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Investment Securities
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Investment Securities Investment Securities
The amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and fair value of the Company’s AFS and HTM investment securities are as follows:
September 30, 2023Amortized
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
Available for sale securities    
U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities$73,518 $— $8,657 $64,861 
U.S. Treasury securities23,139 — 1,351 21,788 
Asset-backed securities (1)
10,111 — 487 9,624 
Corporate debt securities (2)
13,361 — 1,207 12,154 
Certificates of deposit100 — 99 
Foreign government agency securities1,034 — 49 985 
U.S. state and municipal securities636 — 81 555 
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities208 — 20 188 
Other22 — 18 
Unallocated portfolio layer method fair value basis adjustments (3)
(57)— (57)— 
Total available for sale securities (4)
$122,072 $— $11,800 $110,272 
Held to maturity securities    
U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities$162,452 $— $19,449 $143,003 
Total held to maturity securities$162,452 $— $19,449 $143,003 
December 31, 2022Amortized
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
Available for sale securities
U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities$85,994 $— $8,306 $77,688 
U.S. Treasury securities41,879 — 1,877 40,002 
Asset-backed securities (1)
13,672 — 649 13,023 
Corporate debt securities (2)
13,830 — 1,275 12,555 
Certificates of deposit2,245 — 14 2,231 
Foreign government agency securities1,033 — 64 969 
U.S. state and municipal securities713 — 75 638 
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities473 — 23 450 
Other323 — 315 
Total available for sale securities (4)
$160,162 $— $12,291 $147,871 
Held to maturity securities
U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities$173,074 $1,442 $15,580 $158,936 
Total held to maturity securities$173,074 $1,442 $15,580 $158,936 
(1) Approximately 61% and 57% of asset-backed securities held as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, were Federal Family Education Loan Program Asset-Backed Securities. Asset-backed securities collateralized by credit card receivables represented approximately 22% and 18% of the asset-backed securities held as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
(2) As of both September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, approximately 37% of the total AFS in corporate debt securities were issued by institutions in the financial services industry.
(3) Beginning in 2023, this represents the amount of PLM basis adjustments related to AFS securities hedged in a closed portfolio. See Notes 2 and 11 for more information on PLM hedge accounting.
(4) Included in cash and cash equivalents on the condensed consolidated balance sheets, but excluded from this table is $48 million of AFS commercial paper as of December 31, 2022 (none as of September 30, 2023). These holdings have maturities of three months or less and an aggregate market value equal to amortized cost.

During 2022, the Company transferred a total of $188.6 billion of U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities with a total net pre-tax unrealized loss at the times of transfer of $18.2 billion from the AFS category to the HTM category. The transfer of these securities to the HTM category reduces the Company’s exposure to fluctuations in AOCI that can result from unrealized losses on AFS securities due to changes in market interest rates. The unrealized loss at the time of transfer is amortized over the remaining life of the security, offsetting the amortization of the security’s premium or discount, and resulting in no impact to net income. As of September 30, 2023, the total remaining unamortized loss on these securities transferred to HTM included in AOCI was $11.8 billion net of tax effect ($15.6 billion pre-tax).
At September 30, 2023, our banking subsidiaries had pledged investment securities with a value of $68.2 billion as collateral to secure borrowing capacity on secured credit facilities with the FHLB (see Note 8). Our banking subsidiaries pledge investment securities as collateral to secure borrowing capacity at the Federal Reserve discount window, and had pledged securities with a fair value of $7.2 billion as collateral for this facility at September 30, 2023. Beginning in 2023, our banking subsidiaries pledge investment securities as collateral to secure borrowing capacity at the Federal Reserve through the Bank Term Funding Program, and had pledged securities with a par value of $40.2 billion as collateral for this facility at September 30, 2023. The Company also pledges investment securities issued by federal agencies to secure certain trust deposits. The fair value of these pledged securities was $1.5 billion at September 30, 2023.

At September 30, 2023, our banking subsidiaries had pledged HTM and AFS securities as collateral under repurchase agreements with external financial institutions. HTM securities pledged were U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities with an aggregate amortized cost of $5.3 billion, and AFS securities pledged were U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities with an aggregate fair value of $1.8 billion. Securities pledged as collateral under these repurchase agreements may be sold, repledged, or otherwise used by the counterparties. See Notes 8 and 12 for additional information on these repurchase agreements.

At September 30, 2023, our banking subsidiaries had pledged AFS securities with an aggregate fair value of $180 million as initial margin on interest rate swaps (see Note 11). All of Schwab’s interest rate swaps are cleared through central counterparty (CCP) clearing houses which require the Company to post initial margin as collateral against potential losses.

Securities with unrealized losses, aggregated by category and period of continuous unrealized loss, of AFS investment securities are as follows:
Less than 12 months12 months or longerTotal
September 30, 2023Fair
Value
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
Unrealized
Losses
Available for sale securities      
U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities$97 $$64,763 $8,656 $64,860 $8,657 
U.S. Treasury securities1,493 20,295 1,349 21,788 1,351 
Asset-backed securities32 — 9,580 487 9,612 487 
Corporate debt securities— — 12,155 1,207 12,155 1,207 
Certificates of deposit— — 99 99 
Foreign government agency securities— — 985 49 985 49 
U.S. state and municipal securities— — 555 81 555 81 
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities— — 188 20 188 20 
Other— — 18 18 
Total (1)
$1,622 $$108,638 $11,854 $110,260 $11,857 
December 31, 2022   
Available for sale securities       
U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities$34,938 $2,025 $42,558 $6,281 $77,496 $8,306 
U.S. Treasury securities27,063 716 12,519 1,161 39,582 1,877 
Asset-backed securities6,717 217 6,299 432 13,016 649 
Corporate debt securities8,552 542 3,998 733 12,550 1,275 
Certificates of deposit2,033 10 196 2,229 14 
Foreign government agency securities756 50 214 14 970 64 
U.S. state and municipal securities482 31 157 44 639 75 
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities443 23 — — 443 23 
Other315 — — 315 
Total$81,299 $3,622 $65,941 $8,669 $147,240 $12,291 
(1) For purposes of this table, unrealized losses on AFS securities excludes the PLM fair value hedge basis adjustments of $57 million at September 30, 2023.
At September 30, 2023, substantially all rated securities in the investment portfolios were investment grade. U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities do not have explicit credit ratings; however, management considers these to be of the highest credit quality and rating given the guarantee of principal and interest by the U.S. government or U.S. government-sponsored enterprises.
For a description of management’s quarterly evaluation of AFS securities in unrealized loss positions, see Item 8 – Note 2 in the 2022 Form 10-K. No amounts were recognized as credit loss expense and no securities were written down to fair value through earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022. None of the Company’s AFS securities held as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 had an allowance for credit losses. All HTM securities as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities and therefore had no allowance for credit losses because expected nonpayment of the amortized cost basis is zero.

The Company had $566 million and $685 million of accrued interest for AFS and HTM securities as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. These amounts are excluded from the amortized cost basis and fair market value of AFS and HTM securities and included in other assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. There were no writeoffs of accrued interest receivable on AFS and HTM securities during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, or for the year ended December 31, 2022.

In the table below, mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities have been allocated to maturity groupings based on final contractual maturities. As borrowers may have the right to call or prepay certain obligations underlying our investment securities, actual maturities may differ from the scheduled contractual maturities presented below. As of September 30, 2023, the estimated effective duration, which reflects anticipated future payments, of our total AFS and HTM investment securities portfolio is approximately 4.0 years. The estimated effective duration of our AFS investment securities portfolio is approximately 2.5 years as of September 30, 2023. Including the impact of the Company’s use of derivative instruments to manage changes in the fair values of our AFS investment portfolio, the effective duration of our total AFS and HTM investments securities as of September 30, 2023 is approximately 3.9 years and for our AFS investment securities is approximately 2.2 years (see Note 11).

The maturities of AFS and HTM investment securities are as follows:
September 30, 2023Within
1 year
After 1 year
through
5 years
After 5 years
through
10 years
After
10 years
Total
Available for sale securities     
U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities$494 $12,620 $11,503 $40,244 $64,861 
U.S. Treasury securities8,649 13,139 — — 21,788 
Asset-backed securities— 2,755 1,209 5,660 9,624 
Corporate debt securities2,160 8,514 1,480 — 12,154 
Certificates of deposit99 — — — 99 
Foreign government agency securities488 497 — — 985 
U.S. state and municipal securities— 46 387 122 555 
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities— — — 188 188 
Other — — — 18 18 
Total fair value$11,890 $37,571 $14,579 $46,232 $110,272 
Total amortized cost (1)
$12,128 $40,565 $16,667 $52,769 $122,129 
Held to maturity securities     
U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities$724 $6,780 $36,652 $98,847 $143,003 
Total fair value$724 $6,780 $36,652 $98,847 $143,003 
Total amortized cost$749 $7,343 $41,217 $113,143 $162,452 
(1) For purposes of this table, the amortized cost of AFS securities excludes the PLM fair value hedge basis adjustments of $57 million at September 30, 2023.

Proceeds and gross realized gains and losses from sales of AFS investment securities are as follows:
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2023202220232022
Proceeds$3,485 $10,549 $6,385 $24,019 
Gross realized gains16 156 
Gross realized losses25 32 45 155