Balance Sheet Offsetting

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Certain financial instruments, including certain over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives (mostly interest rate swaps) and repurchase agreements (accounted for as secured long-term borrowings), may be eligible for offset in the consolidated statements of financial condition and/or subject to master netting arrangements or similar agreements. OTC derivatives include interest rate swaps executed and settled bilaterally with counterparties without the use of an organized exchange or central clearing house (presented in the table below). The credit risk associated with bilateral OTC derivatives is managed through obtaining collateral and enforceable master netting agreements.

Valley is party to master netting arrangements with its financial institution counterparties; however, Valley does not offset assets and liabilities under these arrangements for financial statement presentation purposes. The master netting arrangements provide for a single net settlement of all swap agreements, as well as collateral, in the event of default on, or termination of, any one contract. Collateral, usually in the form of cash or marketable investment securities, is posted by the counterparty with net liability positions in accordance with contract thresholds. Master repurchase agreements which include “right of set-off” provisions generally have a legally enforceable right to offset recognized amounts. In such cases, the collateral would be used to settle the fair value of the swap or repurchase agreement should Valley be in default. The total amount of collateral held or pledged cannot exceed the net derivative fair values with the counterparty.

The table below presents information about Valley’s financial instruments eligible for offset in the consolidated statements of financial condition as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.


							Gross Amounts Not Offset
	Gross Amounts Recognized		Gross Amounts Offset		Net Amounts Presented		Financial Instruments		Cash Collateral *		Net Amount
	(in thousands)
March 31, 2022
Assets
Interest rate swaps	$	172,983	$	—	$	172,983	$	12,555	$	117,289	$	43,139
Liabilities
Interest rate swaps	$	188,244	$	—	$	188,244	$	(12,555)	$	(2,323)	$	173,366


December 31, 2021
Assets
Interest rate swaps	$	181,012	$	—	$	181,012	$	—	$	—	$	181,012
Liabilities
Interest rate swaps	$	50,922	$	—	$	50,922	$	—	$	(44,231)	$	6,691

* Cash collateral received (pledged) to our counterparties in relation to market value exposures of OTC derivative contacts in a liability position.