| DERIVATIVES |
DERIVATIVES As of September 30, 2014, New Residential’s derivative instruments included both economic hedges that were not designated as hedges for accounting purposes as well as non-performing loans accounted for as linked transactions that were not entered into for risk management purposes or for hedging activity. New Residential uses economic hedges to hedge a portion of its interest rate risk exposure. Interest rate risk is sensitive to many factors including governmental monetary and tax policies, domestic and international economic and political considerations and other factors. New Residential’s credit risk with respect to economic hedges and linked transactions is the risk of default on New Residential’s investments that results from a borrower’s or counterparty’s inability or unwillingness to make contractually required payments.
New Residential entered into three interest rate swap agreements during March and April 2014, where New Residential receives floating rate payments in exchange for fixed rate payments, without exchanging the notional principal amounts. The agreements represented a total notional amount of $500.0 million with an original maturity of three years and were settled during the second quarter. During the third quarter of 2014, New Residential entered into eleven new swap agreements representing a total notional amount of $1.6 billion as of September 30, 2014, with maturities of two to ten years. As of September 30, 2014, New Residential held to-be-announced forward contract positions (“TBAs”) of $1.3 billion in a short notional amount of Agency RMBS and any amounts or obligations owed by or to New Residential are subject to the right of set-off with the TBA counterparty. New Residential’s net short position in TBAs of $1.3 billion notional was entered into as an economic hedge in order to mitigate New Residential’s interest rate risk on certain residential mortgage loans and specified mortgage backed securities.
See Note 18 for recent activities related to New Residential's derivatives. New Residential’s derivatives are recorded at fair value on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | Balance Sheet Location | | September 30, 2014 | | December 31, 2013 | Derivative assets | | | | | | Real Estate Securities(A) | Derivative assets | | $ | — |
| | $ | 1,452 |
| Non-Performing Loans(A) | Derivative assets | | 27,571 |
| | 34,474 |
| TBAs | Derivative assets | | 1,115 |
| | — |
| | | | $ | 28,686 |
| | $ | 35,926 |
| Derivate liabilities | | | | | | Real Estate Securities | Accrued expenses and other liabilities | | $ | — |
| | $ | 18 |
| Interest Rate Swaps | Accrued expenses and other liabilities | | 345 |
| | — |
| | | | $ | 345 |
| | $ | 18 |
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| | (A) | Investments purchased from, and financed by, the selling counterparty that New Residential accounts for as linked transactions and are reflected as derivatives. |
The following table summarizes notional amounts related to derivatives: | | | | | | | | | | September 30, 2014 | | December 31, 2013 | Non-Performing Loans(A) | $ | 161,561 |
| | $ | 164,598 |
| Real Estate Securities(B) | — |
| | 10,000 |
| TBAs, short position(C) | 1,301,000 |
| | — |
| Interest Rate Swaps, short position(D) | 1,595,000 |
| | — |
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| | (A) | Represents the UPB of the underlying loans of the non-performing loan pools within linked transactions. |
| | (B) | Represents the face amount of the real estate securities within linked transactions. |
| | (C) | Represents the notional amount of Agency RMBS, classified as derivatives. |
| | (D) | Receive LIBOR and pay a fixed rate. |
The following table summarizes gains (losses) recorded in relation to derivatives: | | | | | | | | | | | | For the Three Months Ended September 30, | | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, | | | 2014 | | 2014 | Other income (loss) | | | | | Non-Performing Loans(A) | | $ | 5,111 |
| | $ | 4,797 |
| Real Estate Securities(A) | | — |
| | 26 |
| TBAs | | 33 |
| | 263 |
| Interest Rate Swaps | | (345 | ) | | (2,731 | ) | | | 4,799 |
| | 2,355 |
| Gain (loss) on settlement of investments | | | | | Real Estate Securities(A) | | — |
| | 43 |
| TBAs | | (2,403 | ) | | (6,405 | ) | U.S.T. Short Positions | | — |
| | 176 |
| | | (2,403 | ) | | (6,186 | ) | Total gains (losses) | | $ | 2,396 |
| | $ | (3,831 | ) |
| | (A) | Investments purchased from, and financed by, the selling counterparty that New Residential accounts for as linked transactions and are reflected as derivatives. |
The following table presents both gross and net information about linked transactions: | | | | | | | | | | September 30, 2014 | | December 31, 2013 | Non-Performing Loans | |
| | |
| Non-performing loan assets, at fair value(A) | $ | 96,836 |
| | $ | 95,014 |
| Repurchase agreements(B) | (69,265 | ) | | (60,540 | ) | | 27,571 |
| | 34,474 |
| Real Estate Securities | |
| | | Real estate securities, at fair value(C) | — |
| | 9,952 |
| Repurchase agreements(B) | — |
| | (8,500 | ) | | — |
| | 1,452 |
| Net assets recognized as linked transactions | $ | 27,571 |
| | $ | 35,926 |
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| | (A) | Non-performing loans that had a UPB of $161.6 million as of September 30, 2014, which represented the notional amount of the linked transaction and accrued interest. |
| | (B) | Represents carrying amount that approximates fair value. |
| | (C) | Real estate securities that had a current face amount of $10.0 million as of December 31, 2013, which represented the notional amount of the linked transaction. |
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