RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Accounting Standards Update and Change in Accounting Principle [Abstract]

Accounting Standards Adopted in 2021

The Company adopted and updated its accounting policies for the following accounting standards that have been applied to the Company's interim consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2023:

ASU No. 2022-01, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Fair Value Hedging - Portfolio Layer Method ("ASU 2022-01"). The FASB issued ASU 2022-01 to amend ASU 2017-12, which was adopted by the Company in 2018. This amendment renames the "last-of-layer" method to the "portfolio layer" method, permits non-repayable financial assets to be included in a closed portfolio hedged using the portfolio layer method, and provides additional guidance for entities that apply the portfolio layer method of hedge accounting in accordance with Topic 815. The Company adopted ASU 2022-01, as amended, effective January 1, 2023 and leveraged the "portfolio layer" method to enter into interest rate swaps to hedge fixed-rate residential mortgages during the three months ended March 31, 2023. There was no impact to the Company's consolidated financial statements upon adoption. Refer to Note 8 of the consolidated financial statements for further details.

ASU No. 2022-02, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures ("ASU 2022-02"). The FASB issued ASU 2022-02 to provide new guidance on TDRs and charge-offs for entities that have adopted ASU 2016-13. The Company adopted ASU 2022-02 effective January 1, 2023 on a prospective basis, and upon adoption there was no impact to the consolidated financial statements. The adoption of ASU 2022-02 eliminates the accounting and disclosure requirements for TDRs, including the requirement to measure the allowance using a discounted cash flow ("DCF") methodology. Beginning January 1, 2023, the Company no longer establishes a specific reserve for newly modified loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty. Instead, these modifications are included in their respective segments, and the ACL is calculated utilizing models that consider the borrowers' probability of default, loss given default and exposure at default.

ASU 2022-02 also requires disclosure of modifications of loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty if the modification involves principal forgiveness, an interest rate reduction, an other-than-insignificant payment delay, a term extension, or a combination of any of these types of modifications. Additionally, ASU 2022-02 requires the disclosure of current period gross charge-offs by year of loss origination (vintage) which are required to be applied prospectively as of January 1, 2023, the Company's date of adoption. Refer to Note 4 of the consolidated financial statements for further details.

The following provides a brief description of recently issued accounting pronouncements that have yet to be adopted by the Company:

ASU No. 2023-02, Investments - Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323): Accounting for Investments in Tax Credit Structures Using the Proportional Amortization Method ("ASU 2023-02"). The FASB issued ASU 2023-02 to permit reporting entities to elect to account for tax equity investments, regardless of the tax credit program from which the income tax credits are received, using the proportional amortization method if certain conditions are met. Under the proportional amortization method, the initial cost of the investment is amortized in proportion to the income tax credits or other tax benefits received. ASU 2023-02 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2023. While the Company is currently evaluating, it does not expect the adoption of ASU 2023-02 to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.