Derivative Financial Instruments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Note 11. Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company uses derivative instruments to manage its exposure to market risks, including interest rate risk, and to assist customers with their risk management objectives. The Company designates certain derivatives as hedging instruments in a qualifying hedge accounting relationship, while other derivatives serve as economic hedges that do not qualify for hedge accounting.

The notional amount and fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as of March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, were as follows:


	March 31, 2024					December 31, 2023
(dollars in thousands)	Notional Amount		Fair Value			Notional Amount		Fair Value
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Interest Rate Swap Agreements	$	3,000,000	$	(9,176	)	$	3,000,000	$	(48,672	)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Interest Rate Lock Commitments		7,694		115			5,899		148
Forward Commitments		8,278		(29	)		8,583		(105	)
Interest Rate Swap Agreements
Receive Fixed/Pay Variable Swaps		2,057,296		(148,100	)		2,067,624		(114,701	)
Pay Fixed/Receive Variable Swaps		2,057,296		147,986			2,067,624		114,542
Foreign Exchange Contracts		1,395		(2	)		745		—
Conversion Rate Swap Agreement 1		166,361	NA				155,196	NA

1 The conversion rate swap agreements were valued at zero as further reductions to the conversion rate were deemed neither probable nor reasonably estimable.

The following table presents the Company’s derivative financial instruments, their fair values, and their location in the consolidated statements of condition as of March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023:


	March 31, 2024					December 31, 2023
	Asset			Liability		Asset			Liability
(dollars in thousands)	Derivatives1			Derivatives1		Derivatives1			Derivatives1
Interest Rate Swap Agreements
Not designated as hedging instruments	$	162,219		$	162,333	$	143,593		$	143,752
Designated as hedging instruments		(9,176	)		—		(48,672	)		—
		153,043			162,333		94,921			143,752
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Interest Rate Lock Commitments		117			2		148			—
Forward Commitments		—			29		—			105
Foreign Exchange Contracts		—			2		—			—
Total Derivatives	$	153,160		$	162,366	$	95,069		$	143,857

1 Asset derivatives are included in other assets and liability derivatives are included in other liabilities in the consolidated statements of condition. The Company’s free-standing derivative financial instruments are carried at fair value on the Company’s consolidated statements of condition.

The following table presents the Company’s derivative financial instruments and the amount and location of the net gains or losses recognized in the consolidated statements of income for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and March 31, 2023:


	Location of
	Net Gains (Losses)	Three Months Ended
	Recognized in the	March 31,
(dollars in thousands)	Statements of Income	2024			2023
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Recognized on Interest Rate Swap Agreements	Interest Income on Investment Securities Available-for-Sale	$	16,893		$	—
Recognized on Hedged Item	Interest Income on Investment Securities Available-for-Sale		(17,002	)		—
Recognized on Interest Rate Swap Agreements	Interest and Fees on Loans and Leases		22,603			—
Recognized on Hedged Item	Interest and Fees on Loans and Leases		(22,751	)		—
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Interest Rate Lock Commitments	Mortgage Banking		123			204
Forward Commitments	Mortgage Banking		96			(31	)
Interest Rate Swap Agreements	Other Noninterest Income		44			(16	)
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Other Noninterest Income		1,171			841
Total		$	1,177		$	998

The following amounts were recorded on the consolidated statement of financial condition related to the cumulative basis adjustment for fair value hedges as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:


Derivative Financial Instruments
Designated as Hedging Instruments
Line Item in the Consolidated Statement of Condition	Carrying Amount of the Hedged Assets		Cumulative Amount of Fair Value Hedging Adjustment Included In the Carrying Amount of the Hedged Assets
(dollars in thousands)	March 31, 2024	December 31, 2023	March 31, 2024	December 31, 2023
Investment Securities, Available-for-Sale1	$1,303,258	$1,320,260	$3,258	$20,260
Loans and Leases2	1,705,635	1,728,386	5,635	28,386

1 These amounts were included in the fair value of closed portfolios of investment securities, available-for-sale used to designate hedging relationships in which the hedged item is the stated amount of assets in the closed portfolios anticipated to be outstanding for the designated hedge period. As of March 31, 2024, the fair value of the closed portfolios used in these hedging relationships was $1.8 billion.

2 These amounts were included in the amortized cost basis of closed portfolios of loans used to designate hedging relationships in which the hedged item is the stated amount of assets in the closed portfolios anticipated to be outstanding for the designated hedge period. As of March 31, 2024, the amortized cost basis of the closed portfolios used in these hedging relationships was $3.1 billion.

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

Interest Rate Swap Agreements

The Company enters into interest rate swap agreements to facilitate the risk management strategies of a small number of commercial banking customers. The Company mitigates the risk of entering into these agreements by entering into equal and offsetting interest rate swap agreements with highly rated third-party financial institutions. The interest rate swap agreements are free-standing derivatives and are recorded at fair value in the Company’s consolidated statements of condition (asset positions are included in other assets and liability positions are included in other liabilities). The Company is party to master netting arrangements with its financial institution counterparties; however, the Company does not offset assets and liabilities under these arrangements for financial statement presentation purposes. The master netting arrangements provide for a single net settlement of all swap agreements, as well as collateral, in the event of default on, or termination of, any one contract. Collateral, usually in the form of cash marketable securities, is posted by the party (i.e., the Company or the financial institution counterparty) with net liability positions in accordance with contract thresholds. The Company had net asset positions with its financial institution counterparties totaling $148.0 million and $114.5 million as of March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, respectively.

Conversion Rate Swap Agreements

As certain sales of Visa Class B restricted shares were completed, the Company entered into a conversion rate swap agreement with the buyer that requires payment to the buyer in the event Visa further reduces the conversion ratio of Class B into Class A unrestricted common shares. In the event of Visa increasing the conversion ratio, the buyer would be required to make payment to the Company. As of March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the conversion rate swap agreement was valued at zero (i.e., no contingent liability recorded) as further reductions to the conversion ratio were deemed neither probable nor reasonably estimable by management.

Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments
Fair Value Hedges

The Company is exposed to changes in the fair value of fixed-rate assets due to changes in benchmark interest rates. The Company entered into pay-fixed and receive-floating interest rate swaps to manage its exposure to changes in fair value of its available-for-sale investment securities and fixed rate loans. These interest rate swaps are designated as fair value hedges using the portfolio layer method. The Company receives variable-rate interest payments in exchange for making fixed-rate payments over the lives of the contracts without exchanging the notional amounts. The fair value hedges are recorded as components of other assets and other liabilities in the Company’s consolidated statements of financial condition. The gain or loss on these derivatives, as well as the offsetting loss or gain on the hedged items attributable to the hedged risk are recognized in interest income in the Company’s consolidated statements of income.