New Accounting Pronouncements

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Jun. 30, 2015

Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]

New Accounting Pronouncements

New Accounting Pronouncements

The following new accounting pronouncements were adopted effective January 1, 2015:

Ÿ Residential Real Estate Collateralized Consumer Mortgage Loans In January 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued an Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") to define an in-substance repossession or foreclosure of residential real estate for purposes of determining whether or not an entity should derecognize a consumer mortgage loan collateralized by that real estate. Under the standard, an in-substance repossession or foreclosure has occurred if the entity has obtained legal title to the real estate as a result of the completion of a foreclosure (even if the borrower has rights to reclaim the property after the foreclosure upon the payment of certain amounts specified by law), or if, through a deed in lieu of foreclosure or other legal agreement, the borrower conveys all interest in the real estate to the entity in satisfaction of the loan. The standard also requires entities to disclose both the amount of foreclosed residential real estate held as well as the recorded investment in consumer mortgage loans collateralized by residential real estate that the entity is in the process of foreclosing upon. We adopted this guidance on January 1, 2015. The adoption of this standard did not have any impact on our financial statements. See Note 4, "Loans," for the new disclosure required by this standard.

• Repurchase to Maturity Transactions, Repurchase Financings, and Disclosures In June 2014, the FASB issued an ASU which changes the accounting for repurchase-to-maturity transactions to secured borrowing accounting and requires secured borrowing accounting for the repurchase agreement in a contemporaneous repurchase financing arrangement. The accounting changes in the ASU are effective for all annual and interim periods beginning January 1, 2015. The ASU also requires new disclosure about repurchase agreements, securities lending transactions, and repurchase-to-maturity transactions that are accounted for as secured borrowings to be presented for annual periods beginning January 1, 2015, and for interim periods beginning April 1, 2015. The adoption of this guidance did not have a significant impact on our financial position or results of operations. See Note 17, "Guarantee Arrangements, Pledged Assets and Collateral," for the new disclosure required by this standard.

The following are accounting pronouncements which will be adopted in future periods:

Ÿ Recognition of Revenue from Contracts with Customers In May 2014, the FASB issued an ASU which provides a principles-based framework for revenue recognition that supersedes virtually all previously issued revenue recognition guidance. Additionally, the ASU requires improved disclosures to help users of financial statements better understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue that is recognized. The core principle of the five-step revenue recognition framework is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. While the ASU as originally issued was scheduled to be effective for all annual and interim periods beginning January 1, 2017, in July 2015, the FASB agreed to defer the effective date by one year, but will provide entities the option to adopt it as of the original effective date. The amendments in the ASU may be applied either retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of adoption recognized in equity at the date of initial application. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this ASU, including determining which transition method to apply.

Ÿ Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis In February 2015, the FASB issued an ASU which rescinds the deferral of VIE consolidation guidance for reporting entities with interests in certain investment funds and provides a new scope exception to registered money market funds and similar unregistered money market funds. The ASU makes several other amendments including a) the elimination of certain criteria previously used for determining whether fees paid to a decision maker represent a variable interest; b) revising the consolidation model for limited partnerships and similar entities which could be variable interest entities or voting interest entities; c) excluding certain fees paid to a decision maker from the risk and benefit test in the primary beneficiary determination if certain conditions are met; and d) reduces the application of the related party guidance for VIEs. The ASU will be effective for all annual and interim periods beginning January 1, 2016 and the guidance can be applied either retrospectively or by recording a cumulative effect adjustment to equity with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this ASU, but currently do not expect the adoption of this guidance will have a significant impact on our financial position or results of operations.

There have been no additional accounting pronouncements issued during the first half of 2015 that are expected to have or could have a significant impact on our financial position or results of operations.