Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Securities

v3.20.2
Securities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Securities Securities
The table below presents the amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and fair value of AFS debt securities, other debt securities carried at fair value and HTM debt securities at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Debt Securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
(Dollars in millions)
June 30, 2020
Available-for-sale debt securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency
$
76,539

 
$
2,501

 
$
(41
)
 
$
78,999

Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations
6,113

 
198

 
(16
)
 
6,295

Commercial
14,926

 
996

 
(1
)
 
15,921

Non-agency residential (1)
903

 
127

 
(39
)
 
991

Total mortgage-backed securities
98,481

 
3,822

 
(97
)
 
102,206

U.S. Treasury and agency securities
50,304

 
2,368

 
(8
)
 
52,664

Non-U.S. securities
13,334

 
12

 
(14
)
 
13,332

Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
4,244

 
48

 
(40
)
 
4,252

Total taxable securities
166,363

 
6,250

 
(159
)
 
172,454

Tax-exempt securities
17,791

 
279

 
(92
)
 
17,978

Total available-for-sale debt securities (3)
184,154

 
6,529

 
(251
)
 
190,432

Other debt securities carried at fair value (2)
12,266

 
295

 
(81
)
 
12,480

Total debt securities carried at fair value
196,420

 
6,824

 
(332
)
 
202,912

Held-to-maturity debt securities, substantially all U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities (3)
268,967

 
10,937

 
(32
)
 
279,872

Total debt securities (4, 5)
$
465,387

 
$
17,761

 
$
(364
)
 
$
482,784

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2019
Available-for-sale debt securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency
$
121,698

 
$
1,013

 
$
(183
)
 
$
122,528

Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations
4,587

 
78

 
(24
)
 
4,641

Commercial
14,797

 
249

 
(25
)
 
15,021

Non-agency residential (1)
948

 
138

 
(9
)
 
1,077

Total mortgage-backed securities
142,030

 
1,478

 
(241
)
 
143,267

U.S. Treasury and agency securities
67,700

 
1,023

 
(195
)
 
68,528

Non-U.S. securities
11,987

 
6

 
(2
)
 
11,991

Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
3,874

 
67

 

 
3,941

Total taxable securities
225,591

 
2,574

 
(438
)
 
227,727

Tax-exempt securities
17,716

 
202

 
(6
)
 
17,912

Total available-for-sale debt securities
243,307

 
2,776

 
(444
)
 
245,639

Other debt securities carried at fair value (2)
10,596

 
255

 
(23
)
 
10,828

Total debt securities carried at fair value
253,903

 
3,031

 
(467
)
 
256,467

Held-to-maturity debt securities, substantially all U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities
215,730

 
4,433

 
(342
)
 
219,821

Total debt securities (4, 5)
$
469,633

 
$
7,464

 
$
(809
)
 
$
476,288

(1) 
At June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the underlying collateral type included approximately 47 percent and 49 percent prime, five percent and six percent Alt-A and 48 percent and 45 percent subprime.
(2) 
Primarily includes non-U.S. securities used to satisfy certain international regulatory requirements. Any changes in value are reported in other income. For detail on the components, see Note 14 – Fair Value Measurements.
(3) 
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Corporation reclassified AFS debt securities with a fair value of $16.2 billion and $60.6 billion to HTM.
(4) 
Includes securities pledged as collateral of $58.7 billion and $67.0 billion at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.
(5) 
The Corporation held debt securities from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that each exceeded 10 percent of shareholders’ equity, with an amortized cost of $154.8 billion and $51.0 billion, and a fair value of $162.6 billion and $53.5 billion at June 30, 2020, and an amortized cost of $157.2 billion and $54.1 billion, and a fair value of $160.6 billion and $55.1 billion at December 31, 2019.
At June 30, 2020, the accumulated net unrealized gain on AFS debt securities, excluding the amount related to debt securities previously transferred to held to maturity, included in accumulated OCI was $4.8 billion, net of the related income tax expense of $1.6 billion. The Corporation had nonperforming AFS debt securities of $25 million and $9 million at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.
Effective January 1, 2020, the Corporation adopted the new accounting standard for credit losses that requires evaluation of AFS and HTM debt securities for any expected losses with recognition of an allowance for credit losses, when applicable. For more information, see Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Principles. At June 30, 2020, the Corporation had $153.9 billion
in AFS debt securities, which were primarily U.S. agency and U.S. Treasury securities that have a zero credit loss assumption. For the remaining $36.6 billion in AFS debt securities, the amount of ECL was insignificant. Substantially all of the Corporation's HTM debt securities are U.S. agency and U.S. Treasury securities and have a zero credit loss assumption.
At June 30, 2020, the Corporation held equity securities at an aggregate fair value of $798 million and other equity securities, as valued under the measurement alternative, at cost of $225 million, both of which are included in other assets. At June 30, 2020, the Corporation also held equity securities at fair value of $1.2 billion included in time deposits placed and other short-term investments.

In the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Corporation recorded gross realized gains on sales of AFS debt securities of $63 million and $379 million and gross realized losses of $1 million and $2 million, resulting in net gains of $62 million and $377 million, with $15 million and $94 million of income taxes attributable to the realized net gain on sales of these AFS debt securities. For the same periods in 2019, the Corporation recorded gross realized gains of $110 million and $227 million and gross realized losses of $1 million and $112 million, resulting
in net gains of $109 million and $115 million with $26 million and $28 million of income taxes attributable to the realized net gains on sales of these AFS debt securities.
The table below presents the fair value and the associated gross unrealized losses on AFS debt securities and whether these securities have had gross unrealized losses for less than 12 months or for 12 months or longer at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total AFS Debt Securities in a Continuous Unrealized Loss Position
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Less than Twelve Months
 
Twelve Months or Longer
 
Total
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross Unrealized Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross Unrealized Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Gross Unrealized Losses
(Dollars in millions)
June 30, 2020
Continuously unrealized loss-positioned AFS debt securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency
$
6,244

 
$
(41
)
 
$
2

 
$

 
$
6,246

 
$
(41
)
Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations
296

 
(2
)
 
516

 
(14
)
 
812

 
(16
)
Commercial
292

 

 
197

 
(1
)
 
489

 
(1
)
Non-agency residential
350

 
(27
)
 
74

 
(12
)
 
424

 
(39
)
Total mortgage-backed securities
7,182

 
(70
)
 
789

 
(27
)
 
7,971

 
(97
)
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
615

 
(3
)
 
504

 
(5
)
 
1,119

 
(8
)
Non-U.S. securities
2,868

 
(10
)
 
533

 
(4
)
 
3,401

 
(14
)
Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
1,560

 
(27
)
 
290

 
(13
)
 
1,850

 
(40
)
Total taxable securities
12,225

 
(110
)
 
2,116

 
(49
)
 
14,341

 
(159
)
Tax-exempt securities
4,429

 
(79
)
 
913

 
(13
)
 
5,342

 
(92
)
Total AFS debt securities in a continuous
 unrealized loss position
$
16,654

 
$
(189
)
 
$
3,029

 
$
(62
)
 
$
19,683

 
$
(251
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2019
Continuously unrealized loss-positioned AFS debt securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage-backed securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency
$
17,641

 
$
(41
)
 
$
17,238

 
$
(142
)
 
$
34,879

 
$
(183
)
Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations
255

 
(1
)
 
925

 
(23
)
 
1,180

 
(24
)
Commercial
2,180

 
(22
)
 
442

 
(3
)
 
2,622

 
(25
)
Non-agency residential
122

 
(6
)
 
22

 
(3
)
 
144

 
(9
)
Total mortgage-backed securities
20,198

 
(70
)
 
18,627

 
(171
)
 
38,825

 
(241
)
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
12,836

 
(71
)
 
18,866

 
(124
)
 
31,702

 
(195
)
Non-U.S. securities
851

 

 
837

 
(2
)
 
1,688

 
(2
)
Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
938

 

 
222

 

 
1,160

 

Total taxable securities
34,823

 
(141
)
 
38,552

 
(297
)
 
73,375

 
(438
)
Tax-exempt securities
4,286

 
(5
)
 
190

 
(1
)
 
4,476

 
(6
)
Total AFS debt securities in a continuous
 unrealized loss position
$
39,109

 
$
(146
)
 
$
38,742

 
$
(298
)
 
$
77,851

 
$
(444
)

The remaining contractual maturity distribution and yields of the Corporation’s debt securities carried at fair value and HTM debt securities at June 30, 2020 are summarized in the table below. Actual duration and yields may differ as prepayments on the loans underlying the mortgages or other asset-backed securities (ABS) are passed through to the Corporation.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maturities of Debt Securities Carried at Fair Value and Held-to-maturity Debt Securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Due in One
Year or Less
 
Due after One Year
through Five Years
 
Due after Five Years
through Ten Years
 
Due after
Ten Years
 
Total
(Dollars in millions)
Amount
 
Yield (1)
 
Amount
 
Yield (1)
 
Amount
 
Yield (1)
 
Amount
 
Yield (1)
 
Amount
 
Yield (1)
Amortized cost of debt securities carried at fair value
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Mortgage-backed securities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Agency
$

 
%
 
$
8

 
4.80
%
 
$
62

 
4.48
%
 
$
76,469

 
3.35
%
 
$
76,539

 
3.35
%
Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations

 

 

 

 
25

 
2.52

 
6,088

 
2.96

 
6,113

 
2.96

Commercial
15

 
2.81

 
5,915

 
2.49

 
7,991

 
2.51

 
1,017

 
2.83

 
14,938

 
2.52

Non-agency residential

 

 

 

 
11

 

 
2,075

 
7.58

 
2,086

 
7.54

Total mortgage-backed securities
15

 
2.81

 
5,923

 
2.49

 
8,089

 
2.52

 
85,649

 
3.42

 
99,676

 
3.29

U.S. Treasury and agency securities
9,096

 
1.28

 
28,239

 
1.76

 
12,939

 
2.41

 
33

 
2.56

 
50,307

 
1.84

Non-U.S. securities
22,980

 
0.38

 
1,328

 
1.55

 
11

 
4.02

 
83

 
11.43

 
24,402

 
0.49

Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
1,377

 
1.39

 
1,759

 
2.40

 
527

 
2.24

 
581

 
2.01

 
4,244

 
2.00

Total taxable securities
33,468

 
0.66

 
37,249

 
1.89

 
21,566

 
2.44

 
86,346

 
3.41

 
178,629

 
2.46

Tax-exempt securities
1,224

 
0.95

 
7,938

 
1.25

 
5,670

 
1.61

 
2,959

 
1.51

 
17,791

 
1.39

Total amortized cost of debt securities carried at fair value
$
34,692

 
0.66

 
$
45,187

 
1.75

 
$
27,236

 
2.21

 
$
89,305

 
3.35

 
$
196,420

 
2.35

Amortized cost of HTM debt securities (2)
$
310

 
1.98

 
$
46

 
3.62

 
$
17,258

 
0.84

 
$
251,353

 
3.07

 
$
268,967

 
2.93

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Debt securities carried at fair value
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Mortgage-backed securities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Agency
$

 
 

 
$
9

 
 

 
$
67

 
 

 
$
78,923

 
 

 
$
78,999

 
 

Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations

 
 

 

 
 

 
26

 
 

 
6,269

 
 

 
6,295

 
 

Commercial
17

 
 

 
6,256

 
 

 
8,558

 
 

 
1,104

 
 

 
15,935

 
 

Non-agency residential

 
 

 

 
 

 
23

 
 

 
2,179

 
 

 
2,202

 
 

Total mortgage-backed securities
17

 
 
 
6,265

 
 
 
8,674

 
 
 
88,475

 
 
 
103,431

 
 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities
9,165

 
 
 
29,483

 
 
 
13,985

 
 
 
34

 
 
 
52,667

 
 
Non-U.S. securities
23,158

 
 

 
1,328

 
 

 
11

 
 

 
84

 
 

 
24,581

 
 

Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
1,380

 
 

 
1,758

 
 

 
525

 
 

 
592

 
 

 
4,255

 
 

Total taxable securities
33,720

 
 

 
38,834

 
 

 
23,195

 
 

 
89,185

 
 

 
184,934

 
 

Tax-exempt securities
1,225

 
 

 
7,966

 
 

 
5,778

 
 

 
3,009

 
 

 
17,978

 
 

Total debt securities carried at fair value
$
34,945

 
 

 
$
46,800

 
 

 
$
28,973

 
 

 
$
92,194

 
 

 
$
202,912

 
 

Fair value of HTM debt securities (2)
$
310

 
 
 
$
46

 
 
 
$
17,508

 
 
 
$
262,008

 
 
 
$
279,872

 
 
(1) 
The weighted-average yield is computed based on a constant effective interest rate over the contractual life of each security. The average yield considers the contractual coupon and the amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts, excluding the effect of related hedging derivatives.
(2) 
Substantially all U.S. agency MBS.