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Derivatives and Hedging Activities Derivatives and Hedging Activities
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivatives and Hedging Activities
DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES
 
 
The Bank periodically enters into certain interest rate swap agreements in order to provide commercial loan customers the ability to convert their obligations from variable to fixed interest rates. Under these agreements, the Bank enters into a variable-rate loan agreement with a customer in addition to a swap agreement, and then enters into a corresponding swap agreement with a third party in order to offset its exposure on the customer swap agreement. As the interest rate swap agreements with the customers and third parties are not designated as hedges under FASB ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, the instruments are marked to market in earnings.
The Bank has also entered into forward-starting interest rate swaps to convert future short-term borrowings to fixed rate payments. The primary purpose of this hedge is to avoid interest rate risk. More specifically, to avoid the interest rate risk of rising LIBOR rates which are a benchmark for the short term borrowings. These interest rate swaps qualify as hedging instruments under FASB ASC 815 which provides for matching of the recognition of gains and losses of the interest rate swaps and the hedged items. The hedged item is the LIBOR portion of the series of future short-term fixed rate borrowings over the term of the interest rate swap. Prior to the starting date, the change in the fair value of the interest rate swap will be recorded in Other Comprehensive Income.
The notional amount of open interest rate swap agreements at September 30, 2014 was $464,169,000. This included $264,169,000 in interest rate swaps in the customer derivatives program. There was no net impact on income due to changes in fair value for the 12 months ended September 30, 2014 for these interest rate swaps as the changes in value for the asset swap and the liability swap offset each other. The fee income related to these swaps was $920,705 for 2014 and $552,609 for 2013. This amount is included in miscellaneous loan fees.
Additionally, the Bank had $200,000,000 in forward starting interest rate swaps to hedge future borrowing rates. Their impact on other comprehensive income as of September 30, 2014 was a loss of $170,000.
The Bank periodically enters into forward contracts to purchase mortgage-backed securities as part of its interest rate risk management program. The notional amount of commitments to purchase mortgage-backed securities was $0 as of September 30, 2014 and it was $200,000,000 at September 30, 2013. The fair value of these contracts is included with the available-for-sale securities on the statement of financial condition.
The following table presents the fair value and balance sheet classification of derivatives at September 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013:
 
 
Asset Derivatives
 
Liability Derivatives
 
 
September 30, 2014
 
September 30, 2013
 
September 30, 2014
 
September 30, 2013
(In thousands)
 
Balance Sheet
 
Fair Value
 
Balance Sheet
 
Fair Value
 
Balance Sheet
 
Fair Value
 
Balance Sheet
 
Fair Value
 
 
 
Interest rate contracts
 
Other assets
 
$
2,879

 
Other assets
 
$
7

 
Other liabilities
 
$
2,879

 
Other liabilities
 
$
7

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commitments to purchase MBS
 
AFS securities
 
—

 
AFS securities
 
3,188

 
N/A
 
—
 
N/A
 
N/A

 

Derivatives at fair value are priced using model pricing based on their relationship to other benchmark quoted prices as provided by an independent third party and under the provisions of FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, are considered a Level 2 input method.