are based on estimated dividend rates.

 

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Restricted Retained Earnings

 

Under the FHLBank Joint Capital Enhancement Agreement (Capital Agreement), each FHLBank is required to set aside 20% of its Net income each quarter to a restricted retained earnings account until the balance of that account equals at least one percent of that FHLBank’s average balance of outstanding Consolidated obligations.  The Capital Agreement is intended to enhance the capital position of each FHLBank.  These restricted retained earnings will not be available to pay dividends.  Retained earnings included $660.1 million and $591.3 million as restricted retained earnings in the FHLBNY’s Total Capital at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

 

Note 15.                                                  Earnings Per Share of Capital.

 

The FHLBNY has a single class of capital stock, and earnings per share computation is for the Class B capital stock.

 

The following table sets forth the computation of earnings per share.  Basic and diluted earnings per share of capital are the same.  The FHLBNY has no dilutive potential common shares or other common stock equivalents (dollars in thousands except per share amounts):

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net income

 

$

101,412

 

$

156,412

 

$

344,332

 

$

437,811

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income available to stockholders

 

$

101,412

 

$

156,412

 

$

344,332

 

$

437,811

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares of capital

 

53,044

 

62,538

 

55,732

 

62,986

 

Less: Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

(54

)

(123

)

(62

)

(165

)

Average number of shares of capital used to calculate earnings per share

 

52,990

 

62,415

 

55,670

 

62,821

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share

 

$

1.91

 

$

2.51

 

$

6.19

 

$

6.97

 

 

Note 16.                                                  Employee Retirement Plans.

 

The FHLBNY participates in the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions (Pentegra DB Plan), a tax-qualified, defined-benefit multiemployer pension plan that covers all FHLBNY officers and employees.  The FHLBNY also participates in the Pentegra Defined Contribution Plan for Financial Institutions, a tax-qualified defined contribution plan.  The FHLBNY offers two non-qualified Benefit Equalization Plans, which are retirement plans.  The two plans restore defined benefits for those employees who have had their qualified Defined Benefit Plan and their Defined Contribution Plan limited by IRS regulations.  The non-qualified BEP that restores benefits to participant’s Defined Contribution Plan was introduced and became effective at January 1, 2017.  The two non-qualified Benefit Equalization Plans (BEP) are unfunded.  For more information about employee retirement plans, see Note 16. Employee Retirement Plans in the financial statements included in the most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2019.

 

Retirement Plan Expenses Summary

 

The following table presents employee retirement plan expenses for the periods ended (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Defined Benefit Plan

 

$

2,494

 

$

1,875

 

$

7,482

 

$

5,625

 

Benefit Equalization Plans (defined benefit and defined contribution)

 

1,796

 

1,868

 

5,566

 

5,336

 

Defined Contribution Plans

 

615

 

567

 

1,892

 

1,796

 

Postretirement Health Benefit Plan

 

83

 

(79

)

250

 

(238

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total retirement plan expenses

 

$

4,988

 

$

4,231

 

$

15,190

 

$

12,519

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Benefit Equalization Plan (BEP)

 

The BEP restores defined benefits for those employees who have had their qualified defined benefits limited by IRS regulations.  The method for determining the accrual expense and liabilities of the plan is the Projected Unit Credit Accrual Method.  Under this method, the liability of the plan is composed mainly of two components, Projected Benefit Obligation (PBO) and Service Cost accruals.  The total liability is determined by projecting each person’s expected plan benefits.  These projected benefits are then discounted to the measurement date.  Finally, the liability is allocated to service already worked (PBO) and service to be worked (Service Cost).  There were no plan assets (this is an unfunded plan) that have been designated for the BEP plan.

 

Components of the net periodic pension cost for the defined benefit component of the BEP were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Service cost

 

$

317

 

$

274

 

$

949

 

$

822

 

Interest cost

 

636

 

539

 

1,908

 

1,617

 

Amortization of unrecognized net loss

 

719

 

886

 

2,159

 

2,658

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost -Defined Benefit BEP

 

1,672

 

1,699

 

5,016

 

5,097

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benefit Equalization plans - Thrift and Deferred incentive compensation plans

 

124

 

169

 

550

 

239

 

Total

 

$

1,796

 

$

1,868

 

$

5,566

 

$

5,336

 

 

Postretirement Health Benefit Plan

 

The Retiree Medical Benefit Plan (the Plan) is for retired employees and for employees who are eligible for retirement benefits.  The Plan is unfunded.  The Plan, as amended, is offered to active employees who have completed 10 years of employment service at the FHLBNY and attained age 55 as of January 1, 2015.

 

Components of the net periodic benefit cost for the postretirement health benefit plan were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Service cost (benefits attributed to service during the period)

 

$

20

 

$

27

 

$

62

 

$

81

 

Interest cost on accumulated postretirement health benefit obligation

 

128

 

143

 

382

 

428

 

Amortization of loss/(gain)

 

 

191

 

 

573

 

Amortization of prior service (credit)/cost

 

(65

)

(440

)

(194

)

(1,320

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net periodic postretirement health benefit (income) (a)

 

$

83

 

$

(79

)

$

250

 

$

(238

)

 


(a)         Plan amendments in a prior year reduced plan obligations by $8.8 million, and the resulting gain is being amortized over an actuarially determined period, reducing net periodic benefit costs.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Note 17.                                                  Derivatives and Hedging Activities.

 

The FHLBNY, consistent with the Finance Agency’s regulations, may enter into interest-rate swaps, swaptions, and interest-rate cap and floor agreements to manage its interest rate exposure inherent in otherwise unhedged assets and funding positions.  We are not a derivatives dealer and do not trade derivatives for short-term profit.

 

The contractual or notional amount of derivatives reflects the involvement of the FHLBNY in the various classes of financial instruments, and serve as a basis for calculating periodic interest payments or cash flows.  Notional amount of a derivative does not measure the credit risk exposure, and the maximum credit exposure is substantially less than the notional amount.  The maximum credit risk is the estimated cost of replacing interest-rate swaps, forward agreements, mandatory delivery contracts for mortgage loans and purchased caps and floors (derivatives) in a gain position if the counterparty defaults and the related collateral, if any, is of insufficient value to the FHLBNY.

 

Derivatives are instruments that derive their value from underlying asset prices, indices, reference rates and other inputs, or a combination of these factors.  The FHLBNY executes derivatives with swap dealers and financial institution swap counterparties as negotiated contracts, which are usually referred to as over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives.

 

The majority of OTC derivative contracts at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 were “Cleared derivatives”, which are contracts transacted bilaterally with executing swap counterparties, then cleared and settled through derivative clearing organizations (DCOs) as mandated under the Dodd-Frank Act.  When transacting a derivative for clearing, the FHLBNY utilizes a designated clearing agent, the Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) that acts on behalf of the FHLBNY to clear and settle the interest rate exchange transaction through the DCO.  Once the transaction is accepted for clearing by the FCM, acting in the capacity of an intermediary between the FHLBNY and the DCO, the original transaction between the FHLBNY and the executing swap counterparty is extinguished, and is replaced by an identical transaction between the FHLBNY and the DCO.  The DCO becomes the counterparty to the FHLBNY.  However, the FCM remains as the principal operational contact and interacts with the DCO through the life cycle events of the derivative transaction on behalf of the FHLBNY.

 

The FHLBNY also transacts derivative contracts that are executed and settled bilaterally with counterparties, rather than settling the transaction as a cleared derivative with a DCO.  Such derivative have to be transacted bilaterally and are not clearable as the structures have not yet been mandated for clearing under the Dodd-Frank Act, typically because the transactions are complex and their ongoing pricing and settlement mechanisms have not yet been operationalized by the DCOs.

 

The following table presents the FHLBNY’s derivative activities based on notional amounts (in thousands):

 

Derivative Notionals

 

 

 

Hedging Instruments Under ASC 815

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Interest rate contracts

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

96,478,300

 

$

105,280,821

 

Interest rate caps

 

803,000

 

803,000

 

Mortgage delivery commitments

 

56,485

 

12,682

 

Total interest rate contracts notionals

 

$

97,337,785

 

$

106,096,503

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Credit Risk Due to Non-performance by Counterparties

 

Derivative transactions are customarily documented by the FHLBNY under industry standard master netting agreements, which provide that following an event of default, the non-defaulting party may promptly terminate all transactions between the parties and determine the net amount due to be paid to, or by the defaulting party.  Obligations under master netting agreements are customarily secured by collateral posted under an industry standard credit support annex to the master netting agreements.  The netting and collateral rights incorporated in the master netting agreements are considered to be legally enforceable if a supportive legal opinion has been obtained from counsel of recognized standing.  Based on the analysis of the rules, and legal analysis obtained, the FHLBNY has made a determination that it has the right of setoff that is enforceable under applicable law.

 

Credit risk on bilateral OTC — bilateral or uncleared derivative contracts — For derivatives that are not eligible for clearing with a DCO under the Dodd-Frank Act, the FHLBNY is subject to credit risk as a result of non-performance by swap counterparties to the derivative agreements.  The FHLBNY enters into master netting arrangements and bilateral security agreements with all active derivative counterparties that provide for delivery of collateral at specified levels to limit the net unsecured credit exposure to these counterparties.  The FHLBNY makes judgments on each counterparty’s creditworthiness, and makes estimates of the collateral values in analyzing counterparty non-performance credit risk.  Bilateral agreements consider the credit risks and the agreement specifies thresholds to post or receive collateral with changes in credit ratings.  When the FHLBNY has more than one derivative transaction outstanding with the counterparty, and a legally enforceable master netting agreement exists with the counterparty, the net exposure (less collateral held) represents the appropriate measure of credit risk.  The FHLBNY conducts all its bilaterally executed derivative transactions under ISDA master netting agreements.

 

Credit risk on OTC cleared derivative transactions — The FHLBNY’s derivative transactions that are eligible for clearing are subject to mandatory clearing rules under the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as provided under the Dodd-Frank Act.  If a derivative transaction is listed as eligible for clearing, the FHLBNY must abide by the CFTC rules to clear the transaction through a DCO.  The FHLBNY’s cleared derivatives are also initially executed bilaterally with a swap dealer (the executing swap counterparty) in the OTC market.  The clearing process requires all parties to the derivative transaction to novate the contracts to a DCO, which then becomes the counterparty to all parties, including the FHLBNY, to the transaction.

 

Information pertaining to FHLBNY’s derivative activities, based on notional amounts, is presented in the table below.  Derivative notional amounts are reference amounts from which contractual payments are derived and do not represent a complete and accurate measure of FHLBNY’s exposure to derivative transactions.  Rather, FHLBNY’s derivative exposure arises primarily from market fluctuations (i.e., market risk), counterparty failure (i.e., credit risk) and/or periods of high volatility or financial stress (i.e., liquidity risk), as well as any market valuation adjustments that may be required on the transactions.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Offsetting of Derivative Assets and Derivative Liabilities — Net Presentation

 

The table below presents the gross and net derivatives receivables by contract type and amount for those derivatives contracts for which netting is permissible under U.S. GAAP as Derivative instruments Nettable.  Derivatives receivables have been netted with respect to those receivables as to which the netting requirements have been met, including obtaining a legal analysis with respect to the enforceability of the netting.  The table also presents security collateral, which are not permitted to be offset, but which would be eligible for offsetting to the extent an event of default occurred and a legal opinion supporting enforceability of the netting and collateral rights has been obtained (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Derivative
Assets

 

Derivative
Liabilities

 

Derivative
Assets

 

Derivative
Liabilities

 

Derivative instruments - Nettable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross recognized amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uncleared derivatives

 

$

248,441

 

$

532,920

 

$

246,765

 

$

162,650

 

Cleared derivatives

 

336,342

 

324,822

 

296,677

 

305,918

 

Total gross recognized amount

 

584,783

 

857,742

 

543,442

 

468,568

 

Gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uncleared derivatives

 

(119,137

)

(467,407

)

(134,413

)

(142,097

)

Cleared derivatives

 

(253,044

)

(324,822

)

(295,324

)

(295,324

)

Total gross amounts of netting adjustments and cash collateral

 

(372,181

)

(792,229

)

(429,737

)

(437,421

)

Net amounts after offsetting adjustments and cash collateral

 

$

212,602

 

$

65,513

 

$

113,705

 

$

31,147

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uncleared derivatives

 

$

129,304

 

$

65,513

 

$

112,352

 

$

20,553

 

Cleared derivatives

 

83,298

 

 

1,353

 

10,594

 

Total net amounts after offsetting adjustments and cash collateral

 

$

212,602

 

$

65,513

 

$

113,705

 

$

31,147

 

Derivative instruments - Not Nettable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uncleared derivatives (a)

 

$

38

 

$

109

 

$

57

 

$

 

Total derivative assets and total derivative liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uncleared derivatives

 

129,342

 

65,622

 

112,409

 

20,553

 

Cleared derivatives

 

83,298

 

 

1,353

 

10,594

 

Total derivative assets and total derivative liabilities presented in the Statements of Condition (b)

 

$

212,640

 

$

65,622

 

$

113,762

 

$

31,147

 

Non-cash collateral received or pledged (c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can be sold or repledged

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security pledged as initial margin to Derivative Clearing Organization (d)

 

$

251,192

 

$

 

$

239,813

 

$

 

Cannot be sold or repledged

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uncleared derivatives securities received

 

(119,404

)

 

(102,682

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total net amount of non-cash collateral received or repledged

 

$

131,788

 

$

 

$

137,131

 

$

 

Total net exposure cash and non-cash (e)

 

$

344,428

 

$

65,622

 

$

250,893

 

$

31,147

 

Net unsecured amount - Represented by:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uncleared derivatives

 

$

9,938

 

$

65,622

 

$

9,727

 

$

20,553

 

Cleared derivatives

 

334,490

 

 

241,166

 

10,594

 

Total net exposure cash and non-cash (e)

 

$

344,428

 

$

65,622

 

$

250,893

 

$

31,147

 

 


(a)         Not nettable derivative instruments are without legal right of offset, and were synthetic derivatives representing forward mortgage delivery commitments of 45 business days or less.  Amounts were not material, and it was operationally not practical to separate receivables from payables; net presentation was adopted.  No cash collateral was involved with the mortgage delivery commitments.

 

(b)         Amounts represented Derivative assets and liabilities that were recorded in the Statements of Conditions.  Derivative cash balances were not netted with non-cash collateral received or pledged, since legal ownership of the non-cash collateral remains with the pledging counterparty (see footnote (c) below).

 

(c)          Non-cash collateral received or pledged — For certain uncleared derivatives, counterparties have pledged U.S. Treasury securities to the FHLBNY as collateral.  Amounts also included non-cash mortgage collateral on derivative positions with member counterparties where we acted as an intermediary.  For certain cleared derivatives, we have pledged marketable securities to satisfy initial margin or collateral requirements.

 

(d)         Amounts represented securities pledged to Derivative Clearing Organization to fulfill our initial margin obligations on cleared derivatives.  Securities pledged may be sold or repledged if the FHLBNY defaults on our obligations under rules established by the CFTC.

 

(e)          Amounts represented net exposure after applying non-cash collateral pledged to and by the FHLBNY.  Since legal ownership and control over the securities are not transferred, the net exposure represented in the table above is for information only and is not reported as such in the Statements of Condition.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments

 

The following tables represent outstanding notional balances and estimated fair values of the derivatives outstanding at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

Notional Amount
of Derivatives

 

Derivative
Assets

 

Derivative
Liabilities

 

Fair value of derivative instruments (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815 Interest rate swaps

 

$

52,246,300

 

$

404,856

 

$

701,844

 

Total derivatives in hedging relationships under ASC 815

 

52,246,300

 

404,856

 

701,844

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

43,200,000

 

162,024

 

151,224

 

Interest rate caps

 

803,000

 

16

 

 

Mortgage delivery commitments

 

56,485

 

38

 

109

 

Other (b)

 

1,032,000

 

17,887

 

4,674

 

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

45,091,485

 

179,965

 

156,007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivatives before netting and collateral adjustments

 

$

97,337,785

 

584,821

 

857,851

 

Netting adjustments

 

 

 

(348,581

)

(348,581

)

Cash Collateral and related accrued interest

 

 

 

(23,600

)

(443,648

)

Total netting adjustments and cash collateral

 

 

 

(372,181

)

(792,229

)

Total derivative assets and total derivative liabilities

 

 

 

$

212,640

 

$

65,622

 

Security collateral pledged as initial margin to Derivative Clearing Organization (c)

 

 

 

$

251,192

 

 

 

Security collateral received from counterparty (c)

 

 

 

(119,404

)

 

 

Net security

 

 

 

131,788

 

 

 

Net exposure

 

 

 

$

344,428

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Notional Amount
of Derivatives

 

Derivative
Assets

 

Derivative
Liabilities

 

Fair value of derivative instruments (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815 Interest rate swaps

 

$

60,701,776

 

$

390,670

 

$

314,448

 

Total derivatives in hedging relationships under ASC 815

 

60,701,776

 

390,670

 

314,448

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

43,913,045

 

145,726

 

144,190

 

Interest rate caps

 

803,000

 

644

 

 

Mortgage delivery commitments

 

12,682

 

57

 

 

Other (b)

 

666,000

 

6,402

 

9,930

 

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

45,394,727

 

152,829

 

154,120

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivatives before netting and collateral adjustments

 

$

106,096,503

 

543,499

 

468,568

 

Netting adjustments

 

 

 

(372,917

)

(372,917

)

Cash Collateral and related accrued interest

 

 

 

(56,820

)

(64,504

)

Total netting adjustments and cash collateral

 

 

 

(429,737

)

(437,421

)

Total derivative assets and total derivative liabilities

 

 

 

$

113,762

 

$

31,147

 

Security collateral pledged as initial margin to Derivative Clearing Organization (c)

 

 

 

$

239,813

 

 

 

Security collateral received from counterparty (c)

 

 

 

(102,682

)

 

 

Net security

 

 

 

137,131

 

 

 

Net exposure

 

 

 

$

250,893

 

 

 

 


(a)         All derivative assets and liabilities with swap dealers and counterparties are executed under collateral agreements; derivative instruments executed bilaterally are subject to legal right of offset under master netting agreements.

 

(b)         The Other category comprised of interest rate swaps intermediated for member, and notional amounts represent purchases by the FHLBNY from dealers and an offsetting purchase from us by the member.

 

(c)          Non-cash security collateral is not permitted to be offset on the balance sheet, but would be eligible for offsetting in an event of default.  Amounts represent U.S. Treasury securities pledged to and received from counterparties as collateral at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Accounting for Derivative Hedging

 

The FHLBNY accounts for its hedging activities in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging.  As a general rule, hedge accounting is permitted where the FHLBNY is exposed to a particular risk, typically interest-rate risk that causes changes in the fair value of an asset or liability or variability in the expected future cash flows of an existing asset, liability or a forecasted transaction that may affect earnings.  Derivative contracts hedging the risks associated with the changes in fair value are referred to as Fair value hedges, while contracts hedging the risks affecting the expected future cash flows are called Cash flow hedges.

 

In 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities (Topic 815), with the primary objective of simplifying and improving the financial reporting of hedging relationships to better portray the economic results of an entity’s risk management activities in its financial statements.  We adopted the guidance effective January 1, 2019, and adoption primarily impacted the FHLBNY’s accounting for derivatives designated as cash flow hedges and fair value hedges.

 

We adopted the reporting and disclosure requirements under the ASU prospectively.  The new guidance requires that we report the entire hedging effects of the hedging instruments in the same income statement line item as the hedged item in the Statements of income.  Prior period comparative financial information was not reclassified to conform to current presentation.  Certain post-adoption quantitative tabular disclosures required under ASU 2017-12 have been expanded to include the comparative period.  We believe that the use of post-adoption tabular disclosures to include comparative information is not akin to the adoption of the ASU on a retrospective basis, since it only affects the manner in which previously recorded amounts are disclosed.

 

The FASB issued ASU 2018-16, Inclusion of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap (OIS) Rate as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes (Topic 815), which adds the OIS rate based on SOFR as an approved U.S. benchmark rate to facilitate the LIBOR to SOFR transition.  The other interest rates in the United States that are eligible benchmarks under Topic 815 are interest rates on direct Treasury obligations of the U.S. government (UST), the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) swap rate, the Overnight Index Swap (OIS) Rate based on the Fed Funds Effective Rate, and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Municipal Swap Rate.  The FHLBNY’s primary benchmark is LIBOR, and the Fed funds indexed rate is an alternative benchmark.  The FHLBNY implemented the SOFR rate as another benchmark rate for interest rate hedging in the third quarter of 2019.

 

Typically, we execute derivatives under three hedging strategies — by designating them as a fair value or cash flow hedge of an underlying financial instrument or a forecasted transaction that qualifies for hedge accounting treatment; by acting as an intermediary; or by designating the derivative as an asset-liability management hedge (i.e. an “economic hedge”).  Derivative contracts hedging the risks associated with changes in fair value are referred to as fair value hedges, while contracts hedging the variability of expected future cash flows are cash flow hedges.  To qualify as an accounting hedge under the hedge accounting rules (versus an economic hedge in which hedge accounting is not applied), a hedging relationship must be highly effective in offsetting the risk designated as being hedged. The hedging relationship must be formally documented at inception, detailing the particular risk management objective and strategy for the hedge.  The effectiveness of these hedging relationships is evaluated at hedge inception and on an ongoing basis both on a retrospective and prospective basis when we deem the hedge as not eligible for the short-cut method, which assumes the hedged item and the hedging derivative are perfectly hedged as defined under ASC 815 and amended by ASU 2017-12.

 

Fair Value Hedges.

 

Hedging of Benchmark interest Rate Risk — The FHLBNY’s fair value hedges are primarily hedges of fixed-rate Consolidated obligation bonds and fixed-rate advances, and beginning in 2019 we have executed fair value hedges of available-for-sale securities.  For qualifying fair value hedges of interest rate risk, the changes in the fair value of the derivative and the changes in the fair value of the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk, either total cash flows or benchmark only cash flows, are presented within Interest income or Interest expense based on whether the hedged item is an asset or a liability.  Prior to the adoption of ASU 2017-12, changes to the fair value of the derivative and the qualifying hedged item were presented in Other income (loss), a line item below the Net interest income line in the Statements of income.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

The two principal fair value hedging activities are summarized below:

 

·                  Consolidated Obligations — The FHLBNY may manage the risk arising from changing market prices and volatility of a Consolidated obligation debt by matching the cash inflows on the derivative with the cash outflow on the Consolidated obligation debt and may include early termination features or options.  In general, whenever we issue a longer-term fixed-rate debt, or a fixed-rate debt with call or put or other embedded options, we will simultaneously execute a derivative transaction, generally an interest rate swap, with terms that offset the terms of the fixed-rate debt, or terms of the debt with embedded put or call options or other options.  When a fixed-rate debt is hedged, the combination of the fixed-rate debt and the derivative transaction effectively creates a variable rate liability, indexed to a benchmark interest rate.

 

·                  Advances — We offer a wide array of advances structures to meet members’ funding needs.  These advances may have maturities up to 30 years with fixed or adjustable rates and may include early termination features or options.  We may use derivatives to adjust the repricing and/or options characteristics of advances to more closely match the characteristics of its funding liabilities.  In general, whenever a member executes a longer term fixed-rate advance, or a fixed-rate advance with call or put or other embedded options, we will simultaneously execute a derivative transaction, generally an interest rate swap, with terms that offset the terms of the fixed-rate advance, or terms of the advance with embedded put or call options or other options.  When a fixed-rate advance is hedged, the combination of the fixed-rate advance and the derivative transaction effectively creates a variable rate asset, indexed to a benchmark interest rate.

 

In the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the FHLBNY executed interest rate hedges employing strategies under the new guidance for “partial-term hedges” and “benchmark rate component hedging”.  The two strategies are among several hedging strategies permitted under the recently adopted ASU 2017-12.

 

·                  The partial-term hedging strategy makes it possible to hedge selected fixed-rate payments in a fair value hedge of interest rate risk. While US GAAP has long permitted entities to designate one or more contractual cash flows in a financial instrument, the hedge strategy could result in hedge ineffectiveness.  This is because the fair value of the hedging instrument and the hedged item would react differently to changes in interest rates because the principal repayment of the debt occurs on a different date than the swap’s maturity.  ASU 2017-12 addresses this issue by allowing entities to calculate the change in the fair value of the hedged item in a partial-term hedge of a fixed-rate financial instrument using an assumed term that begins when the first hedged cash flow begins to accrue and ends when the last hedged cash flow is due and payable. Similar to other fair value hedges, where the hedged item is an asset, the fair value of the hedged item attributable to interest rate risk is recorded in P&L and presented in Interest income from investments along with the change in the fair value of the hedging instrument.  The new strategy was utilized by the FHLBNY for hedging certain AFS designated mortgage-backed securities.

 

·                  Benchmark rate component hedging is permitted under the ASU, which addressed the issue that measuring changes in the fair value of the hedged item using the total coupon cash flows misrepresents the true effectiveness of these hedging relationships.  Additionally, these hedging relationships are not meant to manage credit risk, and that using the total contractual cash flows to determine the change in the fair value of the hedged item attributable to the change in the benchmark interest rate creates an earnings mismatch that reflects the portion of the financial instrument that the entity does not intend to hedge.  The new guidance addresses these issues by allowing entities to use either (1) the full contractual coupon cash flows or (2) the benchmark rate component of the contractual coupon cash flows to calculate the change in the fair value of the hedged item attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate in a fair value hedge of interest rate risk.  We have used the concept selectively in 2019.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Fair value hedge gains and losses

 

Gains and Losses on Fair value hedges under ASC 815 are summarized below (in thousands):

 

 

 

Gains (Losses) on Fair Value Hedges

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

 

 

Recorded in Interest
Income/Expense

 

Recorded in Other
Income (Loss)

 

Gains (losses) on derivatives in designated and qualifying fair value hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate hedges

 

$

(118,358

)

$

9,949

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gains (losses) on hedged item in designated and qualifying fair value hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate hedges

 

$

118,834

 

$

(11,232

)

 

 

 

Gains (Losses) on Fair Value Hedges

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

 

 

Recorded in Interest
Income/Expense

 

Recorded in Other
Income (Loss)

 

Gains (losses) on derivatives in designated and qualifying fair value hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate hedges

 

$

(640,070

)

$

236,107

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gains (losses) on hedged item in designated and qualifying fair value hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate hedges

 

$

638,446

 

$

(237,768

)

 

Gains (losses) represent changes in fair values of derivatives and hedged items due to changes in the designated benchmark interest rates.  Beginning in 2019, gains and losses on ASC 815 hedges are recorded in the same line in the Statements of income as the hedged assets and hedged liabilities.  Prior to the adoption of ASU 2017-12 on January 1, 2019, gains and losses on derivatives and hedged items were recorded in Other income (loss).

 

Cumulative Basis Adjustment

 

Upon electing to apply ASC 815 fair value hedge accounting, the carrying value of the hedged item is adjusted to reflect the cumulative impact of changes in the hedged risk.  The hedge basis adjustment, whether arising from an active or de-designated hedge relationship, remains with the hedged item until the hedged item is derecognized from the balance sheet.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

The tables below present the carrying amount of FHLBNY’s assets and liabilities under active ASC 815 qualifying fair value hedges at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, as well as the hedged item’s cumulative hedge basis adjustments, which were included in the carrying value of assets and liabilities in active hedges.  The tables also present unamortized cumulative basis adjustments from discontinued hedges where the previously hedged item remains on the FHLBNY’s Statements of condition (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

Cumulative Fair Value Hedging
Adjustment Included in the Carrying
Amount of Hedged Items Gains (Losses)

 

 

 

Carrying Amount of
Hedged
Assets/Liabilities 
(a)

 

Active Hedging
Relationship

 

Discontinued
Hedging
Relationship

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedged advances

 

$

41,744,357

 

$

561,149

 

$

 

Hedged AFS debt securities (a)

 

466,138

 

26,272

 

 

De-designated advances (b) 

 

 

 

360

 

 

 

$

42,210,495

 

$

587,421

 

$

360

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedged consolidated obligation bonds

 

$

7,390,066

 

$

(435,504

)

$

 

De-designated consolidated obligation bonds (b)

 

 

 

(140,493

)

 

 

$

7,390,066

 

$

(435,504

)

$

(140,493

)

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Cumulative Fair Value Hedging
Adjustment Included in the Carrying
Amount of Hedged Items Gains (Losses)

 

 

 

Carrying Amount of
Hedged
Assets/Liabilities 
(a)

 

Active Hedging
Relationship

 

Discontinued
Hedging
Relationship

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedged advances

 

$

45,904,804

 

$

(255,426

)

$

 

De-designated advances (b)

 

 

 

402

 

 

 

$

45,904,804

 

$

(255,426

)

$

402

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedged consolidated obligation bonds

 

$

11,664,558

 

$

(238,150

)

$

 

De-designated consolidated obligation bonds (b)

 

 

 

(131,497

)

 

 

$

11,664,558

 

$

(238,150

)

$

(131,497

)

 


(a)   Carrying amounts represent amortized cost adjusted for cumulative fair value hedging basis.  For hedged AFS securities, consistent with fair value hedge accounting, changes in the fair values due to changes in the benchmark rate of the assumed hedged item in a partial-term hedge, are recorded as an adjustment to amortized cost and an offset to interest income from available-for-sale securities.

 

(b)   The carrying amounts of de-designated hedged items were not included in the carrying amounts of hedged assets/liabilities as de-designated advances and debt are no longer hedged.  Par amounts of de-designated advances were not material; par amounts of de-designated CO bonds were approximately $1.2 billion.  Cumulative fair value hedging adjustments for active and discontinued hedging relationships will remain until the items are derecognized from the balance sheet.

 

Cash Flow Hedges

 

FHLBNY hedges the variability of forecasted cash flows associated primarily with forecasted transactions.  Variable cash flows from forecasted liabilities are synthetically converted to fixed-rate cash flows by entering into receive-variable, pay-fixed interest rate swaps and receive-variable, pay-fixed forward-starting interest rate swaps.  Prior to the adoption of ASU 2017-12, ASC 815 required the risk being hedged as the risk of overall variability in the hedged cash flows due to changes in the benchmark rate.  With the adoption of ASU 2017-12, the FHLBNY may hedge the variability from changes in a contractually specified rate and recognize the entire change in fair value of the cash flow hedging instruments in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) AOCI.  Prior to the adoption of ASU 2017-12, to the extent that these derivatives were not fully effective, changes in their fair values in excess of changes in the value of the hedged transactions were immediately included in Other income (loss). With the adoption of ASU 2017-12, such amounts are no longer required to be immediately recognized in earnings, but instead the full change in the value of the hedging instrument is required to be recorded in AOCI, and then recognized in earnings in the same period that the cash flows impact earnings.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Accordingly, for hedges of forecasted debt issuance, changes in fair value of interest rate swap will remain in AOCI and will be included in the earnings of future periods when the forecasted hedged cash flows impact earnings.  However, if it becomes probable that some or all of the hedged forecasted transactions will not occur, any amounts that remain in AOCI related to these transactions must be immediately reflected in Other income (loss).

 

The two principal cash flow hedging activities for the FHLBNY are summarized below:

 

·                  Cash flow hedges of “Anticipated Consolidated Bond Issuance” — The FHLBNY enters into interest-rate swaps to hedge the anticipated issuance of debt, and to “lock in” the interest to be paid for the cost of funding.  The swaps are terminated upon issuance of the debt instrument, and gains or losses upon termination are recorded in AOCI.  Gains and losses are reclassified to earnings in the periods in which earnings are affected by the variability of the cash flows of the debt that was issued.

 

·                  Cash flow hedges of “Rolling Issuance of Discount Notes” — The FHLBNY executes long-term pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swaps as hedges of the variable quarterly interest payments on the discount note borrowing program.  In this program, we issue a series of discount notes with 91-day terms over periods typically up to 10-15 years.  We will continue issuing new 91-day discount notes over the terms of the swaps as each outstanding discount note matures.  The interest rate swaps require a settlement every 91 days, and the variable-rate, which is based on the 3-month LIBOR, is reset immediately following each payment.  The swaps are expected to eliminate the risk of variability of cash flows for each forecasted discount note issuance every 91 days.  The fair values of the interest rate swaps are recorded in AOCI.

 

Cash flow hedge gains and losses

 

The following tables present derivative instruments used in cash flow hedge accounting relationships and the gains and losses recorded on such derivatives (in thousands):

 

 

 

Derivative Gains (Losses) Recorded in Income and Other Comprehensive Income/Loss

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

 

 

Amounts
Reclassified from
AOCI to
Interest Expense 
(b)

 

Amounts
Recorded
in OCI 
(d)

 

Total
Change in
OCI for
Period

 

Amounts
Reclassified from
AOCI to
Interest Expense 
(b)

 

Amounts
Reclassified from
AOCI to Other
Income (Loss) 
(c)

 

Amounts
Recorded in
OCI 
(d)

 

Total
Change in
OCI for
Period

 

Interest rate contracts (a)

 

$

(214

)

$

(41,356

)

$

(41,142

)

$

64

 

$

(28

)

$

25,119

 

$

25,055

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative Gains (Losses) Recorded in Income and Other Comprehensive Income/Loss

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

 

 

Amounts
Reclassified from
AOCI to
Interest Expense 
(b)

 

Amounts
Recorded
in OCI 
(d)

 

Total
Change in
OCI for
Period

 

Amounts
Reclassified from
AOCI to
Interest Expense 
(b)

 

Amounts
Reclassified from
AOCI to Other
Income (Loss) 
(c)

 

Amounts
Recorded in
OCI 
(d)

 

Total
Change in
OCI for
Period

 

Interest rate contracts (a)

 

$

(353

)

$

(153,856

)

$

(153,503

)

$

97

 

$

2

 

$

103,014

 

$

102,917

 

 


(a)         Primarily consists of benchmark interest rate swaps indexed to LIBOR.  For periods after January 1, 2019, the FHLBNY includes the gain and loss on the hedging derivatives in the same line in the Statements of income as the change in cash flows on the hedged item.

 

(b)         Amounts represent amortization of gains (losses) related to closed cash flow hedges that were reclassified during the period to interest expense as a yield adjustment.  Losses reclassified represent losses in AOCI that were amortized as an expense to debt interest expense.  If debt is held to maturity, losses in AOCI will be relieved through amortization.  It is expected that over the next 12 months, $1.0 million of the unrecognized losses in AOCI will be recognized as yield adjustments to debt interest expense.

 

(c)   Amount represents the ineffectiveness recorded in the prior year periods through Other income (loss).  Subsequent to the adoption of ASU 2017-12, hedge ineffectiveness (as defined under ASC 815) is reclassified only if the original transaction would not occur by the end of the specified time period or within a two-month period thereafter.  There were no amounts that were reclassified into earnings due to discontinuation of cash flow hedges.  Reclassification would occur if it became probable that the original forecasted transactions would not occur by the end of the originally specified time period or within a two-month period thereafter.

 

(d)         Amounts represent changes in the fair values of open interest rate swap contracts in cash flow hedges of CO debt, primarily those hedging the rolling issuance of CO discount notes.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Economic Hedges

 

FHLBNY often uses economic hedges when hedge accounting would be too complex or operationally burdensome. End-user derivatives that are economic hedges are carried at fair value, with changes in value included in Other income (loss), a line item, which is below Net interest income.  For hedges that either do not meet the ASC 815 hedging criteria or for which management decides not to apply ASC 815 hedge accounting, the derivative is recorded at fair value on the balance sheet with the associated changes in fair value recorded in earnings, while the “hedged” instrument continues to be carried at amortized cost.  Therefore, current earnings are affected by the interest rate shifts and other factors that cause a change in the swap’s value, but for which no offsetting change in value is recorded on the hedged instrument.  Economic hedges are an acceptable hedging strategy under the FHLBNY’s risk management program, and the strategies comply with the Finance Agency’s regulatory requirements prohibiting speculative use of derivatives.

 

The FHLBNY may alternatively elect to account for instruments at fair value under the fair value option.  Once the irrevocable election is made upon issuance of the debt or asset, the full change in fair value of the instrument is reported in earnings.  If the FVO instrument is in an economic hedge, changes in fair value of the related interest rate swap are also reflected in earnings, which provides a natural offset to the FVO instrument’s fair value change.  To the extent that the two amounts differ because the full change in the fair value of the FVO instrument includes risks not offset by the interest rate swap, the difference is automatically captured in current earnings.  Economic hedges are also employed when the hedged item itself is marked-to-market through current earnings, such as hedges of commitments to originate one- to four-family mortgage loans.

 

Gains and losses on economic hedges are presented below (in thousands):

 

 

 

Gains (Losses) on Economic Hedges

 

 

 

Recorded in Other Income (Loss)

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019 (a)

 

2018 (b)

 

2019 (a)

 

2018 (b)

 

Gains (losses) on derivatives designated in economic hedges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate hedges

 

$

(3,891

)

$

(1,463

)

$

(55,523

)

$

(25,374

)

Caps

 

(410

)

(340

)

(627

)

(20

)

Mortgage delivery commitments

 

32

 

(83

)

532

 

(229

)

Total Gains (losses) on derivatives in economic hedges

 

$

(4,269

)

$

(1,886

)

$

(55,618

)

$

(25,623

)

 


(a)   In the 2019 periods, derivative gains and losses on economic hedges continue to be reported in Other income (loss) in the Statements of income, and total derivative gains (losses) in the table above will agree to the line item — “Derivative gains (losses)” in Other income in the Statements of income.  This line item reports the results of fair value changes of derivatives in (economic) hedges not qualifying under ASC 815.  In 2019 periods, fair value losses were primarily driven by fair value changes of interest rate swaps in economic hedges of U.S. Treasury fixed-rate securities, partly offset by fair value gains on interest rate basis swaps hedging basis risk of floating-rate CO bonds indexed to other than the 3-month LIBOR benchmark.

 

(b)   In the 2018 periods, Derivative gains (losses) in Other income in the Statements of income includes the total hedging effects of ASC 815 qualifying hedges as well as the fair value effects of derivatives in economic hedges.  Since the table above reports fair value changes of derivatives designated in economic hedges, fair value totals for the 2018 periods in the table above will not agree to derivatives gains (losses) reported in the 2018 Statements of income.  As permitted under the ASU, prior year information has not been reclassified to reporting classifications under ASU 2017-12.  In the 2018 periods, derivative losses were primarily due to changes in fair values on basis swaps in economic hedges of floating-rate debt and associated swap interest accruals.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Note 18.                                                  Fair Values of Financial Instruments.

 

Estimated Fair Values — Summary Tables — The carrying values, estimated fair values and the levels within the fair value hierarchy were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

Carrying

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

Netting
Adjustment and

 

Financial Instruments

 

Value

 

Total

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3 (a)

 

Cash Collateral

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

 

$

53,278

 

$

53,278

 

$

53,278

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

 

9,935,000

 

9,935,133

 

 

9,935,133

 

 

 

Federal funds sold

 

3,930,000

 

3,930,057

 

 

3,930,057

 

 

 

Trading securities

 

11,369,920

 

11,369,920

 

11,366,519

 

3,401

 

 

 

Equity Investments

 

56,814

 

56,814

 

56,814

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

2,613,218

 

2,613,218

 

 

2,613,218

 

 

 

Held-to-maturity securities

 

15,120,124

 

15,451,744

 

 

14,200,890

 

1,250,854

 

 

Advances

 

94,300,543

 

94,238,733

 

 

94,238,733

 

 

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio, net

 

3,054,821

 

3,075,563

 

 

3,075,563

 

 

 

Accrued interest receivable

 

273,102

 

273,102

 

 

273,102

 

 

 

Derivative assets

 

212,640

 

212,640

 

 

584,821

 

 

(372,181

)

Other financial assets

 

172

 

172

 

 

 

172

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

1,536,785

 

1,536,804

 

 

1,536,804

 

 

 

Consolidated obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds

 

76,043,928

 

76,362,822

 

 

76,362,822

 

 

 

Discount notes

 

55,534,357

 

55,538,088

 

 

55,538,088

 

 

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

5,332

 

5,332

 

5,332

 

 

 

 

Accrued interest payable

 

183,136

 

183,136

 

 

183,136

 

 

 

Derivative liabilities

 

65,622

 

65,622

 

 

857,851

 

 

(792,229

)

Other financial liabilities

 

47,995

 

47,995

 

47,995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Carrying

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

Netting
Adjustment and

 

Financial Instruments

 

Value

 

Total

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3 (a)

 

 Cash Collateral

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

 

$

85,406

 

$

85,406

 

$

85,406

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

 

4,095,000

 

4,095,150

 

 

4,095,150

 

 

 

Federal funds sold

 

7,640,000

 

7,639,998

 

 

7,639,998

 

 

 

Trading securities

 

5,810,512

 

5,810,512

 

5,304,329

 

506,183

 

 

 

Equity Investments

 

48,179

 

48,179

 

48,179

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

422,216

 

422,216

 

 

422,216

 

 

 

Held-to-maturity securities

 

17,474,826

 

17,445,756

 

 

16,126,662

 

1,319,094

 

 

Advances

 

105,178,833

 

105,137,214

 

 

105,137,214

 

 

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio, net

 

2,927,230

 

2,852,611

 

 

2,852,611

 

 

 

Loans to other FHLBanks

 

250,000

 

250,000

 

 

250,000

 

 

 

Accrued interest receivable

 

275,256

 

275,256

 

 

275,256

 

 

 

Derivative assets

 

113,762

 

113,762

 

 

543,499

 

 

(429,737

)

Other financial assets

 

767

 

767

 

 

 

767

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

1,062,637

 

1,062,625

 

 

1,062,625

 

 

 

Consolidated obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds

 

84,153,776

 

83,912,990

 

 

83,912,990

 

 

 

Discount notes

 

50,640,238

 

50,638,448

 

 

50,638,448

 

 

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

5,845

 

5,845

 

5,845

 

 

 

 

Accrued interest payable

 

223,570

 

223,570

 

 

223,570

 

 

 

Derivative liabilities

 

31,147

 

31,147

 

 

468,568

 

 

(437,421

)

Other financial liabilities

 

86,095

 

86,095

 

86,095

 

 

 

 

 

The fair value amounts recorded on the Statements of Condition or presented in the table above have been determined by the FHLBNY using available market information and our reasonable judgment of appropriate valuation methods.

 


(a)         Level 3 Instruments — The fair values of non-Agency private-label MBS and housing finance agency bonds were estimated by management based on pricing services.  Valuations may have required pricing services to use significant inputs that were subjective because of the current lack of significant market activity; the inputs may not be market based and observable.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Fair Value Hierarchy

 

The FHLBNY records trading securities, equity investments, available-for-sale securities, derivative instruments, and Consolidated obligations and advances elected under the FVO at fair values on a recurring basis.  On a non-recurring basis, when held-to-maturity securities are determined to be OTTI, the securities are written down and recorded at their fair values; and, when mortgage loans held-for-portfolio are written down or are foreclosed as Other real estate owned (REO or OREO), they are recorded at the fair values of the real estate collateral supporting the mortgage loans.

 

The accounting standards under Fair Value Measurement defines fair value, establishes a consistent framework for measuring fair value and requires disclosures about fair value measurements.  Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  Among other things, the standard requires the FHLBNY to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.  The standard specifies a hierarchy of inputs based on whether the inputs are observable or unobservable.  Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect the FHLBNY’s market assumptions.

 

These two types of inputs have created the following fair value hierarchy, and an entity must disclose the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the measurements are classified for all assets and liabilities measured on a recurring or non-recurring basis:

 

·                  Level 1 Inputs — Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in an active market that the reporting entity can access on the measurement date.

 

·                  Level 2 Inputs — Inputs other than quoted prices within Level 1 that are observable inputs for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.  If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, a Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.  Level 2 inputs include the following: (1) quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; (2) quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; (3) inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (e.g., interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals, and volatilities).

 

·                  Level 3 Inputs — Inputs that are unobservable and significant to the valuation of the asset or liability.

 

The inputs are evaluated on an overall level for the fair value measurement to be determined.  This overall level is an indication of market observability of the fair value measurement for the asset or liability.  Changes in the observability of the valuation inputs may result in a reclassification of certain assets or liabilities.  These reclassifications are reported as transfers in/out as of the beginning of the quarter in which the changes occur.  There were no such transfers in any periods in this report.

 

The availability of observable inputs can vary from product to product and is affected by a wide variety of factors including, for example, the characteristics peculiar to the transaction.  To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment.  Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised by the FHLBNY in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized as Level 3.  In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy.  In such cases, for disclosure purposes the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Summary of Valuation Techniques and Primary Inputs

 

The fair value of a financial instrument that is an asset is defined as the price the FHLBNY would receive to sell the asset in an orderly transaction with market participants.  A financial liability’s fair value is defined as the amount that would be paid to transfer the liability to a new obligor, not the amount that would be paid to settle the liability with the creditor.  Where available, fair values are based on observable market prices or parameters, or derived from such prices or parameters.  Where observable prices are not available, valuation models and inputs are utilized.  These valuation techniques involve some level of management estimation and judgment, the degree of which is dependent on the price transparency for the instruments or markets and the instruments’ complexity.  Because an active secondary market does not exist for a portion of the FHLBNY’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.

 

For assets and liabilities carried at fair value, the FHLBNY measures fair value using the procedures set out below:

 

Mortgage-backed securities classified as available-for-sale — The fair value of such securities is estimated by the FHLBNY using pricing primarily from pricing services.  The pricing vendors typically use market multiples derived from a set of comparables, including matrix pricing, and other techniques.  The FHLBNY’s valuation technique incorporates prices from up to three designated third-party pricing services at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.  The FHLBNY’s base investment pricing methodology establishes a median price for each security using a formula that is based on the number of prices received.  If three prices are received, the middle price is used; if two prices are received, the average of the two prices is used; and if one price is received, it is used, typically subject to further validation.  Vendor prices that are outside of a defined tolerance threshold of the median price are identified as outliers and subject to additional review, including, but not limited to, comparison to prices provided by an additional third-party valuation service, prices for similar securities, and/or non-binding dealer estimates, or use of internal model prices, which are deemed to be reflective of all relevant facts and circumstances that a market participant would consider.  Such analysis is also applied in those limited instances where no third-party vendor price or only one third-party vendor price is available in order to arrive at an estimated fair value.

 

In its analysis, the FHLBNY employs the concept of cluster pricing and cluster tolerances.  Once the median prices are computed from the three pricing vendors, the second step is to determine which of the sourced prices fall within the required tolerance level interval to the median price, which forms the “cluster” of prices to be averaged.  This average will determine a “default” price for the security.  The cluster tolerance guidelines shall be reviewed annually and may be revised as necessary.  To be included among the cluster, each price must fall within 7 points of the median price for residential PLMBS (when PLMBS is determined to be OTTI) and within 3 points of the median price for GSE-issued MBS.  The final step is to determine the final price of the security based on the cluster average and an evaluation of any outlier prices.  If the analysis confirms that an outlier is not representative of fair value and that the average of the vendor prices within the tolerance threshold of the median price is the best estimate, then the average of the vendor prices within the tolerance threshold of the median price is used as the final price.  If, on the other hand, an outlier (or some other price identified in the analysis) is determined to be a better estimate of fair value, then the outlier (or the other price as appropriate) is used as the final price.  In all cases, the final price is used to determine the fair value of the security.

 

The FHLBNY has also concluded that the pricing vendors use methods that generally employ, but are not limited to benchmark yields, recent trades, dealer estimates, valuation models, benchmarking of like securities, sector groupings, and/or matrix pricing.

 

Based on the FHLBNY’s review processes, management has concluded that inputs into the pricing models employed by pricing services for the FHLBNY’s investments in GSE securities classified as available-for-sale are market based and observable and are considered to be within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Fair values of Mortgage-backed securities deemed OTTI — When a PLMBS is deemed to be OTTI, it is recorded at fair value.  The valuation of PLMBS may require pricing services to use significant inputs that are subjective and are considered by management to be within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.  This determination was made based on management’s view that the private-label instruments may not have an active market because of the specific vintage of the securities as well as inherent conditions surrounding the trading of private-label MBS, so that the inputs may not be market based and observable.  See Note 8. Held-to-Maturity securities for impairment information and recorded OTTI.

 

Trading Securities — The FHLBNY classifies trading securities as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy when we use quoted market prices in active markets to determine the fair value of trading securities, such as U.S. government securities.  We classify trading securities as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy when we use quoted market prices in less active markets to determine the fair value of trading securities.

 

Equity Investments — The FHLBNY has grantor trusts, which invest in money market, equity and fixed income and bond funds.  Daily net asset values (NAVs) are readily available and investments are redeemable at short notice.  NAVs are the fair values of the funds in the grantor trusts.  Because of the highly liquid nature of the investments at their NAVs, they are categorized as Level 1 financial instruments under the valuation hierarchy.

 

Advances elected under the FVO — When the FHLBNY elects the FVO designation for certain advances, the advances are recorded at their fair values in the Statements of Condition.  The fair values are computed using standard option valuation models.  The most significant inputs to the valuation model are (1) Consolidated obligation debt curve (CO Curve), published by the Office of Finance and available to the public, and (2) LIBOR swap curves and volatilities.  Both these inputs are considered to be market based and observable as they can be directly corroborated by market participants.

 

The CO Curve is the primary input, which is market based and observable.  Inputs to apply spreads, which are FHLBNY specific, were not material.  Fair values were classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

 

The FHLBNY determines the fair values of advances elected under the FVO by calculating the present value of expected future cash flows from the advances, a methodology also referred to as the Income approach under the Fair Value Measurement standards.  The discount rates used in these calculations are equivalent to the replacement advance rates for advances with similar terms.  In accordance with the Finance Agency’s “Advances” regulations, an advance with a maturity or repricing period greater than six months requires a prepayment fee sufficient to make a FHLBank financially indifferent to the borrower’s decision to prepay the advance.  Therefore, the fair value of an advance does not assume prepayment risk.

 

The inputs used to determine fair value of advances elected under the FVO are as follows:

 

·                              CO Curve.  The FHLBNY uses the CO Curve, which represents its cost of funds, as an input to estimate the fair value of advances, and to determine current advance rates.  This input is considered market observable and therefore a Level 2 input.

 

·                              Volatility assumption.  To estimate the fair value of advances with optionality, the FHLBNY uses market-based expectations of future interest rate volatility implied from current market prices for similar options. This input is considered a Level 2 input as it is market based and market observable.

 

·                              Spread adjustment.  Adjustments represent the FHLBNY’s mark-up based on its pricing strategy.  The input is considered as unobservable, and is classified as a Level 3 input.  The spread adjustment is not a significant input to the overall fair value of an advance.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Consolidated Obligations elected under the FVO — The FHLBNY estimates the fair values of Consolidated obligations elected under the FVO based on the present values of expected future cash flows due on the debt obligations.  Calculations are performed by using the FHLBNY’s industry standard option adjusted valuation models.  Inputs are based on the cost of comparable term debt.  The FHLBNY’s internal valuation models use standard valuation techniques and estimate fair values based on the following inputs:

 

·                              CO Curve and LIBOR Swap Curve.  The Office of Finance constructs an internal curve, referred to as the CO Curve, using the U.S. Treasury Curve as a base curve that is then adjusted by adding indicative spreads obtained from market observable sources.  These market indications are generally derived from pricing indications from dealers, historical pricing relationships, recent GSE trades and secondary market activity.  The FHLBNY considers the inputs as Level 2 inputs as they are market observable.

 

·                              Volatility assumption.  To estimate the fair values of Consolidated obligations with optionality, the FHLBNY uses market-based expectations of future interest rate volatility implied from current market prices for similar options.  These inputs are also considered Level 2 as they are market based and observable.

 

Derivative Assets and Liabilities The FHLBNY’s derivatives (cleared derivatives and bilaterally executed derivatives) are executed in the over-the-counter market and are valued using internal valuation techniques as no quoted market prices exist for such instruments.  Discounted cash flow analysis is the primary methodology employed by the FHLBNY’s valuation models to measure the fair values of interest rate swaps.  The valuation technique is considered as an “Income approach”.  Interest rate caps and floors are valued under the “Market approach”.  Interest rate swaps and interest rate caps and floors, collectively “derivatives”, were valued in industry-standard option adjusted valuation models, which generated fair values.  The valuation models employed multiple market inputs including interest rates, prices and indices to create continuous yield or pricing curves and volatility factors.  These multiple market inputs were corroborated by management to independent market data, and to relevant benchmark indices.  In addition, derivative valuations were compared by management to counterparty valuations received as part of the collateral exchange process.  These derivative positions were classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

 

The FHLBNY’s valuation model utilizes a modified Black-Karasinski methodology.  Significant market based and observable inputs into the valuation model include volatilities and interest rates.  The Bank’s valuation model employs industry standard market-observable inputs (inputs that are actively quoted and can be validated to external sources).  Inputs by class of derivative were as follows:

 

Interest-rate related:

 

·                              LIBOR Swap Curve.

 

·                              Volatility assumption.  Market-based expectations of future interest rate volatility implied from current market prices for similar options.

 

·                              Prepayment assumption (if applicable).

 

·                              Federal funds curve (FF/OIS curve).

 

Mortgage delivery commitments (considered a derivative) — TBA security prices are adjusted for differences in coupon, average loan rate and seasoning.  To be announced (TBA) is the term describing forward-settling MBS trades issued by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and Ginnie Mae trade in the TBA market.  The FHLBNY incorporates the overnight indexed swap (FF/OIS) curves as fair value measurement inputs for the valuation of its derivatives, as the FF/OIS curves reflect the interest rates paid on cash collateral provided against the fair value of these derivatives.  The FHLBNY believes using relevant FF/OIS curves as inputs to determine fair value measurements provides a more representative reflection of the fair values of these collateralized interest-rate related derivatives.  The FF/OIS curve is an input to the valuation model.  The input for the federal funds curve is obtained from industry standard pricing vendors and the input is available and observable over its entire term structure.

 

Management considers the federal funds curve to be a Level 2 input.  The FHLBNY’s valuation model utilizes industry standard OIS methodology.  The model generates forecasted cash flows using the FF/OIS calibrated 3-month LIBOR curve.  The model then discounts the cash flows by the FF/OIS curve to generate fair values.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Credit risk and credit valuation adjustments

 

The FHLBNY is subject to credit risk in derivatives transactions due to the potential non-performance of its derivatives counterparties or a DCO.  To mitigate this risk, the FHLBNY has entered into master netting agreements and credit support agreements with its derivative counterparties for its bilaterally executed derivative contracts that provide for the delivery of collateral at specified levels at least weekly.  The computed fair values of the derivatives took into consideration the effects of legally enforceable master netting agreements that allow the FHLBNY to settle positive and negative positions and offset cash collateral with the same counterparty on a net basis. For derivative transactions executed as a cleared derivative, the transactions are fully collateralized in cash and for the most part exchanged and settled daily with the DCO.  The FHLBNY has also established the enforceability of offsetting rights incorporated in the agreements for the cleared derivative transactions.

 

As a result of these practices and agreements and the FHLBNY’s assessment of any change in its own credit spread, the FHLBNY has concluded that the impact of the credit differential between the FHLBNY and its derivative counterparties and DCO was sufficiently mitigated to an immaterial level that no credit adjustments were deemed necessary to the recorded fair value of Derivative assets and Derivative liabilities in the Statements of Condition at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Fair Value Measurement

 

The tables below present the fair value of those assets and liabilities that are recorded at fair value on a recurring or non-recurring basis at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, by level within the fair value hierarchy.  The FHLBNY also measures certain held-to-maturity securities at fair value on a non-recurring basis when a credit loss is recognized and the carrying value of the asset is adjusted to fair value.  Certain mortgage loans that were partially charged-off were recorded at their collateral values on a non-recurring basis.  Other real estate owned (OREO) is measured at fair value when the asset’s fair value less costs to sell is lower than its carrying amount.

 

Items Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

Total

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Netting
Adjustment and
Cash Collateral

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate notes

 

$

3,401

 

$

 

$

3,401

 

$

 

$

 

U.S. Treasury securities

 

11,366,519

 

11,366,519

 

 

 

 

Equity Investments

 

56,814

 

56,814

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GSE/U.S. agency issued MBS

 

2,613,218

 

 

2,613,218

 

 

 

Derivative assets (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-rate derivatives

 

212,602

 

 

584,783

 

 

(372,181

)

Mortgage delivery commitments

 

38

 

 

38

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total recurring fair value measurement - assets

 

$

14,252,592

 

$

11,423,333

 

$

3,201,440

 

$

 

$

(372,181

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligation:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds (to the extent FVO is elected) (b)

 

(10,369,961

)

 

(10,369,961

)

 

 

Derivative liabilities (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-rate derivatives

 

(65,513

)

 

(857,742

)

 

792,229

 

Mortgage delivery commitments

 

(109

)

 

(109

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total recurring fair value measurement - liabilities

 

$

(10,435,583

)

$

 

$

(11,227,812

)

$

 

$

792,229

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Total

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Netting
Adjustment and
Cash Collateral

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GSE securities

 

$

502,849

 

$

 

$

502,849

 

$

 

$

 

Corporate notes

 

3,334

 

 

3,334

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury securities

 

5,304,329

 

5,304,329

 

 

 

 

Equity Investments

 

48,179

 

48,179

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GSE/U.S. agency issued MBS

 

422,216

 

 

422,216

 

 

 

Derivative assets (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-rate derivatives

 

113,705

 

 

543,442

 

 

(429,737

)

Mortgage delivery commitments

 

57

 

 

57

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total recurring fair value measurement - assets

 

$

6,394,669

 

$

5,352,508

 

$

1,471,898

 

$

 

$

(429,737

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discount notes (to the extent FVO is elected)

 

(3,180,086

)

 

(3,180,086

)

 

 

Bonds (to the extent FVO is elected) (b)

 

(5,159,792

)

 

(5,159,792

)

 

 

Derivative liabilities (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-rate derivatives

 

(31,147

)

 

(468,568

)

 

437,421

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total recurring fair value measurement - liabilities

 

$

(8,371,025

)

$

 

$

(8,808,446

)

$

 

$

437,421

 

 


(a)               Based on analysis of the nature of the risk, the presentation of derivatives as a single class is appropriate.

 

(b)               Based on analysis of the nature of risks of Consolidated obligation bonds measured at fair value, the FHLBNY has determined that presenting the bonds as a single class is appropriate.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Items Measured at Fair Value on a Non-recurring Basis (in thousands):

 

 

 

During the period ended September 30, 2019

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio

 

$

80

 

$

 

$

80

 

$

 

Real estate owned

 

185

 

 

 

185

 

Total non-recurring assets at fair value

 

$

265

 

$

 

$

80

 

185

 

 

 

 

During the period ended December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio

 

$

741

 

$

 

$

741

 

$

 

Real estate owned

 

795

 

 

 

795

 

Total non-recurring assets at fair value

 

$

1,536

 

$

 

$

741

 

$

795

 

 

Mortgage loans and real estate owned (OREO or REO) — The FHLBNY measured and recorded certain impaired mortgage loans and Real estate owned (foreclosed properties) on a non-recurring basis.  These assets were subject to fair value adjustments in certain circumstances at the occurrence of the events during the periods in this report.  Impaired loans were primarily loans that were delinquent for 180 days or more, partially charged-off, with the remaining loans recorded at their collateral values at the dates the loans were charged off.  Fair value adjustments on the impaired loans and real estate owned assets were based primarily on broker price opinions.

 

In accordance with disclosure provisions, we have reported changes in fair values of such assets as of the date the fair value adjustments were recorded during the period ended September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, and reported fair values were not as of the period end dates.

 

Fair Value Option Disclosures

 

The fair value option (FVO) provides an irrevocable option to elect fair value as an alternative measurement for selected financial assets, financial liabilities, unrecognized firm commitments, and written loan commitments not previously carried at fair value.  It requires entities to display the fair value of those assets and liabilities for which the entity has chosen to use fair value on the face of the Statements of Condition.  Fair value is used for both the initial and subsequent measurement of the designated assets, liabilities and commitments, with the changes in fair value recognized in net income.  Interest income and interest expense on advances and Consolidated obligations at fair value are recognized solely on the contractual amount of interest due or unpaid.  Any transaction fees or costs are immediately recognized into non-interest income or non-interest expense.

 

From time to time, the FHLBNY will elect the FVO for advances and Consolidated obligations on an instrument-by-instrument basis with changes in fair value reported in earnings.  Customarily, the election is made when either the instruments do not qualify for hedge accounting or may be at risk for not meeting hedge effectiveness requirements; the objective is primarily to mitigate the potential income statement volatility that can arise from economic hedging relationships in which the carrying value of the hedged item is not adjusted for changes in fair value.  We may also elect advances under the FVO when analysis indicates that changes in the fair values of the advance would be an offset to fair value volatility of debt elected under the FVO.  The FVO election is made at inception of the contracts for advances and debt obligations.

 

For instruments for which the fair value option has been elected, the related contractual interest income, contractual interest expense and the discount amortization on fair value option discount notes are recorded as part of net interest income in the Statements of Income.  The remaining changes in fair value for instruments for which the fair value option has been elected are recorded as net gains (losses) on financial instruments held under fair value option in the Statements of Income.  The change in fair value does not include changes in instrument-specific credit risk.  The FHLBNY has determined that no adjustments to the fair values of its instruments recorded under the fair value option for instrument-specific credit risk were necessary at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

As with all advances, advances elected under the FVO are also fully collateralized through their terms to maturity.  We consider our Consolidated obligation debt as high credit-quality, highly-rated instruments, and changes in fair values are generally related to changes in interest rates and investor preference, including investor asset allocation strategies.  The FHLBNY believes the credit-quality of Consolidated obligation debt has remained stable, and changes in fair value attributable to instrument-specific credit risk, if any, were not material given that the debt elected under the FVO had been issued within the past 24 months, and no adverse changes have been observed in their credit characteristics.

 

From time to time, the FHLBNY will elect the FVO for advances and Consolidated obligations on an instrument-by-instrument basis, with changes in fair value reported in earnings.  No advances elected under the FVO were outstanding in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, and no discount notes elected under the FVO were outstanding in the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018.  The following tables summarize the activity related to financial instruments for which the FHLBNY elected the fair value option (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances

 

Bonds

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, beginning of the period

 

$

250,532

 

$

(3,238,857

)

$

(29,784

)

 

 

 

 

New transactions elected for fair value option

 

 

(9,820,000

)

(650,000

)

 

 

 

 

Maturities and terminations

 

(250,000

)

2,700,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gains (losses) on financial instruments held under fair value option

 

(175

)

(694

)

710

 

 

 

 

 

Change in accrued interest/unaccreted balance

 

(357

)

(10,410

)

(81

)

 

 

 

 

Balance, end of the period

 

$

 

$

(10,369,961

)

$

(679,155

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

 

 

Advances

 

Bonds

 

Discount Notes

 

Balance, beginning of the period

 

$

2,205,624

 

$

(5,159,792

)

$

(1,131,074

)

$

(3,180,086

)

$

(2,312,621

)

New transactions elected for fair value option

 

 

(13,040,000

)

(765,000

)

 

(1,564,375

)

Maturities and terminations

 

(2,200,000

)

7,845,000

 

1,215,000

 

3,170,915

 

3,873,993

 

Net gains (losses) on financial instruments held under fair value option

 

(590

)

(3,405

)

758

 

(113

)

5

 

Change in accrued interest/unaccreted balance

 

(5,034

)

(11,764

)

1,161

 

9,284

 

2,998

 

Balance, end of the period

 

$

 

$

(10,369,961

)

$

(679,155

)

$

 

$

 

 

The following tables present the change in fair value included in the Statements of Income for financial instruments for which the fair value option has been elected (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

 

Interest
Income

 

Net Gains
(Losses) Due
to Changes in
Fair Value

 

Total Change in Fair
Value Included in
Current Period
Earnings

 

Advances

 

$

1,284

 

$

(175

)

$

1,109

 

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

 

Interest
Income

 

Net Gains
(Losses) Due
to Changes in
Fair Value

 

Total Change in Fair
Value Included in
Current Period
Earnings

 

Advances

 

$

10,085

 

$

(590

)

$

9,495

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

 

 

Interest
Expense

 

Net Gains
(Losses) Due
to Changes in
Fair Value

 

Total Change in
Fair Value
Included in
Current Period
Earnings

 

Interest
Expense

 

Net Gains
(Losses) Due
to Changes in
Fair Value

 

Total Change in
Fair Value
Included in
Current Period
Earnings

 

Consolidated obligation bonds

 

$

(40,337

)

$

(694

)

$

(41,031

)

$

(348

)

$

710

 

$

362

 

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

 

 

Interest
Expense

 

Net Gains
(Losses) Due
to Changes in
Fair Value

 

Total Change in
Fair Value
Included in
Current Period
Earnings

 

Interest
Expense

 

Net Gains
(Losses) Due
to Changes in
Fair Value

 

Total Change in
Fair Value
Included in
Current Period
Earnings

 

Consolidated obligation bonds

 

$

(107,216

)

$

(3,405

)

$

(110,621

)

$

(4,517

)

$

758

 

$

(3,759

)

Consolidated obligation discount notes

 

(22,800

)

(113

)

(22,913

)

(12,332

)

5

 

(12,327

)

 

 

$

(130,016

)

$

(3,518

)

$

(133,534

)

$

(16,849

)

$

763

 

$

(16,086

)

 

The following tables compare the aggregate fair value and aggregate remaining contractual principal balance outstanding of financial instruments for which the fair value option has been elected (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

Aggregate Unpaid
Principal Balance

 

Aggregate Fair
Value

 

Fair Value
Over/(Under)
Aggregate Unpaid
Principal Balance

 

Consolidated obligation bonds (a)

 

$

10,335,000

 

$

10,369,961

 

$

34,961

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Aggregate Unpaid
Principal Balance

 

Aggregate Fair
Value

 

Fair Value
Over/(Under)
Aggregate Unpaid
Principal Balance

 

Consolidated obligation bonds (a)

 

$

5,140,000

 

$

5,159,792

 

$

19,792

 

Consolidated obligation discount notes (b)

 

3,170,915

 

3,180,086

 

9,171

 

 

 

$

8,310,915

 

$

8,339,878

 

$

28,963

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2018

 

 

 

Aggregate Unpaid
Principal Balance

 

Aggregate Fair
Value

 

Fair Value
Over/(Under)
Aggregate Unpaid
Principal Balance

 

Consolidated obligation bonds (a)

 

$

680,000

 

$

679,155

 

$

(845

)

 


(a)         The FHLBNY has elected the FVO on an instrument-by-instrument basis for CO bonds, primarily fixed-rate, intermediate- and short-term debt, because management was not able to assert with confidence that the debt would qualify for hedge accounting as such short-term debt may not remain highly effective hedges through the maturity of the bonds.

 

(b)         No discount notes elected under the FVO were outstanding at September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018.  When discount notes were elected under the FVO, election was made because management was not able to assert with confidence that the debt would qualify for hedge accounting as the short-term discount note debt may not remain highly effective hedges through maturity.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Note 19.                                                  Commitments and Contingencies.

 

Consolidated obligations — The FHLBanks have joint and several liability for all the Consolidated obligations issued on their behalf.  Accordingly, should one or more of the FHLBanks be unable to repay their participation in the Consolidated obligations, each of the other FHLBanks could be called upon to repay all or part of such obligations, as determined or approved by the Finance Agency.  Neither the FHLBNY nor any other FHLBank has ever had to assume or pay the Consolidated obligations of another FHLBank.  The FHLBNY does not believe that it will be called upon to pay the Consolidated obligations of another FHLBank in the future.  Under the provisions of accounting standards for guarantees, the FHLBNY would have been required to recognize the fair value of the FHLBNY’s joint and several liability for all the Consolidated obligations, as discussed above.  However, the FHLBNY considers the joint and several liabilities as similar to a related party guarantee, which meets the scope exception under the accounting standard for guarantees.  Accordingly, the FHLBNY has not recognized the fair value of a liability for its joint and several obligations related to other FHLBanks’ Consolidated obligations, which in aggregate were par amounts of $1.0 trillion as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

 

MPF Program — Under the MPF program, the FHLBNY was unconditionally obligated to purchase $56.5 million and $12.7 million of mortgage loans at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.  Commitments were generally for periods not to exceed 45 business days.  Such commitments were recorded as derivatives at their fair values in compliance with the provisions of the accounting standards for derivatives and hedging.

 

Derivative contracts

 

·                  When the FHLBNY executes derivatives that are eligible to be cleared, the FHLBNY and the FCMs, acting as agents of Derivative Clearing Organizations or DCOs, would enter into margin agreements.  The fair values of open derivative contracts are settled on a daily basis by the exchange of variation margin, which is not considered as collateral, rather as the settlement value of the derivative contract.  The FHLBNY posts initial margin to DCOs and the initial margin is considered as collateral.

 

·                  When the FHLBNY executes derivatives that are not eligible to be cleared under the CFTC rules, the FHLBNY and the swap counterparties enter into bilateral collateral agreements. On bilateral derivatives, the FHLBNY had posted $371.9 million and $64.5 million in cash to derivative counterparties at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

 

In addition, for cleared derivatives, the FHLBNY had pledged $251.2 million of marketable securities and posted $71.8 million in cash to fulfill our obligation to pledge initial margin as collateral at September 30, 2019.  At December 31, 2018, we had pledged $239.8 million of marketable securities to Derivative Clearing Organizations.  Further information is provided in Note 17.  Derivatives and Hedging Activities.

 

Deposits The FHLBNY had pledged mortgage-backed securities of $3.9 million and $4.5 million to the FDIC to collateralize deposits placed by the FDIC at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

 

Lease contracts — For lease commitments, see tables and discussions below under Operating Lease Commitments.

 

Affordable Housing Program — The 11 FHLBanks are expected to contribute $100 million in aggregate annually to the AHP. If the aggregate assessment is less than $100 million for all the FHLBanks, each FHLBank would be required to assure that the aggregate contributions of the FHLBanks equal $100 million. The proration would be made on the basis of the FHLBank’s income in relation to the income of all FHLBanks for the previous year. There have been no shortfalls in any periods in this report.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

The following table summarizes contractual obligations and contingencies as of September 30, 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

Payments Due or Expiration Terms by Period

 

 

 

 

 

Greater Than

 

Greater Than

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less Than

 

One Year

 

Three Years

 

Greater Than

 

 

 

 

 

One Year

 

to Three Years

 

to Five Years

 

Five Years

 

Total

 

Contractual Obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligation bonds at par (a)

 

$

59,445,485

 

$

6,725,105

 

$

3,265,420

 

$

5,927,985

 

$

75,363,995

 

Consolidated obligation discount notes at par

 

55,626,021

 

 

 

 

55,626,021

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock (a)

 

838

 

376

 

407

 

3,711

 

5,332

 

Other liabilities (b)

 

94,097

 

9,819

 

7,922

 

150,026

 

261,864

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total contractual obligations

 

115,166,441

 

6,735,300

 

3,273,749

 

6,081,722

 

131,257,212

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other commitments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standby letters of credit (c)

 

21,261,869

 

121,517

 

6,938

 

 

21,390,324

 

Consolidated obligation bonds/discount notes traded not settled

 

1,300,855

 

 

 

 

1,300,855

 

Commitments to fund additional advances

 

220,000

 

 

 

 

220,000

 

Commitments to fund pension

 

9,321

 

 

 

 

9,321

 

Open delivery commitments (MPF)

 

56,485

 

 

 

 

56,485

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other commitments

 

22,848,530

 

121,517

 

6,938

 

 

22,976,985

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total obligations and commitments (d)

 

$

138,014,971

 

$

6,856,817

 

$

3,280,687

 

$

6,081,722

 

$

154,234,197

 

 


(a)         Callable bonds contain an exercise date or a series of exercise dates that may result in a shorter redemption period.  Redemption dates of mandatorily redeemable capital stock are assumed to correspond to maturity dates of member advances.  Excess capital stock is redeemed at that time, and hence, these dates better represent the related commitments than the put dates associated with capital stock.

 

(b)         Includes accounts payable and accrued expenses, liabilities recorded for future settlements of investments, Pass-through reserves due to member institutions held at the FRB, and projected payment obligations for pension plans.  Where it was not possible to estimate the exact timing of payment obligations, they were assumed to be due within one year; amounts were not material.  For more information about employee retirement plans in general, see Note 16. Employee Retirement Plans.

 

(c)          Financial letters of credit — Standby letters of credit are executed for a fee on behalf of members to facilitate residential housing, community lending, and members’ asset/liability management or to provide liquidity.  A standby letter of credit is a financing arrangement between the FHLBNY and its member.  Members assume an unconditional obligation to reimburse the FHLBNY for value given by the FHLBNY to the beneficiary under the terms of the standby letter of credit.  The FHLBNY may, in its discretion, permit the member to finance repayment of their obligation by receiving a collateralized advance.

 

(d)         See operating lease commitment tables for lease contractual obligations.

 

The FHLBNY does not anticipate any credit losses from its off-balance sheet commitments and accordingly no provision for losses is required.

 

Operating Lease commitments

 

Effective January 1, 2019, the FHLBNY adopted new guidance under ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) that requires lessees to recognize on the balance sheet all leases with lease terms greater than twelve months as a lease liability with a corresponding right-of-use (ROU) asset.  Legacy operating lease contracts were recorded at adoption that resulted in the recognition of lease liabilities of $83.9 million and ROU assets of $71.6 million as of January 1, 2019.  The adoption of the new lease guidance did not have a material impact on the FHLBNY’s Statements of income.  The change in accounting due to the adoption of the new lease guidance did not result in a material change to the future net minimum rental payments/receivables or to the net rental expense when compared to December 31, 2018.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

At September 30, 2019, the FHLBNY was obligated under a number of noncancelable leases, predominantly operating leases for premises.  These leases generally have terms of 15 years or less that contain escalation clauses that will increase rental payments.  Operating leases also include backup datacenters and certain office equipment.  Operating lease liabilities and ROU are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term.  The future lease payments are discounted at a rate that represents the FHLBNY’s borrowing rate for its own debt (Consolidated obligation bonds) of a similar term.  ROU includes any lease prepayments made, plus any initial direct costs incurred, less any lease incentives received.  Rental expense associated with operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.  Premise rental expense is included in occupancy expense, and datacenter and other lease expenses are included in other operating expense in the Statements of income.  ROU and lease liabilities are reported in the Statements of condition.

 

The following tables provide summarized information on our leases (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

Operating Leases (a)

 

 

 

 

 

Right-of-use assets

 

$

76,663

 

 

 

Lease Liabilities

 

$

90,311

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended
September 30, 2019

 

Nine months ended
September 30, 2019

 

Operating Lease Expense

 

$

1,940

 

$

5,645

 

Operating cash flows - Cash Paid

 

$

1,697

 

$

4,937

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average Discount Rate

 

3.29

%

 

 

Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term

 

13.22

Years

 

 

 

 

 

Remaining maturities through

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Remainder of 2019

 

$

1,686

 

$

6,687

 

2020

 

7,885

 

6,927

 

2021

 

8,107

 

6,860

 

2022

 

8,205

 

6,949

 

2023

 

8,575

 

7,282

 

Thereafter

 

78,168

 

72,036

 

Total undiscounted lease payments

 

112,626

 

$

106,741

 

Imputed interest

 

(22,315

)

 

 

Total operating lease liabilities

 

$

90,311

 

 

 

 


(a)         We have elected to exclude immaterial amounts of short-term operating lease liabilities in the Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities.

 

Note 20.                 Related Party Transactions.

 

The FHLBNY is a cooperative and the members own almost all of the stock of the FHLBNY.  Stock issued and outstanding that is not owned by members is held by former members.  The majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the FHLBNY are elected by and from the membership.  The FHLBNY conducts its advances business almost exclusively with members, and considers its transactions with its members and non-member stockholders as related party transactions in addition to transactions with other FHLBanks, the Office of Finance, and the Finance Agency.  The FHLBNY conducts all transactions with members and non-members in the ordinary course of business.  All transactions with all members, including those whose officers may serve as directors of the FHLBNY, are at terms that are no more favorable than comparable transactions with other members.  The FHLBNY may from time to time borrow or sell overnight and term federal funds at market rates to members.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Debt Assumptions and Transfers.  When debt is transferred or assumed, the transactions would be executed in the ordinary course of the FHLBNY’s business and at negotiated market pricing.

 

Debt assumptions — No debt was assumed from another FHLBank in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and in the same period in the prior year.

 

Debt transfers — No debt was transferred to another FHLBank in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and in the same period in the prior year.

 

Advances Sold or Transferred

 

No advances were transferred or sold to the FHLBNY or from the FHLBNY to another FHLBank in any periods in this report. When an advance is transferred or assumed, the transactions would be executed in the ordinary course of the FHLBNY’s business and at negotiated market pricing.

 

MPF Program

 

In the MPF program, the FHLBNY may participate to the FHLBank of Chicago portions of its purchases of mortgage loans from its members.  Transactions are participated at market rates.  Since 2004, the FHLBNY has not shared its purchases with the FHLBank of Chicago.  From the inception of the program through 2004, the cumulative share of MPF Chicago’s participation in the FHLBNY’s MPF loans that has remained outstanding was $7.6 million and $8.6 million at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

 

Fees paid to the FHLBank of Chicago for providing MPF program services were approximately $0.6 million and $1.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to $0.6 million and $2.0 million for the same periods in the prior year.

 

Mortgage-backed Securities

 

No mortgage-backed securities were acquired from other FHLBanks during the periods in this report.

 

We pay an annual fee of $6.0 thousand to the FHLBank of Chicago for the use of MBS cash flow models in connection with OTTI analysis performed by the FHLBNY for certain of our private-label MBS.

 

Intermediation

 

From time to time, the FHLBNY acts as an intermediary to purchase derivatives to accommodate its smaller members.  At September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, outstanding notional amounts were $516.0 million and $333.0 million and represented derivative contracts in which the FHLBNY acted as an intermediary to execute derivative contracts with members.  Separately, the contracts were offset with contracts purchased from unrelated derivatives dealers.  Net fair value exposures of these transactions at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 were not significant.  The intermediated derivative transactions with members were fully collateralized.

 

Loans to Other Federal Home Loan Banks

 

In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, overnight loans extended to other FHLBanks averaged $0.2 million and $8.5 million compared to $17.5 million and $7.1 million in the same periods in the prior year.  Generally, loans made to other FHLBanks are uncollateralized.  Interest income from such loans was immaterial in the periods in this report.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Borrowings from Other Federal Home Loan Banks

 

The FHLBNY borrows from other FHLBanks, generally for a period of one day.  In the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the FHLBNY borrowed a total of $2.1 billion in overnight loans from other FHLBanks.  The borrowings averaged $20.7 million and $8.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019.  Interest expense was immaterial.  There were no borrowings from other FHLBanks in the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

 

Cash and Due from Banks

 

During the first nine months of the current year, there was no compensating cash balances held at Citibank.  Citibank is a member and stockholder of the FHLBNY.  For more information, see Note 3. Cash and Due from Banks.

 

The following tables summarize significant balances and transactions with related parties at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 and transactions for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 (in thousands):

 

Related Party:  Outstanding Assets, Liabilities and Capital

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Related

 

Related

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Advances

 

$

94,300,543

 

$

105,178,833

 

Loans to other FHLBanks

 

 

250,000

 

Accrued interest receivable

 

163,448

 

202,404

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and capital

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

$

1,536,785

 

$

1,062,637

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

5,332

 

5,845

 

Accrued interest payable

 

172

 

373

 

Affordable Housing Program (a)

 

160,524

 

161,718

 

Other liabilities (b)

 

47,996

 

86,095

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital

 

$

7,179,822

 

$

7,746,622

 

 


(a)         Represents funds not yet allocated or disbursed to AHP programs.

 

(b)         Related column includes member pass-through reserves at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 

Related Party: Income and Expense Transactions

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

 

 

Related

 

Related

 

Related

 

Related

 

Interest income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances

 

$

599,554

 

$

678,029

 

$

1,996,386

 

$

1,853,974

 

Interest-bearing deposits

 

2

 

1

 

5

 

3

 

Loans to other FHLBanks

 

1

 

86

 

155

 

99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

$

6,053

 

$

5,032

 

$

17,994

 

$

12,980

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

87

 

221

 

295

 

847

 

Cash collateral held and other borrowings

 

115

 

 

165

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service fees and other

 

$

4,169

 

$

3,426

 

$

12,417

 

$

10,177

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

Note 21.                 Segment Information and Concentration.

 

The FHLBNY manages its operations as a single business segment.  Management and the FHLBNY’s Board of Directors review enterprise-wide financial information in order to make operating decisions and assess performance.  Advances to large members constitute a significant percentage of the FHLBNY’s advance portfolio and its source of revenues.

 

The FHLBNY’s total assets and capital could significantly decrease if one or more large members were to withdraw from membership or decrease business with the FHLBNY.  Members might withdraw or reduce their business as a result of consolidating with an institution that was a member of another FHLBank, or for other reasons.  The FHLBNY has considered the impact of losing one or more large members.  In general, a withdrawing member would be required to repay all indebtedness prior to the redemption of its capital stock.  Under current conditions, the FHLBNY does not expect the loss of a large member to impair its operations, since the FHLBank Act, as amended, does not allow the FHLBNY to redeem the capital of an existing member if the redemption would cause the FHLBNY to fall below its capital requirements.  Consequently, the loss of a large member should not result in an inadequate capital position for the FHLBNY.  However, such an event could reduce the amount of capital that the FHLBNY has available for continued growth.  This could have various ramifications for the FHLBNY, including a possible reduction in net income and dividends, and a lower return on capital stock for remaining members.

 

The top ten advance holders at September 30, 2019, December 31, 2018 and September 30, 2018 and associated interest income for the periods then ended are summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par

 

Total Par Value

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

City

 

State

 

Advances

 

of Advances

 

Interest Income

 

Percentage (a)

 

Interest Income

 

Percentage (a)

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

New York

 

NY

 

$

14,945,000

 

15.94

%

$

83,931

 

20.99

%

$

390,466

 

28.95

%

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

 

New York

 

NY

 

14,245,000

 

15.20

 

92,351

 

23.10

 

284,710

 

21.11

 

New York Community Bank (b)

 

Westbury

 

NY

 

12,171,661

 

12.98

 

65,192

 

16.30

 

193,744

 

14.37

 

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

 

New York

 

NY

 

6,500,415

 

6.93

 

27,547

 

6.89

 

77,494

 

5.75

 

Investors Bank (b)

 

Short Hills

 

NJ

 

5,174,436

 

5.52

 

29,539

 

7.39

 

89,271

 

6.62

 

Signature Bank

 

New York

 

NY

 

4,467,144

 

4.77

 

32,646

 

8.17

 

100,963

 

7.49

 

Valley National Bank (b)

 

Wayne

 

NJ

 

2,985,000

 

3.18

 

22,477

 

5.62

 

64,182

 

4.76

 

Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company

 

Buffalo

 

NY

 

2,879,198

 

3.07

 

6,317

 

1.58

 

21,941

 

1.63

 

New York Life Insurance Company

 

New York

 

NY

 

2,825,000

 

3.01

 

19,982

 

5.00

 

62,949

 

4.67

 

Sterling National Bank

 

Montebello

 

NY

 

2,800,000

 

2.99

 

19,834

 

4.96

 

62,770

 

4.65

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

$

68,992,854

 

73.59

%

$

399,816

 

100.00

%

$

1,348,490

 

100.00

%

 


(a)     Interest income percentage is the member’s interest income from advances as a percentage of the top 10 members.

 

(b)             At September 30, 2019, an officer of this member bank also served on the Board of Directors of the FHLBNY.

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par

 

Total Par Value

 

Twelve Months

 

 

 

City

 

State

 

Advances

 

of Advances

 

Interest Income

 

Percentage (a)

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

New York

 

NY

 

$

19,995,000

 

18.96

%

$

644,926

 

37.66

%

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

 

New York

 

NY

 

14,245,000

 

13.51

 

301,318

 

17.60

 

New York Community Bank (b) (c)

 

Westbury

 

NY

 

13,053,661

 

12.38

 

247,973

 

14.48

 

Signature Bank

 

New York

 

NY

 

4,970,000

 

4.71

 

92,592

 

5.41

 

Investors Bank (b)

 

Short Hills

 

NJ

 

4,925,681

 

4.67

 

95,921

 

5.60

 

Sterling National Bank

 

Montebello

 

NY

 

4,837,000

 

4.59

 

92,835

 

5.42

 

Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company

 

Buffalo

 

NY

 

4,774,712

 

4.53

 

13,256

 

0.77

 

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

 

New York

 

NY

 

3,990,415

 

3.78

 

72,582

 

4.24

 

New York Life Insurance Company

 

New York

 

NY

 

3,575,000

 

3.39

 

67,793

 

3.96

 

Valley National Bank (b)

 

Wayne

 

NJ

 

3,027,000

 

2.87

 

83,172

 

4.86

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

$

77,393,469

 

73.39

%

$

1,712,368

 

100.00

%

 


(a)             Interest income percentage is the member’s interest income from advances as a percentage of the top 10 members.

 

(b)             At December 31, 2018, an officer of this member bank also served on the Board of Directors of the FHLBNY.

 

(c)              New York Commercial Bank merged into New York Community Bank in the fourth quarter 2018.  Par advances are for New York Community Bank.  Interest income reported in the table represent interest income received from New York Commercial Bank and New York Community Bank in 2018.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Notes to Financial Statements — Unaudited

 

 

 

September 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par

 

Total Par Value

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

City

 

State

 

Advances

 

of Advances

 

Interest Income

 

Percentage (a)

 

Interest Income

 

Percentage (a)

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

New York

 

NY

 

$

20,995,000

 

20.83

%

$

171,519

 

36.40

%

$

504,757

 

38.41

%

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

 

New York

 

NY

 

14,245,000

 

14.13

 

77,973

 

16.55

 

208,775

 

15.89

 

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York Community Bank (b)

 

Westbury

 

NY

 

13,256,000

 

13.15

 

66,140

 

14.03

 

178,483

 

13.58

 

New York Commercial Bank (b)

 

Westbury

 

NY

 

25,000

 

 

7

 

 

853

 

0.07

 

Subtotal New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

13,281,000

 

13.15

 

66,147

 

14.03

 

179,336

 

13.65

 

Investors Bank (b)

 

Short Hills

 

NJ

 

4,528,774

 

4.49

 

24,140

 

5.12

 

70,006

 

5.33

 

Sterling National Bank

 

Montebello

 

NY

 

4,427,000

 

4.39

 

25,229

 

5.35

 

68,084

 

5.18

 

Signature Bank

 

New York

 

NY

 

4,210,000

 

4.18

 

24,072

 

5.11

 

66,060

 

5.03

 

Valley National Bank (b)

 

Wayne

 

NJ

 

3,912,000

 

3.88

 

24,339

 

5.16

 

61,704

 

4.70

 

New York Life Insurance Company

 

New York

 

NY

 

3,175,000

 

3.15

 

19,175

 

4.07

 

48,244

 

3.67

 

HSBC Bank USA, National Association (c)

 

Mc Lean

 

VA

 

3,100,000

 

3.08

 

21,059

 

4.47

 

56,562

 

4.30

 

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

 

New York

 

NY

 

3,000,415

 

2.98

 

17,614

 

3.74

 

50,455

 

3.84

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

$

74,874,189

 

74.26

%

$

471,267

 

100.00

%

$

1,313,983

 

100.00

%

 


(a)             Interest income percentage is the member’s interest income from advances as a percentage of the top 10 members.

 

(b)             At September 30, 2018, officer of member bank also served on the Board of Directors of the FHLBNY.

 

(c)              For Bank membership purposes, principal place of business is New York, NY.

 

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Item 2.                                                         Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Statements contained in this report, including statements describing the objectives, projections, estimates, or predictions of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (“we,” “us,” “our,” “the Bank” or the “FHLBNY”), may be “forward-looking statements.”  All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could potentially be forward-looking statements.  These statements may use forward-looking terminology, such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “may,” “should,” “will,” or other variations on these terms or their negatives, and include statements related to, among others, gains and losses on derivatives, plans to pay dividends and repurchase excess capital stock, future other-than-temporary impairment charges, future classification of securities, and housing reform legislation.  These statements may involve matters pertaining to, but not limited to: projections regarding revenue, income, earnings, capital expenditures, dividends, the capital structure and other financial items; statements of plans or objectives for future operations; expectations of future economic performance; and statements of assumptions underlying certain of the foregoing types of statements.

 

The Bank cautions that, by their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks or uncertainties, and 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.  As a result, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements, which are current only as of the date thereof.  The Bank will not undertake to update any forward-looking statement herein or that may be made from time to time on behalf of the Bank.

 

These forward-looking statements may not be realized due to a variety of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to risks and uncertainties relating to economic, competitive, governmental, technological and marketing factors, as well as other factors identified in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Bank’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2019, and from time to time in the Bank’s other filings with the SEC, and elsewhere in this report.

 

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Organization of Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”).

 

This MD&A is designed to provide information that will assist the readers in better understanding the FHLBNY’s financial statements, the changes in key items in the Bank’s financial statements from period to period and the primary factors driving those changes as well as how accounting principles affect the FHLBNY’s financial statements.  The MD&A is organized as follows:

 

 

Page

Executive Overview

64

Business Outlook

66

Financial Condition

69

Advances

73

Investments

76

Mortgage Loans Held-for-Portfolio

82

Debt Financing Activity and Consolidated Obligations

83

Stockholders’ Capital

89

Derivative Counterparty Credit Ratings

92

Liquidity, Short-Term Borrowings and Short-Term Debt

93

Results of Operations

96

Net Income

96

Net Interest Income, Margin and Interest Rate Spreads

98

Interest Income

104

Interest Expense

106

Analysis of Non-Interest Income (Loss)

110

Operating Expenses, Compensation and Benefits, and Other Expenses

112

Assessments

113

Legislative and Regulatory Developments

114

 

MD&A TABLE REFERENCE

 

Table(s)

 

Description

 

Page(s)

 

 

Selected Financial Data

 

67 - 68

 

 

LIBOR Transition Overview

 

72

1.1

 

Financial Condition

 

69

2.1 - 2.6

 

Advances

 

73 - 76

3.1 - 3.8

 

Investments

 

77 - 81

4.1 - 4.3

 

Mortgage Loans

 

82 - 83

5.1 - 5.9

 

Consolidated Obligations

 

85 - 89

6.1 - 6.4

 

Capital

 

89 - 91

7.1

 

Derivatives

 

92

8.1 - 8.3

 

Liquidity

 

93 - 94

8.4

 

Short-Term Debt

 

95

9.1 - 9.13

 

Results of Operations

 

96 - 112

10.1

 

Assessments

 

113

 

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Executive Overview

 

This overview of management’s discussion and analysis highlights selected information and may not contain all of the information that is important to readers of this Form 10-Q.  For a more complete understanding of events, trends and uncertainties, as well as the liquidity, capital, credit and market risks, and critical accounting estimates, affecting the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLBNY or Bank), this Form 10-Q should be read in its entirety and in conjunction with the Bank’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2019.

 

Cooperative business model.  As a cooperative, we seek to maintain a balance between our public policy mission and our ability to provide adequate returns on the capital supplied by our members.  We achieve this balance by delivering low-cost financing to members to help them meet the credit needs of their communities and also by paying a dividend on members’ capital stock.  Our financial strategies are designed to enable us to expand and contract in response to member credit needs.  By investing capital in high-quality, short- and medium-term financial instruments, we maintain sufficient liquidity to satisfy member demand for short- and long-term funds, repay maturing Consolidated obligations, and meet other obligations.  The dividends we pay are largely the result of earnings on invested member capital, net earnings on advances to members, mortgage loans and investments, offset in part by operating expenses and assessments.  Our Board of Directors and Management determine the pricing of member credit and dividend policies based on the needs of our members and the cooperative.

 

Business segment.  We manage our operations as a single business segment.  Advances to members are our primary focus and the principal factor that impacts our operating results.

 

Financial Performance 2019 Third Quarter compared to 2018 Third Quarter

 

Net income — For the FHLBNY, Net income is Net interest income, minus credit losses on mortgage loans, plus Other income (loss), less Other expenses and less Affordable Housing Program assessments.  In the third quarter of the current year, Net income was $101.4 million, a decrease of $55.0 million, or 35.2% compared to the same period in the prior year.  Summarized below are the primary components of our Net income:

 

Net interest income — Third quarter Net interest income declined by 22.9% from the same period in the prior year.  We are impacted by the spread between costing debt yields and the yields earned on advances, mortgage-backed securities and other interest earning assets.  Net interest spread declined to 34 basis points in the third quarter of the current year, compared to 44 basis points in the same period in the prior year.  The decline in net interest income and margin were due to three primary factors.  First, interest yields earned on advances were lower due to the effects of an across the board pricing reduction beginning in 2019 for new advances. Second, net interest margin declined due to lower volume of interest earnings assets driven by declining advance borrowing.  Third, the funding environment was less favorable.  Costing yields when measured by a key metric, the spread to LIBOR worsened, compared to the same period in 2018 for almost all funding categories.  For longer-term CO bonds the yields are above LIBOR, driving up the cost funding and the pricing of longer-term advances.

 

Other income (loss) — In the third quarter of the current year, Other income (loss) reported a loss of $4.2 million, compared to a gain of $0.5 million.  Service fees, primarily correspondent banking fees and fee revenues from financial letters of credit were $4.7 million, compared to $4.2 million in the same period in the prior year.  Derivative and hedging activities on hedges that were not eligible under ASC 815 reported a net loss of $4.3 million, compared to a net loss of $3.2 million in the same period in the prior year.  Securities held for liquidity (classified as trading) reported net losses of $4.0 million, compared to net losses of $2.3 million in the same period in the prior year.  Equity investments, held to fund payments to retirees in non-qualified pension plans, reported net gains of $0.4 million, compared to net gains of $1.2 million in the same period in the prior year.

 

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Other expenses were $45.4 million, compared to $37.5 million in the same period in the prior year.  Other expenses are primarily Operating expenses, Compensation and benefits, and our share of expenses of the Office of Finance and the Federal Housing Finance Agency.  Operating expenses were $17.2 million, up from $11.9 million in the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to professional and consulting expenses incurred as part of a multi-year technology initiative.  Compensation and benefits expenses were $21.9 million, up from $18.6 million in the same period in the prior year.

 

AHP assessments allocated from Net income were $11.3 million, compared to $17.4 million in the same period in the prior year.  Assessments are calculated as a percentage of Net income, and changes in allocations were in parallel with changes in Net income.

 

Dividend payments — A quarterly cash dividend of $1.58 per share of capital (6.35% annualized) was paid in the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to $1.68 per share of capital stock (6.75% annualized) paid in the same period in 2018.

 

Financial Condition — September 30, 2019 compared to December 31, 2018

 

Total assets decreased to $141.1 billion at September 30, 2019 from $144.4 billion at December 31, 2018, a decrease of $3.3 billion, or 2.3%.

 

Advances — Par balances decreased at September 30, 2019 to $93.7 billion, compared to $105.4 billion at December 31, 2018.

 

Long-term investment debt securities — Long-term investment debt securities are designated as available-for-sale (AFS) or held-to-maturity (HTM).  The heavy concentration of GSE and Agency issued (GSE-issued) securities, and a declining balance of private-label MBS, less than 1%, is our investment profile.

 

In the AFS portfolio, long-term investments of floating-rate GSE-issued mortgage-backed securities were carried on the balance sheet at fair values of $360.6 million at September 30, 2019 and $422.2 million at December 31, 2018. Long-term investments of fixed-rate GSE-issued mortgage-backed securities were carried on the balance sheet at fair values of $2.3 billion at September 30, 2019.  As permitted under the new hedging guidance adopted effective January 1, 2019, we made a one-time transfer of $1.6 billion of fixed-rate MBS from HTM to AFS to enhance balance sheet management.

 

In the HTM portfolio, long-term investments at September 30, 2019 were predominantly GSE-issued fixed- and floating-rate mortgage-backed securities and housing finance agency bonds.  Securities in the HTM portfolio are recorded at amortized cost, adjusted for any OTTI.  Fixed- and floating-rate mortgage-backed securities (MBS) in the HTM portfolio were $14.0 billion at September 30, 2019 and $16.3 billion at December 31, 2018.  Investments in PLMBS were less than 1% of the HTM portfolio.  Housing finance agency bonds, primarily New York and New Jersey, were carried at an amortized cost basis of $1.1 billion at September 30, 2019 compared to $1.2 billion at December 31, 2018.

 

Trading securities (liquidity portfolio) — The objective of the trading portfolio is to meet short-term contingency liquidity needs.  During the current year periods, we have continued to invest in highly liquid U.S. Treasury securities.  Trading investments are carried at fair value, with changes recorded through earnings.  At September 30, 2019, trading investments were primarily $11.4 billion in U.S. Treasury securities.  At December 31, 2018, trading investments were primarily $5.3 billion in U.S. Treasury securities and $502.8 million in GSE securities.  We periodically evaluate our liquidity needs and may add to or dispose these liquidity investments as deemed prudent based on liquidity and market conditions.  The Finance Agency prohibits speculative trading practices but allows permitted securities to be deemed held for liquidity if invested in a trading portfolio.

 

Equity Investments — We own grantor trusts that invest in highly-liquid registered mutual funds.  These investments were carried on the balance sheet at fair values of $56.8 million at September 30, 2019 and $48.2 million at December 31, 2018.

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio — Mortgage loans were investments in Mortgage Partnership Finance loans (MPF or MPF Program).  Unpaid principal balance of MPF loans stood at $3.0 billion at September 30, 2019, an increase of $126.1 million from the balance at December 31, 2018.

 

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Capital ratios — Our capital position remains strong.  At September 30, 2019, actual risk-based capital was $7.2 billion, compared to required risk-based capital of $966.7 million.  To support $141.1 billion of total assets at September 30, 2019, the minimum required total capital was $5.6 billion or 4.0% of assets.  Our actual regulatory risk-based capital was $7.2 billion, exceeding required total capital by $1.6 billion.  These ratios have remained consistently above the required regulatory ratios through all periods in this report.

 

Liquidity — Our liquidity position remains strong, and in compliance with all regulatory requirements, and we do not foresee any changes to that position. In addition to the liquidity trading portfolio discussed previously, liquid assets at September 30, 2019 included $50.9 million as demand cash balances at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY), $13.9 billion in short-term and overnight loans in the federal funds and the repo markets, and $2.6 billion of high credit quality GSE-issued available-for-sale securities that are investment quality, and readily marketable. The Finance Agency’s Liquidity Advisory Bulletin 2018-07 has defined and communicated to the FHLBanks specific initial liquidity levels to be maintained within certain ranges in an accompanying supervisory letter, and may provide updated guidance in future supervisory letters.  We also have other regulatory liquidity measures in place, deposit liquidity and operational liquidity, and other liquidity buffers.  We remain in compliance with the Advisory Bulletin and all liquidity regulations.

 

Business Outlook

 

The following forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the FHLBNY’s management and are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause our actual results to differ materially from those set forth in such forward-looking statements.

 

Advances — Our book of advance business will decline in 2019 compared to 2018.  The borrowing activities of a few large members have been the predominant driver of increases or decreases in our book of advance business.  Additionally, short- and intermediate-term borrowings remain a significant percentage of our book of advance business.  We cannot predict if short-term advances will be rolled over, or if advances borrowed by our larger members will be rolled over at maturity or prepaid prior to maturity.  At September 30, 2019, three members’ advance borrowings totaled 44.1 % of total par advances Citibank, N.A. 15.9% (19.0% at December 31, 2018), Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 15.2% (13.5% at December 31, 2018), and New York Community Bank 13.0% (12.4% at December 31, 2018).

 

Other Developments

 

Short-lived disruption in the overnight lending markets — A series of overnight rates in the financial markets spiked during the week of Monday, September 16, 2019.  Overnight repo rates surged to as high as 10.0% while the Fed’s benchmark funds rate traded above the top end of the range that the Fed had set as the target.  The Fed has responded by repurchasing securities through persistent open market operations, which has provided liquidity and stabilized lending conditions in the overnight markets.  We routinely lend in the overnight federal funds and repurchase markets, and also borrow overnight funds in the FHLBank debt market.  The short-lived disruption did not impact our operations or our liquidity targets.

 

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Selected Financial Data (Unaudited).

 

Statements of Condition

 

September 30,

 

June 30,

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in millions)

 

2019

 

2019

 

2019

 

2018

 

2018

 

Investments (a) 

 

$

43,025

 

$

44,474

 

$

39,807

 

$

35,741

 

$

42,229

 

Advances

 

94,301

 

102,429

 

99,132

 

105,179

 

100,166

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses (b) 

 

3,055

 

2,986

 

2,941

 

2,927

 

2,910

 

Total assets

 

141,062

 

150,574

 

142,575

 

144,381

 

145,857

 

Deposits and borrowings

 

1,537

 

1,256

 

1,356

 

1,063

 

936

 

Consolidated obligations, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds

 

76,044

 

78,729

 

80,150

 

84,154

 

85,910

 

Discount notes

 

55,534

 

62,380

 

53,036

 

50,640

 

50,821

 

Total consolidated obligations

 

131,578

 

141,109

 

133,186

 

134,794

 

136,731

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

5

 

6

 

6

 

6

 

7

 

AHP liability

 

161

 

164

 

161

 

162

 

161

 

Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital stock

 

5,474

 

5,841

 

5,671

 

6,066

 

5,856

 

Retained earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrestricted

 

1,097

 

1,108

 

1,110

 

1,103

 

1,112

 

Restricted

 

660

 

640

 

618

 

591

 

567

 

Total retained earnings

 

1,757

 

1,748

 

1,728

 

1,694

 

1,679

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

(51

)

(42

)

(24

)

(13

)

47

 

Total capital

 

7,180

 

7,547

 

7,375

 

7,747

 

7,582

 

Equity to asset ratio (c)(j)

 

5.09

%

5.01

%

5.17

%

5.37

%

5.20

%

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

Statements of Condition

 

September 30,

 

June 30,

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

Averages (See note below; dollars in millions)

 

2019

 

2019

 

2019

 

2018

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Investments (a)

 

$

48,091

 

$

43,253

 

$

41,583

 

$

42,264

 

$

45,246

 

$

44,333

 

$

43,743

 

Advances

 

90,402

 

101,562

 

97,127

 

99,409

 

107,180

 

96,339

 

110,856

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses

 

3,017

 

2,963

 

2,933

 

2,919

 

2,903

 

2,972

 

2,892

 

Total assets

 

142,552

 

148,615

 

142,387

 

145,215

 

155,923

 

144,519

 

158,024

 

Interest-bearing deposits and other borrowings

 

1,187

 

1,050

 

1,052

 

881

 

1,076

 

1,097

 

1,083

 

Consolidated obligations, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds

 

74,310

 

80,528

 

80,694

 

88,424

 

95,245

 

78,488

 

95,250

 

Discount notes

 

58,832

 

58,537

 

52,404

 

47,500

 

50,979

 

56,614

 

53,057

 

Total consolidated obligations

 

133,142

 

139,065

 

133,098

 

135,924

 

146,224

 

135,102

 

148,307

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

5

 

7

 

6

 

6

 

12

 

6

 

16

 

AHP liability

 

163

 

161

 

159

 

160

 

152

 

161

 

142

 

Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital stock

 

5,299

 

5,816

 

5,589

 

5,821

 

6,161

 

5,567

 

6,282

 

Retained earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrestricted

 

1,093

 

1,095

 

1,088

 

1,094

 

1,082

 

1,092

 

1,070

 

Restricted

 

648

 

626

 

601

 

576

 

547

 

625

 

517

 

Total retained earnings

 

1,741

 

1,721

 

1,689

 

1,670

 

1,629

 

1,717

 

1,587

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

(47

)

(30

)

(18

)

48

 

26

 

(32

)

5

 

Total capital

 

6,993

 

7,507

 

7,260

 

7,539

 

7,816

 

7,252

 

7,874

 

 

Note — Average balance calculation.  For most components of the average balances, a daily weighted average balance is calculated for the period.  When daily weighted average balance information is not available, a simple monthly average balance is calculated.

 

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Operating Results and Other Data

 

(dollars in millions)

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

(except earnings and dividends per

 

September 30,

 

June 30,

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

share, and headcount)

 

2019

 

2019

 

2019

 

2018

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net income

 

$

101

 

$

108

 

$

135

 

$

122

 

$

157

 

$

344

 

$

438

 

Net interest income (d)

 

162

 

164

 

177

 

185

 

211

 

503

 

612

 

Dividends paid in cash (e)

 

92

 

88

 

101

 

107

 

103

 

281

 

310

 

AHP expense

 

11

 

12

 

15

 

13

 

18

 

38

 

49

 

Return on average equity (f)(g)(j)

 

5.75

%

5.77

%

7.53

%

6.46

%

7.94

%

6.35

%

7.43

%

Return on average assets (g)(j)

 

0.28

%

0.29

%

0.38

%

0.34

%

0.40

%

0.32

%

0.37

%

Other non-interest income (loss)

 

(4

)

(1

)

13

 

(5

)

 

8

 

(19

)

Operating expenses (h)

 

39

 

36

 

34

 

39

 

31

 

109

 

88

 

Finance Agency and Office of Finance expenses

 

4

 

4

 

4

 

4

 

4

 

12

 

12

 

Total other expenses (k)

 

45

 

43

 

40

 

44

 

38

 

128

 

107

 

Operating expenses ratio (g)(i)(j)

 

0.11

%

0.10

%

0.10

%

0.11

%

0.08

%

0.10

%

0.07

%

Earnings per share

 

$

1.91

 

$

1.86

 

$

2.41

 

$

2.12

 

$

2.51

 

$

6.19

 

$

6.97

 

Dividends per share

 

$

1.58

 

$

1.57

 

$

1.74

 

$

1.74

 

$

1.68

 

$

4.89

 

$

4.92

 

Headcount (Full/part time)

 

334

 

337

 

322

 

314

 

308

 

334

 

308

 

 


(a)

Investments include trading securities, available-for-sale securities, held-to-maturity securities, equity investments in grantor trusts owned by the FHLBNY, securities purchased under agreements to resell, federal funds, loans to other FHLBanks, and other interest-bearing deposits.

(b)

Allowances for credit losses were $0.6 million, $0.5 million, $0.8 million, $0.8 million and $0.8 million for the periods ended September 30, 2019, June 30, 2019, March 31, 2019, December 31, 2018 and September 30, 2018.

(c)

Equity to asset ratio is Capital stock plus Retained earnings and Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as a percentage of Total assets.

(d)

Net interest income is net interest income before the provision for credit losses on mortgage loans.

(e)

Excludes dividends accrued to non-members classified as interest expense under the accounting standards for certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity.

(f)

Return on average equity is Net income as a percentage of average Capital Stock plus average retained earnings and average Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

(g)

Annualized.

(h)

Operating expenses include Compensation and Benefits.

(i)

Operating expenses as a percentage of Total average assets.

(j)

All percentage calculations are performed using amounts in thousands, and may not agree if calculations are performed using amounts in millions.

(k)

Includes Operating expenses, Compensation and benefits, Finance Agency and Office of Finance expenses and Other expenses.

 

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Financial Condition

 

Table 1.1:                                       Statements of Condition — Period-Over-Period Comparison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in

 

Net change in

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

dollar amount

 

percentage

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

 

$

53,278

 

$

85,406

 

$

(32,128

)

(37.62

)%

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

 

9,935,000

 

4,095,000

 

5,840,000

 

142.61

 

Federal funds sold

 

3,930,000

 

7,640,000

 

(3,710,000

)

(48.56

)

Trading securities

 

11,369,920

 

5,810,512

 

5,559,408

 

95.68

 

Equity Investments

 

56,814

 

48,179

 

8,635

 

17.92

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

2,613,218

 

422,216

 

2,191,002

 

518.93

 

Held-to-maturity securities

 

15,120,124

 

17,474,826

 

(2,354,702

)

(13.47

)

Advances

 

94,300,543

 

105,178,833

 

(10,878,290

)

(10.34

)

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio

 

3,054,821

 

2,927,230

 

127,591

 

4.36

 

Loans to other FHLBanks

 

 

250,000

(a)

(250,000

)

(100.00

)

Accrued interest receivable

 

273,102

 

275,256

 

(2,154

)

(0.78

)

Premises, software, and equipment

 

60,629

 

51,572

 

9,057

 

17.56

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

76,663

 

 

76,663

 

NM

 

Derivative assets

 

212,640

 

113,762

 

98,878

 

86.92

 

Other assets

 

4,929

 

8,602

 

(3,673

)

(42.70

)

Total assets

 

$

141,061,681

 

$

144,381,394

 

$

(3,319,713

)

(2.30

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing demand

 

$

1,480,622

 

$

1,002,587

 

$

478,035

 

47.68

%

Non-interest-bearing demand

 

31,163

 

20,050

 

11,113

 

55.43

 

Term

 

25,000

 

40,000

 

(15,000

)

(37.50

)

Total deposits

 

1,536,785

 

1,062,637

 

474,148

 

44.62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds

 

76,043,928

 

84,153,776

 

(8,109,848

)

(9.64

)

Discount notes

 

55,534,357

 

50,640,238

 

4,894,119

 

9.66

 

Total consolidated obligations

 

131,578,285

 

134,794,014

 

(3,215,729

)

(2.39

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

5,332

 

5,845

 

(513

)

(8.78

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued interest payable

 

183,136

 

223,570

 

(40,434

)

(18.09

)

Affordable Housing Program

 

160,524

 

161,718

 

(1,194

)

(0.74

)

Derivative liabilities

 

65,622

 

31,147

 

34,475

 

110.68

 

Other liabilities

 

261,864

 

355,841

 

(93,977

)

(26.41

)

Operating lease liabilities

 

90,311

 

 

90,311

 

NM

 

Total liabilities

 

133,881,859

 

136,634,772

 

(2,752,913

)

(2.01

)

Capital

 

7,179,822

 

7,746,622

 

(566,800

)

(7.32

)

Total liabilities and capital

 

$

141,061,681

 

$

144,381,394

 

$

(3,319,713

)

(2.30

)%

 


(a)         The category Loans to other FHLBanks was inadvertently omitted in the same table presented in the MD&A in the Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2019.

 

NM — Not meaningful.

 

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Balance Sheet overview September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018

 

Total assets decreased to $141.1 billion at September 30, 2019 from $144.4 billion at December 31, 2018, a decrease of $3.3 billion, or 2.3%.

 

Cash at banks was $53.3 million at September 30, 2019, compared to $85.4 million at December 31, 2018.

 

Money market investments at September 30, 2019 were $3.9 billion in federal funds sold and $9.9 billion in overnight resale agreements.  At December 31, 2018, money market investments were $7.6 billion in federal funds sold and $4.1 billion in overnight resale agreements.

 

Advances — Par balances decreased at September 30, 2019 to $93.7 billion, compared to $105.4 billion at December 31, 2018.  Short-term fixed-rate advances increased by 51.6% to $22.7 billion at September 30, 2019, up from $15.0 billion at December 31, 2018.  ARC advances, which are adjustable-rate borrowings, decreased by 51.1% to $11.4 billion at September 30, 2019, compared to $23.3 billion at December 31, 2018. Overnight advances decreased by 51.9% to $3.7 billion at September 30, 2019 compared to $7.7 billion at December 31, 2018.

 

Long-term investment debt securities — Long-term investment debt securities are designated as available-for-sale (AFS) or held-to-maturity (HTM).  The heavy concentration of GSE and Agency issued (GSE-issued) securities, and a declining balance of private-label MBS, less than 1%, is our investment profile.

 

In the AFS portfolio, long-term investments for floating-rate GSE-issued mortgage-backed securities were carried on the balance sheet at fair values of $360.6 million at September 30, 2019 and $422.2 million at December 31, 2018. Long-term investments for fixed-rate GSE-issued mortgage-backed securities were carried on the balance sheet at fair values of $2.3 billion at September 30, 2019 and $0 at December 31, 2018.  As permitted under the new hedging guidance adopted effective January 1, 2019, we made a one-time transfer of $1.6 billion of fixed-rate MBS from HTM to AFS.  The transfer is expected to enhance balance sheet management.

 

In the HTM portfolio, long-term investments at September 30, 2019 were predominantly GSE-issued fixed- and floating-rate mortgage-backed securities and housing finance agency bonds.  Securities in the HTM portfolio are recorded at amortized cost, adjusted for any OTTI.  Fixed- and floating-rate mortgage-backed securities (MBS), including private-label mortgage-backed securities (PLMBS), in the HTM portfolio were $14.0 billion at September 30, 2019 and $16.3 billion at December 31, 2018.  Investments in PLMBS were less than 1% of the HTM portfolio.  We acquired $1.5 billion of fixed-rate GSE-issued MBS in the first three quarters of 2019.

 

In the HTM portfolio, housing finance agency bonds, primarily New York and New Jersey, were carried at an amortized cost basis of $1.1 billion at September 30, 2019 compared to $1.2 billion at December 31, 2018.  There were no new acquisitions for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and paydowns were $34.6 million.  In 2018, there was one new acquisition for $100.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and paydowns were $65.3 million.

 

Trading securities (liquidity portfolio) — The objective of the trading portfolio is to meet short-term contingency liquidity needs.  During the current year period, we continued to invest in highly liquid U.S. Treasury securities.  Trading investments are carried at fair value, with changes recorded through earnings.  At September 30, 2019, trading investments were $11.4 billion in U.S. Treasury securities and $3.4 million in Ambac corporate notes.  We acquired $8.0 billion par amounts of U.S. Treasury securities in the first nine months of 2019.  At December 31, 2018, trading investments were $5.3 billion in U.S. Treasury securities, $502.8 million in GSE securities and $3.3 million in Ambac corporate notes.

 

We will periodically evaluate our liquidity needs and may add to or dispose these liquidity investments as deemed prudent based on liquidity and market conditions.  The Finance Agency prohibits speculative trading practices but allows permitted securities to be deemed held for liquidity if invested in a trading portfolio.

 

Equity Investments — We own grantor trusts that invest in highly-liquid registered mutual funds, which were reclassified as of January 1, 2018 from AFS to Equity Investments.  These investments were carried on the balance sheet at fair values of $56.8 million at September 30, 2019 and $48.2 million at December 31, 2018.

 

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Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio — Mortgage loans were investments in Mortgage Partnership Finance loans (MPF or MPF Program).  Unpaid principal balance of MPF loans stood at $3.0 billion at September 30, 2019, an increase of $126.1 million from the balance at December 31, 2018.  Loans are primarily fixed-rate, single-family mortgages acquired through the MPF Program.  Paydowns in the nine months of 2019 were $204.9 million, compared to $200.8 million in the prior year same period.  Acquisitions in the nine months of 2019 were $336.5 million, compared to $219.0 million in the prior year same period.  Credit performance has been strong and delinquency low.  Loan origination by members and acceptable pricing are key factors that drive acquisitions.  Residential collateral values have remained stable in the New York and New Jersey sectors, the primary geographic concentration for our MPF portfolio, and historical loss experience remains very low.

 

Capital ratios — Our capital position remains strong.  At September 30, 2019, actual risk-based capital was $7.2 billion, compared to required risk-based capital of $966.7 million.  To support $141.1 billion of total assets at September 30, 2019, the minimum required total capital was $5.6 billion or 4.0% of assets.  Our actual regulatory risk-based capital was $7.2 billion, exceeding required total capital by $1.6 billion.  These ratios have remained consistently above the required regulatory ratios through all periods in this report.  For more information, see financial statements, Note 14.  Capital Stock, Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock and Restricted Retained Earnings.

 

Leverage — At September 30, 2019, balance sheet leverage (based on U.S. GAAP) was 19.6 times shareholders’ equity.  Balance sheet leverage has generally remained steady over the last several years, although from time to time we have maintained excess liquidity in highly liquid investments, or cash balances at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) to meet unexpected member demand for funds.  Increases or decreases in investments have a direct impact on leverage, but generally growth in or shrinkage of advances does not significantly impact balance sheet leverage under existing capital stock management practices.  Members are required to purchase activity-based capital stock to support their borrowings from us, and when activity-based capital stock is in excess of the amount that is required to support advance borrowings, we redeem the excess capital stock immediately.  Therefore, stockholders’ capital increases and decreases with members’ advance borrowings, and the capital to asset ratio remains relatively unchanged.

 

Liquidity — Our liquidity position remains strong, and in compliance with all regulatory requirements, and we do not foresee any changes to that position. In addition to the liquidity trading portfolio discussed previously, liquid assets at September 30, 2019 included $50.9 million as demand cash balances at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY), $13.9 billion in short-term and overnight loans in the federal funds and the repo markets, and $2.6 billion of high credit quality GSE-issued available-for-sale securities that are investment quality, and readily marketable.

 

The Finance Agency’s Liquidity Advisory Bulletin 2018-07 has defined and communicated to the FHLBanks specific initial liquidity levels to be maintained within certain ranges in an accompanying supervisory letter, and may provide updated guidance in future supervisory letters.  We also have other regulatory liquidity measures in place, deposit liquidity and operational liquidity, and other liquidity buffers.  We remain in compliance with the Advisory Bulletin and all liquidity regulations.

 

For more information about the Advisory Bulletin and our liquidity measures, see section Liquidity, Short-Term Borrowings and Short-Term Debt, and Tables 8.1 through Table 8.3 in this MD&A.

 

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Replacement of London Interbank Offered Rates (LIBOR) — Central banks and regulators in a number of major jurisdictions have convened working groups to find, and implement the transition to suitable replacements for LIBOR.  The Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) in the U.S. has settled on the establishment of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) as its recommended alternative to U.S. dollar LIBOR.  As noted throughout this report, much of the FHLBNY’s assets, liabilities and derivatives are indexed to LIBOR.  More information is provided under Market and Economic Risks in Item 1A. Risk Factor’s included in the FHLBNY’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2019.

 

We have created a program that focuses on achieving an orderly transition from LIBOR to SOFR as the alternative risk-free reference rate for us and offer SOFR-linked advances to our members.

 

LIBOR Transition Overview

 

The following data provides an overview of LIBOR-indexed assets and liabilities with remaining maturities beyond the expected LIBOR transition date:

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

Variable-rate LIBOR-indexed Securities

 

 

 

Liquidity

 

 

 

 

 

In thousands

 

Trading Account

 

AFS

 

HTM

 

Total UPB

 

$

2,516

 

$

358,858

 

$

6,454,055

 

Maturing in 2022 and thereafter

 

$

2,516

 

$

355,444

 

$

6,291,270

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

In thousands

 

Variable-rate
LIBOR-indexed
Advances

 

 

 

 

 

Total Par

 

$

10,988,897

 

 

 

 

 

Maturing in 2022 and thereafter

 

$

1,286,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable-rate
LIBOR-indexed Debt

 

 

 

 

 

In thousands

 

CO Bonds

 

 

 

 

 

Total Par

 

$

32,838,000

 

 

 

 

 

Maturing in 2022 and thereafter

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

 

 

 

 

In thousands

 

LIBOR-indexed

 

 

 

 

 

Total Par

 

$

77,741,369

 

 

 

 

 

Maturing in 2022 and thereafter

 

$

16,475,588

 

 

 

 

 

 

On September 27, 2019, the FHFA, our regulator issued a supervisory letter that directs the Federal Home Loan Banks to, by March 31, 2020, cease entering into new LIBOR – referenced instruments with maturities beyond December 31, 2021. Also, see legislative and Regulatory developments on page 114 in this Form 10-Q.

 

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Advances

 

Our primary business is making collateralized loans to members, referred to as advances.  Generally, the growth or decline in advances is reflective of demand by members for both short-term liquidity and term funding.  This demand is driven by economic factors such as availability of alternative funding sources that are more attractive, or by the interest rate environment and the outlook for the economy.  Members may choose to prepay advances (which may generate prepayment penalty fees) based on their expectations of interest rate changes and demand for liquidity.

 

Advance volume is also influenced by merger activity, where members are either acquired by non-members or acquired by members of another FHLBank.  When our members are acquired by members of another FHLBank or by non-members, these former members no longer qualify for membership and we may not offer renewals or additional advances to the former members.  If maturing advances are not replaced, it will have an impact on business volume.

 

Interest rate hedging and basis adjustments — A significant percentage of fixed-rate, longer-term advances and all putable advances were designated under an ASC 815 fair value accounting hedge.  Also, certain advances were hedged by interest rate swaps in economic hedges.  From time to time, we have also elected the fair value option (FVO) on an instrument by instrument basis for certain advances.

 

Carrying value of advances outstanding at September 30, 2019 was $94.3 billion, compared to $105.2 billion at December 31, 2018.  Carrying values included unrealized net fair value hedging basis adjustments recorded on hedges eligible under ASC 815.  The cumulative hedging basis adjustment were gains of $561.5 million at September 30, 2019 and losses of $255.0 million at December 31, 2018.  No advances elected under the FVO were outstanding at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.  For more information about basis adjustments, see Table 2.4 Advances by Maturity and Yield Type in this MD&A.

 

Table 2.1:                                       Advance Trends

 

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Member demand for advance products

 

Par amount of advances outstanding was $93.7 billion at September 30, 2019, compared to $105.4 billion at December 31, 2018.  The decrease in amounts outstanding at September 30, 2019, relative to December 31, 2018 has been largely due to run-offs of borrowed amounts that were not renewed.

 

Advances — Product Types

 

The following table summarizes par values of advances by product type (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 2.2:                                       Advances by Product Type

 

For more information about advance product types, see our most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2019.

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Amounts

 

of Total

 

Amounts

 

of Total

 

Adjustable Rate Credit - ARCs

 

$

11,407,467

 

12.17

%

$

23,346,467

 

22.14

%

Fixed Rate Advances

 

48,528,756

 

51.77

 

51,612,602

 

48.96

 

Short-Term Advances

 

22,740,057

 

24.26

 

14,995,172

 

14.22

 

Mortgage Matched Advances

 

265,138

 

0.28

 

320,027

 

0.30

 

Overnight & Line of Credit (OLOC) Advances

 

3,713,816

 

3.96

 

7,723,492

 

7.33

 

All other categories

 

7,083,801

 

7.56

 

7,436,097

 

7.05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total par value

 

93,739,035

 

100.00

%

105,433,857

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge valuation basis adjustments

 

561,508

 

 

 

(255,024

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

94,300,543

 

 

 

$

105,178,833

 

 

 

 

Advances — Interest Rate Terms

 

The following table summarizes interest-rate payment terms for advances (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 2.3:                                       Advances by Interest-Rate Payment Terms

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Amount

 

of Total

 

Amount

 

of Total

 

Fixed-rate (a)

 

$

82,299,138

 

87.80

%

$

82,034,884

 

77.81

%

Variable-rate (b)

 

11,436,897

 

12.20

 

23,391,691

 

22.19

 

Variable-rate capped or floored (c)

 

3,000

 

 

3,000

 

 

Overdrawn demand deposit accounts

 

 

 

4,282

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total par value

 

93,739,035

 

100.00

%

105,433,857

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge valuation basis adjustments

 

561,508

 

 

 

(255,024

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

94,300,543

 

 

 

$

105,178,833

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(a)         Fixed-rate borrowings remained the largest category of advances borrowed by members, and includes long-term and short-term fixed-rate advances.  Long-term advances remain a small segment of the portfolio at September 30, 2019, with only 9.7% of advances in the remaining maturity bucket of greater than 5 years (6.7% at December 31, 2018).  For more information, see financial statements Note 9. Advances.

 

(b)         Variable-rate advances are ARC advances, which are typically indexed to LIBOR.  The FHLBNY’s larger members are generally borrowers of variable-rate advances.

 

(c)          Category represents ARCs with options that “cap” increase or “floor” decrease in the LIBOR index at predetermined strikes (We have also purchased cap/floor options that mirror the terms of the options embedded in the advances sold to members, offsetting our exposure on the advance).

 

The following table summarizes maturity and yield characteristics of advances (dollars in thousands):

 

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Table 2.4:                                       Advances by Maturity and Yield Type

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Amount

 

of Total

 

Amount

 

of Total

 

Fixed-rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

53,456,542

 

57.03

%

$

52,416,990

 

49.72

%

Due after one year

 

28,842,596

 

30.77

 

29,617,894

 

28.09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Fixed-rate

 

82,299,138

 

87.80

 

82,034,884

 

77.81

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable-rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due in one year or less

 

7,765,930

 

8.28

 

15,892,506

 

15.07

 

Due after one year

 

3,673,967

 

3.92

 

7,506,467

 

7.12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Variable-rate

 

11,439,897

 

12.20

 

23,398,973

 

22.19

 

Total par value

 

93,739,035

 

100.00

%

105,433,857

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge valuation basis adjustments (a)

 

561,508

 

 

 

(255,024

)

 

 

Total

 

$

94,300,543

 

 

 

$

105,178,833

 

 

 

 

Fair value basis and valuation adjustments — Key determinants of valuation adjustments are factors such as advance run offs and new transactions designated in hedging relationships.

 


(a)         Hedging valuation basis adjustments The reported carrying values of hedged advances are adjusted for changes in their fair values (fair value basis adjustments or fair value) that are attributable to changes in the benchmark risk being hedged.  LIBOR is our primary benchmark.  In 2019 we adopted FF/OIS as another benchmark.  When an advance is hedged under ASC 815, the chosen benchmark becomes the discounting basis for computing changes in the fair values of the hedged advance.  Table 2.5 Hedged Advances by Type discloses notional amounts of advances hedged.  The application of ASC 815 accounting methodology resulted in the recognition of net unrealized hedge valuation basis gains of $561.5 million at September 30, 2019 and losses of $255.0 million at December 31, 2018.  The forward benchmark yield curves, primarily LIBOR, declined at September 30, 2019.  As hedge valuation basis of fixed-rate advances move inversely with the rise and fall of the forward interest rates, the decline of the swap curve reversed previously reported cumulative basis losses.  Generally, hedge valuation basis gains and losses are unrealized and will reverse to zero if the advance is held to maturity or is put or called on the early option exercise dates.

 

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Hedge volume — We hedge putable advances and certain “bullet” fixed-rate advances under the hedge accounting provisions when they qualify under those standards and as economic hedges when the hedge accounting provisions are operationally difficult to establish or a high degree of hedge effectiveness cannot be asserted.

 

The following table summarizes hedged advances by type of option feature (in thousands):

 

Table 2.5:                                       Hedged Advances by Type

 

Par Amount

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Qualifying Hedges

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed-rate bullets (a)

 

$

34,776,905

 

$

41,122,372

 

Fixed-rate putable (b)

 

6,924,750

 

4,734,750

 

Fixed-rate callable

 

16,575

 

16,575

 

Fixed-rate with embedded cap

 

25,000

 

30,000

 

Total Qualifying Hedges

 

$

41,743,230

 

$

45,903,697

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate par amount of advances hedged (c)

 

$

41,746,230

 

$

45,919,697

 

Fair value basis (Hedging adjustments)

 

$

561,508

 

$

(255,024

)

 


(a)         Generally, non-callable fixed-rate medium- and longer term advances are hedged to mitigate the risk in fixed-rate lending.

 

(b)         Putable advances are hedged by cancellable swaps, and the paired long put and short call options mitigate the put/call option risks; additionally, fixed-rate is synthetically converted to LIBOR, mitigating the risk in fixed-rate lending for the FHLBNY.  In a rising rate environment, swap dealers would likely exercise their call option, and the FHLBNY will exercise its put option with the member and both instruments terminate at par.  Members may borrow new advances at the then prevailing rate.

 

(c)          Represents par values of advances in ASC 815 hedge relationships.  Typically, the longer term fixed-rate advances and advances with optionality are hedged.

 

The following table summarizes par amounts of advances that were still putable or callable, with one or more pre-determined option exercise dates remaining (in thousands):

 

Table 2.6:                                       Putable and Callable Advances

 

 

 

Advances

 

Par Amount

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Putable/callable (a)

 

$

6,941,325

 

$

4,751,325

 

No-longer putable/callable

 

$

640,000

 

$

640,000

 

 


(a)   Except for a few callable advances, balances represented putable advances.  Putable advances were typically long-term advances with one or more put options exercisable by the FHLBNY.  Callable advances are typically long-term advances with one or more call options exercisable by the borrower.  Putable and callable advances are hedged in an ASC 815 qualifying fair value hedge with mirror image terms, including mirror image put and call option terms.

 

Investments

 

We maintain long-term investment portfolios of debt securities, which are principally mortgage-backed securities issued by GSEs and U.S. Agency (GSE-issued).  Investments include a small portfolio of MBS issued by private enterprises, and bonds issued by state or local housing finance agencies.  We also maintain short-term investments for our liquidity resources, for funding daily stock repurchases and redemptions, for ensuring the availability of funds to meet the credit needs of our members, and to provide additional earnings.  We also invest in a liquidity trading portfolio, the purpose of which is to augment our liquidity needs.  Investments in the trading portfolio were U.S Treasury securities and GSE-issued securities, all carried at their fair values.  The Finance Agency prohibits speculative investments, but allows the designation of a trading portfolio for liquidity purposes.  We may dispose such investments if liquidity needs are met and market conditions deem the sale as advantageous.

 

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We are subject to credit risk on our investments, generally transacted with GSEs and large financial institutions that are considered to be investment quality.  The Finance Agency defines investment quality as a security with adequate financial backing so that full and timely payment of principal and interest on such security is expected and there is minimal risk that the timely payment of principal and interest would not occur because of adverse changes in economic and financial conditions during the projected life of the security.  For more information about investment policies, restrictions and practices, see the most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2019.

 

The following table summarizes changes in investments by categories: Money market investments, Trading securities, Equity investments in Grantor trusts, Available-for-sale securities and Held-to-maturity securities (Carrying values, dollars in thousands):

 

Table 3.1:                                       Investments by Categories

 

 

 

September 30

 

December 31,

 

Dollar

 

Percentage

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

Variance

 

Variance

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations (a)

 

$

1,133,800

 

$

1,168,350

 

$

(34,550

)

(2.96

)%

Trading securities (b)

 

11,369,920

 

5,810,512

 

5,559,408

 

95.68

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities, at fair value (c)

 

2,613,218

 

422,216

 

2,191,002

 

518.93

 

Held-to-maturity securities, at carrying value (c)

 

13,986,324

 

16,306,476

 

(2,320,152

)

(14.23

)

Total securities

 

29,103,262

 

23,707,554

 

5,395,708

 

22.76

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity investments in Grantor trusts (d)

 

56,814

 

48,179

 

8,635

 

17.92

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

 

9,935,000

 

4,095,000

 

5,840,000

 

142.61

 

Federal funds sold

 

3,930,000

 

7,640,000

 

(3,710,000

)

(48.56

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments

 

$

43,025,076

 

$

35,490,733

 

$

7,534,343

 

21.23

%

 


(a)         State and local housing finance agency bonds were designated as HTM and were carried at amortized cost.  There were no new acquisitions in the first nine months of 2019 and paydowns were $34.6 million.

 

(b)         Trading securities were U.S. Treasury securities, GSE securities and corporate notes.  Trading portfolio is for liquidity and not for speculative purposes.  We acquired par amounts of $8.0 billion of U.S. Treasury notes in the first nine months of 2019.

 

(c)          Mortgage-backed securities classified as AFS includes $1.6 billion of Fixed-rate CMBS transferred at January 1, 2019 from the HTM category.  AFS securities outstanding are all GSE and U.S. Agency issued MBS and carried at fair value.  MBS in the HTM portfolio are predominantly GSE-issued, and less than 1% are PLMBS (private-label MBS).

 

(d)        Funds in the grantor trusts were designated as equity investments at January 1, 2018.  Trust fund balances represent investments in registered mutual funds and other fixed-income and equity funds.  Funds are highly liquid and readily redeemable at their NAVs, which are the fair values of the investments.  The funds are owned by the FHLBNY, and the intent is to utilize investments to fund current and potential future payment obligations of the non-qualified Benefit Equalization Pension plans.  For more information about the pension plans, see financial statements, Note 16. Employee Retirement Plans in the Bank’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2019.

 

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Mortgage-Backed Securities — By Issuer

 

The following table summarizes our investment debt securities issuer concentration (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 3.2:                                       Investment Debt Securities Issuer Concentration

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying value as a

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying value as a

 

 

 

Carrying (a)

 

 

 

Percentage

 

Carrying (a)

 

 

 

Percentage

 

Long Term Investment (c)

 

Value

 

Fair Value

 

of Capital

 

Value

 

Fair Value

 

of Capital

 

MBS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

$

4,211,735

 

$

4,243,955

 

58.66

%

$

4,692,639

 

$

4,658,771

 

60.58

%

Freddie Mac

 

12,254,589

 

12,550,343

 

170.68

 

11,870,521

 

11,867,028

 

153.23

 

Ginnie Mae

 

19,672

 

19,810

 

0.27

 

22,898

 

23,079

 

0.30

 

All Others - PLMBS

 

113,546

 

138,764

 

1.58

 

142,634

 

174,749

 

1.84

 

Non-MBS (b)

 

1,133,800

 

1,112,090

 

15.79

 

1,168,350

 

1,144,345

 

15.08

 

Total Investment Debt Securities

 

$

17,733,342

 

$

18,064,962

 

246.99

%

$

17,897,042

 

$

17,867,972

 

231.03

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Categorized as:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-Sale Securities

 

$

2,613,218

 

$

2,613,218

 

 

 

$

422,216

 

$

422,216

 

 

 

Held-to-Maturity Securities

 

$

15,120,124

 

$

15,451,744

 

 

 

$

17,474,826

 

$

17,445,756

 

 

 

 


(a)         Carrying values include fair values for AFS securities.

 

(b)         Non-MBS Includes Housing finance agency bonds.

 

(c)          Excludes Trading portfolio.

 

External rating information of the held-to-maturity portfolio was as follows (carrying values in thousands):

 

Table 3.3:                                       External Rating of the Held-to-Maturity Portfolio

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

AAA-rated (a)

 

AA-rated (b)

 

A-rated

 

BBB-rated

 

Below
Investment
Grade

 

Total

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

$

556

 

$

13,874,095

 

$

72,145

 

$

9,225

 

$

30,303

 

$

13,986,324

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

25,000

 

1,091,300

 

5,405

 

12,095

 

 

1,133,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Long-term securities

 

$

25,556

 

$

14,965,395

 

$

77,550

 

$

21,320

 

$

30,303

 

$

15,120,124

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

AAA-rated (a)

 

AA-rated (b)

 

A-rated

 

BBB-rated

 

Below
Investment
Grade

 

Total

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

$

2,543

 

$

16,165,160

 

$

95,760

 

$

9,117

 

$

33,896

 

$

16,306,476

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

25,000

 

1,122,060

 

5,575

 

15,715

 

 

1,168,350

 

Total Long-term securities

 

$

27,543

 

$

17,287,220

 

$

101,335

 

$

24,832

 

$

33,896

 

$

17,474,826

 

 

See footnotes (a) and (b) under Table 3.4.

 

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External rating information of the AFS portfolio was as follows (the carrying values of AFS investments are at fair values; in thousands):

 

Table 3.4:                                       External Rating of the Available-for-Sale Portfolio

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

AA-rated (b)

 

Unrated

 

Total

 

AA-rated (b)

 

Unrated

 

Total

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

$

2,613,218

 

$

 

$

2,613,218

 

$

422,216

 

$

 

$

422,216

 

 

Footnotes to Table 3.3 and Table 3.4.

 


(a)         Certain PLMBS and housing finance bonds have been assigned AAA, based on the ratings by S&P and Moody’s.

 

(b)         We have assigned GSE-issued MBS a rating of AA+ based on the credit rating assigned to long-term senior debt issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and U.S. Agency.  The debt ratings are based on S&P’s rating of AA+ for the GSE Senior long-term debt and AA+ for the debt issued by the U.S. government; Moody’s debt rating is Aaa for the GSE Senior long-term debt and the U.S. government.

 

External credit rating information has been provided in Table 3.3 and Table 3.4 as the information is used as another data point to supplement our credit quality indicators, and they serve as a useful indicator when analyzing the degree of credit risk to which we are exposed.  Significant changes in credit ratings classifications of our investment debt securities portfolio could indicate increased credit risk for us that could be accompanied by a reduction in the fair values of our investment debt securities portfolio.

 

Fair Value Levels of Investment Debt Securities

 

To compute fair values, multiple vendor prices were received for substantially all of our MBS holdings, and substantially all of those prices fell within specified thresholds.  The relative proximity of the prices received from the multiple vendors supported our conclusion that the final computed prices were reasonable estimates of fair values.  GSE securities priced under such a valuation technique using the market approach are typically classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.  For a comparison of carrying values and fair values of investment debt securities, see financial statements, Note 5. Trading securities, Note 7. Available-for-Sale Securities and Note 8. Held-to-Maturity Securities.  For more information about the corroboration and other analytical procedures performed, see Note 18. Fair Values of Financial Instruments. Also see Note 7 Available-for-sale securities for an explanation of amortized cost for securities hedged under ASC 815 fair value hedge.

 

Weighted average rates — Mortgage-backed securities (HTM and AFS) — The following table summarizes weighted average rates (yields) and amortized cost by contractual maturities (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 3.5:                                       Mortgage-Backed Securities Weighted Average Rates by Contractual Maturities

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Weighted

 

Amortized

 

Weighted

 

 

 

Cost

 

Average Rate

 

Cost

 

Average Rate

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

371,116

 

3.70

%

$

369,989

 

2.03

%

Due after one year through five years

 

4,445,071

 

2.98

 

4,602,651

 

3.16

 

Due after five years through ten years

 

8,481,156

 

3.10

 

8,201,200

 

3.07

 

Due after ten years

 

3,196,217

 

2.78

 

3,561,879

 

3.11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total mortgage-backed securities

 

$

16,493,560

 

3.02

%

$

16,735,719

 

3.08

%

 

A significant portion of the MBS portfolio consists of floating-rate securities and the weighted average rates will change in parallel with changes in the LIBOR rate.

 

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Fair Value Hedges of Fixed-rate Available-for-sale Mortgage-backed Securities

 

The adoption of ASU 2017-12 provided an alternative guidance in the application of partial-term hedging.  The ASU also provided a new approach that allows entities to hedge only the benchmark rate instead of the entire coupon of a fixed-rate instrument in a fair value hedge. We have adopted the guidances in the ASU to hedge designated available-for-sale CMBS.  The following table summarizes key data (in thousands):

 

Table 3.6:                                       Fair Value Hedges of Fixed-Rate Prepayable CMBS

 

 

 

Fair Value Hedges of Fixed-
Rate Prepayable CMBS

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

Current face value of hedged CMBS

 

$

505,000

 

Partial-term hedge face value of hedged CMBS

 

$

452,000

 

Cumulative basis adjustment Gain (loss)

 

$

26,272

 

Interest rate swap contracts (par)

 

$

452,000

 

 

Short-term investments

 

We typically maintain substantial investments in high quality short- and intermediate-term financial instruments such as secured overnight transactions collateralized by securities, and unsecured overnight and term federal funds sold to highly-rated financial institutions who also satisfy other credit quality factors.  These investments provide the liquidity necessary to meet members’ credit needs.  Short-term investments also provide a flexible means of implementing the asset/liability management decisions to adjust liquidity.  We also invest in a liquidity trading portfolio, consisting of US treasury securities, with the objective of satisfying our liquidity requirements and expanding our choice of investing for liquidity.

 

Monitoring — We actively monitor our credit exposures and the credit quality of our counterparties, including an assessment of each counterparty’s financial performance, capital adequacy, and sovereign support as well as related market signals, and actively limit or suspend existing exposures, as appropriate.  In addition, we are required to manage our unsecured portfolio subject to regulatory limits prescribed by our regulator, the Finance Agency.  The Finance Agency regulations include limits on the amount of unsecured credit that may be extended to a counterparty or a group of affiliated counterparties, based upon a percentage of eligible regulatory capital and the counterparty’s overall credit rating.  Under these regulations, the level of eligible regulatory capital is determined as the lesser of our regulatory capital or the eligible amount of regulatory capital of the counterparty determined in accordance with Finance Agency regulations.

 

The Finance Agency regulations also permit us to extend additional unsecured credit, which could be comprised of overnight extensions and sales of federal funds subject to continuing contract.  Our total unsecured overnight exposure to a single counterparty may not exceed twice the regulatory limit for term exposures.  We are prohibited by Finance Agency regulation from investing in financial instruments issued by non-U.S. entities other than those issued by U.S. branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks, and we did not own any financial instruments issued by foreign sovereign governments, including those countries that are members of the European Union in any periods in this report.  For more information about our policies and practices, see the most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2019.

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell — As part of our banking activities with counterparties, we have entered into secured financing transactions that mature overnight, and can be extended only at our discretion.  These transactions involve the lending of cash against securities, which are accepted as collateral.  The balance outstanding under such agreements was $9.9 billion at September 30, 2019 and $4.1 billion at December 31, 2018.  For more information, see financial statements, Note 4.  Federal Funds Sold and Securities Purchased under Agreements to Resell.

 

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Federal funds sold — Federal funds sold was $3.9 billion at September 30, 2019 and $7.6 billion at December 31, 2018, representing unsecured lending to major banks and financial institutions.  We are a major lender in this market, particularly in the overnight market.  The amount of unsecured credit risk that may be extended to individual counterparties is commensurate with the counterparty’s credit quality as assessed by our management, and the assessment would include reviews of credit ratings of counterparty’s debt securities or deposits as reported by NRSROs.  Overnight and short-term federal funds allow us to warehouse funds and provide balance sheet liquidity to meet unexpected member borrowing demands.

 

The following table summarizes par value, amortized cost and the carrying value (fair value) of the trading portfolio (in thousands):

 

Table 3.7:                                       Trading Securities

 

 

 

Trading Securities

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Par value

 

$

11,333,104

 

$

5,692,263

 

Amortized cost

 

$

11,320,613

 

$

5,807,889

 

Carrying/Fair value

 

$

11,369,920

 

$

5,810,512

 

 

The Finance Agency prohibits speculative investments but allows permitted securities to be deemed held for liquidity if invested in a trading portfolio.  We may dispose such investments if liquidity needs are met and market conditions deem the sale as advantageous.  For more information about fair values of securities in the trading portfolio, see Note 5. Trading Securities in the Notes to the Financial Statements.

 

The following table summarizes economic hedges of fixed-rate trading securities held for liquidity (in thousands):

 

Table 3.8:                                       Economic Hedges of Fixed-rate Liquidity Trading Securities

 

 

 

Economic Hedges of Fixed-Rate Trading
 Securities

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Par amount of Trading securities hedged

 

$

11,330,000

 

$

5,839,130

 

Par amount of interest rate swaps

 

$

11,330,000

 

$

5,839,130

 

 

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Mortgage Loans Held-for-Portfolio

 

Mortgage loans are carried in the Statements of Condition at amortized cost, less allowance for credit losses.  The outstanding unpaid principal balance was $3.0 billion at September 30, 2019, an increase of $126.1 million (net of acquisitions and paydowns) from the balance at December 31, 2018.  Mortgage loans were investments in Mortgage Partnership Finance loans (MPF or MPF Program).

 

Mortgage Partnership Finance Program - We invest in mortgage loans through the MPF Program, which is a secondary mortgage market structure under which eligible mortgage loans are purchased or funded from or through members who are Participating Financial Institutions (PFI).  We may also acquire MPF loans through participations with other FHLBanks, although our current acquisition strategy is to limit acquisitions through our PFIs.  MPF loans are conforming conventional and Government i.e., insured or guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or the Rural Housing Service of the Department of Agriculture (RHS), fixed-rate mortgage loans secured primarily by single-family residential properties with maturities ranging from five to 30 years or participations in such mortgage loans.  The FHLBank of Chicago (MPF Provider) developed the MPF Program in order to help fulfill the housing mission and to provide an additional source of liquidity to FHLBank members that choose to sell mortgage loans into the secondary market rather than holding them in their own portfolios.  Finance Agency regulations define the acquisition of Acquired Member Assets (AMA) as a core mission activity of the FHLBanks.  In order for MPF loans to meet the AMA requirements, the purchase and funding are structured so that the credit risk associated with MPF loans is shared with PFIs.  For more information about the MPF program, see Mortgage Loans Held-for-Portfolio in the MD&A in the Bank’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2019.

 

We provide this product to members as another alternative for them to sell their mortgage production.  Loan origination by members and acceptable pricing are key factors that drive growth.

 

Mortgage loans — Conventional and Insured Loans — The following table classifies mortgage loans between conventional loans and loans insured by FHA/VA (in thousands):

 

Table 4.1:                                       MPF by Conventional and Insured Loans

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Federal Housing Administration and Veteran Administration insured loans

 

$

221,075

 

$

227,268

 

Conventional loans

 

2,788,482

 

2,656,149

 

Total par MPF loans

 

$

3,009,557

 

$

2,883,417

 

 

Mortgage Loans — Loss Sharing and the Credit Enhancement Waterfall — For all loans acquired prior to June 1, 2017, the credit enhancement was computed as the amount that would bring an uninsured loan to “Double A” credit risk.  For loans acquired after June 1, 2017, the credit enhancement is computed to a “Single A” credit risk.  In the credit enhancement waterfall, we are responsible for the first loss layer.  The second loss layer is the credit obligation of the PFI.  We assume all residual risk.  Also, see financial statements, Note 10.  Mortgage Loans Held-for-Portfolio.

 

Loan and PFI Concentration Loan concentration was in New York State, which is to be expected since the largest PFIs are located in New York.  The tables below summarize concentrations — Geographic and PFI:

 

Table 4.2:                                       Geographic Concentration of MPF Loans

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Number of
loans %

 

Amounts
outstanding %

 

Number of
loans %

 

Amounts
outstanding %

 

New York State

 

68.6

%

60.9

%

68.8

%

60.4

%

 

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Table 4.3:                                       Top Five Participating Financial Institutions — Concentration (par value, dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

Mortgage

 

Percent of Total

 

 

 

Loans

 

Mortgage Loans

 

Bethpage Federal Credit Union

 

$

311,470

 

10.35

%

Investors Bank

 

263,028

 

8.74

 

New York Community Bank

 

235,379

 

7.82

 

Sterling National Bank

 

224,005

 

7.44

 

Teachers Federal Credit Union

 

198,738

 

6.60

 

All Others

 

1,776,937

 

59.05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

3,009,557

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Mortgage

 

Percent of Total

 

 

 

Loans

 

Mortgage Loans

 

Bethpage Federal Credit Union

 

$

260,593

 

9.04

%

New York Community Bank

 

256,992

 

8.91

 

Investors Bank

 

242,164

 

8.40

 

Sterling National Bank

 

238,840

 

8.28

 

Teachers Federal Credit Union

 

183,052

 

6.35

 

All Others

 

1,701,776

 

59.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

2,883,417

 

100.00

%

 

Accrued interest receivable

 

Other assets

 

Accrued interest receivable was $273.1 million at September 30, 2019 and $275.3 million at December 31, 2018, and represented interest receivable primarily from advances and investments.  Changes in balances would represent the timing of coupons receivable from advances and investments at the balance sheet dates.

 

Other assets, including prepayments and miscellaneous receivables, were $4.9 million and $8.6 million at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

 

Debt Financing Activity and Consolidated Obligations

 

Our primary source of funds continues to be the issuance of Consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes.

 

Consolidated obligation bonds The carrying value of Consolidated obligation bonds (CO bonds or Consolidated obligation bonds) was $76.0 billion (par, $75.4 billion) at September 30, 2019, compared to $84.2 billion (par, $83.8 billion) at December 31, 2018.  The carrying value of Consolidated obligation discount notes outstanding was $55.5 billion at September 30, 2019 and $50.6 billion at December 31, 2018.

 

Interest rate hedging Significant amounts of CO bonds have been designated under an ASC 815 fair value accounting hedge.  Also, certain CO bonds were hedged by interest rate swaps in economic hedges.  From time-to-time, we have also hedged the anticipatory issuance of fixed-rate CO bonds in a cash flow hedge under ASC 815. Certain CO bonds were elected under the FVO.  As a result of hedging elections under ASC 815 and the elections under the FVO, carrying values of CO bonds included valuation basis adjustments.  For more information about valuation basis adjustments on CO bonds, see Table 5.1.

 

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From time to time, we have hedged discount notes under an ASC 815 fair value accounting hedge in the periods in this report; additionally, certain discount notes are also hedged under an ASC 815 cash flow accounting hedge.  For more information, see financial statements, Note 17. Derivatives and Hedging Activities.  Certain discount notes were elected under the FVO.  As a result of accounting elections, carrying values of discount notes may include valuation basis adjustments. For more information about valuation basis adjustments on discount notes, see Table 5.7 Discount Notes Outstanding.

 

Debt Ratings A FHLBank’s ability to access the capital markets to issue debt, as well as our cost of funds, is dependent on credit ratings from Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations.  Consolidated obligations of FHLBanks are rated Aaa/P-1 by Moody’s, and AA+/A-1+ by S& P.  Any rating actions on the US Government would likely result in all individual FHLBanks’ long-term deposit ratings and the FHLBank System long-term bond rating moving in lock step with any US sovereign rating action.

 

Joint and Several Liability Although we are primarily liable for our portion of Consolidated obligations (i.e. those issued on our behalf), we are also jointly and severally liable with the other FHLBanks for the payment of principal and interest on the Consolidated obligations of all the FHLBanks.  For more information, see financial statements, Note 19.  Commitments and Contingencies.

 

Performance of the FHLBank System issued consolidated obligation debt for all 11 FHLBanks — Market demand for FHLBank CO debt has remained strong, with good market access for its entire breadth of CO debt funding programs.  Generally, funding was guided by the 11 FHLBanks’ needs for refunding and for asset/liability management strategies, by investor preferences, and by the interest rate environment and market liquidity.  Total FHLBank system-wide debt outstanding was $1.01 trillion at September 30, 2019, compared to $1.05 trillion at June 30, 2019.

 

SOFR CO Bonds Total outstanding FHLBank System SOFR-linked bonds was $124.3 billion at September 30, 2019, up from $61.5 billion at June 30, 2019 and $11.6 billion at December 31, 2018.  The SOFR market is developing rapidly, and successful issuances of FHLBank System SOFR-linked floaters have been an important development for the FHLBank debt and its support for SOFR.  We expect the trend to accelerate as we position our debt to meet bond investor appetite for LIBOR alternative benchmark debt, and to provide liquidity in the SOFR debt market.  FHLBank System issuance of SOFR-linked bonds has exceeded LIBOR-linked bonds in September for the fourth consecutive month.  SOFR floaters comprised 39% of CO bond trade volume in September.

 

The FHLBNY’s share of SOFR-linked CO bonds has grown during 2019, and outstanding balance was $11.3 billion at September 30, 2019, up from $950.0 million at December 31, 2018.

 

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Consolidated obligation bonds

 

The following table summarizes types of Consolidated obligation bonds (CO Bonds) issued and outstanding (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 5.1:                                       CO Bonds by Type

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Amount

 

Percentage
of Total

 

Amount

 

Percentage
of Total

 

Fixed-rate, non-callable

 

$

25,003,995

 

33.18

%

$

22,745,980

 

27.16

%

Fixed-rate, callable

 

6,161,000

 

8.17

 

4,966,000

 

5.93

 

Step Up, callable

 

75,000

 

0.10

 

880,000

 

1.05

 

Single-index floating rate

 

44,124,000

 

58.55

 

55,166,000

 

65.86

 

Total par value

 

75,363,995

 

100.00

%

83,757,980

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bond premiums

 

94,002

 

 

 

42,647

 

 

 

Bond discounts

 

(25,027

)

 

 

(36,290

)

 

 

Hedge valuation basis adjustments (a)

 

435,504

 

 

 

238,150

 

 

 

Hedge basis adjustments on de-designated hedges (b)

 

140,493

 

 

 

131,497

 

 

 

FVO (c) - valuation adjustments and accrued interest

 

34,961

 

 

 

19,792

 

 

 

Total Consolidated obligation-bonds

 

$

76,043,928

 

 

 

$

84,153,776

 

 

 

 

Fair value basis and valuation adjustments — Key determinants are factors such as run offs and new transactions designated under an ASC 815 hedge or elected under the FVO, the forward swap curve, the volatility of the swap rates, the remaining duration to maturity, and for bonds elected under the FVO, the changes in the spread between the swap rate and the Consolidated obligation debt yields, and changes in interest payable, which is a component of the entire fair value of FVO bonds.

 


(a)         Hedging valuation basis adjustments The reported carrying values of hedged CO bonds are adjusted for changes in their fair values (fair value basis adjustments or fair value) that are attributable to changes in the benchmark risk being hedged.  LIBOR is our primary benchmark.  In 2019 we adopted OIS/FF and OIS/SOFR as two other benchmarks.  In hedging relationship, the benchmark is elected on an instrument-by-instrument basis and becomes the discounting basis under ASC 815 for computing changes in fair values for hedged CO bonds.  Table 5.2 CO Bonds Hedged under Qualifying Fair Value Hedges discloses notional amounts of CO bonds hedged.  The application of ASC 815 accounting methodology resulted in the recognition of net unrealized hedge valuation basis losses of $435.5 million and $238.2 million at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.  The benchmark curves, specifically the forward LIBOR yield curve, declined at September 30, 2019.  As hedge valuation basis of fixed-rate CO liabilities move with the rise and fall of the forward LIBOR curve, the sharp decline of the swap curve caused valuation losses to increase.  Generally, hedge valuation basis gains and losses are unrealized and will reverse to zero if the CO bonds are held to maturity or are called on the early option exercise dates.

 

(b)         Valuation basis of terminated hedges Represents unamortized cumulative valuation basis of certain CO bonds that were no longer in fair value hedge relationships.  When hedging relationships for the debt were de-designated, the net unrealized cumulative losses at the hedge termination dates were no longer adjusted for changes in the benchmark rate.  Instead, the valuation basis are being amortized on a level yield method, and the net amortization is recorded as a reduction of Interest expense.  If the CO bonds are held to maturity, the basis losses will be fully amortized as interest expense.

 

(c)          FVO valuation adjustments Valuation basis adjustments and accrued interest payable are recorded to recognize changes in the entire fair value (the full fair value) of CO bonds elected under the FVO.  Table 5.3 CO Bonds Elected under the Fair Value Option (FVO) discloses par amounts of CO bonds elected under the FVO.  Valuation adjustments at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 were largely the accumulation of semi-annual accrued unpaid interest included in the full fair value of the debt.

 

The discounting basis for computing the change in fair value basis of bonds elected under the FVO is the observable (FHLBank) CO bond yield curve.  All FVO bonds were short- and intermediate-term, and fluctuations in their “clean prices” (without accumulated unpaid interest) valuations were not significant as the bonds re-priced relatively frequently to market indices, keeping valuations near to par, although inter-period valuation volatility is likely.

 

We have elected the FVO on an instrument-by-instrument basis.  For bonds elected under the FVO, it was not necessary to estimate changes attributable to instrument-specific credit risk, as we consider the credit worthiness of the FHLBanks to be secure and credit related adjustments unnecessary.  More information about debt elected under the FVO is provided in financial statements, Note 18.  Fair Values of Financial Instruments (See Fair Value Option Disclosures).

 

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Hedge volume Tables 5.2 - 5.4 provide information with respect to par amounts of CO bonds based on accounting designation: (1) under hedge qualifying rules, (2) under the FVO, and (3) as an economic hedge (in thousands):

 

Table 5.2:                                       CO Bonds Hedged under Qualifying Fair Value Hedges

 

Qualifying hedges Generally, fixed-rate (bullet and callable) medium and long-term Consolidated obligation bonds are hedged in a Fair value ASC 815 qualifying hedge.

 

 

 

Consolidated Obligation Bonds

 

Par Amount

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Qualifying Hedges

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed-rate bullet bonds

 

$

5,942,070

 

$

8,300,080

 

Fixed-rate callable bonds

 

1,445,000

 

3,373,000

 

 

 

$

7,387,070

 

$

11,673,080

 

 

Table 5.3:                                       CO Bonds Elected under the Fair Value Option (FVO)

 

CO bonds elected under the FVO If at inception of a hedge we do not believe that a hedge would be highly effective in offsetting fair value changes between the derivative and the debt (hedged item), we may designate the debt under the FVO if operationally practical.  We would record fair value changes of the FVO debt through earnings, and to the extent the debt is economically hedged, record changes in the fair values of the interest rate swap through earnings.  The recorded balance sheet value of debt under the FVO would include the fair value basis adjustments, so that the debt’s balance sheet carrying values would be its full fair value.

 

 

 

Consolidated Obligation Bonds

 

Par Amount

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Bonds designated under FVO

 

$

10,335,000

 

$

5,140,000

 

 

CO bonds elected under the FVO were generally in economic hedges by the execution of interest rate swaps that converted the fixed-rate bonds to a variable-rate instrument.  We elected to account for the bonds under the FVO when we were generally unable to assert with confidence that the short- and intermediate-term bonds, or callable bonds, with short lock-out periods to the exercise of call options, would remain effective hedges as required under hedge accounting rules.  Designation of CO bonds under the FVO is an asset-liability management decision.  For more information, see financial statements, Fair Value Option Disclosures in Note 18.  Fair Values of Financial Instruments.

 

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Table 5.4:                                       Economic Hedges of CO Bonds (Excludes CO Bonds Elected under the FVO and Designated in Economic Hedges)

 

Economic hedges of CO bonds We also issue variable-rate debt with coupons that are not indexed to the 3-month LIBOR, our preferred funding base.  During the periods in this report, we issued variable-rate bonds indexed to the 1-month LIBOR.  To mitigate the economic risk of a change in the variable-rate basis between the 3-month LIBOR and the 1-month LIBOR, we have executed basis rate swaps that have synthetically created 3-month LIBOR debt.  The operational cost of designating the debt instruments in an ASC 815 qualifying hedge outweighed the accounting benefits of marking the debt and the swap to fair values.  We opted instead to designate the hedging basis swaps as standalone derivatives, and recorded changes in their fair values through earnings.  The carrying value of the debt would not include fair value basis since the debt is recorded at amortized cost.

 

 

 

Consolidated Obligation Bonds

 

Par Amount

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Bonds designated as economically hedged

 

 

 

 

 

Floating-rate bonds (a)

 

$

21,430,000

 

$

29,735,000

 

Fixed-rate bonds (b)

 

105,000

 

15,000

 

 

 

$

21,535,000

 

$

29,750,000

 

 


(a)         Floating-rate debt Floating-rate bonds were typically indexed to 1-month LIBOR.  With the execution of basis hedges, certain floating-rate bonds were swapped in economic hedges to 3-month LIBOR, mitigating the basis risk between the 1-month LIBOR and the 3-month LIBOR, which is our primary benchmark rate.

 

(b)         Fixed-rate debt Bonds that were previously hedged and have fallen out of effectiveness.

 

CO Bonds — Maturity or Next Call Date (a)

 

Callable bonds contain an exercise date or a series of exercise dates that may result in a shorter redemption period.  The following table summarizes par amounts of Consolidated bonds outstanding by years to maturity or next call date (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 5.5:                                       CO Bonds — Maturity or Next Call Date

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Amount

 

Percentage
of Total

 

Amount

 

Percentage
of Total

 

Year of maturity or next call date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due or callable in one year or less

 

$

61,972,485

 

82.23

%

$

69,699,475

 

83.22

%

Due or callable after one year through two years

 

3,311,140

 

4.39

 

5,700,545

 

6.81

 

Due or callable after two years through three years

 

2,076,965

 

2.76

 

1,661,325

 

1.98

 

Due or callable after three years through four years

 

1,691,040

 

2.24

 

1,383,750

 

1.65

 

Due or callable after four years through five years

 

1,015,380

 

1.35

 

955,235

 

1.14

 

Thereafter

 

5,296,985

 

7.03

 

4,357,650

 

5.20

 

Total par value

 

$

75,363,995

 

100.00

%

$

83,757,980

 

100.00

%

 


(a)         Contrasting Consolidated obligation bonds by contractual maturity dates (see financial statements, Note 12. Consolidated Obligations — Redemption Terms of Consolidated Obligation Bonds) with potential call dates (as reported in table above) illustrates the impact of hedging on the effective duration of the bond.  With a callable bond, we have purchased the option to terminate debt at agreed upon dates from investors.  The call options are exercisable as either a one-time option or quarterly.  Our current practice is to exercise our option to call a bond when the swap counterparty exercises its option to call the cancellable swap hedging the callable bond.  Thus, issuance of a callable bond with an associated callable swap significantly alters the contractual maturity characteristics of the original bond and introduces the possibility of an exercise call date that is significantly shorter than the contractual maturity.

 

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The following table summarizes callable bonds versus non-callable CO bonds outstanding (par amounts, in thousands):

 

Table 5.6:                                       Outstanding Callable CO Bonds versus Non-callable CO bonds

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Callable

 

$

6,236,000

 

$

5,846,000

 

Non-Callable

 

$

69,127,995

 

$

77,911,980

 

 

CO Discount Notes

 

The following table summarizes discount notes issued and outstanding (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 5.7:                                       Discount Notes Outstanding

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Par value

 

$

55,626,021

 

$

50,805,481

 

Amortized cost

 

$

55,534,357

 

$

50,631,066

 

FVO (a) - valuation adjustments and remaining accretion

 

 

9,172

 

Total discount notes

 

$

55,534,357

 

$

50,640,238

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average interest rate

 

1.98

%

2.34

%

 


(a)         Valuation basis adjustment losses are recorded to recognize changes in the entire or full fair values of CO discount notes elected under the FVO.  The full fair values include unaccreted discounts.  The discounting basis for computing changes in fair values of discount notes elected under the FVO is the observable FHLBank discount note yield curve.  Valuation losses were largely liability balances representing unaccreted discounts.  Other than unaccreted discount, changes in the valuation adjustments represent fair value changes due to changes in the term structure of interest rates, the shape of the yield curve at the measurement dates, and the growth or decline in volume of hedged discount notes.  When held to maturity, unaccreted discounts will be fully accreted to par, and unrealized fair value gains and losses will sum to zero over the term to maturity. There were no FVO discount notes outstanding at September 30, 2019.

 

The following table summarizes discount notes elected under the FVO and outstanding (in thousands):

 

Table 5.8:                                       Discount Notes under the Fair Value Option (FVO)

 

 

 

Consolidated Obligation
Discount Notes

 

Par Amount

 

December 31, 2018

 

Discount notes designated under FVO (a)

 

$

3,170,915

 

 


(a)         No FVO discount notes were outstanding at September 30, 2019.  When we have elected discount notes under the FVO, it has not been necessary to estimate changes attributable to instrument-specific credit risk, as we consider the credit worthiness of the FHLBanks to be secured and credit related adjustments unnecessary.

 

CO Discount notes elected under the FVO were generally in economic hedges with the execution of interest rate swaps that converted the fixed-rate notes to a variable-rate instrument.  We elected to account for the discount notes under the FVO when we were generally unable to assert with confidence that the discount notes would remain effective hedges as required under hedge accounting rules.  See financial statements, Fair Value Option Disclosures in Note 18.  Fair Values of Financial Instruments.

 

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The following table summarizes Cash flow hedges of discount notes (in thousands):

 

Table 5.9:                                       Cash Flow Hedges of Discount Notes

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Obligation Discount Notes

 

Principal Amount

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Discount notes hedged under qualifying hedge (a)

 

$

2,664,000

 

$

2,664,000

 

 


(a)         Amounts represent discounts notes issued in cash flow “rollover” hedge strategies that hedged the variability of 91-day discount notes issued in sequence.  The original maturities of the interest rate swaps typically ranged from 10-15 years.  In this strategy, the discount note expense, which resets every 91 days, is synthetically converted to fixed cash flows over the hedge periods, thereby achieving hedge objectives.  For more information, see financial statements, Cash Flow Hedges in Note 17. Derivatives and Hedging Activities.

 

Accrued interest payable

 

Accrued interest payable Amounts outstanding were $183.1 million at September 30, 2019 and $223.6 million at December 31, 2018.  Accrued interest payable was comprised primarily of interest due and unpaid on CO bonds, which are generally payable on a semi-annual basis.  Fluctuations in unpaid interest balances on bonds are due to the timing of semi-annual coupon accruals and payments at the balance sheet dates.

 

Other Liabilities

 

Other liabilities — Amounts outstanding were $261.9 million at September 30, 2019 and $355.8 million at December 31, 2018.  Other liabilities comprised of unfunded pension liabilities, Federal Reserve pass-through reserves held on behalf of members, and miscellaneous payables.

 

Stockholders’ Capital

 

The following table summarizes the components of Stockholders’ capital (in thousands):

 

Table 6.1:                                       Stockholders’ Capital

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Capital Stock (a)

 

$

5,474,018

 

$

6,065,799

 

Unrestricted retained earnings (b)

 

1,097,444

 

1,102,801

 

Restricted retained earnings (c)

 

660,147

 

591,281

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

(51,787

)

(13,259

)

Total Capital

 

$

7,179,822

 

$

7,746,622

 

 


(a)         Stockholders’ Capital — Capital stock decreased in line with the decrease in advances borrowed.  When an advance matures or is prepaid, the excess capital stock is repurchased by the FHLBNY.  When an advance is borrowed or a member joins the FHLBNY’s membership, the member is required to purchase capital stock.  For more information about activity and membership stock, see Note 14. Capital Stock, Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock and Restricted Retained Earnings in the FHLBNY’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2019.

 

(b)         Unrestricted retained earnings Net income is added to this balance.  Dividends are paid out of this balance.  Funds are transferred to Restricted retained earnings balances that are determined in line with the approved provisions of the conduct of restricted retained earnings account.

 

(c)          Restricted retained earnings Restricted retained earnings balance at September 30, 2019 has grown to $660.1 million from the time the provisions were implemented in the third quarter of 2011 when the FHLBanks, including the FHLBNY agreed to set up a restricted retained earnings account.  The FHLBNY will allocate at least 20% of its net income to the FHLBNY’s Restricted retained earnings account until the balance of the account equals at least 1% of FHLBNY’s average balance of outstanding Consolidated Obligations for the previous quarter.

 

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The following table summarizes the components of AOCI (in thousands):

 

Table 6.2:                                       Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (AOCI)

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

Non-credit portion of OTTI on held-to-maturity securities, net of accretion (a)

 

$

(8,070

)

$

(11,061

)

Net market value unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities (b)

 

140,324

 

4,034

 

Net Fair value hedging gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities (b)

 

(26,272

)

 

Net Cash flow hedging gains (losses) (c)

 

(136,744

)

16,759

 

Employee supplemental retirement plans (d)

 

(21,025

)

(22,991

)

Total Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

$

(51,787

)

$

(13,259

)

 


(a)         OTTI — Non-credit OTTI losses in AOCI have declined in the periods in this report, primarily due to accretion recorded as a reduction in AOCI (and a corresponding increase in the balance sheet carrying values of the OTTI securities).

 

(b)         Fair values of available-for-sale securities — $140.3 million represents market value basis of unrealized gains and losses; $26.3 million represents ASC 815 fair values of hedged AFS securities due to changes in the benchmark rate.  Effective January 1, 2019, we transferred $1.6 billion fixed-rate CMBS to the AFS category from HTM.  Unrealized gains at September 30, 2019 were primarily on $1.6 billion of AFS securities that were transferred to the HTM category effective January 1, 2019 as permitted as a onetime transfer under ASU 2017-12.

 

(c)          Hedging activity losses in AOCI were on cash flow hedges of discount notes and hedges of anticipatory issuance of CO bonds.

See Table 6.3: AOCI Rollforward due to ASC 815 Hedging Programs.

 

(d)         Employee supplemental plans — Balances represent actuarially determined supplemental pension and postretirement health benefit liabilities that were not recognized through earnings.  Amounts are amortized as an expense through Compensation and benefits over an actuarially determined period.  For more information, see financial statements, Note 16.  Employee Retirement Plans in the FHLBNY’s most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2019.

 

Table 6.3:                                       AOCI Rollforward due to ASC 815 Hedging Programs

 

The following table presents amounts recognized in and reclassified out of AOCI due to cash flow and fair value hedges (in thousands):  Gains/ (losses) are recorded in AOCI.

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

Cash Flow Hedges

 

Fair Value Hedges

 

 

 

Rollover Hedge 
Program

 

Anticipatory 
Hedge Program

 

AFS Securities

 

Beginning balance

 

$

17,412

 

$

(653

)

$

 

Changes in fair values (a)

 

(147,213

)

4,369

 

(26,272

)

Amount reclassified

 

 

353

 

 

Fair Value - closed contract

 

 

(11,012

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ending balance

 

$

(129,801

)

$

(6,943

)

$

(26,272

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notional amount of swaps outstanding

 

$

2,664,000

 

$

 

$

452,000

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flow Hedges

 

 

 

 

 

Rollover Hedge 
Program

 

Anticipatory 
Hedge Program

 

 

 

Beginning balance

 

$

(23,342

)

$

3,465

 

 

 

Changes in fair values (a)

 

40,754

 

(4,377

)

 

 

Amount reclassified

 

 

(180

)

 

 

Fair Value - closed contract

 

 

439

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ending balance

 

$

17,412

 

$

(653

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notional amount of swaps outstanding

 

$

2,664,000

 

$

461,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flow Hedges

 

 

 

 

 

Rollover Hedge 
Program

 

Anticipatory 
Hedge Program

 

 

 

Beginning balance

 

$

(23,342

)

$

3,465

 

 

 

Changes in fair values (a)

 

102,125

 

133

 

 

 

Amount reclassified

 

 

(97

)

 

 

Fair Value - closed contract

 

 

756

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ending balance

 

$

78,783

 

$

4,257

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notional amount of swaps outstanding

 

$

2,664,000

 

$

100,900

 

 

 

 


(a)         Represents fair value changes of open swap contracts in cash flow hedges. For more information see, Note 17 Derivatives and Hedging Activities.

 

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Dividends — By Finance Agency regulation, dividends may be paid out of current earnings or if certain conditions are met, may be paid out of previously retained earnings.  We may be restricted from paying dividends if we do not comply with any of the Finance Agency’s minimum capital requirements or if payment would cause us to fail to meet any of the minimum capital requirements, including our Retained earnings target as established by the Board of Directors of the FHLBNY.  In addition, we may not pay dividends if any principal or interest due on any Consolidated obligations has not been paid in full, or if we fail to satisfy certain liquidity requirements under applicable Finance Agency regulations.  None of these restrictions applied for any period presented.

 

The following table summarizes dividends paid and payout ratios:

 

Table 6.4:                                       Dividends Paid and Payout Ratios

 

 

 

Nine months ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

September 30, 2018

 

Cash dividends paid per share

 

$

4.89

 

$

4.92

 

Dividends paid (a) (c)

 

$

280,823

 

$

310,444

 

Pay-out ratio (b)

 

81.56

%

70.91

%

 


(a)         In thousands.

 

(b)         Dividend paid during the period divided by net income for the period.

 

(c)          Does not include dividends paid to non-members; for accounting purposes, such dividends are recorded as interest expense.

 

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Derivatives Counterparty Credit Ratings

 

For information, and an analysis of our exposure due to non-performance of swap counterparties, see Table “Offsetting of Derivative Assets and Derivative Liabilities — Net Presentation” in Note 17. Derivatives and Hedging Activities to financial statements.  For information about the methodologies adopted for the fair value measurement of derivatives, see financial statements, Note 18.  Fair Values of Financial Instruments.

 

The following tables summarize notional amounts and fair values for the FHLBNY’s derivative exposures as represented by derivatives in fair value gain positions (in thousands):

 

Table 7.1:                                       Derivatives Counterparty Credit Ratings

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

Credit Rating

 

Notional Amount

 

Net Derivatives
Fair Value
Before Collateral

 

Cash Collateral 
Pledged To (From)
Counterparties 
(a)

 

Balance Sheet 
Net Credit 
Exposure

 

Non-Cash Collateral
Pledged To (From)
Counterparties 
(b)

 

Net Credit 
Exposure to 
Counterparties

 

Non-member counterparties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asset positions with credit exposure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uncleared derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Double A Asset (c) 

 

$

25,000

 

$

92

 

$

 

$

92

 

$

 

$

92

 

Single A asset (c) 

 

4,480,000

 

104,398

 

11,650

 

116,048

 

(106,224

)

9,824

 

Cleared derivatives assets (d)

 

79,461,644

 

11,519

 

71,778

 

83,297

 

251,192

 

334,489

 

 

 

83,966,644

 

116,009

 

83,428

 

199,437

 

144,968

 

344,405

 

Liability positions with credit exposure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Single A liability (c)

 

333,000

 

(3,027

)

3,050

 

23

 

 

23

 

 

 

333,000

 

(3,027

)

3,050

 

23

 

 

23

 

Total derivative positions with non-member counterparties to which the Bank had credit exposure

 

84,299,644

 

112,982

 

86,478

 

199,460

 

144,968

 

344,428

 

Member institutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative positions with member counterparties to which the Bank had credit exposure

 

516,000

 

13,180

 

 

13,180

 

(13,180

)

 

Delivery Commitments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative position with delivery commitments

 

56,485

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivative position with members

 

572,485

 

13,180

 

 

13,180

 

(13,180

)

 

Total

 

$

84,872,129

 

$

126,162

 

$

86,478

 

$

212,640

 

$

131,788

 

$

344,428

 

Derivative positions without credit exposure

 

12,465,656

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total notional

 

$

97,337,785

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

Credit Rating

 

Notional Amount

 

Net Derivatives 
Fair Value 
Before Collateral

 

Cash Collateral 
Pledged To (From) 
Counterparties 
(a)

 

Balance Sheet 
Net Credit 
Exposure

 

Non-Cash Collateral
Pledged To (From) 
Counterparties 
(b)

 

Net Credit 
Exposure to 
Counterparties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-member counterparties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asset positions with credit exposure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uncleared derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Single A asset (c) 

 

$

3,125,000

 

$

155,264

 

$

(44,970

)

$

110,294

 

$

(102,262

)

$

8,032

 

Cleared derivatives assets (d)

 

20,448,476

 

1,353

 

 

1,353

 

 

1,353

 

 

 

23,573,476

 

156,617

 

(44,970

)

111,647

 

(102,262

)

9,385

 

Liability positions with credit exposure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uncleared derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Single A liability (c)

 

3,414,264

 

(7,469

)

9,164

 

1,695

 

 

1,695

 

Cleared derivatives liability (d)

 

70,236,929

 

 

 

 

239,813

 

239,813

 

 

 

73,651,193

 

(7,469

)

9,164

 

1,695

 

239,813

 

241,508

 

Total derivative positions with non-member counterparties to which the Bank had credit exposure

 

97,224,669

 

149,148

 

(35,806

)

113,342

 

137,551

 

250,893

 

Member institutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative positions with member counterparties to which the Bank had credit exposure

 

28,000

 

363

 

 

363

 

(363

)

 

Delivery Commitments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative position with delivery commitments

 

12,682

 

57

 

 

57

 

(57

)

 

Total derivative position with members

 

40,682

 

420

 

 

420

 

(420

)

 

Total

 

$

97,265,351

 

$

149,568

 

$

(35,806

)

$

113,762

 

$

137,131

 

$

250,893

 

Derivative positions without credit exposure

 

8,831,152

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total notional

 

$

106,096,503

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(a)         When collateral is posted to counterparties in excess of fair value liabilities that are due to counterparties, the excess collateral is classified as a component of derivative assets, as the excess represents a receivable and an exposure for the FHLBNY.

 

(b)         Non-cash collateral securities.  Non-cash collateral was not deducted from net derivative assets on the balance sheet as control over the securities was not transferred.

 

(c)          NRSRO Ratings.

 

(d)         On cleared derivatives, we are required to pledge initial margin (collateral) to Derivative Clearing Organizations (DCOs) in cash or securities.  At September 30, 2019, we had pledged $251.2 million in marketable securities and $71.8 million in cash to fulfill our obligation to pledge initial margin as collateral.  At December 31, 2018, we had pledged $239.8 million in marketable securities to fulfill our obligation to pledge initial margin as collateral.

 

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Liquidity, Short-Term Borrowings and Short-Term Debt

 

Our primary source of liquidity is the issuance of Consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes.  To refinance maturing Consolidated obligations, we rely on the willingness of our investors to purchase new issuances.  We have access to the discount note market, and the efficiency of issuing discount notes is an important source of liquidity, since discount notes can be issued any time and in a variety of amounts and maturities.  Member deposits and capital stock purchased by members are another source of funds.  Short-term unsecured borrowings from other FHLBanks and in the federal funds market provide additional sources of liquidity.  In addition, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to purchase up to $4.0 billion of Consolidated obligations from the FHLBanks.  Our liquidity position remains in compliance with all regulatory requirements and management does not foresee any changes to that position.

 

Finance Agency Regulations — Liquidity

 

Regulatory requirements are specified in Parts 932, 1239 and 1270 of the Finance Agency regulations and Advisory Bulletin 2018-07.  Each FHLBank shall at all times have at least an amount of liquidity equal to the current deposits received from its members that may be invested in: (1) Obligations of the United States; (2) Deposits in banks or trust companies; or (3) Advances with a remaining maturity not to exceed five years that are made to members in conformity with part 1266. (4) Required to hold positive cash flow assuming no access to capital markets and assuming renewal of all maturing advances for a period of between ten to thirty calendar days; (5) Maintain liquidity limits to reduce the risks associated with a mismatch in asset and liability maturities, including an undue reliance on short-term debt funding.

 

In addition, each FHLBank shall provide for Contingency Liquidity, which is defined as the sources of cash a FHLBank may use to meet its operational requirements when its access to the capital markets is impeded.  We met our Contingency Liquidity requirements during all periods in this report.  Liquidity in excess of requirements is summarized in the table titled Contingency Liquidity.  Violations of the liquidity requirements would result in non-compliance penalties under discretionary powers given to the Finance Agency under applicable regulations, which include other corrective actions. Advisory Bulletin 2018-07 concerning liquidity was partially implemented on December 31, 2018 and on March 31, 2019 with full implementation on December 31, 2019.

 

Liquidity Management

 

We actively manage our liquidity position to maintain stable, reliable, and cost-effective sources of funds while taking into account market conditions, member demand and the maturity profile of our assets and liabilities. We recognize that managing liquidity is critical to achieving our statutory mission of providing low-cost funding to our members.  In managing liquidity risk, we are required to maintain certain liquidity measures in accordance with the FHLBank Act, an Advisory Bulletin and policies developed by management and approved by our Board of Directors.  The applicable liquidity requirements are described in the next four sections.

 

Deposit Liquidity. We are required to invest an aggregate amount at least equal to the amount of current deposits received from members in: (1) Obligations of the United States; (2) Deposits in banks or trust companies; or (3) Advances with a remaining maturity not to exceed five years that are made to members in conformity with part 1266.  In addition to accepting deposits from our members, we may accept deposits from other FHLBanks or from any other governmental instrumentality.  We met these requirements at all times.  Quarterly average reserves and actual reserves are summarized below (in millions):

 

Table 8.1:                                       Deposit Liquidity

 

 

 

Average Deposit

 

Average Actual

 

 

 

For the Quarters Ended

 

Reserve Required

 

Deposit Liquidity

 

Excess

 

September 30, 2019

 

$

1,199

 

$

81,421

 

$

80,222

 

June 30, 2019

 

1,075

 

93,965

 

92,890

 

March 31, 2019

 

1,065

 

90,100

 

89,035

 

December 31, 2018

 

904

 

93,526

 

92,622

 

 

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Operational LiquidityWe must be able to fund our activities as our balance sheet changes from day-to-day.  We maintain the capacity to fund balance sheet growth through regular money market and capital market funding and investment activities.  We monitor our operational liquidity needs by regularly comparing our demonstrated funding capacity with potential balance sheet growth.  We take such actions as may be necessary to maintain adequate sources of funding for such growth.  Operational liquidity is measured daily.  We met these requirements at all times.

 

The following table summarizes excess operational liquidity (in millions):

 

Table 8.2:                                       Operational Liquidity

 

 

 

Average Balance Sheet

 

Average Actual

 

 

 

For the Quarters Ended

 

Liquidity Requirement

 

Operational Liquidity

 

Excess

 

September 30, 2019

 

$

17,868

 

$

36,260

 

$

18,392

 

June 30, 2019

 

16,184

 

33,661

 

17,477

 

March 31, 2019

 

10,912

 

33,899

 

22,987

 

December 31, 2018

 

10,091

 

36,478

 

26,387

 

 

Contingency LiquidityWe are required by Finance Agency regulations to hold “contingency liquidity” in an amount sufficient to meet our liquidity needs if we are unable to access the Consolidated obligation debt markets for at least five business days.  Contingency liquidity includes (1) marketable assets with a maturity of one year or less; (2) self-liquidating assets with a maturity of one year or less; (3) assets that are generally acceptable as collateral in the repurchase market; and (4) irrevocable lines of credit from financial institutions receiving not less than the second-highest credit rating from a NRSRO.  We consistently exceeded the regulatory minimum requirements for contingency liquidity.  Contingency liquidity is measured daily.  We met these requirements at all times.

 

The following table summarizes excess contingency liquidity (in millions):

 

Table 8.3:                                       Contingency Liquidity

 

 

 

Average Five Day

 

Average Actual

 

 

 

For the Quarters Ended

 

Requirement

 

Contingency Liquidity

 

Excess

 

September 30, 2019

 

$

6,133

 

$

31,983

 

$

25,850

 

June 30, 2019

 

3,984

 

29,181

 

25,197

 

March 31, 2019

 

3,169

 

29,509

 

26,340

 

December 31, 2018

 

3,649

 

32,494

 

28,845

 

 

The standards in our risk management policy address our day-to-day operational and contingency liquidity needs.  These standards enumerate the specific types of investments to be held to satisfy such liquidity needs and are outlined above.  These standards also establish the methodology to be used in determining our operational and contingency needs.  We continually monitor and project our cash needs, daily debt issuance capacity, and the amount and value of investments available for use in the market for repurchase agreements.  We use this information to determine our liquidity needs and to develop appropriate liquidity plans.

 

The Finance Agency’s Liquidity Advisory Bulletin 2018-07 new guidance requires the Bank to maintain between 10 and 30 business days of positive cash flow assuming all advances renew.  The Advisory Bulletin also requires us to hold liquidity in a range between 1% and 20% of the notional of our outstanding standby financial letters of credit.  In addition, the Advisory Bulletin provides guidance on maintaining appropriate funding gaps for three-month (-10% to -20% of total assets) and one-year (-25% to -35% of total assets) maturity horizons.  The FHFA has defined and communicated to the FHLBanks specific initial liquidity levels to be maintained within these ranges in an accompanying supervisory letter, and may provide updated guidance in future supervisory letters.  We remain in compliance with the Advisory Bulletin and all Liquidity regulations.

 

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Other Liquidity Contingencies.  As discussed more fully under the section Debt Financing Activity and Consolidated Obligations, we are primarily liable for Consolidated Obligations issued on our behalf.  We are also jointly and severally liable with the other FHLBanks for the payment of principal and interest on the Consolidated Obligations of all the FHLBanks.  If the principal or interest on any Consolidated Obligation issued on our behalf is not paid in full when due, we may not pay dividends, redeem or repurchase shares of stock of any member or non-member stockholder until the Finance Agency approves our Consolidated Obligation payment plan or other remedy and until we pay all the interest or principal currently due on all our Consolidated Obligations.  The Finance Agency, at its discretion, may require any FHLBank to make principal or interest payments due on any Consolidated Obligations.

 

Finance Agency regulations also state that the FHLBanks must maintain, free from any lien or pledge, the following types of assets in an amount at least equal to the amount of Consolidated Obligations outstanding: Cash; Obligations of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States; Secured advances; Mortgages that have any guaranty, insurance, or commitment from the United States or any agency of the United States; and investments described in section 16(a) of the FHLBank Act, including securities that a fiduciary or trust fund may purchase under the laws of the state in which the FHLBank is located.

 

Short-term Borrowings and Short-term Debt

 

Our primary source of funds is the issuance of FHLBank debt.  Consolidated obligation discount notes are issued with maturities up to one year and provide us with short-term funds.  Discount notes are principally used in funding short-term advances, some long-term advances, as well as money market instruments.  We also issue short-term Consolidated obligation bonds as part of our asset-liability management strategy.  We may also borrow from another FHLBank, generally for a period of one day.  Such borrowings have been historically insignificant.

 

The following table summarizes short-term debt and their key characteristics (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 8.4:                                       Short-term Debt

 

 

 

Consolidated Obligations-Discount Notes

 

Consolidated Obligations-Bonds With
Original Maturities of One Year or Less

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

September 30, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Outstanding at end of the period (a)

 

$

55,534,357

 

$

50,640,238

 

$

40,838,050

 

$

53,593,000

 

Weighted-average rate at end of the period (b)

 

1.98

%

2.34

%

2.04

%

2.37

%

Average outstanding for the period (a)

 

$

56,614,307

 

$

51,656,594

 

$

47,863,722

 

$

59,411,703

 

Weighted-average rate for the period

 

2.32

%

1.79

%

2.36

%

1.86

%

Highest outstanding at any month-end (a)

 

$

64,453,180

 

$

59,769,950

 

$

51,728,000

 

$

70,377,100

 

 


(a)         Outstanding balances represent the carrying value of discount notes and par value of bonds (one year or less) issued and outstanding at the reported dates.

 

(b)         Weighted-average rate is calculated on outstanding balances at period-end.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements, Guarantees, and Other Commitments In accordance with regulations governing the operations of the FHLBanks, each FHLBank, including the FHLBNY, is jointly and severally liable for the FHLBank System’s Consolidated obligations issued under sections 11(a) and 11(c) of the FHLBank Act.  The joint and several liability regulation authorizes the Finance Agency 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.

 

In addition, in the ordinary course of business, the FHLBNY engages in financial transactions that, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, are not recorded on the FHLBNY’s balance sheet or may be recorded on the FHLBNY’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 purchase MPF loans from PFIs, and issues standby letters of credit.  These commitments may represent future cash requirements of the Bank, although the standby letters of credit usually expire without being drawn upon.  For more information about contractual obligations and commitments, see financial statements, Note 19. Commitments and Contingencies.

 

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Results of Operations

 

The following section provides a comparative discussion of the FHLBNY’s results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and the same periods in the prior year.  For a discussion of the significant accounting estimates used by the FHLBNY that affect the results of operations, see financial statements, Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates in the most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2019.

 

Net Income

 

Interest income from advances is the principal source of revenue.  Other sources of revenue are interest income from investment debt securities, trading securities, mortgage loans in the MPF portfolio, securities purchased under agreements to resell and federal funds sold.  The primary expense is interest paid on Consolidated obligation debt.  Other expenses are Compensation and benefits, Operating expenses, our share of operating expenses of the Office of Finance and the FHFA, and affordable housing program assessments on Net income.  Other significant factors affecting our Net income include the volume and timing of investments in mortgage-backed securities, prepayments of advances, charges due to debt repurchased, gains and losses from derivatives and hedging activities, and earnings from investing our shareholders’ capital.

 

Summarized below are the principal components of Net income (in thousands):

 

Table 9.1:                                       Principal Components of Net Income

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Total interest income

 

$

931,927

 

$

964,877

 

$

2,952,017

 

$

2,623,811

 

Total interest expense

 

769,533

 

754,160

 

2,448,831

 

2,012,370

 

Net interest income before provision for credit losses

 

162,394

 

210,717

 

503,186

 

611,441

 

Provision (Reversal) for credit losses on mortgage loans

 

134

 

(95

)

(158

)

(403

)

Net interest income after provision for credit losses

 

162,260

 

210,812

 

503,344

 

611,844

 

Total other income (loss)

 

(4,173

)

506

 

7,702

 

(18,763

)

Total other expenses

 

45,397

 

37,502

 

128,422

 

106,530

 

Income before assessments

 

112,690

 

173,816

 

382,624

 

486,551

 

Affordable Housing Program Assessments

 

11,278

 

17,404

 

38,292

 

48,740

 

Net income

 

$

101,412

 

$

156,412

 

$

344,332

 

$

437,811

 

 

Net Income 2019 Third Quarter Compared to 2018 Third Quarter

 

Net income — For the FHLBNY, Net income is Net interest income, minus credit losses on mortgage loans, plus Other income (loss), less Other expenses and less Affordable Housing Program assessments.

 

In the third quarter of the current year, Net income was $101.4 million, a decrease of $55.0 million, or 35.2% compared to the same period in the prior year.  Summarized below are the primary components of our Net income:

 

Net interest income — Net interest income is typically driven by the volume of earning assets, as measured by average balances of earning assets, and by the net interest spread earned in the period.  Other significant drivers would be prepayment fees earned when advances are early terminated by our borrowing members, and the impact on interest income and expense by the execution of swaps that hedge our assets and liabilities.  Swap interest accruals are a significant component of Net interest income.  Fair values changes of derivatives and hedged items in hedges under ASC 815 are also recorded in Net interest income beginning in 2019 with the adoption of ASU 2017-12.  The impact of adoption was not material.

 

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In the third quarter of the current year, Net interest income after provision for credit losses was $162.3 million, a decrease of $48.5 million, or 23.0%, from the same period in the prior year.  Net interest income declined in parallel with lower volume of advances and margins declined from advance pricing reductions at the start of the year.

 

While funding costs remain attractive for the FHLBank issued CO debt, costing yields were not as favorable in the current year period relative to the prior year period.  Because of these conditions, net interest spread declined to 34 basis points in the third quarter of the current year, compared to 44 basis points in the same period in the prior year.

 

Other income (loss) — In the third quarter of the current year, Other income (loss) reported a loss of $4.2 million, compared to a gain of $0.5 million.  Primary components are noted below:

 

·                  Service fees and other are primarily correspondent banking fees and fee revenues from financial letters of credit.  Such revenues were $4.7 million in the third quarter of the current year, compared to $4.2 million in the same period in the prior year.

 

·                  Derivative and hedging activities on hedges that were not eligible under ASC 815 reported a net loss of $4.3 million in the third quarter of the current year, compared to a net loss of $3.2 million in the same period in the prior year.

 

·                  Securities held for liquidity (classified as trading) reported net losses of $4.0 million in the third quarter of the current year, compared to net losses of $2.3 million in the same period in the prior year.  We increased our holdings of U.S Treasury securities in line with our liquidity objectives.

 

·                  Equity Investments, held to fund payments to retirees in non-qualified pension plans, reported net gains of $0.4 million in the third quarter of the current year, compared to net gains of $1.2 million in the same period in the prior year.

 

Other expenses were $45.4 million in the third quarter of the current year, compared to $37.5 million in the same period in the prior year.  Other expenses are primarily Operating expenses, Compensation and benefits, and our share of expenses of the Office of Finance and the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

 

·                  Operating expenses were $17.2 million in the third quarter of the current year, up from $11.9 million in the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily due to professional and consulting expenses incurred as part of a multi-year technology initiative.

 

·                  Compensation and benefits expenses were $21.9 million in the third quarter of the current year, up from $18.6 million in the same period in the prior year.

 

·                  The expenses allocated for our share of the costs to operate the Office of Finance and the Federal Housing Finance Agency were $4.0 million in the third quarter of the current year, slightly lower than the same period in the prior year.

 

·                  Other expenses were $2.4 million in the third quarter of current year, compared to $2.9 million in the same period in the prior year.

 

AHP assessments allocated from Net income were $11.3 million in the third quarter of the current year, compared to $17.4 million in the same period in the prior year.  Assessments are calculated as a percentage of Net income, and changes in allocations were in parallel with changes in Net income.

 

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Net Income — Year-to-Date Period Ended September 30, 2019 Compared to September 30, 2018

 

Net income — Net income in the year-to-date period in the current year was $344.3 million, a decrease of $93.5 million, or 21.4%, compared to the same period in the prior year.  The decline is attributed to lower earnings in the current year, driven down by lower interest margins and lower Net interest income.

 

Net interest income after provision for credit losses in the year-to-date period in the current year was $503.3 million, a decrease of $108.5 million, or 17.7% from the same period in the prior year.  Interest margin earned was lower, declining to 47 basis points, compared to 52 basis points in the prior year period. Reduction in advance pricing effective January 1, 2019 impacted interest margin. Additionally, balance sheet earning-assets were lower as measured by average balances, which declined to $143.6 billion, compared to $157.4 billion in the prior year period.  Lower balance sheet was driven by successive declines in advances borrowed in the three quarters in the current year. Average stockholder’s capital, which provides interest-free funding declined to $7.3 billion compared to $7.9 billion in the prior year period. The decline was in parallel with the decline in advances borrowed by member/stockholders since capital stock is repurchased by the FHLBNY when advances mature or are prepaid.

 

Other income (loss) — Other income (loss) in the year-to-date period in the current year reported a gain of $7.7 million, compared to a loss of $18.8 million in the same period in the prior year.  Favorable year-over-year change was driven by fair value gains on U.S. Treasury securities held for liquidity, and gains on Equity investments held to fund certain non-qualified pension liabilities.  Gains were partly offset by increase in fair value losses on derivatives in economic hedges of trading securities.

 

Other expenses were $128.4 million in the year-to-date period in the current year, compared to $106.5 million in the same period in the prior year.  Other expenses are primarily Operating expenses, Compensation and benefits, and our share of expenses of the Office of Finance and the Federal Housing Finance Agency.  Operating expenses were $45.5 million, up from $33.3 million in the prior year period due to professional and consulting expenses incurred in the period to implement several multi-year technology enhancement initiatives.  Compensation and benefits were $63.8 million, up from $54.9 million in the prior year period dues to increase in head count.

 

AHP assessments allocated from Net income were $38.3 million in the year-to-date period in the current year, compared to $48.7 million in the prior year.  Assessments are calculated as a percentage of Net income, and changes in allocations were in parallel with changes in Net income.

 

Net Interest Income, Margin and Interest Rate Spreads — 2019 Periods Compared to 2018 Periods

 

Net interest income is our principal source of Net income.  It represents the difference between income on interest-earning assets and expense on interest-bearing liabilities.

 

Period-over-period changes in Net interest income are typically driven by changes in the volume of earning assets, as measured by average balances of earning assets, and the impact of market interest rates on earning-assets and funding costs.  Interest income and expense accruals on interest rate swaps that qualified under the ASC 815 hedge accounting rules may impact period-over-period changes, as would fair value hedging effects.  Shareholders’ capital stock and retained earnings are also factors that impact net interest income as they provide interest free funding.  In a period when members prepay advances, the prepayment fees, which we receive may cause period-over-period fluctuations in income.  For more information about factors that impact Interest income and Interest expense, see Table 9.3 Net Interest Adjustments from Hedge Qualifying Interest Rate Swaps and discussions thereto.  Also, see Table 9.4 Spread and Yield Analysis, and Table 9.5 Rate and Volume Analysis.

 

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The following table summarizes Net interest income (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 9.2:                                       Net Interest Income

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

Change

 

2019

 

2018

 

Change

 

Total interest income (a)

 

$

931,927

 

$

964,877

 

(3.41

)%

$

2,952,017

 

$

2,623,811

 

12.51

%

Total interest expense (a)

 

769,533

 

754,160

 

2.04

 

2,448,831

 

2,012,370

 

21.69

 

Net interest income before provision for credit losses

 

$

162,394

 

$

210,717

 

(22.93

)%

$

503,186

 

$

611,441

 

(17.70

)%

 


(a)          Total Interest Income and Total Interest Expense — See Tables 9.6 and 9.8 and accompanying discussions

 

2019 Third Quarter vs. 2018 Third Quarter — Third quarter Net interest income declined by 22.9% from the same period in the prior year.  We are impacted by the spread between costing debt yields and the yields earned on advances, mortgage-backed securities and other interest earning assets.  Net interest spread declined to 34 basis points in the third quarter of the current year, compared to 44 basis points in the same period in the prior year.

 

The decline in net interest income and margin were due to three primary factors.  First, interest yields earned on advances were lower due to the effects of advance pricing reduction beginning in 2019 for new advances. Second, net interest margin declined due to lower volume of interest earnings assets driven by declining advance borrowing.  Third, the funding environment was less favorable.

 

Costing yields when measured by a key metric, spreads to LIBOR, worsened in the current year period.  Short term debt, CO bonds and discount notes, are typically issued at sub-LIBOR spreads, and spreads to LIBOR have narrowed driving up costing yields for almost all funding categories.  For longer-term CO bonds, the yields are above LIBOR, driving up the cost funding and the pricing of longer-term advances.

 

While the impact of net interest settlements (interest accruals) on swaps hedging assets and liabilities under ASC 815 have remained favorable to net interest income and margin, the benefit has declined.  Interest settlements and amortization of hedged basis together made a favorable contribution of $39.4 million to interest accruals in the third quarter of the current year, compared to $52.9 million in the prior year period.  The favorable contribution to net interest income continued to be driven by interest settlements on swaps hedging advances.  In the hedge relationship, LIBOR-indexed cash flows received from swap counterparties exceeded the fixed-rate cash flows paid to swap counterparties.  The interest settlement effects of fair value hedges of fixed-rate CO bonds and interest settlement effects of cash flow hedges of CO discount notes resulted in adverse cash flow but were not significant in the current year period.

 

The fair value impact, representing the change in fair values of the hedging derivative and the hedged asset or liability did not materially impact Net interest income, as the ASC 815 hedging is highly effective, with fair value changes in hedged instruments matching offsetting changes in the hedging instrument (interest rate swap).

 

We earn interest income from investing our capital to fund interest-earning assets.  Such earnings are sensitive to the changes in short-term interest rates (Rate effects), and changes in the average outstanding capital and non-interest bearing liabilities (Volume effects).  Typically, we invest capital and net non-interest costing liabilities to fund short-term investment assets that yield money market rates.  In the periods in this report, market yields for investments in the federal funds and repo markets have improved and the potential contribution to interest margin of funding with capital has also improved.  Our capital is retained earnings and capital stock, which increases or decreases in parallel with the volume of advances borrowed by members.  Average capital was $7.0 billion in the current year period, compared to $7.8 billion in the prior year period.

 

2019 Year-to-Date Period vs. 2018 Year-to-Date Period — Net interest income in the current year-to-date period  declined by 17.7%, from the same period in the prior year.  Net interest spread earned was lower, 35 basis points, compared to 43 basis points in the prior year period.  Year-over-year decline was due to lower pricing of advances, lower earning assets, and less favorable funding environment.

 

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The effects of interest settlements from hedging actives under ASC 815, primarily cash flows from interest rate swaps in fair value and cash flows hedges made a favorable contribution of $153.3 million to interest accruals in the year-to-date period in the current year, compared to $99.4 million in the prior year period.

 

Impact of Qualifying Hedges on Net Interest Income — 2019 Periods Compared to 2018 Periods

 

The following table summarizes the impact of net interest adjustments from hedge qualifying interest-rate swaps (in thousands):

 

Table 9.3:                                       Net Interest Adjustments from Hedge Qualifying Interest Rate Swaps

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Interest Income

 

$

893,993

 

$

900,352

 

$

2,787,990

 

$

2,491,333

 

Fair value hedging effects

 

(39

)

 

684

 

 

Amortization of basis

 

(14

)

167

 

(42

)

103

 

Interest rate swap accruals

 

37,987

 

64,358

 

163,385

 

132,375

 

Reported interest income

 

931,927

 

964,877

 

2,952,017

 

2,623,811

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Expense

 

770,950

 

742,519

 

2,438,054

 

1,979,283

 

Fair value hedging effects

 

(516

)

 

2,306

 

 

Amortization of basis

 

(1,258

)

(1,440

)

(4,157

)

(4,262

)

Interest rate swap accruals

 

357

 

13,081

 

12,628

 

37,349

 

Reported interest expense

 

769,533

 

754,160

 

2,448,831

 

2,012,370

 

Net interest income

 

$

162,394

 

$

210,717

 

$

503,186

 

$

611,441

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest adjustment - interest rate swaps

 

$

39,351

 

$

52,884

 

$

153,250

 

$

99,391

 

 

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Spread and Yield Analysis 2019 Periods Compared to 2018 Periods

 

Table 9.4:                                       Spread and Yield Analysis

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

Income/

 

 

 

Average

 

Income/

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Balance

 

Expense

 

Rate (a)

 

Balance

 

Expense

 

Rate (a)

 

Earning Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances

 

$

90,401,801

 

$

599,554

 

2.63

%

$

107,180,010

 

$

678,029

 

2.51

%

Interest bearing deposits and others

 

361,732

 

1,856

 

2.04

 

20,957

 

105

 

1.98

 

Federal funds sold and other overnight funds

 

20,300,326

 

115,413

 

2.26

 

22,220,707

 

109,637

 

1.96

 

Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading securities

 

9,742,458

 

57,944

 

2.36

 

4,196,494

 

22,134

 

2.09

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

10,398,672

 

80,288

 

3.06

 

8,831,636

 

66,408

 

2.98

 

Floating

 

6,225,222

 

43,364

 

2.76

 

8,634,121

 

55,649

 

2.56

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

1,142,351

 

8,283

 

2.88

 

1,199,233

 

8,524

 

2.82

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio

 

3,017,248

 

25,224

 

3.32

 

2,903,065

 

24,305

 

3.32

 

Loans to other FHLBanks

 

217

 

1

 

1.88

 

17,500

 

86

 

1.96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest-earning assets

 

$

141,590,027

 

$

931,927

 

2.61

%

$

155,203,723

 

$

964,877

 

2.47

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funded By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligation bonds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

$

29,038,192

 

$

171,113

 

2.34

%

$

24,550,134

 

$

135,205

 

2.18

%

Floating

 

45,272,098

 

258,625

 

2.27

 

70,694,405

 

357,243

 

2.00

 

Consolidated obligation discount notes

 

58,831,496

 

333,413

 

2.25

 

50,979,146

 

256,029

 

1.99

 

Interest-bearing deposits and other borrowings

 

1,187,709

 

6,295

 

2.10

 

1,068,730

 

5,462

 

2.03

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

5,433

 

87

 

6.35

 

12,320

 

221

 

7.11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

134,334,928

 

769,533

 

2.27

%

147,304,735

 

754,160

 

2.03

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other non-interest-bearing funds

 

215,691

 

 

 

 

108,685

 

 

 

 

Capital

 

7,039,408

 

 

 

 

7,790,303

 

 

 

 

Total Funding

 

$

141,590,027

 

$

769,533

 

 

 

$

155,203,723

 

$

754,160

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Interest Income/Spread

 

 

 

$

162,394

 

0.34

%

 

 

$

210,717

 

0.44

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Interest Margin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Net interest income/Earning Assets)

 

 

 

 

 

0.46

%

 

 

 

 

0.54

%

 

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Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

Income/

 

 

 

Average

 

Income/

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Balance

 

Expense

 

Rate (a)

 

Balance

 

Expense

 

Rate (a)

 

Earning Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances

 

$

96,338,801

 

$

1,996,386

 

2.77

%

$

110,856,013

 

$

1,853,974

 

2.24

%

Interest bearing deposits and others

 

192,643

 

3,174

 

2.20

 

19,366

 

259

 

1.79

 

Federal funds sold and other overnight funds

 

18,466,158

 

328,311

 

2.38

 

21,891,407

 

283,330

 

1.73

 

Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading securities

 

7,891,043

 

145,746

 

2.47

 

3,059,799

 

44,479

 

1.94

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

9,827,457

 

228,750

 

3.11

 

8,611,345

 

191,847

 

2.98

 

Floating

 

6,777,507

 

147,342

 

2.91

 

8,842,344

 

154,338

 

2.33

 

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

1,156,978

 

26,475

 

3.06

 

1,188,264

 

22,554

 

2.54

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio

 

2,971,527

 

75,678

 

3.41

 

2,891,857

 

72,931

 

3.37

 

Loans to other FHLBanks

 

8,498

 

155

 

2.44

 

7,088

 

99

 

1.86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest-earning assets

 

$

143,630,612

 

$

2,952,017

 

2.75

%

$

157,367,483

 

$

2,623,811

 

2.23

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funded By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligation bonds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

$

28,348,377

 

$

525,111

 

2.48

%

$

26,314,126

 

$

393,539

 

2.00

%

Floating

 

50,139,129

 

899,209

 

2.40

 

68,935,640

 

915,169

 

1.77

 

Consolidated obligation discount notes

 

56,614,307

 

1,005,434

 

2.37

 

53,057,161

 

688,785

 

1.74

 

Interest-bearing deposits and other borrowings

 

1,099,297

 

18,782

 

2.28

 

1,081,899

 

14,030

 

1.73

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

6,212

 

295

 

6.35

 

16,500

 

847

 

6.87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

136,207,322

 

2,448,831

 

2.40

%

149,405,326

 

2,012,370

 

1.80

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other non-interest-bearing funds

 

139,094

 

 

 

 

93,330

 

 

 

 

Capital

 

7,284,196

 

 

 

 

7,868,827

 

 

 

 

Total Funding

 

$

143,630,612

 

$

2,448,831

 

 

 

$

157,367,483

 

$

2,012,370

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Interest Income/Spread

 

 

 

$

503,186

 

0.35

%

 

 

$

611,441

 

0.43

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Interest Margin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Net interest income/Earning Assets)

 

 

 

 

 

0.47

%

 

 

 

 

0.52

%

 


(a)         Reported yields with respect to advances and Consolidated obligations may not necessarily equal the coupons on the instruments as derivatives are extensively used to change the yield and optionality characteristics of the underlying hedged items.  When we issue fixed-rate debt that is hedged with an interest rate swap, the hedge effectively converts the debt into a simple floating-rate bond.  Similarly, we make fixed-rate advances to members and hedge the advances with a pay-fixed and receive-variable interest rate swap that effectively converts the fixed-rate asset to one that floats with a designated prevailing benchmark rate (LIBOR, OIS/FF or OIS/SOFR).  Average balance sheet information is presented, as it is more representative of activity throughout the periods presented.  For most components of the average balances, a daily weighted average balance is calculated for the period.  When daily weighted average balance information is not available, a simple monthly average balance is calculated.  Average yields are derived by dividing income by the average balances of the related assets, and average costs are derived by dividing expenses by the average balances of the related liabilities.  Yields and spreads are annualized.

 

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Rate and Volume Analysis — 2019 Periods Compared to 2018 Periods

 

The Rate and Volume Analysis presents changes in interest income, interest expense and net interest income that are due to changes in both interest rates and the volume of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and their impact on interest income and interest expense (in thousands):

 

Table 9.5:                                       Rate and Volume Analysis

 

 

 

For the three months ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2019 vs. September 30, 2018

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease)

 

 

 

Volume

 

Rate

 

Total

 

Interest Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances

 

$

(110,063

)

$

31,588

 

$

(78,475

)

Interest bearing deposits and others

 

1,748

 

3

 

1,751

 

Federal funds sold and other overnight funds

 

(9,998

)

15,774

 

5,776

 

Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading securities

 

32,657

 

3,153

 

35,810

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

12,058

 

1,822

 

13,880

 

Floating

 

(16,498

)

4,213

 

(12,285

)

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

(410

)

169

 

(241

)

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio

 

954

 

(35

)

919

 

Loans to other FHLBanks

 

(82

)

(3

)

(85

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest income

 

(89,634

)

56,684

 

(32,950

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligation bonds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

25,967

 

9,941

 

35,908

 

Floating

 

(140,767

)

42,149

 

(98,618

)

Consolidated obligation discount notes

 

42,199

 

35,185

 

77,384

 

Deposits and borrowings

 

625

 

208

 

833

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

(113

)

(21

)

(134

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest expense

 

(72,089

)

87,462

 

15,373

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changes in Net Interest Income

 

$

(17,545

)

$

(30,778

)

$

(48,323

)

 

 

 

For the nine months ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2019 vs. September 30, 2018

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease)

 

 

 

Volume

 

Rate

 

Total

 

Interest Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances

 

$

(263,331

)

$

405,743

 

$

142,412

 

Interest bearing deposits and others

 

2,842

 

73

 

2,915

 

Federal funds sold and other overnight funds

 

(49,220

)

94,201

 

44,981

 

Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading securities

 

86,452

 

14,815

 

101,267

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

28,015

 

8,888

 

36,903

 

Floating

 

(40,354

)

33,358

 

(6,996

)

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

(608

)

4,529

 

3,921

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio

 

2,024

 

723

 

2,747

 

Loans to other FHLBanks

 

22

 

34

 

56

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest income

 

(234,158

)

562,364

 

328,206

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligation bonds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

32,199

 

99,373

 

131,572

 

Floating

 

(287,826

)

271,866

 

(15,960

)

Consolidated obligation discount notes

 

48,798

 

267,851

 

316,649

 

Deposits and borrowings

 

229

 

4,523

 

4,752

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

(492

)

(60

)

(552

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest expense

 

(207,092

)

643,553

 

436,461

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changes in Net Interest Income

 

$

(27,066

)

$

(81,189

)

$

(108,255

)

 

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Interest Income 2019 Periods Compared to 2018 Periods

 

Interest income from advances, investments in mortgage-backed securities and MPF loans, federal funds and repurchase agreements are our principal sources of income.  Changes in both rate and intermediation volume (average interest-yielding assets) explain the change in the current year period from the prior year period.  Reported interest income is net of the impact of cash flows associated with interest rate swaps hedging certain fixed-rate advances that were converted to floating-rate generally indexed to short-term LIBOR.

 

The principal categories of Interest Income are summarized below (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 9.6:                                       Interest Income — Principal Sources

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

Change

 

2019

 

2018

 

Change

 

Interest Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances

 

$

599,554

 

$

678,029

 

(11.57

)%

$

1,996,386

 

$

1,853,974

 

7.68

%

Interest-bearing deposits

 

1,856

 

105

 

1,667.62

 

3,174

 

259

 

1,125.48

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

 

55,340

 

25,288

 

118.84

 

137,582

 

55,125

 

149.58

 

Federal funds sold

 

60,073

 

84,349

 

(28.78

)

190,729

 

228,205

 

(16.42

)

Trading securities

 

57,944

 

22,134

 

161.79

 

145,746

 

44,479

 

227.67

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

80,288

 

66,408

 

20.90

 

228,750

 

191,847

 

19.24

 

Floating

 

43,364

 

55,649

 

(22.08

)

147,342

 

154,338

 

(4.53

)

State and local housing finance agency obligations

 

8,283

 

8,524

 

(2.83

)

26,475

 

22,554

 

17.38

 

Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio

 

25,224

 

24,305

 

3.78

 

75,678

 

72,931

 

3.77

 

Loans to other FHLBanks

 

1

 

86

 

(98.84

)

155

 

99

 

56.57

 

Total interest income

 

$

931,927

 

$

964,877

 

(3.41

)%

$

2,952,017

 

$

2,623,811

 

12.51

%

 

2019 Third Quarter vs. 2018 Third Quarter

 

Interest income in the third quarter of the current year period declined a little from the same period last year primarily due to lower interest income earned on advances.  Fed rate cuts in late July and September have also impacted yields on assets.

 

Our advance portfolio includes floating-rate advances, primarily indexed to LIBOR and some linked to SOFR.  Fixed-rate advances are plain-vanilla short, intermediate and long-term instruments.  Long-term advances are typically swapped to floating-rate.  Intermediate-term are also swapped to floating-rate when deemed appropriate to meet our funding risk profile.  Putable advances are fixed-rate with call options, and tenors that are typically intermediate- and long-term.  Putable advances are swapped to floating-rate with mirrored option, a package that is designed to eliminate option risk and interest rate risk.

 

Interest income from advances declined by 11.6%.  First, we reduced pricing for new advances starting in early 2019.  Second, advance volume year-over-year in the period declined when short- and intermediate-term adjustable rate advances matured or when advances were prepaid and were not replaced by new borrowings.  Also, swap interest settlements accruing as income were lower, $37.7 million in the current year period compared to $64.4 million in the same period in the prior year - in the current year third quarter, in exchange for fixed-rate payments made to swap counterparties and clearing counterparties, we received LIBOR-indexed floating-rate cash flows that were lower in a declining LIBOR environment.

 

Prepayment fees recorded were higher, $13.4 million in the 2019 period, compared to $2.5 million in the prior year period.

 

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Beginning in 2019, gains and losses on ASC 815 hedges on fixed-rate advances are recorded in Interest income from advances.  Prior to the adoption of ASU 2017-12 on January 1, 2019, gains and losses on derivatives and hedged advances were recorded in Other income (loss).  The accounting change resulted in an immaterial change to reported interest income.  Hedging impact, changes in the fair values of hedged advances minus fair values of hedging instruments, was not material.

 

Overnight lending rates were healthier, improved yields from liquid investments in Federal funds sold and repurchase lending.  Liquid assets are a significant aspect of our daily operations and improved market yields helped us maintain and increase funds available for our borrowing members and at the same time earn a reasonable return.  Also, interest income from fixed-rate U.S. government securities has grown as we have increased our trading portfolio of readily marketable liquid assets to comply with our liquidity targets.

 

Interest income from floating-rate MBS has declined in parallel with our strategy of reducing holdings of LIBOR-indexed assets and instead acquiring fixed-rate MBS when acquisition met our risk/return targets.  As a result, interest income from fixed-rate MBS portfolio has increased.

 

Interest income from MPF loans, which are 15-year and 30-year residential mortgage loans, has remained steady as the portfolio has grown only a little and market yields have remained relatively flat year-over-year in the period.  Pricing remains highly competitive for high-quality conventional mortgage loans acquired in participation with our members.

 

2019 Year-to-Date Period vs. 2018 Year-to-Date Period

 

Interest income in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 grew by 12.5%, compared to the same period in 2018, primarily driven by rising market rates in the early quarters in 2019 before the two Fed rate cuts in July and September impacted asset yields.  Interest income grew despite the effects of lower pricing on advances and despite the decline in advance balances, the increase primarily driven by higher market yields earned in the pre-Fed rate actions beginning in late July.  While market rates have begun to decline in the third quarter of 2019 in line with the Fed’s initiatives, our asset yields have yet to fully reprice to prevailing rates.  Swap interest settlements accruing to interest income from advances were higher in the current year period, $162.9 million, compared to $132.4 million in the same period in the prior year, consistent with higher LIBOR in the first two quarters.

 

Prepayment fees were higher, $17.8 million in the 2019 period, compared to $5.9 million in the prior year period.

 

Fair value hedging impact of changes in fair values of hedged advances minus fair values of hedging instruments was not material.

 

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Impact of hedging on Interest income from advances2019 Periods Compared to 2018 Periods

 

We have executed interest rate swaps to modify the effective interest rate terms of many of our fixed-rate advance products and typically all of our putable advances, effectively converting a fixed-rate stream of cash flows from fixed-rate advances to a floating-rate stream of cash flows, typically indexed to LIBOR.  The cash flow patterns achieved our interest rate risk management practices of synthetically converting much of our fixed-rate interest exposures to a LIBOR exposure.

 

The table below summarizes interest income earned from advances and the impact of interest rate derivatives (in thousands):

 

Table 9.7:                                       Impact of Interest Rate Swaps on Interest Income Earned from Advances

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Advance Interest Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advance interest income before adjustment for interest rate swaps

 

$

561,911

 

$

613,504

 

$

1,832,762

 

$

1,721,496

 

Fair value hedging effects (a)

 

(43

)

 

727

 

 

Amortization of basis

 

(14

)

167

 

(42

)

103

 

Interest rate swap accruals

 

37,700

 

64,358

 

162,939

 

132,375

 

Total advance interest income reported

 

$

599,554

 

$

678,029

 

$

1,996,386

 

$

1,853,974

 

 


(a)  In the periods prior to the adoption of ASU 2017-12 on January 1, 2019, fair value hedging effects were recorded in Other income (loss) and not in Advance interest income.

 

Interest Expense 2019 Periods Compared to 2018 Periods

 

Our primary source of funding is through the issuance of Consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes in the global debt markets.  Consolidated obligation bonds are generally medium- and long-term bonds, while discount notes are short-term instruments.  To fund our assets, our management considers our interest rate risk and liquidity requirements in conjunction with consolidated obligation buyers’ preferences and capital market conditions when determining the characteristics of debt to be issued.  Typically, we have used fixed-rate callable and non-callable CO bonds to fund mortgage-related assets and advances.  CO discount notes are generally issued to fund advances and investments with shorter interest rate reset characteristics.

 

Changes in bond market rates, changes in intermediation volume (average interest-costing liabilities and interest earning assets), the mix of debt issuances between CO bonds and CO discount notes, and the impact of hedging strategies are the primary factors that drive period-over-period changes in interest expense.

 

While, LIBOR is currently our primary benchmark rate for hedging under ASC 815, we intend to transition away from LIBOR over the next few years to the OIS/SOFR benchmark, an industry-wide transition effort.  In 2019, we adopted OIS/FF and OIS/SOFR as additional benchmarks that will facilitate the transition away from LIBOR.

 

For ASC 815 qualifying hedges, interest accruals from swaps and fair value changes of the hedging derivative and hedged debt are reported together with the interest expense accrued on the CO debt.  When an interest rate swap is designated in an economic hedge (not qualify as an ASC 815 hedge), interest accrual on the swap is not recorded as an adjustment to debt interest expense (as would a swap that qualified).  In an economic hedge, swap accruals together with changes in the fair values of the swaps are reported in Other income (below net interest income) as Derivatives gains (losses) in the Statements of income.  Beginning in 2019, gains and losses on ASC 815 hedges on fixed-rate advances are recorded in interest income from advances.  Prior to the adoption of ASU 2017-12 on January 1, 2019, gains and losses on derivatives and hedged debt were recorded in Other income (loss).  The accounting change was immaterial to reported interest expense.

 

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The principal categories of Interest expense are summarized below (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 9.8:                                       Interest Expenses Principal Categories

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

Change

 

2019

 

2018

 

Change

 

Interest Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated obligations bonds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

 

$

171,113

 

$

135,205

 

26.56

%

$

525,111

 

$

393,539

 

33.43

%

Floating

 

258,625

 

357,243

 

(27.61

)

899,209

 

915,169

 

(1.74

)

Consolidated obligations discount notes

 

333,413

 

256,029

 

30.22

 

1,005,434

 

688,785

 

45.97

 

Deposits

 

6,053

 

5,032

 

20.29

 

17,994

 

12,980

 

38.63

 

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

 

87

 

221

 

(60.63

)

295

 

847

 

(65.17

)

Cash collateral held and other borrowings

 

242

 

430

 

(43.72

)

788

 

1,050

 

(24.95

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest expense

 

$

769,533

 

$

754,160

 

2.04

%

$

2,448,831

 

$

2,012,370

 

21.69

%

 

Interest expense in the third quarter of the current year period increased a little from the same period last year.

 

Our funding portfolios include - floating-rate CO bonds, primarily indexed to the 1-month LIBOR (some swapped back to the 3-month LIBOR), and some linked to SOFR; CO discount notes, which are primarily overnight and short-maturity discount notes;  Fixed-rate CO bonds, which are primarily plain-vanilla short- and intermediate-term debt that are swapped to floating-rate when deemed appropriate to meet the funding profile; Callable CO bonds are fixed-rate, with call options and tenors that are typically intermediate- and long-term, and are swapped to floating-rate with mirrored option, a package that is designed to eliminate option risk and interest rate risk.

 

Our funding mix, measured as the ratio of average CO debt to average interest-earning assets, shifted in the direction of greater utilization of CO discount notes; 41.6% of assets were funded by CO discount notes compared to 32.8% in the same period in the prior year.  CO floating-rate bonds indexed to LIBOR have declined because of voluntary restraints we have instituted on the issuance of LIBOR instruments with maturities past December 31, 2021, the expected LIBOR transition date.

 

One measure of the funding environment is the measure of the contraction and expansion of the sub-LIBOR spread between cost of funding and the 3-month LIBOR.  That spread has adversely narrowed in the current year quarter compared to the same period in 2018 for almost all funding categories.  For longer-term CO bonds the yields are above LIBOR, driving up the cost funding for longer-term debt.

 

Market yields paid on intermediate-term floating-rate CO bonds have increased in the current year quarter over the same period in the prior year.  To illustrate the change in spreads, in September 2019 the weighted average spread to 3-month LIBOR for a 2-year floating-rate CO bond was around -12 basis points, compared to -16 basis points in September 2018, an increase of 4 basis points in costing yields.  Costing yields for CO floating-rate bonds was even tighter through most of the third quarter of 2019, relative to the same period in 2018.

 

CO discount note spread to LIBOR has also narrowed, albeit a little, compared to the same period in the prior year.  Costing yields have increased even through the Fed’s two rate cuts in the third quarter, although yield deterioration has been relatively small.  Despite the volatility in interest rates during the current year period, discount note pricing has remained relatively stable, affording us the option to utilize discount notes as a reliable funding vehicle to replace the more expensive CO floating-rate bonds.

 

Utilization of fixed-rate CO bonds has increased in the current year period, 20.5% versus 15.8% in the prior year period, as we have adjusted our funding mix in line with our asset/liability gap management targets.  Market yields on vanilla fixed-rate CO bonds, as measured by spreads to LIBOR, have trended favorably in the current year third quarter, although only by a few basis points.  However, when compared to the same period in 2018, the spreads to LIBOR have narrowed driving up comparable costing yields on CO fixed-rate bonds issued in the third quarter of 2019.

 

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Our hedging strategies under ASC 815 have remained unchanged, although in preparation for the market transition away from LIBOR, we have increased the use of OIS/FF as a benchmark for hedging assets and liabilities and have also begun to swaps linked to the SOFR benchmark.  Generally, the longer-term fixed-rate CO bonds and bonds with call options are hedged under ASC 815 fair value hedge, i.e. cash flows are swapped from fixed-rate to LIBOR-indexed variable-rate cash flows, synthetically converting fixed debt expense to a sub-LIBOR level.  Cash flow hedges have also been executed to hedge rolling-issuances of discount notes to long-term fixed-rate predictable interest expense.  The volume of cash flows exchanged in the hedging strategies together with the variability of the benchmark rate (i.e. LIBOR) drive interest settlements and impact interest expense and costing yields on hedged debt.  In the current year third quarter, LIBOR-indexed cash flows paid to swap dealers were almost matched by fixed-rate cash flows received, resulting in a net expense accrual of just $0.4 million, compared to a net expense of $13.1 million in the same period in the prior year when LIBOR was higher.  Fair value hedging impact, changes in the fair values of hedged debt minus fair values of hedging instruments, was not material.

 

On a year-to-date basis, interest expense in the current year period was higher by 21.7%, primarily due to the higher market rates in the debt markets in the first half of 2019, before the Fed action to lower rates in July and September.  Costing yields as measured by sub-LIBOR spreads narrowed for both fixed and floating CO bonds, driving up interest expense.  Year-over-year fluctuations in interest expense in the period between the categories of debt — fixed-rate, floating-rate and discount notes — were due to change in mix as we adjusted funding mix in step with changing bond market pricing and yields.  Swap interest settlements (which impact accruals) on swaps hedging CO debt resulted in additional interest expense as LIBOR indexed payments we made to derivative counterparties exceeded fixed-rate cash flows received.  However, swap interest settlement expense accruals were lower in the current year period, $12.6 million in the current year period, compared to $37.3 million in the same period in the prior year, a change that was favorable to costing yields.  ASC 815 fair value hedging impact on CO debt expense due to changes in fair values of hedged CO bonds and CO discount notes minus hedging instruments was immaterial.

 

Impact of Hedging on Interest Expense on Debt 2019 Periods Compared to 2018 Periods

 

The table below summarizes interest expense paid on Consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes and the impact of interest rate swaps (in thousands):

 

Table 9.9:                                       Impact of Interest Rate Swaps on Consolidated Obligations Interest Expense

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Bonds and discount notes-Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds-Interest expense before adjustment for swaps

 

$

433,622

 

$

482,784

 

$

1,415,632

 

$

1,285,826

 

Discount notes-Interest expense before adjustment for swaps

 

330,946

 

254,052

 

1,003,345

 

678,580

 

Fair value hedging effect on CO bonds (a)

 

(515

)

 

2,529

 

 

Fair value hedging effect on discount notes (a)

 

(1

)

 

(223

)

 

Amortization of basis adjustments on CO bonds

 

(1,453

)

(1,440

)

(4,352

)

(4,262

)

Amortization of basis adjustments on discount notes

 

195

 

 

195

 

 

Net interest adjustment for swaps hedging CO bonds

 

(1,916

)

11,104

 

10,512

 

27,143

 

Net interest adjustment for swaps hedging discount notes

 

2,273

 

1,977

 

2,116

 

10,206

 

Total bonds and discount notes-Interest expense

 

$

763,151

 

$

748,477

 

$

2,429,754

 

$

1,997,493

 

 


(a)  In the period prior to the adoption of ASU 2017-12 on January 1, 2019, fair value hedging effects were recorded in Other income (loss) and not in CO debt interest expense.

 

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Allowance for Credit Losses 2019 Periods Compared to 2018 Periods

 

·                  Mortgage loans held-for-portfolio Credit quality continues to be strong, delinquencies low, and allowance for credit losses have remained insignificant.

 

We recorded a net provision of $0.1 million in the current year quarter, compared to a net reversal of $95.7 thousand in the same period in the prior year.

 

On a year-to-date basis, we recorded a net reversal of $0.2 million in the current year period, compared to a net reversal of $0.4 million in the same period in the prior year.

 

We evaluate impaired conventional mortgage loans on an individual (loan-by-loan) basis, and compare the fair values of collateral (net of liquidation costs) to recorded investment values in order to calculate/measure credit losses on impaired loans.  Loans are considered impaired when they are seriously delinquent (typically 90 days or more) or in bankruptcy or foreclosure, and loan loss allowances are computed at that point.  When a loan is seriously delinquent, we believe it is probable that we will be unable to collect all contractual interest and principal in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement.  We also perform a loss migration analysis to collectively measure impairment of loans that have not already been individually evaluated for impairment.  FHA/VA (Insured mortgage loans) guaranteed loans are also evaluated collectively for impairment based on the credit worthiness of the PFI.

 

The immaterial amounts of reserves for credit losses are consistent with our historical experience with foreclosures or losses.  Additionally, collateral values of impaired loans have continued to remain steady and have improved in the New York and New Jersey sectors, and the low loan loss reserves were reflective of the stability in home prices in our residential loan markets.  For more information, see financial statements Note 10. Mortgage Loans Held-for-Portfolio.

 

·                  Advances Based on the collateral held as security and prior repayment history, no allowance for losses was currently deemed necessary.  Our credit risk from advances was concentrated in commercial banks, savings institutions and insurance companies.  All advances were fully collateralized during their entire term.  In addition, borrowing members pledged their stock in the FHLBNY as additional collateral for advances.

 

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Analysis of Non-Interest Income (Loss) 2019 Periods Compared to 2018 Periods

 

The principal components of non-interest income (loss) are summarized below (in thousands):

 

Table 9.10:                                Other Income (Loss)

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Other income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service fees and other (a)

 

$

4,665

 

$

4,195

 

$

13,739

 

$

11,889

 

Instruments held under the fair value option gains (losses) (b)

 

(694

)

535

 

(3,518

)

173

 

Total OTTI losses

 

 

 

 

(398

)

Net amount of impairment losses reclassified to (from)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

(256

)

 

(640

)

257

 

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings

 

(256

)

 

(640

)

(141

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative gains (losses) (c)

 

(4,269

)

(3,197

)

(55,618

)

(27,282

)

Trading securities gains (losses) (d)

 

(4,000

)

(2,275

)

46,994

 

(4,695

)

Equity investments gains (losses) (e)

 

381

 

1,248

 

6,745

 

1,293

 

Total other income (loss)

 

$

(4,173

)

$

506

 

$

7,702

 

$

(18,763

)

 


(a)         Service fees and other — Service fees are derived primarily from providing correspondent banking services to members, typically fees earned on standby financial letters of credit issued by the FHLBNYFee income earned on financial letters of credit were $4.4 million in the third quarter of the current year and $3.8 million in the same period in the prior year.  Letters of credit are primarily issued on behalf of members to units of state and local governments to collateralize their deposits at member banks.

 

On a year-to-date basis through September 30, Service fees earned on financial letters of credit were $13.1 million in the current year, compared to $10.8 million in the same period in the prior year.

 

(b)         FVO fair value losses and gains were primarily on CO bonds.  From time to time, we may also elect the FVO on an instrument by instrument basis for CO discount notes and advances.  Fluctuations in reported results are typically due to changes in the volume of instruments elected and the volatility of the CO funding rate, which is the fair value pricing basis for the FVO bonds.

 

(c)          Derivatives losses primarily represented the impact on earnings on swaps in economic hedges of the liquidity trading portfolio of fixed-rate U.S Treasury securities. For more information, see Table 9.12 Other Income (Loss) — Impact of Derivative Gains and Losses.

 

(d)    Net gains (losses) on Trading securities — We have invested in short- and medium-term fixed-rate U.S Treasury securities.  Gains and losses are primarily unrealized fair value gains.  The securities are not held for speculative trading and are held for liquidity in compliance with FHFA regulatory requirements. Fluctuations in price is representative of interest rate volatility and the resulting volatility in the price of the U.S. Treasury fixed-rate securities.

 

(e)    Fair value gains (losses) on Equity Investments — Our investments in grantor trusts are classified as equity investments, and are invested in equity and bond funds.  Gains were primarily unrealized and were recorded in a rising equity market.  The grantor trusts are owned by the FHLBNY with the objective of providing liquidity to pay for pension benefits to retirees vested in non-qualified pension plans.

 

The following table summarizes unrealized and realized gains (losses) in the trading portfolio (in thousands):

 

Table 9.11:                                Net Gains (Losses) on Trading Securities Recorded in the Statements of Income (a)

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net unrealized gains (losses) on Trading securities held at period-end

 

$

(4,000

)

$

(2,460

)

$

44,975

 

$

(4,709

)

Net unrealized and realized gains (losses) on Trading securities sold/matured during the period

 

 

185

 

2,019

 

14

 

Net gains (losses) on Trading securities

 

$

(4,000

)

$

(2,275

)

$

46,994

 

$

(4,695

)

 


(a)         Securities classified as trading are held for liquidity objectives and carried at fair values.  We record changes in the fair value and realized gains (losses) of the investments through Other income.  FHFA regulations prohibit trading in or the speculative use of financial instruments.

 

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Other income (loss) Derivatives and Hedging Activities 2019 Periods Compared to 2018 Periods

 

With the adoption of ASU 2017-12 effective January 1, 2019, we report the fair value hedging effects in qualifying hedges within interest income and interest expense together with the hedged item.  Prior to the adoption of the ASU, fair value impact of qualifying hedges and standalone derivatives were both reported in Other income (loss).  Comparative information for the prior year periods has not been reclassified to conform to post-adoption standards as the adoption of ASU 2017-12 permitted prospective adoption.  For derivatives that are not designated in a hedging relationship (i.e. in an economic hedge), the derivatives are considered as a “standalone” instrument and fair value changes are recorded in Other income (loss), without the offset of a hedged item.  Gains and losses recorded in Other income (loss) on standalone derivatives include net interest accruals.

 

The table presents fair value changes of derivatives in economic hedges (i.e. not in an ASC 815 qualifying hedge) in Other income (loss) in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 (post ASU 2017-12).  As noted previously, prior period comparatives have not been recast to conform to the post ASU presentation.  We also believe the disclosure benefits of reclassification would not outweigh significant operational costs.  As a result, for the periods in 2018, prior to the adoption of the ASU, the table presents the aggregate impact of all derivatives and hedging activities, including hedges that qualified under ASC 815.

 

Table 9.12:                                Other Income (Loss) — Impact of Derivative Gains and Losses (in thousands)

 

 

 

Impact on Other Income (Loss)

 

 

 

Three months ended
September 30,

 

Nine months ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances

 

 

 

$

239

 

 

 

$

904

 

Consolidated obligation bonds

 

 

 

(1,522

)

 

 

(2,565

)

Net gains (losses) related to fair value hedges

 

 

 

(1,283

)

 

 

(1,661

)

Cash flow hedges

 

 

 

(28

)

 

 

2

 

ASC 815 Hedging impact

 

 

 

$

(1,311

)

 

 

$

(1,659

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

(3,551

)

$

9,383

 

$

(56,957

)

$

3,859

 

Caps or floors

 

(410

)

(340

)

(630

)

(20

)

Mortgage delivery commitments

 

32

 

(83

)

532

 

(229

)

Swaps economically hedging instruments designated under FVO

 

(717

)

(245

)

1,970

 

72

 

Accrued interest on swaps in economic hedging relationships

 

377

 

(7,315

)

(533

)

(20,913

)

Net gains (losses) related to derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

$

(4,269

)

$

1,400

 

$

(55,618

)

$

(17,231

)

Price alignment interest paid on variation margin

 

 

(3,286

)

 

(8,392

)

Net gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities

 

$

(4,269

)

$

(1,886

)

$

(55,618

)

$

(25,623

)

 

Derivatives gains (losses) were primarily driven by swaps hedging U.S. Treasury securities, swaps hedging the basis risk of floating-rate CO bonds, and swaps hedging instruments elected under the FVO.  Interest accrual on swaps in economic hedges are also included in derivative gains and losses.

 

Fair values of swaps in economic hedges of fixed-rate U.S. Treasury securities (held for liquidity/trading) have been volatile in a fluctuating interest rate environment, reporting losses of $4.6 million in the current year third quarter, in contrast to a gain of $2.7 million in the same period in the prior year.  To provide context from a net hedging perspective, fair values of Treasury securities, which are the underlying hedged instruments, reported fair value losses of $4.0 million and $2.3 million in the current year quarter and the prior year period.

 

In the year-to-date period, swaps in economic hedges of Treasury securities reported fair value losses of $57.9 million in the 2019 period, in contrast to a fair value gain of $6.5 million in the 2018 period.  The hedged Treasury securities reported a gain of $47.0 million in the 2019 period, in contrast to a loss of $4.7 million in the 2018 period.  The hedging swaps are pay-fixed, receive floating-rate swaps, generally tied to the OIS/FF benchmark rate and fair values losses and gains were consistent with the volatility of benchmark rates.  The hedged Treasury securities are fixed-rate instruments and fluctuations in fair values were in line with the volatility of Treasury security prices in a volatile interest rate environment.

 

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Basis swaps in economic hedges of floating-rate CO bonds reported fair value gains of $1.1 million in the current year quarter, compared to gains of $7.0 million in the prior year period.  In the year-to-date period, basis swaps reported fair value gains of $0.8 million in the current year period, compared to a loss of $2.7 million in the prior year period.  The basis swaps are structured to convert the floating-rate index of variable-rate CO bonds generally from 1-month LIBOR to the 3-month LIBOR.  Fluctuations in reported fair values represent the volatility in the basis between the two LIBOR indices as well as fair value changes when swaps mature or approach maturity and previously recorded gains and losses reverse.

 

Operating Expenses, Compensation and Benefits, and Other Expenses 2019 Periods Compared to 2018 Periods

 

The following table sets forth the major categories of operating expenses (dollars in thousands):

 

Table 9.13:                                Operating Expenses, and Compensation and Benefits

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

Percentage of 
Total

 

2018

 

Percentage of 
Total

 

Operating Expenses (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupancy

 

$

2,211

 

12.89

%

$

2,134

 

17.88

%

Depreciation and leasehold amortization

 

2,230

 

13.00

 

1,284

 

10.76

 

All others (b)

 

12,710

 

74.11

 

8,520

 

71.36

 

Total Operating Expenses

 

$

17,151

 

100.00

%

$

11,938

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Compensation and Benefits (c)

 

$

21,870

 

 

 

$

18,639

 

 

 

Finance Agency and Office of Finance (d)

 

$

3,997

 

 

 

$

4,034

 

 

 

Other expenses (e)

 

$

2,379

 

 

 

$

2,891

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

Percentage of 
Total

 

2018

 

Percentage of 
Total

 

Operating Expenses (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupancy

 

$

6,156

 

13.54

%

$

6,213

 

18.66

%

Depreciation and leasehold amortization

 

6,344

 

13.96

 

3,819

 

11.47

 

All others (b)

 

32,952

 

72.50

 

23,256

 

69.87

 

Total Operating Expenses

 

$

45,452

 

100.00

%

$

33,288

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Compensation and Benefits (c)

 

$

63,770

 

 

 

$

54,896

 

 

 

Finance Agency and Office of Finance (d)

 

$

12,138

 

 

 

$

11,934

 

 

 

Other expenses (e)

 

$

7,062

 

 

 

$

6,412

 

 

 

 


(a)         Operating expenses included the administrative and overhead costs of operating the FHLBNY, as well as the operating costs of providing advances and managing collateral associated with the advances, managing the investment portfolios, and providing correspondent banking services to members.

 

(b)         The category “All others” included temporary workers, computer service agreements, contractual services, professional and legal fees, audit fees, director fees and expenses, insurance and telecommunications.  Expenses increased in the current year periods primarily due to consulting expenses to implement several multi-year technology enhancement initiatives.

 

(c)          Compensation expense increased driven by additions to staff.

 

(d)         We are also assessed for our share of the operating expenses for the Finance Agency and the Office of Finance.  The FHLBanks and two other GSEs share the entire cost of the Finance Agency.  Expenses are allocated by the Finance Agency and the Office of Finance.

 

(e)          The category Other expenses included contributions to homeowners and small businesses under a newly established multi-year hurricane relief grant program, the non-service elements of Net periodic pension benefit costs, and derivative clearing fees.

 

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Assessments 2019 Periods Compared to 2018 Periods

 

For more information about assessments, see Affordable Housing Program and Other Mission Related Programs and Assessments under Part I Item 1 Business in the most recent Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2019.

 

The following table provides rollforward information with respect to changes in Affordable Housing Program liabilities (in thousands):

 

Table 10.1:                                Affordable Housing Program Liabilities

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

 

Beginning balance

 

$

164,262

 

$

149,304

 

$

161,718

 

$

131,654

 

Additions from current period’s assessments

 

11,278

 

17,404

 

38,292

 

48,740

 

Net disbursements for grants and programs

 

(15,016

)

(6,207

)

(39,486

)

(19,893

)

Ending balance

 

$

160,524

 

$

160,501

 

$

160,524

 

$

160,501

 

 

AHP assessments allocated from net income totaled $11.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2019, compared to $17.4 million for the same period in the prior year.  On a year-to-date basis, AHP assessments allocated from net income totaled $38.3 million for the current period, compared to $48.7 million for the prior year period. Assessments are calculated as a percentage of Net income, and the changes in allocations were in parallel with changes in Net income.

 

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Legislative and Regulatory Developments

 

Advisory Bulletin (AB 2019-03) Capital Stock Management

 

On August 14, 2019, the FHFA issued an Advisory Bulletin (the “AB”) providing guidance that augments existing statutory and regulatory capital requirements to require each FHLBank to maintain a ratio of at least two percent of capital stock to total assets in order to help preserve the cooperative structure incentives that encourage members to remain fully engaged in the oversight of their investment in the Bank.  Beginning in February 2020, the FHFA will consider the proportion of capital stock to assets, measured on a daily average basis at month end, when assessing each FHLBank’s capital management practices.

 

The Bank does not expect the AB to have a material impact on the Bank’s capital management practices, financial condition, and or results of operations.

 

FHFA Supervisory Letter Planning for LIBOR Phase-Out

 

On September 27, 2019, the FHFA issued a Supervisory Letter (the “Supervisory Letter”) to the FHLBanks that the FHFA stated is designed to ensure the FHLBanks will be able to identify and prudently manage the risks associated with the termination of LIBOR in a safe and sound manner.  The Supervisory Letter provides that the FHLBanks should, by March 31, 2020, cease entering into new LIBOR referenced financial assets, liabilities, and derivatives with maturities beyond December 31, 2021 for all product types except investments.  With respect to investments, the FHLBanks should, by December 31, 2019, stop purchasing investments that reference LIBOR and mature after December 31, 2021.  These phase-out dates do not apply to collateral accepted by the FHLBanks.  The Supervisory Letter also directs the FHLBanks to update their pledged collateral certification reporting requirements by March 31, 2020 in an effort to encourage members to distinguish LIBOR-linked collateral maturing after December 31, 2021. 

 

The Bank has already ceased purchasing investments that reference LIBOR and mature after December 31, 2021 and has begun to significantly reduce use of derivatives with swaps, caps, or floors indexed to LIBOR that terminate after December 31, 2021. 

 

The Bank continues to evaluate the potential impact of the Supervisory Letter on its financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Item 3.                                                         Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

 

Market Risk Management.  Market risk or interest rate risk (IRR) is the risk of change to market value or future earnings due to a change in the interest rate environment.  IRR arises from the Banks operation due to maturity mismatches between interest rate sensitive cash-flows of assets and liabilities.  As the maturity mismatch increases so does the level of IRR.  The Bank has opted to retain a modest level of IRR which allows for the preservation of capital value while generating steady and predictable income.  Accordingly, 74% of the balance sheet consists of predominantly short-term and LIBOR-based assets and liabilities.  A conservative and limited maturity gap profile of asset and liability positions protect our capital from changes in value arising from interest and rate volatility environment.

 

The desired risk profile is primarily affected by the use of interest rate exchange agreements (Swaps).  All the LIBOR-based advances and long-term advances are swapped to 1- or 3-month LIBOR.  Advances with adjustable rates are tailored to reset to a LIBOR index while long-term consolidated obligations are swapped to 1- or 3-month LIBOR.  These features create a relatively steady income that changes in concert with prevailing interest rate changes to maintain a spread to short-term rates.

 

Although the Bank maintains a conservative IRR profile, income variability does arise from structural aspects in our portfolio.  These include: embedded prepayment rights, basis risk on asset and liability positions, yield curve risk, and liquidity and funding needs.  These varied risks are controlled by monitoring IRR measures including re-pricing gaps, duration of equity (DOE), value at risk (VaR), net interest income (NII) at risk, key rate durations (KRD) and forecasted dividend rates.

 

Risk Measurements.  Our Risk Management Policy assigns comprehensive risk limits which we calculate on a regular basis.  The risk limits are as follows:

 

·                  The option-adjusted DOE is limited to a range of +2.0 years to -3.5 years in the rates unchanged case, and to a range of +/-5.0 years in the +/-200bps shock cases.

·                  The one-year cumulative re-pricing gap is limited to 10 percent of total assets.

·                  The sensitivity of expected net interest income over a one-year period is limited to a -15 percent change under the +200bps shock compared to the rates in the unchanged case.  The sensitivity of expected net interest income over a one-year period is limited to a -40 percent change under the -200bps shock compared to the rates in the unchanged case.  This limit was re-established and made consistent with current market conditions and reflective of updated modelling assumptions.

·                  The potential decline in the market value of equity is limited to a 10 percent change under the +/-200bps shocks.

·                  KRD exposure at any of nine term points (3-month, 1-year, 2-year, 3-year, 5-year, 7-year, 10-year, 15-year, and 30-year) is limited to between +/-12 months through the 3-year term point and a cumulative limit of +/-30 months from the 5-year through 30-year term points.

 

Our portfolio, including derivatives, is tracked and the overall mismatch between assets and liabilities is summarized by using a DOE measure.  Our last five quarterly DOE results are shown in years in the table below:

 

 

 

Base Case DOE

 

-200bps DOE

 

-100bps DOE

 

+200bps DOE

 

September 30, 2019

 

0.06

 

1.64

 

0.88

 

0.72

 

June 30, 2019

 

-0.28

 

0.82

 

-1.09

 

0.44

 

March 31, 2019

 

-0.19

 

0.72

 

-1.04

 

0.42

 

December 31, 2018

 

-0.05

 

-0.76

 

-0.79

 

0.31

 

September 30, 2018

 

0.10

 

-1.58

 

-0.46

 

0.43

 

 

The DOE has remained within policy limits.  Duration indicates any cumulative re-pricing/maturity imbalance in the portfolio’s financial assets and liabilities.  A positive DOE indicates that, on average, the liabilities will re-price or mature sooner than the assets, while a negative DOE indicates that, on average, the assets will re-price or mature earlier than the liabilities.  We measure DOE using software that incorporates optionality within our portfolio using well-known and tested financial pricing theoretical models.

 

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We do not solely rely on the DOE measure as a mismatch measure between assets and liabilities.  We analyze open key rate duration exposure across maturity buckets while also performing a more traditional gap measure that subtracts re-pricing/maturing liabilities from re-pricing/maturing assets over time.  We observe the differences over various horizons, but have set a 10 percent of assets limit on cumulative re-pricings at the one-year point.  This quarterly observation of the one-year cumulative re-pricing gap is provided in the table below and all values are below 10 percent of assets, well within the limit:

 

 

 

One Year
Re-pricing Gap

 

September 30, 2019

 

$

5.632 Billion

 

June 30, 2019

 

$

5.818 Billion

 

March 31, 2019

 

$

6.053 Billion

 

December 31, 2018

 

$

6.418 Billion

 

September 30, 2018

 

$

6.363 Billion

 

 

Our review of potential interest rate risk issues also includes the effect of changes in interest rates on expected net income.  We project asset and liability volumes and spreads over a one-year horizon and then simulate expected income and expenses from those volumes and other inputs.  The effects of changes in interest rates are measured to test whether the portfolio has too much exposure in its net interest income over the coming 12-month period.  To measure the effect, a parallel shift of +200bps is calculated and compared against the base case and subjected to a -15 percent limit.  The sensitivity of expected net interest income over a one-year period is limited to a -40 percent change under the -200bps shock compared to the rates in the unchanged case.  This limit was re-established and made consistent with current market conditions and reflective of updated modelling assumptions.

 

 

 

Sensitivity in
the -200bps
Shock

 

Sensitivity in
the -100bps
Shock

 

Sensitivity in
the +200bps
Shock

 

September 30, 2019

 

-31.16

%

-3.05

%

2.72

%

June 30, 2019

 

-14.30

%

-7.37

%

11.10

%

March 31, 2019

 

-12.91

%

-6.44

%

9.61

%

December 31, 2018

 

N/A

 

-5.86

%

12.26

%

September 30, 2018

 

N/A

 

-6.56

%

13.14

%

 

Aside from net interest income, the other significant impact on changes in the interest rate environment is the potential impact on the value of the portfolio.  These calculated and quoted market values are estimated based upon their financial attributes (including optionality) and then re-estimated under the assumption that interest rates suddenly rise or fall by 200bps.  The worst effect, whether it is the up or the down shock, is compared to the internal limit of 10 percent.  The quarterly potential maximum decline in the market value of equity under these 200bps shocks is provided below:

 

 

 

-200bps Change
in MVE

 

-100bps Change
in MVE

 

+200bps Change
in MVE

 

September 30, 2019

 

-0.55

%

-0.63

%

-0.95

%

June 30, 2019

 

-1.51

%

-0.81

%

-0.34

%

March 31, 2019

 

-1.61

%

-0.51

%

-0.81

%

December 31, 2018

 

-1.63

%

-0.41

%

-0.50

%

September 30, 2018

 

-1.12

%

-0.20

%

-0.58

%

 

As noted, the potential declines under these shocks are within our limits of a maximum 10 percent.

 

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The following tables display the portfolio’s maturity/re-pricing gaps as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in millions):

 

 

 

Interest Rate Sensitivity

 

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

More Than

 

More Than

 

More Than

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

Six Months to

 

One Year to

 

Three Years to

 

More Than

 

 

 

or Less

 

One Year

 

Three Years

 

Five Years

 

Five Years

 

Interest-earning assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-MBS investments

 

$

15,240

 

$

219

 

$

654

 

$

466

 

$

1,525

 

MBS investments

 

6,297

 

490

 

2,447

 

1,532

 

5,716

 

Swaps hedging MBS

 

452

 

 

 

 

(452

)

Adjustable-rate loans and advances

 

11,440

 

 

 

 

 

Net investments, adjustable rate loans and advances

 

33,429

 

709

 

3,101

 

1,998

 

6,789

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquidity trading portfolio

 

2,668

 

2,470

 

6,079

 

3

 

 

Swaps hedging investments

 

8,555

 

(2,475

)

(6,080

)

 

 

Net liquidity trading portfolio

 

11,223

 

(5

)

(1

)

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed-rate loans and advances

 

47,751

 

5,687

 

15,811

 

4,848

 

8,202

 

Swaps hedging advances

 

31,367

 

(5,192

)

(14,353

)

(3,665

)

(8,157

)

Net fixed-rate loans and advances

 

79,118

 

495

 

1,458

 

1,183

 

45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest-earning assets

 

$

123,770

 

$

1,199

 

$

4,558

 

$

3,184

 

$

6,834

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

$

1,501

 

$

5

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discount notes

 

55,527

 

7

 

 

 

 

Swapped discount notes

 

(2,664

)

 

1,056

 

 

1,608

 

Net discount notes

 

52,863

 

7

 

1,056

 

 

1,608

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Obligation Bonds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FHLBank bonds

 

56,094

 

5,070

 

6,075

 

2,942

 

5,397

 

Swaps hedging bonds

 

7,868

 

(4,071

)

(2,669

)

(290

)

(838

)

Net FHLBank bonds

 

63,962

 

999

 

3,406

 

2,652

 

4,559

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

$

118,326

 

$

1,011

 

$

4,462

 

$

2,652

 

$

6,167

 

Post hedge gaps (a):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Periodic gap

 

$

5,444

 

$

188

 

$

96

 

$

532

 

$

667

 

Cumulative gaps

 

$

5,444

 

$

5,632

 

$

5,728

 

$

6,260

 

$

6,927

 

 

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Interest Rate Sensitivity

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

More Than

 

More Than

 

More Than

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

Six Months to

 

One Year to

 

Three Years to

 

More Than

 

 

 

or Less

 

One Year

 

Three Years

 

Five Years

 

Five Years

 

Interest-earning assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-MBS investments

 

$

12,881

 

$

143

 

$

514

 

$

424

 

$

1,952

 

MBS investments

 

7,900

 

536

 

2,546

 

1,343

 

4,431

 

Adjustable-rate loans and advances

 

23,395

 

 

 

 

 

Net investments, adjustable rate loans and advances

 

44,176

 

679

 

3,060

 

1,767

 

6,383

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquidity trading portfolio

 

1,712

 

1,963

 

1,980

 

3

 

 

Swaps hedging investments

 

3,975

 

(1,975

)

(2,000

)

 

 

Net liquidity trading portfolio

 

5,687

 

(12

)

(20

)

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed-rate loans and advances

 

42,055

 

10,332

 

18,246

 

5,416

 

5,991

 

Swaps hedging advances

 

36,400

 

(9,276

)

(16,931

)

(4,255

)

(5,938

)

Net fixed-rate loans and advances

 

78,455

 

1,056

 

1,315

 

1,161

 

53

 

Loans to other FHLBanks

 

250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest-earning assets

 

$

128,568

 

$

1,723

 

$

4,355

 

$

2,931

 

$

6,436

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

$

1,038

 

$

5

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discount notes

 

50,230

 

410

 

 

 

 

Swapped discount notes

 

(2,664

)

 

971

 

85

 

1,608

 

Net discount notes

 

47,566

 

410

 

971

 

85

 

1,608

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Obligation Bonds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FHLBank bonds

 

50,615

 

16,007

 

9,579

 

3,296

 

4,406

 

Swaps hedging bonds

 

23,556

 

(15,324

)

(6,490

)

(992

)

(750

)

Net FHLBank bonds

 

74,171

 

683

 

3,089

 

2,304

 

3,656

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

$

122,775

 

$

1,098

 

$

4,060

 

$

2,389

 

$

5,264

 

Post hedge gaps (a):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Periodic gap

 

$

5,793

 

$

625

 

$

295

 

$

542

 

$

1,172

 

Cumulative gaps

 

$

5,793

 

$

6,418

 

$

6,713

 

$

7,255

 

$

8,427

 

 


(a)         Re-pricing gaps are estimated at the scheduled rate reset dates for floating rate instruments, and at maturity for fixed rate instruments.  For callable instruments, the re-pricing period is estimated by the earlier of the estimated call date under the current interest rate environment or the instrument’s contractual maturity.

 

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ITEM 4.                CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures: An evaluation of the Bank’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”)) was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of the Bank’s President and Chief Executive Officer, José R. González, and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Kevin M. Neylan, as of September 30, 2019.  Based on this evaluation, they concluded that as of September 30, 2019, the Bank’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, at a reasonable level of assurance, in ensuring that the information required to be disclosed by the Bank in the reports it files or submits under the Act is (i) accumulated and communicated to the Bank’s management (including the President and Chief Executive Officer and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer) in a timely manner, and (ii) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting: There were no changes in the Bank’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Act) during the Bank’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Bank’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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Part II.            Other Information.

 

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

 

The Bank is not aware of any legal proceedings that are expected to have a material effect on its financial condition or results of operations or that are otherwise material to the Bank.

 

Item 1A.  Risk Factors

 

There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of the FHLBNY’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.

 

Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 3.  Defaults upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4.  Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.  Other Information

 

None.

 

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Item 6.             Exhibits

 

No.

 

Exhibit
Description

 

Filed with this
Form 10-Q

 

Form*

 

Date Filed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

 

Restated Organization Certificate of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (“Bank”)

 

 

 

8-K

 

12/1/2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Bank

 

 

 

8-K

 

3/21/2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.1

 

Amended and Restated Capital Plan of the Bank

 

 

 

8-K

 

1/8/2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1

 

Federal Home Loan Bank of New York Amended and Restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Benefit Equalization Plan, effective as of January 1, 2019 (a)

 

 

 

8-K

 

10/16/2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.2

 

Agreement between the Bank and Mr. Paul B. Héroux (a)

 

 

 

8-K

 

9/25/2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.1

 

Certification of the President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.2

 

Certification of the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

X

 

 

 

 

 


Notes:

 

* Means that this exhibit is incorporated by reference from the named Form; the filing date of such named Form is listed in the next column.

(a) Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kevin M. Neylan

 

Kevin M. Neylan

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (on behalf of the Registrant and as the Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

Date: November 7, 2019

 

 

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