Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Derivatives (Tables)

v2.4.0.6
Derivatives (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Derivative [Line Items]  
Schedule of Fair Value Hedging Instruments, Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location
Hedge accounting activity for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012 included the following:
Fair value hedges

The table below summarizes certain information related to fair value hedges for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012, including hedges of interest rate risk on long-term borrowings that were adjusted and redesignated as part of Bank of America's acquisition of Merrill Lynch. At redesignation, the fair value of the derivatives was negative. As the derivatives mature, their fair value will approach zero. As a result, ineffectiveness may occur and the fair value changes in the derivatives and the long-term borrowings being hedged may be directionally the same in certain scenarios. Based on a regression analysis, the derivatives continue to be highly effective at offsetting changes in the fair value of the long-term borrowings attributable to interest rate risk.

(dollars in millions)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
Derivative (1)
Hedged Item (1)(2)
Hedge Ineffectiveness (1)
 
Derivative (1)
Hedged Item (1)(2)
Hedge Ineffectiveness (1)
For the three months ended March 31:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate risk on USD denominated long-term borrowings
$
(349
)
$
247

$
(102
)
 
$
(411
)
$
274

$
(137
)
Interest rate risk on foreign currency denominated long-term borrowings
(521
)
472

(49
)
 
88

(115
)
(27
)
Commodity price risk on commodity inventory
(3
)
3


 
23

(23
)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
 
2012
 
 
 Trading Assets
 Trading Liabilities
 
 
 Trading Assets
 Trading Liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Carrying value of hedging derivatives:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Long-term borrowings
$
5,133

$
934

 
 
$
5,706

$
664

 
Commodity inventory
24


 
 
48

2

 
Notional amount of hedging derivatives:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Long-term borrowings
32,369

10,429

 
 
36,932

9,676

 
Commodity inventory
74


 
 
124

3

 
(1) 
Amounts are recorded in interest expense and other revenues for long-term borrowings and principal transactions for commodity inventory.
(2) 
Excludes the impact of the accretion of purchase accounting adjustments made to certain long-term borrowings in connection with the acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America.
Schedule of Net Investment Hedges, Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location
Net investment hedges of foreign operations
(dollars in millions)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
 
 
2012
 
 
Gains (losses) Recognized in Accumulated OCI
Gains (losses) in Income Reclassified from Accumulated OCI (1)
Hedge Ineffectiveness and Amounts Excluded from Effectiveness Testing (1)
 
Gains (losses) Recognized in Accumulated OCI
Gains (losses) in Income Reclassified from Accumulated OCI (1)
Hedge Ineffectiveness and Amounts Excluded from Effectiveness Testing (1)
For the three months ended March 31:
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
Foreign exchange risk
$
1,045

$
(94
)
$
(24
)
 
$
(445
)
$
41

$
2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
 
 
2012
 
As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Carrying value of hedging derivatives:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Trading assets
 
$
631

 
 
 
$
425

 
   Trading liabilities
 
372

 
 
 
618

 
Notional amount of hedging derivatives:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   in an asset position
 
20,467

 
 
 
5,140

 
   in a liability position
 
5,740

 
 
 
19,391

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1) 
Amounts are recorded in other revenues and are attributable to certain legal entity liquidations.
Schedule of Economic Hedges
Net gains (losses) on other risk management derivatives
(dollars in millions)
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013(1)
 
2012(1)
For the three months ended March 31:
 
 
 
 
Interest rate risk
 
$
(8
)
 
$
(6
)
Foreign currency risk
 
(514
)
 
199

Credit risk
 
9

 
(49
)
(1) 
Amounts are recorded in other revenues and interest expense.

Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value
The following tables identify the primary risk for derivative instruments, which includes trading, non-trading and bifurcated embedded derivatives, at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012. The primary risk is provided on a gross basis, prior to the application of the impact of counterparty and cash collateral netting.

(dollars in millions)
 
As of March 31, 2013
 
Contract/
Notional
 
Trading Assets-
Derivative Contracts
 
Contract/
Notional
 
Trading Liabilities-
Derivative Contracts
Interest rate contracts
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Swaps
$
7,300,451

 
$
446,255

 
$
7,239,251

 
$
439,315

Futures and forwards
2,190,035

 
1,354

 
2,323,181

 
1,298

Written options

 

 
1,247,628

 
58,144

Purchased options
1,454,874

 
60,989

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Swaps
734,919

 
24,508

 
770,498

 
29,670

Spot, futures and forwards
108,514

 
2,356

 
110,104

 
3,242

Written options

 

 
307,291

 
6,159

Purchased options
277,719

 
5,981

 

 

Equity contracts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Swaps
28,549

 
1,033

 
31,589

 
1,300

Futures and forwards
26,453

 
1,243

 
40,548

 
1,199

Written options

 

 
301,035

 
18,016

Purchased options
297,783

 
15,677

 

 

Commodity contracts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Swaps
56,534

 
2,863

 
9,931

 
4,174

Futures and forwards
288,858

 
5,498

 
265,975

 
3,502

Written options

 

 
199,932

 
7,143

Purchased options
206,594

 
7,069

 

 

Credit derivatives
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Purchased protection:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Credit default swaps
104,203

 
9,075

 
102,459

 
2,032

Total return swaps
10,395

 
561

 
4,426

 
1,278

Other credit derivatives
443

 

 
13

 

Written protection:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
Credit default swaps
99,975

 
2,572

 
108,841

 
8,494

Total return swaps
5,210

 
297

 
18,028

 
327

Other credit derivatives

 

 
687

 
3

Gross derivative assets/liabilities
$
13,191,509

 
$
587,331

 
$
13,081,417

 
$
585,296

Less: Legally enforceable master netting
 
 
(532,279
)
 
 
 
(532,279
)
Less: Cash collateral received/paid
 

 
(27,545
)
 
 

 
(29,110
)
Total derivative assets and liabilities
 

 
$
27,507

 
 

 
$
23,907

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(dollars in millions)
 
As of December 31, 2012
 
Contract/
Notional
 
Trading Assets-
Derivative Contracts
 
Contract/
Notional
 
Trading Liabilities-
Derivative Contracts
Interest rate contracts
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Swaps
$
7,887,346

 
$
519,123

 
$
7,963,410

 
$
514,689

Futures and forwards
2,245,535

 
1,661

 
2,257,693

 
1,423

Written options

 

 
1,333,460

 
64,295

Purchased options
1,271,613

 
67,251

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Swaps
752,596

 
26,797

 
793,944

 
32,918

Spot, futures and forwards
124,702

 
2,740

 
131,334

 
3,272

Written options

 

 
211,069

 
5,154

Purchased options
194,435

 
4,770

 

 

Equity contracts
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Swaps
29,719

 
1,077

 
25,139

 
1,274

Futures and forwards
24,113

 
966

 
33,532

 
1,015

Written options

 

 
257,345

 
15,402

Purchased options
246,517

 
14,216

 

 

Commodity contracts
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Swaps
28,057

 
2,477

 
26,140

 
3,990

Futures and forwards
258,703

 
4,759

 
240,179

 
2,663

Written options

 

 
163,516

 
7,256

Purchased options
164,633

 
7,042

 

 

Credit derivatives
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Purchased protection:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Credit default swaps
103,042

 
9,644

 
103,839

 
2,120

Total return swaps
7,807

 
691

 
5,003

 
1,226

Other credit derivatives
215

 
1

 
13

 

Written protection:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Credit default swaps
102,888

 
2,640

 
103,988

 
8,947

Total return swaps
7,204

 
133

 
13,761

 
207

Other credit derivatives

 
1

 
212

 
2

Gross derivative assets/liabilities
$
13,449,125

 
$
665,989

 
$
13,663,577

 
$
665,853

Less: Legally enforceable master netting
 

 
(613,145
)
 
 

 
(613,145
)
Less: Cash collateral received/paid
 

 
(27,993
)
 
 

 
(32,140
)
Total derivative assets and liabilities
 

 
$
24,851

 
 

 
$
20,568

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Offsetting Assets/Liabilities
Offsetting of Derivatives
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
(Dollars in millions)
Trading Assets -Derivative Contracts
 
Trading Liabilities- Derivative Contracts
 
Trading Assets -Derivative Contracts
 
Trading Liabilities- Derivative Contracts
Interest rate contracts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Over the counter
$
311,725

 
$
298,940

 
$
343,399

 
$
331,403

Over the counter cleared
194,868

 
197,788

 
244,464

 
247,894

Foreign exchange contracts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Over the counter
31,904

 
37,578

 
33,348

 
39,803

Equity contracts
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
Over the counter
10,450

 
11,407

 
9,782

 
10,521

Exchange traded
5,535

 
6,191

 
4,776

 
4,682

Commodity contracts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Over the counter
7,918

 
8,503

 
6,798

 
7,684

Exchange traded
3,272

 
3,179

 
3,421

 
3,192

Credit contracts
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Over the counter
10,777

 
11,154

 
11,560

 
11,802

Over the counter cleared
380

 
336

 
294

 
226

Total gross derivative assets/liabilities, before netting
576,829

 
575,076

 
657,842

 
657,207

Less: Legally enforceable master netting
(532,279
)
 
(532,279
)
 
(613,145
)
 
(613,145
)
Less: Cash collateral received/paid
(27,545
)
 
(29,110
)
 
(27,993
)
 
(32,140
)
Derivative assets/liabilities, after netting
17,005

 
13,687

 
16,704

 
11,922

Other gross derivative assets/liabilities
10,502

 
10,220

 
8,147

 
8,646

Total derivative assets/liabilities
27,507

 
23,907

 
24,851

 
20,568

Less: Financial instruments collateral (1)
(2,837
)
 
(1,578
)
 
(2,832
)
 
(1,549
)
Total net derivative assets/liabilities
$
24,670

 
$
22,329

 
$
22,019

 
$
19,019

(1)
These amounts are limited to the derivative asset/liability balance and, accordingly, do not include excess collateral received/pledged.
Schedule of Derivative Instruments Included in Trading Activities
The following tables identify the amounts in the income statement line items attributable to trading and non-trading activities, including both derivatives and non-derivative cash instruments categorized by primary risk for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012.

Non-trading related amounts include activities in connection with principal investment, wealth management, and certain lending activities; economic hedging activity discussed in the Non-trading derivatives section above; and the impact of changes in Merrill Lynch's own creditworthiness on borrowings accounted for at fair value.
For The Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
(dollars in millions)
 
Principal
Transactions
 
Commissions
 
Other Revenues
 
Net Interest
(Expense) Income
 
Total
Interest rate risk
$
405

 
$
21

 
$

 
$
216

 
$
642

Foreign exchange risk
109

 

 
25

 

 
134

Equity risk
661

 
732

 
27

 
(24
)
 
1,396

Commodity risk
162

 

 
2

 
(22
)
 
142

Credit risk
804

 

 
(483
)
 
509

 
830

Total trading related
2,141

 
753

 
(429
)
 
679

 
3,144

Non-trading related
3

 
626

 
47

 
(508
)
 
168

Total
$
2,144

 
$
1,379

 
$
(382
)
 
$
171

 
$
3,312

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

For The Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
(dollars in millions)
 
Principal
Transactions
 
Commissions
 
Other Revenues(1)
 
Net Interest
(Expense) Income
 
Total
Interest rate risk
$
169

 
$
18

 
$

 
$
207

 
$
394

Foreign exchange risk
25

 

 

 

 
25

Equity risk
420

 
719

 
20

 
50

 
1,209

Commodity risk
260

 

 

 
(28
)
 
232

Credit risk
1,150

 

 
77

 
532

 
1,759

Total trading related
2,024

 
737

 
97

 
761

 
3,619

Non-trading related
(2,190
)
 
618

 
680

 
(777
)
 
(1,669
)
Total
$
(166
)
 
$
1,355

 
$
777

 
$
(16
)
 
$
1,950

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1) 
Includes other income and other-than-temporary impairment losses on available-for-sale debt securities.
Valuation Adjustments on Derivatives
 
Three Months Ended March 31
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
(dollars in millions)
Gross
Net
 
Gross
Net
 
Derivative assets (CVA) (1)
$
(76
)
$
(102
)
 
$
245

$
221

 
Derivative liabilities (DVA) (2)
124

129

 
(624
)
(696
)
 
(1) 
At March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the cumulative counterparty credit risk valuation adjustment reduced the derivative assets balance by $1.2 billion and $1.1 billion.
(2) 
At March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, Merrill Lynch's cumulative DVA reduced the derivative liabilities balance by $0.5 billion and $0.4 billion.
Guarantees
 
Derivative [Line Items]  
Disclosure of Credit Derivatives
Credit derivatives where Merrill Lynch is the seller of credit protection are summarized below:
(dollars in millions)
 
Maximum
Payout/
Notional
 
Less than
1 year
 
1 − 3 years
 
3 − 5 years
 
Over 5 years
 
Carrying
Value(1)
At March 31, 2013:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Derivative contracts:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Credit derivatives:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Investment grade(2)
$
162,488

 
$
32,689

 
$
41,548

 
$
73,589

 
$
14,662

 
$
1,823

Non-investment grade(2)
70,253

 
18,625

 
16,819

 
14,632

 
20,177

 
7,001

Total credit derivatives
232,741

 
51,314

 
58,367

 
88,221

 
34,839

 
8,824

Credit related notes:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Investment grade(2)
3,368

 
4

 
17

 
30

 
3,317

 
3,368

Non-investment grade(2)
1,493

 
103

 
155

 
262

 
973

 
1,493

Total credit related notes
4,861

 
107

 
172

 
292

 
4,290

 
4,861

Total derivative contracts
$
237,602

 
$
51,421

 
$
58,539

 
$
88,513

 
$
39,129

 
$
13,685

At December 31, 2012:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Derivative contracts:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Credit derivatives:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Investment grade(2)
$
160,390

 
$
34,454

 
$
42,871

 
$
70,645

 
$
12,420

 
$
1,855

Non-investment grade(2)
67,663

 
10,753

 
19,962

 
17,911

 
19,037

 
7,301

Total credit derivatives
228,053

 
45,207

 
62,833

 
88,556

 
31,457

 
9,156

Credit related notes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Investment grade(2)
3,201

 
4

 
7

 
163

 
3,027

 
3,201

Non-investment grade(2)
1,445

 
115

 
141

 
271

 
918

 
1,445

  Total credit related notes
4,646

 
119

 
148

 
434

 
3,945

 
4,646

Total derivative contracts
$
232,699

 
$
45,326

 
$
62,981

 
$
88,990

 
$
35,402

 
$
13,802

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1) 
Derivative contracts are shown on a gross basis prior to counterparty or cash collateral netting.
(2) 
Refers to the creditworthiness of the underlying reference obligations.

Credit Protection
 
Derivative [Line Items]  
Disclosure of Credit Derivatives
At March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the notional value and carrying value of credit protection purchased and credit protection sold by Merrill Lynch with identical underlying referenced names was:

(dollars in millions)
 
Maximum
Payout/
Notional
 
Less than
1 year
 
1 − 3 years
 
3 − 5 years
 
Over 5 years
 
Carrying
Value(1)
At March 31, 2013:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Credit derivatives purchased
$
135,341

 
$
29,583

 
$
40,389

 
$
45,546

 
$
19,823

 
$
4,392

Credit derivatives sold
141,434

 
27,203

 
40,528

 
47,068

 
26,635

 
5,197

At December 31, 2012:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Credit derivatives purchased
131,643

 
31,576

 
38,844

 
41,800

 
19,423

 
4,208

Credit derivatives sold
138,479

 
29,881

 
41,986

 
43,399

 
23,213

 
5,235

(1) 
Derivative contracts are shown on a gross basis prior to counterparty or cash collateral netting.