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Derivative Financial Instruments
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivative Financial Instruments
11. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Bank is exposed to certain risks relating to its ongoing business operations and utilizes interest rate swap agreements (“swaps”) as part of its asset/liability management strategy to help manage its interest rate risk position. As of March 31, 2017, the Bank has entered into 80 interest-rate swap agreements with customers. The Bank then entered into identical offsetting swaps with a counterparty bank. The swap agreements are not designated as hedging instruments. The purpose of entering into offsetting derivatives not designated as a hedging instrument is to provide the Bank a variable-rate loan receivable and to provide the customer the financial effects of a fixed-rate loan without creating significant volatility in the Bank’s earnings.

The structure of the swaps is as follows. The Bank enters into a swap with its customers to allow them to convert variable rate loans to fixed rate loans, and at the same time, the Bank enters into a swap with the counterparty bank to allow the Bank to pass on the interest-rate risk associated with the customer fixed rate swaps. The net effect of the transaction allows the Bank to receive interest on the loan from the customer at a variable rate based on LIBOR plus a spread. The changes in the fair value of the swaps primarily offset each other and therefore should not have a significant impact on the Company’s results of operations, although the Company does incur credit and counterparty risk with respect to performance on the swap agreements by the Bank’s customer and counterparty, respectively. Our interest rate swap derivatives are subject to a master netting arrangement with one counterparty bank. None of our derivative assets and liabilities are offset in the balance sheet.

We believe our risk of loss associated with our counterparty borrowers related to interest rate swaps is mitigated as the loans with swaps are underwritten to take into account potential additional exposure, although there can be no assurances in this regard since the performance of our swaps is subject to market and counterparty risk.

Balance Sheet Classification of Derivative Financial Instruments

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the total notional amount of the Company’s swaps was $207.0 million, and $202.7 million, respectively. The location of the asset and liability, and their respective fair values are summarized in the tables below.

 

     March 31, 2017
     Asset Derivatives    Liability Derivatives
     Balance Sheet
Location		    Fair
Value		    Balance Sheet
Location		    Fair
Value
     (Dollars in thousands)

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

            

  Interest rate swaps

      Other assets        $ 4,985        Other liabilities        $ 4,985  
     

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

  Total derivatives

         $     4,985           $     4,985  
     

 

 

 

      

 

 

 
     December 31, 2016
     Asset Derivatives    Liability Derivatives
     Balance Sheet
Location		    Fair
Value		    Balance Sheet
Location		    Fair
Value
     (Dollars in thousands)

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

            

  Interest rate swaps

      Other assets        $ 5,783        Other liabilities        $ 5,783  
     

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

  Total derivatives

         $ 5,783            $ 5,783   
     

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

The Effect of Derivative Financial Instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings

The following table summarizes the effect of derivative financial instruments on the condensed consolidated statement of earnings for the periods presented.

 

Derivatives Not Designated as

Hedging Instruments

    Location of Gain Recognized in
Income on Derivative Instruments		    Amount of Gain Recognized in Income on
Derivative Instruments
          For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
          2017    2016
          (Dollars in thousands)

Interest rate swaps

      Other income        $ 323        $ 58  
     

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

         $ 323        $ 58