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Derivative Financial Instruments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivative Financial Instruments
NOTE 16 - DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Company enters into various derivative financial instruments, both in a dealer capacity to facilitate client transactions and as an end user as a risk management tool. ALCO monitors all derivative activities. When derivatives have been entered into with clients, the Company generally manages the risk associated with these derivatives within the framework of its VAR approach that monitors total daily exposure and seeks to manage the exposure on an overall basis. Derivatives are also used as a risk management tool to hedge the Company’s balance sheet exposure to changes in identified cash flow and fair value risks, either economically or in accordance with hedge accounting provisions. The Company’s Corporate Treasury function is responsible for employing the various hedge accounting strategies to manage these objectives. Additionally, as a normal part of its operations, the Company enters into IRLCs on mortgage loans that are accounted for as freestanding derivatives and has certain contracts containing embedded derivatives that are carried, in their entirety, at fair value. All freestanding derivatives and any embedded derivatives that the Company bifurcates from the host contracts are carried at fair value in the Consolidated Balance Sheets in trading assets and derivatives and trading liabilities and derivatives. The associated gains and losses are either recognized in AOCI, net of tax, or within the Consolidated Statements of Income, depending upon the use and designation of the derivatives.
Credit and Market Risk Associated with Derivatives
Derivatives expose the Company to credit risk. The Company minimizes the credit risk of derivatives by entering into transactions with counterparties with defined exposure limits based on credit quality that are reviewed periodically by the Company’s Credit Risk Management division. The Company’s derivatives may also be governed by an ISDA or other master agreement, and depending on the nature of the derivative, bilateral collateral agreements are typically in place as well. In 2013, the Company became subject to OTC derivative clearing requirements as a registered swap dealer. As a result, certain derivatives are now required to be cleared through central clearing members in which the Company is required to post initial margin and, in addition, to further mitigate the risk of non-payment, variation margin is received or paid daily based on the net asset or liability position of the contracts. When the Company has more than one outstanding derivative transaction with a single counterparty and there exists a legal right of offset with that counterparty, the Company considers its exposure to the counterparty to be the net market value of its derivative positions with that counterparty if an asset, adjusted for held collateral. At December 31, 2013, these net derivative asset positions were $1.0 billion, representing the $1.5 billion of derivative net gains adjusted for cash and other collateral of $0.5 billion that the Company held in relation to these gain positions. At December 31, 2012, net derivative asset positions were $1.8 billion, representing $2.6 billion of derivative net gains, adjusted for cash and other collateral of $0.8 billion that the Company held in relation to these gain positions.
Derivatives also expose the Company to market risk. Market risk is the adverse effect that a change in market factors, such as interest rates, currency rates, equity prices, or implied volatility, has on the value of a derivative. The Company manages the market risk associated with its derivatives by establishing and monitoring limits on the types and degree of risk that may be undertaken. The Company continually measures this risk associated with its derivatives designated as trading instruments using a VAR methodology.
Derivative instruments are priced with observable market assumptions at a mid-market valuation point, with appropriate valuation adjustments for liquidity and credit risk. For purposes of valuation adjustments to its derivative positions, the Company has evaluated liquidity premiums that may be demanded by market participants, as well as the credit risk of its counterparties and its own credit. The Company has considered factors such as the likelihood of default by itself and its counterparties, its net exposures, and remaining maturities in determining the appropriate fair value adjustments to recognize. Generally, the expected loss of each counterparty is estimated using the Company’s internal risk rating system. The risk rating system utilizes counterparty-specific PD and LGD estimates to derive the expected loss. For counterparties that are rated by national rating agencies, those ratings are also considered in estimating the credit risk. Additionally, counterparty exposure is evaluated by offsetting positions that are subject to master netting arrangements, as well as by considering the amount of marketable collateral securing the position. All counterparties and defined exposure limits are explicitly approved. Counterparties are regularly reviewed and appropriate business action is taken to adjust the exposure to certain counterparties, as necessary. This approach is also used by the Company to estimate its own credit risk on derivative liability positions. The Company adjusted the net fair value of its derivative contracts for estimates of net counterparty credit risk by approximately $16 million and $29 million at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Currently the majority of the Company’s derivatives contain contingencies that relate to the creditworthiness of the Bank. These contingencies, which are contained in industry standard master netting agreements, may be considered events of default. Should the Bank be in default under any of these provisions, the Bank’s counterparties would be permitted to close-out net at amounts that would approximate the then-fair values of the derivatives resulting in a single sum due by one party to the other. The counterparties would have the right to apply any collateral posted by the Bank against any net amount owed by the Bank. Additionally, certain of the Company’s derivative liability positions, totaling $941 million in fair value at December 31, 2013 and $1.3 billion at December 31, 2012, contain provisions conditioned on downgrades of the Bank’s credit rating. These provisions, if triggered, would either give rise to an ATE that permits the counterparties to close-out net and apply collateral or, where a CSA is present, require the Bank to post additional collateral. At December 31, 2013, the Bank carried senior long-term debt ratings of A3/BBB+ from three of the major ratings agencies. At the current rating level, ATEs have been triggered for approximately $3 million in fair value liabilities at December 31, 2013. For illustrative purposes, if the Bank were downgraded to BB+, ATEs would be triggered in derivative liability contracts that had a total fair value of $9 million at December 31, 2013; ATEs do not exist at lower ratings levels. At December 31, 2013, $938 million in fair value of derivative liabilities were subject to CSAs, against which the Bank has posted $864 million in collateral, primarily in the form of cash. If requested by the counterparty pursuant to the terms of the CSA, the Bank would be required to post estimated additional collateral against these contracts at December 31, 2013, of $10 million if the Bank were downgraded to Baa3/BBB-, and any further downgrades to Ba1/BB+ or below do not contain predetermined collateral posting levels.

Notional and Fair Value of Derivative Positions
The following tables present the Company’s derivative positions at December 31, 2013 and 2012. The notional amounts in the tables are presented on a gross basis and have been classified within Asset Derivatives or Liability Derivatives based on the estimated fair value of the individual contract at December 31, 2013 and 2012. Gross positive and gross negative fair value amounts associated with respective notional amounts are presented without consideration of any netting agreements, including collateral arrangements. For contracts constituting a combination of options that contain a written option and a purchased option (such as a collar), the notional amount of each option is presented separately, with the purchased notional amount generally being presented as an Asset Derivative and the written notional amount being presented as a Liability Derivative. For contracts that contain a combination of options, the fair value is generally presented as a single value with the purchased notional amount if the combined fair value is positive, and with the written notional amount, if the combined fair value is negative.
 
December 31, 2013
 
Asset Derivatives
 
Liability Derivatives
(Dollars in millions)
 
Notional
Amounts
 
Fair
Value
 
Notional
Amounts
 
Fair
Value
Derivatives designated in cash flow hedging relationships 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate contracts hedging floating rate loans
 

$17,250

  

$471

 

$—

  

$—

Derivatives designated in fair value hedging relationships 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate contracts covering fixed rate debt
 
2,000

 
52

 
900

 
24

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate contracts covering:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fixed rate debt
 

  

 
60

  
7

MSRs
 
1,425

  
27

 
6,898

  
79

LHFS, IRLCs 4
 
4,561

 
30

 
1,317

 
5

Trading activity 5
 
70,615

 
2,917

 
65,299

 
2,742

Foreign exchange rate contracts covering trading activity
 
2,449

  
61

 
2,624

  
57

Credit contracts covering:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans
 

  

 
427

  
5

Trading activity 6
 
1,568

 
37

 
1,579

 
34

Equity contracts - Trading activity 5
 
19,595

 
2,504

 
24,712

 
2,702

Other contracts:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IRLCs and other 7
 
1,114

  
12

 
755

 
4

Commodities
 
241

  
14

 
228

  
14

Total
 
101,568

  
5,602

 
103,899

  
5,649

Total derivatives
 

$120,818

  

$6,125

 

$104,799

  

$5,673

Total gross derivatives, before netting
 
 
 

$6,125

 
 
 

$5,673

Less: Legally enforceable master netting agreements
 
 
 
(4,284
)
 
 
 
(4,284
)
Less: Cash collateral received/paid
 
 
 
(457
)
 
 
 
(864
)
Total derivatives, after netting
 
 
 

$1,384

 
 
 

$525

1 See “Cash Flow Hedges” in this Note for further discussion.
2 See “Fair Value Hedges” in this Note for further discussion.
3 See “Economic Hedging and Trading Activities” in this Note for further discussion.
4 Amount includes $885 million of notional amounts related to interest rate futures. These futures contracts settle in cash daily, one day in arrears. The derivative asset or liability associated with the one day lag is included in the fair value column of this table.
5 Amounts include $15.2 billion and $0.2 billion of notional related to interest rate futures and equity futures, respectively. These futures contracts settle in cash daily, one day in arrears. The derivative assets/liabilities associated with the one day lag are included in the fair value column of this table.
6 Asset and liability amounts include $4 million and $5 million, respectively, of notional from purchased and written credit risk participation agreements, respectively, whose notional is calculated as the notional of the derivative participated adjusted by the relevant RWA conversion factor.
7 Includes a notional amount that is based on the number of Visa Class B shares, 3.2 million, the conversion ratio from Class B shares to Class A shares, and the Class A share price at the derivative inception date of May 28, 2009. This derivative was established upon the sale of Class B shares in the second quarter of 2009 as discussed in Note 17, “Guarantees.” The fair value of the derivative liability, which relates to a notional amount of $55 million, is immaterial and is recognized in other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.


 
December 31, 2012
 
Asset Derivatives
 
Liability Derivatives
(Dollars in millions)
 
Notional
Amounts
 
Fair
Value
 
Notional
Amounts
 
Fair
Value
Derivatives designated in cash flow hedging relationships 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate contracts hedging floating rate loans
 

$17,350

  

$771

 

$—

 

$—

Derivatives designated in fair value hedging relationships 2
Interest rate contracts covering fixed rate debt
 
1,000

 
61

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments 3
Interest rate contracts covering:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fixed rate debt
 

  

 
60

  
10

MSRs
 
6,185

  
150

 
12,643

  
33

LHFS, IRLCs, LHFI-FV 4
 
2,333

 
6

 
7,076

 
15

Trading activity 5
 
81,930

 
6,044

 
86,037

  
5,777

Foreign exchange rate contracts covering:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign-denominated debt and commercial loans
 

   

 
34

  

Trading activity
 
2,451

   
66

 
2,326

  
63

Credit contracts covering:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans
 

   

 
445

  
8

Trading activity 6
 
1,958

 
55

 
2,081

 
49

Equity contracts - Trading activity 5
 
15,748

 
1,342

 
22,184

   
1,529

Other contracts:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IRLCs and other 7
 
6,783

  
132

 
142

 
1

Commodities
 
255

  
29

 
255

   
29

Total
 
117,643

 
7,824

 
133,283

 
7,514

Total derivatives
 

$135,993

 

$8,656

 

$133,283

 

$7,514

Total gross derivatives, before netting
 
 
 

$8,656

 
 
 

$7,514

Less: Legally enforceable master netting agreements
 
 
 
(5,843
)
 
 
 
(5,843
)
Less: Cash collateral received/paid
 
 
 
(730
)
 
 
 
(1,259
)
Total derivatives, after netting
 
 
 

$2,083

 
 
 

$412

1 See “Cash Flow Hedges” in this Note for further discussion.
2 See “Fair Value Hedges” in this Note for further discussion.
3 See “Economic Hedging and Trading Activities” in this Note for further discussion.
4 Amount includes $1.7 billion of notional amounts related to interest rate futures. These futures contracts settle in cash daily, one day in arrears. The derivative liability associated with the one day lag is included in the fair value column of this table.
5 Amounts include $16.2 billion and $0.8 billion of notional related to interest rate futures and equity futures, respectively. These futures contracts settle in cash daily, one day in arrears. The derivative asset associated with the one day lag is included in the fair value column of this table.
6 Asset and liability amounts each include $3 million of notional from purchased and written interest rate swap risk participation agreements, respectively, whose notional is calculated as the notional of the interest rate swap participated adjusted by the relevant RWA conversion factor.
7 Includes a notional amount that is based on the number of Visa Class B shares, 3.2 million, the conversion ratio from Class B shares to Class A shares, and the Class A share price at the derivative inception date of May 28, 2009. This derivative was established upon the sale of Class B shares in the second quarter of 2009 as discussed in Note 17, “Guarantees.” The fair value of the derivative liability, which relates to a notional amount of $134 million, is immaterial and is recognized in other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.


Impact of Derivatives on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Shareholders’ Equity
The impacts of derivatives on the Consolidated Statements of Income and the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, are presented below. The impacts are segregated between those derivatives that are designated in hedging relationships and those that are used for economic hedging or trading purposes, with further identification of the underlying risks in the derivatives and the hedged items, where appropriate. The tables do not disclose the financial impact of the activities that these derivative instruments are intended to hedge.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year Ended December 31, 2013
(Dollars in millions)
Amount of pre-tax gain/(loss)
recognized in
OCI on Derivatives
(Effective  Portion)
 
Classification of gain/(loss)
reclassified from    
AOCI into Income
(Effective Portion)
 
Amount of pre-tax gain
reclassified from
AOCI into Income
(Effective Portion)
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships:
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate contracts hedging forecasted debt

($2
)
 
Interest on long-term debt
 

$—

Interest rate contracts hedging floating rate loans1
18

 
Interest and fees on loans
 
327

Total

$16

 
 
 

$327

1 During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company also reclassified $90 million pre-tax gains from AOCI into net interest income. These gains related to hedging relationships that have been previously terminated or de-designated and are reclassified into earnings in the same period in which the forecasted transaction occurs.

 
Year Ended December 31, 2013
(Dollars in millions)
Amount of loss on Derivatives
recognized in Income
 
Amount of gain on related Hedged Items
recognized in Income
 
Amount of loss recognized in
Income on Hedges
(Ineffective Portion)
Derivatives in fair value hedging relationships:
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate contracts hedging fixed rate debt1

($36
)
 

$33

 

($3
)
1 Amounts are recognized in trading income in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

 
(Dollars in millions)
Classification of gain/(loss)
recognized in Income on Derivatives
 
Amount of gain/(loss)
recognized in Income
on Derivatives during the
Year Ended December 31, 2013
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
 
 
 
Interest rate contracts covering:
 
 
 
Fixed rate debt
Trading income
 

$2

MSRs
Mortgage servicing related income
 
(284
)
LHFS, IRLCs
Mortgage production related income/(loss)
 
289

Trading activity
Trading income
 
59

Foreign exchange rate contracts covering:
 
 
 
Commercial loans
Trading income
 
1

Trading activity
Trading income
 
23

Credit contracts covering:
 
 
 
Loans
Other noninterest income
 
(4
)
Trading activity
Trading income
 
21

Equity contracts - trading activity
Trading income
 
(15
)
Other contracts - IRLCs
Mortgage production related income/(loss)
 
98

Total
 
 

$190




The impacts of derivatives on the Consolidated Statements of Income and the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the year ended December 31, 2012, are presented below:

 
Year Ended December 31, 2012
(Dollars in millions)
Amount of pre-tax gain/(loss)
recognized in
OCI on Derivatives
(Effective Portion)
 
Classification of gain/(loss)reclassified from
AOCI into Income
(Effective Portion)
 
Amount of pre-tax gain/(loss)
reclassified from
AOCI into Income
(Effective Portion)
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships:
 
 
 

 
Equity contracts hedging Securities AFS 1

($171
)
 
Net securities gains
 

($365
)
Interest rate contracts hedging Floating rate loans 2
252

 
Interest and fees on loans
 
337

Total

$81

 
 
 

($28
)
1 During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company also recognized $60 million of pre-tax gains directly into net securities gains related to mark-to-market changes of the Coke hedging contracts when the cash flow hedging relationship failed to qualify for hedge accounting.
2 During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company also reclassified $171 million pre-tax gains from AOCI into net interest income. These gains related to hedging relationships that have been previously terminated or de-designated and are reclassified into earnings in the same period in which the forecasted transaction occurs.

 
Year Ended December 31, 2012
(Dollars in millions)
Amount of gain on Derivatives recognized in Income
 
Amount of loss on related Hedged Items
recognized in Income
 
Amount of gain/(loss) recognized in Income on Hedges (Ineffective Portion)
Derivatives in fair value hedging relationships1:
 
 
 
 
 
   Interest rate contracts hedging Fixed rate debt

$5

 

($5
)
 

$—

Interest rate contracts hedging Securities AFS
1

 
(1
)
 

Total

$6

 

($6
)
 

$—

1 Amounts are recognized in trading income in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

(Dollars in millions)
Classification of gain/(loss)
recognized in Income on Derivatives
 
Amount of gain/(loss)
recognized in Income
on Derivatives during the
Year Ended December 31, 2012
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
 
Interest rate contracts covering:
 
 
 
Fixed rate debt
Trading income
 

($2
)
MSRs
Mortgage servicing related income
 
284

LHFS, IRLCs, LHFI-FV
Mortgage production related income/(loss)
 
(331
)
Trading activity
Trading income
 
86

Foreign exchange rate contracts covering:
 
 

Commercial loans and foreign-denominated debt
Trading income
 
129

Trading activity
Trading income
 
14

Credit contracts covering:
 
 

Loans 1
Other noninterest income
 
(8
)
Trading activity
Trading income
 
24

Equity contracts - trading activity
Trading income
 
8

Other contracts - IRLCs
Mortgage production related income/(loss)
 
930

Total
 
 

$1,134

1 For the six months ended June 30, 2012, losses of $3 million were recorded in trading income.


The impacts of derivatives on the Consolidated Statements of Income and the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the year ended December 31, 2011, are presented below:

 
Year Ended December 31, 2011
(Dollars in millions)
Amount of pre-tax gain/(loss)
recognized in
OCI on Derivatives
(Effective Portion)
 
Classification of gain
reclassified from
AOCI into Income
(Effective Portion)
 
Amount of pre-tax gain
reclassified from
AOCI into Income
(Effective Portion)
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships:
 
 
 
 
 
Equity contracts hedging Securities AFS

($46
)
 
Net securities gains
 

$—

Interest rate contracts hedging Floating rate loans 1
730

 
Interest and fees on loans
 
423

Total

$684

 
 
 

$423

1 During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company also reclassified $202 million pre-tax gains from AOCI into net interest income. These gains related to hedging relationships that have been previously terminated or de-designated and are reclassified into earnings in the same period in which the forecasted transaction occurs.

 
Year Ended December 31, 2011
(Dollars in millions)
Amount of loss on Derivatives
recognized in Income
 
Amount of gain on related Hedged Items
recognized in Income
 
Amount of loss recognized in
Income on Hedges
(Ineffective Portion)
Derivatives in fair value hedging relationships:
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate contracts hedging fixed rate debt1

$51

 

($52
)
 

($1
)
1 Amounts are recognized in trading income in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

(Dollars in millions)
Classification of gain/(loss)
recognized in Income on Derivatives
 
Amount of gain/(loss)
recognized in Income
on Derivatives during the
Year Ended December 31, 2011
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
 
 
Interest rate contracts covering:
 
 
 
Fixed rate debt
Trading income
 

($5
)
MSRs
Mortgage servicing related income
 
572

LHFS, IRLCs, LHFI-FV
Mortgage production related income/(loss)
 
(281
)
Trading activity
Trading income
 
113

Foreign exchange rate contracts covering:
 
 
 
Commercial loans and foreign-denominated debt
Trading income
 
(4
)
Trading activity
Trading income
 
18

Credit contracts covering:
 
 
 
Loans
Trading income
 
(1
)
Trading activity
Trading income
 
15

Equity contracts - trading activity
Trading income
 
(3
)
Other contracts - IRLCs
Mortgage production related income/(loss)
 
355

Total
 
 

$779




Netting of Derivatives
The Company has various financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to enforceable master netting agreements or similar agreements. The Company's securities borrowed or purchased under agreements to resell and securities sold under agreements to repurchase that are subject to enforceable master netting agreements or similar agreements are discussed in Note 3, "Federal Funds Sold and Securities Borrowed or Purchased Under Agreements to Resell." The Company enters into ISDA or other legally enforceable industry standard master netting arrangements with derivative counterparties. Under the terms of the master netting arrangements, all transactions between the Company and the counterparty constitute a single business relationship such that in the event of default, the nondefaulting party is entitled to set off claims and apply property held by that party in respect of any transaction against obligations owed. Any payments, deliveries, or other transfers may be applied against each other and netted.

The table below shows total gross derivative assets and liabilities which are adjusted on an aggregate basis, where applicable to take into consideration the effects of legally enforceable master netting agreements, including any cash collateral received or paid, for the net reported amount in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Also included in the table is financial instrument collateral related to legally enforceable master netting agreements that represents securities collateral received or pledged and customer cash collateral held at third-party custodians. These amounts are not offset on the Consolidated Balance Sheets but are shown as a reduction to total derivative assets and liabilities in the table to derive net derivative assets and liabilities. These amounts are limited to the derivative asset/liability balance, and accordingly, do not include excess collateral received/pledged.
The following tables present the Company's gross derivative financial assets and liabilities at December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, and the related impact of enforceable master netting arrangements, where applicable:
(Dollars in millions)
Gross
Amount
 
Amount
Offset
 
Net Amount
Presented in
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
 
Held/Pledged
Financial
Instruments
 
Net
Amount
December 31, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative financial assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives subject to master netting arrangement or similar arrangement

$5,285

 

$4,239

 

$1,046

 

$51

 

$995

Derivatives not subject to master netting arrangement or similar arrangement
12

 

 
12

 

 
12

Exchange traded derivatives
828

 
502

 
326

 

 
326

Total derivative financial assets

$6,125

 

$4,741

 

$1,384

1 

$51

 

$1,333

Derivative financial liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives subject to master netting arrangement or similar arrangement

$4,982

 

$4,646

 

$336

 

$13

 

$323

Derivatives not subject to master netting arrangement or similar arrangement
189

 

 
189

 

 
189

Exchange traded derivatives
502

 
502

 

 

 

Total derivative financial liabilities

$5,673

 

$5,148

 

$525

2 

$13

 

$512

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative financial assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives subject to master netting arrangement or similar arrangement

$8,041

 

$6,273

 

$1,768

 

$94

 

$1,674

Derivatives not subject to master netting arrangement or similar arrangement
132

 

 
132

 

 
132

Exchange traded derivatives
483

 
300

 
183

 

 
183

Total derivative financial assets

$8,656

 

$6,573

 

$2,083

1 

$94

 

$1,989

Derivative financial liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives subject to master netting arrangement or similar arrangement

$7,051

 

$6,802

 

$249

 

$37

 

$212

Derivatives not subject to master netting arrangement or similar arrangement
163

 

 
163

 

 
163

Exchange traded derivatives
300

 
300

 

 

 

Total derivative financial liabilities

$7,514

 

$7,102

 

$412

2 

$37

 

$375

1 At December 31, 2013, $1.4 billion, net of $457 million offsetting cash collateral, is recognized in trading assets and derivatives within the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets. At December 31, 2012, $2.1 billion, net of $730 million offsetting cash collateral, is recognized in trading assets and derivatives within the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets.
2 At December 31, 2013, $525 million, net of $864 million offsetting cash collateral, is recognized in trading liabilities and derivatives within the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets. At December 31, 2012, $412 million, net of $1.3 billion offsetting cash collateral, is recognized in trading liabilities and derivatives within the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Credit Derivatives
As part of its trading businesses, the Company enters into contracts that are, in form or substance, written guarantees: specifically, CDS, swap participations, and TRS. The Company accounts for these contracts as derivatives and, accordingly, recognizes these contracts at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized in trading income in the Consolidated Statements of Income.
The Company writes CDS, which are agreements under which the Company receives premium payments from its counterparty for protection against an event of default of a reference asset. In the event of default under the CDS, the Company would either net cash settle or make a cash payment to its counterparty and take delivery of the defaulted reference asset, from which the Company may recover all, a portion, or none of the credit loss, depending on the performance of the reference asset. Events of default, as defined in the CDS agreements, are generally triggered upon the failure to pay and similar events related to the issuer(s) of the reference asset. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, all written CDS contracts reference single name corporate credits or corporate credit indices. When the Company has written CDS, it has generally entered into offsetting CDS for the underlying reference asset, under which the Company paid a premium to its counterparty for protection against an event of default on the reference asset. The counterparties to these purchased CDS are generally of high creditworthiness and typically have ISDA master netting agreements in place that subject the CDS to master netting provisions, thereby, mitigating the risk of non-payment to the Company. As such, at December 31, 2013 the Company did not have any material risk of making a non-recoverable payment on any written CDS. During 2013 and 2012, the only instances of default on written CDS were driven by credit indices with constituent credit default. In all cases where the Company made resulting cash payments to settle, the Company collected like amounts from the counterparties to the offsetting purchased CDS. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the written CDS had remaining terms of four years and ranging from less than one year to three years, respectively. The maximum guarantees outstanding at December 31, 2013 and 2012, as measured by the gross notional amounts of written CDS, were $60 million and $52 million, respectively. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the gross notional amounts of purchased CDS contracts, which represent benefits to, rather than obligations of, the Company, were $70 million and $175 million, respectively. The fair values of written CDS were $3 million and $1 million at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and the fair values of purchased CDS were $3 million and less than $1 million at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
The Company has also entered into TRS contracts on loans. The Company’s TRS business consists of matched trades, such that when the Company pays depreciation on one TRS, it receives the same amount on the matched TRS. To mitigate its credit risk, the Company typically receives initial cash collateral from the counterparty upon entering into the TRS and is entitled to additional collateral if the fair value of the underlying reference assets deteriorates. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, there were $1.5 billion and $1.9 billion of outstanding and offsetting TRS notional balances, respectively. The fair values of the TRS derivative assets and liabilities at December 31, 2013, were $35 million and $31 million, respectively, and related collateral held at December 31, 2013, was $228 million. The fair values of the TRS derivative assets and liabilities at December 31, 2012, were $51 million and $46 million, respectively, and related collateral held at December 31, 2012, was $282 million.
The Company writes risk participations, which are credit derivatives, whereby the Company has guaranteed payment to a dealer counterparty in the event that the counterparty experiences a loss on a derivative, such as an interest rate swap, due to a failure to pay by the counterparty’s customer (the “obligor”) on that derivative. The Company monitors its payment risk on its risk participations by monitoring the creditworthiness of the obligors, which is based on the normal credit review process the Company would have performed had it entered into the derivatives directly with the obligors. The obligors are all corporations or partnerships. However, the Company continues to monitor the creditworthiness of its obligors and the likelihood of payment could change at any time due to unforeseen circumstances. To date, no material losses have been incurred related to the Company’s written risk participations. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the remaining terms on these risk participations generally ranged from less than one year to twelve years and ten years, respectively, with a weighted average on the maximum estimated exposure of 6.9 years and 4.4 years, respectively. The Company’s maximum estimated exposure to written risk participations, as measured by projecting a maximum value of the guaranteed derivative instruments based on interest rate curve simulations and assuming 100% default by all obligors on the maximum values, was approximately $33 million and $20 million at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The fair values of the written risk participations were less than $1 million at December 31, 2013 and 2012. As part of its trading activities, the Company may enter into purchased risk participations to mitigate credit exposure to a derivative counterparty.

Cash Flow Hedges
The Company utilizes a comprehensive risk management strategy to monitor sensitivity of earnings to movements in interest rates. Specific types of funding and principal amounts hedged are determined based on prevailing market conditions and the shape of the yield curve. In conjunction with this strategy, the Company may employ various interest rate derivatives as risk management tools to hedge interest rate risk from recognized assets and liabilities or from forecasted transactions. The terms and notional amounts of derivatives are determined based on management’s assessment of future interest rates, as well as other factors.
Interest rate swaps have been designated as hedging the exposure to the benchmark interest rate risk associated with floating rate loans. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the range of hedge maturities for hedges of floating rate loans was between less than one year and five years, with the weighted average being 2.0 years and 2.4 years, respectively. Ineffectiveness on these hedges was less than $1 million during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011. At December 31, 2013, $371 million of the deferred net gains on derivatives that are recognized in AOCI are expected to be reclassified to net interest income over the next twelve months in connection with the recognition of interest income on these hedged items. The amount to be reclassified into income includes both active and terminated or de-designated cash flow hedges. The Company may choose to terminate or de-designate a hedging relationship in this program due to a change in the risk management objective for that specific hedge item, which may arise in conjunction with an overall balance sheet management strategy.
The Company also designated interest rate swaps to hedge exposure to changes in probable interest payments attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate associated with a forecasted issuance of fixed rate debt.
During 2008, the Company executed the Agreements on 60 million common shares of Coke. The Agreements were zero-cost equity collars at inception, which caused the Agreements to be derivatives in their entirety. The Company designated the Agreements as cash flow hedges of the Company's probable forecasted sales of its Coke common shares, and the risk management objective was to hedge the cash flows on the forecasted sales of the Coke common shares at market values equal to or above the call strike price and equal to or below the put strike price. The Company assessed hedge effectiveness on a quarterly basis and measured hedge ineffectiveness with the effective portion of the changes in fair value of the Agreements recognized in AOCI and any ineffective portions recognized in trading income. None of the components of the Agreements' fair values were excluded from the Company's assessments of hedge effectiveness. Ineffectiveness gains on the Agreements of $1 million and $2 million were recognized in trading income during the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and related to changes in market dividends.
During 2012, the Company and the Coke Counterparty accelerated the termination of the Agreements, and the Company sold in the market or to the Coke Counterparty 59 million of its 60 million shares of Coke and contributed the remaining 1 million shares to the SunTrust Foundation for a net gain of $1.9 billion, which is net of a $305 million loss related to the derivative contract termination of the Agreements. Upon approval by the Board to terminate the Agreements and sell and donate the Coke shares, the Agreements no longer qualified as cash flow hedges. Thus, subsequent changes in value of the Agreements until termination totaled $60 million and were recognized in net securities gains in the Consolidated Statements of Income. Amounts recognized in AOCI in the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity during the period the Agreements qualified as cash flow hedges totaled $365 million in losses. These amounts remained in AOCI until the sale of the Coke shares, at which time the amounts were reclassified to net securities gains in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

Fair Value Hedges
The Company enters into interest rate swap agreements as part of the Company’s risk management objectives for hedging its exposure to changes in fair value due to changes in interest rates. These hedging arrangements convert Company-issued fixed rate long-term debt to floating rates. Consistent with this objective, the Company reflects the accrued contractual interest on the hedged item and the related swaps as part of current period interest. There were no components of derivative gains or losses excluded in the Company’s assessment of hedge effectiveness related to the fair value hedges.

Economic Hedging and Trading Activities
In addition to designated hedging relationships, the Company also enters into derivatives as an end user as a risk management tool to economically hedge risks associated with certain non-derivative and derivative instruments, along with entering into derivatives in a trading capacity with its clients.
The primary risks that the Company economically hedges are interest rate risk, foreign exchange risk, and credit risk. Economic hedging objectives are accomplished by entering into offsetting derivatives either on an individual basis or collectively on a macro basis and generally accomplish the Company’s goal of mitigating the targeted risk. To the extent that specific derivatives are associated with specific hedged items, the notional amounts, fair values, and gains/(losses) on the derivatives are illustrated in the tables in this footnote.
The Company utilizes interest rate derivatives to mitigate exposures from various instruments.
The Company is subject to interest rate risk on its fixed rate debt. As market interest rates move, the fair value of the Company’s debt is affected. To protect against this risk on certain debt issuances that the Company has elected to carry at fair value, the Company has entered into pay variable-receive fixed interest rate swaps that decrease in value in a rising rate environment and increase in value in a declining rate environment.
The Company is exposed to risk on the returns of certain of its brokered deposits that are carried at fair value. To hedge against this risk, the Company has entered into interest rate derivatives that mirror the risk profile of the returns on these instruments.
The Company is exposed to interest rate risk associated with MSRs, which the Company hedges with a combination of mortgage and interest rate derivatives, including forward and option contracts, futures, and forward rate agreements.
The Company enters into mortgage and interest rate derivatives, including forward contracts, futures, and option contracts to mitigate interest rate risk associated with IRLCs and mortgage LHFS.
The Company is exposed to foreign exchange rate risk associated with certain commercial loans.
The Company enters into CDS to hedge credit risk associated with certain loans held within its Wholesale Banking segment. The Company accounts for these contracts as derivatives and, accordingly, recognizes these contracts at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized in other noninterest income in the Consolidated Statements of Income.
Trading activity, as illustrated in the tables within this footnote, primarily includes interest rate swaps, equity derivatives, CDS, futures, options, foreign currency contracts, and commodities. These derivatives are entered into in a dealer capacity to facilitate client transactions or are utilized as a risk management tool by the Company as an end user in certain macro-hedging strategies. The macro-hedging strategies are focused on managing the Company’s overall interest rate risk exposure that is not otherwise hedged by derivatives or in connection with specific hedges and, therefore, the Company does not specifically associate individual derivatives with specific assets or liabilities.