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DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING
The Company, through its Banner Bank subsidiary, is party to various derivative instruments that are used for asset and liability management and client financing needs. Derivative instruments are contracts between two or more parties that have a notional amount and an underlying variable, require no net investment and allow for the net settlement of positions. The notional amount serves as the basis for the payment provision of the contract and takes the form of units, such as shares or dollars. The underlying variable represents a specified interest rate, index, or other component. The interaction between the notional amount and the underlying variable determines the number of units to be exchanged between the parties and influences the market value of the derivative contract. The Company obtains dealer quotations to value its derivative contracts.

The Company’s predominant derivative and hedging activities involve interest rate swaps related to certain term loans and forward sales contracts associated with mortgage banking activities. Generally, these instruments help the Company manage exposure to market risk and meet client financing needs. Market risk represents the possibility that economic value or net interest income will be adversely affected by fluctuations in external factors such as market-driven interest rates and prices or other economic factors.

Derivatives Designated in Hedge Relationships

The Company’s fixed-rate loans result in exposure to losses in value or net interest income as interest rates change. The risk management objective for hedging fixed-rate loans is to effectively convert the fixed-rate received to a floating rate. The Company has hedged exposure to changes in the fair value of certain fixed-rate loans through the use of interest rate swaps. For a qualifying fair value hedge, changes in the value of the derivatives are recognized in current period earnings along with the corresponding changes in the fair value of the designated hedged item attributable to the risk being hedged.

Under a prior program, clients received fixed interest rate commercial loans and Banner Bank subsequently hedged that fixed-rate loan by entering into an interest rate swap with a dealer counterparty. Banner Bank receives fixed-rate payments from the clients on the loans and makes similar fixed-rate payments to the dealer counterparty on the swaps in exchange for variable-rate payments based on the one-month LIBOR index. Some of these interest rate swaps are designated as fair value hedges. Through application of the “short cut method of accounting,” there is an assumption that the hedges are effective. Banner Bank discontinued originating interest rate swaps under this program in 2008.

As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the notional values or contractual amounts and fair values of the Company’s derivatives designated in hedge relationships were as follows (in thousands):
Asset DerivativesLiability Derivatives
September 30, 2021December 31, 2020September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
Notional/
Contract Amount
Fair
   Value (1)
Notional/
Contract Amount
Fair
   Value (1)
Notional/
Contract Amount
Fair
   Value (2)
Notional/
Contract Amount
Fair
   Value (2)
Interest rate swaps$63 $1 $338 $9 $63 $1 $338 $9 

(1)    Included in Loans receivable on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition.
(2)    Included in Accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition.

Derivatives Not Designated in Hedge Relationships

Interest Rate Swaps: Banner Bank uses an interest rate swap program for commercial loan clients that provides the client with a variable-rate loan and enters into an interest rate swap in which the client receives a variable-rate payment in exchange for a fixed-rate payment. The Bank offsets its risk exposure by entering into an offsetting interest rate swap with a dealer counterparty for the same notional amount and length of term as the client interest rate swap providing the dealer counterparty with a fixed-rate payment in exchange for a variable-rate payment. These swaps do not qualify as designated hedges; therefore, each swap is accounted for as a free standing derivative.

Mortgage Banking: The Company sells originated one- to four-family mortgage loans into the secondary mortgage loan markets. During the period of loan origination and prior to the sale of the loans in the secondary market, the Company has exposure to movements in interest rates associated with written interest rate lock commitments with potential borrowers to originate one- to four-family loans that are intended to be sold and for closed one- to four-family mortgage loans held for sale, for which fair value accounting has been elected, that are awaiting sale and delivery into the secondary market. The Company economically hedges the risk of changing interest rates associated with these mortgage loan commitments by entering into forward sales contracts to sell one- to four-family mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities to broker/dealers at specific prices and dates.

As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the notional values or contractual amounts and fair values of the Company’s derivatives not designated in hedge relationships were as follows (in thousands):
Asset DerivativesLiability Derivatives
September 30, 2021December 31, 2020September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
Notional/
Contract Amount
Fair
   Value (1)
Notional/
Contract Amount
Fair
   Value (1)
Notional/
Contract Amount
Fair
   Value (2)
Notional/
Contract Amount
Fair
   Value (2)
Interest rate swaps$481,637 $25,626 $451,760 $39,057 $481,637 $15,549 $451,760 $22,327 
Mortgage loan commitments
109,986 1,395 140,390 5,221 50,496 49 72,511 199 
Forward sales contracts
174,141 914 79,414 420 24,000 87 204,000 1,556 
$765,764 $27,935 $671,564 $44,698 $556,133 $15,685 $728,271 $24,082 

(1)Included in Other assets on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition, with the exception of certain interest swaps and mortgage loan commitments (with a fair value of $177,000 at September 30, 2021 and $231,000 at December 31, 2020), which are included in Loans receivable.
(2)Included in Accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition.

Gains (losses) recognized in income on derivatives not designated in hedge relationships for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands):
Location on Consolidated
Statements of Operations		Three Months Ended
September 30,		Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2021202020212020
Mortgage loan commitmentsMortgage banking operations$(1,179)$2,639 $(3,826)$7,664 
Forward sales contractsMortgage banking operations865 258 2,004 (779)
$(314)$2,897 $(1,822)$6,885 

The Company is exposed to credit-related losses in the event of nonperformance by the counterparty to these agreements. Credit risk of the financial contract is controlled through the credit approval, limits, and monitoring procedures and management does not expect the counterparties to fail their obligations.

In connection with the interest rate swaps between Banner Bank and the dealer counterparties, the agreements contain a provision where if Banner Bank fails to maintain its status as a well/adequately capitalized institution, then the counterparty could terminate the derivative positions and Banner Bank would be required to settle its obligations. Similarly, Banner Bank could be required to settle its obligations under certain of its agreements if specific regulatory events occur, such as a publicly issued prompt corrective action directive, cease and desist order, or a capital maintenance agreement that required Banner Bank to maintain a specific capital level. If Banner Bank had breached any of these provisions at September 30, 2021 or December 31, 2020, it could have been required to settle its obligations under the agreements at the termination value. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the termination value of derivatives in a net liability position related to these agreements was $29.2 million and $48.6 million, respectively. The Company generally posts collateral against derivative liabilities in
the form of cash, government agency-issued bonds, mortgage-backed securities, or commercial mortgage-backed securities. Collateral posted against derivative liabilities was $50.8 million and $47.1 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

Derivative assets and liabilities are recorded at fair value on the balance sheet. Master netting agreements allow the Company to settle all derivative contracts held with a single counterparty on a net basis and to offset net derivative positions with related collateral where applicable. In addition, some of interest rate swap derivatives between Banner Bank and the dealer counterparties are cleared through central clearing houses. These clearing houses characterize the variation margin payments as settlements of the derivative’s market exposure and not as collateral. The variation margin is treated as an adjustment to our cash collateral, as well as a corresponding adjustment to our derivative liability. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the variation margin adjustment was a negative adjustment of $10.3 million and $16.9 million, respectively.

The following tables present additional information related to the Company’s derivative contracts, by type of financial instrument, as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 (in thousands):
September 30, 2021
Gross Amounts of Financial Instruments Not Offset in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition
Gross Amounts RecognizedAmounts offset
in the Statement
of Financial Condition		Net Amounts
in the Statement
of Financial Condition		Netting Adjustment Per Applicable Master Netting AgreementsFair Value
of Financial Collateral
in the Statement
of Financial Condition		Net Amount
Derivative assets
Interest rate swaps$25,627 $— $25,627 $— $— $25,627 
$25,627 $— $25,627 $— $— $25,627 
Derivative liabilities
Interest rate swaps$15,550 $— $15,550 $— $(12,446)$3,104 
$15,550 $— $15,550 $— $(12,446)$3,104 
December 31, 2020
Gross Amounts of Financial Instruments Not Offset in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition
Gross Amounts RecognizedAmounts offset
in the Statement
of Financial Condition		Net Amounts
in the Statement
of Financial Condition		Netting Adjustment Per Applicable Master Netting AgreementsFair Value
of Financial Collateral
in the Statement
of Financial Condition		Net Amount
Derivative assets
Interest rate swaps$39,066 $— $39,066 $— $— $39,066 
$39,066 $— $39,066 $— $— $39,066 
Derivative liabilities
Interest rate swaps$22,336 $— $22,336 $— $(22,220)$116 
$22,336 $— $22,336 $— $(22,220)$116