13. Derivatives and hedging activities

Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives

The Company is exposed to certain risks arising from both its business operations and economic conditions. The Company principally manages its exposures to a wide variety of business and operational risks through management of its core business activities. The Company manages economic risks, including interest rate, liquidity, and credit risk, primarily by managing the amount, sources, and duration of its assets and liabilities. The Company’s existing interest rate derivatives result from a service provided to certain qualifying customers and, therefore, are not used to manage interest rate risk in the Company’s assets or liabilities. The Company manages a matched book with respect to its derivative instruments in order to minimize its net risk exposure resulting from such transactions.

Fair Values of Derivative Instruments on the Balance Sheet

The table below presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on the Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2017.

Asset Derivatives

Liability Derivatives

As of December 31, 2017

As of December 31, 2016

As of December 31, 2017

As of December 31, 2016

Balance Sheet

Location

Fair Value

Location

Fair Value

Location

Fair Value

Location

Fair Value

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

Interest Rate Products

Other Assets

655

Other Assets

Other Liabilities

733

Other Liabilities

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

655

733

Non-designated Hedges

None of the Company’s derivatives are designated in qualifying hedging relationships. Derivatives not designated as hedges are not speculative and result from a service the Company provides to certain customers, which the Company implemented during the third quarter of 2017. The Company executes interest rate swaps with commercial banking customers to facilitate their respective risk management strategies. Those interest rate swaps are simultaneously hedged by offsetting interest rate swaps that the Company executes with a third party, such that the Company minimizes its net risk exposure resulting from such transactions. As the interest rate swaps associated with this program do not meet the strict hedge accounting requirements, changes in the fair value of both the customer swaps and the offsetting swaps are recognized directly in earnings. As of December 31, 2017, the Company had 5 interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional amount of $55,928 related to this program.

Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Income Statement

The tables below present the effect of the Company’s derivative financial instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.


		Amount of Gain or		Amount of Gain or
		(Loss) Recognized in		(Loss) Recognized in
	Location of Gain or (Loss)	Income on Derivative		Income on Derivative
	Recognized in Income on	Twelve Months Ended		Twelve Months Ended
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	Derivative	December 31, 2017		December 31, 2016

Interest Rate Products	Other non-interest income	$	(79)	$

Total		$	(79)	$

Credit-risk-related Contingent Features

The Company has agreements with certain of its derivative counterparties that contain a provision where if the Company defaults on any of its indebtedness, including default where repayment of the indebtedness has not been accelerated by the lender, then the Company could also be declared in default on its derivative obligations.

The Company also has agreements with certain of its derivative counterparties that contain a provision where if the Company fails to maintain its status as a well capitalized institution, then the counterparty could terminate the derivative positions and the Company would be required to settle its obligations under the agreements.

The Company has agreements with certain of its derivative counterparties that contain provisions that require the Company’s debt to maintain an investment grade credit rating from each of the major credit rating agencies. If the Company’s credit rating is reduced below investment grade then a termination event shall be deemed to have occurred and the non-affected counterparty shall have the right but not obligation to terminate all affected transactions under the agreement.

As of December 31, 2017 the termination value of derivatives in a net liability position, which includes accrued interest but excludes any adjustment for nonperformance risk, related to these agreements was $79. The Company has minimum collateral posting thresholds with certain of its derivative counterparties, and has posted collateral of $880 against its obligations under these agreements. The Company was in compliance with the terms of the above noted agreements at December 31, 2017.