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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Significant Accounting Policies Included in Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K is a summary of our significant accounting policies. Provided below is a summary of additional accounting policies that are significant to the company’s consolidated financial condition and results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017. Recent Accounting Pronouncements Newly Adopted Accounting Standards Updates ("ASUs") In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-03, "Accounting Changes and Error Corrections (Topic 250) and Investments - Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323)." This new guidance requires that companies evaluate ASUs that have not been adopted to determine the appropriate financial statement disclosures about the potential material effects of those ASUs on the financial statements when adopted. This new guidance is effective immediately. We adopted this guidance, as required, in the first quarter of 2017, which did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, "Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting." This new guidance provides simplifications of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including related income tax accounting, classification of awards, and classification on the statement of cash flows. In addition, this guidance permits the withholding of employee taxes related to the distribution of equity awards up to the maximum individual employee statutory tax rates. This new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is permitted. In the second quarter of 2016, we adopted this new guidance. Upon adoption, we elected to account for forfeitures on employee equity awards as they occur, rather than estimating expected forfeitures. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. Other Recent Accounting Pronouncements In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-08, "Receivables - Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20)." This new guidance shortens the amortization period for certain callable debt securities purchased at a premium by requiring the premium to be amortized to the earliest call date. This new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. We plan to adopt this new guidance by the required date and do not anticipate that this update will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash." This new guidance amends previous guidance on how to classify and present changes in restricted cash on the statement of cash flows. This new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. We plan to adopt this new guidance by the required date and we will modify the presentation of our cash flow statement as required. In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16, "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory." This new guidance allows an entity to recognize the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory when the transfer occurs. It also eliminates the exceptions for an intra-entity transfer of assets other than inventory. This new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. We plan to adopt this new guidance by the required date and do not anticipate that this update will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments." This new guidance provides guidance on how to present and classify certain cash receipts and cash payments in the statement of cash flows. This new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. We plan to adopt this new guidance by the required date and do not anticipate that this update will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, "Financial Instruments - Credit Losses." This new guidance provides a new impairment model that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses to determine the allowance for credit losses. This new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for fiscal years beginning December 15, 2018. Currently, a significant portion of our financial instruments are measured at fair value, for which we do not maintain any allowances for loan losses in accordance with fair value accounting. As such, based on our initial evaluation of this new guidance, we do not believe the provisions in this guidance will have a material impact to how we account for these instruments. Separately, we account for our available-for-sale securities under the other-than-temporary impairment ("OTTI") model for debt securities. This new guidance changes the accounting for available-for-sale securities, including AFS securities purchased with credit deterioration. We are currently evaluating the impact that this update will have on our consolidated financial statements in regard to our available-for-sale securities. We plan to adopt this new guidance by the required date. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, "Leases." This new guidance requires lessees to recognize most leases on their balance sheet as a right-of-use asset and a lease liability. This new guidance retains a dual lease accounting model, which requires leases to be classified as either operating or capital leases for lessees, for purposes of income statement recognition. This new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. As discussed in Note 14, our only material leases are those related to our leased office space, for which future payments under these leases total $18 million at June 30, 2017. Based on our initial evaluation of this new guidance, and taking into consideration our current in-place leases, we do not expect that its adoption will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. We will continue evaluating this new standard and caution that any changes in our business or additional leases we may enter into could change our initial assessment. In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, "Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities." This new guidance amends accounting related to the classification and measurement of investments in equity securities and the presentation of certain fair value changes for financial liabilities measured at fair value. This new guidance also amends certain disclosure requirements associated with the fair value of financial instruments and it is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. We plan to adopt this new guidance by the required date and do not anticipate that this update will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” The update modifies the guidance companies use to recognize revenue from contracts with customers for transfers of goods or services and transfers of nonfinancial assets, unless those contracts are within the scope of other standards. The guidance also requires new qualitative and quantitative disclosures, including information about contract balances and performance obligations. In July 2015, the FASB approved a one year deferral of the effective date. Accordingly, the update is effective for us in the first quarter of 2018 with retrospective application to prior periods presented or as a cumulative effect adjustment in the period of adoption. Early adoption is permitted in the first quarter of 2017. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-08, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net)." This new guidance provides additional implementation guidance on how an entity should identify the unit of accounting for the principal versus agent evaluations. In May 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-12, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients," and in December 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-20, "Technical Corrections and Improvements to Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers." These new ASUs provide more specific guidance on certain aspects of Topic 606. Based on our initial evaluation of these new accounting standards, we do not expect that their adoption will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements, as financial instruments are explicitly scoped out of the standards and nearly all of our income is generated from financial instruments. We will continue evaluating these new standards and caution that any changes in our business or additional amendments to these standards could change our initial assessment. Balance Sheet Netting Certain of our derivatives and short-term debt are subject to master netting arrangements or similar agreements. Under GAAP, in certain circumstances we may elect to present certain financial assets, liabilities and related collateral subject to master netting arrangements in a net position on our consolidated balance sheets. However, we do not report any of these financial assets or liabilities on a net basis, and instead present them on a gross basis on our consolidated balance sheets. The table below presents financial assets and liabilities that are subject to master netting arrangements or similar agreements categorized by financial instrument, together with corresponding financial instruments and corresponding collateral received or pledged at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016. Table 3.1 – Offsetting of Financial Assets, Liabilities, and Collateral
|  | Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets (Liabilities) |  | Gross Amounts Offset in Consolidated Balance Sheet |  | Net Amounts of Assets (Liabilities) Presented in Consolidated Balance Sheet |  | Gross Amounts Not Offset in Consolidated Balance Sheet (1) |  | Net Amount
June 30, 2017 (In Thousands) |  |  |  |  | Financial Instruments |  | Cash Collateral (Received) Pledged |
Assets (2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate agreements |  | $ | 4,335 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,335 |  |  | $ | (3,513 | ) |  | $ | (822 | ) |  | $ | — |
TBAs |  | 3,381 |  |  | — |  |  | 3,381 |  |  | (1,390 | ) |  | (690 | ) |  | 1,301 |
Futures |  | 9 |  |  | — |  |  | 9 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 9 |
Total Assets |  | $ | 7,725 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7,725 |  |  | $ | (4,903 | ) |  | $ | (1,512 | ) |  | $ | 1,310 |
Liabilities (2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate agreements |  | $ | (64,087 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (64,087 | ) |  | $ | 3,513 |  |  | $ | 60,574 |  |  | $ | — |
TBAs |  | (1,506 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1,506 | ) |  | 1,391 |  |  | 37 |  |  | (78 | )
Futures |  | (163 | ) |  | — |  |  | (163 | ) |  | — |  |  | 163 |  |  | — |
Loan warehouse debt |  | (575,303 | ) |  | — |  |  | (575,303 | ) |  | 575,303 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Security repurchase agreements |  | (469,491 | ) |  | — |  |  | (469,491 | ) |  | 469,491 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total Liabilities |  | $ | (1,110,550 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,110,550 | ) |  | $ | 1,049,698 |  |  | $ | 60,774 |  |  | $ | (78 | )
|  | Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets (Liabilities) |  | Gross Amounts Offset in Consolidated Balance Sheet |  | Net Amounts of Assets (Liabilities) Presented in Consolidated Balance Sheet |  | Gross Amounts Not Offset in Consolidated Balance Sheet (1) |  | Net Amount
December 31, 2016 (In Thousands) |  |  |  |  | Financial Instruments |  | Cash Collateral (Received) Pledged |
Assets (2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate agreements |  | $ | 24,980 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 24,980 |  |  | $ | (7,736 | ) |  | $ | (4,784 | ) |  | $ | 12,460 |
TBAs |  | 8,300 |  |  | — |  |  | 8,300 |  |  | (3,936 | ) |  | (4,364 | ) |  | — |
Total Assets |  | $ | 33,280 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 33,280 |  |  | $ | (11,672 | ) |  | $ | (9,148 | ) |  | $ | 12,460 |
Liabilities (2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate agreements |  | $ | (56,919 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (56,919 | ) |  | $ | 7,736 |  |  | $ | 49,183 |  |  | $ | — |
TBAs |  | (4,681 | ) |  | — |  |  | (4,681 | ) |  | 3,936 |  |  | — |  |  | (745 | )
Futures |  | (928 | ) |  | — |  |  | (928 | ) |  | — |  |  | 928 |  |  | — |
Loan warehouse debt |  | (485,544 | ) |  | — |  |  | (485,544 | ) |  | 485,544 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Security repurchase agreements |  | (305,995 | ) |  | — |  |  | (305,995 | ) |  | 305,995 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total Liabilities |  | $ | (854,067 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (854,067 | ) |  | $ | 803,211 |  |  | $ | 50,111 |  |  | $ | (745 | )
(1) | Amounts presented in these columns are limited in total to the net amount of assets or liabilities presented in the prior column by instrument. In certain cases, there is excess cash collateral or financial assets we have pledged to a counterparty (which may, in certain circumstances, be a clearinghouse) that exceed the financial liabilities subject to a master netting arrangement or similar agreement. Additionally, in certain cases, counterparties may have pledged excess cash collateral to us that exceeds our corresponding financial assets. In each case, any of these excess amounts are excluded from the table although they are separately reported in our consolidated balance sheets as assets or liabilities, respectively.
(2) | Interest rate agreements, TBAs, credit default index swaps, and futures are components of derivatives instruments on our consolidated balance sheets. Loan warehouse debt, which is secured by residential mortgage loans, and security repurchase agreements are components of Short-term debt on our consolidated balance sheets.
For each category of financial instrument set forth in the table above, the assets and liabilities resulting from individual transactions within that category between us and a counterparty are subject to a master netting arrangement or similar agreement with that counterparty that provides for individual transactions to be aggregated and treated as a single transaction. For certain categories of these instruments, some of our transactions are cleared and settled through one or more clearinghouses that are substituted as our counterparty. References herein to master netting arrangements or similar agreements include the arrangements and agreements governing the clearing and settlement of these transactions through the clearinghouses. In the event of the termination and close-out of any of those transactions, the corresponding master netting agreement or similar agreement provides for settlement on a net basis. Any such settlement would include the proceeds of the liquidation of any corresponding collateral, subject to certain limitations on termination, settlement, and liquidation of collateral that may apply in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of a party. Such limitations should not inhibit the eventual practical realization of the principal benefits of those transactions or the corresponding master netting arrangement or similar agreement and any corresponding collateral.

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