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"Table of Contents
"2005 Restatement
"Business
"Risk Factors
"Financial Information
"Properties
"Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
"Directors and Executive Officers
"Executive Compensation
"Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
"Legal Proceedings
"Market Price and Dividends on the Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
"Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
"Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered
"Indemnification of Directors and Officers
"Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
"Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
"Financial Statements and Exhibits

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  Form 10  
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2006

 

File No.             


 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10

 


 

GENERAL FORM FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

Pursuant to Section 12(b) or (g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 


 

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF INDIANAPOLIS

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

 

 

Federally Chartered Corporation   35-6001443
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (IRS employer identification number)

8250 Woodfield Crossing Blvd.

Indianapolis, IN

  46240
(Address of principal executive office)   (Zip code)

 

Telephone number, including area code:

(317) 465-0200

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Not Applicable

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

The Bank’s Class B capital stock, par value $100 per share

(Title of class)


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Table of Contents

 

         Page Number
    2005 Restatement    1

Item 1

  Business    7

Item 1A

  Risk Factors    28

Item 2

  Financial Information    31

Item 3

  Properties    105

Item 4

  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management    105

Item 5

  Directors and Executive Officers    106

Item 6

  Executive Compensation    109

Item 7

  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions    111

Item 8

  Legal Proceedings    112

Item 9

  Market Price and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters    112

Item 10

  Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities    113

Item 11

  Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered    113

Item 12

  Indemnification of Directors and Officers    119

Item 13

  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data    119

Item 14

  Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure    120

Item 15

  Financial Statements and Exhibits    120

 

As used in this Form 10, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Bank” refer to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis.

 

Special Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements

 

Statements contained in this registration statement, including statements describing the objectives, projections, estimates, or predictions for our future, may be “forward-looking statements.” These statements may use forward-looking terms, such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “may,” “should,” “will,” or their negatives or other variations on these terms. We caution that, by their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk or uncertainty, and that actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements or could affect the extent to which a particular objective, projection, estimate, or prediction is realized.

 

These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the following: economic and market conditions; volatility of market prices, rates, and indices; political, legislative, regulatory, or judicial events; membership changes; competitive forces; changes in investor demand for Consolidated Obligations and/or the terms of interest rate exchange agreements and similar agreements; and timing and volume of market activity. This registration statement, including the business section and management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations, should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes, which begin on page F-7.


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2005 Restatement

 

During 2004, the Federal Housing Finance Board (the “Finance Board”) issued a regulation requiring us to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) by June 30, 2005, to be effective by August 29, 2005. Therefore, we filed a registration statement on Form 10 on June 30, 2005. Subsequently, during the review process with the SEC, we determined that corrections needed to be made in the way we had applied Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (‘SFAS 133’), and we withdrew our registration statement on August 23, 2005.

 

As part of our filing of this registration statement on Form 10, we are restating our annual financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2001, through 2004, our quarterly statements for 2003 and 2004, and for the quarter ended March 31, 2005. In light of this restatement, readers should no longer rely on our previously issued financial statements and other financial information for these periods.

 

In conjunction with the restatement, discussed in Note 1 of these financial statements, management has concluded that the inadvertent misapplication of GAAP that led to the restatement constituted a material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting. A material weakness is a control deficiency, or a combination of control deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected. In conjunction with the restatement, management has concluded that the following control deficiencies exist.

 

The Bank did not maintain effective controls over the classification of certain derivative financial instruments. Specifically, we did not maintain effective controls over the classification of certain derivative financial instruments, which resulted in the incorrect use of the short-cut method for evaluating hedge effectiveness, when we should have used the long-haul method. By using the short-cut method of assessing hedge effectiveness, we did not properly document and recognize hedge ineffectiveness. Additionally, we did not maintain effective controls over the valuation of a certain derivative financial instrument. Specifically, we incorrectly excluded an option component from the valuation of a compound derivative instrument. These control deficiencies resulted in the restatement of our 2004, 2003, and 2002 audited financial statements.

 

In addition, these control deficiencies could result in a misstatement to the derivatives and related hedged assets and liabilities that would result in a material misstatement to our annual or interim financial statements. Accordingly, management concluded that these control deficiencies constituted a material weakness. We intend to, and have begun to, take steps to prevent a reoccurrence of this type of error by providing for specialized training to educate pertinent staff on applicable critical accounting policies.

 

Our material weakness leading to the restatement related to accounting for derivatives which were entered into prior to the adoption of SFAS 133. All of these transactions were terminated prior to September 30, 2005. The errors were not, however, due to any intentional misapplication of the accounting standard. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues will be or have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. As we are not currently subject to the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 404 (“SOX 404”) related to the required assessment of and disclosure concerning our internal controls over financial reporting, management has not done a SOX 404 assessment of all of our internal controls.

 

The Finance Board advised us in January 2006 that overpayments of our AHP and/or REFCORP assessments as a result of this restatement should be used as credits against amounts owed in future periods. See “Item 2. Financial Information – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation – Other Expenses – AHP and REFCORP Payments” for further information.

 

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The comparative financial statements have been restated to correct the errors. The effect of the restatement through December 31 2004 was a decrease to our cumulatively reported Net income of $31.2 million. However, the balance at December 31, 2004 in Accumulated other comprehensive income increased by $42.0 million from the amount previously reported. As a result of the restatement, as of January 1, 2002, Retained earnings decreased from $32.9 million to $12.0 million, and Accumulated other comprehensive income increased from ($0.9) million to $10.4 million. The following financial statement line items as of and for the years ending December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 were affected by the adjustments.

 

For the Year Ended December 31,  
     2004     2003     2002  

Statement of

Income

($ amounts in
thousands)

   As
Previously
Reported
    Adjustment    

As

Restated

    As
Previously
Reported
    Adjustment    

As

Restated

    As
Previously
Reported
    Adjustment    

As

Restated

 

Interest Income

                                                                        

Advances to members

   $ 518,024     $ 9     $ 518,033     $ 509,248     $ 133     $ 509,381     $ 658,288     $ 860     $ 659,148  

Available-for-sale securities

     15,665       33,580       49,245       15,106       36,128       51,234       29,310       31,857       61,167  

Total interest income

     1,213,223       33,589       1,246,812       1,114,601       36,261       1,150,862       1,233,006       32,717       1,265,723  

Interest Expense

                                                                        

COs

     1,010,254       1,063       1,011,317       905,648       -         905,648       1,006,092       -         1,006,092  

Total interest expense

     1,025,451       1,063       1,026,514       927,368       -         927,368       1,031,903       -         1,031,903  

Net interest income

     187,772       32,526       220,298       187,233       36,261       223,494       201,103       32,717       233,820  

Net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision

     188,346       32,526       220,872       186,924       36,261       223,185       200,844       32,717       233,561  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities

     669       (7,177 )     (6,508 )     (2,934 )     (9,852 )     (12,786 )     (9,767 )     (98,421 )     (108,188 )

Total other income (loss)

     (1,918 )     (7,177 )     (9,095 )     1,760       (9,852 )     (8,092 )     4,473       (98,421 )     (93,948 )

Income before assessments

     152,695       25,349       178,044       156,650       26,409       183,059       175,542       (65,704 )     109,838  

AHP

     12,569       2,070       14,639       12,788       2,155       14,943       14,330       (5,364 )     8,966  

REFCORP

     28,012       4,656       32,668       28,772       4,851       33,623       32,242       (12,068 )     20,174  

Total assessments

     40,581       6,726       47,307       41,560       7,006       48,566       46,572       (17,432 )     29,140  

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     112,114       18,623       130,737       115,090       19,403       134,493       128,970       (48,272 )     80,698  

Net Income

   $ 112,047     $ 18,623     $ 130,670     $ 115,090     $ 19,403     $ 134,493     $ 128,970     $ (48,272 )   $ 80,698  

 

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     December 31,
     2004    2003
Statement of Condition ($ amounts in
thousands)
  

As

Previously
Reported

   Adjustment    

As

Restated

  

As

Previously
Reported

    Adjustment    

As

Restated

Assets

                                            

Available-for-sale securities

   $ 1,149,193    $ 7,887     $ 1,157,080    $ 1,184,372     $ 2,401     $ 1,186,773

Advances to members

     25,230,470      604       25,231,074      28,924,573       140       28,924,713

Other assets

     37,089      136       37,225      26,952       5,865       32,817

Total assets

   $ 44,293,131      8,627     $ 44,301,758    $ 44,892,514       8,406     $ 44,900,920
 

Liabilities and Capital

                                            
 

CO Bonds

   $ 29,816,178    $ 1,063     $ 29,817,241    $ 29,831,180     $ (790 )   $ 29,830,390

Total COs, net

     40,447,229      1,063       40,448,292      40,271,699       (790 )     40,270,909

AHP

     26,526      (3,466 )     23,060      32,019       (5,536 )     26,483

Payable to REFCORP

     7,662      (7,662 )     -        6,589       (6,589 )     -  

Derivative liabilities

     485,839      7,885       493,724      1,077,413       2,402       1,079,815

Total liabilities

     42,160,447      (2,180 )     42,158,267      42,883,964       (10,513 )     42,873,451

Retained earnings

     116,187      (31,192 )     84,995      93,105       (49,815 )     43,290

Net unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities

     1,768      41,999       43,767      (1,904 )     68,734       66,830

Total capital

     2,132,684      10,807       2,143,491      2,008,550       18,919       2,027,469

Total Liabilities and Capital

   $ 44,293,131    $ 8,627     $ 44,301,758    $ 44,892,514     $ 8,406     $ 44,900,920

 

Although the effect of the restatements had no effect on our cash flow, certain individual line items within cash from operating activities, as described below, were affected by the adjustments.

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,  
     2004     2003     2002  

Statement of
Cash Flows

($ amounts in
thousands)

   As
Previously
Reported
    Adjustment     As
Restated
    As
Previously
Reported
    Adjustment     As
Restated
    As
Previously
Reported
    Adjustment     As
Restated
 

Net Income

   $ 112,047     $ 18,623     $ 130,670     $ 115,090     $ 19,403     $ 134,493     $ 128,970     $ (48,272 )   $ 80,698  

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     112,114       18,623       130,737       115,090       19,403       134,493       128,970       (48,272 )     80,698  

Net premiums and discounts on COs

     4,422       1,063       5,485       (8,000 )     -         (8,000 )     3,372       -         3,372  

Net premiums and discounts on investments

     (10,388 )     3,187       (7,201 )     (7,533 )     2,694       (4,839 )     (18,187 )     2,952       (15,235 )

Gain due to change in net fair value adjustment of derivative and hedging activities

     (11,884 )     (29,599 )     (41,483 )     (22,735 )     (29,103 )     (51,838 )     (10,279 )     62,752       52,473  

(Increase) decrease in other assets

     (10,716 )     5,729       (4,987 )     (2,590 )     3,175       585       21,753       (9,040 )     12,713  

Net(decrease) increase in AHP liability and discount on AHP Advances

     (5,493 )     2,070       (3,423 )     (4,053 )     2,155       (1,898 )     2,768       (5,364 )     (2,596 )

Increase(decrease) in payable to REFCORP

     1,073       (1,073 )     -         (1,676 )     1,676       -         70       (3,028 )     (2,958 )

Total adjustments        

   $ 43,342     $ (18,623 )   $ 24,719     $ (81,659 )   $ (19,403 )   $ (101,062 )   $ 33,962     $ 48,272     $ 82,234  

 

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A summary of the restatement by quarter for each period presented follows.

 

Quarterly Information

(Unaudited)

   2004
     1st Quarter     2nd Quarter    3rd Quarter     4th Quarter

Statement of Income

($ amounts in thousands)

   As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated
    As
Previously
Reported
   As
Restated
   As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated
    As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated

Interest Income

                                                            

Advances to members

   $ 117,426     $ 117,426     $ 114,771    $ 114,773    $ 132,184     $ 132,188     $ 153,643     $ 153,646

Available-for-sale securities

     3,038       12,052       3,057      12,056      4,162       12,394       5,408       12,743

Total interest income

     275,421       284,435       286,095      295,096      307,845       316,081       343,862       351,200

Interest Expense

                                                            

COs

     228,272       228,272       230,307      230,485      265,264       265,705       286,411       286,855

Total interest expense

     231,510       231,510       233,368      233,547      269,074       269,515       291,499       291,942

Net interest income

     43,911       52,925       52,727      61,549      38,771       46,566       52,363       59,258

Net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision

     43,911       52,925       52,727      61,549      38,771       46,566       52,937       59,832

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities

     (2,120 )     (20,602 )     5,305      28,724      (2,152 )     (16,638 )     (364 )     2,008

Total other income (loss)

     (1,907 )     (20,390 )     3,136      26,555      (1,669 )     (16,155 )     (1,478 )     895

Income before assessments

     34,083       24,614       47,084      79,325      28,929       22,238       42,599       51,867

AHP

     2,798       2,024       3,869      6,501      2,393       1,847       3,509       4,267

REFCORP

     6,244       4,506       8,643      14,564      5,307       4,078       7,818       9,520

Total assessments

     9,042       6,530       12,512      21,065      7,700       5,925       11,327       13,787

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     25,041       18,084       34,572      58,260      21,229       16,313       31,272       38,080

Net Income

   $ 24,974     $ 18,017     $ 34,572    $ 58,260    $ 21,229     $ 16,313     $ 31,272     $ 38,080

 

Quarterly Information

(Unaudited)

   2003  
     1st Quarter     2nd Quarter     3rd Quarter    4th Quarter  

Statement of Income

($ amounts in thousands)

   As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated
    As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated
    As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated
   As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated
 

Interest Income

                                                               

Advances to members

   $ 134,983     $ 135,107     $ 130,132     $ 130,137     $ 125,053     $ 125,057    $ 119,080     $ 119,080  

Available-for-sale securities

     4,858       13,809       4,127       13,036       3,061       12,318      3,060       12,071  

Total interest income

     287,000       296,074       273,966       282,880       282,186       291,447      271,449       280,461  

Net interest income

     41,035       50,109       34,185       43,099       65,664       74,925      46,349       55,361  

Net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision

     40,910       49,984       34,051       42,965       65,614       74,875      46,349       55,361  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities

     (137 )     (7,270 )     (290 )     (19,942 )     (250 )     9,713      (3,839 )     3,131  

Total net other income (expense)

     (6,576 )     (13,709 )     (6,182 )     (25,834 )     (7,039 )     2,924      (10,477 )     (3,507 )

Income before assessments

     34,334       36,275       27,869       17,131       58,575       77,799      35,872       51,854  

AHP

     2,803       2,961       2,275       1,398       4,781       6,350      2,929       4,234  

REFCORP

     6,306       6,663       5,119       3,147       10,759       14,290      6,588       9,523  

Total assessments

     9,109       9,624       7,394       4,545       15,540       20,640      9,517       13,757  

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     25,225       26,651       20,475       12,586       43,035       57,159      26,355       38,097  

Net Income

   $ 25,225     $ 26,651     $ 20,475     $ 12,586     $ 43,035     $ 57,159    $ 26,355     $ 38,097  

 

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Quarterly Information

(Unaudited)

   2002  
     1st Quarter     2nd Quarter     3rd Quarter     4th Quarter  

Statement of Income

($ amounts in thousands)

   As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated
    As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated
    As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated
    As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated
 

Interest Income

                                                                

Advances to members

   $ 165,356     $ 165,581     $ 166,893     $ 167,113     $ 166,636     $ 166,845     $ 159,403     $ 159,609  

Available-for-sale securities

     5,830       13,766       8,310       16,116       7,986       15,919       7,184       15,366  

Total interest income

     270,621       278,783       307,372       315,397       332,695       340,837       322,318       330,706  

Net interest income

     42,317       50,478       51,339       59,365       56,203       64,345       51,244       59,632  

Net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision

     42,317       50,478       51,272       59,298       56,117       64,259       51,138       59,526  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities

     (388 )     2,465       (2,353 )     (39,824 )     (159 )     (57,302 )     (103 )     (6,763 )

Total net other income (expense)

     (5,380 )     (2,526 )     (8,208 )     (45,681 )     (5,576 )     (62,720 )     (6,138 )     (12,796 )

Income before assessments

     36,937       47,952       43,064       13,617       50,541       1,539       45,000       46,730  

AHP

     3,015       3,914       3,516       1,112       4,126       126       3,673       3,814  

REFCORP

     6,784       8,807       7,910       2,501       9,283       282       8,265       8,584  

Total assessments

     9,799       12,721       11,426       3,613       13,409       408       11,938       12,398  

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     27,138       35,231       31,638       10,004       37,132       1,131       33,062       34,332  

Net Income

   $ 27,138     $ 35,231     $ 31,638     $ 10,004     $ 37,132     $ 1,131     $ 33,062     $ 34,332  

 

Quarterly
Information
(Unaudited)
  2004
    1st Quarter   2nd Quarter   3rd Quarter   4th Quarter

Statement of
Condition

($ amounts in
thousands)

 

As

Previously
Reported

    As
Restated
  As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated
  As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated
  As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated

Assets

                                                       

Available-for-sale securities

  $ 1,199,110     $ 1,205,754   $ 1,149,643     $ 1,151,591   $ 1,162,182     $ 1,168,541   $ 1,149,193     $ 1,157,080

Advances to members

    27,261,938       27,261,506     27,490,785       27,490,599     25,040,690       25,040,549     25,230,470       25,231,074

Other assets

    36,654       44,603     26,965       26,965     34,290       38,576     37,089       37,225

Total assets

  $ 43,603,873     $ 43,618,034   $ 46,195,240     $ 46,197,001   $ 46,893,630     $ 46,904,134   $ 44,293,131     $ 44,301,758
     

Liabilities and Capital

                                                       

CO Bonds

  $ 27,830,886     $ 27,830,593   $ 31,867,301     $ 31,867,479   $ 31,552,427     $ 31,553,047   $ 29,816,178     $ 29,817,241
     

AHP

    28,588       22,280     28,274       24,598     26,620       22,398     26,526       23,060

Payable to REFCORP

    6,244       -       8,600       329     5,214       -       7,662       -  

Derivative liabilities

    1,083,009       1,089,653     671,369       673,316     705,554       711,909     485,839       493,724

Total liabilities

    41,566,130       41,559,929     44,112,420       44,102,597     44,792,521       44,790,060     42,160,447       42,158,267

Retained earnings

    93,973       37,200     106,986       73,901     106,162       68,160     116,187       84,995

Accumulated comprehensive income (loss)

    (1,968 )     75,167     (1,663 )     43,006     (816 )     50,151     (434 )     41,565

Total capital

    2,037,743       2,058,105     2,082,820       2,094,404     2,101,109       2,114,074     2,132,684       2,143,491

Total Liabilities and Capital

  $ 43,603,873     $ 43,618,034   $ 46,195,240     $ 46,197,001   $ 46,893,630     $ 46,904,134   $ 44,293,131     $ 44,301,758

 

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Quarterly
Information
(Unaudited)
  2003
    1st Quarter   2nd Quarter     3rd Quarter   4th Quarter

Statement of
Condition

($ amounts in
thousands)

  As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated
  As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated
    As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated
  As
Previously
Reported
    As
Restated

Assets

                                                         

Available-for-sale securities

  $ 1,567,099     $ 1,570,096   $ 1,245,566     $ 1,251,209     $ 1,206,470     $ 1,210,008   $ 1,184,372     $ 1,186,773

Advances to members

    28,254,984       28,253,346     28,569,839       28,567,584       28,089,373       28,087,886     28,924,573       28,924,713

Other assets

    47,645       58,287     54,380       68,181       58,398       63,028     26,952       43,526

Total assets

  $ 43,626,725     $ 43,638,726   $ 44,693,235     $ 44,710,424     $ 43,806,694     $ 43,813,375   $ 44,892,514     $ 44,900,920
     

Liabilities and Capital

                                                         

CO Bonds

  $ 29,164,558     $ 29,164,855   $ 27,544,249     $ 27,545,427     $ 26,219,304     $ 26,218,860   $ 29,831,180     $ 29,830,390

AHP

    36,402       28,870     32,590       24,181       34,569       27,730     32,019       26,483

Derivative liabilities

    1,535,763       1,538,760     1,495,738       1,501,383       1,280,356       1,283,891     1,077,413       1,079,815

Other liabilities

    33,060       26,754     36,127       31,008       115,183       104,424     43,663       37,074

Total liabilities

    41,785,935       41,775,391     42,804,189       42,797,484       41,825,456       41,810,949     42,883,964       42,873,451

Retained earnings

    72,687       4,895     69,742       (5,939 )     90,289       28,732     93,105       43,290

Accumulated comprehensive income (loss)

    (4,774 )     85,563     (755 )     98,820       (1,473 )     81,272     (2,705 )     66,029

Total capital

    1,840,790       1,863,335     1,889,046       1,912,940       1,981,238       2,002,426     2,008,550       2,027,469

Total Liabilities and Capital

  $ 43,626,725     $ 43,638,726   $ 44,693,235     $ 44,710,424     $ 43,806,694     $ 43,813,375   $ 44,892,514     $ 44,900,920

 

For additional information relating to this restatement, see Note 1 to the Financial Statements beginning on page F-15.

 

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ITEM 1. BUSINESS.

 

Background Information

 

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis (the “Bank”) is one of 12 Federal Home Loan Banks organized under the authority of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932, as amended (the “Bank Act”). We were chartered on October 12, 1932. A cooperative institution, we are wholly-owned by our members that are the financial institutions that are also our primary customers. We provide a readily available, low-cost source of funds to our members. All federally-insured depository institutions and insurance companies that have a principal place of business located in Indiana or Michigan are eligible to become members of our Bank. Applicants for membership must meet certain requirements that demonstrate that they are engaged in residential housing finance. All member financial institutions are required to purchase shares of our Class B Stock as a condition of membership. Only members hold the capital stock of our Bank, except for stock held by former members or their legal successors during their stock redemption period. We do not lend directly to, or purchase mortgage loans directly from, the general public.

 

As with each of the Federal Home Loan Banks, we are a government-sponsored enterprise (“GSE”) and a federal instrumentality of the United States of America that operates as an independent entity with our own board of directors, management, and employees. A GSE is an entity that consists of a combination of private capital, public sponsorship, and public policy purposes. Public sponsorship and public policy attributes include:

 

    exemption from federal, state, and local taxation, except real estate taxes;
    exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Federal Home Loan Banks are required by federal regulation to register a class of their equity securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934);
    appointment of six of our directors by our federal regulator;
    the United States Treasury’s authority to purchase up to $4 billion of Consolidated Obligations (defined below) of the Federal Home Loan Banks; and
    requirements to set aside up to 20% of annual net income, after the Affordable Housing Program (“AHP”) expense, to repay interest on Resolution Funding Corporation (“REFCORP”) bonds issued to recapitalize the savings and loan industry’s deposit insurance fund, and resolve insolvent savings institutions, and to use 10% of annual net earnings before interest expense for mandatorily redeemable capital stock that is classified as debt and after the REFCORP assessment to fund the AHP, resulting in a statutory assessment of approximately 26.6% of our annual income.

 

The Federal Home Loan Banks are not government agencies and do not receive financial support from taxpayers. Moreover, the U.S. government does not guarantee, directly or indirectly, the debt securities or other obligations of the Federal Home Loan Bank System (“FHLB System”). The 12 Federal Home Loan Banks, along with the Office of Finance, make up the FHLB System. The financial statements of the Bank and the combined financial statements of the Federal Home Loan Banks, as prepared by the Office of Finance, are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

 

A primary source of our funds is the proceeds from the sale to the public of Federal Home Loan Bank Consolidated Obligations, which are the joint and several obligations of all 12 Federal Home Loan Banks. The Finance Board, the primary regulator for the Federal Home Loan Banks, established the Office of Finance as a joint office of the Federal Home Loan Banks to facilitate the issuance and servicing of Consolidated Obligations. We obtain additional funds from deposits, other borrowings, and the issuance of capital stock. Deposits may be received from both member and non-member financial institutions and other federal instrumentalities. We also purchase long-term, fixed-rate mortgage loans from our members and provide members with certain correspondent services, such as securities safekeeping and wire transfers.

 

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Business Segments

 

We manage our operations by grouping products and services within two business segments. These business segments are (1) Traditional Funding, Investments, and Deposit Products; and (2) the Mortgage Purchase Program (“MPP”). The revenues, profit or loss, and total assets for each segment are contained in Note 15 to the audited financial statements.

 

Traditional Funding, Investments, and Deposit Products

 

Traditional Funding – Credit Services. We offer a wide variety of traditional funding and other related credit products to our members, including loans (“Advances”), letters of credit, and lines of credit. We approve member credit requests based on the member’s creditworthiness and financial condition, as well as its collateral position. All credit products must be fully collateralized by a member’s pledge of eligible collateral assets, primarily one-to-four family residential mortgage loans, various types of securities, deposits in our bank, and certain other real estate-related collateral (“ORERC”), such as commercial real estate loans and home equity loans, supplemented by a statutory lien provided under the Bank Act on each member’s stock in our bank. We also accept small business loans and farm loans as collateral from Community Financial Institutions (“CFIs”), which are currently defined as FDIC-insured depository institutions with average total assets over the preceding three-year period of $587 million or less.

 

We offer a wide array of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate Advances, our primary credit product, with maturities ranging from 1 day to 20 years. Members utilize Advances for a wide variety of purposes including:

 

    funding for single-family mortgages and multifamily mortgages held in portfolio, including both conforming and non-conforming mortgages (as determined in accordance with secondary market criteria);
    temporary funding during the origination, packaging, and sale of mortgages into the secondary market;
    funding for commercial loans and, especially with respect to CFIs, funding for small business, small farm, and small agri-business portfolio loans;
    asset/liability management;
    a cost-effective alternative to holding short-term investments to meet contingent liquidity needs; and
    a competitively priced alternative source of funds, especially with respect to smaller members with less diverse funding sources.

 

We also offer standby letters of credit, generally for up to 10 years in term, which carry AAA ratings. Letters of credit are performance contracts that guarantee the performance of a member to a third party and are subject to the same collateralization and borrowing limits that are applicable to Advances. A letter of credit may be offered to assist members in facilitating residential housing finance, community lending, asset/liability management, and liquidity.

 

Members that are terminated or withdraw from membership are required to make arrangements to repay outstanding Advances in a reasonable time but may keep the Advances outstanding until maturity to avoid prepayment fees. We do not make Advances to non-members; however, by regulation, we are permitted to make Advances to non-member housing associates (“Housing Associates”). We do not presently have Advances outstanding to any Housing Associates. Housing Associates are approved lenders under Title II of the National Housing Act that are either a government agency or are chartered under federal or state law with rights and powers similar to those of a corporation. A Housing Associate must lend its own funds as its principal activity in the mortgage lending field and, although it must meet the same regulatory lending requirements as members, it does not purchase our stock and has no voting rights.

 

Advances Concentration. For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, there was one customer, Flagstar Bank, FSB, that had gross interest payments on Advances, excluding the effects of interest rate exchange agreements with non-member counterparties, that exceeded 10% of our total interest income. Advances outstanding to Flagstar Bank, FSB at September 30, 2005, were $5.4 billion, and comprised 19.0% of total Advances outstanding, at par. Gross interest income earned from Flagstar Bank, FSB during the nine months ended September 30, 2005, was $130.9 million, and comprised 10.1% of total interest income. At December 31, 2004, there were two

 

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members that had gross interest payments on Advances exceeding 10% of our total interest income. The amount of Advances outstanding, at par, and gross interest income from these customers as of and for the year ended December 31, 2004 follows.

 

As of and for the Year Ended December 31, 2004

($ amounts in thousands, at par)

 

Member Name    Advances
Outstanding
at par
   % of Total     Gross
Interest
Income
   % of Total
Interest
Income
 

LaSalle Bank Midwest NA(1)

   $ 5,325,177    21.4 %   148,876    11.9 %

Flagstar Bank, FSB

     4,090,000    16.4 %   143,889    11.5 %

Subtotal

     9,415,177    37.8 %   292,765    23.4 %

Others

     15,509,042    62.2 %           

All Advances borrowers

   $ 24,924,219    100.00 %           

 

(1) Standard Federal Bank changed its name to LaSalle Bank Midwest NA effective September 12, 2005.

 

The following tables present Advances outstanding and the weighted average rate earned on Advances outstanding for the 10 largest borrowers as of September 30, 2005December 31, 2004, and December 31, 2003, respectively.

 

Top 10 Advances Borrowers

As of September 30, 2005

($ amounts in thousands, at par)

 

Member Name    Advances
Outstanding
at par
   % of Total     Weighted
Average
Rate
 

LaSalle Bank Midwest NA

   $ 6,025,174    21.29 %   3.13 %

Flagstar Bank, FSB

     5,373,279    18.99 %   3.85 %

Fifth Third Bank

     2,321,860    8.20 %   3.69 %

National City Bank of Indiana

     1,381,951    4.88 %   3.67 %

Republic Bank

     1,169,722    4.13 %   4.47 %

Citizens Bank

     643,177    2.27 %   3.63 %

Union Federal Bank

     640,383    2.26 %   3.97 %

National City Bank of the Midwest

     501,420    1.77 %   3.60 %

Old National Bank in Evansville

     356,297    1.26 %   5.52 %

First Financial Bank

     323,906    1.15 %   5.51 %

Subtotal

     18,737,169    66.20 %   3.67 %

Others

     9,564,649    33.80 %   4.41 %

All Advances borrowers

   $ 28,301,818    100.00 %   3.92 %

 

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Top 10 Advances Borrowers

As of December 31, 2004

($ amounts in thousands, at par)

 

Member Name    Advances
Outstanding
at par
   % of Total     Weighted
Average
Rate
 

LaSalle Bank Midwest NA

   $ 5,325,177    21.37 %   2.56 %

Flagstar Bank, FSB

     4,090,000    16.41 %   3.74 %

National City Bank of Indiana

     1,382,899    5.55 %   2.24 %

Republic Bank

     1,259,336    5.05 %   4.58 %

Union Federal Bank

     831,376    3.34 %   3.21 %

Fifth Third Bank

     820,048    3.29 %   5.59 %

Citizens Bank

     618,196    2.48 %   3.31 %

National City Bank of the Midwest

     501,686    2.01 %   2.15 %

Old National Bank in Evansville

     461,837    1.85 %   5.84 %

First Financial Bank

     324,517    1.30 %   5.51 %

Subtotal

     15,615,072    62.65 %   3.37 %

Others

     9,309,147    37.35 %   4.17 %

All Advances borrowers

   $ 24,924,219    100.00 %   3.67 %

 

Top 10 Advances Borrowers

As of December 31, 2003

($ amounts in thousands, at par)

 

Member Name    Advances
Outstanding
at par
   % of Total     Weighted
Average
Rate
 

LaSalle Bank Midwest NA

   $ 6,725,180    24.06 %   2.87 %

Flagstar Bank, FSB

     3,246,000    11.61 %   4.25 %

Fifth Third Bank

     2,711,109    9.70 %   4.78 %

National City Bank of Indiana

     1,383,922    4.95 %   1.11 %

Republic Bank

     1,365,276    4.88 %   4.24 %

Union Federal Bank

     883,318    3.16 %   2.71 %

Old National Bank in Evansville

     742,347    2.66 %   5.50 %

National City Bank of Michigan/Illinois

     701,762    2.51 %   1.09 %

Citizens Bank

     578,789    2.07 %   3.71 %

Integra Bank

     446,197    1.60 %   6.13 %

Subtotal

     18,783,900    67.20 %   3.49 %

Others

     9,168,474    32.80 %   4.40 %

All Advances borrowers

   $ 27,952,374    100.00 %   3.79 %

 

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Advances. Members have access to a wide array of Advances and other credit products. A breakdown of Advances, by primary product line, as of September 30, 2005December 31, 2004, and 2003, is provided below.

 

Advances by Product Line

($ amounts in thousands, at par)

 

     September 30,     December 31,  
     2005    % of
Total
    2004    % of
Total
    2003    % of
Total
 

Advance type

                                       

Fixed-rate bullet

   $ 16,297,800    57.6 %   $ 13,240,517    53.1 %   $ 14,068,237    50.3 %

Putable

     4,640,250    16.4 %     5,589,750    22.4 %     7,282,750    26.1 %

Adjustable (1)

     2,535,149    9.0 %     2,869,993    11.5 %     4,058,560    14.5 %

Variable

     3,560,114    12.5 %     1,883,846    7.6 %     1,400,197    5.0 %

Fixed-rate amortizing

     1,268,505    4.5 %     1,340,113    5.4 %     1,142,630    4.1 %

Total Advances

   $ 28,301,818    100.0 %   $ 24,924,219    100.00 %   $ 27,952,374    100.00 %

 

(1) Includes two $15 million advances outstanding modified (in accordance with EITF 01-07) from putable advances to adjustable Advances with $0.99 million and $1.12 million in remaining deferred fees outstanding as of September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, respectively. There were no modified Advances during the years ending December 31, 2003 and 2002.

 

Our primary Advance programs include:

 

    Variable rate Advances, which reprice daily at a rate based on our overnight cost of funds. They may be borrowed on terms from one day to six months and may be prepaid on any given business day during that term without fee or penalty. No principal payment is due until maturity. Interest is due on a monthly basis;

 

    Fixed-rate Advances, which have fixed rates throughout the term of the Advances. Terms of these Advances may be up to 20 years for both our regular program and our Community Investment Program (“CIP”) Advances. No principal payment is due until maturity. Prepayments prior to maturity are subject to prepayment fees which make us financially indifferent to a prepayment. Interest is generally due on a monthly basis;

 

    Adjustable rate Advances, which are sometimes called floaters, reprice periodically based on a variety of indices, typically LIBOR. Quarterly LIBOR floaters are the most typical type of adjustable rate Advance we extend to our members. Terms of these Advances may be up to ten years. Prepayment terms are agreed to before the Advance is extended, but most frequently no prepayment fees are required if a member prepays an adjustable rate on a reset date, with the required notification. No principal payment is due prior to maturity. Interest is generally due on a monthly basis;

 

    Putable Advances, in which we offer a discounted interest rate to, in effect, purchase an option from the member that allows us to convert the fixed-rate Advance to a floating rate, which we normally would exercise when interest rates increase. Upon exercise of our conversion option, the member has the right to terminate the Advance and reborrow on new terms. Due to the complexities of funding this product, we must receive a total of at least $5 million in requests to execute these Advance offerings. Interest is typically due on a monthly basis, and;

 

    Mortgage / amortizing Advances, which are fixed-rate Advances that require principal payments either monthly or annually, based on a specified amortization schedule with a balloon payment of remaining principal at maturity. Regular program mortgage Advance terms and CIP amortizing Advance terms are offered up to 20 years. Interest is generally due on a monthly basis.

 

Our entire menu of Advances products is generally available to each creditworthy member, regardless of the member’s asset size. Advances are typically priced at standard spreads above our cost of funds. Our board-approved credit policy allows us to offer lower prices on certain types of Advances transactions of $25 million or greater. Determination of such prices is based on factors such as market conditions at the time of the trade, hedging and other costs associated with the transaction, the size of the transaction, our asset liability management position,

 

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and competitive factors including a member’s funding alternatives. We do not otherwise distinguish between members based upon asset size or other criteria as far as pricing is concerned.

 

As of September 30, 2005, 39 members had assets in excess of $1 billion, and together they comprised approximately 77% of the total member asset base. Our three largest Advance borrowers accounted for 27% of member assets, i.e., the total, cumulative assets of our member institutions, and 44% of Advances. Two of these members are part of holding companies headquartered outside our district. The loss of any one of these members would significantly impact our ability to achieve growth objectives, although the impact on capital-based earnings ratios could be less significant.

 

Credit risk can be magnified if a lender concentrates its portfolio in a few borrowers. Because of our limited territory, Indiana and Michigan, and because of continuing consolidation among the financial institutions that comprise the members of the FHLB System, we have only a limited pool of large borrowers. As of year-end 2004, our top 10 borrowers held 62.7% of total Advances outstanding. At September 30, 2005, our top 10 borrowers accounted for 66.2% of total Advances outstanding. Because of this concentration in Advances, we perform frequent credit and collateral reviews on our largest borrowers. In addition, we regularly analyze the implications to our financial management and profitability if we were to lose the business of one or more of these customers.

 

Our geographic membership requirement limits the potential for adding new members. Also, mergers and charter consolidations are reducing the universe of potential members. The ability for an institution with one charter to retain membership in more than one Federal Home Loan Bank, known as multi-district membership, is an issue that still needs to be resolved by the Finance Board or Congress. If, and until, any rules on this issue are promulgated, it is difficult to assess the impact that multi-district membership could have on our Bank.

 

Collateral. All credit products extended to a member must be fully collateralized by the member’s pledge of eligible assets. Each borrowing member and its affiliates that hold collateral are required to grant us a security interest in such collateral. All such security interests held by us are afforded a priority by the Competitive Equality Banking Act over the claims of any party, including any receiver, conservator, trustee, or similar party having rights as a lien creditor, except for claims held by actual bona fide purchasers for value or by parties that are secured by actual perfected security interests, provided that such claims would otherwise be entitled to priority under applicable law. In addition, our claims are given certain preferences pursuant to the receivership provisions of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Based on these factors, we do not typically require our borrowing members to deliver collateral to us, other than securities collateral. Further, we now file UCC-1 financing statements with respect to all borrowing members and any affiliate that pledges collateral. This gives us a perfected security interest with priority over all creditors unless a secured creditor perfects by taking possession of our collateral without notice of our lien.

 

We take collateral on a blanket, specific listing, or delivery basis depending on the credit quality of the borrower. Acceptable collateral includes certain investment securities, one-to-four family mortgages, deposits, and certain ORERC assets. Loans that violate our anti-predatory lending policy for collateral do not qualify as acceptable collateral and are required to be removed from any collateral value calculation. At year-end 2004, ORERC reported by our members accounted for approximately $2.1 billion of borrowing capacity, compared to approximately $2.5 billion of borrowing capacity at September 30, 2005. We are gradually implementing acceptance of newer collateral types as authorized by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (“GLB Act”) amendment to the Bank Act. Typically, Advances must be over-collateralized based on the type of collateral, with requirements ranging from 100% for deposits (cash) to 145% for residential mortgages held under blanket lien status. Less traditional types of collateral such as home equity loans and commercial real estate loans have coverage ratios up to 300%. In 2004, we added staff to perform periodic, on-site collateral audits on each of our borrowing members, rather than rely on our prior practice of using verifications performed by members’ external auditors. We believe this change has significantly improved our ability to evaluate the quality of our members’ collateral. Through these on-site collateral audits, we have determined that the home equity loans originated by our members are of high quality, and at a low risk for default. Therefore, at its March 2005 meeting, our board decreased collateral coverage requirements for home equity loans and lines of credit. Due to the security provided by collateral, management does not believe that loan loss reserves need to be held against Advances.

 

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classified as debt, and after the REFCORP assessment, to fund its AHP (subject to an annual FHLB System-wide minimum of $100 million). Through our AHP, we provide cash grants or interest subsidies on Advances to our members, which are, in turn, provided to qualified individuals to finance the purchase, construction, or rehabilitation of low- to moderate-income owner-occupied or rental housing. Our AHP includes the following programs:

 

    Competitive Program, which is the primary grant program to finance homeownership for individuals with income at or below 80% of the median income for the area, or to finance the purchase, construction, or rehabilitation of rental housing, with at least 20% of the units occupied by, and affordable for, very low-income households;

 

    Homeownership Opportunities Program, which provides assistance with down payments and closing costs to first-time homebuyers;

 

    Neighborhood Impact Program, which provides rehabilitation assistance to homeowners to help improve neighborhoods.

 

In addition to AHP, we also offer a variety of specialized Advance programs to support housing and community development needs. Through our Community Investment Program, we offer Advances to our members that are involved in community economic development activities benefiting low- or moderate-income families or neighborhoods. These Advances have maturities ranging from 30 days to 20 years and are priced at our cost of funds plus reasonable administrative expenses. These funds can be used for the development of housing, infrastructure improvements, or assistance to small businesses or businesses that are creating jobs in the member’s community for low- and moderate-income families. Advances made under our Community Investment Program, which are not part of the AHP assessment, comprised 2.5% of our total Advances outstanding, at par, at September 30, 2005; 2.7% at December 31, 2004; 2.1% at December 31, 2003; and 1.9% at December 31, 2002.

 

Investments. We maintain a portfolio of investments, purchased from non-member counterparties, other Federal Home Loan Banks, or members and their affiliates, to provide liquidity and enhance our earnings. Our portfolio of low-risk, short-term investments, principally overnight federal funds, ensures the availability of funds to meet our members’ credit needs. The longer term investment portfolio provides higher returns and may consist of securities issued by the U.S. government and its agencies, other GSEs, mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”), and asset-backed securities (“ABS”) that are issued by government-sponsored mortgage agencies or private issuers that carry the highest ratings from Moody’s Investor Service, Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”) Rating Service or Fitch Ratings. Our investments in housing GSEs are not guaranteed by the U.S. government.

 

As of December 31, 2004, we held $222 million of COs that were issued by other Federal Home Loan Banks. These securities were sold during the third quarter of 2005. These COs were hedged with interest rate swaps to synthetically create LIBOR-based floating-rate assets. Generally, the net yield of these instruments, including their associated interest rate swaps, was higher than our cost of funding the purchase. These hedged CO purchases were transacted to absorb excess liquidity, leverage capital, and enhance profitability. At certain times, the net hedged return of these securities was substantially above our short-term cost of funds. This is a function of the spread to the term swap curve of term COs relative to the cost of issuing Discount Notes or swapped CO debt with a different maturity or optionality. This resulted in an opportunity to profitably hold these securities. Since they were held in our available-for-sale portfolio, they provided incremental liquidity for the Bank. Additionally, these assets allowed us to utilize the capital of the Bank when Advance demand was weak. As previously noted, these investments were typically funded with the proceeds of COs that could be issued subsequent to the purchase of the security (i.e., sequential issuance of short-term Discount Notes) or contemporaneously, but with different terms. We owned three of these securities; two that were issued by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle in 1997, and one that was issued by the Federal Home Loan Banks of Atlanta and Dallas in 1999.

 

All of these COs were purchased prior to March 30, 2005, through security dealers, and were not directly placed or purchased from another Federal Home Loan Bank. Certain of these COs were purchased as primary offerings. The Finance Board issued a regulatory interpretation, dated March 30, 2005, that addressed the permissibility of directly purchasing from the Office of Finance or an initial underwriter COs issued by other Federal Home Loan Banks. No additional purchases of COs that have been issued by other Federal Home Loan Banks are currently planned; except to the extent necessary to meet emergency needs for liquidity as a result of the implementation of changes in the Federal Reserve Board payment schedule. See “RISK FACTORS – Changes in Federal Reserve Board Policy

 

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Statement on Payment System Risk Could Impact Debt Payments” herein. We do not purchase MBS issued by other Federal Home Loan Banks, although we have made MBS purchases issued by affiliates of our members. At September 30, 2005, our investment portfolio accounted for 21% of total assets as compared to 25% at December 31, 2004, and 19% at December 31, 2003.

 

Under the Finance Board’s regulations, we are prohibited from investing in certain types of securities, including:

 

    instruments, such as common stock, that represent an equity ownership in an entity, other than stock in small business investment companies, or certain investments targeted to low-income persons or communities;

 

    instruments issued by non-U.S. entities, other than those issued by U.S. branches and agency offices of foreign commercial banks;

 

    non-investment grade debt instruments, other than certain investments targeted to low-income persons or communities and instruments that were downgraded after their purchase;

 

    whole mortgages or other whole loans, except for

 

    those acquired under our MPP;

 

    certain investments targeted to low-income persons or communities;

 

    certain marketable direct obligations of state, local, or tribal government units or agencies, having at least the second highest credit rating from Moody’s, S&P, or Fitch;

 

    MBS or ABS secured by manufactured housing loans or home equity loans; and

 

    certain foreign housing loans authorized under Section 12(b) of the Bank Act; and

 

    non-U.S. dollar denominated securities.

 

The Finance Board’s regulations further provide that the total book value of our investments in MBS and ABS must not exceed 300% of our previous month-end capital on the day we purchase the securities. In addition, we are prohibited from purchasing:

 

    interest-only or principal-only stripped MBS or ABS;

 

    residual-interest or interest-accrual classes of collateralized mortgage obligations and real estate mortgage investment conduits; and

 

    fixed-rate or floating-rate MBS or ABS that on the trade date are at rates equal to their contractual cap and that have average lives that vary by more than six years under an assumed instantaneous interest rate change of 300 basis points.

 

All unsecured investments, such as federal funds, including those with our members or their affiliates, are subject to the same selection criteria. These criteria include capital, legal form and credit rating. Each unsecured counterparty has an exposure limit, which is computed in the same manner, regardless of the counterparty’s status as a member, affiliate of a member or unrelated party. The limitations are subject to qualitative review by our Credit Department. This review may result in a reduction of the line of credit or permissible term of the investment.

 

Investments in MBS that are issued by a member, affiliate of a member, or an unrelated party are not subject to specific issuer limitations if the credit rating of the security is primarily derived from the structure of the security.

 

Deposits. Deposit programs provide a portion of our funding resources, while also giving members a high quality earning asset that satisfies their regulatory liquidity requirements. We offer several types of deposit programs to our members and other institutions including overnight and demand deposits. We may accept uninsured deposits from

 

    our members;
    institutions eligible to become members;
    any institution for which we are providing correspondent services;
    other Federal Home Loan Banks; or
    other federal government instrumentalities.

 

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The following table shows the composition of our deposits as of September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, and 2003.

 

Composition of Deposits

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     September 30,     December 31,  
     2005    % of Total     2004    % of Total     2003    % of Total  

Overnight deposits

   $ 763,211    90 %   $ 747,184    85 %   $ 1,035,541    85 %

Demand deposits

     26,737    3 %     130,696    15 %     175,783    15 %

Custodial mortgage deposits

     232    0 %     256    0 %     268    0 %

Swap collateral held for deposit

     58,836    7 %     1,281    0 %     977    0 %

Total

   $ 849,016    100 %   $ 879,417    100 %   $ 1,212,569    100 %

 

To support deposits, the Bank Act requires us to have an amount equal to the current deposits invested in obligations of the United States, deposits in eligible banks or trust companies, or Advances with a maturity not exceeding five years.

 

As the following table shows, we were in compliance with the Bank Act liquidity requirements for deposits as of September 30, 2005December 31, 2004, and 2003.

 

Liquidity Deposit Reserves

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     September 30,    December 31,
     2005    2004    2003

Deposit reserves

   $ 26,612,889    $ 23,387,696    $ 22,839,287

Total deposits

     849,016      879,417      1,212,569

Excess deposit reserves

   $ 25,763,873    $ 22,508,279    $ 21,626,718

 

Mortgage Purchase Program

 

We began purchasing mortgage loans directly from our members through our MPP in the second quarter of 2001. By regulation, we are not permitted to purchase loans from any seller that is not a member of the FHLB System, and we do not use a trust or other entity to purchase the loans for us. We purchase long-term, fixed-rate, fully amortizing, level payment loans predominantly for primary, owner-occupied, detached residences, including single-family properties, and two-, three-, and four-unit properties. Additionally, to a lesser degree, we purchase loans for primary, owner-occupied, attached residences, (including condominiums and planned unit developments), second/vacation homes, and investment properties. All of our mortgage loan purchases are governed by a Finance Board regulation adopted in 2000, as amended. Prior to that time, the Federal Home Loan Banks could only purchase mortgage loans based upon individual approvals from the Finance Board. Further, while the regulation does not specifically limit us to purchasing fixed-rate loans, we would need to comply with the Finance Board’s regulation on new business activities to purchase adjustable-rate loans. The Finance Board regulations provide that any material changes to mortgage purchase programs that have a different risk profile would need to be approved by the Finance Board as a new business activity.

 

The MPP was originally developed by our Bank and the Federal Home Loan Banks of Seattle and Cincinnati. These three Banks jointly developed the software and documentation for the MPP. In the event that another Federal Home Loan Bank wishes to purchase the MPP software and documentation to start its own program, the initial three MPP Banks, and each other Federal Home Loan Bank that has acquired the software and documentation, have agreed to determine a reasonable purchase price that is then shared with all the participating Banks on a pro rata basis. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta has purchased rights to the MPP documentation and begun acquiring loans under the MPP. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh has purchased the software and documentation package, but has not initiated its program. Although each Bank operates its program separately, these Banks still cooperate on various technical issues common to their programs.

 

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All loans we purchase meet guidelines for our MPP accepted by our approved supplemental mortgage insurance (“SMI”) providers and generally meet the underwriting standards of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. For example, the maximum loan-to-value for any mortgage loan purchased is 95%, and the borrowers must meet certain minimum credit scores depending upon the type of property or loan. Further, we will not knowingly purchase any loan that violates the terms of our anti-predatory lending policy.

 

Members that participate in the MPP, known as Participating Financial Institutions (“PFIs”), must complete all application documents and be in sound financial condition as determined by our Credit Department’s underwriting standards. In addition, a PFI must meet the following requirements:

 

    be an active originator of conventional mortgages and have servicing capabilities, if applicable;
    certify that it is in good standing if it is an approved seller of either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac loans;
    advise us if it has been the subject of any adverse action by either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac; and
    along with its parent corporation, if applicable, meet the capital requirements of each state and federal regulatory agency with jurisdiction over the member’s or parent corporation’s activities.

 

We do not service the mortgage loans we purchase. PFIs may elect to retain servicing rights for the loans sold to us, or they may elect to sell servicing rights to an MPP-approved servicer. Currently, Washington Mutual Bank, FA is the only approved servicer to which servicing rights may be sold. Those PFIs that retain servicing rights receive a monthly servicing fee, which currently averages 27.00 basis points annually. The PFIs that retain servicing rights must be approved by us and undergo an audit by a third party quality control contractor that advises the PFIs of any deficiencies in servicing procedures or processes and then notifies us so that we can monitor their performance. All servicing activities, whether retained or released, are subject to review by our master servicer, Washington Mutual Mortgage Securities Corporation. If we deem servicing to be inadequate, we can require that the servicing of those loans be transferred to a servicer that is acceptable to us.

 

Under current regulations, all pools of mortgage loans purchased by us, other than government-insured mortgage loans, must have sufficient credit enhancement so that the pools of loans are at least investment grade. Further, additional risk-based capital must be maintained against the pools of mortgage assets that have an implied credit rating of less than AA. Therefore, we generally limit the pools of mortgage loans that we will purchase to those with an implied S&P credit rating of at least AA.

 

The required credit enhancement to reach the expected credit rating is determined by using S&P’s LEVELS™ Rating Model. A lender risk account (“LRA”) is then established in an amount sufficient to achieve the expected credit rating. Credit losses on defaulted mortgage loans in the pool are paid from these sources in the following order:

 

    collateral value;
    primary mortgage insurance, if any;
    LRA; and
    SMI.

 

The LRA is funded by a reduction in the purchase price paid to the member and is either paid up front or out of the periodic interest payments on the loans. If the mortgage loans perform better than expected, the remaining funds in the LRA are returned to the member, thus encouraging the member to sell us only good quality loans. SMI is added on any pools of loans where, after application of the LRA, the loan-to-value of the pool is still higher than 50%. The average LRA annual cost allocation is 7.42 basis points of the principal balance of the pool of loans sold, and the average SMI premium is 8.84 basis points. Any losses that exceed the funds available from the above sources would be absorbed by us. We do not receive any transaction or other fees other than a .25% to .75% fee on cash-out refinancing transactions, and a 1.5% fee on loans on investment properties that are consistent with industry standards. We do not pay the PFIs any fees other than the servicing fee discussed above when the PFI retains the servicing rights. Our current SMI provider is Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (‘MGIC’). We enter into the insurance directly with the SMI provider, but a contract is written for each pool. In the first quarter of 2005, we

 

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negotiated to obtain an aggregate loss/benefit limit or “stop-loss” on any master commitment contracts that equal or exceed $35,000,000. The stop-loss is equal to the total initial principal balance multiplied by the stop-loss percentage, as is in effect from time to time, and represents the maximum aggregate amount payable by the SMI provider under the SMI policy for that pool. Even with the stop-loss provision, the aggregate of the LRA and the amount payable by the SMI provider under an SMI stop-loss contract will be equal to or greater than the amount of credit enhancement required for the pool to have an implied S&P credit rating of at least AA. Non-credit losses, such as uninsured property damage losses which are not covered by the SMI, can be recovered from the LRA to the extent it is sufficient to cover both current credit and non-credit losses.

 

MPP Concentration. Based upon using the average balances of MPP loans outstanding, at par, and imputing the amount of interest income, loans purchased from one MPP customer, LaSalle Bank Midwest NA, contributed interest income that exceeds 10% of our total interest income for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2005. Total mortgage loans outstanding as of September 30, 2005, purchased from LaSalle Bank Midwest NA were $4.0 billion or 45.6% of total mortgage loans outstanding, at par. The amount of imputed interest income earned during the nine months ended September 30, 2005, from mortgage loans purchased from LaSalle Bank Midwest NA, was $149.5 million or 11.5% of total interest income.

 

As of December 31, 2004, there were two MPP customers who contributed interest income that exceeded 10% of our total interest income for the year ending December 31, 2004. The amounts of mortgage loans outstanding that were purchased from these MPP customers at December 31, 2004, are:

 

MPP Concentration

At December 31, 2004

($ amounts in thousands)

 

Customer    Mortgage
Loans
Outstanding
   % of
Total
    Imputed Interest
Income from
Mortgage Loans
   % of
Total
 

LaSalle Bank Midwest NA

   $ 3,521,201    45.7 %   $ 178,560    14.3 %

Irwin Union Bank

     2,872,217    37.3 %     136,333    10.9 %

Subtotal

     6,393,418    83.0 %     314,893    25.2 %

Other customers not individually exceeding 10% of total interest income

     1,311,999    17.0 %             

Total mortgage loans, at par

   $ 7,705,417    100.0 %             

 

The loss of either one of these PFI customers could have a material adverse effect on this segment. See the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation” and Note 20 to our financial statements for further discussion.

 

For emergency liquidity purposes, we have the legal authority to sell MPP assets. However, for us to routinely sell MPP assets outright or through securitizations using a credit guarantee by one or more Federal Home Loan Banks, regulatory approval is required.

 

Funding Sources

 

The primary source of funds for each of the Federal Home Loan Banks is the sale of debt securities, known as COs, in the capital markets. The Finance Board’s regulations govern the issuance of debt on our behalf and authorize us to issue COs, through the Office of Finance as our agent, under Section 11(a) of the Bank Act. By regulation, all of the Federal Home Loan Banks are jointly and severally liable for the COs issued under Section 11(a). No Federal Home Loan Bank is permitted to issue individual debt under Section 11(a) without the approval of the Finance Board.

 

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Bank rests with that Bank. They are backed only by the financial resources of the Federal Home Loan Banks, and there has never been a default in the payment of any CO. Although each Federal Home Loan Bank is a GSE, COs are not obligations of, and are not guaranteed by, the U.S. government. The Moody’s and S&P ratings for COs of Aaa and AAA, respectively, reflect the likelihood of timely payment of principal and interest on the COs. The aggregate par amount of the FHLB System’s outstanding COs was approximately $920.4 billion at September 30, 2005; $869.2 billion at December 31, 2004, and $759.5 billion at December 31, 2003.

 

Although we are primarily liable for those COs that are issued on our behalf, we are also jointly and severally liable, along with the other Federal Home Loan Banks, for the payment of principal and interest on COs of all the Federal Home Loan Banks. If the principal or interest on any CO issued on our behalf was not paid in full when due, we could not pay dividends to, or redeem or repurchase shares of stock from, any of our members. The Finance Board, in its discretion, may require us to make principal or interest payments due on any Federal Home Loan Bank’s COs. To the extent that we make any payment on a CO as to which we are not the primary obligor, we are entitled to reimbursement from the Federal Home Loan Bank that is the primary obligor. However, if the Finance Board determines that such Federal Home Loan Bank is unable to satisfy its obligations, then the Finance Board may allocate the outstanding liability among the remaining Federal Home Loan Banks on a pro rata basis in proportion to each Federal Home Loan Bank’s participation in all COs outstanding, or on any other basis the Finance Board may determine.

 

The Finance Board’s regulations also state that we must maintain the following types of assets free from any lien or pledge in an amount at least equal to the amount of COs outstanding on our behalf:

 

    cash;

 

    obligations of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States;

 

    secured Advances;

 

    mortgages, which have any guaranty, insurance, or commitment from the United States or any agency of the United States;

 

    investments described in Section 16(a) of the Bank Act, which includes, among other items, securities that a fiduciary or trust fund may purchase under the laws of the state in which the Federal Home Loan Bank is located; and

 

    other securities that are assigned a rating or assessment by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) that is equivalent to or higher than the rating or assessment assigned by that NRSRO to the CO’s.

 

The following table shows a comparison of the aggregated amount of the above-noted asset types to the total amount of outstanding COs issued on our behalf as of September 30, 2005December 31, 2004December 31, 2003, and December 31, 2002, and verifies that we maintain assets in excess of our required amounts. The amount of aggregate qualifying assets and COs reflects the effects of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 133 (“SFAS 133”) fair value hedging adjustments.

 

Aggregate Qualifying Assets

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     September 30,    December 31,
     2005    2004    2003    2002

Aggregate qualifying assets

   $ 47,070,392    $ 44,240,019    $ 44,837,002    $ 42,402,028

Total COs

     43,038,615      40,448,292      40,270,909      37,567,422

Aggregate qualifying assets in excess of COs

   $ 4,031,777    $ 3,791,727    $ 4,566,093    $ 4,834,606

Ratio of aggregate qualifying assets to COs

     1.09      1.09      1.11      1.13

 

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Office of Finance

 

The issuance of the COs is facilitated and executed by the Office of Finance. It also services all outstanding debt, provides information on capital market developments, manages our relationship with the rating agencies with respect to COs, and administers payments to REFCORP and the Financing Corporation. These two corporations were established by Congress in the 1980s to help recapitalize the savings and loan industry’s deposit insurance fund and resolve insolvent savings institutions. The Office of Finance serves as the Federal Home Loan Banks’ fiscal agent for debt issuance and can control the timing and amount of each issuance. The U.S. Treasury can affect debt issuance for the Federal Home Loan Banks through its oversight of the U.S. financial markets. See “Supervision and Regulation – Government Corporation Control Act” herein.

 

REFCORP and Finance Corporation

 

The purpose of REFCORP is to provide funds to the Resolution Trust Corporation (“RTC”) to allow it to resolve troubled savings and loan institutions in receivership from the 1980s and early 1990s. REFCORP has no employees but instead uses the officers, employees, and agents of the Federal Home Loan Banks. It is subject to such regulations, orders, and directions as the Finance Board prescribes. REFCORP was authorized by Congress in 1989 to issue bonds, notes, debentures, and similar obligations in an aggregate amount not to exceed $30 billion. REFCORP obligations are not obligations of, or guaranteed as to principal by, the FHLB System, the Federal Home Loan Banks, or the U.S. government. However, the U.S. government pays interest on such obligations as required, and, by statute, 20% of the net earnings after operating expenses and AHP expense of each Federal Home Loan Bank is used to fund the interest payments on these obligations.

 

In 1989, Congress established the amount of the total interest payments to be paid by the Federal Home Loan Banks at $300 million per year, or $75 million per quarter. A regulatory formula, which is no longer applicable, established how the $300 million was to be allocated among the Federal Home Loan Banks and how funding shortfalls were to be addressed. In 1999, the GLB Act changed the annual assessment to a flat rate of 20% of net earnings after AHP expense for each Federal Home Loan Bank. Because this amount cannot be changed without further legislation, the expiration of the obligation is shortened as payments in excess of $75 million per quarter are accrued by the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks. As specified in the Finance Board regulation that implemented Section 607 of the GLB Act, the payment amount in excess of the $75 million required quarterly payment is used to simulate the purchase of zero-coupon treasury bonds to defease all or a portion of the most distant remaining $75 million quarterly payment. The Finance Board, in consultation with the Secretary of Treasury, selects the appropriate zero-coupon yields used in this calculation.

 

Through December 31, 2004, the Federal Home Loan Banks have exceeded the $300 million annual annuity requirements for all years between 2000 and 2004. These defeased payments, or portions thereof, could be restored in the future if actual REFCORP payments of the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks fall short of $75 million in any given quarter. Contributions to REFCORP will be discontinued once all obligations have been fulfilled. However, due to the interrelationships of all future earnings of the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks, we are not able to determine the total cumulative amount to be paid by our Bank to REFCORP.

 

Consolidated Obligation Bonds

 

Consolidated Obligation bonds (“CO Bonds”) satisfy term funding requirements and are issued with a variety of maturities and terms under various programs. Typically, the maturities of these securities range from 1 year to 15 years, but the maturities are not subject to any statutory or regulatory limit. The CO Bonds can be fixed or adjustable rate and callable or non-callable. They are issued and distributed daily through negotiated or competitively bid transactions with approved underwriters or selling group members.

 

We request funds primarily through automated systems developed by the Office of Finance. Our request may include parameters such as program type, issuance size, pricing and coupon levels, maturity, and option characteristics. We receive 100% of the proceeds of a bond issued via direct negotiation with underwriters of FHLB System debt when we are the only Federal Home Loan Bank involved in the negotiation; consequently, we are the Federal Home Loan Bank that is the primary obligor on that CO Bond. When, along with one or more of the other Federal Home Loan Banks, we jointly negotiate the issuance of a CO Bond directly with underwriters, we receive a portion of the proceeds of the CO Bond agreed upon with the other Federal Home Loan Banks; in those cases, we are the primary obligor for a pro-rata portion of the CO Bond based on the amount of proceeds we receive. The

 

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majority of our CO Bond issuances, including both those that do and do not involve participation by other Federal Home Loan Banks, are conducted via direct negotiation with underwriters of the FHLB System CO Bonds.

 

We may also request specific amounts of particular CO Bonds to be offered by the Office of Finance for sale via competitive auction conducted with underwriters in a bond selling group. One or more other Federal Home Loan Banks may also request that amounts of those same CO Bonds be offered for sale for their benefit via the same auction. We may receive from 0% to 100% of the proceeds of the Bonds issued via competitive auction depending on: (a) the amounts and costs for the CO Bonds bid by the underwriters; (b) the maximum costs we, and any other Federal Home Loan Bank(s) participating in the same issue, are willing to pay for the CO Bonds; and (c) guidelines for allocation of CO Bond proceeds among multiple participating Federal Home Loan Banks as administered by the Office of Finance.

 

Discount Notes

 

We also issue Discount Notes (“Discount Notes”) to provide short-term funds for Advances to members and for other investments. These securities have maturities up to 360 days, and are offered daily through a Discount Note selling group and through other authorized securities dealers. Discount Notes are sold at a discount and mature at par.

 

On a daily basis, we may request specific amounts of Discount Notes with specific maturity dates to be offered by the Office of Finance at a specific cost for sale to underwriters in the Discount Note selling group. One or more other Federal Home Loan Banks may also request that amounts of Discount Notes with the same maturities be offered for sale for their benefit on the same day. The Office of Finance commits to issue Discount Notes on behalf of the participating Federal Home Loan Banks when underwriters in the selling group submit orders for the specific Discount Notes offered for sale. We may receive from 0% to 100% of the proceeds of the Discount Notes issued via this sales process depending on: (a) the maximum costs we or the other Federal Home Loan Banks participating in the same discount notes, if any, are willing to pay for the Discount Notes; (b) the amounts of orders for the Discount Notes submitted by underwriters; and (c) guidelines for allocation of Discount Note proceeds among participating Federal Home Loan Banks administered by the Office of Finance.

 

Twice weekly, we may also request that specific amounts of Discount Notes with fixed maturity dates ranging from 4 weeks to 26 weeks be offered by the Office of Finance for sale via competitive auction conducted with underwriters in the Discount Note selling group. One or more other Federal Home Loan Banks may also request amounts of those same Discount Notes be offered for sale for their benefit via the same auction. The Discount Notes offered for sale via competitive auction are not subject to a limit on the maximum costs the Federal Home Loan Banks are willing to pay. We may receive from 0% to 100% of the proceeds of the Discount Notes issued via competitive auction depending on: (a) the amounts and costs for the Discount Notes bid by underwriters; and (b) guidelines for allocation of Discount Note proceeds among multiple participating Federal Home Loan Banks administered by the Office of Finance.

 

Other Indebtedness

 

Although the majority of our total indebtedness consists of CO Bonds and Discount Notes outstanding, and deposits from our members, we are also obligated to pay other liabilities owed and payable in the form of:

 

    interest accrued;
    amounts owed under the AHP;
    amounts owed to REFCORP;
    amounts owed on capital stock that can be mandatorily redeemed in accordance with SFAS 150 adopted as of January 1, 2004;
    the liability to counterparties on derivative contracts; and
    other miscellaneous liabilities including benefits payable for employee pension and other benefit plan obligations, accrued salary and benefits, amounts payable related to the LRA and SMI on MPP program loans, amounts payable related to correspondent service operations, and amounts held for member pass-through deposit reserves.

 

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A summary of our total indebtedness at September 30, 2005December 31, 2004, and December 31, 2003, follows.

 

Total Indebtedness

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     September 30,     December 31,  
     2005    % of
Total
    2004    % of
Total
    2003    % of
Total
 

Deposits

   $ 849,016    1.89 %   $ 879,417    2.09 %   $ 1,212,569    2.83 %

COs

     43,038,615    95.76 %     40,448,292    95.94 %     40,270,909    93.92 %

Accrued interest payable

     359,345    0.80 %     244,295    0.58 %     246,601    0.58 %

AHP payable

     26,447    0.06 %     23,060    0.06 %     26,483    0.06 %

REFCORP payable

     8,605    0.02 %     -      0.00 %     -      -    

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

     42,529    0.09 %     30,259    0.07 %     -      -    

Derivative liabilities

     217,862    0.48 %     493,724    1.17 %     1,079,815    2.52 %

Other miscellaneous liabilities

     403,103    0.90 %     39,220    0.09 %     37,074    0.09 %

Total indebtedness

   $ 44,945,522    100.00 %   $ 42,158,267    100.00 %   $ 42,873,451    100.00 %

 

Our earnings have always been sufficient to cover our fixed charges, which consist primarily of the interest we pay on the COs for which we are the primary obligor. The following table presents the ratio of our earnings to our fixed charges for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2005, and the five years ended December 31, 2004.

 

Computation of Earnings to Fixed Charges

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     For the
Quarter
Ended
September 30,
   For the Nine
Months
Ended
September 30,
   For the Year Ended December 31,
     2005    2005    2004    2003    2002    2001    2000

Income before assessments and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (1) 

   $ 66,301    $ 167,831    $ 178,044    $ 183,059    $ 109,838    $ 147,885    $ 172,545

Fixed charges (2)

                                                

Interest expense on COs

   $ 416,280    $ 1,106,136    $ 1,011,317    $ 905,648    $ 1,006,092    $ 1,410,016    $ 1,727,158

Interest expense on deposits and other

     8,692      22,305      15,197      21,720      25,811      56,417      42,358

Fixed charges

     424,972      1,128,441      1,026,514      927,368      1,031,903      1,466,433      1,769,516

Earnings, including fixed charges

   $ 491,273    $ 1,296,272    $ 1,204,558    $ 1,110,427    $ 1,141,741    $ 1,614,318    $ 1,942,061

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

     1.16      1.15      1.17      1.20      1.11      1.10      1.10

 

(1) Income before assessments is our equivalent of pre-tax income.
(2)

Our fixed charges include interest expense and premiums and discount amortization on CO Bonds, including net settlements on derivatives that hedge CO Bonds, and Discount Notes and interest expense on other liabilities including deposits, borrowings from other Federal Home Loan Banks, mandatorily redeemable capital stock,

 

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and other borrowings. We do not capitalize interest, and the impact of interest expense within our net rental costs is not significant.

 

Use of Derivatives

 

Finance Board regulations and our Risk Management Policy (“RMP”) establish guidelines for the use of derivatives. The goal of our interest rate risk management strategy is not to eliminate interest rate risk but to manage it within appropriate limits. Permissible derivatives include interest rate swaps, swaptions, interest rate cap and floor agreements, calls, puts, futures, and forward contracts executed as part of our market risk management philosophy. We are permitted to execute derivative transactions only to manage interest rate risk positions, hedge embedded options in assets and liabilities including mortgage prepayment risk positions, hedge any foreign currency positions, and act as an intermediary between our members and interest rate swap counterparties. All derivatives are accounted for at fair value in accordance with SFAS 133. We are prohibited from trading in or the speculative use of these instruments, and we have limits for credit risk arising from these instruments.

 

We engage in derivative transactions to hedge market risk exposures of certain Advances, primarily fixed-rate bullet and putable Advances, and mortgage assets. Market risk includes the risks related to

 

    movements in interest rates and mortgage prepayment speeds over time;
    the change in the relationship between short-term and long-term interest rates (i.e., the slope of the CO and LIBOR yield curves);
    the change in the relationship of FHLB System debt spreads to other indices, primarily LIBOR and U.S. Treasury yields and the change in the relationship of FHLB System debt spreads to mortgage yields (commonly referred to as “basis” risks); and
    the change in the relationship between fixed rates and variable rates.

 

Our use of derivatives is the primary way we reconcile the preferences of the capital markets for the kinds of debt securities in which they want to invest and the preferences of member institutions for the kinds of Advances they want to hold and the kinds of mortgage loans they want to sell. The most common reasons we use derivatives are to:

 

    preserve a favorable interest rate spread between the yield of an asset and the cost of the supporting COs. Without the use of derivatives, this interest rate spread could be reduced or eliminated if the structures of the asset and COs do not have similar characteristics including maturity and the level and characteristics of the interest rates (e.g., fixed/variable terms);
    reduce funding costs by executing a derivative concurrently with the issuance of CO Bonds;
    fund and hedge below-market rate Advances where our members have sold us options embedded within the Advances;
    mitigate the adverse earnings effects from the shortening or extension of the cash flows from mortgage assets with prepayment options we have sold;
    hedge the market risk associated with timing differences in the settlement of commitments in the MPP and COs; and
    protect the fair value of existing asset or liability positions.

 

Our current strategy is to use only those derivatives that are designed to be highly effective in offsetting changes in the market values of the designated balance sheet instruments. We have not executed any derivatives to hedge market risk on a macro, or whole balance sheet level. We also have not executed derivative transactions to hedge the market risk of MPP assets, except during the commitment period of delivery contracts under the MPP. See “Item 2. Financial Information – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation – Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates – Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging Activities.”

 

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Supervision and Regulation

 

The Bank Act

 

We are supervised and regulated by the Finance Board, an independent agency in the executive branch of the U.S. government. Under the Bank Act, the Finance Board’s responsibility is to ensure that, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Finance Board, each Federal Home Loan Bank:

 

    carries out its housing finance mission;
    remains adequately capitalized and able to raise funds in the capital market; and
    operates in a safe and sound manner.

 

The Finance Board is governed by a five-member board of which four board members are appointed by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate, each to serve a seven-year term. The fifth member of the Finance Board is the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development or the Secretary’s designee. The Finance Board’s operating expenses are funded by assessments on the Federal Home Loan Banks. As such, no tax dollars or other appropriations support the operations of the Finance Board or the Federal Home Loan Banks. In addition to our submissions to the Finance Board of monthly financial information on our condition and results of operations, the Finance Board conducts annual on-site examinations in order to assess our safety and soundness, and also performs periodic off-site reviews.

 

The Bank Act gives the Secretary of the Treasury the discretion to purchase COs up to an aggregate principal amount of $4 billion. No borrowings under this authority have been outstanding since 1977. The U.S. Department of the Treasury receives a copy of the Finance Board’s annual report to the Congress, monthly reports reflecting our securities transactions, and other reports reflecting our operations. Our annual financial statements are audited by an independent public accounting firm following generally accepted auditing standards as well as the government auditing standards issued by the U.S. Comptroller General. The Comptroller General has authority under the Bank Act to audit or examine the Finance Board and the FHLB System and to decide the extent to which it fairly and effectively fulfills the purposes of the Bank Act.

 

GLB Act Amendments to the Bank Act

 

Prior to the enactment of the GLB Act in 1999, the Bank Act provided for a “subscription” capital structure for the Federal Home Loan Banks. Under that structure, a single class of capital stock was issued to members by their respective Federal Home Loan Bank pursuant to a statutory formula which required each Federal Home Loan Bank member to purchase stock in an amount equal to the greatest of the following (i) $500; (ii) 1% of the member’s total mortgage assets; or (iii) 5% of the Advances outstanding to the member. The stock was redeemable by a member that sought to withdraw from its Federal Home Loan Bank membership upon six months’ prior written notice to that Federal Home Loan Bank. Upon redemption, a member would receive the par value of its stock.

 

The GLB Act amended the Bank Act to provide a more flexible and permanent capital structure for the Federal Home Loan Banks by requiring that each Federal Home Loan Bank develop and implement a capital plan that, among other things, would replace the previous single-class Federal Home Loan Bank capital stock with a new capital structure comprised of Class A Stock, Class B Stock, or both. Class A Stock is redeemable by a member upon six months’ prior written notice to its Federal Home Loan Bank. Class B Stock is redeemable by a member upon five years’ prior written notice to its Federal Home Loan Bank. Class B Stock also has a higher weighting than Class A Stock for purposes of calculating the minimum leverage requirement applicable to each Federal Home Loan Bank.

 

The GLB Act amendments require that each Federal Home Loan Bank maintain permanent capital and total capital in sufficient amounts to comply with specified, minimum risk-based capital and leverage capital requirements.

 

   

Permanent capital is defined as the amount we receive for our Class B Stock (including mandatorily redeemable stock) plus our retained earnings. Permanent capital must at least equal our risk-based capital requirement, which is defined as the sum of credit risk, market risk, and operations risk capital

 

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requirements. Each of these risk capital requirements is measured in accordance with guidelines in the Finance Board’s regulations. Generally, our

 

    credit risk capital is the sum of our credit risk charges for all assets, off-balance sheet items and derivative contracts, calculated using the methodologies and risk weights assigned to each classification in the regulations;

 

    market risk capital is the sum of the market value of our portfolio at risk from movements in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, commodity prices, and equity prices that could occur during periods of market stress, and the amount by which the market value of total capital is less than 85% of the book value of total capital; and

 

    operations risk capital is 30% of the sum of our credit risk and market risk capital requirements.

 

    Total capital is defined as permanent capital plus a general allowance for losses plus any other amounts determined by the Finance Board to be available to absorb losses. Total capital must equal at least 4% of total assets.

 

    Leverage capital is defined as 150% of permanent capital plus the sum of all other components of capital. Leverage capital must equal at least 5% of total assets.

 

From time to time, for reasons of safety and soundness, the Finance Board may require one or more individual Federal Home Loan Banks to maintain more permanent capital or total capital than is required by the regulations. Failure to comply with these requirements or the minimum capital requirements could result in the imposition of operating agreements, cease and desist orders, civil money penalties, and other regulatory action, including involuntary merger, liquidation, or reorganization as authorized by the Bank Act.

 

In addition to changes in capital structure, the GLB Act also devolved more of the governance and management of each Federal Home Loan Bank to its board of directors and officers and away from the Finance Board. This devolution included the right of the directors to elect the chair and vice chair of the board rather than those offices being appointed by the Finance Board. Further, elected director terms were extended to three years from two and provisions were adopted to stagger the directors’ terms to permit more continuity. Board policies can now be adopted without the prior approval of the Finance Board, but such policies are subject to review by the Finance Board. The Finance Board has issued guidance to the Federal Home Loan Banks on various topics that are now controlled by their boards but are of concern to the Finance Board from a supervisory perspective. In particular, the Finance Board has advised the Federal Home Loan Banks that they should adopt a policy with respect to the acquisition and maintenance of an adequate level of retained earnings. We have adopted a retained earnings policy, in light of this guidance, and we continue to have discussions with the Finance Board regarding this policy. The retained earnings policy may initially reduce the size of the dividends paid to members on our Class B Stock as retained earnings are built up to the required level, but it is anticipated that dividends will continue to be paid quarterly.

 

In August 2005, the Finance Board advised all Federal Home Loan Banks that have not completed the SEC registration process that they are required to obtain the Finance Board’s approval prior to paying any dividends. Therefore, we obtained their approval prior to declaring and paying a dividend in the fourth quarter of 2005.

 

Government Corporations Control Act

 

We are subject to the Government Corporations Control Act, which provides that before we can issue and offer obligations to the public, the Secretary of the Treasury must prescribe the form, denomination, maturity, interest rate, and conditions of the obligations; the way and time issued; and the selling price.

 

Furthermore, this Act provides that the Comptroller General may review any audit of the financial statements of a Federal Home Loan Bank conducted by an independent public accounting firm. If the Comptroller General undertakes such a review, the results and any recommendations must be reported to the Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Federal Home Loan Bank in question. The Comptroller General may also conduct a separate audit of any of our financial statements.

 

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Federal Securities Laws

 

Upon effectiveness of this registration statement, our shares of Class B Stock will be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “1934 Act”). We will then be subject to the information, disclosure, insider trading restrictions, and other requirements under the 1934 Act. We will not be subject to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the “1933 Act”) and, subject to the regulations of the Finance Board, we may withdraw our voluntary registration under the 1934 Act at any time. We have been, and continue to be, subject to all relevant liability provisions of the 1934 Act.

 

Because our Class B Stock will be registered under the 1934 Act, we also will be subject to the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”) and related rules and regulations issued by the SEC. SOX was enacted to address corporate and accounting fraud and establish a new accounting oversight board that enforces auditing standards and restricts the scope of services that accounting firms may provide to their public company audit clients. Among other things, SOX

 

    requires chief executive officers and chief financial officers to certify the accuracy of periodic reports filed with the SEC;
    imposes new disclosure requirements regarding internal controls, off-balance-sheet transactions, and pro forma (non-GAAP) disclosures;
    accelerates the time frame for reporting insider transactions and periodic disclosures by public companies;
    requires companies to disclose whether or not they have adopted a code of ethics for senior financial officers, and whether the audit committee includes at least one “audit committee financial expert”; and
    requires significant review and testing of internal controls.

 

Under SOX, the SEC is required to regularly and systematically review corporate filings, based on certain enumerated factors. To deter wrongdoing, SOX

 

    subjects bonuses issued to top executives to disgorgement if a restatement of a company’s financial statements was due to corporate misconduct;
    prohibits an officer or director from misleading or coercing an auditor;
    imposes new criminal penalties for fraud and other wrongful acts; and
    extends the period during which certain securities fraud lawsuits can be brought against a company or its officers.

 

Federal and State Banking Laws

 

We are not generally subject to the state and federal banking laws affecting retail depository financial institutions in the U.S. However, as we do provide our members with certain correspondent services, such as wire transfer services, our activities are subject to the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by the U.S. Patriot Act. We are therefore required to report suspicious activity involving the movement of large amounts of cash or the attempted wire transfer of funds to persons or countries that are on the U.S. government’s restricted list. Further, we may become subject to additional requirements if the U. S. Treasury issues regulations governing our activities in this area.

 

As a secured lender and a secondary market purchaser of mortgage loans, we are not directly subject to the various federal and state laws regarding consumer credit protection, such as anti-predatory lending laws. However, as non-compliance with these laws could affect the value of these loans as collateral or acquired assets, we require our members to warrant that all of the loans pledged or sold to us are in compliance with all applicable laws. The Finance Board advised all of the Federal Home Loan Banks in August 2005 that they must have a policy in place that requires members to comply with applicable anti-predatory lending laws in respect to both pledged collateral and mortgage loans to be sold to us. On November 18, 2005, our board adopted anti-predatory lending policies for both collateral and acquired member assets.

 

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Proposed Changes in GSE Regulation

 

From mid-2003, the housing-related GSEs, including the Federal Home Loan Banks, have come under the increased scrutiny of Congress because of accounting and financial issues raised by certain regulatory agencies. Consequently, numerous legislative proposals have been introduced in Congress for the purpose of enhancing regulatory oversight. Some of the proposals have included capping the size of Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s mortgage portfolios, creation of a new affordable housing fund from Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s profits, and the combination of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, which regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the Finance Board into a new regulatory agency. The U. S. House of Representatives passed a bill containing these provisions in October 2005. However, other bills have been introduced in the U.S. Senate. If the Senate passes a bill which differs from the House bill, the competing bills will have to go to a joint conference committee to resolve all differences before final legislation can be enacted. It is impossible to predict what, if any, provisions relating to the Finance Board and the Federal Home Loan Banks will be included in any legislation that might be approved by Congress, and whether any such change in regulatory structure will be signed into law. Any changes made by Congress to the housing GSEs regulatory structure may also impact the structure and operation of the Office of Finance.

 

Regulatory Enforcement Actions

 

While examination reports are confidential between the Finance Board and a Federal Home Loan Bank, the Finance Board may publicly disclose supervisory actions or agreements that the Finance Board has entered into with a Federal Home Loan Bank. The Finance Board entered into two such agreements, with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle, in 2004. As the Federal Home Loan Banks issue COs jointly, these agreements may adversely affect our cost of funds.

 

In addition, several Federal Home Loan Banks, including our Bank, announced earlier this year that they are restating their previously issued financial statements. It is not known when this process will be completed.

 

Further, a delay in the issuance of the FHLB System’s combined financial statements by the Office of Finance, as a result of the requirements of these agreements and the restatements, or as a result of other accounting, operational or regulatory issues that may occur in the future, may affect the timeliness of the combined statements. While the delay in publishing the quarterly September 2004, year-end 2004, and quarterly March, June and September 2005 combined statements has not adversely affected our cost of funds or our access to the capital markets, future delays could have that effect.

 

Tax Status/Assessments

 

Although we are exempt from all federal, state, and local taxation except for real property taxes, we are obligated to make payments to REFCORP in the amount of 20% of net earnings after operating expenses and AHP expense. Additionally, in the aggregate, the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks are required annually to set aside, for the AHP, the greater of $100 million or 10% of the current year’s net earnings before interest expense for mandatorily redeemable capital stock that is classified as debt (but after expenses for REFCORP). Currently, combined assessments for REFCORP and the AHP are approximately the equivalent of a 26.6% effective income tax rate. Despite our tax exempt status, any cash dividends issued by us to members are taxable dividends to the members and do not benefit from the corporate dividends received exclusion. The preceding sentence is for general information only. It is not tax advice. Members should consult their own tax advisors regarding particular federal, state, and local tax consequences for purchasing, holding, and disposing of our Class B Stock, including the consequences of any proposed change in applicable law.

 

Membership Trends and Geographic Distribution

 

At September 30, 2005, we had 437 members. Our membership territory is comprised of the states of Indiana and Michigan. As of September 30, 2005, we had 216 members or 49% in Indiana, and 221 members or 51% in Michigan, for a total membership consisting of 262 commercial banks, 74 thrifts, 90 credit unions, and 11 insurance companies. Outstanding Advances to Indiana-based and Michigan-based institutions as of September 30, 2005, were 29% and 71%, respectively.

 

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At December 31, 2004, we had 438 members compared to the prior year-end level of 440 members. As of December 31, 2004, we had 222 members, or 51%, in Indiana, and 216 members, or 49%, in Michigan, for a total membership consisting of 268 commercial banks, 76 thrifts, 89 credit unions, and 5 insurance companies. Outstanding Advances to Indiana-based and Michigan-based institutions as of December 31, 2004, were 34% and 66%, respectively. If there is continuing consolidation in the financial institution industry, it may adversely affect our number of members, which may, therefore, affect our business and financial condition. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation.” Historically, few of our members have chosen to withdraw from membership other than in connection with mergers and consolidations.

 

Competition

 

We operate in a highly competitive environment. Demand by members for Advances is affected by, among other things, the cost of their other available sources of funds, including deposits. We compete with other suppliers of wholesale funding, both secured and unsecured. Such other suppliers may include investment banking concerns, commercial banks, and, in certain circumstances, other Federal Home Loan Banks. These circumstances include when a financial holding company has subsidiary banks that are members of different Federal Home Loan Banks, and can therefore choose to take Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank with the best rate. Larger institutions may have access to all of the alternatives listed as well as independent access to the national and global credit markets. The availability of alternative funding sources to members can significantly influence the demand for Advances and can be affected by a variety of factors, including market conditions, members’ creditworthiness, regulatory restrictions on the members, and availability of collateral.

 

Likewise, MPP is subject to significant competition. The most direct competition for mortgage purchases comes from other buyers of conventional, conforming fixed-rate mortgage loans such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with additional competition coming from other Federal Home Loan Banks and other national, regional, or local mortgage purchasers or conduits.

 

We also compete with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other GSEs as well as corporate, sovereign, and supranational entities for funds raised through the issuance of CO Bonds, Discount Notes, and other debt instruments. Increases in the supply of competing debt products may, in the absence of increases in demand, result in higher debt costs to us or lesser amounts of debt issued on our behalf at the same cost than otherwise would be the case.

 

Employees

 

As of September 30, 2005, we had 151 full-time employees and 7 part-time employees, compared to 141 full-time employees and 7 part-time employees at December 31, 2004. A collective bargaining unit does not represent the employees.

 

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

We have identified the following factors that could have a material adverse effect on our business or results of operations.

 

Adverse Changes in Interest Rates Could Have a Material Adverse Effect Including Potential Loss or Impairment of Capital.

 

We operate under regulatory and internal constraints that reduce the potential for significant losses due to changes in interest rates. However, an adverse change in interest rates could result in declining earnings and market value of equity or even cause us to suffer a loss or an impairment of capital. We purchase mortgage loans, MBS, and ABS at both premiums and discounts. Further, we expect that MPP will experience moderate growth, increasing the size of our mortgage asset portfolio that is subject to interest rate risk. A number of measures are used to monitor and manage interest rate risk. We make certain key assumptions, including prepayment speeds on mortgage-related assets, cash flows, loan volumes, and pricing. These assumptions are inherently uncertain and, as a result, it is impossible to accurately predict the impact of higher or lower interest rates on net interest income.

 

Economic Downturns and Changes in Federal Monetary Policy Could Have an Adverse Effect on Our Business Operations or Earnings.

 

Business growth and earnings are sensitive to general business and economic conditions. These conditions include short-term and long-term interest rates, inflation, money supply, fluctuations in both debt and equity capital markets, and the strength of the U.S. economy and the local economies in which we conduct business. If any of these conditions worsen, our business and earnings could be adversely affected. For example, a prolonged economic downturn could increase the number of customers who become delinquent or default on their loans. In addition, our business and earnings are significantly affected by the fiscal and monetary policies of the federal government and its agencies. We are particularly affected by the policies of the Federal Reserve Board, which regulates the supply of money and credit in the United States. The Federal Reserve Board’s policies directly and indirectly influence the yield on interest-earning assets and the cost of interest-bearing liabilities. Changes in those policies are beyond our control and difficult to predict.

 

Inability to Access Capital Markets Could Adversely Affect Our Liquidity.

 

The FHLB System issues COs in the capital markets to fund its assets. Because access to capital markets is critical, we maintain contingency plans which are designed to address the risk of our inability to access the capital markets. However, there is no way to be assured that they would be effective in all situations, which could result in a decrease in liquidity and our inability to meet member funding needs.

 

Changes in Regulatory Environment Could Negatively Impact our Ability to Do Business.

 

We could be materially adversely or positively affected by (1) the adoption of new laws, policies or regulations, (2) changes in existing laws, policies or regulations, such as approval of multi-district membership, including changes to their interpretations or applications by the Finance Board or as the result of judicial review that modify the present regulatory environment, or (3) the failure of certain rules or policies to change in the manner we anticipated at the time we established our own rules and policies. Changes that restrict the growth of our current business or prohibit the creation of new products or services could negatively impact our earnings. Further, the regulatory environment affecting members could be changed in a manner that would negatively impact their ability to own Class B Stock or take advantage of our products and services.

 

Changes in Federal Reserve Board Policy Statement on Payment System Risk Could Impact Debt Payments.

 

The Federal Reserve Board in September 2004 announced that, beginning in July 2006, it will require Federal Reserve Banks to release interest and principal payments on securities issued by GSEs and international organizations only when the issuer’s Federal Reserve account contains sufficient funds to cover these payments. The Federal Reserve Banks have been processing and posting these payments to depository institutions’ Federal Reserve accounts by 9:15 a.m. Eastern Time, the same posting time as for U.S. Treasury interest and principal

 

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payments, even if the issuer has not fully funded its payments. A Federal Industry Working Group on Payment Systems Risk Policy Changes has been established to identify market disruptions and help market participants determine and understand the new payment environment in order for system changes to be implemented and tested prior to the policy change effective date. The Federal Home Loan Banks and the Office of Finance are working collectively, and individually, to modify debt issuance and cash management practices to ensure a smooth transition to the new Federal Reserve policy. However, it is not possible to predict with certainty the actual effect the Federal Reserve policy change will have on the Federal Home Loan Banks, individually or collectively, until the implementation in July 2006. See the discussion at “Recent Accounting and Regulatory Developments – Federal Reserve Payment System Risk” herein.

 

Competition Could Negatively Impact Earnings, the Supply of Mortgage Loans for MPP, and Access to Funding.

 

We operate in a highly competitive environment. Demand for Advances is affected by, among other things, the cost of other available sources of liquidity for our members, including deposits. We compete with other suppliers of wholesale funding, both secured and unsecured. Such other suppliers may include investment banking concerns, commercial banks and, in certain circumstances, other Federal Home Loan Banks. Large institutions may also have independent access to the national and global credit markets. The availability of alternative funding sources to members can significantly influence the demand for Advances and can vary as a result of a variety of factors, including market conditions, members’ creditworthiness, and availability of collateral. Lower demand for Advances could negatively impact earnings by reducing interest income.

 

Likewise, the MPP is subject to significant competition. The most direct competition for purchases of mortgages comes from other buyers of conventional, conforming, fixed-rate mortgage loans, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Increased competition can result in the acquisition of a smaller market share of the mortgages available for purchase and, therefore, lower income from this business segment. Further, due to certain tax regulations in Michigan, mortgage loans are often originated and held by institutions that are not members of the Bank but that may be affiliated with our members. As we can not purchase such loans directly from these affiliates, this impacts the supply of loans available to us that are fully available for purchase by many of our competitors.

 

We also compete with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other GSEs, as well as corporate, sovereign, and supranational entities for funds raised through the issuance of CO Bonds, Discount Notes, and other debt instruments. Increases in the supply of competing debt products may, in the absence of increases in demand, result in higher debt costs to us or lesser amounts of debt issued at the same cost than otherwise would be the case. Although our supply of funds through issuance of COs has kept pace with our funding needs, there can be no assurance that this will continue.

 

Joint and Several Liability for Consolidated Obligations Could Negatively Impact Our Members.

 

We are jointly and severally liable with the other Federal Home Loan Banks for the COs issued on behalf of the Federal Home Loan Banks through the Office of Finance. We may not pay any dividends to members or redeem or repurchase any shares of our capital stock unless the principal and interest due on all COs have been paid in full. If another Federal Home Loan Bank were to default on its obligation to pay principal or interest on any COs, the Finance Board may allocate the outstanding liability among one or more of the remaining Federal Home Loan Banks on a pro rata basis or on any other basis the Finance Board may determine. As a result, our ability to pay dividends to our members or to redeem or repurchase shares of our capital stock could be affected not only by our own financial condition, but also by the financial condition of one or more of the other Federal Home Loan Banks. However, no Federal Home Loan Bank has ever defaulted on its debt obligations since the FHLB System was established in 1932.

 

Our Credit Rating Could be Lowered, Which Could Adversely Impact Our Cost of Funds.

 

In November 2003, S&P issued a report placing us on “negative outlook” for possible future downgrade, while retaining our AAA rating. The outlook change and rating affirmation reflect the change in our business profile, with increased activity in the MPP and its impact on our interest rate risk exposure. At the same time, Moody’s rating service reaffirmed our rating at the Aaa level. It is possible that either rating could be lowered at some point in the future, which might adversely affect our costs of doing business, including the cost of issuing debt. Our changing business profile, with growth in mortgage-based assets relative to Advances, exposes us to a higher level of interest

 

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rate risk. Our growth in fixed-rate mortgage loans acquired through MPP and additional investments in MBS requires prudent interest rate risk management. Our costs of doing business and ability to attract and retain members could also be adversely affected if the credit ratings of one or more other Federal Home Loan Banks are lowered, or if other Federal Home Loan Banks incur losses. Our costs of doing business and ability to attract and retain members could also be adversely affected if the credit ratings assigned to the COs, which remain AAA/Aaa, were lowered.

 

Finance Board regulations require all Federal Home Loan Banks to maintain not less than an AA rating. The following table shows the S&P and Moody’s ratings for the Federal Home Loan Banks:

 

Federal Home Loan Banks

Long Term Credit Ratings

As of September 30, 2005

 

     S&P    Moody’s
     Rating    Outlook    Rating    Outlook

Atlanta

   AAA    Stable    Aaa    Stable
Boston    AAA    Stable    Aaa    Stable
Chicago    AA+    Negative    Aaa    Stable
Cincinnati    AAA    Stable    Aaa    Stable
Dallas    AAA    Negative    Aaa    Stable
Des Moines    AAA    Negative    Aaa    Stable
Indianapolis    AAA    Negative    Aaa    Stable
New York    AA+    Stable    Aaa    Stable
Pittsburgh    AAA    Negative    Aaa    Stable
San Francisco    AAA    Stable    Aaa    Stable
Seattle    AA+    Negative    Aaa    Stable
Topeka    AAA    Stable    Aaa    Stable

 

Circumstances Beyond Our Control Could Cause Unexpected Losses.

 

Operations risk is the risk of unexpected losses attributable to human error, systems failures, fraud, unenforceability of contracts, or inadequate internal controls and procedures. Although management has systems and procedures in place to address each of these risks, some operational risks are beyond our control, and the failure of other parties to adequately address their operational risks could adversely affect us.

 

Loss of One or More Large Customers Could Adversely Impact Us.

 

As of September 30, 2005, our top three Advances customers accounted for 48.5% of Advances, at par, and our top two MPP customers accounted for 78.5% of outstanding MPP assets, at par. The loss of any one of these customers could adversely impact our profitability and business prospects and the ability to achieve growth objectives. The loss of a large customer could result from a variety of factors, including acquisition, consolidation into an out-of-district institution, and the consolidation of charters within a bank holding company. Further, deterioration in the credit quality of any of these borrowers could have a significant impact on the Bank resulting in possible losses on Advances as well as decreased interest income on new Advances not made or mortgage loans not purchased.

 

Damage Caused by Natural Disasters or Acts of Terrorism Could Adversely Impact Us or Our Members.

 

Damage caused by natural disasters or acts of terrorism could adversely impact us or our members, leading to impairment of assets and/or potential loss exposure. Real property that could be damaged in these events may serve as collateral for Advances, or security for the mortgage loans we purchase from our members and the non-agency MBS securities we hold as investments. If this real property is not sufficiently insured to cover the damages that may occur, the member may have insufficient collateral to secure its Advances or the mortgage loan sold to us may be severely impaired in value.

 

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ITEM 2. FINANCIAL INFORMATION.

 

The following table should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes and the discussion set forth in the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” each included in this registration statement. The results of operations data for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, and 2004 are derived from the unaudited financial statements which are included within this registration statement. The results of operations data for the three years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, and the financial position data as of December 31, 2004, and 2003, are derived from the audited financial statements, as restated, included in this registration statement. The results of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2001, and 2000, and the financial position data as of December 31, 2002, 2001, and 2000, are derived from the audited financial statements, as restated, which are not included within this registration statement.

 

Selected Financial Data

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     As of and for the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
     2005    2004
(Restated)

Statement of Condition (at period end)

             

Total assets

   $ 47,226,939    $ 46,904,134

Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net

     8,829,890      7,199,749

Advances

     28,276,980      25,040,549

Federal funds sold

     2,824,000      6,424,000

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     -      -

Trading security

     54,016      97,657

Available-for-sale securities

     -      1,168,541

Held-to-maturity securities

     6,645,445      6,147,847

Deposits

     849,016      872,273

COs, net (1)

     43,038,615      42,416,463

AHP

     26,447      22,396

Payable to REFCORP

     8,605      -

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock (2)

     42,529      30,046

Capital Stock, Class B putable (3)

     2,141,461      1,995,763

Capital Stock, putable

     -      -

Retained Earnings

     142,158      68,162

Total Capital

     2,281,417      2,114,075

Dividends paid in cash (3)

     23,217      65

Dividends paid in stock (3)

     42,746      67,460

Statement of Income

             

Net interest income before provision for credit losses on mortgage loans .

     168,316      161,040

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans

     -      -

Other income (loss)

     28,611      (9,990)

Other expenses

     29,096      24,873

Income before assessments

     167,831      126,177

AHP

     13,812      10,372

REFCORP

     30,803      23,148

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (2) (4)

     123,216      92,657

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (2) (4)

     -      (67)

Net income

     123,216      92,590

Performance Ratios

             

Weighted average dividend rate , Capital Stock (5)

     -      -

Weighted average dividend rate, B-1 stock (5)

     4.33%      4.66%

Weighted average dividend rate, B-2 stock (5)

     -      -

Dividend payout ratio (6)

     53.53%      72.93%

Return on average equity

     7.48%      5.96%

Return on average assets

     0.36%      0.27%

Net interest margin (7)

     0.49%      0.48%

Total capital ratio (at period end) (8)

     4.83%      4.51%

 

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Selected Financial Data

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     As of and for the Year Ended December 31,
     2004
(Restated)
   2003
(Restated)
   2002
(Restated)
   2001
(Restated)
   2000

Statement of Condition (at period end)

                                  

Total assets

   $ 44,301,758    $ 44,900,920    $ 42,885,313    $ 36,493,680    $ 33,391,431

Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net

     7,761,767      7,433,231      5,410,341      394,771      36,478

Advances

     25,231,074      28,924,713      28,943,725      26,399,141      24,072,765

Federal funds sold

     3,280,000      1,067,000      1,029,000      3,096,000      2,410,000

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     -      -      -      -      45,000

Trading security

     88,532      101,072      102,653      95,889      -

Available-for-sale securities

     1,157,080      1,186,773      1,612,654      1,108,134      1,445,370

Held-to-maturity securities

     6,068,145      5,725,820      5,537,294      4,826,294      4,753,538

Deposits

     879,417      1,212,569      1,452,894      1,544,861      756,901

COs, net (1)

     40,448,292      40,270,909      37,567,422      32,087,473      30,342,055

AHP

     23,060      26,483      28,381      30,977      27,238

Payable to REFCORP

     -      -      -      2,958      8,506

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock (2)

     30,259      -      -      -      -

Capital Stock, Class B putable (3)

     2,016,931      1,918,150      -      -      -

Capital Stock, putable

     -      -      1,956,239      1,740,588      1,549,732

Retained Earnings

     84,995      43,290      (21,140)      11,983      30,787

Total Capital

     2,143,491      2,027,469      2,023,301      1,762,929      1,580,519

Dividends paid in cash (3)

     87      689      113,821      122,932      122,555

Dividends paid in stock (3)

     88,685      69,374      -      -      -

Statement of Income

                                  

Net interest income before provision for credit losses on mortgage loans .

     220,298      223,494      233,820      225,671      186,936

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans

     (574)      309      259      -      -

Other income (loss)

     (9,095)      (8,092)      (93,948)      (49,436)      8,887

Other expenses

     33,733      32,034      29,775      26,105      23,278

Income before assessments

     178,044      183,059      109,838      150,130      172,545

AHP

     14,639      14,943      8,966      11,570      14,085

REFCORP

     32,668      33,623      20,174      26,032      31,692

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (2) (4)

     130,737      134,493      80,698      112,528      126,768

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (2) (4)

     (67)      -      -      (8,400)      -

Net income

     130,670      134,493      80,698      104,128      126,768

Performance Ratios

                                  

Weighted average dividend rate , Capital Stock (5)

     -      5.75%      6.06%      7.42%      8.26%

Weighted average dividend rate, B-1 stock (5)

     4.56%      5.16%      -      -      -

Weighted average dividend rate, B-2 stock (5)

     -      4.00%      -      -      -

Dividend payout ratio (6)

     67.94%      52.09%      141.05%      118.06%      96.68%

Return on average equity

     6.25%      6.97%      4.15%      6.09%      8.29%

Return on average assets

     0.29%      0.31%      0.20%      0.30%      0.42%

Net interest margin (7)

     0.49%      0.51%      0.58%      0.66%      0.63%

Total capital ratio (at period end) (8)

     4.84%      4.52%      4.72%      4.83%      4.73%

 

(1)The par amount of the outstanding COs for all 12 Federal Home Loan Banks was $920.4 billion and $850.5 billion at September 30, 2005, and 2004, respectively, and $869.2 billion, $759.5 billion, $680.7 billion, $637.3 billion and $614.1 billion at December 31, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

 

(2)We adopted SFAS 150 as of January 1, 2004, and reclassified $5.5 million of our outstanding capital stock to “mandatorily redeemable capital stock” in the liability section of the Statement of Condition. Upon adoption, we recorded estimated dividends earned as a part of the carrying value of the mandatorily redeemable capital stock. The difference between the prior carrying amount and the mandatorily redeemable capital stock of $67 thousand

 

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was recorded as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in the Statement of Income. For the year ended December 31, 2004, we recorded $1.01 million of interest expense on mandatorily redeemable capital stock.

 

(3)We adopted a capital plan effective January 2, 2003, which essentially changed the timing and method of the dividend payment. Under the new plan, the dividend is still paid quarterly, but is declared on the 10th business day of the month following the end of each quarter, rather than on the last day of the quarter as under the former capital structure.

 

(4)We adopted SFAS 133 as of January 1, 2001, and recorded an $8.4 million net realized and unrealized loss on derivative and hedging activities. We previously reported the amount of net gain on the trading security of $2.2 million as a result of adoption of SFAS 133 as a cumulative effect of change in accounting principle. As restated, this amount has been reclassified to include with Other (income)/loss.

 

(5)Weighted average dividend rates are dividends paid in cash and/or stock divided by the average of capital stock eligible for dividends.

 

(6)The dividend payout ratio is calculated by dividing dividends paid in cash and stock by net income. The reduced dividend payout ratio in 2003 reflects the change in the timing of the dividend payment as a result of the new capital plan adopted in January 2003. Under the new plan, although the dividend is still paid quarterly, it is declared on the 10th business day of the month following the end of each quarter, rather than on the last day of the quarter as under the former capital structure. Also, implementation of the new capital plan in 2003 provided for a more permanent capital base to support the growth of credit and other products which has contributed to reduced dividend payout ratios.

 

(7)Net interest margin is net interest income before mortgage loan loss provision as a percentage of average earning assets.

 

(8)Total capital ratio is capital stock plus retained earnings and accumulated other comprehensive income as a percentage of total assets at year end.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Special Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements

 

Statements in this registration statement, including statements describing the objectives, projections, estimates or future predictions of the Bank may be “forward-looking statements.” These statements may use forward-looking terminology, such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “may,” “should,” “expects,” “will,” or their negatives or other variations on these terms. We caution that, by their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk or uncertainty and that actual results either could differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements or could affect the extent to which a particular objective, projection, estimate, or prediction is realized. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the following:

 

    economic and market conditions
    demand for our Advances resulting from changes in our members’ deposit flows and credit demands
    changes in asset prepayment patterns
    changes or differing interpretations of the accounting rules
    negative adjustments in FHLB System credit agency ratings that could adversely impact the marketability of our COs, products, or services
    changes in our ability to raise capital market funding
    volatility of market prices, rates, and indices that could affect the value of collateral we hold as security for the obligations of our members and counterparties
    political events, including legislative, regulatory, or other developments, and judicial rulings that affect the Bank, our members, counterparties, and/or investors in the COs of the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks
    competitive forces, including without limitation other sources of funding available to our members, other entities borrowing funds in the capital markets, and the ability to attract and retain skilled individuals
    ability to develop and support technology and information systems, including the Internet, sufficient to manage effectively the risks of our business
    changes in investor demand for COs and the terms of interest rate exchange agreements and similar agreements
    membership changes
    timing and volume of market activity
    ability to introduce new products and services, and successfully manage the risks associated with those products and services, including new types of collateral securing Advances and securitizations
    risk of loss arising from litigation filed against one or more of the Federal Home Loan Banks
    risk of loss arising from natural disasters or acts of terrorism
    inflation or deflation
    costs associated with SOX compliance and 1934 Act reporting requirements.

 

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Introduction

 

This management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operation is intended to provide investors with an understanding of our past performance, current financial condition, and future prospects. In order to do this, we will discuss and provide our analysis in the following sections.

 

    Executive Summary;
    Analysis of Financial Condition;
    Results of Operations;
    Liquidity and Capital Resources;
    Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates;
    Recent Accounting and Regulatory Developments; and
    Risk Management.

 

Executive Summary

 

Overview

 

We are a regional wholesale bank that makes Advances (loans), purchases mortgages, and provides other financial services to our member financial institutions. All member financial institutions are required to purchase shares of our Class B Stock as a condition of membership. Our public policy mission is to facilitate and expand the availability of financing for housing and community lending. We seek to achieve this by providing services to our members in a safe, sound, and profitable manner, and by generating a competitive return on their capital investment.

 

We manage our business by grouping our products and services within two business segments.

 

    Traditional Funding, Investments, and Deposit Products, which include credit services (such as Advances, letters of credit, and lines of credit), investments, and deposits; and
    MPP, which consists of mortgage loans purchased from our members.

 

Our primary source of revenues is interest earned on:

 

    Advances;
    long- and short-term investments; and
    mortgage loans acquired from members.

 

Our principal source of funding is the proceeds from the sale to the public of Federal Home Loan Bank debt instruments, called COs, which are the joint and several obligations of all 12 Federal Home Loan Banks. We obtain additional funds from deposits, other borrowings, and capital stock.

 

Our profitability is primarily determined by our ability to maintain a positive interest rate spread between the amount earned on our assets and the amount paid on our share of the COs. We use funding and hedging strategies to mitigate risk. The level of interest rates will impact the earnings on our capital balances. As a result, generally higher rates will tend to generate higher levels of earnings.

 

On July 29, 2004, the Finance Board issued a regulation requiring the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks to register their stock with the SEC. The Federal Home Loan Banks were each required to file a registration statement by June 30, 2005, with registration to be effective on or before August 29, 2005. Our registration statement was filed on June 30, 2005. However, we withdrew our registration statement on August 23, 2005 when we determined that our previously issued financial statements needed to be restated in order to make corrections in the way we applied SFAS 133.

 

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In addition to the issues discovered during our review of certain derivative instruments accounted for under SFAS 133, we changed our manner of assessing effectiveness for certain highly effective Advance and CO hedging relationships.

 

Analysis of Operating Results

 

Our overall prospects are dependent on economic growth trends to the extent that they influence our members’ demand for wholesale funding and sales of mortgage loans. Our members typically use wholesale funding, in the form of Advances, after they have exhausted their other sources of funding, such as retail deposits and excess liquidity. Also, members may sell mortgage loans to us as part of an overall business strategy. Periods of economic growth have led to significant use of wholesale funds by our members because businesses typically fund expansion by borrowing and/or reducing deposit balances. Conversely, slow economic growth tends to decrease our members’ wholesale borrowing activity. In response to the decline in economic growth that began in 2001, the Federal Reserve lowered the federal funds rate from 6.5% to the historically low rate of 1.0%. The concurrent decline of long-term rates, including mortgage rates, led to a series of refinancing booms that increased our members’ volume of mortgage loans available to be sold. Member demand for Advances and the sale of mortgage loans is also influenced by the steepness of the yield curve.

 

Quarters and Nine Month Periods Ended September 30, 2005, and 2004

 

Total assets increased by 6.6% during the first nine months of 2005 to $47.2 billion, up from $44.3 billion at December 31, 2004, mainly due to increases in Advances. Advances at par increased $3.4 billion from December 31, 2004, to end the nine month period at $28.3 billion, primarily because of increased usage of fixed-rate bullet Advances as members locked in rates in response to recent economic conditions. During the second quarter of 2005, the Product Development and Review Committee approved two new types of Advances, the monthly amortizing Advance and fed funds floater, which were made available to members in July.

 

After adjustments under SFAS 133, total Advances outstanding were $28.3 billion compared to $25.2 billion at the end of 2004. Letters of credit increased as well; they were $314 million at September 30, 2005, up from $271 million at the end of 2004.

 

Total mortgages outstanding for the MPP increased $1.1 billion to $8.8 billion at September 30, 2005, mainly because of the amendment, effective September 7, 2004, of the activity-based stock requirement from 3% to 0% for the next $3 billion of mortgages purchased through the MPP. On June 16, 2005, our board approved the continuance of the 0% activity-based stock requirement for up to the next $1 billion of MPP assets purchased on or after July 1, 2005. At September 30, 2005, $269.6 million of MPP loans had been purchased while this 0% stock requirement was in effect. In November 2005, the board approved the reduction of the stock purchase requirement to 0% at all times subject to certain limits set by the board, to be reviewed annually. Members, however, have the option to purchase stock at the original 3% level if they choose to do so. In evaluating the appropriateness of a reduction of the member stock requirement for MPP, the board considered the Bank’s capital ratio, potential changes in the amount of capital, and anticipated balance sheet growth.

 

Net interest income for the third quarter of 2005 was $55.9 million and $46.6 million for the same period in 2004. This increase is primarily due to increased spreads on mortgage loans and the MBS portfolio. Overall, net income was $48.7 million for the third quarter of 2005, and $16.3 million for the third quarter of 2004. The increase in net income is primarily due to the increase in net interest income, as well as the realized gain on the sale of available-for-sale investments, and an increase in net realized and unrealized gains on derivative and hedging activities. A more detailed discussion of these changes in net income can be found in “Results of Operations for the Quarters and Nine Month Periods Ended September 30, 2005, and 2004 herein.

 

Net interest income for the nine month period ended September 30, 2005 was $168.3 million and $161.0 million for the same period in 2004. This increase is primarily due to increased spreads on mortgage loans and the MBS portfolio. Overall, net income was $123.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, and $92.6 million for the same period in 2004. The increase in net income is primarily due to the increase in net interest income, as well as the realized gain on the sale of our available-for-sale portfolio. A more detailed discussion of these changes

 

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in net income can be found in “Results of Operations for the Quarters and Nine Month Periods Ended September 30, 2005, and 2004 herein.

 

We declared a cash dividend on our B-1 stock of 4.25% in the fourth quarter of 2005. During the first nine months of 2005, retained earnings increased by approximately $57.2 million compared to December 31, 2004. This brought our level of retained earnings to $142.2 million.

 

During the third quarter of 2005, the Gulf Coast and southern Atlantic coast regions of the United States experienced substantial damage from a number of severe storms, the most significant of which was Hurricane Katrina. A more detailed discussion of the potential effect of these severe storms on our results can be found in “Risk Management” herein.

 

Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002

 

Our assets declined slightly in 2004 due to our decision to increase the pricing of our lowest margin Advances. Total assets at December 31, 2004, were $44.3 billion, compared to $44.9 billion at December 31, 2003, and $42.9 billion at December 31, 2002. The decrease in total assets in 2004 was primarily attributable to a lower level of Advances, partially offset by increases in federal funds sold and investments. For 2003, the increase in total assets was due primarily to growth in our MPP, which is discussed in detail below.

 

During 2004, Advances decreased by $3.7 billion to end the year at $25.2 billion, compared to $28.9 billion at December 31, 2003, and $28.9 billion at December 31, 2002. The number of outstanding Advances at December 31, 2004, increased 6.1% over 2003. The decrease in outstanding Advances is largely attributable to significant declines in borrowings by a small number of large borrowers. Much of this decrease was in low-margin Advances and also helped to reduce the concentration of our Advances portfolio. While the dollar amount of outstanding Advances declined in 2004, the number of outstanding Advances continued to increase as more of our smaller community institutions actively used our Advances programs. Also, we have experienced increased usage by new members and first-time borrowers.

 

Total mortgages outstanding for the MPP were $7.8 billion at December 31, 2004, compared to $7.4 billion at December 31, 2003, and $5.4 billion at December 31, 2002. Outstanding balances among 54 of our participants increased during the year. As of December 31, 2004, 95 members had been approved to participate in MPP, compared to 66 at the end of 2003, and 34 at the end of 2002. These three factors indicate a steadily growing interest in MPP. The availability of mortgage loans to purchase through our MPP program was significantly impacted by the level of interest rates and our activity-based stock requirement. For a description of activity-based stock requirements, see “Item 11. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.” Our original stock requirement was 3% of the outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans. During 2003, our board temporarily reduced the stock requirement for MPP sales to 0%. Approximately $1.5 billion was purchased under this requirement. In late 2004, our board again reduced the activity-based stock requirement from 3% to 0% effective for the next $3.0 billion of mortgages purchased. At December 31, 2004, $1.1 billion in mortgage loans was purchased under this 0% stock requirement. Additional changes were made to this requirement in 2005. See the discussion at “Quarters and Nine Month Periods Ended September 30, 2005 and 2004.”

 

Net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision for 2004 was $220.9 million, compared to $223.2 million for 2003, and $233.6 million for 2002. The decrease of $2.3 million from 2003 to 2004 was primarily due to higher carrying costs for our available-for-sale portfolio. These securities were hedged with derivatives. Higher earnings on the floating/receive side of these derivatives, a component of Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities, offset the higher carrying costs. The higher carrying costs were also partially offset by prepayment fees on fixed-rate Advances and Advances with embedded options. The decrease of $10.4 million from 2002 to 2003 was primarily attributable to lower interest rates and a lesser amount of accelerated discount recognition on MBS.

 

Overall, net income for 2004 was $130.7 million, compared to $134.5 million for 2003, and $80.7 million for 2002. The decrease of $3.8 million from 2003 to 2004 was primarily due to reduced income from service fees resulting from the sale of portions of our check-processing operations to a third party and increased operating expenses. The increase of $53.8 million from 2002 to 2003 was primarily due to net unrealized gains due to derivative market

 

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value adjustments which were partially offset by a decrease in earnings on invested capital due to the low interest rate environment, which resulted in our capital being invested in lower yielding assets.

 

Our capital-to-asset ratio was 4.84% at December 31, 2004, 4.52% at December 31, 2003, and 4.72% at December 31, 2002, all above the 4.16% required by our RMP and the 4.00% required by Finance Board regulation.

 

As of December 31, 2004, we had 438 members, compared to 440 at the end of 2003, and 430 at the end of 2002. The slight decrease in 2004 was primarily caused by merger activity in our district, which resulted in 18 members being lost due to this activity and 16 new members being added.

 

Our board formally adopted a retained earnings policy in 2004 in response to guidance received from the Finance Board. Prior to 2004, we did not have a formal retained earnings policy, but the level of retained earnings was considered by our board whenever dividends were declared.

 

Outlook

 

The Economy and the Financial Services Industry. We believe that the outlook for the overall U.S. economy is generally positive as evidenced by the 3.4% gross domestic product growth estimate for 2006 by the National Association for Business Economics. Although the nation has experienced strong productivity gains in the years following the 2001 recession, the decline of manufacturing has muted the economic growth in Indiana and Michigan. The Mortgage Bankers Association (“MBA”) predicts that the national unemployment rate will dip to 4.8% in 2006.

 

Residential housing and consumer spending continue to be strengthened by the lower mortgage rates (and payments) obtained during the refinancing booms over the past few years, but are being weakened by growing energy costs. Federal funds rates increased by 275 basis points to 3.75% during the 16 month period ended September 30, 2005, while long-term interest rates remained relatively stable. The MBA expects the 30-year fixed rate for mortgages to increase slightly to 6.3% for 2006. A modest decline of mortgage originations to $2.5 trillion is anticipated by the MBA.

 

Outlook for Results of Operations. We expect our financial performance to continue to generate competitive returns for member stockholders across a wide range of business, financial, and economic environments. We believe credit risk, liquidity risk, and operational risk will not materially affect earnings.

 

Our current expectation is for Advances to large customers to grow slowly or decline while Advances to other customers are expected to increase. The overall balance of Advances is likely to decline; however, the change in composition may result in higher profitability for the Advances portfolio.

 

If certain large customers are acquired by out-of-district institutions and the charters of those customers are consolidated into out-of-district charters, we are likely to have a significant decline in Advance balances, as well as a reduced customer base for MPP. This same effect could occur if the charter of a current customer is consolidated into the charter of an out-of-district institution that is within the same holding company.

 

We expect MPP to continue to grow during 2006. Our greatest challenge in this area will be the long-term capitalization of these assets. Our largest MPP customers are resistant to stock requirements for these sales; therefore, we will continue to balance the growth in this product against the prudent use of excess capital stock to support the holding of these assets. In November 2005, our board approved the reduction of the stock purchase requirement to 0% at all times subject to certain limits set by the board, to be reviewed annually. Members, however, have the option to purchase stock at the original 3% level if they choose to do so.

 

The securitization of MPP assets is another tool that may be used to address the capital and interest rate risk issues that expansion of the MPP poses. We are actively exploring options in this area, but there can be no certainty that we will ultimately be able to profitably securitize MPP.

 

During the third quarter of 2005, National City Corporation announced preliminary plans to consolidate six of its subsidiary banks under a single national bank charter by mid-2006. On January 25, 2006, Irwin Financial

 

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Corporation, the holding company for our member Irwin Union Bank, announced plans to consider strategic alternatives for its mortgage business, including the possible sale of Irwin Union Mortgage Corporation. On February 3, 2006, Sky Financial Group, Inc. announced plans to acquire member Union Federal Bank. Its parent, Waterfield Mortgage Co. Inc., is being acquired in a separate transaction by American Home Mortgage Corporation. Once, and if, these transactions are finalized, we will be unable to transact new advances or purchase mortgages from the successor institutions, unless in each case, a member bank charter or a mortgage company having an affiliation with a member bank charter remains in the Indianapolis Bank’s District of Indiana or Michigan.

 

One factor that impacts our earnings is the level of market interest rates. As rates fluctuate, the yield on our earning assets also fluctuates. Our assets do not reprice immediately. Therefore, there tends to be a lag between changes in market rates and changes in the yield of our earning assets. Since our capital balances are invested in our earning assets, earnings are impacted by these market fluctuations. A variety of other factors also impact earnings, return on equity, and net interest margin. These include, but are not limited to, spreads, fee income, operating expenses, and prepayment fees. See “Results of Operations” herein for a detailed discussion of these factors.

 

Although we constantly manage our interest rate risk, certain unfavorable interest rate scenarios pose significant challenges. One unfavorable interest rate scenario is a sharp and lasting increase in short-term interest rates combined with a relatively flat or inverted yield curve. This scenario could decrease the ROE spread to short-term market interest rates because the benefit from our modest amount of short-term funding would dissipate and slower mortgage prepayment speeds would reduce the amount of available reinvestment of mortgage assets into the higher interest rate environment.

 

A second unfavorable scenario is a sharp reduction in long-term interest rates. This scenario could decrease the ROE spread because faster mortgage prepayment speeds would require us to reinvest mortgage assets at lower interest rates, and we would have to accelerate our recognition of SFAS 91 related mortgage net premiums and concessions on callable CO Bonds.

 

We do not currently anticipate any major changes in our balance sheet structure, except for expansion of the MPP, which would significantly increase earnings sensitivity to changes in the market environment. Besides having embedded prepayment options and basis risk exposure, which both increase our market risk and earnings volatility, application of SFAS 91 could increase the likelihood of greater earnings volatility.

 

Aggressive FHLB System-wide expansion of mortgage acquisition programs could lower the credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P on the FHLB System’s COs, and therefore raise the cost of our debt securities, resulting in lower overall profitability and/or higher Advance rates. Another factor that could negatively impact the FHLB System’s COs is statutory change that reduces the value of our status as a GSE.

 

In the future, we may engage in various hedging strategies, including macro-based hedges, using derivatives transactions to assist in mitigating the greater volatility of economic earnings and equity market value that is likely to result from growth in the MPP. While we would expect that hedging with derivatives would reduce market risk and economic earnings volatility, application of SFAS 133 to account for the derivatives could increase earnings volatility as measured by GAAP.

 

We strive to maintain our relatively low operating expense ratios without sacrificing adequate systems, support, and staffing. Operating expenses are expected to increase due to additional resources needed to manage the risks and operating components of MPP growth and due to required enhancements to our financial disclosures and controls which include becoming compliant with SOX, registering our capital stock with the SEC, under the 1934 Act and updating and improving our use of computer system technologies. These increases, while significant, should not materially affect financial performance.

 

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Analysis of Financial Condition

 

Advances

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005, and Year Ended December 31, 2004

 

Advances at par increased by $3.4 billion or 13.6% during the first nine months of 2005 to $28.3 billion, compared to $24.9 billion at December 31, 2004. This increase was primarily due to increases in fixed-rate bullet Advances, as members have locked in rates in response to recent economic conditions. Fixed-rate bullet Advances comprised 57.6% of our Advances portfolio at September 30, 2005, compared to 53.1% at December 31, 2004. Variable rate Advances, which comprised 12.5% of our Advances portfolio at September 30, 2005, compared to 7.6% at December 31, 2004, increased as well as a result of members’ increased liquidity needs.

 

Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002

 

During 2004, Advances at par decreased $3.1 billion to end the year at $24.9 billion, compared to $28.0 billion at December 31, 2003, and $27.5 billion at December 31, 2002. Economic conditions had a mixed impact on Advances in 2004, as many institutions used the Advances program to fund increasing loan demand, while some institutions took the opportunity to restructure debt and prepay longer term fixed-rate Advances.

 

As a result, the composition of the Advances portfolio shifted slightly during 2004. Putable Advances decreased $1.7 billion during 2004, declining from 26.1% of the Advances portfolio to 22.4%, and adjustable-rate Advances decreased $1.2 billion, declining from 14.5% of the portfolio to 11.5%. The adjustable rate Advances are tied to the following indices: three-month LIBOR, one-month LIBOR, our one-year CIP rate, our one-month CIP rate, our overnight CIP rate, our six-month CIP rate, or the prime rate. Our CIP rate is equal to our cost of funding plus reasonable administrative costs. Fixed-rate bullet Advances decreased during the year by $0.8 billion, but increased as a percentage of the portfolio, from 50.3% to 53.1%. Amortizing Advances and overnight variable Advances increased in 2004 by $0.2 billion and $0.5 billion, respectively.

 

In 2004, prepayments of Advances increased significantly versus 2003 from $0.7 billion in principal to $2.6 billion. While the balance of outstanding Advances declined in 2004, the number of outstanding Advances continued to increase as more of the smaller community member institutions are actively using our Advances program. Also, we have experienced increased usage by new members and first-time borrowers. The number of outstanding Advances at December 31, 2004, increased 6.1% over 2003.

 

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Investments

 

The following table provides balances at September 30, 2005December 31, 2004December 31, 2003, and December 31, 2002, for our long-term investments, interest-bearing deposits, and federal funds sold.

 

Composition of Investments

($ amounts in thousands, at carrying value)

 

     September 30,     December 31,  
     2005     2004          2003          2002       
     Amount    %     Amount    %     Amount    %     Amount    %  

U.S. government and federal agencies-guaranteed

   $ 86,306    1.0 %   $ 110,468    1.0 %   $ 49,476    0.6 %   $ 286,150    3.5 %

State or local housing authority

     13,950    0.1 %     20,195    0.2 %     27,410    0.3 %     35,994    0.4 %

Other bonds, notes and debentures (including GSEs)

                                                    

GSEs

     -    - %     922,181    8.3 %     943,305    11.3 %     1,362,764    16.4 %

Other Federal Home Loan Bank bonds

     -    - %     234,899    2.1 %     243,468    2.9 %     249,890    3.0 %

MBS and ABS

                                                    

GSEs

     1,111,411    11.3 %     1,082,670    9.8 %     572,977    6.9 %     51,466    .6 %

Non-federal agency residential and commercial

     5,487,794    55.6 %     4,943,344    44.5 %     5,177,029    62.3 %     5,266,337    63.7 %

Other bonds, notes and debentures (including GSEs)

     6,599,205    66.9 %     7,183,094    64.7 %     6,936,779    83.4 %     6,930,457    83.7 %

Total investment securities

   $ 6,699,461    68.0 %   $ 7,313,757    65.9 %   $ 7,013,665    84.3 %   $ 7,252,601    87.6 %

Interest-bearing deposits

     328,312    3.3 %     510,645    4.6 %     242,511    2.9 %     75    0.0 %

Federal funds sold

     2,824,000    28.7 %     3,280,000    29.5 %     1,067,000    12.8 %     1,029,000    12.4 %

Total investments

   $ 9,851,773    100.0 %   $ 11,104,402    100.0 %   $ 8,323,176    100.0 %   $ 8,281,676    100.0 %

 

As of December 31, 2004, we held $235 million of COs in the available-for-sale portfolio that were issued by other Federal Home Loan Banks. The COs were sold in the third quarter of 2005. These COs were hedged with interest rate swaps to synthetically create LIBOR-based floating-rate assets. Generally, the net yield of these instruments, including their associated interest rate swaps, was higher than our cost of funding the purchase. These hedged CO purchases were transacted to absorb excess liquidity, leverage capital, and enhance profitability. At certain times, the net hedged return of these securities was substantially above our short-term cost of funds. This is a function of the spread to the term swap curve of term COs relative to the cost of issuing discount notes or swapped CO debt with a different maturity or optionality. This resulted in an opportunity to profitably hold these securities. Since they were held in our available-for-sale portfolio, they provided incremental liquidity for the Bank. Additionally, these assets allowed us to utilize the capital of the Bank when Advance demand was weak. As previously noted, these investments were typically funded with the proceeds of COs that may have been issued subsequent to the purchase of the security (i.e., sequential issuance of short-term Discount Notes) or contemporaneously, but with different terms. At December 31, 2004, we owned three of these securities; two that were issued by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle in 1997, and one that was issued by the Federal Home Loan Banks of Atlanta and Dallas in 1999.

 

All of these COs were purchased prior to March 30, 2005, through security dealers, and were not directly placed or purchased from another Federal Home Loan Bank. Certain of these COs were purchased as primary offerings. The

 

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Finance Board issued a regulatory interpretation, dated March 30, 2005, that addresses the permissibility of directly purchasing from the Office of Finance or an initial underwriter COs issued by other Federal Home Loan Banks. No additional purchases of COs that have been issued by other Federal Home Loan Banks are currently planned; except to the extent necessary to meet emergency needs for liquidity as a result of the implementation of changes in the Federal Reserve Board’s payment schedule. See “RISK FACTORS – Changes in Federal Reserve Board Policy Statement on Payment System Risk Could Impact Debt Payments” herein.

 

At September 30, 2005, our long-term investment portfolio totaled $6.7 billion. At December 31, 2004December 31, 2003, and December 31, 2002, it totaled $7.3 billion, $7.0 billion, and $7.3 billion, respectively. It includes securities that are classified for balance sheet purposes as either held-to-maturity, available-for-sale, or trading as set forth in the table below.

 

Investment Portfolio

($ amounts in thousands, at carrying value)

 

     September 30,     December 31,  
     2005          2004          2003          2002       
     Amount    %     Amount    %     Amount    %     Amount    %  

Held-to-maturity securities

   $ 6,645,445    67.5 %   $ 6,068,145    54.6 %   $ 5,725,820    68.9 %   $ 5,537,294    66.9 %

Available-for-sale securities

     -    0 %     1,157,080    10.4 %     1,186,773    14.2 %     1,612,654    19.5 %

Trading security

     54,016    0.5 %     88,532    0.8 %     101,072    1.2 %     102,653    1.2 %

Total investment securities

     6,699,461    68.0 %     7,313,757    65.8 %     7,013,665    84.3 %   $ 7,252,601    87.6 %

Interest-bearing deposits

     328,312    3.3 %     510,645    4.6 %     242,511    2.9 %     75    0.0 %

Federal funds sold

     2,824,000    28.7 %     3,280,000    29.6 %     1,067,000    12.8 %     1,029,000    12.4 %

Total investments

   $ 9,851,773    100.0 %   $ 11,104,402    100.0 %   $ 8,323,176    100.0 %   $ 8,281,676    100.0 %

 

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Long-term Investment Securities.     At September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, all of our holdings of privately issued MBS retained the highest investment grade rating.

 

As of September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, the carrying value and yield of held-to-maturity securities by contractual maturity are shown below. Expected maturities and the related interest yield of some securities and MBS will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

 

Held-to-Maturity Investment Securities

Redemption and Yields

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     As of September 30, 2005    As of December 31, 2005
Year of Maturity    Carrying Value    Yield    Carrying Value    Yield

Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities

                       

U.S. government and federal agencies

                       

Due in one year or less

     -    -      -    -

Due after one year through five years

     -    -      -    -

Due after five years through ten years

     -    -      -    -

Due after ten years

   $ 86,306    4.96%    $ 110,468    4.72%

Subtotal

     86,306    4.96%      110,468    4.72%

Other bonds, notes, & debentures (including GSEs)

                       

Due in one year or less

     -    -      -    -

Due after one year through five years

     13,044    6.42%      20,309    6.43%

Due after five years through ten years

     -    -      -    -

Due after ten years(1)

     6,532,145    4.43%      5,917,173    4.24%

Subtotal

     6,545,189    4.44%      5,937,482    4.25%

Total MBS

     6,631,495    4.44%      6,047,950    4.25%

Non-MBS

                       

State or local housing authority

                       

Due in one year or less

     -    -      -    -

Due after one year through five years

     2,785    6.33%      3,135    6.33%

Due after five years through ten years

     -    -      -    -

Due after ten years

     11,165    6.64%      17,060    6.64%

Subtotal

     13,950    6.57%      20,195    6.59%

Total held-to-maturity

   $ 6,645,445    4.45%    $ 6,068,145    4.26%

 

(1) As of September 30, 2005, this includes $93 million and $716 million MBS purchased and outstanding from ABN AMRO Mortgage Corporation and Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, respectively, both of whom are affiliates of members or former members who still own capital stock in our Bank. These amounts of MBS represent 12.2% of the held-to-maturity portfolio and 8.2% of the investment portfolio as of September 30, 2005. As of December 31, 2004, MBS purchased and outstanding from ABN AMRO Mortgage Corporation and Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust were $159 million and $286 million, respectively. These amounts represented 7.4% of the held-to-maturity portfolio and 4.0% of the investment portfolio as of December 31, 2004.

 

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As of September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, we held securities classified as held-to-maturity from the following issuers with a carrying value greater than 10% of our capital.

 

Issuers with a Carrying Value Greater than 10% of Capital

As of September 30, 2005

($ amounts in thousands)

 

Name of Issuer    Carrying
Value
   Market
Value

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust

   $ 1,174,582    $ 1,156,122

Washington Mutual

     1,013,417      996,976

Freddie Mac

     722,187      710,770

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust(1)

     715,597      704,992

Countrywide Home Loans

     655,177      634,005

Fannie Mae

     389,224      380,326

Structured Assets Securities Corporation

     295,042      287,601

CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corporation

     279,384      274,040
Total    $ 5,244,610    $ 5,144,832

 

(1) Includes MBS securities purchased from this affiliate of a former member of our Bank. The total carrying value outstanding represents 10.8% of the MBS portfolio and 7.3% of the investment portfolio as of September 30, 2005.

 

Issuers with a Carrying Value Greater than 10% of Capital

As of December 31, 2004

($ amounts in thousands)

 

Name of Issuer    Carrying
Value
   Market
Value

Washington Mutual

   $ 1,040,852    $ 1,042,170

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust

     1,011,429      1,004,161

Countrywide Home Loans

     641,490      629,800

Freddie Mac

     612,077      612,059

Fannie Mae

     470,593      470,253

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust(1)

     286,024      283,785

CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corporation

     285,677      280,431
Total    $ 4,348,142    $ 4,322,659

 

(1) Includes MBS securities purchased from this affiliate of a former member of our Bank. The total carrying value outstanding represents 4.7% of the MBS portfolio and 2.6% of the investment portfolio as of December 31, 2004.

 

There were no available-for-sale investment securities outstanding as of September 30, 2005. During the first nine months of 2005, our entire available-for-sale portfolio was sold, and the derivatives hedging these investments were terminated. See Note 1 of our Audited Financial Statements for a description of the accounting issues related to these investments.

 

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As of December 31, 2004, available-for-sale securities had the following maturity and yield characteristics. Yield has been calculated after taking into account net settlements on interest rate exchange agreements as the net settlements associated with these agreements are recorded in net interest income in the Statement of Income.

 

Available-For-Sale Investment Securities

Redemption and Yields

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     As of December 31, 2004
Year of Maturity    Carrying Value    Yield

Other bonds, notes, & debentures (including GSEs)

           

Government-sponsored enterprises

           

Due in one year or less

   $ 137,611    6.49%

Due after one year through five years

     459,832    5.34%

Due after five years through ten years

     324,738    1.87%

Due after ten years

     -    -

Subtotal

     922,181    4.34%

Other Federal Home Loan Bank Bonds

           

Due in one year or less

     -    -

Due after one year through five years

     234,899    5.21%

Due after five years through ten years

     -    -

Due after ten years

     -    -

Subtotal

     234,899    5.21%

Total

   $ 1,157,080    4.52%

 

As of December 31, 2004, we held securities classified as available-for-sale from the following issuers with a carrying value greater than 10% of our capital. For available-for-sale securities, carrying value equals market value.

 

Issuers with a Carrying Value Greater than 10% of Capital

As of December 31, 2004

($ amounts in thousands)

 

Name of Issuer    Carrying Value

Fannie Mae

   $ 447,768

Freddie Mac

     324,738

Total

   $ 772,506

 

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As of September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, the carrying value and yield of the mortgage-backed security classified as a trading security by contractual maturity is shown below. The expected maturity and the related interest yield of this mortgage-backed security will differ from the contractual maturity because the borrower may have the right to call or prepay the obligation with or without call or prepayment fees.

 

Trading Security

Redemption and Yields

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     As of September 30, 2005    As of December 31, 2004
Year of Maturity    Carrying
Value
   Coupon    Carrying
Value
   Coupon

Mortgage-backed security

                       

Other bonds, notes, & debentures

                       

Due in one year or less

     -           -    -

Due after one year through five years

     -           -    -

Due after five years through ten years

     -           -    -

Due after ten years

   $ 54,016    7.09%    $ 88,532    7.09%
Total    $ 54,016    7.09%    $ 88,532    7.09%

 

The yield on the trading security excludes the effect of the associated interest rate exchange agreement as the net settlement associated with this agreement is recorded in other income (loss) in the Statement of Income. Including the effect of this interest rate exchange agreement, the average yield on the trading security was 3.95% and 1.29% at September 30, 2005, and at December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

As of September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, we did not hold securities classified as trading from any issuer that, in aggregate, represented a carrying value of greater than 10% of our capital.

 

The security that we have classified as trading is part of an economic hedge that was implemented with an offsetting interest rate swap. The securities that were classified as available-for-sale were also part of economic hedges that were implemented with offsetting interest rate swaps. Under SFAS 133, certain of our available-for-sale securities received fair value hedge accounting treatment. The hedging relationship related to our trading security does not receive fair value hedge accounting treatment.

 

In accordance with SFAS 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities, the entire change in fair value of our available-for-sale securities was reported in Other comprehensive income/loss as a Net unrealized gain(loss) on available-for-sale securities. The change in fair value of our available-for-sale securities was dependent upon changes in interest rates and market spread relationships. In accordance with SFAS 133, for those hedged securities that were designated as available-for-sale and that qualified as being in a fair value hedging relationship, we reclassified the portion of the change in fair value attributable to the risk being hedged (interest rate risk) from Other comprehensive income/loss to earnings. The portion of the change in fair value attributable to the risk being hedged was reported in the Statement of Income in Realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on derivatives and hedging activities together with the related change in fair value of the associated interest rate exchange agreement.

 

As part of the restatement, it was determined that certain available-for-sale securities that had been classified as being in fair value hedging relationships were not eligible for hedge accounting treatment. For these securities, the change in fair value is still reported in Other comprehensive income (loss) as a Net unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities; however, the change in value of the associated economic hedging instruments is reported in Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities. As restated, the effect of reporting fair value changes for these securities in Other comprehensive income and reporting fair value changes for the associated economic hedging instruments as a component of Other income, is to create substantial inter-period volatility in Net income.

 

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Also, as part of the restatement for these securities, the net interest payments and receipts (net settlements) on the associated hedging instruments previously included in Interest income from available-for-sale securities are now an additional component of Other income in Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities. Although this reclassification had no impact on Net income for any of the periods presented, the adjustment resulted in an increase to Net interest income of $36.8 million, $38.8 million, and $34.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively, with a corresponding decrease to Other Income. See additional information regarding the impact of net settlements on associated economic hedges in the table Components of Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities” in “Other Income” herein.

 

For the security that has been designated as trading, we record the entire change in its fair value in the Statement of Income through Net gains (losses) on trading security in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 115. In accordance with SFAS 133, the change in the fair value of the interest rate exchange agreement associated with the trading security is reported in the Statement of Income through Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities. As a result, while not in a SFAS 133 hedging relationship, some offset does occur for our trading security and its associated (designated) derivative by virtue of the accounting prescribed by both SFAS 115 and SFAS 133.

 

Short-term Investments. As of September 30, 2005, short-term investments, which are comprised of interest-bearing deposits and federal funds sold, totaled $3.2 billion, a decrease of $0.6 billion from December 31, 2004. Our short-term investments totaled $3.8 billion at December 31, 2004, $1.3 billion at December 31, 2003, and $1.0 billion at December 31, 2002. These short-term investments provide efficient utilization of capital and enhanced liquidity. In 2004, balance sheet capacity increased due to additions to capital stock and decreases in Advances balances. This increased capacity, combined with market opportunities, allowed us to purchase additional short-term investments.

 

Mortgage Loans, Net

 

We began purchasing mortgage loans from our members through our MPP in 2001. At September 30, 2005, after considering the effects of premiums, discounts, SFAS 133 basis adjustments, and allowances for credit losses on mortgage loans, we held $8.8 billion in mortgage loans purchased from our members, compared to $7.8 billion at December 31, 2004, $7.4 billion at December 31, 2003, and $5.4 billion at December 31, 2002. Purchases of new loans in the MPP slowed in 2004 due to the level of interest rates and our activity-based stock ownership requirement for member sales. Our original stock purchase requirement called for 3% of the outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans sold to be held in capital stock for each member that sold mortgage loans to us. During 2003, our board temporarily reduced the capital stock requirement for new mortgage loan purchases to 0%. During this period, $1.5 billion of mortgage loans were purchased under this program. Subsequently, the capital stock requirement returned to 3%. During 2004, our board again reduced the capital stock requirement to 0% for up to the next $3 billion in MPP sales, and, by December 31, 2004, $1.1 billion of mortgage loans were purchased or committed to under this reduced capital stock requirement. The increase of $1.1 billion in mortgage loans outstanding in the first nine months of 2005 was mainly due to this amendment to the activity-based stock requirement. On June 16, 2005, our board approved the continuance of the 0% activity-based stock requirement for up to the next $1 billion of MPP loans purchased on or after July 1, 2005. At September 30, 2005, $269.6 million of MPP loans had been purchased while this 0% stock requirement was in effect. In November 2005, the board approved the reduction of the stock purchase requirement to 0% at all times subject to certain limits set by the board, to be reviewed annually. Members, however, have the option to purchase stock at the original 3% level if they choose to do so. In evaluating the appropriateness of a reduction of the member stock requirement for MPP, the board considered the Bank’s capital ratio, potential changes in the amount of capital, and anticipated balance sheet growth. Some of the other factors that impact the volume of mortgage loans purchased through the MPP include the general level of housing activity in the U.S., the level of refinancing activity, and consumer product preferences.

 

Purchased mortgage loans were comprised of $8.8 billion unpaid principal balances outstanding, $28.4 million of deferred net premiums, and $35.3 million of basis adjustments from terminated fair value hedges, and loan commitments funded at September 30, 2005; $7.7 billion unpaid principal balances outstanding, $29.8 million of deferred net premiums, and $26.5 million of basis adjustments from terminated fair value hedges and loan commitments funded at December 31, 2004; and $7.4 billion unpaid principal balances outstanding, $25.2 million of deferred net premiums, and $30.5 million of basis adjustments from terminated fair value hedges and loan

 

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commitments funded at December 31, 2003. Earnings are impacted by the amount of unpaid principal balance, the amount of net premiums and basis adjustments, and the term over which these amounts are amortized. Amortization speeds are dependent on both actual principal payments (including prepayments) and projections of future principal payments. As mortgage rates decrease, borrowers have more incentive to prepay their mortgages, which results in higher estimated prepayment speeds. Such higher prepayment speeds result in acceleration of the premium and basis adjustment because the amortization term is shortened. The inverse occurs in an increasing interest rate environment.

 

At September 30, 2005, there were $167 million of mandatory delivery contracts outstanding, compared to $204 million at the end of 2004, $25.1 million at the end of 2003, and $52.7 million at the end of 2002. A mandatory delivery contract is a legal commitment we make to purchase, and a PFI makes to deliver, a specified unpaid principal amount of mortgage loans in the future, with a forward settlement date, at a specified range of mortgage note rates and prices. Mandatory delivery contracts are considered derivatives and only their fair values are included as either derivative assets or derivative liabilities on the Statement of Condition until their loans settle. The sum of unpaid principal and mandatory delivery contracts represents our exposure to market risk in the MPP and the amount of loans that PFIs have sold or have committed to sell to us.

 

For the nine-month period ending September 30, 2005, we purchased $2.2 billion in principal amount of new loans. Total principal repayments during the period were $1.2 billion. In 2004, we purchased $1.9 billion in principal amount of new loans. In the same period, total principal repayments were $1.6 billion, which reflected a slower rate of repayment than for 2003. Although the repayment rate decreased in 2004, it was still relatively high from a historical perspective due to the continued relatively low level of interest rates on fixed-rate residential mortgage loans. Over the past two years, most repayments represent prepayment of principal, not scheduled amortization of the loans.

 

Deposits

 

Demand and overnight deposits were $849.0 million at September 30, 2005, compared to $879.4 million at December 31, 2004, $1.2 billion at December 31, 2003, and $1.4 billion at December 31, 2002. These deposits represent a relatively small portion of our funding, and they vary depending upon market factors, such as the attractiveness of our deposit pricing relative to the rates available on alternative money market instruments, members’ investment preferences with respect to the maturity of their investments, and member liquidity.

 

Consolidated Obligations

 

At September 30, 2005, the carrying values of CO Bonds and Discount Notes issued on our behalf totaled $34.7 billion and $8.3 billion, respectively. At December 31, 2004, the carrying values of CO Bonds and Discount Notes issued on our behalf totaled $29.8 billion and $10.6 billion, respectively, compared to $29.8 billion and $10.4 billion at December 31, 2003, and $23.7 billion and $13.9 billion at December 31, 2002. The par value of our outstanding CO Bonds was $29.9 billion at December 31, 2004, compared to $29.8 billion at December 31, 2003, and $23.5 billion at December 31, 2002. The par values of our outstanding Discount Notes approximated their carrying values at September 30, 2005December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002.

 

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The following table presents the composition of our outstanding CO Bonds at September 30, 2005December 31, 2004December 31, 2003, and December 31, 2002.

 

Composition of Consolidated Obligations Bonds

($ amounts in millions, at par)

 

     September 30,    December 31,
     2005    2004    2003    2002
     Amount    %    Amount    %    Amount    %    Amount    %

Fixed rate

   $ 29,097    83%    $ 24,264    81%    $ 25,426    85%    $ 22,879    97%

Step-up

     4,948    14%      4,690    16%      3,115    10%      371    2%

Single-indexed floating rate

     130    1%      340    1%      470    2%      25    0%

Fixed that converts to variable

     425    1%      475    2%      255    1%      22    0%

Variable that converts to fixed

     285    1%      110    0%      490    2%      -    0%

Comparative index

     47    0%      47    0%      92    0%      235    1%

Total, at par

   $ 34,932    100%    $ 29,926    100%    $ 29,848    100%    $ 23,532    100%

 

Consistent with our risk management philosophy, we use interest rate exchange agreements to convert many of our fixed-rate COs to floating rate instruments that periodically reset to an index such as three-month LIBOR. As has been the case for the last several years, a majority of our COs that were issued and swapped to LIBOR in 2005, 2004 and 2003 were callable bonds. Callable bonds provide us with the right to redeem the instrument on predetermined call dates in the future. When we synthetically swap callable COs to LIBOR, we sell an option to the interest rate swap counterparty that mirrors the option we own to call the bond. If market interest rates decline, the swap counterparty will generally cancel the interest rate swap, and we will then typically call the CO Bond. Conversely, if market interest rates increase, the swap counterparty generally elects to keep the interest rate swap outstanding, and we will then elect not to call the CO Bond. With the continued low and generally declining market interest rates in 2002, 2003, and early 2004, we called a significant number of our callable bonds and replaced a large portion of them with new callable bonds. Rate changes later in 2004 and during the first nine months of 2005 have led to a significant decrease in the number of CO Bonds called.

 

During 2004 and the first nine months of 2005, the impact of the Federal Open Market Committee’s rate increases on the term structure of interest rates resulted in an increase in the short end of the curve. Our ability to fund our asset positions through the various CO debt issuance programs was not adversely impacted by market conditions in 2004 or in the first nine months of 2005. In the future, the cost of debt raised in this manner will depend on several factors, including the direction and level of market interest rates, competition from other issuers of agency debt, changes in the investment preferences of potential buyers of agency debt securities, pricing in the interest rate swap market, and technical market factors.

 

Derivatives

 

As of December 31, 2004December 31, 2003, and December 31, 2002, we had derivative assets with market values of $1.7 million, $5.8 million, and $32.9 million, respectively, and derivative liabilities with market values of $494 million, $1.080 billion, and $1.540 billion, respectively. At September 30, 2005, we had derivative assets with market values of $94.0 million, and derivative liabilities with market values of $217.9 million. These differences reflect the impact of interest rate changes that affected the market value of our derivatives and swap terminations. We record all derivative financial instruments on the Statement of Condition at their fair value with changes in the fair value of all derivatives recorded through earnings.

 

The principal derivative instruments we use are interest-rate swaps and to-be-announced mortgage hedges (“TBAs”). We classify interest-rate swaps as derivative assets or liabilities according to the net fair value of the interest-rate swaps with each counterparty. Because these swaps are covered by a master netting agreement (a), if the net fair value of the interest-rate swaps with a counterparty is positive, it is classified as an asset; and (b), if the

 

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net fair value of the interest-rate swaps with a counterparty is negative, it is classified as a liability. TBAs, which are not covered by a master netting agreement, are recorded as a derivative asset or liability as required by SFAS 133 based upon fair value. Increases and decreases in the fair value of each of these instruments are primarily caused by market changes in the derivative’s underlying interest rate index. For additional information, see “Item 2. Financial Information – Management’s Discussion and Analysis – Risk Management.”

 

Capital

 

Total capital increased to $2.281 billion at September 30, 2005, compared to $2.143 billion at December 31, 2004, $2.027 billion at December 31, 2003, and $2.023 billion at December 31, 2002. The increase of $138 million during the first nine months of 2005 was primarily due to the increase in Capital stock of $125 million, which was primarily caused by increased activity-based and new member stock acquisitions and by our decision to pay first and second quarter dividends in stock instead of cash. Capital also increased due to the increase in Retained earnings, discussed below, of $57 million. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $43.8 million in Net unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities as a result of the sale of our available-for-sale portfolio.

 

The $116 million increase in 2004 was primarily due to the increase in capital stock of $99 million, which was primarily caused by our decision to pay dividends in stock instead of cash, and from increased activity-based and new member stock acquisitions. Capital also increased due to the increase in Retained earnings, discussed below, of $42 million, as well as the decrease in Net unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities of ($23) million recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive income.

 

Except for a cash dividend payment in 2003 prior to the implementation of our new capital plan, substantially all dividends paid in the first and second quarters of 2005, and all of 2004 and 2003 were paid in stock, allowing us to increase our capital base to support the growth of our business. Under our board’s policy, members are allowed to request that we repurchase these stock dividends, at our board’s discretion, thus providing the member with cash instead of stock. During the second quarter of 2005, $21.6 million in stock dividends, including stock dividends on mandatorily redeemable capital stock, were paid to members, with $13.6 million still outstanding. During the first quarter of 2005, $21.7 million in stock dividends were paid to members, with $13.6 million still outstanding. During 2004, $90 million in stock dividends were paid to members, with $57 million still outstanding, and, during 2003, $69 million in stock dividends were paid to members, with $45 million still outstanding.

 

As a result of our ongoing capital management process, cash dividends were declared and paid to the members in the third and fourth quarters of 2005. In August 2005, the Finance Board advised all Federal Home Loan Banks that have not completed the SEC registration process that they are required to obtain the Finance Board’s approval prior to paying any dividends. We obtained their approval prior to declaring and paying a dividend in the fourth quarter of 2005.

 

We generally will not redeem or repurchase member capital stock until five years after either the membership is terminated or we receive a notice of withdrawal from membership. If we receive a request to redeem excess stock (other than stock dividends discussed above), we are not required to redeem or repurchase such excess stock until the expiration of the five-year redemption period. In accordance with our current practice, if capital stock becomes excess stock, we will redeem the excess stock, if requested, but only after the five year waiting period. However, we reserve the right to repurchase excess stock from any member, without a member request, and at our discretion, upon 15 days’ notice to the member.

 

As of September 30, 2005, $572 million or 26% of our total capital stock balance was comprised of stock not required as a condition of membership or to support services to members, compared to $649 million or 32% at December 31, 2004, $379 million or 20% at December 31, 2003, and $280 million or 14% at December 31, 2002.

 

Retained Earnings

 

Retained earnings equaled $142 million at September 30, 2005, an increase of $57 million compared to December 31, 2004. Retained earnings were $85 million at December 31, 2004, compared to $43 million at December 31, 2003, and ($21) million at December 31, 2002. The increases in Retained earnings over this three-year period and the first nine months of 2005 were due primarily to the following factors: 1) increases made to protect the members’

 

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capital investments from market, credit, and operations risk, as well as from earnings volatility caused by the application of certain accounting principles, such as SFAS 133 and SFAS 91; 2) the adoption of a formal retained earnings policy by our board ; 3) the adoption of our Capital Plan, which changed the dates of declaration and payment of quarterly dividends until after the close of each quarter, and 4) the increase in the fair value of the derivatives that hedged certain available-for-sale securities that resulted from falling interest rates. As a result of the restatement, we recorded historical negative Retained earnings at certain quarterly and year-end reporting periods. However, the increases shown in Other comprehensive income for those same periods support the payment of dividends during those periods as, prior to the restatement, the amount paid in dividends would have been reflected as either Retained earnings or current Net income from which we are allowed to pay dividends.

 

The formal adoption of our retained earnings policy in 2004 was in response to an August 2003 advisory bulletin by the Finance Board that required the policy and provided guidance on capital management and retained earnings. This policy provided for a quarterly target balance for our retained earnings, and incorporated such factors as credit, market, and operations risks. The retained earnings target for December 31, 2004 was $114.6 million, and the retained earnings balance was $85.0 million at the end of 2004. While the retained earnings target is a factor in determining the appropriate Retained earnings balance, the Board also takes into consideration additional factors including, but not limited to, the impact on our members, and the stability of stock and membership levels.

 

Based on Finance Board input, our board modified the retained earnings policy on March 18, 2005. The revised retained earnings policy is more comprehensive in that it includes accounting risk in the calculation along with credit, market, and operations risks. In addition, the target reflects a minimum retained earnings balance after the quarterly dividend is paid. At September 30, 2005, the retained earnings target was $94.6 million. The retained earnings balance at September 30, 2005, adjusted for the third quarter dividend of $22.5 million, was $119.7 million.

 

As we grow and as our risk profile changes, we may continue to increase retained earnings.

 

Historically we have used our cost of funds plus 1.5% as a benchmark for dividends; however, as increased emphasis is placed on retained earnings, this benchmark has become less meaningful. For each dividend declaration, our board weighs the need to pay an attractive dividend and the need to increase the retained earnings balance. This deliberation may result in additions to retained earnings in excess of the retained earnings target.

 

The following table quantifies net income, dividends paid and the net resulting change in retained earnings.

 

Net Income versus Dividends Paid

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     For the Nine
Months Ended
      
     September 30,    For the Year Ended December 31,  
     2005    2004    2003    2002  

Net income

   $ 123,216    $ 130,670    $ 134,493    $ 80,698  

Dividends paid

     65,963      88,772      70,063      113,821  

Change in retained earnings

   $ 57,253    $ 41,898    $ 64,430    $ (33,123 )

 

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Results of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005 and 2004

 

Net Income

 

Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, was $123.2 million, an increase of $30.6 million, compared to $92.6 million of net income for the same period in 2004. The following factors contributed to this increase in net income:

 

    Net interest income increased by $7.3 million. Factors impacting net interest income are discussed below.
    Other income increased by $38.6 million, primarily due to net realized gains of $19.6 million on the sale of the available-for sale portfolio during the nine month period ended September 30, 2005, and the increase in the Net realized and unrealized gain(loss) on derivatives and hedging activities which resulted from the SFAS 133 entries described in “Other Income” herein.

 

The following factors decreased net income, partially offsetting the above increases in net income:

 

    Other expenses increased by $4.2 million, primarily due to increased salary and benefit expenses.
    Total assessments for REFCORP and AHP increased by $11.1 million, consistent with the higher level of net income.

 

Net Interest Income

 

Our net interest income was $168.3 million for the first nine months of 2005, and $161.0 million for the same period in 2004. The following factors impacted net interest income:

 

    Our average cost of funds increased by 118 basis points for the first nine months of 2005 compared to the same period in 2004, from 2.34% to 3.52%. Since we earn interest on the investment of capital, net interest income is positively impacted as interest rates rise, and we earn a higher return on our net equity. This resulted in an imputed increase in net interest income of approximately $18.4 million.

 

    The spread between the yield on earning assets and liabilities decreased 3 basis points from 0.31% to 0.28%, resulting in a decrease in net interest income of approximately $10.2 million for first nine months of 2005.

 

Results of Operations for the Quarters Ended September 30, 2005 and 2004

 

Net Income

 

Net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, was $48.7 million, an increase of $32.4 million, compared to $16.3 million of net income for the same period in 2004. The following factors contributed to this increase in net income:

 

    Net interest income increased by $9.3 million. Factors impacting net interest income are discussed below.
    Other income increased by $36.8 million, primarily due to the net realized gain of $17.1 million on the sale of available-for-sale securities this quarter, and the increase in the Net realized and unrealized gain(loss) on derivatives and hedging activities of $20.4 million which resulted from the SFAS 133 entries described in “Other Income” herein.

 

The following factors decreased net income, partially offsetting the increases in net interest income and other income:

 

    Other expenses increased by $2.0 million, primarily due to increased salary and benefit expenses.
    Total assessments for REFCORP and AHP increased by $11.7 million, consistent with the higher level of net income.

 

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Net Interest Income

 

Our net interest income was $55.9 million for the third quarter of 2005, and $46.6 million for the same period in 2004. The following factors impacted net interest income:

 

    Our average cost of funds increased by 132 basis points for the third quarter of 2005 compared to the third quarter of 2004, from 2.49% to 3.81%. Since we earn interest on the investment of capital, net interest income is positively impacted as interest rates rise, and we earn a higher return on our net equity. This resulted in an imputed increase in net interest income of approximately $6.9 million.

 

    The spread between the yield on earning assets and liabilities increased 1 basis point from 0.24% to 0.25%, resulting in an increase in net interest income of approximately $1.1 million for the third quarter.

 

Results of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002

 

Net Income

 

Net income for 2004 was $130.7 million, a decrease of $3.8 million or 2.8%, compared to $134.5 million of net income for 2003. The following factors contributed to this decline in net income:

 

    Other income declined by $1.0 million. Service fee income, a component of other income, declined by $3.3 million due to the sale of our Item Processing Services Operation in October 2003. The net loss on the trading security increased by $3.7 million. This portfolio is substantially hedged with a derivative that is classified as an economic hedge, and, therefore, does not receive hedge accounting treatment. The gain on the hedge is recorded as “Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on derivatives and hedging activities” and partially offsets the loss on the trading security. “Net realized gains/(losses) from sale of available-for-sale securities” declined by $167,000, since there were no available-for-sale securities sold during 2004. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) of $6.3 million on derivatives and hedging activities due to fair value accounting for certain derivatives, without offsetting fair value marks on the related instruments, primarily available-for-sale securities. The marks on the available-for-sale securities are recorded in Other comprehensive income.

 

    Other expense increased by $1.7 million, or 5.3%, due to higher salary and benefit expense as we added staff to prepare for SEC registration and to increase service to members, and as employee benefit costs increased.

 

    Net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision decreased by $2.3 million. Factors impacting net interest income are addressed separately below under Net Interest Income After Mortgage Loan Loss Provision.”

 

The following factor increased net income, partially offsetting the factors listed above:

 

    Total assessments for REFCORP and AHP fell by $1.3 million, consistent with the reduced level of income.

 

Net income for 2003 was $134.5 million, compared to $80.7 million of net income for 2002, primarily due to the increase in Other income of $85.9 million. The Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities increased by $95.4 million due to fair value accounting for certain derivatives, without offsetting fair value marks on the related instruments, primarily available-for-sale securities. The marks on the available-for-sale securities are recorded in Other comprehensive income. This increase was partially offset by the decrease in service fees of $1.5 million as we completed the sale of our Item Processing Services Operations. Additionally, we recorded an unrealized loss of $1.6 million in 2003, compared to an unrealized gain on trading security of $6.8 million in 2002. The derivative associated with this security is an economic hedge.

 

The following factors decreased net income, partially offsetting the factor above:

 

    Net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision declined by $10.4 million. Factors impacting net interest income are discussed below.

 

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    Other expense increased by $2.3 million or 7.6% due to volume driven expenses related to MPP, staffing expenses related to MPP and risk management, and costs associated with employee benefits.

 

    These factors were partially offset by a $19.4 million increase in REFCORP and AHP expense, consistent with the higher level of income.

 

Net Interest Income after Mortgage Loan Loss Provision

 

Our net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision was $220.9 million for 2004, and $223.2 million for 2003. The following factors impacted net interest income:

 

    Our average cost of funds increased by 14 basis points for 2004 compared to 2003, from 2.31% to 2.45%. Since we earn interest on the investment of capital, net interest income is positively impacted as interest rates rise, and we earn a higher return on our net equity. The imputed increase in net interest income was approximately $2.7 million.

 

    The spread between the yield on earning assets and liabilities decreased slightly to 0.32% for 2004, compared to 0.33% for 2003. This decrease was primarily due to the flattening yield curve and increased use of term debt.

 

    The provision for credit losses on mortgage loans fell by $883,000. As we gained experience with the MPP, we re-evaluated the need for a loss reserve on this portfolio. During 2004, the reserve was reversed to reflect the loss expectations for this portfolio at that time.

 

Our net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision was $223.2 million for 2003, and $233.6 million for 2002, a decline of $10.4 million. The following factors contributed to this decline.

 

    Our average cost of funds decreased by 44 basis points for 2003 compared to 2002. Since we earn interest on the investment of capital, net interest income is negatively affected as interest rates decline, and we earn a lower return on our net equity. The imputed reduction in net interest income was approximately $8.6 million in 2003.

 

    During 2002, the discount accretion on the MBS and ABS portfolio was high due to rapid repayments on the underlying mortgages, which slowed during 2003.

 

    Overall, the Bank’s spread fell from 0.37% to 0.33%.

 

Trends, Events and Uncertainties

 

Net income has been volatile over the years from 2000 to 2004. The trend in income is significantly impacted by realized and unrealized gains and losses on derivatives, primarily those in economic hedge relationships. These derivatives primarily hedged assets in our available-for-sale portfolio. On a restated basis, any offsetting gains and losses on this portfolio are not concurrently recognized in income.

 

The Bank is a wholesale organization that derives nearly all of its revenue from net interest income. As such, the rate of return that is earned from the investment of capital has a meaningful impact on earnings and ROE. For example, our average capital for 2004 was $2.089 billion. This amount can be viewed as being invested on a pro rata basis across all of our assets. Therefore, if the gross return on assets increases by 1%, net interest income will tend to increase by $20.89 million. Likewise, a decline of 1% would tend to reduce net interest income by $20.89 million. Since the change in our gross return on assets implicitly includes the spread on those assets, our management often evaluates ROE in comparison to cost of funds, thus stripping out spread from the evaluation.

 

Changes in interest rates do not immediately impact the cost of funds since our liabilities mature or re-price at various future dates. During the period 2000-2004, interest rates, as measured by three month LIBOR, a key interest rate index for the Bank, generally declined. This decline resulted in a trend of decreasing cost of funds for all but one year-over-year period, 2004 vs. 2003.

 

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ROE, Cost of Funds and 3 Month LIBOR

2000 – 2004

 

     2004     2003     2002     2001     2000  

ROE

   6.25 %   6.97 %   4.15 %   6.09 %   8.29 %

Cost of Funds

   2.45 %   2.31 %   2.75 %   4.58 %   6.28 %

Average 3 Month LIBOR

   1.62 %   1.21 %   1.79 %   3.78 %   6.54 %

ROE Less Cost of Funds

   3.80 %   4.66 %   1.40 %   1.51 %   2.01 %

 

Changes in market interest rates, which impact our cost of funds and gross return on assets, have a significant impact on earnings. Additionally, the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities has created significant earnings volatility over the five-year period. Clearly other factors, including but not limited to, spreads, fee income, operating expense and business volume, have a significant impact.

 

ROE, Cost of Funds and 3 Month LIBOR

Quarter and Nine Months ended September 30, 2005 vs. September 30, 2004

 

     Quarter Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
     2005    2004    2005    2004

ROE

   8.62%    3.08%    7.48%    5.96%

Cost of Funds

   3.81%    2.49%    3.52%    2.34%

Average 3 Month LIBOR

   3.78%    1.75%    3.31%    1.40%

ROE Less Cost of Funds

   4.81%    0.59%    3.96%    3.62%

 

ROE increased to 8.62%, compared to 3.08% for the quarters ended September 30, 2005, and 2004, respectively; and, ROE increased to 7.48%, compared to 5.96% for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2005, and 2004, respectively. These increases were primarily due to the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities.

 

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The following table presents average balances, income, and yields of major earning asset categories and the sources funding those earning assets for the quarters ended September 30, 2005, and 2004.

 

     Average Balances, Interest Income, and Yields
     ($ amounts in thousands)
     For the Quarter Ended September 30,
          2005               2004     
               Avg.               Avg.
     Average         Annualized    Average          Annualized
     Balance    Interest    Rate    Balance     Interest    Rate
Assets                                       

Interest-bearing deposits

   $ 326,728    $ 2,801    3.40%    $ 471,259     $ 1,765    1.49%

Federal funds sold

     2,446,011      21,328    3.46%      5,053,119       18,382    1.45%

Trading security (2) 

     59,101      987    6.63%      98,031       1,594    6.47%

Available-for-sale securities (1)

     646,188      7,250    4.45%      1,160,067       12,394    4.25%

Held-to-maturity securities

     6,508,999      68,566    4.18%      6,050,786       62,526    4.11%

Advances (1) 

     27,998,028      262,922    3.73%      26,060,198       132,651    2.03%

Mortgage loans held for portfolio

     8,957,556      116,966    5.18%      7,223,484       86,764    4.78%

Loans to other Federal Home Loan Banks

     870      8    3.65%      1,359       5    1.46%

Total earning assets

     46,943,481      480,828    4.06%      46,118,303       316,081    2.73%

Allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans

     -                  (574 )           

Other assets

     335,592                  318,640             

Total assets

   $ 47,279,073                  46,436,369             
Liabilities and Capital                                       

Overnight and demand deposits

     944,006      7,935    3.33%      1,068,890       3,498    1.30%

Other interest-bearing deposits

     35,845      317    3.51%      1,552       6    1.54%

Other borrowings

     598      5    3.32%      -       -    -

COs, net (1)

     43,228,904      416,280    3.82%      42,016,906       265,705    2.52%

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

     37,972      435    4.54%      29,364       306    4.15%

Total interest-bearing liabilities

     44,247,325      424,972    3.81%      43,116,712       269,515    2.49%

Other liabilities

     790,471                  1,214,326             

Total capital

     2,241,277                  2,105,331             

Total liabilities and capital

   $ 47,279,073                $ 46,436,369             

Net interest income and net spread on

interest-earning assets less interest-bearing liabilities

          $ 55,856    0.25%            $ 46,566    0.24%

Net interest margin, annualized

     0.47%                  0.40%             

Average interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities

     1.06                  1.07             

 

(1) Interest income/expense and average rates include the effect of associated interest rate exchange agreements to the extent such agreements qualify for SFAS 133 fair value hedge accounting.
(2) Interest income and average rates exclude the effect of associated interest rate exchange agreements as the net interest expense associated with such agreements is recorded in other income (loss) in the Statement of Income. Including the effects of these interest rate exchange agreements, the average rate on the trading security was 3.95%, and 1.95% at September 30, 2005, and 2004, respectively.

 

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The following table presents average balances, income, and yields of major earning asset categories and the sources funding those earning assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, and 2004.

 

     Average Balances, Interest Income, and Yields
     ($ amounts in thousands)
     For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
          2005               2004     
               Average.               Average.
     Average         Annualized    Average          Annualized
     Balance    Interest    Rate    Balance     Interest    Rate
Assets                                       

Interest-bearing deposits

   $ 357,913    $ 7,593    2.84%    $ 300,198     $ 2,859    1.27%

Federal funds sold

     2,468,220      54,240    2.94%      3,076,675       28,995    1.26%

Trading security (2)

     70,829      3,498    6.60%      99,386       4,784    6.43%

Available-for-sale securities (1)

     930,523      31,852    4.58%      1,175,822       36,502    4.15%

Held-to-maturity securities

     6,333,362      204,567    4.32%      5,864,302       181,512    4.13%

Advances (1) 

     26,698,299      667,935    3.34%      27,266,238       365,597    1.79%

Mortgage loans held for portfolio

     8,724,792      326,999    5.01%      7,331,697       275,218    5.01%

Loans to other Federal Home Loan Banks

     3,462      73    2.82%      18,420       145    1.05%

Total earning assets

     45,587,400      1,296,757    3.80%      45,132,738       895,612    2.65%

Allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans

     -                  (574 )           

Other assets

     320,623                  362,589             

Total assets

   $ 45,908,023                  45,494,753             
Liabilities and Capital                                       

Overnight and demand deposits

     972,457      20,679    2.84%      1,239,266       9,393    1.01%

Other interest-bearing deposits

     20,453      500    3.27%      1,562       13    1.11%

Other borrowings

     1,300      26    2.67%      1,110       8    0.96%

COs, net (1)

     41,841,037      1,106,136    3.53%      40,753,386       724,463    2.37%

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

     34,310      1,100    4.29%      21,440       695    4.33%

Total interest-bearing liabilities

     42,869,557      1,128,441    3.52%      42,016,764       734,572    2.34%

Other liabilities

     835,806                  1,401,361             

Total capital

     2,202,660                  2,076,628             

Total liabilities and capital

   $ 45,908,023                $ 45,494,753             

Net interest income and net spread on

interest-earning assets less interest-bearing liabilities

          $ 168,316    0.28%            $ 161,040    0.31%

Net interest margin, annualized

     0.49%                  0.48%             

Average interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities

     1.06                  1.07             

 

(1) Interest income/expense and average rates include the effect of associated interest rate exchange agreements to the extent such agreements qualify for SFAS 133 fair value hedge accounting.
(2) Interest income and average rates exclude the effect of associated interest rate exchange agreements as the net interest expense associated with such agreements is recorded in other income (loss) in the Statement of Income. Including the effects of these interest rate exchange agreements, the average rate on the trading security was 3.95%, and 1.95% at September 30, 2005, and 2004, respectively.

 

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The following table presents average balances, income, and yields of major earning asset categories and the sources funding those earning assets for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002.

 

     Average Balances, Interest Income, and Yields
     ($ amounts in thousands)
     For the Year Ended December 31,
          2004              2003              2002     
     Average         Avg.    Average         Avg.    Average         Avg.
     Balance    Interest    Rate    Balance    Interest    Rate    Balance    Interest    Rate
Assets                                                         

Interest-bearing deposits

   $ 355,069    $ 5,270    1.48%    $ 227,011    $ 2,558    1.13%    $ 424,702    $ 7,723    1.82%

Federal funds sold

     3,224,716      46,443    1.44%      1,573,789      18,074    1.15%      2,503,940      44,094    1.76%

Trading security (2) 

     97,806      6,310    6.45%      102,173      6,379    6.24%      98,648      6,379    6.47%

Available-for-sale securities (1)

     1,173,242      49,245    4.20%      1,372,344      51,234    3.73%      1,610,935      61,167    3.80%

Held-to-maturity securities

     5,924,278      242,863    4.10%      5,198,140      215,096    4.14%      5,286,368      305,997    5.79%

Advances (1) 

     26,760,642      528,384    1.97%      28,421,033      512,733    1.80%      27,593,822      662,693    2.40%

Mortgage loans held for portfolio

     7,377,372      368,019    4.99%      6,573,437      344,604    5.24%      3,013,354      177,523    5.89%

Loans to other Federal Home Loan Banks

     20,074      278    1.38%      15,912      184    1.16%      9,189      147    1.60%

Total earning assets

     44,933,199      1,246,812    2.77%      43,483,839      1,150,862    2.65%      40,540,958      1,265,723    3.12%

Allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans

     (549)                  (470)                  (83)            

Other assets

     347,120                  550,274                  624,632            

Total assets

   $ 45,279,770                $ 44,033,643                $ 41,165,507            
Liabilities and Capital                                                         

Overnight and demand deposits

   $ 1,189,713      14,144    1.19%      2,125,228      21,667    1.02%    $ 1,662,719    $ 25,770    1.55%

Other interest-bearing deposits

     1,638      20    1.22%      1,986      21    1.06%      789      12    1.52%

Other borrowings

     1,445      22    1.52%      2,784      32    1.15%      1,973      29    1.47%

COs, net (1)

     40,649,018      1,011,317    2.49%      37,969,562      905,648    2.39%      35,848,899      1,006,092    2.81%

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

     23,647      1,011    4.28%      -      -    -      -      -    -

Total interest-bearing liabilities

     41,865,461      1,026,514    2.45%      40,099,560      927,368    2.31%      37,514,380      1,031,903    2.75%

Other liabilities

     1,324,151                  2,005,415                  1,706,673            

Total capital

     2,090,158                  1,928,668                  1,944,454            

Total liabilities and capital

   $ 45,279,770                $ 44,033,643                $ 41,165,507            

Net interest income and net spread on interest-earning assets less interest-bearing liabilities

          $ 220,298    0.32%           $ 223,494    0.34%           $ 233,820    0.37%

Net interest margin

     .49%                  .51%                  .58%            

Average interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities

     1.07                  1.08                  1.08            

 

(1) Interest income/expense and average rates include the effect of associated interest rate exchange agreements to the extent such agreements qualify for SFAS 133 fair value hedge accounting.

(2) Interest income and average rates exclude the effect of associated interest rate exchange agreements as the net interest expense associated with such agreements is recorded in other income (loss) in the Statement of Income. Including the effects of these interest rate exchange agreements, the average rate on the trading security was 1.29%, 1.31%, and 1.61% at December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively.

 

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Changes in both volume and interest rates influence changes in net interest income and net interest margin. The following table summarizes changes in interest income and interest expense between the quarters ended September 30, 2005 and 2004. Changes in interest income and interest expense not identifiable as either volume-related or rate-related, but rather equally attributable to both volume and rate changes, have been allocated to the volume and rate categories based upon the proportionate value of the volume and rate changes.

 

Rate and Volume Analysis

For the Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30,

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     For the Quarter Ended    For the Nine Months Ended
     2005 over 2004,    2005 over 2004,
     Volume    Rate    Total    Volume    Rate    Total
Increase (decrease) in interest income                                          

Interest-bearing deposits

   $ (675)    $ 1,711    $ 1,036    $ 641    $ 4,093    $ 4,734

Federal funds sold

     (13,058)      16,004      2,946      (6,722)      31,967      25,245

Trading security

     (649)      42      (607)      (1,407)      121      (1,286)

Available-for-sale securities

     (5,738)      594      (5,144)      (8,138)      3,488      (4,650)

Held-to-maturity securities

     4,808      1,232      6,040      14,928      8,127      23,055

Advances

     10,538      119,733      130,271      (7,770)      310,108      302,338

Mortgage loans held for portfolio

     22,160      8,042      30,202      52,213      (432)      51,781

Loans to other Federal Home Loan Banks

     (2)      5      3      (182)      110      (72)
Total      17,384      147,363      164,747      43,563      357,582      401,145
Increase (decrease) in interest expense                                          

Overnight and demand deposits

     (453)      4,890      4,437      (2,411)      13,697      11,286

Other interest-bearing deposits

     294      17      311      420      67      487

Other borrowings

     -      5      5      2      16      18

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

     96      33      129      413      (8)      405

Long-term debt

     7,874      142,701      150,575      19,824      361,849      381,673
Total      7,811      147,646      155,457      18,248      375,621      393,869

Increase (decrease) in net interest income

   $ 9,573    $ (283)    $ 9,290    $ 25,315    $ (18,039)    $ 7,276

 

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The following table summarizes changes in interest income and interest expense between 2004 and 2003 and between 2003 and 2002. Changes in interest income and interest expense not identifiable as either volume-related or rate-related, but rather equally attributable to both volume and rate changes, have been allocated to the volume and rate categories based upon the proportionate value of the volume and rate changes.

 

Rate and Volume Analysis

For the Year Ended December 31,

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     2004 over 2003    2003 over 2002
     Volume    Rate    Total    Volume    Rate    Total
Increase (decrease) in interest income                                          

Interest-bearing deposits

   $ 1,736    $ 976    $ 2,712    $ (2,842)    $ (2,323)    $ (5,165)

Federal funds sold

     22,838      5,531      28,369      (13,437)      (12,583)      (26,020)

Trading security

     (278)      209      (69)      224      (224)      0

Available-for-sale securities

     (7,931)      5,942      (1,989)      (8,923)      (1,010)      (9,933)

Held-to-maturity securities

     29,785      (2,018)      27,767      (5,026)      (85,875)      (90,901)

Advances

     (31,036)      46,687      15,651      19,335      (169,295)      (149,960)

Mortgage loans held for portfolio

     40,683      (17,268)      23,415      188,603      (21,522)      167,081

Loans to other Federal Home Loan Banks

     54      40      94      86      (49)      37
Total      55,851      40,099      95,950      178,020      (292,881)      (114,861)
Increase (decrease) in interest expense                                          

Overnight and demand deposits

     (10,688)      3,165      (7,523)      6,068      (10,171)      (4,103)

Other interest-bearing deposits

     (4)      3      (1)      14      (5)      9

Other borrowings

     (18)      8      (10)      10      (7)      3

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

     1,011      -        1,011      -        -        -  

Long-term debt

     65,620      40,049      105,669      56,991      (157,435)      (100,444)
Total      55,921      43,225      99,146      63,083      (167,618)      (104,535)

Increase (decrease) in net interest income

   $ (70)    $ (3,126)    $ (3,196)    $ 114,937    $ (125,263)    $ (10,326)

 

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Earnings Analysis

 

The following table presents changes in the components of our earnings for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004.

 

Change in Earnings Components

For the Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30,

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     For the Quarter Ended
September 30,
    For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2005 vs. 2004    2005 vs. 2004     2005 vs. 2004    2005 vs. 2004  
     $ change    % change     $ change    % change  

Increase (decrease) in

                          

Interest income

   $ 164,747    52.1 %   $ 401,145    44.8 %

Interest expense

     155,457    57.7 %     393,869    53.6 %

Net interest income

     9,290    20.0 %     7,276    4.5 %

Mortgage loss provision

     -    -       -    -  

Net interest income after loss provision

     9,290    20.0 %     7,276    4.5 %

Other income

     36,753    227.5 %     38,601    386.4 %

Other expense

     1,980    24.2 %     4,223    17.0 %

Income before assessments

     44,063    198.1 %     41,654    33.0 %

AHP

     3,609    195.4 %     3,440    33.2 %

REFCORP

     8,091    198.4 %     7,655    33.1 %

Total assessments

     11,700    197.5 %     11,095    33.1 %

Income before cumulative effect of change in Accounting Principle

   $ 32,263    198.4 %   $ 30,559    33.0 %

 

The following table presents changes in the components of our earnings for the past two years.

 

Change in Earnings Components

For the Year Ended December 31,

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     2004 vs. 2003     2003 vs. 2002     2004 vs. 2003     2003 vs. 2002  
     $ change     $ change     % change     % change  

Increase (decrease) in

                            

Interest income

   $ 95,950     $ (114,861 )   8.3 %   (9.1 )%

Interest expense

     99,146       (104,535 )   10.7 %   (10.1 )%

Net interest income

     (3,196 )     (10,326 )   (1.4 )%   (4.4 )%

Mortgage loss provision

     (883 )     50     (285.8 )%   19.3 %

Net interest income after loss provision

     (2,313 )     (10,376 )   (1.0 )%   (4.4 )%

Other income

     (1,003 )     85,856     (12.4 )%   91.4 %

Other expense

     1,699       2,259     5.3 %   7.6 %

Income before assessments

     (5,015 )     73,221     (2.7 )%   66.7 %

AHP

     (304 )     5,977     (2.0 )%   66.7 %

REFCORP

     (955 )     13,449     (2.8 )%   66.7 %

Total assessments

     (1,259 )     19,426     (2.6 )%   66.7 %

Income before cumulative effect of change in Accounting Principle

     (3,756 )   $ 53,795     (2.8 )%   66.7 %

 

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Other Financial Information

 

The following table presents other key ratios for the quarter and nine month periods ended September 30, 2005, and 2004, and the years ended December 31, 2004December 31, 2003, and December 31, 2002.

 

Other Financial Information

 

     For the Quarter
Ended
   

For the Nine

Months Ended

    For the Year Ended  
     September 30,     September 30,     December 31,  
     2005     2004     2005     2005     2004     2003     2002  

Return on equity

   8.62 %   3.08 %   7.48 %   5.96 %   6.25 %   6.97 %   4.15 %

Return on assets

   0.41 %   0.14 %   0.36 %   0.27 %   0.29 %   0.31 %   0.20 %

Interest margin

   0.47 %   0.40 %   0.49 %   0.48 %   0.49 %   0.51 %   0.58 %

 

Other Income

 

The following table presents a breakdown of Other Income for the quarter and nine month periods ended September 30, 2005, and 2004, and an analysis of the changes in the components of these income items for those quarters.

 

Analysis of Other Income

For the Quarters and Nine Months Ended September 30,

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     For the Quarters    For the Nine Months
     2005    2004    2005 vs. 2004    2005    2004    2005 vs. 2004
               $ Amt   

%

change

             $ Amt   

%

change

Service fees

   $ 383    $ 327    $ 56    17.1%    $ 1,133    $ 976    $ 157    16.1%

Net gain(loss) from sale of available-for sale securities Realized net gain/(loss) from sale of available-for-sale securities

     17,057      -      17,057    -      -      -      19,621    -

Unrealized net losses on trading security

     (999)      (198)      (801)    (404.6)%      (3,833)      (3,415)      (418)    (12.2)%

Net gain(loss) on derivatives and hedging activities

     3,754      (16,638)      20,392    122.6%      10,437      (8,517)      18,954    222.5%

Other, net

     403      354      49    13.8%      1,253      966      287    29.7%

Total other income

   $ 20,598    $ (16,155)    $ 36,753    227.5%    $ 28,611    $ (9,990)    $ 38,601    386.4%

 

The increase of $36.8 million in Other Income for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, was primarily due to the net realized gain of $17.1 million on the sale of available-for-sale securities, and the change in the Net gain on derivatives and hedging activities of $20.4 million. The increase of $38.6 million in Other income for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, was primarily caused by the gain realized from the sale of available-for-sale securities and the net gain on derivatives and hedging activities. The tables below, entitled “Components of Net Gain(Loss) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities” and “Net Gain(Loss) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities by Product,” present the components of this change by type of hedge and by type of product.

 

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The following tables present the components of the net gain (loss) on derivative and hedging activities both by the type of hedge and the type of product for the quarter and nine month periods ended September 30, 2005, and 2004.

 

Components of Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities

For the Quarters and Nine Months Ended September 30,

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     For the Quarters   

For the Nine

Months

     2005    2004    2005    2004

Fair Value Hedges

                           

Net gain(loss) due to ineffectiveness on

                           

Advances

   $ 97    $ 64    $ 422    $ (399)

MPP

     1,416      107      563      236

CO Bonds

     589      (511)      (1,072)      3,236

Net loss on fair value hedges

     2,102      (340)      (87)      3,073

Non SFAS 133/Economic Hedges

                           

Net interest (payment)/receipt settlements(1)

                           

Advances

     (4)      (4)      (11)      (6)

Investments

     (2,569)      (10,277)      (15,653)      (32,597)

Intermediary

     -      7      4      39

Subtotal – net settlements

     (2,573)      (10,274)      (15,660)      (32,564)

SFAS 133 derivative fair value gain(loss) adjustments

                           

Advances

     9      (15)      4      (14)

Investments

     5,066      (5,216)      29,638      23,476

CO Bonds

     (338)      -      (773)      -

Intermediary

     -      (7)      (4)      (39)

MPP delivery commitments

     (512)      (786)      (2,681)      (2,449)

Subtotal – fair value adjustments

     4,225      (6,024)      26,184      20,974

Net loss on economic hedges

     1,652      (16,298)      10,524      (11,590)

Net loss on derivative and hedging activities

   $ 3,754    $ (16,638)    $ 10,437    $ (8,517)

 

(1) Net settlements represent the net interest payments or receipts on interest rate exchange agreements for hedges not receiving fair value hedge accounting.

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities

By Product

For the Quarter and Nine Month Periods Ended September 30,

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     For the Quarters    For the Nine Months
     2005    2004    2005    2004

Advances

   $ 102    $ 45    $ 415    $ (419)

Investments

     2,497      (15,493)      13,985      (9,121)

MPP

     904      (679)      (2,118)      (2,213)

CO Bonds

     251      (511)      (1,845)      3,236

Intermediaries

     -      -      -      -

Net gain(loss) on derivatives and hedging activities

   $ 3,754    $ (16,638)    $ 10,437    $ (8,517)

 

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The following table presents a breakdown of Other Income for the three years ending December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, and an analysis of the changes in the components of these income items for the past two years.

 

Analysis of Other Income

For the Year Ended December 31,

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     2004    2003    2002    2004 vs. 2003    2003 vs. 2002
                    $ Amt    % change    $ Amt    % change

Service fees

   $ 1,300    $ 4,560    $ 6,014    $ (3,260)    (71.5)%    $ (1,454)    (24.2)%

Realized net gain from sale of available-for-sale securities

     -      167      95      (167)    (100.0)%      72    75.8%

Unrealized net gains (losses) on trading securities

     (5,286)      (1,582)      6,764      (3,704)    (234.1)%      (8,346)    (123.4)%

Net loss on derivatives and hedging activities

     (6,508)      (12,786)      (108,188)      6,278    49.1%      95,402    88.2%

Other, net

     1,399      1,549      1,367      (150)    (9.7)%      182    13.3%

Total other income

   $ (9,095)    $ (8,092)    $ (93,948)    $ (1,003)    (12.4)%    $ 85,856    91.4%

 

The decrease in service fees was due to the sale of the negotiable order of withdrawal account and the transit items segments of our Item Processing Services Operations to a third party in October 2003. The sale of these operations generated $177,000 of income during 2003 that was included in the “Other, net” line shown above.

 

The following tables present the components of the net gain (loss) on derivative and hedging activities both by the type of hedge and the type of product for 2004, 2003, and 2002.

 

Components of Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities

For the Year Ended December 31,

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     2004     2003     2002  

Fair Value Hedges

                        

Net gain(loss) due to ineffectiveness on

                        

Advances

   $ 318     $ 889     $ (1,046 )

MPP

     233       423       1,113  

CO Bonds

     3,574       1,814       (6,386 )

Net gain on fair value hedges

     4,125       3,126       (6,319 )

Non SFAS 133/Economic Hedges

                        

Net interest (payment)/receipt settlements(1)

                        

Advances

     (9 )     (133 )     (860 )

Investments

     (41,794 )     (44,391 )     (40,255 )

Intermediary

     46       66       66  

Subtotal – net settlements

     (41,757 )     (44,458 )     (41,049 )

SFAS 133 derivative fair value gain/(loss) adjustments

                        

Advances

     (15 )     135       637  

Investments

     34,789       31,012       (61,399 )

Intermediary

     (46 )     (64 )     (58 )

MPP delivery commitments

     (3,604 )     (2,537 )     -  

Subtotal – fair value adjustments

     31,124       28,546       (60,820 )

Net loss on economic hedges

     (10,633 )     (15,912 )     (101,869 )

Net gain(loss) on derivative and hedging activities

   $ (6,508 )   $ (12,786 )   $ (108,188 )

 

(1) Net settlements represent the net interest payments or receipts on interest rate exchange agreements for hedges not receiving fair value hedge accounting.

 

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Net Gain(Loss) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities

By Product

For the Year Ended December 31,

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     2004     2003     2002  

Advances

   $ 294     $ 891     $ (1,269 )

Investments

     (7,005 )     (13,380 )     (101,654 )

MPP

     (3,371 )     (2,113 )     1,113  

CO Bonds

     3,574       1,814       (6,386 )

Intermediaries

     -       2       8  

Net gain(loss) on derivatives and hedging activities

   $ (6,508 )   $ (12,786 )   $ (108,188 )

 

We adopted SFAS 133 on January 1, 2001. SFAS 133 requires that all derivative instruments be recorded in the Statement of Condition at their fair values. Changes in the fair value of our derivatives are recorded each period in current earnings. SFAS 133 also sets forth conditions that must exist in order for hedges to qualify for hedge accounting. If a hedge qualifies for fair value hedge accounting, changes in the fair value of the hedged item are also recorded in earnings. As a result, the net effect is that only the “ineffective” portion of a qualifying hedge has an impact on current earnings.

 

Implementation of SFAS 133 introduced more periodic earnings volatility than existed previously. This volatility occurs in the form of the net difference between changes, if any, in the fair values of the hedge (the derivative instrument) and the hedged item (the asset or liability), for accounting purposes. Two types of hedging are primarily responsible for creating earnings volatility in our results.

 

The first type involves transactions in which we enter into interest rate swaps with coupon cash flows identical or nearly identical to the cash flows of the hedged item, such as an Advance or investment security. In some cases involving hedges of this type, an assumption of “no ineffectiveness” can be made, and the changes in the fair values of the hedge and the hedged item are considered identical and offsetting (referred to as the “short-cut method”). However, if the hedge or the hedged item fails to have certain characteristics defined in SFAS 133, the assumption of “no ineffectiveness” cannot be made, and the hedge and the hedged item must be marked to fair value independently (referred to as the “long-haul method”). Under the long-haul method, the two components of the hedging relationship will be marked to fair value using different discount rates, and the resulting changes in fair value will generally be slightly different. Even though these differences are generally relatively small when expressed as prices, their impact can become more significant when multiplied by the principal amount of the transaction and then evaluated in the context of our net income. Nonetheless, the impact of these types of ineffectiveness-related adjustments on earnings is transitory, as the net earnings impact will be zero over the life of the hedging relationship if the derivative and hedged item are held to maturity or their call dates, which is generally the case for us.

 

The second type of hedging relationship that creates earnings volatility involves transactions in which we enter into interest rate exchange agreements to economically hedge identifiable portfolio risks that do not qualify for hedge accounting under SFAS 133 (referred to as a “non-SFAS 133” or economic hedge).

 

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Other Expenses

 

The following table presents a breakdown of Other Expenses for the quarter and nine month periods ended September 30, 2005, and 2004, and an analysis of the changes in the components of these expenses for those periods.

 

Analysis of Other Expense

For the Quarter and Nine Month Periods Ended September 30,

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     For the Quarters    For the Nine Months
               2005 vs. 2004              2005 vs. 2004
     2005    2004    $ Amt   

%

change

   2005    2004    $ Amt   

%

change

Salaries and benefits

   $ 6,362    $ 5,045    $ 1,317    26.1%    $ 17,749    $ 14,737    $ 3,012    20.4%

Other operating expenses

     2,573      2,052      521    25.4%      7,557      6,890      667    9.7%

Finance Board and Office of Finance Expenses

     728      647      81    12.5%      2,350      1,969      381    19.4%

Other third party volume driven mortgage loan costs

     490      429      61    14.2%      1,440      1,277      163    12.8%

Total Other Expense

   $ 10,153    $ 8,173    $ 1,980    24.2%    $ 29,096    $ 24,873    $ 4,223    17.0%

 

The increase in Other Expenses for the quarter and nine month periods ended September 30, 2005, compared to the same periods in 2004 were mainly due to increased salaries and benefits due to additional staff needed to prepare for SEC registration and improve service to members, as well as higher employee benefit costs.

 

The line captioned “Other” includes compensation paid to our board. The board, which was comprised of 14 members and 15 members at the end of September 30, 2005, and 2004, respectively, was compensated during the first three quarters of 2005 and 2004 based on a quarterly fee schedule, which included fee reductions for any director who missed board or committee meetings. Our directors also had a deferred compensation plan available to them. During the quarters ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, our board collectively earned $67,000, and $65,000, respectively of compensation, of which $26,000, and $37,000, respectively, was deferred. In addition, we paid $36,000 and $24,000, respectively in the third quarter of 2005 and 2004 for travel and other related expenses incurred in connection with the performance of board duties. During the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, our board collectively earned $189,000, and $192,000, respectively of compensation, of which $78,000, and $105,000, respectively was deferred. In addition, we paid $197,000 and $156,000, for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively for travel and other related expenses incurred in connection with the performance of board duties.

 

The following table presents a breakdown of Other Expenses for the three years ending December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, and an analysis of the changes in the components of these expenses for the past two years.

 

Analysis of Other Expense

For the Year Ended December 31,

($ amounts in thousands)

 

                    2004 vs. 2003    2003 vs. 2002
     2004    2003    2002    $ Amt    % change    $ Amt    % change

Salaries and benefits

   $ 20,170    $ 18,414    $ 16,964    $ 1,756    9.54%    $ 1,450    8.55%

Other operating expenses

     9,465      9,654      9,807      (189)    (1.96)%      (153)    (1.56)%

Finance Board and Office of Finance Expenses

     2,379      2,484      2,273      (105)    (4.23)%      211    9.28%

Other third party volume driven mortgage loan costs

     1,719      1,482      731      237    15.99%      751    102.74%

Total Other Expense

   $ 33,733    $ 32,034    $ 29,775    $ 1,699    5.30%    $ 2,259    7.59%

 

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The increase from 2003 to 2004 in Other Expenses was primarily due to higher salary and benefit expenses as we added staff to prepare for SEC registration and to increase service to members, and as employee benefit costs increased. The increase in Other Expenses from 2002 to 2003 was primarily due to the increase in salaries and benefits due to higher staffing levels for our MPP and Risk Management departments.

 

The line captioned “Other” includes compensation paid to our board. The 15 member board was compensated during 2004 based on a quarterly fee schedule, which included fee reductions for any director who missed board or committee meetings. Our directors also had a deferred compensation plan available to them. During 2004, 2003, and 2002, our board collectively earned $254,000, $240,000, and $244,000, respectively, of compensation, of which $141,000, $156,000, and $166,000, respectively, was deferred. In addition, we paid $277,000 in 2004, $284,000 in 2003, and $242,000 in 2002, for travel and other related expenses incurred in connection with the performance of board duties.

 

Office of Finance Expenses

 

The Federal Home Loan Banks fund the costs of the Office of Finance as a joint office that facilitates issuing and servicing COs , preparation of the Federal Home Loan Banks’ combined quarterly and annual financial reports, and certain other functions. The Office of Finance assessment was $0.3 million for each of the quarters ended September 30, 2005, and 2004, respectively, and $1.0 million and $0.8 million for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2005, and 2004, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, the Office of Finance assessments were $1.1 million, $1.2 million, and $1.1 million, respectively.

 

Finance Board Expenses

 

The Federal Home Loan Banks are assessed the costs of operating their regulator, the Finance Board. They have no control over these costs. The assessment was $0.4 million for each of the quarters ended September 30, 2005, and 2004, respectively, and $1.3 million and $1.2 million for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2005, and 2004, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, the Finance Board assessments were $1.3 million, $1.3 million, and $1.2 million, respectively. These assessments have increased as the Board has added supervisory staff to increase its ability to examine the Federal Home Loan Banks.

 

AHP and REFCORP Payments

 

Although the Federal Home Loan Banks are not subject to federal or state income taxes, the financial obligations of REFCORP (20% of net income after our AHP obligation) and AHP contributions (10% of current year’s net income before charges for AHP and interest expense for mandatorily redeemable capital stock that is classified as debt, but after the assessment for REFCORP) are statutorily required. Due to the restatement, as of December 31, 2004, we overpaid our AHP and REFCORP assessments by $11.3 million. The Finance Board advised the Federal Home Loan Banks in January 2006 that such overpayments should be used as credits against amounts owed in future periods. As a result, we took a credit of $7.8 million for our Payable to REFCORP liability and a credit of $3.5 million for our AHP liability at December 31, 2005.

 

REFCORP.     With the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, Congress established a fixed payment of 20% of net income as the REFCORP payment beginning in 2000 for each Federal Home Loan Bank. The fixed percentage replaced a fixed-dollar annual aggregate payment of $300 million, which had previously been divided among the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks through a complex allocation formula. The law also calls for an adjustment to be made to the total number of REFCORP payments due in future years so that, on a present value basis, the combined REFCORP payments of all 12 Federal Home Loan Banks are equal in amount to what had been required under the previous calculation method.

 

The 20% fixed percentage REFCORP rate applied to earnings resulted in expenses of $12.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, and $4.1 million for the same period in 2004 based on restated net income. Expenses for REFCORP were $30.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, and $23.1 million for the same period in 2004. The restated annual expenses were $32.7 million in 2004, $33.6 million in 2003, and $20.2 million in 2002.

 

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AHP.    The Federal Home Loan Banks are required to contribute, in the aggregate, the greater of $100 million or 10% of their net earnings, before interest expense for mandatorily redeemable capital stock that is classified as debt, and after the REFCORP assessments to fund the AHP. For the quarter ended September 30, 2005, our expense was $5.5 million, compared to $1.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2004 based on restated net income. For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, our expense was $13.8 million, compared to $10.4 million for the same period in 2004 based on restated net income. At December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, 10% of FHLB System net income was greater than $100 million; therefore, our payment was based on 10% of our restated net income. Our expense for the AHP for 2004 was $14.6 million, compared to $14.9 million in 2003, and $9.0 million in 2002.

 

Business Segments

 

We manage our business by grouping the income and expenses from our products and services within two business segments:

 

    Traditional Funding, Investments and Deposit Products which includes the effects of premium and discount amortization and the impact of net interest settlements related to interest rate exchange agreements, such as Advances, investments, and the borrowing costs related to those assets. It also includes the borrowing costs related to holding Deposit products for members and other miscellaneous borrowings as well as all other miscellaneous income and expense not associated with the MPP.

 

    MPP which is derived primarily from the difference, or spread, between the net yield on mortgage loans, including the direct effects of premium and discount amortization in accordance with SFAS 91, and the borrowing costs related to those loans.

 

We measure the performance of each segment based upon the net interest spread of the underlying portfolio(s). For this reason, we have presented each segment on a net interest income basis. Direct other income and expense items have been allocated to each segment based upon actual results. MPP includes the direct earnings effects of SFAS 133 as well as direct salary and other expenses (including an allocation for indirect overhead) associated with operating the MPP and volume-driven costs associated with master servicing and quality control fees. Direct other income/expense related to Traditional Funding, Investments and Deposit products includes the direct earnings impact of SFAS 133 related to Advances and investment products as well as all other income and expense not associated with MPP. The assessments related to AHP and REFCORP have been allocated to each segment based upon each segment’s proportionate share of total income before assessments.

 

We have not symmetrically allocated assets to each segment based upon financial results as we do not measure the performance of our segments from a total assets perspective and it is impracticable to do so. As a result, there is asymmetrical information presented in the tables below including among other items, the allocation of depreciation without an allocation of the depreciable assets, the SFAS 133 earnings adjustments with no corresponding allocation to derivative assets, if any, and the recording of interest income with no allocation to accrued interest receivable. Total assets reported for MPP include only the mortgage loans outstanding, net of premiums, discounts and SFAS 133 basis adjustments. Total assets reported for Traditional Funding, Investments and Deposit products include all other assets of the Bank.

 

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The following tables set forth our financial performance by operating segment for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004. ($ amounts in thousands)

 

Traditional Funding, Investments and Deposit Products

 

     For the Quarter Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,     September 30,  
     2005    2004     2005    2004  

Net interest income

   $ 38,933    $ 42,053     $ 121,362    $ 134,420  

Other income (loss)

     19,694      (15,474 )     30,729      (7,777 )

Other expenses

     9,235      7,275       26,204      22,071  

Income before assessments

     49,392      19,304       125,887      104,572  

AHP

     4,076      1,608       10,388      8,608  

REFCORP

     9,063      3,539       23,099      19,180  

Total assessments

     13,139      5,147       33,487      27,788  

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     36,253      14,157       92,400      76,784  

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     -      -       -      (67 )

Net income

   $ 36,253    $ 14,157     $ 92,400    $ 76,717  

Total Assets – at September 30

   $ 38,397,049    $ 39,704,385     $ 38,397,049    $ 39,704,385  

 

MPP

 

     For the Quarter Ended    

For the Nine Months

Ended

 
     September 30,     September 30,  
     2005    2004     2005     2004  

Net interest income

   $ 16,923    $ 4,513     $ 46,954     $ 26,620  

Other income (loss)

     904      (681 )     (2,118 )     (2,213 )

Other expenses

     918      898       2,892       2,802  

Income before assessments

     16,909      2,934       41,944       21,605  

AHP

     1,380      239       3,424       1,764  

REFCORP

     3,106      539       7,704       3,968  

Total assessments

     4,486      778       11,128       5,732  

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     12,423      2,156       30,816       15,873  

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     -      -       -       -  

Net income

   $ 12,423    $ 2,156     $ 30,816     $ 15,873  

Total Assets – at September 30

   $ 8,829,890    $ 7,199,749     $ 8,829,890     $ 7,199,749  

 

For Traditional Funding, Investments and Deposit Products, net income increased by $22.1 million in the third quarter of 2005 compared to the same period in 2004. Net income increased by $15.6 million for the first nine months of 2005 compared to the same period in 2004. These increases were mainly due to increased spreads on the MBS portfolio.

 

For MPP, net income increased by $10.3 million in the third quarter of 2005 compared to the third quarter of 2004. Net income increased by $14.9 million for the first nine months of 2005 compared to the same period in 2004. These increases were primarily due to higher outstanding balances and improved spreads.

 

For both the MBS portfolio and the MPP, spreads are impacted by premium and discount adjustments that are required under SFAS 91. These adjustments are interest rate sensitive.

 

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The following tables set forth our financial performance by operating segment for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002. ($ amounts in thousands)

 

Traditional Funding, Investments and Deposit Products

 

     2004

    2003

    2002

 

Net interest income

   $ 181,066     $ 168,207     $ 206,809  

Other income/(loss)

     (5,724 )     (5,979 )     (95,312 )

Other expenses

     30,070       28,954       27,647  

Income before assessments

     145,272       133,274       83,850  

AHP

     11,963       10,879       6,844  

REFCORP

     26,649       24,479       15,401  

Total assessments

     38,612       35,358       22,245  

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     106,660       97,916       61,605  

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     (67 )                

Net income

   $ 106,593     $ 97,916     $ 61,605  

Total Assets

   $ 36,539,991     $ 37,467,689     $ 37,474,972  

 

MPP

 

     2004

    2003

    2002

Net interest income

   $ 39,232     $ 55,287     $ 27,011

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans

     (574 )     309       259

Other income (loss)

     (3,371 )     (2,113 )     1,364

Other expenses

     3,663       3,080       2,128

Income before assessments

     32,772       49,785       25,988

AHP

     2,676       4,064       2,122

REFCORP

     6,019       9,144       4,773

Total assessments

     8,695       13,208       6,895

Net income

   $ 24,077     $ 36,577     $ 19,093

Total Assets

   $ 7,761,767     $ 7,433,231     $ 5,410,341

 

For Traditional Funding, Investments and Deposit Products, net income increased by $8.7 million in 2004 compared to 2003. This increase is primarily related to improved spreads on Advances and is partially offset by narrower spreads on MBS. The improved spread on Advances resulted from a decision to increase the pricing on our lowest margin Advances. Prepayment fees received on Advances, which are included in margin, also contributed to the increased income in this segment.

 

Net income for Traditional Funding, Investments and Deposit Products increased by $36.3 million in 2003 compared to 2002. This increase is largely attributable to market value fluctuations related to SFAS 133, partially offset by the decrease in the yield of the Advances portfolio as loans repriced after the substantial decrease in market rates that occurred in 2001. Also, spreads narrowed in our MBS portfolio. This was due to greater recognition of discounts on MBS during 2002 compared to 2003.

 

For MPP, net income declined by $12.5 million in 2004 compared to 2003. This was primarily the result of lower spreads on this portfolio. The lower spread resulted from accelerated recognition of premium.

 

For MPP, net income increased by $17.5 million in 2003 compared to 2002. This is primarily due to higher average outstanding balances.

 

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Cash Flow Analysis – Amortization of Premiums, Discounts, and Basis Adjustments

 

Consolidated Obligations

 

Certain debt is issued on our behalf at a premium or discount. Typically this would include Discount Notes and certain term, non-callable bonds. The primary factor that causes period-to-period variance in this item is the amount of discount and subsequent amortization on Discount Notes issued compared to the amount of original discount on Discount Notes that mature on a period-to-period basis.

 

Investments

 

MBS are typically purchased at a discount. The aggregate net discount on the portfolio was $41.5 million at September 30, 2005, and $31.5 million, $22.9 million, and $2.5 million at December 31, 2004December 31, 2003, and December 31, 2002, respectively. The income from Net premiums and discounts on investments of $7.2 million, $4.8 million and $15.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2004December 31, 2003, and December 31, 2002, respectively, and $8.3 million, and $8.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, and September 30, 2004, respectively, is primarily composed of amortizations and retrospective adjustments in accordance with SFAS 91, related to discounts on MBS. The amount for each period is primarily impacted by the total net premium or discount position and the level of interest rates.

 

Mortgage Loans

 

Mortgage loans are carried at a net premium and include an SFAS 133 adjusted basis resulting from commitment fair values in accordance with SFAS 149 and hedges designated against the mortgage loans once the commitment expires and the mortgage loans are delivered. The net premium and SFAS 133 adjusted basis was $63.8 million at September 30, 2005, and $56.4 million, $55.7 million, and $53.6 million at December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively. The expense from Net premiums and discounts on mortgage loans of $15.7 million, $13.3 million, and $5.7 million in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively, and $10.0 million, and $11.3 million in the first nine months ended September 30, of 2005, and 2004, respectively, is primarily composed of amortizations and retrospective adjustments in accordance with SFAS 91 related to the premiums and SFAS 133 adjusted basis on mortgage loans. The amount for each period is primarily impacted by the total net premium or discount position, the SFAS 133 adjusted basis representing the mortgage loans that are hedged and the level of interest rates.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Liquidity

 

The Federal Home Loan Banks are required to maintain liquidity in accordance with certain Finance Board regulations and with policies established by their respective managements and boards of directors. We maintain liquidity to satisfy member demand for short- and long-term funds, repay maturing COs, and meet other obligations. Also, members may look to us to provide standby liquidity to support their asset/liability management purposes. Our objective is to meet our customers’ credit and liquidity needs without maintaining excessive holdings of low-yielding liquid investments or being forced to incur unnecessarily high borrowing costs.

 

Our primary sources of liquidity are short-term investments and the issuance of new COs in the form of CO Bonds and Discount Notes. See “Business – Funding Sources” herein for a detailed discussion of our COs and the joint and several liability of all of the Federal Home Loan Banks for these COs. COs enjoy favorable status as GSE-issued debt; however, they are not obligations of the United States, and the United States does not guarantee them. COs are rated Aaa/P-1 by Moody’s and AAA/A-1+ by S&P, reflecting the likelihood of timely payment of principal and interest on the COs. Their GSE-issuer status and these ratings have historically provided excellent access to the capital markets for the Federal Home Loan Banks. In addition, under certain circumstances, the U.S. Treasury may acquire up to $4 billion of the Federal Home Loan Banks’ COs, which would offer additional liquidity to the Federal Home Loan Banks, if needed. See “Supervision and Regulation – Regulatory Enforcement Actions” and “Risk Factors – Our Credit Rating Could be Lowered” herein for a discussion of events that could have a negative impact on the rating of these COs.

 

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We maintain a contingency liquidity plan designed to enable us to meet our obligations and the liquidity needs of our members in the event of operational disruptions at the Federal Home Loan Banks or the Office of Finance, or short-term capital market disruptions. Our regulatory liquidity requirement is to maintain at least five days of liquidity without access to the capital markets. In accordance with our contingency liquidity plan, we might be required to rely upon asset-based liquid reserves to meet our cash flow obligations. Member deposits and other short-term borrowings, such as federal funds purchased, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, and loans from other Federal Home Loan Banks provide sources of liquidity. On a daily basis, we model our cash commitments and expected cash flows to determine our liquidity position.

 

Our cash and short-term investment portfolio, including federal funds and commercial paper, totaled $3.2 billion at September 30, 2005, $3.8 billion at December 31, 2004, $1.4 billion at December 31, 2003, and $1.1 billion at December 31, 2002. The maturities of these short-term investments provide cash flows to support our ongoing liquidity needs.

 

Capital Resources

 

Total capital consists of capital stock, retained earnings, and other accumulated comprehensive income. As of September 30, 2005, total capital was $2.3 billion, compared to $2.1 billion at December 31, 2004, $2.0 billion at December 31, 2003, and $2.0 billion at December 31, 2002. Capital stock declined at the beginning of 2003, as certain members readjusted their stock positions based on the requirements of our new capital plan implemented on January 2, 2003. During 2003 and 2004 and the first and second quarters of 2005, capital stock grew as we paid dividends in the form of stock; the dividend declared in the third and fourth quarters of 2005 was paid in cash. During 2003, 2004 and 2005, capital stock also grew as the members purchased activity-based capital stock to support additional borrowings or other activity.

 

The GLB Act imposed new minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements on each of the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks. Under the GLB Act, each Federal Home Loan Bank must maintain total capital of at least 4.00% of its total assets. Total capital is defined as a Federal Home Loan Bank’s permanent capital, plus the amount paid in by its members for any Class A Stock, any general allowance for losses, and the amount of any other instruments identified in the Federal Home Loan Bank’s capital plan that the Finance Board has determined are available to absorb losses incurred by the Federal Home Loan Bank. Permanent capital is defined as the retained earnings of a Federal Home Loan Bank plus the amount paid in for the Federal Home Loan Bank’s Class B Stock (including mandatorily redeemable capital stock).

 

The Finance Board may require an individual Federal Home Loan Bank to maintain a regulatory capital ratio of greater than 4.00% at any time. Owing to certain deficiencies cited in our 2003 examination by the Finance Board, we agreed with the Office of Supervision of the Finance Board that any further leveraging of our balance sheet during 2003 should be curtailed. As a result, we maintained a regulatory capital ratio of not less than 4.23%. On June 3, 2004, the Finance Board advised us that their concerns had been addressed and, therefore, the limitation was lifted. At December 31, 2004, our regulatory capital ratio, determined by dividing permanent capital by total assets, was 4.81%, compared to 4.93% at September 30, 2005.

 

Each Federal Home Loan Bank must also maintain a regulatory leverage ratio of total regulatory capital-to-total assets of at least 5%. To calculate the regulatory leverage ratio, total regulatory capital is computed by multiplying permanent capital by 1.5 and adding all other components of total regulatory capital to that product. At December 31, 2004, our weighted regulatory leverage ratio was 7.22%, compared to 7.39% at September 30, 2005.

 

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The following table presents minimum capital ratios, permanent, and risk-based capital requirement amounts, and various leverage ratios as of September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, and 2003.

 

Regulatory Capital Requirements

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     As of September 30,    As of December 31,
     2005    2004    2003

Minimum regulatory capital ratio requirement

     4.00%      4.00%      4.00%

Minimum regulatory capital requirement

   $ 1,889,078    $ 1,772,070    $ 1,796,037

Actual regulatory capital ratio (2)

     4.93%      4.81%      4.37%

Permanent capital (1) 

   $ 2,326,148    $ 2,132,185    $ 1,961,440

Risk-based capital requirement

   $ 425,057    $ 367,119    $ 353,121

Minimum regulatory leverage ratio

     5.00%      5.00%      5.00%

Minimum weighted regulatory leverage capital requirement

   $ 2,361,347    $ 2,215,088    $ 2,245,046

Actual leverage ratio

     7.39%      7.22%      6.55%

Weighted leverage capital

   $ 3,489,222    $ 3,198,278    $ 2,942,160

 

(1) Permanent capital is defined as retained earnings, Class B Stock, and mandatorily redeemable capital stock.
(2) The regulatory capital ratio is calculated by dividing permanent capital by total assets.

 

Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock.

 

The Federal Home Loan Banks adopted SFAS 150 as of January 1, 2004. In compliance with SFAS 150, although there has been no change in shareholders’ rights related to capital stock redemption requests, we have reclassified our stock subject to redemption from equity to liability once a member exercises a written redemption right, and gives notice of intent to withdraw from membership, or attains non-member status by merger or acquisition, charter termination, or involuntary termination from membership. In such event, the member shares will then meet the definition of a mandatorily redeemable financial instrument. At September 30, 2005, we had $42.5 million in capital stock subject to mandatory redemption from eight former members. At December 31, 2004, we had $30.3 million in capital stock subject to mandatory redemption from five members and former members. These amounts have been classified in liabilities as Mandatorily redeemable capital stock in the Statement of Condition in accordance with SFAS 150.

 

In addition to the mandatorily redeemable capital stock, we had $11.6 million of excess stock subject to a redemption request outstanding from three members at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004. Excess stock redemption requests are not subject to reclassification from equity to liability as the requesting member may revoke its request at any time, without penalty throughout a five year waiting period, and the amount ultimately redeemed is contingent on the member’s meeting various stock requirements on the redemption date. These requests are not considered substantive in nature, and therefore, these amounts are not classified as a liability.

 

The following table shows the amount of all pending capital redemption requests received from members at September 30, 2005 ($ amounts in thousands).

 

Contractual Year of Redemption

Due year end 2008

   $ 10,895

Due year end 2009

     30,997

Due year end 2010

     12,217

Total

   $ 54,109

 

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The following table shows the amount of all pending capital redemption requests received from members by year of redemption at December 31, 2004 ($ amounts in thousands).

 

Contractual Year of Redemption

2008

   $ 10,895

2009

     40,997

Total

   $ 51,892

 

We generally will not redeem or repurchase member stock until five years after either the membership is terminated or we receive notice of withdrawal. If we receive a request to redeem excess stock of a member, we are not required to redeem or repurchase excess stock until the expiration of the redemption period of five years. In accordance with our current practice, if capital stock becomes excess stock, we will redeem the excess stock, if requested, after the five-year waiting period. However, we reserve the right to repurchase excess stock from any member, with or without a member request, and at our discretion, upon 15 days’ notice to the member. The decision to repurchase excess stock prior to the end of the five-year waiting period, with or without a member request, will be determined by our capital planning needs. On January 27, 2006, the Board of Directors in accordance with the provisions of the Bank’s Capital Plan resolved to voluntarily repurchase up to $34,737,400 of Excess Stock held by non-members that acquired the stock from former members through mergers.

 

Capital Distributions

 

We may, but are not required to, pay dividends on our stock. Our board has declared dividends in every quarter since the first quarter of 1986. Dividends may be paid in cash or Class B Stock out of current and previously retained earnings, as authorized by our board of directors, and subject to Finance Board regulations. Dividends on Class B-1 Stock were paid at an annualized rate of 4.25% in 2005, 4.56% in 2004, and 5.16% in 2003. We did not have Class B stock in 2002. In the third and fourth quarters of 2005, cash dividends of $23.2 and $22.5 million, respectively, have been declared and paid. In the first and second quarters of 2005, stock dividends of $21.5 million and $21.3 million, respectively, were paid. During 2004, stock dividends of $88.7 million were paid, compared to $69.4 million in 2003, and $0 in 2002. Future dividends will be determined based on income earned each quarter, our retained earnings policy, and capital management considerations.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

Commitments that legally bind and unconditionally obligate us for additional Advances totaled approximately $72.2 million at September 30, 2005, $14.5 million at December 31, 2004, $54.4 million at December 31, 2003, and $16.9 million at December 31, 2002. Commitments generally are for periods up to 12 months.

 

A letter of credit is a financing arrangement between us and our member that is executed for a fee. If we are required to make payment for a draw by a letter of credit beneficiary, it is converted into a collateralized Advance to the member. Outstanding letters of credit were approximately $314.3 million at September 30, 2005, $271.1 million at December 31, 2004, $250.2 million at December 31, 2003 and $200.3 million at December 31, 2002.

 

Commitments that unconditionally obligate us to fund/purchase mortgage loans totaled $166.7 million at September 30, 2005, and $204.0 million and $25.1 million at December 31, 2004, and 2003, respectively. Commitments are generally for periods not to exceed 91 days. In accordance with SFAS 149, such commitments entered into after June 30, 2003, were recorded as derivatives at their fair value.

 

Unused lines of credit totaled $192.0 million at September 30, 2005, and $187.5 million and $309.6 million at December 31, 2004, and 2003, respectively.

 

We only record a liability for COs on our Statement of Condition for the proceeds we receive from the issuance of those COs. In addition, each Federal Home Loan Bank is jointly and severally liable for the payment of all COs of all of the Federal Home Loan Banks. Accordingly, should any Federal Home Loan Bank be unable to repay its participation in the COs, each of the other Federal Home Loan Banks could be called upon to repay all or part of such obligations, as determined or approved by the Finance Board. No Federal Home Loan Bank has had to assume or pay the CO of another Federal Home Loan Bank.

 

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We considered the guidance under FASB Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, including indirect guarantees of indebtedness of others (“FIN 45”), and determined it was not necessary to recognize the fair value of our joint and several liability for all of the COs. We consider the joint and several liability as a related party guarantee. Related party guarantees meet the scope exceptions in FIN 45. Accordingly, we do not recognize a liability for our joint and several obligation related to COs issued for the benefit of other Federal Home Loan Banks at December 31, 2004 and 2003. The par amounts of the Federal Home Loan Banks’ outstanding COs, including COs held by other Federal Home Loan Banks, were approximately $920.4 billion at September 30, 2005, and $869.2 billion and $759.5 billion at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

The financial statements do not include a liability for statutorily mandated payments from the Federal Home Loan Banks to REFCORP for future years. No future liability is recorded because each Federal Home Loan Bank must pay 20% of net earnings (after its AHP obligation) to REFCORP to support the payment of part of the interest on the bonds issued by REFCORP; the Federal Home Loan Banks are unable to estimate their future required payments because the payments are based on future earnings and not estimable under SFAS 5, Accounting for Contingencies. Accordingly, the REFCORP payments are disclosed as a long-term statutory payment requirement and, for accounting purposes, are treated, accrued, and recognized like an income tax.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

COs are the joint and several debt obligations of the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks and consist of CO Bonds and Discount Notes. COs represent the primary source of liabilities used to fund Advances, MPP and investments. As noted under “Risk Management,” we use debt with a variety of maturities and option characteristics to manage our duration of equity. We make extensive use of interest rate swap transactions, executed in conjunction with specific CO debt issues, to synthetically reconfigure funding terms and costs.

 

The following table represents the payments due or expiration terms under the specified Contractual Obligation type. Long-term debt is based on contractual maturities, and does not include interest expense, or Discount Notes due to their short-term nature. The impact of $220 million notional principal of interest rate exchange agreements traded as of September 30, 2005, but not yet settled, has been excluded from the table. Actual distribution could be influenced by factors affecting redemptions.

 

Contractual Obligations and Other

Commitments and Contingencies

Payments Due or Expiration Terms by Period

As of September 30, 2005

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     < 1 year    1 to 3 years    3 to 5 years    > 5 years    Total

Long-term debt

   $ 6,049,550    $ 12,656,055    $ 6,834,625    $ 9,391,350    $ 34,931,580

Operating leases (1)

     215      237      79             531

CO bonds traded not settled

     25,000      90,000      80,000      25,000      220,000

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

     53      5,436      37,041             42,530

Subtotal - total contractual obligations

     6,074,818      12,751,728      6,951,745      9,416,350      35,194,641

Commitments and contingencies

                                  

Commitments for additional Advances

     72,177                           72,177

Standby letters of credit

     50,493      75,881      56,644      131,316      314,334

Commitments to fund mortgage loans

     166,738                           166,738

Unused lines of credit

     192,041                           192,041

Total commitments and contingencies

     481,449      75,881      56,644      131,316      745,290

Total

   $ 6,556,267    $ 12,827,609    $ 7,008,389    $ 9,547,666    $ 35,939,931

 

(1) Includes premises and equipment leases.

 

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The following table represents the payments due or expiration terms under the specified Contractual Obligation type. Long-term debt is based on contractual maturities, and does not include interest expense, or Discount Notes due to their short-term nature,. The impact of $40 million notional principal of interest rate exchange agreements traded as of December 31, 2004, but not yet settled, has been excluded from the table. Actual distribution could be influenced by factors affecting redemptions.

 

Contractual Obligations and Other

Commitments and Contingencies

Payments Due or Expiration Terms by Period

As of December 31, 2004

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     < 1 year    1 to 3 years    3 to 5 years    > 5 years    Total

Long-term debt

   $ 4,585,500    $ 9,577,700    $ 7,613,505    $ 8,149,650    $ 29,926,355

Operating leases(1)

     199      257      134             590

CO bonds traded not settled

                   40,000      68,000      108,000

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

                   30,259             30,259

Subtotal - total contractual obligations

     4,585,699      9,577,957      7,683,898      8,217,650      30,065,204

Commitments and contingencies

                                  

Commitments for additional Advances

     14,519                           14,519

Standby letters of credit

     48,215      51,772      50,213      120,922      271,122

Commitments to fund mortgage loans

     204,015                           204,015

Unused lines of credit

     187,488                           187,488

Total commitments and contingencies

     454,237      51,772      50,213      120,922      677,144

Total

   $ 5,039,936    $ 9,629,729    $ 7,734,111    $ 8,338,572    $ 30,742,348

 

(1) Includes premises and equipment leases.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Introduction

 

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make a number of judgments, estimates, and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities (if applicable), and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reported periods. Although management believes these judgments, estimates, and assumptions to be reasonable and accurate, actual results may differ and could have a material impact on our stated financial position and results of operations.

 

We have identified four accounting policies that are critical because they require management to make subjective or complex judgments about matters that are inherently uncertain and because of the likelihood that materially different amounts would be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions.

 

Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging Activities (SFAS 133)

 

In accordance with SFAS 133, derivative instruments are carried at fair value and included in the Statement of Condition. Any change in the fair value of a derivative is reflected in current period earnings and included in Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities, a component of Other income in the Statement of Income; or as a component of Other comprehensive income in the Statement of Capital, regardless of how fair value changes in the assets or liabilities being hedged may be treated. The accounting framework imposed by SFAS 133 introduces the potential for considerable income volatility. Specifically, a mismatch can exist between the timing of income and expense recognition from assets or liabilities and income effects of derivative instruments positioned to mitigate market risk associated with those assets or liabilities. Therefore, during periods of significant changes in interest rates and other market factors, we will experience greater volatility.

 

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Generally, we strive to use derivatives that effectively hedge specific assets or liabilities and qualify for fair value hedge accounting. Fair value hedge accounting allows for offsetting changes in fair value attributable to the hedged risk in the hedged item to also be recorded in the current period through either of two generally acceptable accounting methods:

 

    Short-cut method. Certain highly effective hedges that use interest rate swaps as the hedging instrument and that meet certain criteria can qualify for “short-cut” fair value hedge accounting. Short-cut accounting allows for the assumption of no ineffectiveness, which means the fair value change in the hedged item can be assumed to be equal to the fair value change in the derivative thus resulting in no net impact in either the Statement of Condition or the Statement of Income. Interest rate swaps hedging fixed-rate bullet Advances and certain available-for-sale investments typically qualify for short-cut accounting and hence this method is utilized. Interest rate swaps hedging CO Bonds typically do not qualify for short-cut accounting. We currently have no interest rate swaps hedging CO Bonds using this method.

 

    Long-haul method. For those hedges that do not qualify for short-cut treatment, the fair value change in the hedged item must be measured separately from the derivative, and effectiveness testing must be performed with results within established tolerances. The effectiveness test is performed both at the hedge’s inception and on a quarterly basis thereafter, using regression or statistical analyses. We intentionally match the terms between the derivative and the hedged item. Should effectiveness testing fail and the hedge no longer qualify for hedge accounting in accordance with SFAS 133, the derivative would be adjusted to fair value through current earnings without any offset related to the hedged item.

 

We have designed our use of derivatives to be effective pursuant to SFAS 133 in offsetting changes in the hedged risk of the designated balance sheet instruments. Accordingly, we are permitted to classify most of our derivative transactions so that they receive either short-cut or long-haul fair value hedge accounting treatment.

 

Although the majority of our derivatives qualify for fair value hedge accounting, we carry certain derivatives that do not qualify for fair value hedge accounting or other “economic hedges” for asset/liability management purposes. The changes in the fair value of these derivatives designated as economic hedges are recorded in current period earnings as an increase or decrease to Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives and hedging activities.

 

In accordance with Finance Board regulations and policies, we have executed all derivatives to reduce market risk exposure, not for speculation or solely for earnings enhancement. As in past years, all outstanding derivatives hedge specific assets, liabilities, or mandatory delivery contracts under MPP, or are stand-alone derivatives used for asset/liability management purposes.

 

As noted below under the “Fair Values” portion of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates, all derivatives are presented in the Statement of Condition at fair value based on estimates of the market price as of the financial statement date.

 

Because the majority of our derivatives qualify for fair value hedge accounting, using estimates to determine the derivative’s fair value has the greatest impact on current-period earnings from those hedges qualifying for either fair value hedge accounting treatment or those economic hedges not qualifying for fair value hedge accounting treatment. Although this estimation and valuation process can present earnings volatility during the periods the derivative instrument is held, the estimation and valuation process does not have any net long-term economic effect or result in cash flows if the derivative and the hedged item are held to maturity. Since these fair values fluctuate throughout the hedge period and eventually return to zero (or par value) on the maturity date, the effect of such adjustments is normally only a timing issue.

 

Accounting for Premiums and Discounts and Other Costs Associated with Originating or Acquiring Mortgage Loans and MBS (SFAS 91)

 

When we purchase mortgage loans under MPP or purchase MBS or ABS, we may not pay the seller the exact amount of the unpaid principal balance. If we pay more than the unpaid principal balance, and purchase the mortgage assets at a premium, the premium reduces the yield we recognize on the assets below the coupon amount. Conversely, if we pay less than the unpaid principal balance and purchase the mortgage assets at a discount, the

 

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discount increases the yield above the coupon amount. Similarly, gains and losses associated with terminated fair value hedges are included in the basis of the mortgage loan and amortized accordingly. Gains are accreted along with discounts, while losses are amortized along with premiums to increase or decrease the coupon yield on the mortgage loan.

 

The amortization/accretion of MPP mortgage loans is recognized in current period earnings as a decrease/increase to mortgage loan income reported as a component of interest income in the Statement of Income. An offsetting adjustment is made to the asset’s net carrying value and is included in Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net in the Statement of Condition.

 

The majority of MBS and ABS have been purchased at a discount. The accretion of MBS and ABS discount is recognized in current period earnings as an increase to held-to-maturity securities income reported as a component of interest income in the Statement of Income. An offsetting adjustment is made to the asset’s net carrying value and is included in Held-to-maturity securities in the Statement of Condition.

 

In accordance with SFAS 91, we defer and amortize/accrete premiums/discounts and gains/losses into interest income over the estimated life of the assets using the level-yield method. To arrive at this recognition:

 

    Individual mortgages are purchased with a premium or discount under MPP according to the executed mandatory delivery contract. These individual mortgage instruments are then aggregated into multiple portfolios, called pools, according to common characteristics such as coupon interest rate, final original maturity (typically 15 years and 30 years), calendar quarter and year purchased, and the type of mortgage (i.e., conventional or FHA); gains/losses associated with terminated fair value hedges are aggregated similarly to the MPP mortgages.

 

    Premiums and discounts paid on each MBS or ABS are analyzed as a separate pool;

 

    the prepayment speeds of each pool of mortgage assets (both MPP and MBS or ABS) are estimated and used to project all cash flows, including interest and return of principal;

 

    the internal rate of return (level-yield) is calculated, after factoring in actual and estimated future prepayments, and applied to the amount of original premium/discount at acquisition date; and

 

    a cumulative current period adjustment is made to adjust retrospectively the accumulated premium/discount for the pool to the amount required as if the new prepayment estimates had been known since the original acquisition date of the mortgage assets.

 

The estimated prepayment projections, therefore, have a material impact on the calculation of the amortization of certain premiums and discounts, and the periodic retrospective adjustments, in an uncertain interest rate market, can be the source of considerable income volatility in the MPP and MBS/ABS portfolios.

 

In determining prepayment speeds for mortgage assets, projected prepayment speeds are based on monthly implied forward interest rates. We use implied forward interest rates because they are the market’s consensus of future interest rates; they are the default set of interest rates used to price and value financial instruments; and they are the interest rates that can be hedged with various instruments. We use a nationally-recognized, market-tested prepayment model to determine prepayment speeds.

 

Provision for Credit Losses (SFAS 114)

 

Advances. Based on the collateral held as security for Advances, management’s credit analyses, and prior repayment history, no allowance for losses on Advances is deemed necessary by management. We are required by Finance Board regulation to obtain sufficient collateral on Advances to protect against losses and to accept only certain collateral on Advances, such as residential mortgage loans, United States government or government agency securities, ORERC, and deposits.

 

At each of September 30, 2005December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, we had rights to collateral, either loans or securities, on a member-by-member basis, with an estimated fair value in excess of outstanding Advances. Management believes that policies and procedures are in place to effectively manage our credit risk.

 

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Mortgage Loans Acquired under MPP. We acquire both FHA and conventional fixed-rate mortgage loans under MPP. FHA loans are government-guaranteed and, consequently, we have determined that no allowance for losses is deemed necessary for such loans. Conventional loans, in addition to having the related real estate as collateral, are also credit-enhanced by primary mortgage insurance (if applicable), the member’s LRA, and SMI prior to our having a credit loss obligation. As a result of the homeowner’s equity, primary mortgage insurance (if applicable), member’s LRA, and the SMI, any potential loss to us generally would not occur unless the overall loss exceeded at least 50% of the home’s original value.

 

Our loan loss reserve policy is based on management’s estimate of probable credit losses inherent in the mortgage loan portfolio as of the balance sheet date. We have developed and documented a systematic approach for reviewing the adequacy of the allowance for credit losses. This methodology, performed on a quarterly basis, includes:

 

    considering all loans purchased under the MPP; we segregate the loans purchased into “pools” for review and analysis; each pool is comprised of groups of loans consisting of smaller-balance homogeneous loans that are evaluated collectively for impairment;

 

    evaluating the overall loan portfolio based on the current performance of the underlying mortgage loan pool including the use of vintage analysis to track delinquencies;

 

    monitoring mortgage loan delinquencies from origination through the various stages of the pool’s life cycle;

 

    a review of historical loss rates for each pool over a designated time period, adjusted for changes in economic conditions and internal trends;

 

    applying the general loss percentage to the outstanding mortgage loan portfolio to determine the amount of reserve required to cover expected future losses;

 

    determining the value of any insurance programs or policies or other credit enhancement replacements on any properties included in each pool, and;

 

    reviewing the necessary reserve for loans deemed to pose a risk of loss after taking into consideration the estimated liquidation value of the real estate collateral held and the amount of the other credit enhancements, including the LRA and SMI.

 

If we had losses in excess of the estimated liquidation value of collateral held, LRA and SMI, these would be recognized credit losses for financial reporting purposes. Since the inception of MPP, we have not experienced any losses on the MPP portfolio, and none are anticipated at this time.

 

The allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans acquired under MPP was $0 as of September 30, 2005, and $0 and $574,000 as of December 31, 2004, and 2003, respectively.

 

Fair Value Estimates

 

Certain assets and liabilities, including investments classified as available-for-sale and trading securities held at fair value, and all derivatives, are presented in the Statement of Condition at fair value. In accordance with GAAP, the fair value of an asset or liability is the amount at which that asset could be bought or sold or the amount at which that liability could be incurred or settled in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in liquidation. Fair values play an important role in the valuation of certain of our assets, liabilities, and derivative transactions. In certain instances, management also estimates the fair value of collateral that borrowers pledge against Advances to assume that collateral is sufficient to meet regulatory requirements and to protect against a loss.

 

Generally, fair values are based on available market information, our internal valuation models, and a pricing model validation process which follows the Finance Board’s guidelines. Pricing models and their underlying assumptions are based on management’s best estimates for discount rates, prepayments, market volatility, and other factors. These assumptions may have a significant effect on the reported fair values of assets and liabilities, including derivatives, and the related income and expense. There are inherent limitations in any estimation technique or valuation process. The use of different assumptions as well as changes in market conditions could significantly affect our financial position, and the fair values may not represent the actual values of the financial instruments that could have been realized as of year end or that will be realized in the future. These assumptions and their effect on

 

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reported operating results are discussed in further detail above under “Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging Activities.”

 

Recent Accounting and Regulatory Developments

 

Accounting Developments

 

FSP 115-1, The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and its Application to Certain Investments”, (“FSP 115-1”). In November 2005, the FASB issued FSP 115-1 which provides a model that should be followed in the determination of impairment on investment and debt securities. FSP 115-1 indicates that existing FASB and SEC guidance should be used to determine whether impairment is other-than temporary. It clarifies that an investor should recognize impairment when impairment is other-than-temporary even if a decision to sell a specific investment has not been made and provides impairment guidance on cost-method investments. FSP 115-1 also requires quantitative and qualitative disclosures related to unrealized losses that support why such unrealized losses are not other-than temporary. We do not expect FSP 115-1 to have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.

 

FSP No. FAS 131-a, Determining Whether Operating Segments have “Similar Economic Characteristics” under Paragraph 17, of FASB Statement No. 131, Disclosures About Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information( SFAS 131). This proposed FASB staff position (“FSP”) will provide guidance on how to determine whether two or more operating segments have “similar economic characteristics” for purposes of proper application of SFAS 131. SFAS 131 permits two or more operating segments to be aggregated into a single segment if the segments have similar economic characteristics, and are similar in five other aggregation criteria. Specifically, the FSP will address whether both quantitative and qualitative factors should be considered for purposes of determining whether similarities exist between two or more operating segments and how an enterprise identifies the factors to consider for purposes of this determination. We are currently in the process of assessing the impact of this FSP on our financial reporting segments.

 

SFAS 150. The FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity” (herein referred to as “SFAS 150”) in May 2003. This statement establishes a standard for how certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity are classified in the financial statements and provides accounting guidance for, among other things, mandatorily redeemable financial instruments.

 

The Federal Home Loan Banks became subject to SFAS 150 for the first fiscal period beginning after December 15, 2003 (effectively beginning January 1, 2004). This is due to the fact that the Federal Home Loan Banks are becoming SEC registrants only as to their equity securities which are not traded in a public market. They are not, and are not required to be, SEC registrants with respect to their debt securities, even though those securities are publicly traded. See “Item 1. Business—Funding Sources” herein. The Federal Home Loan Banks have historically provided combined financial statements through the Office of Finance, as required by Finance Board regulation, with respect to their debt securities.

 

The Federal Home Loan Banks adopted SFAS 150 on January 1, 2004. In compliance with SFAS 150, we will reclassify stock subject to redemption from equity to liability once a member gives notice to redeem, and gives notice of intent to withdraw from membership, or attains non-member status by merger or acquisition (including out-of-district acquisitions), charter termination, or involuntary termination from membership, since the shares of capital stock will then meet the definition of a mandatorily redeemable financial instrument. Shares of capital stock meeting this definition are reclassified as a liability at fair value. Excess shares of capital stock for which a redemption request has been submitted are not mandatorily redeemable because the request does not include a notice of termination of membership, the member may revoke its request at any time, and the amount ultimately redeemed is contingent on the member’s stock requirements on the redemption date. Shares of capital stock meeting this definition are not reclassified as a liability.

 

Dividends related to capital stock classified as a liability are accrued at the expected dividend rate and reported as Interest expense in the Statement of Income. Once settled, the repayment of these mandatorily redeemable financial instruments is reflected as a cash outflow in the financing activities section of the Statement of Cash Flows.

 

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If a member cancels its written notice of redemption or notice of withdrawal, we will reclassify mandatorily redeemable capital stock from a liability to equity in compliance with SFAS 150. After the reclassification, dividends on the capital stock will no longer be classified as Interest expense.

 

As of January 1, 2004, we reclassified $5,494,700 of our outstanding capital stock as Mandatorily redeemable capital stock in the liability section of the Statement of Condition. Upon adoption, we also recorded accrued dividends related to the Mandatorily redeemable capital stock in Interest expense, with the difference between the prior carrying amount and the new value recorded as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in the Statement of Income. For the year ended December 31, 2004, we recorded $1,011,000 of interest expense.

 

Although the mandatorily redeemable capital stock is not included in capital for financial reporting purposes, such outstanding stock is considered capital for regulatory purposes. See Note 13 for more information, including significant restrictions on stock redemption. Also, we calculate our AHP assessment based on net earnings before charges for AHP and interest expense on the mandatorily redeemable capital stock that has been reclassified as debt, and after the REFCORP assessment.

 

SFAS 154. The FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 154 “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3” (herein referred to as “SFAS 154”). Unless it is impracticable to do so, SFAS 154 amends the approach under APB Opinion No. 20 to account for changes in accounting principle from the cumulative effect method to the retrospective method. Under the cumulative effect method, the cumulative effect of the change resulting from adoption of a new accounting principle is recorded in the period of change as a “cumulative effect of change in accounting principle” in the Statement of Income. Under SFAS 154, the application of the new accounting principle is applied to all prior accounting periods as if it had always been used resulting in an adjustment to all individual prior periods for the period-specific effects of applying the new accounting principle. SFAS 154 provides convergence among international standards and will be effective for all accounting changes adopted in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. We will adopt SFAS 154 on the effective date.

 

Exposure Drafts, FAS 140. These exposure drafts propose three amendments to Statement No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities”(“FAS 140”): (1) revises and clarifies the derecognition requirements for financial assets and the initial measurement of interests related to transferred financial assets that are held by the transferor; (2) relates to the accounting for hybrid financial instruments and would affect the accounting for beneficial interests and would also amend FAS 133; and (3) relates to the accounting for servicing of financial assets.

 

SFAS Exposure Draft: Fair Value Measurement. This exposure draft proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board defines fair value as “an estimate of the price that could be received for an asset or paid to settle a liability in a current transaction between marketplace participants that are both able and willing to transact in the reference market for the asset or liability” and provides further guidance regarding three valuation techniques to consider when estimating fair value, including 1) the market approach, which estimates the fair value of the asset or liability based on observable prices and other data from transactions involving identical, similar, or otherwise comparable assets or liabilities; 2) the income approach, which estimates the fair value by converting future amounts to a single amount, incorporating present value techniques and option pricing models; and, 3) the cost approach, which estimates the fair value of an asset based on the amount that currently would be required to replace its service capacity, considering replacement cost of a substitute asset of comparable utility adjusted for obsolescence. In addition, the use of all three valuation techniques emphasizes the use of market inputs or assumptions and data that marketplace participants would use in their estimates of fair value. The proposed effective date for this standard is for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2006. We will adopt this standard when it becomes effective and do not expect it to have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition at the time of adoption.

 

Adoption of SOP 03-3. In December 2003, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued Statement of Position 03-3 (“SOP 03-3”), “Accounting for Certain Loans or Debt Securities Acquired in a Transfer”. SOP 03-3 provides guidance on the accounting for differences between contractual and expected cash flows from the purchaser’s initial investment in loans or debt securities acquired in transfer, if those differences are attributable, at

 

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least in part, to credit quality. Among other things, SOP 03-3: (1) prohibits the recognition of the excess of contractual cash flows over expected cash flows as an adjustment of yield, loss accrual, or valuation allowance at the time of purchase; (2) requires that subsequent increases in expected cash flows be recognized prospectively through an adjustment of yield; and (3) requires that subsequent decreases in expected cash flows be recognized as an impairment. In addition, SOP 03-3 prohibits the creation or carryover of a valuation allowance in the initial accounting of all loans within its scope that are acquired in a transfer. We have adopted SOP 03-3 effective as of January 1, 2005. We do not expect the new rules to have a material impact on our results of operations.

 

Regulatory Developments

 

Proposed Changes in GSE Regulation

 

From mid-2003, the housing-related GSEs, including the Federal Home Loan Banks, have come under increased scrutiny by Congress because of accounting and financial issues raised by certain regulatory agencies. Consequently, numerous legislative proposals have been introduced in Congress for the purpose of enhancing regulatory oversight. Some of the proposals have included capping the size of Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s mortgage portfolios, creation of a new affordable housing fund from Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s profits, and the combination of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, which regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the Finance Board into a new regulatory agency. The U. S. House of Representatives passed a bill containing these provisions in October 2005. Other bills have been introduced in the U.S. Senate. If the Senate passes a bill which differs from the House bill, the competing bills will have to go to a joint conference committee to resolve all differences before final legislation can be enacted. It is impossible to predict what, if any, provisions relating to the Finance Board and the Federal Home Loan Banks will be included in any legislation that might be approved by Congress, and whether any such change in regulatory structure will be signed into law. Any changes made by Congress to the housing-related GSEs’ regulatory structure may also impact the structure and operation of the Office of Finance. These changes could have a material adverse effect on future earnings, shareholder returns, and the ability to fulfill our mission.

 

Acquired Member Asset Regulation

 

The Federal Home Loan Banks purchase mortgage loans from their members under the acquired member asset regulations of the Finance Board. In July 2003, the Finance Board published a proposed rule to amend the regulation to place greater responsibility with each Federal Home Loan Bank to design and manage its own acquired member asset program. The Finance Board withdrew the proposal in September 2003 to allow for consideration of a new proposed rule at a later time.

 

Multi-district Membership

 

Through mid-2003, the Finance Board continued its consideration of whether or not a member institution that operates in more than one Federal Home Loan Bank district should be allowed to belong to more than one Federal Home Loan Bank. The complexity of this issue has made it a controversial one. It is uncertain how multi-district membership would affect competition among the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks and operational matters, such as capital stock requirements, collateral, and voting rights in board of director elections. The Finance Board’s legal authority to approve multi-district membership has also been questioned. The Finance Board announced in September 2003 that no action affecting the entire FHLB System would be taken in the near future.

 

Our Federal Home Loan Bank district (comprised of Indiana and Michigan) has a number of large institutions that are part of holding companies headquartered outside the district. Several of our large customers may become members of other Federal Home Loan Banks, if certain forms of multi-district membership are eventually adopted, which could increase the competition that already exists among various Federal Home Loan Banks. However, in such an event, it is also possible that those members could continue to be members of our Bank and use our services. As of December 31, 2004, twelve members (including six members in the same two holding companies) that are controlled by entities located outside Indiana and Michigan accounted for 33% of all Advances outstanding, at par.

 

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Federal Reserve Payment System Risk

 

The Federal Reserve Board in September 2004 announced that, beginning in July 2006, it will require Federal Reserve Banks to release interest and principal payments on securities issued by GSEs and international organizations only when the issuer’s Federal Reserve account contains sufficient funds to cover these payments. The Federal Reserve Banks have been processing and posting these payments to depository institutions’ Federal Reserve accounts by 9:15 a.m. Eastern Time, the same posting time as for U.S. Treasury interest and principal payments, even if the issuer has not fully funded its payments. A Federal Industry Working Group on Payment Systems Risk Policy Changes has been established to identify market disruptions and help market participants determine and understand the new payment environment in order for system changes to be implemented and tested prior to the policy change effective date. The Federal Home Loan Banks and the Office of Finance are working collectively, and individually, to modify debt issuance and cash management practices to ensure a smooth transition to the new Federal Reserve policy. However, it is not possible to predict with certainty the actual effect the Federal Reserve policy changes will have on the Federal Home Loan Banks, individually or collectively, until the implementation in July 2006.

 

Predatory Lending Laws

 

Various states and municipalities have passed laws regulating the making of certain mortgage loans generally considered high cost for the community. Assignee liability, including civil or criminal liability, may pass from the originator of the loan to our Bank. These laws may adversely affect our ability to take collateral to support an Advance. With respect to MPP purchases, some loans may no longer be eligible for purchase, or we may be required to provide additional risk-based capital to support certain MPP loans purchased. The Finance Board has advised all of the Federal Home Loan Banks that they must have policies and procedures in place with respect to buying MPP loans or taking loans as collateral that might violate predatory lending laws. In November 2005, our board adopted policies for both Advances collateral and the MPP that prohibit the pledge or sale of such loans by our members to us.

 

Risk Management

 

We have the potential for exposure to a number of risks in pursuing our business objectives. One primary risk, market risk, is discussed in detail below under “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.” Other critical risks may be broadly classified as credit, liquidity, operations, and business. We have established policies and practices to evaluate and actively manage these risk positions. Proper identification, assessment, and management of risks, complemented by adequate internal controls, is a critical component in our strategy to serve our members, protect our bondholders, compete in the financial services industry, and prosper over the long term.

 

Active risk management is an integral part of our operations. Our goal is not necessarily to eliminate risk, which is an inherent part of our business activities, but to manage risk by setting appropriate limits and developing internal processes to ensure an appropriate risk profile. The Finance Board establishes certain risk-related compliance requirements. In addition, our board of directors establishes compliance requirements that allow us to operate within an agreed-upon risk profile. This is specified through our RMP, which serves as the key policy to address our exposures to market, credit, liquidity, business, and operations risks.

 

Effective risk management programs include not only conformance to specific risk management practices through RMP requirements but also strong board involvement. Our board has established a finance committee that provides focus and direction for our risk management process. Further, pursuant to the RMP, we have established internal management committees to focus on risk management. The Financial Policy Committee consists of senior managers who routinely review and evaluate our risk positions. A market risk committee meets monthly to review detailed analytical market risk reports and compliance information and develop appropriate funding and hedging strategies related to risk taking. A credit risk committee develops policies and guidelines regarding the management of our exposure to credit risk within our various portfolios.

 

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managing interest rate risk. Significant resources are devoted to assure that risk-taking activities are limited to levels that are consistent with board-approved policy.

 

Our risk assessment process is designed to identify and evaluate all material risks, including both quantitative and qualitative aspects, which could adversely affect our financial performance objectives and compliance requirements. This process provides a structured and disciplined approach that aligns strategy, processes, people, technology, and knowledge for the purpose of identifying, evaluating, and managing the risks we face as we pursue our mission.

 

In order to further improve our strong risk management structure, we have formed a new Enterprise Risk Management division to provide a formal process for an independent review and evaluation of Bank-wide risk and risk-related issues.

 

Business unit managers play a significant role in this process, as they are best positioned to understand and report on the risks inherent to and the internal control structure surrounding their respective operations. Assessments identify the inherent risks within each of the key processes, the controls and strategies in place to manage those risks, the primary weaknesses and the actions to be undertaken to address identified weaknesses. The results of these assessments are summarized in an annual risk assessment report, which is reviewed by senior management and the board.

 

Credit Risk Management

 

Credit risk is the risk that members or other counterparties may be unable to meet their contractual obligations, or that the value of an obligation will decline as a result of deterioration in creditworthiness. We face credit risk on Advances and other credit products, investments, mortgage loans, derivative financial instruments, and AHP grants. The most important step in the management of credit risk is the initial decision to extend credit. We also manage credit risk by following established policies, evaluating the creditworthiness of our members and counterparties, and utilizing collateral agreements and settlement netting. Periodic monitoring of members and other counterparties is performed for all areas where we are exposed to credit risk.

 

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The Bank’s outstanding loans, non-accrual loans, and loans 90 days or more past due and accruing interest for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, and the years ended December 31 2004, 2003, and 2002 are as follows.

 

Loan Portfolio Analysis

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     As of and for
the Nine
Months
Ended
September 30,
   As of and for the Year Ended December 31,
     2005    2004    2003    2002    2001    2000

Advances, current

   $ 28,276,980    $ 25,231,074    $ 28,924,713    $ 28,943,725    $ 26,399,141    $ 24,072,765

Real estate mortgages

     8,829,890      7,761,767      7,433,231      5,410,341      394,771      36,478

Non-accrual loan participations (1) 

     3      3      3      8      -      2

Real estate mortgages past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest(2)

     42,667      46,747      39,034      10,572      668      -

Interest contractually due during the year

     336,936      383,572      357,601      182,432      6,735      668

Interest actually received during the year

     336,936      383,572      357,601      182,432      6,735      668

Shortfall(2)

     -      -      -      -      -      -

 

(1) Non-accrual loans include our residual participation in conventional loans not part of the MPP.
(2) Interest on MPP is advanced by the servicer based upon scheduled principal and scheduled interest payments and therefore will not reflect the actual shortfall associated with non-accruing loans. The monthly delinquency information reported as of year end is provided by the PFI through the master servicer one month behind the actual mortgage loan balance activity.

 

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An analysis of real estate mortgages past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest and the percentage of those loans to the total real estate mortgages outstanding as of September 30, 2005December 31, 2004December 31, 2003, and December 31, 2002 are:

 

Real Estate Mortgages Past Due 90 Days or More

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     September 30,         December 31,     
     2005    2004    2003    2002

Total Conventional mortgage loan delinquencies

     14,891    16,694    11,161    2,551

Total Conventional mortgage loans outstanding, at par

   $ 7,811,725    6,793,866    6,467,526    4,557,697

Percentage of delinquent conventional loans

     0.19%    0.25%    0.17%    0.06%

Total FHA mortgage loan delinquencies

     27,776    30,053    27,873    8,021

Total FHA mortgage loans outstanding, at par

   $ 954,415    911,551    910,621    784,113

Percentage of delinquent mortgage loans

     2.91%    3.30%    3.06%    1.02%

Total mortgage loan delinquencies

     42,667    46,747    39,034    10,572

Total mortgage loans outstanding, at par

   $ 8,766,140    7,705,417    7,378,147    5,341,810

Percentage of delinquent mortgage loans

     0.49%    0.61%    0.53%    0.20%

 

The 90 day delinquency ratio for conventional mortgages has increased from 0.06% to 0.25% during the period 2002 to 2004. It is typical for mortgage delinquencies to increase during the first few years of a loan’s life. Since our portfolio contains relatively new loans, the delinquency ratio is increasing as the loans age. The decrease in the delinquency rate for the first nine months of 2005 is attributable to the increase in loans outstanding during the first nine months of 2005, and the small decrease in the outstanding balance of delinquent loans, consistent with national trends, during the same period.

 

For government-insured mortgages, the borrower’s credit is typically weaker, resulting in higher delinquency ratios. We rely on government insurance, as well as quality control processes, to maintain the credit quality of this portfolio.

 

For loans not purchased under scheduled principal/scheduled interest agreements, we place all conventional loans greater than 90 days past due on non-accrual status. Loans remain on non-accrual status until the past due status has been remedied. We had only $3,000 of residual non-accrual mortgage loans outstanding at December 31, 2004 and 2003 as all of our MPP loans have been purchased under scheduled principal/scheduled interest agreements. Although we have had no loan charge-offs in the three years ending December 31, 2004 or for the first nine months of 2005, our policy is to charge-off a loan against our loan loss reserve when, after foreclosure, the liquidation value of the real estate collateral plus credit enhancements does not cover our mortgage loan balance outstanding; or when an estimated or known loss exists. Loans are considered impaired based upon a review of the smaller balance homogenous loan pools taking into consideration observable claims, such as delinquency statistics, past performance, current performance, loan portfolio characteristics, collateral valuations, industry data and prevailing economic conditions, the member’s credit enhancement through the LRA and SMI coverage and outstanding claims against such coverage.

 

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The allowance for credit losses on real estate mortgage loans for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, and 2004, and the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, and 2000 is as follows.

 

Allowance for Credit Losses

As of and for the Nine Months Ended September 30,

($ amounts in thousands)

 

    

As of and for the Nine Months

Ended September 30,

     2005    2004

Balance at the beginning of period

   $ 0    $ 574

Charge-offs

     -      -

Recoveries

     -      -

Net (charge-offs) recoveries

     -      -

Provisions for credit losses

     -      -

Balance at end of period

   $ 0    $ 574

 

Allowance for Credit Losses

As of and for the Year Ended December 31,

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     2004    2003    2002    2001    2000

Balance at the beginning of period

   $ 574    $ 265    $ 6    $ 6    $ 9

Charge-offs

     -      -      -      -      3

Recoveries

     -      -      -      -      -

Net (charge-offs) recoveries

     -      -      -      -      (3)

Provisions for credit losses

     (574)      309      259      -      -

Balance at end of period

   $ 0    $ 574    $ 265    $ 6    $ 6

 

Advances. We have never experienced a credit loss on an Advance to a member in our more than 70 years of existence. We manage our exposure to credit risk on Advances through a combined approach that provides ongoing review of the financial condition of our borrowers coupled with a conservative collateral policy. Protection is provided via thorough underwriting and collateralization before Advances are issued. Quarterly or annual credit analyses are performed on existing borrowers, with the frequency depending primarily on the financial condition of the borrower.

 

All credit products extended to a member must be fully collateralized by the member’s pledge of eligible assets. Each borrowing member and its affiliates that hold collateral are required to grant us a security interest in such collateral. All such security interests held by us are afforded a priority by the Competitive Equality Banking Act over the claims of any party, including any receiver, conservator, trustee, or similar party having rights as a lien creditor, except for claims held by actual bona fide purchasers for value or by parties that are secured by actual perfected security interests, provided that such claims would otherwise be entitled to priority under applicable law. In addition, our claims are given certain preferences pursuant to the receivership provisions of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Based on these factors, we do not typically require our borrowing members to deliver collateral, other than securities collateral. Further, we now file UCC-1 financing statements against all borrowing members and any affiliate that pledges collateral. This gives us a perfected security interest with priority over all creditors unless a secured creditor perfects by taking possession of our collateral without notice of our lien.

 

We take collateral on a blanket, specific listing, or delivery basis depending on the credit quality of the borrower. Acceptable collateral includes certain investment securities, one-to-four family mortgages, deposits, and certain ORERC assets. We are gradually implementing acceptance of newer collateral types as specified by the GLB Act. Typically, Advances must be over-collateralized based on the type of collateral, with requirements ranging from 100% for deposits (cash) to 145% for residential mortgages held under blanket lien status. Less traditional types of collateral such as home equity loans and commercial real estate loans have coverage ratios up to 300%. In 2004, we added staff to perform periodic collateral audits on each of our borrowing members, rather than rely on our prior

 

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practice of using verifications performed by members’ external auditors. This change has significantly improved our ability to evaluate the quality of our members’ collateral. Due to the security provided by collateral, management does not believe that loan loss reserves need to be held against Advances.

 

Credit risk can be magnified if the lender concentrates its portfolio in a few borrowers. Because of our limited territory, Indiana and Michigan, and because of continuing consolidation among the financial institutions that comprise the members of the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks, we have only a limited pool of large borrowers. Concentration among those borrowers has declined, but still presents a risk consideration. As of the end of the third quarter of 2005, our top three borrowers held 48.5% of total Advances outstanding, at par. Because of this concentration in Advances, we perform frequent credit and collateral reviews on our largest borrowers. In addition, we analyze the implications to our financial management and profitability if we were to lose the business of one or more of these customers.

 

AHP. Our AHP requires members and project sponsors to make commitments with respect to the usage of the AHP grants to assist very low-, low-, and moderate-income families, as defined by regulation. If these commitments are not met, we may have the obligation to recapture these funds from the member or project sponsor or to replenish the AHP fund. This credit exposure is not explicitly collateralized but is addressed in part by evaluating project feasibility at the time of an award and the ongoing monitoring of AHP projects.

 

Investments. We are also exposed to credit risk through our investment portfolios. The RMP restricts the acquisition of investments to high-quality, short-term money market instruments and highly rated long-term securities. The short-term investment portfolio represents unsecured credit. Therefore, counterparty ratings, performance, and capital adequacy are monitored on a daily basis in an effort to mitigate unsecured credit risk on the short-term investments. MBS and ABS represent the majority of our long-term investments. We primarily hold S&P AAA-rated private-issue and GSE-issued MBS and ABS and collateralized mortgage obligations secured by whole loans. All of our MBS and ABS portfolios and 100% of our agency investments are rated AAA by S&P.

 

Certain limitations govern exposure to investments with our unsecured counterparties. For example, to be eligible for short-term investments, counterparties must be (1) FDIC-insured or be a U.S. office of a foreign bank; (2) meet specific capital requirements; and (3) have a long-term S&P rating of BBB or better. Other policy restrictions include the permissible length of maturity terms assigned by rating levels and special limits set for the aggregate amount of investment in counterparties within the same affiliated group. Each broker-dealer we use also must be analyzed and meet certain policy requirements.

 

The following tables present “Credit Ratings by Investment Activity” as of September 30, 2005December 31, 2004, and December 31, 2003.

 

Credit Ratings by Investment Activity

As of September 30, 2005

($ in thousands, at carrying value)

 

     Highest
Rating Level
   Second
Highest
Rating level
   Third
Highest
Rating Level
   Fourth
Highest
Rating Level
   Total

U.S. GSEs

     -                           -

State or local housing agency obligations

   $ 13,950                         $ 13,950

MBS and ABS

     6,685,511                           6,685,511

Interest-bearing deposits

     77    $ 328,235                    328,312

Federal funds sold

            1,925,000    $ 859,000    $ 40,000      2,824,000

Total investments

   $ 6,699,538    $ 2,253,235    $ 859,000    $ 40,000    $ 9,851,773

Percentage of total

     68.0%      22.9%      8.7%      0.4%      100.0%

 

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Credit Ratings by Investment Activity

As of December 31, 2004

($ in thousands, at carrying value)

 

     Highest
Rating Level
  

Second
Highest

Rating level

   Third
Highest
Rating Level
   Fourth
Highest
Rating Level
   Total

U.S. GSEs

   $ 1,157,080                         $ 1,157,080

State or local housing agency obligations

     20,195                           20,195

MBS and ABS

     6,136,482                           6,136,482

Interest-bearing deposits

     75    $ 418,570    $ 92,000             510,645

Federal funds sold

            852,000      2,188,000    $ 240,000      3,280,000

Total investments

   $ 7,313,832    $ 1,270,570    $ 2,280,000    $ 240,000    $ 11,104,402

Percentage of total

     65.9%      11.4%      20.5%      2.2%      100.0%

 

Credit Ratings by Investment Activity

As of December 31, 2003

($ in thousands, at carrying value)

 

     Highest
Rating Level
   Second
Highest
Rating level
   Third
Highest
Rating Level
   Fourth
Highest
Rating Level
   Total

U.S. GSEs

   $ 1,186,773                         $ 1,186,773

State or local housing agency obligations

     27,410                           27,410

MBS and ABS

     5,796,729    $ 2,753                    5,799,482

Interest-bearing deposits

     95,530      128,115    $ 18,866             242,511

Federal funds sold

            289,000      483,000    $ 295,000      1,067,000

Total investments

   $ 7,106,442    $ 419,868    $ 501,866    $ 295,000    $ 8,323,176

Percentage of total

     85.5%      5.0%      6.0%      3.5%      100.0%

 

Applicable rating levels are determined using the lowest, relevant, long-term rating from Fitch, Moody’s, and S&P ratings agencies. The highest S&P rating level is AAA, the second highest is AA, the third highest is A, and the fourth highest is BBB. In addition, rating modifiers are ignored when determining the applicable rating level for a given counterparty.

 

MPP.     We are exposed to credit risk on loans purchased from members through the MPP. In the MPP, we establish an LRA for each pool of loans purchased that is funded either upfront (from a portion of the purchase proceeds) or over time from the monthly interest payment on the mortgages in that pool, and is recorded as an increase to Other liabilities in the Statement of Condition. These funds are available to cover losses in excess of the borrower’s equity and primary mortgage insurance, if any, on the loans we have purchased. The amount to be deposited monthly to an LRA, which ranges from 0.07% to 0.10% per annum of the outstanding balance of the pool, is established at the time the PFI enters into a master commitment contract, and is based on the size of the pool and the expected credit quality of the loans to be purchased. LRA funds are available to cover credit losses on any loan in the pool, and funds not used to cover losses are paid to the participating member over time and are recorded as a decrease to other liabilities in the Statement of Condition. This provides an incentive for members to sell us high quality loans. The minimum LRA balance required before funds can be returned to the PFI ranges from 0.30% to 0.50% of the outstanding balance of the loans in the pool. This amount is also established in the master commitment contract and varies with the size of the pool and the overall credit quality of the loans. Once the LRA balance reaches the minimum requirement, any funds in excess of the required amount are returned to the PFI monthly. Beginning in April 2005, new master commitment contracts also stipulate that no LRA funds can be returned to the PFI until the later of five years from the date of the master servicing contract, or the date the minimum balance is achieved. However, this can be negotiated on contracts of $100 million or greater.

 

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In addition to the LRAs, we have credit protection from loss on each loan through SMI, which provides sufficient insurance to prevent any loss in excess of 50% or more of the home’s original value; we will absorb losses beyond that level. SMI premiums are funded from the monthly interest payments on the loans in the pool and range from 0.065% to 0.122% per annum of the outstanding balance of the pool. The amount of the SMI premium is determined by the size of the pool and the overall credit quality of the loans to be delivered.

 

Taken together, the LRA and the SMI provide credit enhancement on the pools of loans we purchase and are paid for by the PFI either from a portion of the purchase proceeds or from the monthly interest flows on the loans. The prices paid to PFIs for loans purchased under MPP are determined, in part, after deducting the cost of these credit enhancements, but also factoring in the fact that the secondary market for mortgage loans is well developed. Further, the prices paid for MPP assets are impacted by competitive market forces. The PFI, therefore, funds the LRA and SMI by receiving a reduced purchase price compared to what would have been paid if these credit enhancements were not required. Credit enhancement fees as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, and as of and for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002 are presented below.

 

Credit Enhancement Fees

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     For the Nine
Months Ended
              
     September 30,    For the Year Ended December 31,
     2005    2004    2003    2002

Average conventional MPP loans outstanding

   $ 7,659,055    $ 6,455,668    $ 5,656,126    $ 2,437,179

LRA fees

     4,694      4,661      3,955      1,670

SMI fees

     5,038      5,233      4,611      2,050

Total Credit Enhancement fees

     9,732      9,894      8,566      3,720

Enhancement fees as a % of average conventional MPP loans outstanding

     .17%      .15%      .15%      .15%

 

Each pool of conventional mortgages purchased under MPP is credit enhanced through a combination of the LRA and the SMI such that it is equivalent to an S&P AA rated instrument at the time of purchase. In the first quarter of 2005, we negotiated to obtain an aggregate loss/benefit limit or “stop-loss” on any master commitment contracts that equal or exceed $35,000,000. The stop-loss is equal to the total initial principal balance multiplied by the stop-loss percentage, as is in effect from time to time, and represents the maximum aggregate amount payable by the SMI provider under the SMI policy for that pool. Even with the stop-loss provision, the aggregate of the LRA and the amount payable by the SMI provider under an SMI stop-loss contract will be equal to or greater than the amount of credit enhancement required for the pool to have an implied S&P credit rating of at least AA. This determination is made by evaluating each pool of loans using the statistical model LEVELS™ provided by S&P. Thereafter, the quality of MPP assets is monitored through the tracking of delinquencies and charges against the LRA and SMI. Providers of primary mortgage insurance and SMI must be AA rated. We ensure that we purchase only high quality loans by using careful procedures for delegated underwriting and document control. To be eligible to sell under the MPP, a member must submit extensive documentation of its mortgage operations and undergo a review of policies and procedures. Loans must meet underwriting guidelines that are similar to those of other secondary market purchasers and mortgage insurance companies. Further, we employ quality assurance sampling techniques to examine underwriting and documentation.

 

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Loans in the MPP are well dispersed geographically, as shown in the following table.

 

Geographic Concentration of MPP Loans (1)(2)

 

    

As of September

30,

   As of December 31,
     2005    2004    2003

Midwest

   31.1%    30.4%    28.2%

Northeast

   11.2%    10.9%    11.3%

Southeast

   21.3%    21.4%    22.6%

Southwest

   22.5%    22.3%    20.2%

West

   13.9%    15.0%    17.7%

Total

   100.0%    100.0%    100.0%

 

(1) Percentages calculated based on the unpaid principal balance at the end of each period.
(2) Midwest includes IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, ND, NE, OH, SD, and WI.
     Northeast includes CT, DE, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, and VT.
     Southeast includes AL, DC, FL, GA, KY, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, and WV.
     Southwest includes AR, AZ, CO, KS, LA, MO, NM, OK, TX, and UT.
     West includes AK, CA, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, WA, and WY.

 

The MPP mortgage loans held for portfolio are disbursed across all fifty states and the District of Columbia. No single zip code represented more than 1% of MPP loans outstanding at September 30, 2005, or December 31, 2004. The median size of an outstanding MPP loan was approximately $131,000 at September 30, 2005, and $138,500 at December 31, 2004.

 

The aggregate principal balance of underlying mortgage loans that were more than 90 days delinquent was $43 million at September 30, 2005, $47 million at December 31, 2004, $39 million at December 31, 2003, and $11 million at December 31, 2002. The increase in the amount of delinquencies from 2002 to 2004 is a function of growth in the program’s outstanding principal balance and maturity. The amount of delinquencies equaled 0.61% of the aggregate principal balance at December 31, 2004, as compared to 0.53% of the aggregate principal balance at December 31, 2003.

 

We base the allowance for credit losses on management’s estimate of credit losses inherent in our mortgage loan portfolio as of the balance sheet date. Actual losses are first assumed by the member and offset by the members’ credit enhancement. We perform periodic reviews of our portfolio to identify the losses inherent within the portfolio and to determine the likelihood of collection of the portfolio. The overall allowance is determined by an analysis that includes consideration of various data observations such as past performance, current performance, loan portfolio characteristics, collateral valuations, the member’s credit enhancement through the LRA and SMI coverage and outstanding claims against such coverage, industry data, and prevailing economic conditions.

 

As a result of this analysis, we have determined that each member’s obligation for losses and the mortgage insurance coverage exceeds the inherent loss in the portfolio. Should we have losses in excess of the collateral held, LRA and SMI, these would be recognized credit losses for financial reporting purposes. Since the inception of MPP, we have not experienced any losses on the MPP portfolio, and none are anticipated at this time. Therefore, we have determined a loan loss reserve for MPP assets is not currently appropriate.

 

During the third quarter of 2005, the Gulf Coast and southern Atlantic coast regions of the United States experienced substantial damage from a number of severe storms, the most significant of which was Hurricane Katrina. As shown in the above table, we have mortgage loan exposure in areas that were impacted by these storms. Based upon the incomplete data currently available, including servicer on-site inspections and insurance company assessments, we are unable to determine the potential loss, if any, at this time. However, we do not believe that it is probable that we

 

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will recognize a loss due to the insurance coverage discussed below.

 

While residential properties were destroyed or damaged throughout the areas impacted by the storms, we anticipate that most of the properties, located in areas other than the City of New Orleans, Louisiana and surrounding parishes, will have sufficient property insurance to allow for the repair or replacement of such properties. Further, most affected persons in these areas were able to return to their employment shortly after the storms ended. Thus, there is less likelihood of mortgage loans in these areas going into default as a result of the storms.

 

The situation is somewhat different in the area in and around New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina, that struck this area, was the most severe of all of the storms that occurred in 2005. Further, significant damage was incurred in this area, both directly from the storm, and as a result of flooding due to failed levees and from fires resulting from downed power lines and other causes. The damage was made more severe due to the fact that, unlike a natural flood of a river or stream in which the water can recede into its original channel, the water from the breached levees had nowhere to recede and had to be mechanically removed. Thus, the flooded areas remained under water for a much longer time which may have caused additional structural and environmental damage. The amount of property insurance that may be available to cover this collateral damage is not known at this time.

 

In the entire FEMA-designated disaster area resulting from Hurricane Katrina, which includes areas across three states, we had 1,306 conventional loans with an outstanding principal balance of $181 million. As of December 31, 2005, this had been reduced to 1238 loans with an outstanding principal balance of $170 million. Most of this area did not sustain flooding or other secondary damage and property insurance is anticipated to be available to cover most, if not all, of the damage. However, in the New Orleans area consisting of the City and surrounding parishes, we had 229 conventional loans with a total outstanding balance of $33 million. As of December 31, 2005, the number of loans had been reduced to 218 loans with an outstanding principal balance of $30 million. Of these, 34 loans with an outstanding principal balance of approximately $5 million were 30 days or more delinquent. Further, delinquency rates and amounts may change significantly as loan payments are restructured, insurance claims are resolved and paid, and other assistance and benefits are made available to the borrowers from state and federal programs and private sources. As more information is obtained about each loan that we own in this area and its likelihood of repayment, we will reassess our probable exposure and will take such action we believe is necessary, including the creation of a mortgage loan loss reserve, if appropriate.

 

Derivatives. The primary risk posed by derivative transactions is credit risk, i.e., the risk that a counterparty will fail to meet its contractual obligations on a transaction, forcing us to replace the derivative at market prices. The notional amount of interest rate exchange agreements does not measure our true credit risk exposure. Rather, when the net fair value of our interest rate exchange agreements with a counterparty is positive, this generally indicates that the counterparty owes us. When the net fair value of the interest rate exchange agreements is negative, we owe the counterparty and, therefore, we have no credit risk. If a counterparty fails to perform, credit risk is approximately equal to the fair value gain, if any, on the interest rate exchange agreement.

 

We manage this risk by executing derivative transactions with experienced counterparties of high credit quality, diversifying our derivatives across many counterparties, and executing transactions under master agreements that require counterparties to post collateral if we are exposed to a potential credit loss on the related derivatives exceeding an agreed-upon threshold. Collateral is collected on derivative exposures that exceed the thresholds negotiated in the individual International Swaps and Derivatives Association agreements with the counterparties. Collateral thresholds are on sliding scales tied to credit ratings. If the counterparty is highly rated by S&P and Moody’s, the threshold will be higher. Conversely, if it is rated low by S&P and Moody’s, then the threshold level will be lower. For most counterparties, the threshold level is determined by using the lower of the S&P or Moody’s rating and is more conservative than the levels defined in our RMP.

 

Derivative exposures are calculated by Treasury Department personnel weekly, at month-end, and more frequently if there are large market movements. The values are generated by an internal valuation system. The exposure is compared to that of the counterparty, and, if there are differences, individual values are compared.

 

The collateral transferred between the Bank and the counterparties is usually cash; however, securities such as Treasury Securities or GSE debentures may also be eligible as collateral.

 

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The risk of loss is low due to stringent counterparty underwriting standards, and our monitoring and management processes. Our RMP places restrictions on unsecured extensions of credit for derivative activities. In general, a derivative counterparty must have a long-term credit rating from Moody’s of at least A3 and a long-term credit rating from S&P of at least A-, have at least $250 million of tier 1 capital, be domiciled in a country with a sovereign risk rating of at least AA from S&P, and, if it is a domestic financial institution, must be FDIC insured. Credit department personnel strive to ensure these criteria are maintained through various steps, including

 

    daily monitoring of communications received from Moody’s, S&P, and Fitch for ratings changes and/or any information which could adversely impact the derivative counterparty’s financial condition;

 

    annual reviews summarizing the financial condition and performance of each derivative counterparty, taking into consideration such issues as capital adequacy, asset quality measures, earnings performance, and liquidity factors; and

 

    performance, as needed, of financial analysis of any new, downgraded or merged derivative counterparty upon request from our investment or treasury personnel.

 

We have never experienced a loss on a derivative transaction due to credit default by a counterparty. Our current counterparties include large banks, broker-dealers, and other financial institutions with a significant presence in the derivatives market that are rated A or better by S&P. We also maintain a policy of requiring that interest rate exchange agreements be governed by an International Swaps and Derivative Association Master Agreement. These agreements provide for netting of amounts due to us and amounts due to counterparties, thereby reducing credit exposure.

 

The following table presents derivative counterparties that comprise more than 5% of our derivative portfolio as of September 30, 2005.

 

Counterparty Concentration

As of September 30, 2005

($ amounts in millions)

 

Name of Counterparty

  

Notional

Principal

  

% of Notional

Principal

  

Subsidiary

Rating

   Credit Exposure   

Credit Exposure

After Collateral

            Before
Collateral
  

Deutsche Bank AG

   $ 6,419.4    17.49%    AA-    $ 65.1    $ 14.6

JP Morgan Chase Bank

     4,254.2    11.59%    AA-      9.0      4.4

Lehman Brothers Special Financing, Inc.

     4,071.8    11.10%    A+              

Credit Suisse First Boston International

     2,785.7    7.59%    A+      10.7      7.6

Dresdner Bank AG

     2,345.0    6.39%    A              

HSBC Bank USA

     2,072.0    5.65%    AA-              

BNP Paribas

     2,002.7    5.46%    AA              

All Others

     12,744.7    34.73%           9.2      8.6

Total

   $ 36,695.5    100.00%         $ 94.0    $ 35.2

 

Of the remaining $12.7 billion notional principal distributed among 23 counterparties that comprise less than 5% of our derivative portfolio, $12.3 billion is distributed among 18 counterparties with S&P ratings ranging from AAA to A-. The remaining $0.4 billion notional principal outstanding relates to TBA hedges.

 

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The following table presents derivative counterparties that comprise more than 5% of our derivative portfolio as of December 31, 2004.

 

Counterparty Concentration

As of December 31, 2004

($ amounts in millions)

 

Name of Counterparty

  

Notional

Principal

  

% of Notional

Principal

   

Subsidiary

Rating

   Credit Exposure   

Credit Exposure

After Collateral

           Before
Collateral
  

Deutsche Bank AG

   $ 4,516.6    13.81 %   AA-    $ -    $ -

JP Morgan Chase Bank

     3,799.8    11.62 %   AA-      -      -

Lehman Brothers Special Financing, Inc.

     2,852.4    8.72 %   A      -      -

Dresdner Bank AG

     2,365.0    7.23 %   A      -      -

BNP Paribas

     2,198.7    6.73 %   AA      -      -

Credit Suisse First Boston International

     2,163.4    6.62 %   A+      -      -

HSBC Bank USA

     1,917.0    5.86 %   AA-      -      -

The Bank of New York

     1,869.4    5.72 %   AA-      -      -

All Others

     11,011.9    33.69 %          1.7      1.7

Total

   $ 32,694.2    100.00 %        $ 1.7    $ 1.7

 

Of the remaining $11.0 billion notional principal distributed among counterparties that comprise less than 5% of our derivative portfolio, $10.3 billion is distributed among 19 counterparties with S&P ratings ranging from AAA to A-. The remaining $0.7 billion notional principal outstanding relates to TBA hedges and intermediaries.

 

Our board, through the RMP, establishes maximum net unsecured credit exposure amounts per counterparty. Once the counterparty exceeds the maximum amount, the counterparty must provide collateral for additional exposures over the threshold. These thresholds are based upon the counterparty’s current credit rating, with more stringent requirements applied to lower-rated entities.

 

RMP Thresholds on Credit Risk Exposure

 

Moody’s/S&P Rating    Limit

Aaa/AAA

   $ 50 million

Aa1, Aa2, Aa3/AA+, AA, AA

     25 million

A1, A2/A+, A

     10 million

A3/A

     5 million

Below A3/A-

     0

 

Most counterparty agreements are executed with lower thresholds than required under the RMP. Derivative counterparties are obligated to post collateral when we are exposed to credit losses exceeding the contractually agreed upon thresholds. The amount of collateral generally must equal the excess of the exposure over the unsecured credit exposure threshold amount. Eligible types of collateral are determined in each counterparty agreement. Acceptable collateral types include liquid instruments, such as cash, Treasury securities, and certain agency securities.

 

We regularly monitor the exposure of our derivative transactions by determining the market value of positions using internal pricing models. The market values generated by a pricing model are compared to dealer model results on a monthly basis to ensure that our pricing model is calibrated to actual market pricing methodologies used by the dealers. Collateral transfers required due to changes in market values are conducted on at least a weekly basis.

 

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The following table summarizes key information on derivative counterparties. It provides information on a settlement date basis as of September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively. Traded, but not settled, derivative transactions were $220 million at September 30, 2005, $40 million at December 31, 2004, $80 million at December 31, 2003, and $155 million at December 31, 2002.

 

Derivative Agreements

Counterparty Ratings

At September 30, 2005

($ amounts in millions)

 

     Number of    Notional    Percentage of     Credit Exposure    Credit Exposure
S&P Rating    Counterparties    Principal    Notional Principal     Before Collateral    Net of Collateral

AAA

   2    $ 1,603.1    4.37 %     -      -

AA

   16      23,046.0    62.80 %   $ 79.4    $ 24.3

A

   7      11,669.9    31.80 %     14.1      10.4

Total

   25      36,319.0    98.97 %     93.5      34.7

Others

          376.5    1.03 %     .5      .5

Total derivative notional

        $ 36,695.5    100.00 %   $ 94.0    $ 35.2

 

Derivative Agreements

Counterparty Ratings

At December 31, 2004

($ amounts in millions)

 

    Number of    Notional    Percentage of     Credit Exposure    Credit Exposure
S&P Rating   Counterparties    Principal    Notional Principal     Before Collateral    Net of Collateral

AAA

  2    $ 1,816.1    5.55 %     -      -

AA

  15      19,437.1    59.46 %   $ 1.6    $ 1.6

A

  7      10,391.1    31.78 %     -      -

Total

  24      31,644.3    96.79 %     1.6      1.6

Others

         1,049.9    3.21 %     0.1      0.1

Total derivative notional

       $ 32,694.2    100.00 %   $ 1.7    $ 1.7

 

Derivative Agreements

Counterparty Ratings

At December 31, 2003

($ amounts in millions)

 

     Number of    Notional    Percentage of     Credit Exposure    Credit Exposure
S&P Rating    Counterparties    Principal    Notional Principal     Before Collateral    Net of Collateral

AAA

   3    $ 2,302.6    6.59 %     -      -

AA

   15      21,293.4    60.98 %   $ 4.9    $ 4.9

A

   8      11,061.9    31.68 %     0.8      0.7

Below A

   1      17.0    0.05 %     -      -

Total

   27      34,674.9    99.30 %     5.7      5.6

Others

          242.8    0.70 %     0.1      0.1

Total derivative notional

        $ 34,917.7    100.00 %   $ 5.8    $ 5.7

 

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Derivative Agreements

Counterparty Ratings

At December 31, 2002

($ amounts in millions)

 

     Number of    Notional    Percentage of     Credit Exposure    Credit Exposure
S&P Rating    Counterparties    Principal    Notional Principal     Before Collateral    Net of Collateral

AAA

   2    $ 655.9    2.10 %   $ 3.76    $ 3.76

AA

   13      20,194.3    64.80 %     10.89      10.89

A

   11      9,991.1    32.06 %     18.22      13.72

Below A

   1      17.0    0.05 %     -      -

Total

   27      30,858.3    99.01 %     32.87      28.37

Others

          307.2    0.99 %     -      -

Total derivative notional

        $ 31,165.5    100.0 %   $ 32.87    $ 28.37

 

At December 31, 2004, over 96% of the $32.7 billion notional amount of our outstanding derivative transactions were with counterparties rated A or better by both S&P and Moody’s. These derivative instruments were diversified among 24 counterparties at year-end 2004 to reduce our credit risk concentrations. Our maximum credit risk, before considering collateral, was $1.7 million at December 31, 2004, compared to $5.8 million at December 31, 2003, and $32.9 million at December 31, 2002. Our net exposure after collateral was approximately $1.7 million at December 31, 2004, compared to $5.7 million at December 31, 2003, and $28.4 million at December 31, 2002. The credit exposure on derivative contracts will fluctuate with changes in both interest rates and implied volatility.

 

Other derivative counterparties included in the notional balance outstanding at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, include primarily broker/dealers used to purchase or sell forward contracts relating to TBA mortgage hedges to hedge the market value of commitments on fixed-rate mortgage loans and intermediaries. All broker/dealers are subjected to credit review procedures in accordance with the RMP.

 

Based on the current exposure, management does not anticipate any material credit loss on Advances, investments, mortgage loans, or derivatives due to our careful application of underwriting, collateralization standards, and counterparty limits, as described above.

 

Liquidity Risk Management

 

The primary objectives of liquidity risk management are to maintain the ability to meet obligations as they come due and to meet the credit needs of our member borrowers in a timely and cost-efficient manner. We routinely monitor the sources of cash available to meet liquidity needs and use various tests and guidelines to control risk.

 

Daily projections of liquidity requirements are calculated to maintain adequate funding for our operations. Operational liquidity levels are determined assuming sources of cash from both the FHLB System’s ongoing access to the capital markets and our holding of liquid assets to meet operational requirements in the normal course of business. Contingent liquidity levels are determined based upon the assumption of an inability to readily access the consolidated debt market for a period of five business days. These analyses include projections of cash flows and funding needs, targeted funding terms, and various funding alternatives for achieving those terms. A contingency plan allows us to maintain sufficient liquidity in the event of operational disruptions at our Bank, at the Office of Finance, or in the capital markets.

 

Operations Risk Management

 

Operations risk is the risk of unexpected losses attributable to human error, system failures, fraud, unenforceability of contracts, or inadequate internal controls and procedures. Management has implemented extensive policies and procedures to both establish and monitor internal controls, and to monitor transactions and positions. Additionally, insurance coverage has been implemented to mitigate potential losses from an operational risk. A disaster recovery plan, designed to restore critical business processes and systems in the event of disaster, is in place. Work on the off-site disaster recovery center that we opened in 2002 has continued through the first nine months of 2005 to

 

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ensure that computer networks are backed up. The recovery center is equipped to handle staff sufficient to maintain critical operations for a number of days, and is also used to store back-up tapes, supplies and other resources specifically acquired for disaster recovery purposes. The disaster recovery center is on a separate electrical distribution grid. We entered into an agreement in 2003 with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati to provide lending and other support in the event the other Federal Home Loan Bank is unable to maintain operations at its main facility or disaster recovery location.

 

For security purposes we have maintained firewalls on our computer network for many years, and we continually upgrade our network security system to meet emerging threats. Member Link, an Internet-based system of business communication with members, uses additional security to protect data, including a thorough system of passwords and user identifications. The loan acquisition system, developed to process MPP transactions, is hosted separately and uses its own extensive security to protect its integrity and that of its member users.

 

Significant transaction processing services, such as wire transfer and security safekeeping, use security measures to guard against fraud and human error. Among these measures are authentication systems, taped telephone conversations with members, call backs to verify certain sensitive items, review of outgoing transactions by multiple staff members, and use of a secure office environment.

 

An ongoing internal audit function investigates all material operational areas to provide a check on the strength of our internal controls. The Finance Board also routinely reviews operations risk in its annual on-site examinations.

 

We are prepared to deliver services to customers in normal operating environments as well as in the presence of significant internal or external stresses. Despite the above policies and oversight, some operational risks are beyond our control, and the failure of other parties to adequately address their operational risks could adversely affect us.

 

Business Risk Management

 

Business risk is the risk of an adverse impact on profitability resulting from external factors that may occur in both the short and long term. Business risk includes political, strategic, reputation and/or regulatory events that are beyond our control. Our board and management seek to mitigate these risks through long-term strategic planning, and by continually monitoring general economic conditions and the external environment.

 

A long-term strategic business plan approved annually by our board describes how we intend to achieve our mission. The plan details the strategic objectives and operating goals for each major business activity. Events that could affect our status and cost of doing business, such as actual or potential legislative and regulatory changes, are considered in the strategic planning process.

 

We engage in continuous efforts to identify and react to business risks. These include employing internal and external legal counsel to keep abreast of regulatory and legislative issues, as well as compliance matters. This provides our board with a base of information from which to react to the business risks that arise.

 

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QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Market risk is the risk that the market value or estimated fair value of our overall portfolio of assets, liabilities, and derivatives will decline as a result of changes in interest rates or financial market volatility, or that net earnings will be significantly reduced by interest rate changes. The goal of market risk management is to preserve our financial strength at all times, including during periods of significant market volatility and across a wide range of possible interest rate changes. We regularly assess our exposure to changes in interest rates using a diverse set of analyses and measures. As appropriate, we may rebalance our portfolio to help attain risk management objectives.

 

Our general approach toward managing interest rate risk is to acquire and maintain a portfolio of assets and liabilities that, together with their associated hedges, limits our expected interest rate sensitivity. Derivative financial instruments, primarily interest rate exchange agreements, are frequently employed to hedge the interest rate risk and embedded option risk on member Advances, structured debt, and structured agency bonds held as investments.

 

We have significant investments in MPP loans, MBS, and ABS. The prepayment options embedded in mortgages can result in extensions or contractions in the expected weighted average life of these investments, depending on changes in interest rates. We primarily manage the interest rate and prepayment risk associated with mortgages through debt issuance, which includes both callable and non-callable debt, to achieve cash-flow patterns and liability durations similar to those expected on the mortgage loans. By using call options, lockouts, and maturity sectors, callable debt provides an element of protection for the prepayment risk in the mortgage portfolios. The duration of callable debt, like that of a mortgage, shortens when interest rates decrease and lengthens when interest rates increase.

 

The prepayment option on an Advance can create interest rate risk. If a member prepays an Advance, we could suffer lower future income if the principal portion of the prepaid Advance were reinvested in lower yielding assets that continue to be funded by higher cost debt. To protect against this risk, a prepayment fee is charged that makes us financially indifferent to a borrower’s decision to prepay an Advance, thereby creating minimal market risk. See “Executive Summary – Analysis of Operating Results” and “Results of Operations” herein, and the Notes to Financial Statements for more information on prepayment fees and their impact on our financial results.

 

Significant resources, both in analytical computer models and highly experienced professional staff, are devoted to assuring that the level of interest rate risk in the balance sheet is accurately measured, thus allowing us to monitor the risk against policy and regulatory limits. We use an asset and liability system to calculate market values under alternative interest rate scenarios. The system analyzes our financial instruments, including derivatives, using broadly accepted algorithms with consistent and appropriate behavioral assumptions, market prices, and current position data. On at least an annual basis, we review the major assumptions and methodologies used in the model, including discounting curves, spreads for discounting, and prepayment assumptions.

 

Types of Key Market Risks

 

Market risk can occur in a variety of forms including: yield curve shifts, volatility, basis, and prepayment risk.

 

    Yield curve risk reflects the possibility that changes in the level or shape of the yield curve could have asymmetrical effects on our assets and liabilities, potentially creating an adverse effect on our market value of equity and potential earnings. Various methods are employed to measure and evaluate risks from changes in the yield curve.

 

    Volatility risk occurs when the changes in volatility of interest rates adversely affect market value. Volatility can be affected by various factors, including the general level of interest rates. Changes in volatility may impact the price of financial positions differently. The volatility risk found in option-embedded mortgage assets can be partially offset through issuing debt with similar call options.

 

    Basis risk is the adverse impact of a change in spreads between the rate on an asset and a liability.

 

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    Prepayment risk arises from the uncertainty about the timing of payments on mortgages. This makes mortgage-based assets particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates. A decline in rates generally results in higher prepayment activity and shortens the duration of mortgage assets. Conversely, rising rates slow prepayment activity, resulting in a lengthening of the assets’ duration. Callable debt, which has an embedded call option owned by our Bank, has an offsetting duration profile to mortgage assets.

 

Measuring Market Risks

 

The ability to estimate potential losses that could arise from adverse changes in market conditions is a key element of managing market risk. Each Federal Home Loan Bank utilizes multiple risk measurement methodologies to calculate potential market exposure that, in our case, includes measuring duration, duration gaps, convexity, value at risk, market risk metric, and changes in market value of equity. Periodically, stress tests are conducted to measure and analyze the effects that extreme movements in the level of interest rates and the slope of the yield curve would have on our risk position.

 

Duration

 

Duration is the weighted-average maturity (typically measured in months or years) of an instrument’s cash flows, weighted by the present value of those cash flows. Duration is also a measure of price volatility. Higher duration, whether positive or negative, indicates greater levels of price volatility. Duration of equity, the net sensitivity of the value of the entire portfolio of financial instruments to changes in interest rates, is a measure of the extent, on average, to which asset and liability cash flows are matched.

 

Duration measurement is a primary tool used to manage our market risk exposure. Since implementing our capital plan, we are no longer required by Finance Board regulations to operate within a specified duration of equity. Our RMP, as adopted by our board, specifies acceptable ranges for duration of equity, and our exposures are measured and managed against these limits.

 

Our current RMP calls for duration of equity to be maintained within a range of +six years to –four years under base interest rates. In addition, the duration of equity limit for an instantaneous 200 basis point parallel increase in rates is limited to +seven years. The limit for a negative rate change is calculated under either a 200 basis point instantaneous parallel decrease or, in certain low interest rate environments, at a constrained rate level that produces post-shock Treasury rates no lower than 35 basis points. The effective duration of equity in the negative rate shift is limited to –seven years for a –200 basis point shift. For the constrained down shift, the limit is prorated between –five and –seven years. The following table summarizes the duration of equity levels for our total position.

 

Effective Duration of Equity Scenarios

     -100 bps    0 bps    +200 bps

September 30, 2005

   2.94 years    4.54 years    3.24 years

December 31, 2004

   3.36 years    4.87 years    3.02 years

December 31, 2003

   3.27 years    3.24 years    2.13 years

December 31, 2002

   -0.62 years    -1.60 years    0.04 years

 

In the instantaneous parallel rate decrease, the shift is –100 basis points, not –200 basis points. This reflects the relatively low level of interest rates, allowing rates to remain positive.

 

The duration levels at the end of 2004 and the first nine months of 2005 represent a risk profile that is well within our policy limitations and reflects the growth of mortgage assets on the balance sheet as well as our risk positioning strategy at that time. On December 31, 2002, the ratio of mortgage assets to total assets was 25.4%, while on December 31, 2003, this ratio grew to 29.3%. The ratio of mortgage assets to total assets was 31.2% at December 31, 2004, and 32.8% at September 30, 2005.

 

Duration Gap

 

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flows for assets and liabilities are matched. A positive duration gap signals an exposure to rising interest rates because it indicates that the duration of assets exceeds the duration of liabilities. A negative duration gap signals an exposure to declining interest rates because the duration of assets is less than the duration of liabilities. We monitor duration gap but do not have a policy limit. The table below provides recent period-end duration gaps.

 

Duration Gap

September 30, 2005

   +1.8 months

December 31, 2004

   +2.2 months

December 31, 2003

   +1.0 month

December 31, 2002

   -1.4 months

 

Convexity

 

Convexity measures how fast duration changes as a function of interest rate changes. It is important in estimating the non-linear price-yield behavior exhibited by options or option-embedded instruments which is not fully captured by duration alone. Measurement of convexity is important because of the optionality embedded in the mortgage and callable debt portfolios. The mortgage portfolios demonstrate negative convexity given the prepayment option embedded in the underlying mortgage or in the mortgage-backed security. The negative convexity on the mortgage asset can be mitigated by the negative convexity of underlying callable debt liabilities. Convexity is routinely reviewed by management and used in developing funding and hedging strategies for acquisition of mortgage-based assets. A primary strategy for managing convexity risk arising from our mortgage portfolio is to issue callable debt. At the end of 2004, callable debt related to mortgage assets as a percentage of the net mortgage portfolio equaled 57.5%. At the end of the first nine months of 2005, callable debt related to mortgage assets as a percentage of the net mortgage portfolio equaled 63.8%.

 

Market Risk-based Capital Requirement

 

We are subject to the Finance Board’s risk-based capital regulations. This regulatory framework requires the maintenance of sufficient permanent capital to meet the combined credit risk, market risk, and operations risk requirements. Our permanent capital consists of Class B Stock and retained earnings. The market risk-based capital requirement (“MRBC”) is the sum of two components. The first is the market value of the portfolio at risk from movements in interest rates that could occur during times of market stress. The second component is added when the current market value of total capital is less than 85% of the book value of total capital. This estimation is accomplished through an internal value at risk-based (“VAR”) modeling approach which was approved by the Finance Board before the implementation of our capital plan.

 

MRBC is primarily based upon historical simulation methodology. The estimation incorporates scenarios that reflect interest rate shifts, interest rate volatility, and changes in the shape of the yield curve. These observations are based on historical information from 1978 to the present. In our application, MRBC is defined as the potential dollar loss from adverse market movements, measured over 120 business day time periods, with a 99.0% confidence interval, based on these historical prices and market rates. MRBC estimates as of September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002 are presented below.

 

Value at Risk

September 30, 2005

   $ 193 million

December 31, 2004

     150 million

December 31, 2003

     146 million

December 31, 2002

     174 million

 

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Changes in Market Value of Equity between Base Rates and Shift Scenarios

 

We measure potential changes in the market value of equity based on the current month-end level of rates versus the market value of equity under large parallel rate shifts. This measurement provides information related to the sensitivity of our interest rate position.

 

Change in Market Value of Equity from Base Rates  
     -100 bps     +200 bps  

September 30, 2005

   +4.8 %   -7.6 %

December 31, 2004

   +5.4 %   -6.9 %

December 31, 2003

   +3.7 %   -4.2 %

December 31, 2002

   -1.3 %   +1.1 %

 

Use of Derivative Hedges

 

We make use of derivatives in hedging our market risk exposures. The primary type of derivative employed is interest rate exchange agreements or swaps. Interest rate swaps increase the flexibility of our funding alternatives by providing specific cash flows or characteristics that might not be as readily available or cost-effective if obtained in the standard debt market. We also use MBS that have not yet been issued, known as TBAs, to temporarily hedge mortgage positions. We do not speculate using derivatives and do not engage in derivatives trading. Our primary hedging activities using interest rate swaps are detailed below.

 

Hedging Debt Issuance

 

When CO Bonds are issued, we often use the derivatives market to create funding that is more attractively priced than the funding available in the CO market. To reduce funding costs, we may enter into interest rate exchange agreements concurrently with the issuance of COs. A typical hedge of this type occurs when a CO Bond is issued, while we simultaneously execute a matching interest-rate exchange agreement. The counterparty pays a rate on the swap to us, which is designed to mirror the interest rate we pay on the CO Bond. In this transaction we typically pay a variable interest rate, generally LIBOR, which closely matches the interest payments we receive on short-term or variable-rate Advances or investments. This intermediation between the capital and swap markets permits the acquisition of funds by us at lower all-in costs than would otherwise be available through the issuance of simple fixed- or floating-rate COs in the capital markets.

 

Hedging Advances

 

Interest rate swaps are also used to increase the flexibility of Advance offerings by effectively converting the specific cash flows or characteristics that the borrower prefers into cash flows or characteristics that may be more readily or cost effectively funded in the debt markets.

 

Hedging Investments

 

Some interest rate exchange agreements are executed to hedge investments, usually agency securities. We enter into an interest rate swap for which the fixed rate paid on the swap is offset by the fixed rate received on the security. The effective result is a LIBOR-based floating rate asset that can then be funded with LIBOR-based floating rate debt. At September 30, 2005, all non-MBS agency securities had been sold, and any related derivatives were terminated.

 

Other Hedges

 

On an infrequent basis, we act as an intermediary between certain smaller member institutions and the capital markets by executing interest rate exchange agreements with members.

 

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The volume of derivative hedges is often expressed in terms of notional principal, which is the amount upon which interest payments are calculated. The following table highlights the notional amounts by type of derivative agreement as of September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002.

 

Types of Derivative Agreements

By Notional Principal

($ amounts in millions)

 

     As of
September 30,
   As of December 31,
     2005    2004    2003    2002

Debt swaps

                           

Bullet

   $ 5,830    $ 4,418    $ 2,130    $ 1,812

Callable

     6,549      5,132      9,127      8,506

Complex

     5,835      5,662      4,422      673

Advances swaps

                           

Bullet

     13,366      9,650      9,880      8,511

Putable

     4,638      5,587      7,279      9,154

Complex

     3      3      525      525

GSE investments swaps

     -      1,082      1,082      1,430

Member swaps/Intermediaries

     -      40      80      80

Interest rate caps

     -      -      89      91

MBS swaps

     58      90      101      116

TBA hedges

     417      1,030      203      267

Total

   $ 36,696    $ 32,694    $ 34,918    $ 31,165

 

The above table includes interest rate swaps, interest rate caps, and TBA MBS hedges. Complex swaps include, but are not limited to, step-up and range bonds. The level of different types of swaps is contingent upon and tends to vary with, balance sheet size, Advances demand, MPP purchase activity, and CO issuance levels. The table below provides further detail of the fair values of hedge instruments. All hedges are recorded at fair value on the Statement of Condition. Statistical measurements of the effectiveness of each interest rate swap hedge are made at least quarterly.

 

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The table below presents derivative instruments by hedged instrument as of September 30, 2005.

 

Derivative Instruments by Hedged Instrument

Accrued Interest Excluded from the Fair Value

As of September 30, 2005

($ amounts in millions)

 

     September 30, 2005
     Total    Estimated
     Notional    Fair Value

Advances

             

Fair value hedges

   $ 18,003.4    $ 42.3

Economic hedges

     3.0      -

Total

     18,006.4      42.3

Investments

             

Fair value hedges

             

Economic hedges

     57.7      (.7)

Total

     57.7      (.7)

MPP loans

             

Fair value hedges

     83.4      .1

Economic hedges

     167.4      .4

Economic (stand-alone delivery commitments)

     166.7      (.4)

Total

     417.5      .1

COs-Bonds

             

Fair value hedges

     17,918.9      (241.0)

Economic hedges

     295.0      (.8)

Total

     18,213.9      (241.8)
               

Total notional and fair value

   $ 36,695.5    $ (200.1)

Total derivatives excluding accrued interest

          $ (200.1)

Accrued interest

            76.2

Net derivative balance

          $ (123.9)

Net derivative asset balance

          $ 94.0

Net derivative liability balance

            (217.9)

Net derivative balance

          $ (123.9)

 

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The table below presents derivative instruments by hedged instrument as of December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002.

 

Derivative Instruments by Hedged Instrument

Accrued Interest Excluded from the Fair Value

As of December 31,

($ amounts in millions)

 

     2004    2003    2002
    

Total

Notional

  

Estimated

Fair Value

  

Total

Notional

  

Estimated

Fair Value

  

Total

Notional

  

Estimated

Fair Value

                 

Advances

                                         

Fair value hedges

   $ 15,236.8    $ (287.6)    $ 17,683.2    $ (884.8)    $ 18,155.1    $ (1,453.9)

Economic hedges

     3.0      -      -      -      35.0      (.1)

Total

     15,239.8      (287.6)      17,683.2      (884.8)      18,190.1      (1,454.0)

Investments

                                         

Fair value hedges

     325.0      (31.1)      325.0      (34.9)      650.0      (89.2)

Economic hedges

     847.3      (50.2)      858.8      (85.0)      895.6      (116.1)

Total

     1,172.3      (81.3)      1,183.8      (119.9)      1,545.6      (205.3)

MPP loans

                                         

Fair value hedges

     620.0      (1.0)      151.8      (1.8)      267.2      (3.2)

Economic hedges

     206.0      (.1)      25.9      (.4)      -      -

Economic (stand-alone delivery commitments)

     204.0      (.1)      25.1      0.0      -      -

Total

     1,030.0      (1.2)      202.8      (2.2)      267.2      (3.2)

COs-Bonds

                                         

Fair value hedges

     15,212.1      (121.7)      15,678.9      (39.5)      10,991.6      165.2

Economic hedges

     -      -      89.0      0.0      91.0      0.0

Total

     15,212.1      (121.7)      15,767.9      (39.5)      11,082.6      165.2

Intermediary positions

                                         

Intermediaries

     40.0      0.0      80.0      0.0      80.0      0.0

Total

     40.0      0 .0      80.0      0.0      80.0      0.0

Total notional and fair value

   $ 32,694.2    $ (491.8)    $ 34,917.7    $ (1,046.4)    $ 31,165.5    $ (1,497.3)

Total derivatives excluding accrued interest

          $ (491.8)           $ (1,046.4)             (1,497.3)

Accrued interest

            (.3)             (27.7)             (9.5)
           

         

         

Net derivative balance

          $ (492.1)           $ (1,074.1)           $ (1,506.8)
           

         

         

Net derivative asset balance

          $ 1.7           $ 5.7           $ 32.8

Net derivative liability balance

            (493.8)             (1,079.8)             (1,539.6)
           

         

         

Net derivative balance

          $ (492.1)           $ (1,074.1)           $ (1,506.8)
           

         

         

 

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ITEM 3. PROPERTIES.

 

We own an office building containing approximately 117,000 square feet of office and storage space at 8250 Woodfield Crossing Boulevard, Indianapolis, Indiana, of which we use approximately 70,000 square feet. We lease the remaining 47,000 square feet to various tenants. We also maintain a leased off-site backup facility which is on a separate electrical distribution grid. See the section captioned “Operations Risk Management” in “Item 2. Financial Information – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation – Risk Management” herein.

 

In the opinion of management, the physical properties of the Bank are suitable and adequate. All of our properties are insured at full replacement cost. In the event we were to need more space, our lease terms with tenants provide the ability to move tenants to comparable space at other locations at our cost for moving and outfitting any replacement space to meet our tenants’ needs.

 

ITEM 4. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT.

 

The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of our Class B Stock as of December 31, 2005, by each member that owns beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Class B Stock. Each member named has sole voting and investment power over the shares that member beneficially owns.

 

Name and Address of Member    Number of
Shares Owned
   % of Outstanding
Shares of Class B
Stock
 

LaSalle Bank Midwest National Association – Troy, Michigan

   3,577,426    16.26 %

Flagstar Bank, FSB – Troy, Michigan

   2,921,178    13.28 %

Fifth Third Bank – Grand Rapids, Michigan

   2,102,589    9.56 %

Total

   8,601,193    39.10 %

 

Many of our directors are officers and/or directors of our financial institution members. The following table sets forth the financial institution members that have one of its officers and/or directors on our board of directors.

 

Name of Member    Director Name    Number of
Shares Owned
by Member
   % of Outstanding
Shares of Class B
Stock

Thumb National Bank & Trust

   Paul C. Clabuesch    10,126    0.05%

Community Bank

   Charles L. Crow    6,460    0.03%

Irwin Union Bank & Trust

   Gregory F. Ehlinger    536,353    2.44%

Irwin Union Bank, FSB

   Gregory F. Ehlinger    12,015    0.05%

American Trust FSB

   Robert F. Fix    18,749    0.08%

First Bank Richmond, N.A

   Robert F. Fix    98,002    0.45%

Mason State Bank

   Timothy P. Gaylord    26,416    0.12%

Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis

   Vincent J. Otto    636,117    2.89%

Mercantile Bank of West Michigan

   Michael H. Price    78,869    0.36%

Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company

   Ronald G. Seals    24,227    0.11%

Firstbank

   Thomas R. Sullivan    9,652    0.04%

Firstbank – Alma

   Thomas R. Sullivan    16,412    0.07%

Firstbank – Lakeview

   Thomas R. Sullivan    15,768    0.07%

Firstbank – St. Johns

   Thomas R. Sullivan    1,260    0.01%

Firstbank – West Branch

   Thomas R. Sullivan    12,538    0.06%

Keystone Community Bank

   Thomas R. Sullivan    7,455    0.04%

Macatawa Bank

   Ray D. Tooker    139,099    0.63%

Total

        1,649,518    7.50%

 

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ITEM 5. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

 

Board of Directors

 

Our directors are listed in the table below. Each director who is newly elected or appointed serves a term of three years, and elected directors may not serve more than three consecutive full terms. Appointed directors may be reappointed at the discretion of the Finance Board. However, appointed directors do not continue to serve until their successors are appointed. Currently, we have four vacant director positions for directors that are appointed by the Finance Board, and we have no information as to when appointments to fill these positions will be made.

 

Name    Age    Director
Since
   Term
Expires
  

Appointed or Elected

(State)

Paul C. Clabuesch    57    1/01/2003    12/31/2006    Elected (MI)
Charles L. Crow    62    1/01/2002    12/31/2007    Elected (IN)
Tarik S. Daoud    68    1/29/2003    12/31/2005    Appointed (MI)
Claude E. Davis    45    1/01/2004    08/03/2005    Elected (IN)
Gregory F. Ehlinger    43    8/03/2005    12/31/2006    Elected (IN)
Robert F. Fix    58    1/01/1999    12/31/2008    Elected (IN)
Valde Garcia    47    4/01/2002    12/31/2006    Appointed (MI)
Timothy P. Gaylord    50    1/01/2005    12/31/2007    Elected (MI)
Robert T. Grand    50    10/08/2003    12/31/2005    Appointed (IN)
Teresa S. Lubbers    54    1/01/2004    12/31/2006    Appointed (IN)
Vincent J. Otto    46    1/01/2004    12/31/2006    Elected (IN)
Michael H. Price    48    1/01/2005    12/31/2007    Elected (MI)
Ronald G. Seals    67    1/01/2003    12/31/2008    Elected (IN)
Thomas R. Sullivan    55    1/01/2004    12/31/2006    Elected (MI)
Ray D. Tooker    61    1/01/2005    12/31/2007    Elected (MI)

 

Except as otherwise indicated, for at least the last five years, each director has been engaged in his or her principal occupation described below:

 

Paul C. Clabuesch is the Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Thumb Bancorp, Inc., a bank holding company, and Thumb National Bank and Trust, located in Pigeon, Michigan. Mr. Clabuesch also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Scheurer Hospital, Pigeon, Michigan, and has served on that board since 1975.

 

Charles L. Crow is the Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Community Bank, Noblesville, Indiana, and Chairman of Community Bancshares, Inc., a bank holding company in Noblesville, Indiana. Mr. Crow is also the Chairman of the Indiana Bankers Association.

 

Tarik S. Daoud is the Chairman and President of Al Long Ford, Inc., an automobile dealership in Warren, Michigan. Mr. Daoud’s term expired on December 31, 2005.

 

Claude E. Davis is the President and Chief Executive Officer of First Financial Bancorp, a bank holding company in Hamilton, Ohio, and has served in that capacity since October 2004. During that time, he also has been a director of Sand Ridge Bank, a state-chartered subsidiary of First Financial, located in Schererville, Indiana. From May 2003 to October 2004, Mr. Davis served as Senior Vice President of Irwin Financial Corporation, a bank holding company in Columbus, Indiana, and director of the following subsidiaries: Irwin Bank and Trust Company, Irwin Commercial Finance, Irwin Business Finance, and Irwin Franchise Capital. Mr. Davis was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Irwin Union Bank and Trust from 1996 through April 2003. Mr. Davis resigned as a director effective August 3, 2005 as his financial institution no longer qualified for membership in the Bank.

 

Gregory F. Ehlinger is the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Irwin Financial Corporation, a bank holding company in Columbus, Indiana and the parent company of Irwin Bank and Trust Company, and has held these positions since 1998. Mr. Ehlinger was elected by the Board of Directors in July, 2005 to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Davis, effective August 3, 2005.

 

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Robert F. Fix, PhD. is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, a bank holding company in Richmond, Indiana. Mr. Fix has also served as a director of ProCentury Corporation since October 2000, which became a publicly traded insurance holding company in 2004. Mr. Fix was named lead director for that company in August 2005.

 

Valde Garcia has served as a state senator for the State of Michigan since 2001 and as a state representative from 1999—2001. Mr. Garcia is also a Colonel in the Michigan Army National Guard.

 

Timothy P. Gaylord is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Capital Directions, Inc., a bank holding company in Mason, Michigan, and Mason State Bank.

 

Robert T. Grand is the managing partner in the Indianapolis, Indiana, office of the law firm Barnes & Thornburg. Mr. Grand’s term expired on December 31, 2005.

 

Teresa S. Lubbers has served as a state senator for the State of Indiana since 1992. Ms. Lubbers owned Capitol Communications, a public relations firm in Indianapolis, Indiana, from 1983 to 2004.

 

Vincent J. Otto has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Waterfield Mortgage Company, a mortgage origination and servicing company headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Union Federal Bank, Indianapolis, Indiana, since 2000. Mr. Otto is also a certified public accountant.

 

Michael H. Price is the President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Mercantile Bank of West Michigan and President, Chief Operating Officer, and Director of its bank holding company, Mercantile Bank Corporation, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mr. Price also serves on the Board of Directors of the Metro Health Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 

Ronald G. Seals is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Springs Valley Bank and Trust in French Lick, Indiana and President and Chief Executive Officer of SVB&T Corporation, its bank holding company.

 

Thomas R. Sullivan has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Firstbank Corporation, a bank holding company in Alma, Michigan, since 2000. Mr. Sullivan has also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Firstbank (Mt. Pleasant), a state bank subsidiary located in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, since 1991.

 

Ray D. Tooker is the Senior Vice President of Macatawa Bank, located in Holland, Michigan.

 

Executive Officers

 

Our executive officers are listed in the table below. Each officer serves a term of office of one calendar year or until the election and qualification of his or her successor; with the provision, however, that pursuant to the Bank Act, our board may dismiss any officer at any time.

 

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Except for Douglas J. Iverson, each officer has been employed in the principal occupation listed below for at least five years.

 

Name


   Age

  

Position


Martin L. Heger*    61    President-Chief Executive Officer
Milton J. Miller, II    50    Senior Vice President-Chief Financial Officer
Michael R. Barker    44    Senior Vice President-Director of Internal Audit
Vincent A. Cera    58    Senior Vice President-Information Systems and Operations
Brian K. Fike    47    Senior Vice President-Corporate Planning & Business Development
Douglas J. Iverson**    56    Senior Vice President-Mortgage Purchase Program
Paul J. Weaver    45    Senior Vice President-Controller
Jonathan R. West    48    Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Ethics Officer

 

*Martin L. Heger is also the Vice Chairman of the Board of Pentegra Retirement Services, a not-for-profit cooperative that is a national provider of full-service community bank retirement programs. He is a member of the Bank Presidents’ Conference of the FHLB System and also serves on the Executive Committee of the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks, a non-profit trade association of the Federal Home Loan Banks. Mr. Heger was appointed in November 2005 to serve a one-year term as chairman of the Financing Corporation (FICO).

 

**Douglas J. Iverson was named Senior Vice President of the MPP on May 20, 2005. Previously, he served as Mortgage Purchase Manager from January 2005 to May 2005. Prior to his employment with our Bank, Mr. Iverson served as Executive Vice President, Retail/Mortgage for Fifth Third Bank, which is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 2000 to 2005. He served as Chief Executive Officer of AmeriBank in Holland, Michigan, from 1995 to 2000.

 

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ITEM 6. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

 

Summary of Compensation Information

 

The following table sets forth all compensation earned for the three fiscal years ended December 31, 2004, by our Chief Executive Officer and each of the four other most highly paid executive officers who were serving as executive officers at the end of 2004 (collectively, the “Named Executive Officers”). Annual compensation includes amounts deferred at the election of the executive officer.

 

Annual Compensation

 

Name and Principal Position    Year
Earned
   Salary    Bonus   

All Other
Compensation

(1)(2)(3)

Martin L. Heger

   2004    $ 496,158    $ 320,419    $ 36,911

    President- Chief Executive Officer

   2003      472,524      353,141      35,313
     2002      450,008      352,933      33,002

Milton J. Miller II

   2004      280,280      126,703      25,291

    Senior Vice President-

   2003      266,916      139,636      24,119

    Chief Financial Officer

   2002      247,130      135,674      23,291

Jonathan R. West

   2004      233,974      105,770      23,457

    Senior Vice President-

   2003      224,952      117,683      22,002

    General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (Ethics Officer)

   2002      216,170      118,973      21,612

Vincent A. Cera

   2004      203,346      91,925      21,065

    Senior Vice President-

   2003      195,520      102,285      14,237

    Information System and Operations

   2002      188,344      103,400      18,447

Brian K. Fike

   2004      167,596      75,763      18,678

    Senior Vice President-

   2003      156,624      81,937      17,798

    Corporate Planning and Business Development

   2002      150,878      82,832      17,473

Douglas J. Iverson(4)

   2004      -      -      -

    Senior Vice President-

   2003      -      -      -

    Mortgage Purchase Program

   2002      -      -      -

 

(1) Represents contributions or other allocations made to qualified and/or non-qualified vested and unvested defined contribution plans. The dollar value of premiums paid for group term life insurance is not reported because the plans under which these benefits are provided do not discriminate in scope, terms, or operation in favor of executive officers or directors and are available generally to all salaried employees.
(2) Also includes taxable fringe benefits such as company-provided vehicles and spousal travel.
(3) Of these amounts, contributions to the FITP and SETP plans each constituted more than 25% of the total for all other compensation for each year. For Mr. Heger, the amounts for the SETP were $19,780, $17,140, and $19,326 for 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively and for the FITP were $9,989, $11,212, and $7,674 for 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively. For Mr. Miller, the amounts for the SETP were $4,894, $4,208, and $3,789 for 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively and for the FITP were $11,923, $11,807, and $11,039 for 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively. For Mr. West, the amounts for the SETP were $2,496, $1,716, and $3,561 for 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively and for the FITP were $11,542, $11,781, and $9,442 for 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively. For Mr. Cera, the amounts for the SETP were $1,326, $1,092, and $780 for 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively and for the FITP were $10,875, $10,639, and $10,521 for 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively For Mr. Fike, the amounts for the SETP were $721, $541, and $540 for 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively and for the FITP were $9,335, $8,856, and $8,513 for 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively.
(4) Mr. Iverson was hired in January 2005 as Vice President and Manager of the MPP. He was promoted to Senior Vice President – MPP on May 20, 2005. If he had been in this position in 2004, he would have been included in this table.

 

We provide the following employee benefit plans:

 

    the Financial Institutions Retirement Fund (“FIRF”), a tax-qualified defined benefit plan;
    the Financial Institutions Thrift Plan (“FITP”), a tax-qualified defined contribution plan;
    the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”), a non-qualified defined-benefit plan; and
    the Supplemental Executive Thrift Plan (“SETP”), a non-qualified defined-contribution plan.

 

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The SERP and SETP ensure, among other things, that participants receive the full amount of benefits to which they would have been entitled under their defined benefit and defined contribution plans in the absence of limits on benefits levels imposed by the Internal Revenue Service. The matching employer contributions that we make are included in the “All Other Compensation” column in the previous table.

 

The following table shows estimated annual benefits payable from FIRF and SERP combined upon retirement at age 65 and calculated in accordance with the formula currently in effect for specified years-of-service and remuneration classes for our executive officers participating in both plans.

 

Executive Pension Plan

 

    Years of Service
Remuneration   15   20   25   30
 

$300,000

  112,500     150,000     187,500     225,000

$400,000

  150,000     200,000     250,000     300,000

$500,000

  187,500     250,000     312,500     375,000

$600,000

  225,000     300,000     375,000     450,000

$700,000

  262,500     350,000     437,500     525,000

$800,000

  300,000     400,000     500,000     600,000

$900,000

  337,500     450,000     562,500     675,000

 

    Formula: FIRF (and SERP) Benefit = 2.5% x years of benefit service x high three-year average compensation. Benefit service begins one year after employment, and benefits are vested after five years.
    Compensation covered includes salary, bonus, and any other compensation that is reflected on the IRS Form W-2 (exclusive of any compensation deferred from a prior year).
    Credited years of service at December 31, 2004, for the Named Executive Officers are: Mr. Heger (23), Mr. Miller (25), Mr. West (18), Mr. Cera (23), Mr. Fike (23).
    The regular form of retirement benefits provides for a lump sum payment, annual installments, or a combination of lump sum and annual payments. The benefits due from the SERP and SETP are first paid out of a rabbi trust that we have established, and to the extent insufficient, then out of general assets.

 

Agreements with Certain Executive Officers

 

During 2001, we implemented a key employee severance agreement for Mr. Heger. Under the terms of the agreement, if a termination occurs under certain circumstances, Mr. Heger is entitled to 2.99 times the average of his three preceding years’ base salary, bonus, and other cash compensation, salary deferrals, and matching contributions to the qualified and non-qualified plans, compensation for the loss of the use of a company vehicle, continued medical and dental plan coverage, and a gross-up amount to cover his increased tax liability. In addition, we implemented key employee severance agreements for the other Executive Officers. Under the terms of each of these agreements, if termination occurs due to certain change in control events set forth in the agreements, the executive officer is entitled to 2.99 times the average of the three preceding years’ base salary, bonus, and other cash compensation, salary deferrals, and matching contributions to the qualified and non-qualified plans, compensation for the loss of the use of a company vehicle, continued medical and dental plan coverage, and a gross-up amount to cover the increased tax liability. The Annual Compensation table provided under “Summary of Compensation Information” herein gives the current three-year amounts that would be used in the calculation of the severance payment due under these agreements, except for the cost of medical and dental plan coverage and the gross up for increased tax liability.

 

The board’s human resources committee advises our board on various human resources issues, including equal employment opportunities, prevention of discrimination, selection of officers, and compensation of directors, officers, and employees. The committee also makes recommendations on the major benefit programs we offer. In addition, the committee is charged with recommending the elements of the CEO evaluation policy.

 

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Compensation of Directors

 

In accordance with the Finance Board’s regulations and amendments to the Bank Act contained in the GLB Act, we have established a formal policy governing the compensation and travel reimbursement provided to our directors. Under this policy, compensation is comprised of quarterly fees, which are subject to an annual cap set by the Finance Board. The fees compensate directors for time spent reviewing materials sent to them on a periodic basis; for preparing for meetings; for actual time spent attending the meetings of our board or its committees; and for participating in any other activities, such as attending new director meetings and director meetings called by the Finance Board, attending our annual strategic planning retreat, customer appreciation events, and conferences or seminars. Directors are permitted to defer any or all of their director fees under a Director Deferred Compensation Plan. Directors are also reimbursed for reasonable Bank-related travel expenses. Total directors’ fees and other travel expenses paid during 2004, 2003, and 2002, were $531,000 at December 31, 2004; $524,000 at December 31, 2003; and $485,000 at December 31, 2002. The following table sets forth the quarterly fees and the annual caps established for 2005 and 2006.

 

2005

 

     Quarterly Fee    Annual Cap

Chair

   $ 7,091.00    $ 28,364.00

Vice-chair

     5,673.00      22,692.00

Other directors

     4,254.75      17,019.00

 

2006

 

     Quarterly Fee    Annual Cap

Chair

   $ 7,339.25    $ 29,357.00

Vice-chair

     5,871.50      23,486.00

Other directors

     4,403.50      17,614.00

 

The directors are paid the above quarterly amounts for all board service, including attendance at board meetings, subject to reduction as follows. Board fees are reduced by $300 for each board or committee meeting missed. For consecutive day meetings, a director’s fees can be reduced by no more than $900 for missing the first day of board and committee meetings and no more than $300 for each consecutive day thereafter.

 

ITEM 7. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS.

 

We are a cooperative institution and owning shares of our Class B Stock is generally a prerequisite to transacting business with us. As such, we are wholly-owned by financial institutions that are also our customers (with the exception of a small number of shares held by former members, or their legal successors, in the process of redemption). In addition, the majority of our directors are elected by our members, and we conduct our business almost exclusively with our members. Therefore, in the normal course of business, we extend credit to members with officers or directors that may serve as our directors on market terms that are no more favorable to them than comparable transactions with other members. We do not loan money to or conduct other business transactions with our executive officers or any of our other officers or employees. Executive officers may obtain loans under certain employee benefit plans but only on the same terms and conditions as are applicable to all employees that participate in such plans.

 

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ITEM 8. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

 

We have no material pending legal proceedings; and we are unaware of any potential claims that are material.

 

ITEM 9. MARKET PRICE OF AND DIVIDENDS ON THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.

 

No Trading Market

 

Our Class B Stock is not publicly traded, and there is no established market for such stock. Members may be required to purchase additional shares of Class B Stock from time to time in order to meet minimum investment requirements under our Capital Plan (“Capital Plan”), which was implemented on January 2, 2003, in accordance with provisions of the GLB Act amendments to the Bank Act and Finance Board regulations. See “Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.” Our Class B Stock may be redeemed, at par value of $100 per share, five years after we receive a written redemption request by a member, subject to regulatory limits and to the satisfaction of any ongoing stock investment requirements applicable to the member. We may repurchase shares held by members in excess of their required holdings at our discretion at any time.

 

None of our capital stock is registered under the 1933 Act, and purchases and sales of stock by our members are not subject to registration under the 1933 Act.

 

Number of Members

 

As of December 31, 2005, we had 432 members and $2,199,988,900 par value of Class B Stock issued and outstanding.

 

Dividends

 

We paid quarterly cash and stock dividends during the first four quarters of 2005 and for fiscal years 2004 and 2003, on a per share basis, as set forth in the following tables.

 

 

2005 Dividend Table              
     B-1
Stock
   B-1
Cash

Quarter 1

   $ 1.06       

Quarter 2

     1.06       

Quarter 3

          $ 1.13

Quarter 4

            1.06

 

2004 Dividend Table       
    

B-1

Stock

Quarter 1

   $ 1.25

Quarter 2

     1.13

Quarter 3

     1.13

Quarter 4

     1.06

 

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2003 Dividend Table

 

     B-1
Stock
   B-2
Cash

Quarter 1(1)

   $ -    $ -

Quarter 2

     1.38      -

Quarter 3

     1.25      1.00

Quarter 4

     1.25      1.00

 

(1) No dividends were paid in the first quarter of 2003 for B-1 or B-2 stock. However, a cash dividend of $1.44 per share was paid on the Bank’s prior capital stock that was replaced by the new capital plan.

 

There were no B-2 dividends paid during 2004 or 2005 as all B-2 stock has been reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock in the Statement of Conditions with the adoption of SFAS 150 as of January 1, 2004.

 

We anticipate paying comparable dividends in the future. Dividends may be paid in cash or capital stock as authorized by our board. The dividends declared in the third and fourth quarters of 2005 were paid in cash. The dividends paid during the first and second quarters of 2005 and for the fiscal year 2004 were paid in capital stock with fractional B-1 shares and all dividends on B-2 shares, if any, paid in cash only. We may pay dividends on our Class B Stock only out of our retained earnings or our current net earnings. Generally, our board has discretion to declare or not declare dividends and to determine the rate of any dividend declared. However, we may not declare or pay a dividend if, after paying the dividend, we would fail to meet any of our capital requirements. We also may not declare any dividend when we are not in compliance with all of our capital requirements or if we determine that the dividend would create a safety and soundness issue for the Bank. Further, payment of dividends may be impacted as to both timing and amount by the provisions of the Bank’s retained earnings policy. In addition, until we have completed our 1934 Act registration with the SEC, we must receive Finance Board approval before paying a dividend.

 

Because our Class B Stock may only be owned by institutions, not individuals, we do not have equity compensation plans.

 

ITEM 10. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.

 

We issue letters of credit in the ordinary course of business. From time to time, we provide standby letters of credit to support members’ letters of credit or obligations issued to support unaffiliated, third-party offerings of notes, bonds or other securities to finance housing-related projects. As of September 30, 2005, outstanding letters of credit were $314.3 million, compared to $271.1 million, $250.2 million, and $200.3 million as of December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. To the extent that these letters of credit are securities for purposes of the 1933 Act, the issuance of the letter of credit by us is exempt from registration pursuant to section 3(a)(2) thereof.

 

ITEM 11. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.

 

The terms of the Bank’s Class B stock are interwoven with our capital requirements and with the terms of our Capital Plan, which became effective on January 2, 2003. The Capital Plan is attached as Exhibit 4.1 and is available on our website at www.fhlbi.com. Summaries of the capital requirements and of relevant portions of the Capital Plan are provided after the description of the material terms of the Class B Stock that follows in order to aid the reader in understanding the background of the Class B Stock.

 

Description of Class B Stock

 

We only have one class of capital stock, Class B Stock, which is authorized, issued, and outstanding. The Class B Stock is issued under our Capital Plan, which was approved by the Finance Board on July 10, 2002, amended on October 9, 2002, and implemented on January 2, 2003. The Class B Stock has a par value of $100 per share and may be issued, redeemed, and repurchased only at par value. The Class B Stock is held in book-entry form only and is transferable only upon our written approval, which we may withhold in our sole discretion.

 

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The Class B Stock has two subseries, Class B-1 and Class B-2. We are authorized, under our Capital Plan, to issue additional Class B-1 Stock, at par value of $100 per share, to our members from time to time. Participation in offerings of Class B-1 Stock are voluntary on the part of our members, on terms and conditions to be determined by our board, but such offerings may not discriminate in favor of or against any member.

 

Terms Relating to Class B Stock

 

Conversion

 

Shares of Class B-1 Stock are converted into shares of Class B-2 Stock in the event that any of the following four conditions apply:

 

    if a member withdraws from membership;
    the member is the non-surviving entity in a merger;
    if a financial institution’s membership is terminated involuntarily or as a result of a relocation; or
    if the stock becomes subject to a redemption request by a member;

 

while the stock is needed to meet the member’s stock requirement, as more fully described below.

 

The only difference between the Class B-1 Stock and the Class B-2 Stock is that the dividend rate for the Class B-2 Stock is lower than the dividend rate for the Class B-1 Stock.

 

Liquidation Rights

 

Subject to the authority of the Finance Board governing liquidations, if the Bank liquidates, following the retirement of all of our outstanding liabilities to our creditors, all shares of Class B Stock must be redeemed at par value, or if sufficient funds are not available to accomplish the redemption in full of the Class B Stock at par value, then such redemption will occur on a pro rata basis among all holders of the Class B Stock. Following the redemption in full of all Class B Stock, any remaining assets will be distributed to the holders of Class B Stock in the proportion that each member’s shares of Class B Stock bears to the total Class B Stock outstanding immediately prior to such liquidation.

 

Effect of Consolidation or Merger

 

In the event we consolidate or merge with another Federal Home Loan Bank, our members will become members of the surviving Federal Home Loan Bank. In such event, our members will either have their existing shares of Class B Stock converted into equivalent stock in the surviving Federal Home Loan Bank, or they will receive such other consideration as is provided in any plan of merger or consolidation or in any lawful order of the Finance Board. If another Federal Home Loan Bank is merged into us, and we are the surviving Federal Home Loan Bank, members of the non-surviving Federal Home Loan Bank will immediately become our members and the outstanding stock of the non-surviving Federal Home Loan Bank will be converted into shares of Class B Stock, or they will receive such other consideration as is provided in any plan of merger or as provided in any lawful order of the Finance Board.

 

Transfer of Stock

 

Shares of Class B Stock of a member held in excess of the amount the member needs to meet its membership and activity-based investment requirements (“Excess Stock”) may be transferred to another member only upon our prior written approval, which may be withheld in our sole discretion. Such transfers must be made at par value and are effective upon being recorded in our stock records. Transferred shares that were subject to a notice of redemption will have the notice automatically cancelled upon the transfer, but no cancellation fee will be charged.

 

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Voting Rights

 

All members holding shares of Class B Stock are entitled to vote for the election of directors pursuant to Finance Board regulations establishing the election procedure. Directors are elected by members in Indiana and Michigan separately as determined by the Finance Board in its allocation of guaranteed and non-guaranteed elective director seats per state. Each state has a certain number of seats guaranteed by statute. Non-guaranteed seats can be added or taken away by the Finance Board based upon increases or decreases in the amount of outstanding stock required to be held by the members in each state. The stock required to be held (“Stock Requirement) by each member is the amount that the member must hold, based on its total of mortgage assets held (Total Mortgage Assets”) and the amount (“Activity-based Stock Requirement) needed to support Advances and other credit products used (“Activity-based Assets”). In the election of directors, members have one vote for each share of stock they hold to meet their Stock Requirement but are subject to caps on the number of shares they can vote, based upon the average number of shares of stock that are required to be held by all members in the applicable state. Members are not entitled to vote any shares of Excess Stock in the election of directors. The stock calculations required to determine the amount of shares eligible to be voted in each election are based upon each member’s stock holdings on December 31 of the prior year. Elections are determined by a majority of votes cast, and cumulative voting is not permitted. With respect to any matters, other than the election of directors, which must be submitted to members for a vote, each member has one vote for each share of Class B Stock held by that member.

 

Liability for Capital Assessments

 

We may increase the minimum Stock Requirement of members:

 

    within certain ranges specified in the Capital Plan; and
    outside such ranges with approval from the Finance Board.

 

This increase could result in a member being required to purchase additional stock or reduce its volume of activity in order to come into compliance with the new requirements. The failure of a member to comply with the new requirements would result in the member’s access to products and services being suspended until the requirements are met, and failure to comply within ten business days may lead to the possible termination of its membership.

 

Dividends

 

Dividends may, but are not required to, be paid on our Class B Stock. Historically, the board has declared dividends quarterly since the first quarter of 1986. Dividends, if declared, may be paid in either cash or stock, or a combination thereof. Dividends on the Class B-2 Stock are equal to 80% of any declared dividend on the Class B-1 Stock. The amount of the dividend to be paid is based on the average number of shares of each type held by the member during the quarter.

 

No dividend may be declared or paid if we are or would be, as a result of such payment, in violation of our minimum capital requirements. Moreover, we may not pay dividends if any principal or interest due on COs issued to provide funds to us has not been paid in full, or under certain circumstances, if we fail to satisfy liquidity requirements under applicable Finance Board regulations. Dividends are non-cumulative and, if declared, are paid only from current net earnings or retained earnings and are subject to the application of our retained earnings policy.

 

Redemption and Repurchase

 

Class B Stock is redeemable upon written notice from the member, subject to certain restrictions discussed below after a period of five years (“Redemption Period”) from the date of such notice. If a member at any time holds Excess Stock, we may, in our discretion, repurchase such Excess Stock at par value upon fifteen days’ notice to the member. A member may identify, by date of acquisition, which shares of Excess Stock that we will repurchase, as more particularly described below. A member may also request that we repurchase Excess Stock, resulting from the receipt of stock dividends or otherwise, in accordance with existing policies of our board; however, our board retains the discretion as to whether or not to repurchase shares of Excess Stock from a member.

 

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A member may file a written request for us to redeem all or part of its stock. The Redemption Period will commence on the date of our receipt of the written notice. The redemption notice must identify the specific shares of Class B Stock that are to be redeemed by date of acquisition and amount. If the redemption notice fails to identify the particular shares to be redeemed, the member is deemed to have requested redemption of the most recently acquired shares that are not already subject to a pending redemption request. At the end of the Redemption Period, only stock of the member that has been held for at least five years and that is then Excess Stock can be used to fill the redemption request. A member may not have more than one notice of redemption outstanding at one time for the same shares of Class B Stock.

 

If a redemption request is filed with respect to the Excess Stock of a member, the member may cancel the redemption request at any time without penalty. If a member files a request to redeem stock that is required to meet the member’s Stock Requirement, the stock is immediately converted to Class B-2 Stock and receives the lower dividend until (a) the stock is redeemed, (b) the redemption notice is cancelled, or (c) the stock is no longer needed as part of the member’s Stock Requirement and becomes Excess Stock. If the stock becomes Excess Stock during the Redemption Period, it will be reconverted to Class B-1 Stock until it is redeemed or until it is needed again by the member to meet its Stock Requirement. If the redemption notice is cancelled, the member pays a $500 redemption cancellation fee and the stock is reconverted to Class B-1 Stock.

 

At the end of the Redemption Period, the member receives the par value of the stock being redeemed, unless the stock is still needed to support the member’s Stock Requirement. All outstanding Activity-based Assets that are supported by the stock subject to the redemption request must be paid in full before the stock will be redeemed. If a member is unable to meet its Stock Requirement within five business days of the end of the Redemption Period, the redemption request is automatically cancelled as to the amount of stock needed to meet the member’s Stock Requirement, and the $500 redemption cancellation fee is automatically applied. Any shares of Excess Stock included in the redemption request will be redeemed.

 

Further, we will not redeem any stock, (notwithstanding the expiration of the Redemption Period), or repurchase any stock, if

 

    we are not in compliance with each of our capital requirements,
    if the redemption or repurchase would cause us to fail to meet our capital requirements, or
    absent approval of the Finance Board, if we determine or the Finance Board determines that we have incurred or are likely to incur losses that will result in a charge against our capital.

 

We also may, subject to certain conditions, suspend redemptions of Class B Stock if we reasonably believe that continued redemption of stock (1) would cause us to fail to meet our minimum capital requirements; (2) would prevent us from maintaining adequate capital against potential risk that may not be adequately reflected in our minimum capital requirements; or (3) would otherwise prevent us from operating in a safe and sound manner. During the period of any such suspension of redemptions, we may not repurchase any stock without the approval of the Finance Board and may be required by the Finance Board to re-institute the redemption of Class B Stock. In addition, if we reasonably determine that the stock subject to redemption must be maintained as collateral for a member’s then outstanding obligations, we may redeem the stock but will maintain the proceeds in a collateral account until they are no longer needed as collateral.

 

If, at any time, the Redemption Period for stock owned by more than one member has expired, either with respect to stock subject to a redemption notice or stock of a terminated member, and if the redemption of such stock would cause us to fail to be in compliance with any of our minimum capital requirements, then we will fulfill such redemptions as we are able to accomplish from time to time. In that event, we would begin with such redemptions as to which the redemption period expired on the earliest date and fulfill such redemptions relating to that date on a pro rata basis from time to time until fully satisfied. Thereafter, we would fulfill such redemptions as to which the redemption period expired on the next earliest date in the same manner, and continue in that order until all of such redemptions as to which the redemption period has expired have been fulfilled.

 

If a member has one or more redemption requests outstanding at a time when we choose to repurchase Excess Stock, we will first repurchase the most recently acquired shares of Class B Stock of a member that are Excess Stock and

 

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that are not subject to a redemption request, followed by Excess Stock that is subject to a redemption request that has been outstanding for the shortest period of time. Then, to the extent necessary, we will repurchase Excess Stock that is subject to a redemption request that has been outstanding for the next shortest period of time and continue in that order, to the extent necessary, until the member no longer has any Excess Stock, or we have repurchased all of the Excess Stock of the member that we had intended to repurchase.

 

Any stock that we redeem or repurchase will be retired and will no longer be deemed to be outstanding stock. We have received redemption notices with respect to Excess Stock held by three members. Further, there are eight former members that have automatic redemption notices in effect as a result of mergers with non-member surviving institutions. The stock of the non-members will be redeemed at the end of the Redemption Period, provided that the former member, or its legal successor, no longer has any outstanding obligations to us.

 

Withdrawal or Termination of Membership

 

Any member may voluntarily withdraw from membership upon written notice to us. Further, an institution’s membership may be involuntarily terminated in accordance with regulations of the Finance Board in effect from time to time, or its membership may be terminated (a) by operation of law if it is the non-surviving entity in a consolidation or merger with a non-member, another member of the Bank, or an institution outside our district, or (b) if it relocates outside our district.

 

Any member that withdraws from membership or that has had its membership terminated may not be readmitted as a member of any Federal Home Loan Bank for a period of five years from the date membership was terminated and all of the member’s stock was redeemed or repurchased. A transfer of membership without interruption between two Federal Home Loan Banks will not constitute a termination of membership.

 

Pursuant to Finance Board regulations, no member may withdraw from membership unless, on the date the membership is to terminate, there is in effect a certification from the Finance Board that the withdrawal of a member will not cause the FHLB System to fail to satisfy its requirement to contribute toward the interest payments owed on the REFCORP obligations.

 

Redemptions of stock of a withdrawing or terminated member will occur in accordance with the redemption provisions discussed in the previous section. However, a voluntarily withdrawing member may continue to do business with the Bank during the Redemption Period of the stock held by the member at the time of its notice of withdrawal. If such business requires that member to purchase additional stock, different Redemption Periods will apply to the newly purchased stock.

 

Capital Requirements and the Capital Plan

 

Regulatory Capital Requirements

 

The GLB Act amendments require that each Federal Home Loan Bank maintain permanent capital and total capital in sufficient amounts to comply with specified, minimum risk-based capital and leverage capital requirements.

 

    Permanent capital is defined as the amount we receive for our Class B Stock (including mandatorily redeemable stock) plus our retained earnings. Permanent capital must at least equal our risk-based capital requirement, which is defined as the sum of credit risk, market risk, and operations risk capital requirements. Each of these risks is measured in accordance with guidelines in the Finance Board’s regulations. Generally, our

 

    credit risk capital is the sum of our credit risk charges for all assets, off-balance sheet items and derivative contracts, calculated using the methodologies and risk weights assigned to each classification in the regulations;

 

   

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periods of market stress and the amount by which the market value of total capital is less than 85% of the book value of total capital; and

 

    operations risk capital is 30% of the sum of our credit risk and market risk capital requirements.

 

    Total capital is defined as permanent capital plus a general allowance for losses plus any other amounts determined by the Finance Board to be available to absorb losses. Total capital must equal at least 4% of total assets.

 

    Leverage capital is defined as 150% of permanent capital plus the sum of all other components of capital. Leverage capital must equal at least 5% of total assets.

 

From time to time, for reasons of safety and soundness, the Finance Board may require one or more individual Federal Home Loan Banks to maintain more permanent capital or total capital than is required by the regulations.

 

Investment by Members

 

Under the provisions of our Capital Plan, members are required to purchase and hold Class B Stock based upon the greater of a percentage of the member’s Total Mortgage Assets or the member’s Activity-based Stock Requirement, with a minimum investment of $1,000. The Capital Plan currently provides for the calculation to be based upon 1.0% of Total Mortgage Assets. In no event is a member required to purchase Class B Stock in excess of $35,000,000 aggregate par value based upon the member’s Total Mortgage Assets. The Activity-based Stock Requirement was set in the Capital Plan at the total of the following percentages of a member’s Activity-based Assets:

 

    credit products–5.0%;
    derivative contracts–5.0%; and
    acquired member assets–3.0%.

 

However, our board, in its discretion, may change the percentages, to fall within the following respective ranges.

 

    0.75% to 1.25% for Total Mortgage Assets;
    2.0% to 5.0% for credit products;
    3.0% to 5.0% for derivative contracts; and
    0.0% to 5.0% for all acquired member assets.

 

Changes in the Activity-based Stock Requirement percentages may, at the discretion of our board, be applied prospectively only as to Activity-based Assets acquired after the date of the notice of the change. Changes outside these ranges would require prior approval from the Finance Board. Any increase in the percentages would generally require the member to purchase additional shares of Class B Stock.

 

Each member’s Stock Requirement will change from time to time based upon changes in a member’s Total Mortgage Assets or Activity-based Assets. Total Mortgage Assets are calculated annually on or about April 1, based upon a member’s financial statements as of December 31 of the prior year. The Activity-based Stock Requirement will be recalculated whenever a member enters into an Activity-based Asset. To the extent that a member does not hold sufficient Excess Stock, the member must comply with any associated requirement to purchase additional Class B Stock at the time a new Activity-based Asset is entered into and for as long as the Activity-based Asset is outstanding. For example, a member may be required to purchase additional Class B Stock to capitalize MPP loans, and must hold sufficient Class B Stock against those loans as long as those assets remain on our balance sheet. We also have the right to recalculate a member’s Stock Requirement at any time, using the most recent financial statements and account balance information available to the Bank at the date of recalculation. If a member fails to purchase the additional stock necessary to comply with a recalculated Stock Requirement, its access to products and services of the Bank are suspended until such requirements are met, and any failure to make such stock purchases within 10 business days from the required purchase date may result in involuntary termination of membership.

 

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If our board adjusts the percentages used in calculating the Stock Requirement, the adjustment will go into effect 15 days after declaration by the board and notice to the members. Any member that fails to comply with the new Stock Requirement on the date it becomes effective will not be able to access products or services of the Bank until such requirements are met and, if the failure continues for at least 10 business days, the member may be involuntarily terminated. Members that have filed a notice of withdrawal from membership or that have had their membership otherwise terminated are not required to meet any increases in the Stock Requirement based upon changes in the Total Mortgage Asset percentage or in the Activity-based Stock Requirement percentages while the notice is pending or subsequent to such termination unless new Activity-based Assets are acquired. Changes in the Activity-based Stock Requirement percentages will be applied to a member’s outstanding and new Activity-based Assets (or if the percentage change was prospective only, then only to new Activity-based Assets).

 

Any stock purchases that are necessary for the member to meet its Stock Requirement, as adjusted from time to time, are made by cash payment from the member by wire transfer or by debiting the required amount from the member’s deposit accounts.

 

ITEM 12. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

 

Pursuant to Section 7(k) of the Bank Act, each Federal Home Loan Bank is directed to determine the terms and conditions under which it may indemnify its directors and officers. Our bylaws require us to indemnify any director or officer for all monetary obligations incurred in connection with investigation, defense, or appeal of a proceeding, or satisfying a claim thereunder (including attorneys’ and paralegal fees, court costs, arbitration or mediation costs, costs of investigations and experts, and amounts of judgments, fines or penalties, excise taxes assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan, and amounts paid in settlement) when such person is made or threatened to be made a party to, or is involved as a witness or otherwise, in any claim, action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, and whether actual or threatened or in connection with an appeal relating thereto. Directors and officers are to be indemnified both with respect to actions taken on our behalf as directors or officers or on behalf of an “other enterprise” for which the director or officer is or was serving in some capacity at our request. For this purpose, “other enterprise” means any corporation, partnership, employee benefit plan, regulatory agency, or other enterprise for which the person is serving at our request, and specifically includes the Office of Finance, Council of Federal Home Loan Banks, the Affordable Housing Advisory Council, the Financing Corporation, REFCORP, the Financial Institutions Retirement Fund, Pentegra Retirement Services, the Financial Institutions Thrift Plan, any FHLB System Committee (including the Bank President’s Conference) or any non-profit community organization with a primary purpose of housing or financial literacy.

 

Pursuant to our bylaws, we will pay, in advance, liabilities and expenses incurred or payable by a director or officer in connection with any proceeding, with the agreement that those amounts will be repaid to us if the director or officer is ultimately determined not to be entitled to indemnification. To be entitled to indemnification, a director or officer must meet the standards of conduct set forth in our bylaws. Such person must have discharged the duties of a director or officer, including duties as a member of a committee, in good faith. The director or officer must have reasonably believed such action to be in or not opposed to our best interest or that of any other enterprise for which he or she serving at our request. In any criminal proceeding, the director or officer must have had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. If the director or officer meets this standard of conduct, he or she is entitled to be indemnified unless the action or failure to act by that director or officer constituted willful misconduct or recklessness.

 

We maintain a director and officer liability insurance policy providing for the insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Bank for any claim made against the person in any such capacity or arising out of the person’s status as such.

 

ITEM 13. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

 

The financial statements required to be included in this registration statement appear at the end of the registration statement beginning on page F-1.

 

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ITEM 14. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 15. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

(a) Financial Statements

 

The Index to Financial Statements can be found on page F-7 to this registration statement.

 

(b) Exhibits

 

The exhibits to this registration statement are listed in the attached Exhibit Index.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on February 14, 2006.

 

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF INDIANAPOLIS
By:   /s/ MARTIN L. HEGER
Name:   Martin L. Heger
Title:   President – Chief Executive Officer
By:   /s/ MILTON J. MILLER II
Name:   Milton J. Miller II
Title:   Senior Vice President –Chief Financial Officer

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis

Index to Item 13 Supplementary Financial Data

 

     Page Number

Quarterly Results for the First Three Quarters of 2005 and the Years Ended 2004 and 2003

   F-2

Investment Securities

   F-3

Deposits

   F-4

Short-term Borrowings

   F-5

AHP

   F-5

Key Ratios

   F-6

 

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ITEM 13. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

 

Supplementary financial data for the first three quarters of 2005 and for each full quarter within the two years ended December 31, 2004, and 2003, as restated, are included in the tables below ($ amounts in thousands). Additional information relating to the restatement of quarterly financial statements can be found beginning on page 4.

 

    

1st

Quarter

2005

    2nd
Quarter
2005
    3rd
Quarter
2005
 
     (Restated)              

Total interest income

   $ 388,212     $ 427,717     $ 480,828  

Total interest expense

     329,144       374,325       424,972  

Net interest income before mortgage loan loss provision

     59,068       53,392       55,856  

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans

     -       -       -  

Net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision

     59,068       53,392       55,856  

Fees and other income

     736       864       786  

Net realized gain from sale of available-for-sale securities

     -       2,564       17,057  

Net realized and unrealized gain on derivative and hedging activities

     1,729       2,120       2,755  

Operating expenses

     (8,103 )     (8,268 )     (8,935 )

Finance Board & Office of Finance

     (784 )     (838 )     (728 )

Other

     (445 )     (505 )     (490 )

Total net other income (expense)

     (6,867 )     (4,063 )     10,445  

Income before assessments

     52,201       49,329       66,301  

AHP

     (4,294 )     (4,062 )     (5,456 )

REFCORP

     (9,581 )     (9,053 )     (12,169 )

Total assessments

     (13,875 )     (13,115 )     (17,625 )

Net Income

   $ 38,326     $ 36,214     $ 48,676  

 

    

1st

Quarter

2004

   

2nd

Quarter

2004

   

3rd

Quarter

2004

   

4th

Quarter

2004

 
     (Restated)     (Restated)     (Restated)     (Restated)  

Total interest income

   $ 284,435     $ 295,096     $ 316,081     $ 351,200  

Total interest expense

     231,510       233,547       269,515       291,942  

Net interest income before mortgage loan loss provision

     52,925       61,549       46,566       59,258  

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans

     -       -       -       574  

Net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision

     52,925       61,549       46,566       59,832  

Fees and other income

     598       662       681       758  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivative and hedging activities

     (20,988 )     25,893       (16,836 )     137  

Operating expenses

     (6,863 )     (7,667 )     (7,097 )     (8,008 )

Finance Board & Office of Finance

     (639 )     (683 )     (647 )     (410 )

Other

     (419 )     (429 )     (429 )     (442 )

Total net other income (expense)

     (28,311 )     17,776       (24,328 )     (7,965 )

Income before assessments

     24,614       79,325       22,238       51,867  

AHP

     (2,024 )     (6,501 )     (1,847 )     (4,267 )

REFCORP

     (4,506 )     (14,564 )     (4,078 )     (9,520 )

Total assessments

     (6,530 )     (21,065 )     (5,925 )     (13,787 )

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     18,084       58,260       16,313       38,080  

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     (67 )                        

Net Income

   $ 18,017     $ 58,260     $ 16,313     $ 38,080  

 

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1st

Quarter

2003

   

2nd

Quarter

2003

   

3rd

Quarter

2003

   

4th

Quarter

2003

 
     (Restated)     (Restated)     (Restated)     (Restated)  

Total interest income

   $ 296,074     $ 282,880     $ 291,447     $ 280,461  

Total interest expense

     245,965       239,781       216,522       225,100  

Net interest income before mortgage loan loss provision

     50,109       43,099       74,925       55,361  

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans

     (125 )     (134 )     (50 )     -    

Net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision

     49,984       42,965       74,875       55,361  

Fees and other income

     1,565       2,041       1,542       1,128  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivative and hedging activities

     (7,270 )     (19,942 )     9,713       3,131  

Operating expenses

     (7,093 )     (7,021 )     (7,290 )     (6,664 )

Finance Board & Office of Finance

     (616 )     (583 )     (611 )     (674 )

Other

     (295 )     (329 )     (430 )     (428 )

Total net other income (expense)

     (13,709 )     (25,834 )     2,924       (3,507 )

Income before assessments

     36,275       17,131       77,799       51,854  

AHP

     (2,961 )     (1,398 )     (6,350 )     (4,234 )

REFCORP

     (6,663 )     (3,147 )     (14,290 )     (9,523 )

Total assessments

     (9,624 )     (4,545 )     (20,640 )     (13,757 )

Net income

   $ 26,651     $ 12,586     $ 57,159     $ 38,097  

 

Investments.    Investment securities classified as held-to-maturity, available-for-sale, and trading consisted of the following at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, and 2003.

 

Investment Securities

($ amounts in thousands, at carrying value)

 

     September 30,    December 31,    September, 2005 vs.
December, 2004
   

December, 2004 vs.

December 2003

 
     2005    2004    2003    $ Amt     %
change
    $ Amt     %
change
 

State or local housing obligations

   $ 13,950    $ 20,195    $ 27,410    $ (6,245 )   -30.9 %   $ (7,215 )   -26.3 %

Other bonds, notes & debentures (including GSEs)

     -      1,157,080      1,186,773      (1,157,080 )   -100.0 %     (29,693 )   -2.5 %

MBS & ABS

     6,685,511      6,136,482      5,799,482      549,029     8.9 %     337,000     5.8 %

Total investment securities

   $ 6,699,461    $ 7,313,757    $ 7,013,665    $ (614,296 )   -8.4 %   $ 300,092     4.3 %

 

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Our MBS and ABS investment portfolio consisted of the following categories of securities as of September 30, 2005December 31, 2004, and December 31, 2003.

 

MBS & ABS

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     September 30, 2005     December 31, 2004     December 31, 2003  
     $    %     $    %     $    %  

MBS

                                       

Non-federal agency residential MBS

   $ 5,944,114    88.9 %   $ 5,269,133    85.8 %   $ 4,880,904    84.2 %

U.S. agency residential MBS

     86,306    1.3 %     110,468    1.8 %     49,476    .9 %

Non-federal agency commercial MBS

     585,774    8.8 %     673,213    11.0 %     750,864    12.9 %

Total MBS

     6,616,194    99.0 %     6,052,814    98.6 %     5,681,244    98.0 %

Asset-backed securities

                                       

Home equity loans

     34,434    0.5 %     45,496    0.8 %     76,548    1.3 %

Manufactured housing loans

     34,883    0.5 %     38,172    0.6 %     41,690    0.7 %

Total asset-backed securities

     69,317    1.0 %     83,668    1.4 %     118,238    2.0 %

Total MBS & ABS

   $ 6,685,511    100.0 %   $ 6,136,482    100.0 %   $ 5,799,482    100.0 %

 

Deposits

 

A summary of the average rates we paid on interest-bearing deposits greater than 10% of average total deposits is presented in the following table.

 

Deposits Outstanding

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     For the
Quarter
Ended
September 30,
   For the Nine
Months
Ended
September 30,
   For the Year Ended December 31,
     2005    2005    2004    2003    2002

Interest-bearing overnight deposits

                                  

Average balance

   $ 835,731    $ 851,952    $ 1,043,946    $ 1,950,252    $ 1,463,633

Average rate paid

     3.40%      2.92%      1.26%      1.08%      1.63%

Interest-bearing demand deposits

                                  

Average balance

   $ 108,275    $ 120,505    $ 145,763    $ 171,124    $ 179,712

Average rate paid

     2.81%      2.33%      0.71%      0.38%      0.92%

 

We had no time certificates of deposit outstanding at September 30, 2005 or December 31, 2004, 2003, or 2002.

 

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Short-term Borrowings

 

A summary of our short-term borrowings for which the average balance outstanding exceeded 30% of capital as of and for the quarter ending September 30, 2005, and for the three years ending December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002 is presented in the table below.

 

Short-term Borrowings

($ amounts in thousands)

 

     As of
September 30,
   As of December 31,
     2005    2004    2003    2002

Discount notes

                           

Outstanding at period-end

   $ 8,337,270    $ 10,631,051    $ 10,440,519    $ 13,857,741

Weighted average rate at period-end

     3.41%      1.90%      0.99%      1.26%

Daily average outstanding for the period

     9,793,262      10,505,792      11,070,849      11,038,107

Weighted average rate for the period

     2.89%      1.33%      1.14%      1.74%

Highest outstanding at any month-end

     11,726,856      12,583,565      15,202,086      13,857,741

 

AHP

 

The outstanding liability related to the AHP program is comprised of the following award components at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004.

 

AHP

As of September 30, 2005

($ amounts in thousands)

 

Awards/Assessments Outstanding    Amount    % of Total

2005 Assessment to be awarded in 2006

   $ 10,348    39.1%

2005 Other set-aside programs remaining to be disbursed

     2,798    10.6%

2005 AHP awards remaining to be disbursed

     4,249    16.1%

2004 Remaining assessment to be awarded in 2005

     4,052    15.3%

2004 AHP awards remaining to be disbursed

     4,679    17.7%

2003 and 2002 AHP awards remaining to be disbursed

     321    1.2%

Total awards/assessments outstanding

   $ 26,447    100.0%

 

The 2005 Assessment to be awarded in 2006 will not agree to the AHP assessment reflected in the Statement of Income. The difference is due to the timing of income reported for AHP purposes.

 

AHP

As of December 31, 2004

($ amounts in thousands)

 

Awards/Assessments Outstanding    Amount    % of Total

2004 Assessment to be awarded in 2005

   $ 9,103    39.5%

2004 AHP awards remaining to be disbursed

     8,776    38.1%

2004 Other set-aside programs remaining to be disbursed

     1,491    6.5%

2003 AHP awards remaining to be disbursed

     2,632    11.4%

2002 and 2001 AHP awards remaining to be disbursed

     433    1.8%

Uncommitted funds

     625    2.7%

Total awards/assessments outstanding

   $ 23,060    100.0%

 

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The 2004 Assessment to be awarded in 2005 will not agree to the AHP assessment reflected in the Statement of Income. The difference is due to the timing of income reported for AHP purposes.

 

Key Ratios

 

Key Ratios

 

     Quarter Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
   Year Ended December 31,
     2005    2004    2005    2004    2004    2003    2002

Net income to average assets 0

   0.41%    0.14%    0.36%    0.27%    0.29%    0.31%    0.20%

Return on average equity

   8.62%    3.08%    7.48%    5.96%    6.25%    6.97%    4.15%

Total average equity to average assets

   4.74%    4.53%    4.80%    4.56%    4.62%    4.38%    4.72%

Dividend payout ratio(1)

   47.60%    134.61%    53.53%    72.93%    67.94%    52.09%    141.05%

 

  (1) The dividend payout ratio is calculated by dividing dividends declared and paid by net income. The reduced dividend payout ratio in 2003 reflects the change in the timing of the dividend payment as a result of the new capital plan adopted in January 2003. Under the new plan, although the dividend is still paid quarterly, it is declared on the 10th business day of the month following the end of each quarter, rather than on the last day of the quarter as under the former capital structure. The dividend payout ratios in 2004 and 2005 are also affected by the timing of these dividend payments.

 

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Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis

Index to Financial Statements

 

     Page Number

Audited Financial Statements

    

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   F-8

Statements of Condition as of December 31, 2004, and 2003

   F-9

Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002

   F-10

Statements of Capital for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002

   F-11

Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002

   F-13

Notes to Financial Statements

   F-15

Unaudited Financial Statements

    

Statements of Condition as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004

   F-55

Statements of Income for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and September 30, 2004

   F-56

Statements of Capital for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and September 30, 2004

   F-57

Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and September 30, 2004

   F-59

Notes to Financial Statements

   F-61

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of

the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis

 

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of condition and the related statements of income, capital and of cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis (the “Bank”) at December 31, 2004 and 2003 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Bank’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Bank has restated its financial statements at December 31, 2004 and 2003 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004.

 

As discussed in Note 3, the Bank adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 150, Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity, on January 1, 2004.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Indianapolis, IN

March 4, 2005, except for Notes 1, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19 and 20, as to which the date is February 13, 2006

 

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Statement of Condition ($ and share amounts in thousands, except par value)

 

     December 31,  
     2004     2003  
     (Restated)     (Restated)  

Assets

                

Cash and due from banks (Note 4)

   $ 44,628     $ 51,423  

Interest-bearing deposits, members and non-members

     510,645       242,511  

Federal funds sold, members and non-members

     3,280,000       1,067,000  

Trading security (Note 5)

     88,532       101,072  

Available-for-sale securities (a) (Note 6), includes investments in other Federal Home Loan

Bank COs of $234,899 and $243,468

     1,157,080       1,186,773  

Held-to-maturity securities (b) (Note 7) , members and non-members

     6,068,145       5,725,820  

Advances to members (Note 8)

     25,231,074       28,924,713  

Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans of $0 in 2004 and $574 in 2003 (Note 10)

     7,761,767       7,433,231  

Accrued interest receivable

     109,827       119,081  

Premises and equipment, net

     11,167       10,709  

Derivative assets (Note 16)

     1,668       5,770  

Other assets

     37,225       32,817  

Total assets

   $ 44,301,758     $ 44,900,920  

Liabilities and Capital

                

Interest-bearing deposits (Note 11)

                

Demand and overnight

   $ 877,880     $ 1,211,324  

Other

     1,537       1,245  

Total interest-bearing deposits

     879,417       1,212,569  

COs, net (Note 12)

                

Discount Notes

     10,631,051       10,440,519  

CO Bonds

     29,817,241       29,830,390  

Total COs, net

     40,448,292       40,270,909  

Accrued interest payable

     244,295       246,601  

AHP (Note 9)

     23,060       26,483  

Derivative liabilities (Note 16)

     493,724       1,079,815  

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock (Note 13)

     30,259       -  

Other liabilities

     39,220       37,074  

Total liabilities

     42,158,267       42,873,451  

Commitments and contingencies (Note 8,9,12,13,14,17,18)

                

Capital (Note 13)

                

Capital Stock-Class B-1 putable ($100 par value) issued and outstanding shares: 20,169 in 2004, and 19,174 in 2003

     2,016,931       1,917,400  

Capital Stock-Class B-2 putable ($100 par value) issued and outstanding shares: 0 in 2004 and 8 in 2003

     -       750  

Total Capital Stock putable ($100 par value) issued and outstanding shares: 20,169 shares in 2004 and 19,182 shares in 2003

     2,016,931       1,918,150  

Retained earnings

     84,995       43,290  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

                

Net unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities (Note 6)

     43,767       66,830  

Other (Note 14)

     (2,202 )     (801 )

Total accumulated other comprehensive income

     41,565       66,029  

Total capital

     2,143,491       2,027,469  

Total Liabilities and Capital

   $ 44,301,758     $ 44,900,920  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

(a) Amortized cost: $1,113,313 and $1,119,943 at December 31, 2004, and 2003.

(b) Fair values: $6,069,364 and $5,766,808 at December 31, 2004, and 2003.

 

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Statement of Income ($ amounts in thousands)

 

     For the Years Ended December 31,  
     2004     2003     2002  
     (Restated)     (Restated)     (Restated)  

Interest Income

                        

Advances to members

   $ 518,033     $ 509,381     $ 659,148  

Prepayment fees on advances

     10,351       3,352       3,545  

Interest-bearing deposits, members and non-members

     5,270       2,558       7,723  

Federal funds sold, members and non-members

     46,443       18,074       44,094  

Trading security

     6,310       6,379       6,379  

Available-for-sale securities, includes interest on investments in other Federal

Home Loan Bank COs of $11,078, $11,058, and $11,264

     49,245       51,234       61,167  

Held-to-maturity securities, members and non-members

     242,863       215,096       305,997  

Mortgage loans held for portfolio

     368,019       344,604       177,523  

Loans to other Federal Home Loan Banks

     278       184       147  

Total interest income

     1,246,812       1,150,862       1,265,723  

Interest Expense

                        

COs

     1,011,317       905,648       1,006,092  

Deposits

     14,164       21,667       25,770  

Borrowings from other Federal Home Loan Banks

     -       21       12  

Mandatorily redeemable Capital Stock

     1,011       -       -  

Other borrowings

     22       32       29  

Total interest expense

     1,026,514       927,368       1,031,903  

Net interest income

     220,298       223,494       233,820  

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans

     (574 )     309       259  

Net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision

     220,872       223,185       233,561  

Other Income

                        

Service fees

     1,300       4,560       6,014  

Net realized gain from sale of available-for-sale securities

     -       167       95  

Net gain (loss) on trading security

     (5,286 )     (1,582 )     6,764  

Net realized and unrealized loss on derivatives and hedging activities

     (6,508 )     (12,786 )     (108,188 )

Other, net

     1,399       1,549       1,367  

Total other income (loss)

     (9,095 )     (8,092 )     (93,948 )

Other Expense

                        

Salaries and benefits

     20,170       18,414       16,964  

Other operating expenses

     9,465       9,654       9,807  

Finance Board

     1,298       1,267       1,220  

Office of Finance

     1,081       1,217       1,053  

Other

     1,719       1,482       731  

Total other expense

     33,733       32,034       29,775  

Income Before Assessments

     178,044       183,059       109,838  

AHP

     14,639       14,943       8,966  

REFCORP

     32,668       33,623       20,174  

Total assessments

     47,307       48,566       29,140  

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     130,737       134,493       80,698  

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     (67 )     -         -    

Net Income

   $ 130,670     $ 134,493     $ 80,698  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Capital ($ amounts and shares in thousands)

 

    

Capital Stock Class
B-1

Putable

   Capital Stock
Class B-2
Putable
   Capital Stock Putable   

Accumulated

Other

     Shares    Par Value    Shares    Par
Value
   Shares    Par Value    Retained
Earnings
(Restated)
   Comprehensive
Income
(Restated)
   Total
Capital
(Restated)

Balance, December 31, 2001, as previously reported

                         17,406    $ 1,740,588    $ 32,929    $ (904)    $ 1,772,613

Restatement adjustments

                         -      -      (20,946)      11,262      (9,684)

Balance, December 31, 2001, as restated

                         17,406      1,740,588      11,983      10,358      1,762,929

Proceeds from sale of capital stock

                         2,637      263,777                    263,777

Repurchase/redemption of capital stock

                         (481)      (48,126)                    (48,126)

Comprehensive income

                                                      

Net income

                                       80,698             80,698

Other comprehensive income

                                                      

Net unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities

                                              78,113      78,113

Other

                                              (269)      (269)

Total comprehensive income

                                       80,698      77,844      158,542

Dividends on capital stock

                                                      

Cash (6.06%)

                                       (113,821)             (113,821)

Balance, December 31, 2002

                         19,562      1,956,239      (21,140)      88,202      2,023,301

Proceeds from sale of capital stock

   1,159    $ 115,901                                          115,901

Repurchase/redemption of capital stock

   (1,843)      (184,365)              (390)      (38,999)                    (223,364)

Comprehensive income

                                                      

Net income

                                       134,493             134,493

Other comprehensive income

                                                      

Net unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities

                                              (21,641)      (21,641)

Other

                                              (532)      (532)

Total comprehensive income

                                       134,493      (22,173)      112,320

Conversion to Class B shares

   19,172      1,917,240              (19,172)      (1,917,240)                     

Transfers of capital stock

   (8)      (750)    8    750                                 

Dividends on capital stock

                                                      

Cash (5.72%)

                                       (689)             (689)

Stock (5.16%)

   694      69,374                            (69,374)              

Balance,December 31, 2003

   19,174      1,917,400    8    750    -      -      43,290      66,029      2,027,469

Proceeds from sale of capital stock

   718      71,847                                          71,847

Repurchase/redemption of capital stock

   (323)      (32,338)                                          (32,338)

 

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Statement of Capital ($ amounts and shares in thousands)

 

    

Capital Stock

Class B-1

Putable

   Capital Stock
Class B-2
Putable
   Capital Stock
Putable
  

Accumulated

Other

                                   Retained    Comprehensive    Total
     Shares    Par Value    Shares    Par
Value
   Shares    Par Value   

Earnings

(Restated)

  

Income

(Restated)

  

Capital

(Restated)

Net shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock

   (286)      (28,663)    (8)    (750)                              (29,413)

Comprehensive income

                                                    

Net income

                                     130,670             130,670

Other comprehensive income

                                                    

Net unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities

                                            (23,063)      (23,063)

Other

                                            (1,401)      (1,401)

Total comprehensive income

                                     130,670      (24,464)      106,206

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock distributions

                                     (193)             (193)

Dividends on capital stock

                                                    

Cash

                                     (87)             (87)

Stock (4.56%)

   886      88,685                          (88,685)              

Balance, December 31, 2004

   20,169    $ 2,016,931    -    -    -    -    $ 84,995    $ 41,565    $ 2,143,491

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Cash Flows ($ amounts in thousands)

 

     For The Years Ended December 31,
    

2004

(Restated)

  

2003

(Restated)

  

2002

(Restated)

Operating Activities

                    

Net income

   $ 130,670    $ 134,493    $ 80,698

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     67      -      -

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     130,737      134,493      80,698

Adjustments to reconcile income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

                    

Depreciation and amortization

                    

Net premiums and discounts on COs

     5,485      (8,000)      3,372

Net premiums and discounts on investments

     (7,201)      (4,839)      (15,235)

Net premiums and discounts on mortgage loans

     15,735      13,321      5,727

Concessions on CO bonds

     13,635      24,307      31,752

Net deferred (gain) loss on derivatives

     (80)      148      216

Premises and equipment

     1,472      1,579      1,398

Other fees and amortization

     65,856      (86,352)      (1,349)

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans held for portfolio

     (574)      309      259

Non-cash interest on mandatorily redeemable capital stock

     658      -      -

Net realized gain from available-for-sale securities

     -      (167)      (95)

Decrease (increase) in fair value of trading security

     12,540      1,581      (6,764)

(Gain)/loss due to change in net fair value adjustment on derivative and hedging activities

     (41,483)      (51,838)      52,473

Net realized loss on disposal of premises and equipment

     -      8      -

Decrease (increase) in accrued interest receivable

     9,254      6,033      (199)

(Decrease) increase in net derivatives – net accrued interest

     (40,679)      (5,803)      4,731

(Increase) decrease in other assets

     (4,987)      585      12,713

Net (decrease) increase in AHP liability and discount on AHP Advances

     (3,423)      (1,898)      (2,596)

Decrease in accrued interest payable

     (2,306)      (4,953)      (9,304)

Increase (decrease) in payable to REFCORP

     -      -      (2,958)

Increase in other liabilities

     817      14,917      8,093

Total adjustments

     24,719      (101,062)      82,234

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     155,456      33,431      162,932

Investing Activities

                    

Net (increase) decrease in interest-bearing deposits, members and non-members

     (268,134)      (242,436)      295,934

Net (increase) decrease in Federal funds sold, members and non-members

     (2,213,000)      (38,000)      2,067,000

Proceeds from maturities of long-term held-to-maturity securities, members and non-members

     1,877,432      4,614,441      2,811,024

Purchases of long-term held-to-maturity securities, members and non-members

     (2,209,742)      (4,795,790)      (3,502,230)

Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities, non-members

     -      325,301      218,764

Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities, non-members

     -      22,455      37,900

Purchases of available-for-sale securities, non-members

     -      -      (591,573)

Principal collected on Advances

     46,255,051      37,922,673      37,943,075

Advances made

     (43,226,896)      (38,385,919)      (39,774,345)

Principal collected on mortgage loans held for portfolio

     1,578,105      2,759,190      576,578

Mortgage loans purchased

     (1,919,921)      (4,778,697)      (5,579,121)

Net decrease in deposits to other Federal Home Loan Banks for mortgage loan programs

     -      -      111

Principal collected on loans to other Federal Home Loan Banks

     2,817,000      4,528,000      2,954,000

Loans to other Federal Home Loan Banks

     (2,817,000)      (4,528,000)      (2,954,000)

Net increase in premises and equipment

     (1,930)      (1,141)      (1,944)

Net cash used in investing activities

     (129,035)      (2,597,923)      (5,498,827)

 

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Statement of Cash Flows ($ amounts in thousands)

 

     For The Years Ended December 31,
    

2004

(Restated)

  

2003

(Restated)

  

2002

(Restated)

Financing Activities

                    

Net decrease in deposits

     (333,152)      (240,325)      (91,967)

Net proceeds from issuance of COs

                    

Discount Notes

     723,507,044      617,245,233      405,921,277

CO Bonds

     14,292,106      34,066,658      32,020,247

Payments for maturing and retiring COs

                    

Discount Notes

     (723,325,539)      (620,654,076)      (401,482,466)

CO Bonds

     (14,213,025)      (27,812,650)      (31,120,060)

Proceeds from assumption of other Federal Home Loan Banks’ COs

     -      68,785      -

Proceeds from borrowings from other Federal Home Loan Banks

     -      525,000      288,000

Payments on maturities of borrowings from other Federal Home Loan Banks

     -      (525,000)      (288,000)

Proceeds from issuance of capital stock

     71,847      115,901      263,777

Payments for redemption of mandatorily redeemable capital stock

     (72)      -      -

Payments for repurchase/redemption of capital stock

     (32,338)      (223,364)      (48,126)

Cash dividends paid

     (87)      (689)      (113,821)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

     (33,216)      2,565,473      5,348,861

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

     (6,795)      981      12,966
     

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year

     51,423      50,442      37,476

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year

   $ 44,628    $ 51,423    $ 50,442

Supplemental Disclosures

                    

Interest paid

   $ 892,377    $ 815,986    $ 859,305

AHP payments

     18,062      16,841      11,562

REFCORP payments

     26,938      30,449      32,172

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF INDIANAPOLIS

 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The Notes to Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Statement of Condition as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and the Statement of Income, Statement of Capital, and Statement of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002.

 

Background Information

 

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, a federally chartered corporation, is one of 12 district Federal Home Loan Banks. We serve the public by enhancing the availability of credit for residential mortgages and targeted community development. We provide a readily available, low-cost source of funds to our member institutions. We are a cooperative, which means that current members own nearly all of our outstanding capital stock, and may receive dividends on their investment. Regulated financial depositories and insurance companies engaged in residential housing finance may apply for membership.

 

Former members own the remaining capital stock to support business transactions still carried on our Statement of Condition. All members must purchase stock in our Bank. Members must own our capital stock based on the amount of their total mortgage assets. Each member is also required to purchase activity-based capital stock as it engages in certain business activities with us. As a result of these requirements, we conduct business with related parties in the normal course of business. See Note 19 and Note 20 for more information.

 

The Finance Board supervises and regulates the Federal Home Loan Banks and the Office of Finance. The Finance Board’s principal purpose is to ensure that the Federal Home Loan Banks operate in a safe and sound manner. In addition, the Finance Board ensures that the Federal Home Loan Banks carry out their housing finance mission, remain adequately capitalized, and can raise funds in the capital markets. Also, the Finance Board establishes policies and regulations covering the operations of the Federal Home Loan Banks. Each Federal Home Loan Bank operates as a separate entity with its own board of directors, management, and employees. We do not have any special purpose entities or any other type of off-balance sheet conduits.

 

The Federal Home Loan Banks’ Consolidated Obligations, consisting of CO Bonds and Discount Notes, are the joint and several obligations of all the Federal Home Loan Banks and are the primary source of funds for the Federal Home Loan Banks. The Finance Board established the Office of Finance as a joint office of the Federal Home Loan Banks to facilitate issuance and servicing of COs. Deposits, other borrowings, and capital stock issued to members provide other funds. We primarily use these funds to provide Advances to members and to purchase loans from members through our Mortgage Purchase Program. We also provide member institutions with correspondent services, such as wire transfer, security safekeeping, and settlement.

 

Note 1 — Restatement of Financial Statements

 

We are restating our financial statements at December 31, 2004 and 2003 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004.

 

We follow Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, as amended (“SFAS 133”) in accounting for derivative transactions. SFAS 133 requires that a company carry its derivatives on its balance sheet at fair value, reflecting periodic changes in fair value in earnings. In accordance with SFAS 133, a hedging relationship that has appropriate contemporaneous documentation and meets certain specified criteria is eligible for “fair value” hedge accounting, and the offsetting changes in fair value of the hedged items attributable to the risk being hedged may be recorded in earnings. To the extent that these changes in value do not completely offset the changes in value of the related derivatives, there is a net impact on the Statement of Income. The application of hedge accounting generally requires a company to evaluate the effectiveness of the hedging relationships at inception and on an ongoing basis and to calculate the changes in fair value of the derivatives and related hedged items independently. This is known as the “long-haul” method of hedge accounting. Hedging relationships that meet more stringent criteria under SFAS 133 may qualify for the “short-cut” method of hedge accounting, in which a

 

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company can make the assumption that the change in fair value of a hedged item attributable to changes in interest rates exactly offsets the change in fair value of the related derivative, rather than periodically evaluating the actual change in fair value of the hedged item independently.

 

In connection with the registration of our capital stock with the SEC, we performed a comprehensive review of certain derivative instruments. During this review, we identified certain corrections that were needed with respect to our use of hedge accounting for certain transactions under SFAS 133. As a result, we will restate our financial statements to reflect no hedge accounting for certain hedging relationships, as well as changes to our method of assessing effectiveness and recording ineffectiveness for certain Advance and Consolidated Obligation hedging relationships. The financial statements have been restated to correct the following items:

 

Available-for-Sale Investment Securities. We identified two interest rate swaps hedging available-for-sale investment securities with a total notional amount of $149,325,000 which included upfront fees paid at inception that were accounted for using the short-cut provisions of SFAS 133. Due to the upfront fees paid, the swaps did not have a fair value of $0 at inception and therefore, did not qualify for the short-cut provisions of SFAS 133. In addition, we found twenty-four other interest rate swaps, with a total notional amount of $1,296,045,000 hedging available-for-sale investment securities that were accounted for using the short-cut provisions of SFAS 133. In each case, the available-for-sale security and related interest rate swap were contemporaneously purchased in a package transaction at a par price. When these securities and derivatives were designated in short-cut hedging relationships at the date of adoption of SFAS 133 (January 1, 2001), we failed to recognize that, while the package was acquired at a par price, the components of the transaction (the available-for-sale security and interest rate swap) would not have been priced at par if they had been acquired or executed individually. Because the interest rate swaps were entered into at a fair value other than $0, the hedging relationships failed to qualify for short-cut accounting. As restated, these hedges no longer qualify for fair value hedge accounting, and the change in the fair value of the derivative is now recorded in current-period earnings without the corresponding change in fair value of the hedged item.

 

The effect of these corrections on the restated financial statements was to increase (decrease) net income by $19,644,000, $18,166,000 and ($43,383,000) for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively, while at the same time increasing (decreasing) accumulated other comprehensive income by ($26,735,000), ($24,724,000) and $82,196,000, respectively, in the Statement of Condition. In addition, these corrections resulted in a decrease to capital of $14,020,000 as of January 1, 2002.

 

Floating Rate Advances with Fixed Rate Ceiling. We identified LIBOR-based floating rate advances with fixed rate ceilings with a notional amount of $38,000,000 which were swapped and accounted for as fair value hedges using the short-cut provisions of SFAS 133. Because the swap contained a mirror-image LIBOR-based floating rate with fixed rate ceiling feature, the variable interest rate on the swap had a cap, and therefore, the swaps did not qualify for the short-cut provisions of SFAS 133. As restated, these hedges no longer qualify for fair value hedge accounting and the change in the fair value of the derivative is now recorded in current-period earnings with no corresponding offseting change in fair value recorded in Advances.

 

The effect of this correction on the restated financial statements was to increase (decrease) net income by ($12,000), $99,000 and $468,000 for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. In addition, this correction resulted in a decrease to capital of $567,000 as of January 1, 2002.

 

Advances Convertible from Fixed Interest Rate to Adjustable Interest Rate. We determined that our method of assessing and recording ineffectiveness for our Putable Advance hedging relationships was incorrect. Under the prior approach we incorrectly assumed no ineffectiveness for these hedging transactions since the designated interest rate swaps hedging the underlying Advances were structured with identical terms, including embedded optionality, except for the provision allowing the Advance to convert to a floating rate. We corrected our method of accounting for these relationships to begin measuring and recording ineffectiveness for such transactions during each reporting period. As restated, the fair value change in the hedged item is measured separately from the derivative, and any net ineffectiveness is recorded in current-period earnings.

 

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The effect of this correction on the restated financial statements was to increase (decrease) net income by $353,000, $694,000 and ($940,000) for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. In addition, this correction resulted in an increase to capital of $349,000 as of January 1, 2002.

 

Hedging Relationships Involving Consolidated Obligations and Interest Rate Swaps with Upfront or Deferred Fees. In 2004, prior to the identification of the errors discussed above that precipitated our decision to restate our financial statements, we identified an accounting practice that did not conform with GAAP. At that time, we assessed the impact of the required changes on all of the affected prior annual periods, all quarterly periods for 2003 and all relevant quarterly periods for 2004, and determined that had we correctly accounted for these transactions, it would not have had a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition for any of these prior reporting periods. Accordingly, we recorded cumulative adjustments as of January 1, 2004 to reflect the accounting as if we had properly accounted for these items in years prior to 2004. In connection with the restatement of our financial statements, we reversed the cumulative adjustments that were previously recorded as of January 1, 2004 and have adjusted our prior period financial statements to reflect the appropriate accounting for these transactions in those periods. The changes related to method of hedge accounting for certain consolidated obligation bonds.

 

As previously reported, net income increased by $581,000 as of January 1, 2004 to reflect the accounting as if the Bank had employed the new approach from the date of adoption of SFAS 133 through December 31, 2003. As part of the Bank’s restatement, previously reported net income for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 was increased (reduced) by ($1,362,000), $444,000 and ($4,417,000), respectively. These adjustments are included in net realized and unrealized losses on derivatives and hedging activities in the Bank’s restated Statements of Income.

 

We determined that our method of assessing and recording ineffectiveness for certain highly-effective CO hedging relationships was incorrect. Under the prior approach, we incorrectly assumed no ineffectiveness for these hedging transactions since the CO and the designated interest rate swap agreement had identical terms, with the exception that the interest rate swaps used in these relationships were structured with one settlement amount under the receive side of the swap that differed from all other receive-side settlements by an amount equivalent to the concession cost associated with the CO. We corrected our method of accounting for these relationships to begin measuring and recording ineffectiveness for such transactions during each reporting period. As restated, the fair value change in the hedged item is measured separately from the derivative, and any net ineffectiveness is recorded in current-period earnings.

 

Impact of the Restatement on the Bank’s REFCORP and AHP Assessments

 

The restatement resulted in lower cumulative income before assessments as of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002. On January 25, 2006, the Finance Board issued Advisory Bulletin 06-01 (“AB 06-01”) which provides guidance to those Federal Home Loan Banks that are required to restate their financial statements in connection with the registration of their equity securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Pursuant to the guidance in AB 06-01, the Bank has recalculated its REFCORP and AHP assessments for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001 based upon its restated income before assessments for each of those periods. The recalculated amounts have been recorded in the Bank’s restated Statements of Income.

 

Through December 31, 2004 and 2003, previously recorded REFCORP assessments exceeded the cumulative recalculated amounts by $7,798,000 and $12,454,000, respectively, while previously recorded AHP assessments exceeded the cumulative recalculated amounts as of those dates by $3,466,000 and $5,536,000, respectively. Because the Bank’s REFCORP and AHP contributions for each of the four years were based upon pre-restatement income before assessments, the total cumulative contributions were larger than those that would have been required had they been based upon the Bank’s restated results. As a result, in the Bank’s restated Statements of Condition, the previously reported Payable to REFCORP as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 of $7,662,000 and $6,589,000, respectively, was reduced by $7,798,000 and $12,454,000, respectively, and the balance ($136,000 and $5,865,000, respectively) has been reported as an asset (“Excess REFCORP contributions”). Additionally, the previously reported AHP liability has been reduced from $26,526,000 to $23,060,000 as of December 31, 2004 and from $32,019,000 to $26,483,000 as of December 31, 2003. As permitted by AB 06-01, the Bank has credited the excess REFCORP and AHP contributions of $7,798,000 and $3,466,000, respectively, against required contributions for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. As of September 30, 2005, the Bank’s excess REFCORP and AHP contributions have been fully utilized.

 

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The comparative financial statements have been restated to apply the effects of the errors and the correct manner of recording ineffectiveness retrospectively since the adoption of SFAS 133 on January 1, 2001. The effect of the restatement through December 31 2004 was a decrease to our cumulatively reported Net income of $31.2 million. However, the balance at December 31, 2004 in Accumulated other comprehensive income increased by $42.0 million from the amount previously reported. As a result of the restatement for accounting changes and corrections, as of January 1, 2002, Retained earnings decreased from $32.9 million to $12.0 million and Accumulated other comprehensive income increased from ($.9)million to $10.4 million. The following financial statement line items as of and for the years ending December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 were affected by the adjustments.

 

    For the Year Ended December 31,
    2004   2003   2002

Statement of
Income

($ amounts in
thousands)


  As
Previously
Reported


  Adjustment

  As
Restated


  As
Previously
Reported


  Adjustment

  As
Restated


  As
Previously
Reported


  Adjustment

  As
Restated


Interest Income

                                                     

Advances to members

  $ 518,024   $ 9   $ 518,033   $ 509,248   $ 133   $ 509,381   $ 658,288   $ 860   $ 659,148

Available-for-sale securities

    15,665     33,580     49,245     15,106     36,128     51,234     29,310     31,857     61,167

Total interest income

    1,213,223     33,589     1,246,812     1,114,601     36,261     1,150,862     1,233,006     32,717     1,265,723

Interest Expense

                                                     

COs

    1,010,254     1,063     1,011,317     905,648     -     905,648     1,006,092     -     1,006,092

Total interest expense

    1,025,451     1,063     1,026,514     927,368     -     927,368     1,031,903     -     1,031,903

Net interest income

    187,772     32,526     220,298     187,233     36,261     223,494     201,103     32,717     233,820

Net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision

    188,346     32,526     220,872     186,924     36,261     223,185     200,844     32,717     233,561

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities

    669     (7,177)     (6,508)     (2,934)     (9,852)     (12,786)     (9,767)     (98,421)     (108,188)

Total other income (loss)

    (1,918)     (7,177)     (9,095)     1,760     (9,852)     (8,092)     4,473     (98,421)     (93,948)

Income before assessments

    152,695     25,349     178,044     156,650     26,409     183,059     175,542     (65,704)     109,838

AHP

    12,569     2,070     14,639     12,788     2,155     14,943     14,330     (5,364)     8,966

REFCORP

    28,012     4,656     32,668     28,772     4,851     33,623     32,242     (12,068)     20,174

Total assessments

    40,581     6,726     47,307     41,560     7,006     48,566     46,572     (17,432)     29,140

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

    112,114     18,623     130,737     115,090     19,403     134,493     128,970     (48,272)     80,698

Net Income

  $ 112,047   $ 18,623   $ 130,670   $ 115,090   $ 19,403   $ 134,493   $ 128,970   $ (48,272)   $ 80,698

 

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     December 31,
     2004    2003

Statement of Condition

($ amounts in thousands)


   As
Previously
Reported


   Adjustment

   As
Restated


   As
Previously
Reported


   Adjustment

   As
Restated


Assets

                                         

Available-for-sale securities

   $ 1,149,193    $ 7,887    $ 1,157,080    $ 1,184,372    $ 2,401    $ 1,186,773

Advances to members

     25,230,470      604      25,231,074      28,924,573      140      28,924,713

Other assets

     37,089      136      37,225      26,952      5,865      32,817

Total assets

   $ 44,293,131      8,627    $ 44,301,758    $ 44,892,514      8,406    $ 44,900,920
 

Liabilities and Capital

                                         
 

CO Bonds

   $ 29,816,178    $ 1,063    $ 29,817,241    $ 29,831,180    $ (790)    $ 29,830,390

Total COs, net

     40,447,229      1,063      40,448,292      40,271,699      (790)      40,270,909

AHP

     26,526      (3,466)      23,060      32,019      (5,536)      26,483

Payable to REFCORP

     7,662      (7,662)      -      6,589      (6,589)      -

Derivative liabilities

     485,839      7,885      493,724      1,077,413      2,402      1,079,815

Total liabilities

     42,160,447      (2,180)      42,158,267      42,883,964      (10,513)      42,873,451

Retained earnings

     116,187      (31,192)      84,995      93,105      (49,815)      43,290

Net unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities

     1,768      41,999      43,767      (1,904)      68,734      66,830

Total capital

     2,132,684      10,807      2,143,491      2,008,550      18,919      2,027,469

Total Liabilities and Capital

   $ 44,293,131    $ 8,627    $ 44,301,758    $ 44,892,514    $ 8,406    $ 44,900,920

 

Although the effect of the restatements had no effect on our cash flow, certain individual line items within cash from operating activities, as described below, were affected by the adjustments.

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,
     2004    2003    2002

Statement of
Cash Flows ($
amounts in
thousands)


   As
Previously
Reported


   Adjustment

   As
Restated


   As
Previously
Reported


   Adjustment

   As
Restated


   As
Previously
Reported


   Adjustment

   As
Restated


Net Income

   $ 112,047    $ 18,623    $ 130,670    $ 115,090    $ 19,403    $ 134,493    $ 128,970    $ (48,272)    $ 80,698

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     112,114      18,623      130,737      115,090      19,403      134,493      128,970      (48,272)      80,698

Net premiums and discounts on COs

     4,422      1,063      5,485      (8,000)      -      (8,000)      3,372      -      3,372

Net premiums and discounts on investments

     (10,388)      3,187      (7,201)      (7,533)      2,694      (4,839)      (18,187)      2,952      (15,235)

Gain due to change in net fair value adjustment of derivative and hedging activities

     (11,884)      (29,599)      (41,483)      (22,735)      (29,103)      (51,838)      (10,279)      62,752      52,473

(Increase) decrease in other assets

     (10,716)      5,729      (4,987)      (2,590)      3,175      585      21,753      (9,040)      12,713

Net(decrease) increase in AHP liability and discount on AHP Advances

     (5,493)      2,070      (3,423)      (4,053)      2,155      (1,898)      2,768      (5,364)      (2,596)

Increase(decrease) in payable to REFCORP

     1,073      (1,073)      -      (1,676)      1,676      -      70      (3,028)      (2,958)

Total adjustments

   $ 43,342    $ (18,623)    $ 24,719    $ (81,659)    $ (19,403)    $ (101,062)    $ 33,962    $ 48,272    $ 82,234

 

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Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies

 

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements requires management to make assumptions and estimates. These assumptions and estimates affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported amounts of income and expenses. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

Interest-Bearing Deposits. These investments include certificates of deposit transacted with non-member counterparties or members and their affiliates, and are carried at cost. These investments also include other interest-bearing deposits carried at cost that have been pledged as collateral to non-member swap counterparties. We do not classify interest-bearing deposits as a cash equivalent.

 

Federal Funds Sold. These investments include activities transacted with non-member counterparties or members and their affiliates. They provide short-term liquidity and are carried at cost. We do not classify federal funds sold as a cash equivalent.

 

Investment Securities. These investments include securities issued by non-member counterparties, affiliates of members or former members, or investments in other Federal Home Loan Banks COs. We carry, at cost, investments for which we have both the ability and intent to hold to maturity, adjusted for the amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts using the level-yield method.

 

Under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115 (“SFAS 115”), “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities,” changes in circumstances may cause us to change our intent to hold a certain security to maturity without calling into question our intent to hold other debt securities to maturity in the future. Thus, the sale or transfer of a held-to-maturity security due to certain changes in circumstances such as evidence of significant deterioration in the issuer’s creditworthiness or changes in regulatory requirements is not considered to be inconsistent with its original classification. Other events that are isolated, non-recurring, and unusual for our Bank that could not have been reasonably anticipated may cause us to sell or transfer a held-to-maturity security without necessarily calling into question our intent to hold other debt securities to maturity. For the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, there were no sales or transfers of held-to-maturity securities.

 

In addition, in accordance with SFAS 115, sales of held-to-maturity securities that meet either of the following two conditions may be considered as maturities for purposes of the held-to-maturity classification of these securities: 1) the sale occurs near enough to its maturity date (or call date if exercise of the call is probable) that interest rate risk is substantially eliminated as a pricing factor, and the changes in market interest rates would not have a significant effect on the security’s fair value, or 2) the sale of a security occurs after we have already collected a substantial portion (at least 85%) of the principal outstanding at acquisition due either to prepayments on the debt security or to scheduled payments on a debt security payable in equal installments (both principal and interest) over its term.

 

We classify certain investments, including investment securities purchased from non-member counterparties or other Federal Home Loan Banks, which we may sell before maturity as available-for-sale and carry them at fair value. Unrealized holding gains and losses are reported in Other comprehensive income. For available-for-sale securities that have been hedged and qualify as a fair value hedge, we record the portion of the change in value related to the risk being hedged in Other income as Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities together with the related change in the fair value of the derivative, and record the remainder of the change in Other comprehensive income as Net unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities.

 

We classify an investment, purchased from a non-member counterparty, acquired for purposes of liquidity and asset/liability management as trading and carry it at fair value. We record changes in the fair value of this investment in Other income. However, we do not participate in active trading practices.

 

We compute the amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on MBS and ABS on an individual instrument level using the level-yield method over the estimated life of the securities. This method requires a retrospective adjustment of the effective yield each time we change the estimated life as if the new estimate had

 

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been known since the original acquisition date of the securities.

 

We compute gains and losses on sales of investment securities using the specific identification method and include these gains and losses in other income.

 

We regularly evaluate outstanding investments for impairment and determine if our unrealized losses are other than temporary, based in part on the creditworthiness of the issuers and the underlying collateral as well as a determination of our intent to hold such securities through to recovery of the unrealized losses. If there is an other-than-temporary impairment in the value of an investment, the decline in value is recognized as a loss and presented in the Statement of Income as Other income. We have not experienced any other-than-temporary impairment in the value of investments during 2004, 2003, or 2002.

 

Advances.    We present loans to members, called Advances, net of unearned commitment fees, discounts, and the impact of hedge accounting. We amortize the discounts on Advances, on an individual instrument basis, to interest income using the level-yield method. We credit interest on Advances to income as earned. Following the requirements of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932 (the Act), as amended, we obtain sufficient collateral on Advances to protect us from losses. The Act limits eligible collateral to certain investment securities, residential mortgage loans, cash or deposits with our Bank, and other eligible real estate-related assets. As Note 8 more fully describes, community financial institutions (FDIC-insured institutions with average assets over the preceding three-year period of $548 million or less during 2004) are eligible to utilize expanded statutory collateral rules that include small business and agricultural loans. We have not incurred any credit losses on Advances since our inception. Based upon the collateral held as security for the Advances and the repayment history of our Advances, management believes that an allowance for credit losses on Advances is unnecessary.

 

Mortgage Loans Held in Portfolio.    We offer the MPP to our members under which we invest in FHA and conventional residential mortgage loans purchased directly from a participating member. We classify mortgage loans as held for investment and, accordingly, report them at their principal amount outstanding, net of premiums and discounts, and the impact of hedge accounting. We manage the liquidity and interest rate risk of the loans. Our Bank and the member share in the credit risk on conventional loans, with the member assuming a first loss obligation equivalent to the greater of expected losses or the required deductible for the SMI policy, while we assume credit losses in excess of primary mortgage insurance coverage, SMI coverage, and the member’s obligation.

 

To provide credit enhancement on conventional loans originated or acquired by a PFI, the PFI funds an LRA either up-front or over time to cover at a minimum the expected losses. This account is established to conform to a regulation established by the Finance Board for all conventional MPP mortgages. The Finance Board regulation stipulates that we are allowed to purchase loans from the member that have been credit enhanced to an AA asset. In order to comply with this regulation, we evaluate the proposed conventional mortgages to be sold to determine the amount of expected losses that will occur. The expected losses are used to determine the amount to be deposited into the LRA and these funds are used to offset any losses that may occur. Funds not needed to absorb losses are paid to the selling members over a period of time established at the time of a Master Commitment Contract that governs the sale of loans in the MPP program. No LRA is required after eleven years. This period was determined upon establishment of the program after reviewing the requirements of the SMI providers, and looking at the lower default rates and increased equity for seasoned loans after such length of time. The amount to be deposited monthly to an LRA, which ranges from 0.07% to 0.10% per annum of the outstanding balance of the pool, is established at the time the PFI enters into a master commitment contract, and is based on the size of the pool and the expected credit quality of the loans to be purchased. LRA funds are available to cover credit losses on any loan in the pool. The minimum LRA balance required before funds can be returned to the PFI ranges from 0.30% to 0.50% of the outstanding balance of the loans in the pool. This amount is also established in the Master Commitment Contract and varies with the size of the pool and the overall credit quality of the loans. If the LRA balance reaches the minimum requirement, any funds in excess of the required amount will be returned to the PFI monthly. The LRA is recorded in other liabilities and totaled $8,905,000 and $5,555,000 at December 31, 2004, and 2003, respectively.

 

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The following presents a rollforward schedule of the LRA liability account for the years ending 2004 and 2003 ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     2004    2003

Balance of LRA at beginning of period

   $ 5,555    $ 1,709

Collected through periodic interest payments

     4,661      3,955

Disbursed for mortgage loan losses

     (188)      -

Returned to the member

     (1,123)      (109)

Balance of LRA at end of period

   $ 8,905    $ 5,555

 

In addition to the expected losses covered by the LRA, the member selling conventional loans is required to purchase SMI and to designate the Bank as the beneficiary as an enhancement to cover losses over and above losses covered by the LRA. The LRA and the SMI are calculated to provide at a minimum the equivalent of an investment grade rating (e.g., AA credit rating).

 

We defer and amortize mortgage loan premiums and discounts paid to and received from our participating members, on a pooled loan basis, as interest income using the level-yield method over the estimated lives of the related mortgage loans. Actual prepayment experience and estimates of future principal prepayments are used in calculating the estimated lives of the mortgage loans. We aggregate the mortgage loans by similar characteristics (type, maturity, note rate, and acquisition date) in determining prepayment estimates. The level-yield method requires a retrospective adjustment each time we change the estimated prepayment amounts so that it is as if the new estimate had been known since the original acquisition date of the assets.

 

We currently require payments on a scheduled/scheduled basis which means we receive scheduled monthly principal and interest from the servicer regardless of whether the mortgagee is making payments to the servicer.

 

We base the allowance for credit losses on management’s estimate of credit losses inherent in our mortgage loan portfolio as of the balance sheet date after consideration of the LRA and SMI. Actual losses are first covered by the member’s funded LRA and SMI policy. We perform periodic reviews of our portfolio to identify the losses inherent within the portfolio and to determine the likelihood of collection of the portfolio above these levels. The overall allowance is determined by an analysis that includes consideration of various data observations such as past performance, current performance, loan portfolio characteristics, collateral valuations, the member’s credit enhancement through the LRA and SMI coverage and outstanding claims against such coverage, industry data, and prevailing economic conditions.

 

As a result of this analysis, we have determined that each member’s obligation for losses and the mortgage insurance coverage exceeds the inherent loss in the portfolio. Should we experience actual losses in excess of the credit enhancement provided by the LRA and SMI, these would be recognized credit losses for financial reporting purposes. Since the inception of MPP, we have not experienced any loss on the MPP portfolio, and none are anticipated at this time. Accordingly, no allowance for loan losses is considered necessary at December 31, 2004. As of December 31, 2003, the allowance for loan losses was $574,000, however, after further experience with MPP, we reversed this allowance in 2004.

 

Our policy is to charge-off a loan against our loan loss allowance when after foreclosure, the liquidation value of the real estate collateral plus expected recovery under the LRA or SMI policy does not cover our mortgage loan balance outstanding; or when an estimated or known loss exists.

 

AHP.    The Bank Act requires each Federal Home Loan Bank to establish and fund an AHP (see Note 9). We charge the required funding for AHP to earnings and establish a liability. The AHP funds provide subsidies in the form of direct grants to members that use the funds to assist in the purchase, construction, or rehabilitation of housing for very low-, low-, and moderate-income households. We issue AHP Advances to members at interest rates below the customary interest rate for non-subsidized Advances. When we make an AHP Advance, the present value of the variation in the cash flow caused by the difference in the interest rate between the AHP Advance rate and our related cost of funds for comparable maturity funding is charged against the AHP liability and recorded as a discount on the AHP Advance.

 

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Prepayment Fees.    We charge a member a prepayment fee when the member prepays certain Advances before the original maturity. We record prepayment fees, net of SFAS 133 basis adjustments included in the book value of the Advance, as Prepayment fees on Advances in the Interest income section of the Statement of Income. In cases in which we fund a new Advance concurrent with the prepayment of an existing Advance, we evaluate whether the new Advance meets the accounting criteria to qualify as a modification of an existing Advance based on guidance in Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) 01-07, Creditor’s Accounting for a Modification or Exchange of Debt Instruments. If the new Advance qualifies as a modification of the existing Advance, the net prepayment fee along with the remaining unamortized basis adjustment on the prepaid Advance is deferred, recorded in the basis of the modified Advance, and amortized over the life of the modified Advance using the level-yield method over the expected life of the new Advance. This amortization is recorded in Advance interest income. We have not hedged any modified Advances.

 

If we determine that when the Advance is prepaid, it should be treated as a new Advance, we record the net fees as Prepayment fees on Advances in the interest income section of the Statement of Income.

 

Commitment Fees.    We defer commitment fees for Advances and amortize them to interest income using the level-yield method.

 

Derivatives.    Accounting for derivatives is addressed in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended by SFAS No. 137, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities—Deferral of Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 133, SFAS No. 138, Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities, and SFAS No. 149, Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (herein referred to as “SFAS 133”). All derivatives are recognized on the balance sheet at their fair values and designated as one of the following:

 

(1) a hedge of the fair value of a recognized asset or liability (a “fair value” hedge);
(2) a non-qualifying hedge of an asset or liability (an “economic” hedge) for asset/liability management purposes; or,
(3) a non-qualifying hedge of another derivative (an “intermediation” hedge) that is offered as a product to members or used to offset other derivatives with non-member counterparties.

 

Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is designated and qualifies as a fair value hedge, along with changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk, are recorded in Other income as “net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities.”

 

Changes in the fair value of a derivative not qualifying as a hedge are recorded in current-period earnings with no fair value adjustment to an asset or liability. Both the net interest on the derivative and the fair value adjustments are recorded in Other income as “net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities.”

 

When hedge accounting is discontinued due to our determination that the derivative no longer qualifies as an effective fair value hedge of an existing hedged item, we will continue to carry the derivative on the balance sheet at its fair value recognizing changes in the fair value of the derivative in current period earnings, cease to adjust the hedged asset or liability for changes in fair value, and amortize, using the level-yield method, the cumulative basis adjustment on the hedged item into earnings over the remaining life of the hedged item. In all situations in which hedge accounting is discontinued and the derivative remains outstanding, we will carry the derivative at its fair value on the balance sheet, recognizing changes in the fair value of the derivative in current period earnings.

 

We review all contracts that do not in their entirety meet the definition of a derivative instrument, including CO Bonds, for embedded derivatives. Embedded derivatives require separation from their host contract (the CO Bond instrument without the impact of the embedded derivative) if it is determined they are not clearly and closely related to the host contract. If determined they are not clearly and closely related, each derivative is evaluated, measured and accounted for as a separate derivative instrument in the financial statements.

 

We record derivatives on trade date and record the associated hedged item on settlement date. Hedge accounting commences on trade date, at which time subsequent changes to the derivative’s fair value are recorded along with

 

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the offsetting changes in the fair value of the hedged item. On settlement date, the adjustments to the hedged item’s carrying amount are combined with the proceeds and become part of its total carrying amount.

 

Premises and Equipment.    We record premises and equipment, at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization, of $11,167,000 and $10,709,000 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Our accumulated depreciation and amortization was $9,717,000 and $8,244,000 at December 31, 2004, and 2003, respectively. We compute depreciation on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of relevant assets ranging from 3 to 40 years. We amortize leasehold improvements on the straight-line basis over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the improvement or the remaining term of the lease. We capitalize improvements and major renewals but expense ordinary maintenance and repairs when incurred. Depreciation and amortization expense was $1,472,000, $1,579,000, and $1,398,000 for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively. We include gains and losses on disposal of premises and equipment in Other income.

 

Concessions on Consolidated Obligations.    We defer and amortize using the level-yield method, on an individual instrument basis the amounts paid to dealers in connection with the sale of CO Bonds over the term to maturity of the COs. The Office of Finance prorates the amount of the concession to us based upon the percentage of the debt issued that is assumed by our Bank. Unamortized concessions were $15,771,000 and $16,322,000 at December 31, 2004, and 2003, respectively and are included in Other assets. Amortizations of such concessions are included in CO interest expense and totaled $13,635,000, $24,307,000, and $31,752,000 in 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively. We defer and amortize, using the level-yield method, the concessions applicable to the sale of Discount Notes over the term to maturity. These amounts are recorded as COs interest expense in the Statement of Income.

 

Discounts and Premiums on COs.    We amortize the discounts on Discount Notes to expense on an individual instrument basis using the level-yield method over the term of the related notes. We amortize the discounts and premiums on CO Bonds to expense using the level-yield method over the term to maturity of the COs.

 

REFCORP Assessments.    Although we are exempt from ordinary federal, state, and local taxation except for local real estate tax, we are required to make payments to REFCORP. Each Federal Home Loan Bank is required to pay 20% of income calculated in accordance with GAAP after the assessment for AHP but before the REFCORP assessment. The AHP and REFCORP assessments are calculated simultaneously because of their interdependence on each other. We accrue our REFCORP assessment on a monthly basis and record as a payable to REFCORP, a component of total liabilities, in our Statement of Condition. Calculation of the AHP assessment is discussed in Note 9. The Resolution Funding Corporation has been designated as the calculation agent for AHP and REFCORP assessments. Each Federal Home Loan Bank submits the amount of its net income before AHP and REFCORP assessments to the Resolution Funding Corporation, which then performs the calculations for each quarter end.

 

The Federal Home Loan Banks will continue to expense these amounts until the aggregate amounts actually paid by all 12 Federal Home Loan Banks are equivalent to a $300 million annual annuity (or a scheduled payment of $75 million per quarter) with a final maturity date of April 15, 2030, at which point the required payment of each Federal Home Loan Bank to REFCORP will be fully satisfied.

 

The Finance Board, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, selects the appropriate discounting factors used in this annuity calculation. The Federal Home Loan Banks use the actual payments made to determine the amount of the future obligation that has been defeased. The cumulative amount to be paid to REFCORP is not determinable at this time because it depends on the future earnings of all Federal Home Loan Banks and interest rates. If we experienced a net loss during a quarter, but still had net income for the year, our obligation to REFCORP would be calculated based on our year-to-date net income. We would be entitled to a refund of amounts paid for the full year that were in excess of our calculated annual REFCORP obligation. During periods where the cumulative amount paid to REFCORP represents an overpayment and we were entitled to a refund, we record the overpayment in Other assets in our Statement of Condition. If we had net income in subsequent quarters, we would be required to contribute additional amounts to meet our calculated annual obligation. If we experienced a net loss for a full year, we would have no REFCORP obligation for the year.

 

The Finance Board is required to extend the term of the Federal Home Loan Banks’ REFCORP obligation for each calendar quarter in which there is a deficit quarterly payment. A deficit quarterly payment is the amount by which the actual quarterly payment falls short of $75 million.

 

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The Federal Home Loan Banks’ aggregate payments through 2004 exceeded the scheduled payments, effectively accelerating payment of the REFCORP obligation and shortening its remaining term to the second quarter of 2019. The Federal Home Loan Banks’ aggregate payments through 2004 have satisfied $45 million of the $75 million scheduled payment for the second quarter of 2019 and all scheduled payments thereafter. This date assumes that all $300 million annual payments required after December 31, 2004, will be made.

 

The benchmark payments or portions of them could be reinstated if the actual REFCORP payments of the Federal Home Loan Banks fall short of $75 million in a quarter. The maturity date of the REFCORP obligation may be extended beyond April 15, 2030, if such extension is necessary to ensure that the value of the aggregate amounts paid by the Federal Home Loan Banks exactly equals a $300 million annual annuity. Any payment beyond April 15, 2030, will be paid to the Department of Treasury.

 

Finance Board and Office of Finance Expenses.    We are assessed for our proportionate share of the costs of operating the Finance Board, our primary regulator, and the Office of Finance, which manages the sale of COs. The Finance Board allocates its operating and capital expenditures to the Federal Home Loan Banks based on each Federal Home Loan Bank’s percentage of total capital. The Office of Finance allocates its operating and capital expenditures based on each Federal Home Loan Bank’s percentage of capital stock, percentage of COs issued, and percentage of COs outstanding.

 

Other Expenses.    We classify third party volume-related mortgage loan costs as other expenses. These expenses include mortgage master servicing and quality assurance fees.

 

Estimated Fair Values.    Many of our financial instruments lack an available trading market characterized by transactions between a willing buyer and a willing seller engaging in an exchange transaction. Therefore, we use internal models employing significant estimates and present-value calculations when disclosing estimated fair values. Note 17 provides more details on the estimated fair values of our financial instruments.

 

Cash Flows.    In the Statement of Cash Flows, we consider cash and due from banks as Cash and cash equivalents.

 

Reclassifications.    Certain amounts in the 2003 and 2002 financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the 2004 presentation. In particular, for the years ended December 31, 2003, and 2002, we have reclassified prepayment fee income on the Statement of Income. Previously, prepayment fee income was classified as a separate line item within Other Income. These amounts have been reclassified and are now included as part of Interest Income for the years ended December 31, 2003, and 2002. As a result of this reclassification, Net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision and Other income were adjusted by $3,352,000 and $3,545,000 for the years ended December 31, 2003, and 2002, respectively.

 

Note 3 —Recently Issued Accounting Standards & Interpretations

 

EITF Issue No. 03-1, The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments.    In March 2004, the FASB reached a consensus on EITF 03-1, which clarifies the application of an impairment model to determine whether investments are other-than-temporarily impaired. The provisions of EITF 03-1 must be applied prospectively to all current and future investments accounted for in accordance with SFAS 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. On September 15, September 30, and November 15, 2004, the FASB issued proposed staff positions to provide guidance on the application and scope of certain paragraphs and to defer the effective date of the impairment measurement and recognition provisions contained in specific paragraphs of EITF 03-1. This deferral will be superseded in FASB’s final issuance of the staff position. Our management does not expect the revised EITF to have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition at the time of adoption.

 

SFAS 150.    The FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity” (herein referred to as “SFAS 150”) in May 2003. This statement establishes a standard for how certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity are classified in the financial statements and provides accounting guidance for, among other things, mandatorily redeemable financial instruments.

 

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The Federal Home Loan Banks adopted SFAS 150 as of January 1, 2004. The Federal Home Loan Banks are registering a class of their equity securities, which will not be traded on a public market. Under the guidance of SFAS 150, the Federal Home Loan Banks are considered a non-public SEC registrant, as the Federal Home Loan Banks’ equity securities are not publicly traded but the FHLB System debt is publicly traded. The Federal Home Loan Banks have historically provided combined financial statements through the Office of Finance. In compliance with SFAS 150, the Federal Home Loan Banks will reclassify stock subject to redemption from equity to liability once a member exercises a written redemption right and gives notice of intent to withdraw from membership, or attains non-member status by merger or acquisition, charter termination, or involuntary termination from membership, since the shares of capital stock will then meet the definition of a mandatorily redeemable financial instrument. Shares of capital stock meeting this definition are reclassified to a liability at fair value. Dividends related to capital stock classified as a liability are accrued at the expected dividend rate and reported as interest expense in the Statement of Income.

 

Excess stock redemption requests are not subject to reclassification from equity to liability as the requesting member may revoke its request at any time, without penalty throughout a five year waiting period, and the amount ultimately redeemed is contingent on the member’s meeting various stock requirements on the redemption date. These requests are not considered substantive in nature, and therefore, these amounts are not classified as a liability.

 

On January 1, 2004, we reclassified $5,494,700 of our outstanding capital stock to Mandatorily redeemable capital stock in the liability section of the Statement of Condition. Upon adoption, we recorded estimated dividends earned as a part of the carrying value of the mandatorily redeemable capital stock. The difference between the prior carrying amount and the mandatorily redeemable capital stock of $67,000, which was the accrual of undeclared dividends, was recorded as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in the Statement of Income. For the year ended December 31, 2004, we recorded $1,011,000 of interest expense on mandatorily redeemable capital stock.

 

Although the mandatorily redeemable capital stock is not included in capital for financial reporting purposes, such outstanding stock is considered capital for regulatory purposes. See Capital Note 13 for more information, including significant restrictions on stock redemption.

 

Adoption of SOP 03-3.    The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued Statement of Position 03-3 (herein referred to as “SOP 03-3”), Accounting for Certain Loans or Debt Securities Acquired in a Transfer” in December 2003. SOP 03-3 provides guidance on the accounting for differences between contractual and expected cash flows from the purchaser’s initial investment in loans or debt securities acquired in a transfer, if those differences are attributable, at least in part, to credit quality. Among other things, SOP 03-3 (1) prohibits the recognition of the excess of contractual cash flows over expected cash flows as an adjustment of yield, loss accrual, or valuation allowance at the time of purchase; (2) requires that subsequent increases in expected cash flows be recognized prospectively through an adjustment of yield; and (3) requires that subsequent decreases in expected cash flows be recognized as an impairment. In addition, SOP 03-3 prohibits the creation or carryover of a valuation allowance in the initial accounting of all loans within its scope that are acquired in a transfer. We adopted SOP 03-3 as of January 1, 2005, and do not expect it to have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition at the time of adoption.

 

Note 4 — Cash and Due from Banks

 

Compensating Balances.    We have the option of maintaining compensating balances with, or paying service fees to, various commercial banks in consideration for certain services. During the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, average daily required compensating balances to offset fees were $41,466,000, $54,892,000, and $34,372,000, respectively. The average compensating balances actually maintained with commercial banks during the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002 were $621,000, $572,000 and $755,000, respectively. As a result, we paid $386,000, $421,000 and $437,000 in service fees for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively. In addition, we maintained average required clearing balances with various Federal Reserve Banks and branches of $5,000,000 for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002. These required clearing balances may not be withdrawn; however, earnings credits on these balances may be used to pay for services

 

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received from the Federal Reserve Banks. In addition, we paid $972,000, $1,077,000, and $1,096,000 in service fees to the Federal Reserve Banks for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively.

 

Pass-through Deposit Reserves.    We act as a pass-through correspondent for member institutions required to deposit reserves with the Federal Reserve Banks. The amount shown as cash and due from banks includes pass-through reserves deposited with Federal Reserve Banks of approximately $11,679,000 at December 31, 2004, and $14,621,000 as of December 31, 2003. We include member reserve balances in Other liabilities on the Statement of Condition.

 

Note 5 — Trading Security

 

We held a non-federal agency residential mortgage-backed security classified as a trading security purchased from a non-member counterparty with an estimated book value of $88,532,000 and $101,072,000 at December 31, 2004, and 2003, respectively. Net gain (loss) on the trading security during the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, included a change in net unrealized holding gains (losses) of ($5,286,000), ($1,582,000), and $6,764,000, respectively. The total decline in book value of $12,540,000 is attributable to the net unrealized losses of $5,286,000, principal paydowns of $7,211,000, and a decrease of $43,000 in accrued interest receivable due to the principal paydowns on the security.

 

Note 6 — Available-for-Sale Securities

 

Major Security Types.    Available-for-sale securities purchased from non-member counterparties and other Federal Home Loan Banks as of December 31, 2004, were as follows ($ amounts in thousands).

 

    

Gross

Amortized

Cost

   Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   Gross
Unrealized
Losses
   Estimated
Fair Value

GSEs

   $ 888,935    $ 33,246    -    $ 922,181

Other Federal Home Loan Bank bonds(1)

     224,378      10,521    -      234,899

Total

   $ 1,113,313    $ 43,767    -    $ 1,157,080

 

(1) Includes two outstanding CO bonds with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle as primary obligor with a total gross amortized cost of $196,560,000 and a total estimated fair value of $206,881,000; and one outstanding CO Bond with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas as primary obligors, having a total amortized cost of $27,818,000 and a total estimated fair value of $28,018,000.

 

Available-for-sale securities as of December 31, 2003, were as follows ($ amounts in thousands).

 

    

Gross

Amortized

Cost

   Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   Gross
Unrealized
Losses
   Estimated
Fair Value

GSEs

   $ 894,322    $ 48,983    -    $ 943,305

Other Federal Home Loan Bank bonds(1)

     225,621      17,847    -      243,468

Total

   $ 1,119,943    $ 66,830    -    $ 1,186,773

 

(1) Includes two outstanding CO Bonds with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle as primary obligor with a total gross amortized cost of $197,041,000 and a total estimated fair value of $214,739,000; and one outstanding CO Bond with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas as the primary obligors with a total amortized cost of $28,580,000 and a total estimated fair value of $28,729,000.

 

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Redemption Terms.    The amortized cost and estimated fair value of available-for-sale securities by contractual maturity at December 31 are shown below ($ amounts in thousands). At December 31, 2004, and 2003, all of the available-for-sale securities pay a fixed rate of interest.

 

     2004    2003
Year of Maturity    Amortized
Cost
   Estimated
Fair Value
   Amortized
Cost
   Estimated
Fair Value

Due in one year or less

   $ 136,455    $ 137,611              

Due after one year through five years(1)

     652,887      694,731    $ 764,711    $ 833,031

Due after five years through ten years(1)

     323,971      324,738      355,232      353,742

Total

   $ 1,113,313    $ 1,157,080    $ 1,119,943    $ 1,186,773

 

(1) On a contractual maturity basis, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle CO bonds are due in 2007 and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas CO bond is due in 2009.

 

Gains and Losses.    There were no sales of available-for-sale securities during 2004. Excluding the impact of available-for-sale hedge accounting, gross gains of $56,510,000 and $15,971,000 were realized on sales of available-for-sale securities related to investment purchases from non-member counterparties for the years ended December 31, 2003, and 2002, respectively.

 

Consolidated Obligations of Other Federal Home Loan Banks.    The fact that we hold other Federal Home Loan Bank bonds as assets does not impact our joint and several liability to guarantee the payment of those bonds to other security holders. It is foreseeable that, in the event of a default by the Federal Home Loan Bank that is the principal obligor on the bonds, our right to receive payment on the bonds might be subrogated by the Finance Board until all other holders of those bonds were paid in full, as the Finance Board has considerable discretion under its regulations regarding enforcement of the payment of the COs.

 

The Federal Home Loan Banks are permitted to invest in the COs for which they are not the primary obligor, provided, however, that the Federal Home Loan Banks are not permitted to purchase the COs directly from the Office of Finance or from an initial underwriter of the COs, as this would violate a regulation of the Finance Board. The Finance Board issued a regulatory interpretation of this regulation in March 2005 to clarify that the Federal Home Loan Banks may not directly purchase COs upon initial issuance but the underlying regulation and the interpretation do not prohibit purchases of such investments in the secondary market. The purchasing of COs by the Federal Home Loan Banks is not a core mission activity, but the ability to invest in securities is an incidental power of businesses which help them achieve their liquidity, asset management, and capital investment objectives. While the Federal Home Loan Banks do have other investment vehicles, it is prudent for the Federal Home Loan Banks to explore all available investment options, including COs, to determine the investment securities that best meet the Federal Home Loan Banks’ investment objectives.

 

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Note 7—Held-to-Maturity Securities

 

Major Security Types.    Held-to-maturity securities purchased from non-member counterparties and members and their affiliates as of December 31, 2004, were as follows ($ amounts in thousands).

 

    

Amortized

Cost

  

Gross

Unrealized

Gains

  

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

  

Estimated

Fair Value

State or local housing agency obligations

   $ 20,195    $ 648      -    $ 20,843

MBS and ABS

                           

US agency obligations – guaranteed

     110,468      1,221      -      111,689

GSEs

     1,082,670      3,988    $ (4,347)      1,082,311

Other (1)

     4,854,812      53,265      (53,556)      4,854,521

Total

   $ 6,068,145    $ 59,122    $ (57,903)    $ 6,069,364

 

(1) There were no MBS on which other Federal Home Loan Banks are the primary obligors included in our held-to-maturity portfolio at December 31, 2004. Included in other MBS and ABS are securities issued by affiliates of members or former members that still own our capital stock.

 

A summary of the MBS issued by affiliates of members or former members as of December 31, 2004, follows ($ amounts in thousands):

 

    

Amortized

Cost

  

Gross

Unrealized

Gains

  

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

  

Estimated

Fair Value

ABN AMRO Mortgage Corporation

   $ 158,879    $ 192    $ (481)    $ 158,590

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust

     286,024      1,209      (3,448)      283,785

Total

   $ 444,903    $ 1,401    $ (3,929)    $ 442,375

 

Held-to-maturity securities as of December 31, 2003, were as follows ($ amounts in thousands).

 

    

Amortized

Cost

  

Gross

Unrealized

Gains

  

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

  

Estimated

Fair Value

State or local housing agency obligations

   $ 27,410    $ 437    $ (211)    $ 27,636

MBS and ABS

                           

US agency obligations – guaranteed

     49,476      402             49,878

GSEs

     572,977      5,096      (207)      577,866

Other (1)

     5,075,957      89,018      (53,547)      5,111,428

Total

   $ 5,725,820    $ 94,953    $ (53,965)    $ 5,766,808

 

  (1) There were no MBS on which other Federal Home Loan Banks are the primary obligors included in our held-to-maturity portfolio at December 31, 2003.

 

Included in other MBS and ABS are securities issued by affiliates of members or former members that still own our capital stock. A summary of these MBS as of December 31, 2003, follows ($ amounts in thousands):

 

    

Amortized

Cost

  

Gross

Unrealized

Gains

  

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

  

Estimated

Fair Value

ABN AMRO Mortgage Corporation

   $ 280,005    $ 2,035    $ (145)    $ 281,895

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust

     232,711      1,399      (3,354)      230,756

Total

   $ 512,716    $ 3,434    $ (3,499)    $ 512,651

 

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The following table summarizes the held-to-maturity securities with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2004. The unrealized losses are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     Less than 12 months    12 months or more    Total
     Fair
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
   Fair
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
   Fair
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
MBS and ABS                                          

GSEs

     443,451    $ (4,347)                  $ 443,451    $ (4,347)

Other (1)

     2,154,552      (26,687)      506,801    $ (26,869)      2,661,353      (53,556)

Total temporarily impaired

   $ 2,598,003    $ (31,034)    $ 506,801    $ (26,869)    $ 3,104,804    $ (57,903)

 

(1) Included in other MBS with unrealized losses greater than 12 months or more was one security we purchased from Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, with an amortized cost of $117.9 million and a market value of $114.4 million. Included in other mortgage backed securities with unrealized losses less than 12 months was one security we purchased from ABN AMRO with an amortized cost of $57.2 million and a market value of $56.7 million.

 

The following table summarizes the held-to-maturity securities with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2003. The unrealized losses are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     Less than 12 months    12 months or more    Total
     Fair
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
   Fair
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
   Fair
Value
   Unrealized
Losses

State or local housing agency obligations

   $ 5,534    $ (211)                  $ 5,534    $ (211)
MBS and ABS                                          

GSEs

     119,044      (207)                    119,044      (207)

Other(1)

     1,945,349      (53,176)    $ 41,319    $ (371)      1,986,668      (53,547)

Total temporarily impaired

   $ 2,069,927    $ (53,594)    $ 41,319    $ (371)    $ 2,111,246    $ (53,965)

 

(1) Included in other MBS with unrealized losses less than 12 months or more was one security we purchased from ABN AMRO Mortgage Corporation, and one security we purchased from Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust. The amortized cost of these securities was $127.8 million and $134.5 million, respectively; and, the market value of these securities was $127.7 million and $131.1 million, respectively.

 

We reviewed our investment security holdings and have determined that all unrealized losses reflected above are temporary, based in part on the creditworthiness of the issuers and the underlying collateral. Additionally, we have the ability and the intent to hold such securities through to recovery of the unrealized losses.

 

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Redemption Terms.    The amortized cost and estimated fair value of held-to-maturity securities by contractual maturity at December 31, 2004, and 2003, are shown below ($ amounts in thousands). Expected maturities of some securities and MBS and ABS will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

 

     2004    2003
Year of Maturity   

Estimated

Fair Value

  

Amortized

Cost

  

Estimated

Fair Value

  

Amortized

Cost

Due in one year or less

     -      -      -      -

Due after one year through five years

   $ 3,242    $ 3,135    $ 4,089    $ 3,800

Due after five years through ten years

                           

Due after 10 years

     17,601      17,060      23,547      23,610

MBS and ABS

     6,048,521      6,047,950      5,739,172      5,698,410

Total

   $ 6,069,364    $ 6,068,145    $ 5,766,808    $ 5,725,820

 

The amortized cost of our MBS and ABS classified as held-to-maturity includes net discounts of $31,497,000 and $22,913,000 at December 31, 2004, and 2003, respectively.

 

Interest Rate Payment Terms.    The following table details interest rate payment terms for investment securities classified as held-to-maturity at December 31, 2004, and 2003 ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     2004    2003
Amortized cost of held-to-maturity securities other than MBS and ABS              

Fixed rate

   $ 20,195    $ 27,410
       20,195      27,410
Amortized cost of held-to-maturity MBS and ABS              
Pass-through securities              

Fixed rate

     7,528      12,906

Variable rate

     7,224      11,486
Collateralized mortgage obligations              

Fixed rate

     5,951,118      5,560,435

Variable rate

     82,080      113,583

Total

   $ 6,068,145    $ 5,725,820

 

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Note 8 — Advances to Members

 

Redemption Terms.    At December 31, 2004, and 2003, we had Advances outstanding to members, including AHP Advances (see Note 9), at interest rates ranging from 1.38% to 8.57%, and 0.97% to 8.57%, respectively, as summarized below ($ amounts in thousands). In 2004 and 2003, Advances with interest rates of 1.38% and 0.97 % are AHP subsidized Advances.

 

     2004    2003
Year of Maturity    Amount   

Weighted

Average

Interest

Rate %

   Amount   

Weighted

Average

Interest

Rate %

2004

               $ 9,549,019    2.85

2005

   $ 6,742,139    2.96      3,362,101    4.18

2006

     3,927,295    3.03      2,305,529    3.09

2007

     4,283,707    3.48      2,999,066    4.05

2008

     3,272,055    3.89      3,262,019    3.84

2009

     1,326,611    4.00      545,212    5.17

Thereafter

     5,371,796    4.97      5,928,606    5.05

Index amortizing Advances

     616    7.43      822    7.51

Total par value

     24,924,219    3.67      27,952,374    3.79

Commitment fees

     0           (36)     

Discount on AHP Advances

     (908)           (1,093)     

SFAS 133 hedging adjustments

     289,386           885,153     

Other adjustments (1)

     18,377           88,315     

Total

   $ 25,231,074         $ 28,924,713     

 

(1) Other adjustments include deferred prepayment fees being recovered through the payment on the new Advance.

 

Index amortizing Advances require repayment according to predetermined amortization schedules linked to the level of various indices.

 

We offer Advances to members that may be prepaid on pertinent dates (call dates) without incurring prepayment or termination fees (callable Advances). Other fixed-rate Advances may only be prepaid by paying a prepayment fee that makes us financially indifferent to the prepayment of the Advance. At December 31, 2004, and 2003, we had no callable Advances.

 

We also offer putable Advances. With a putable Advance, we offer a discounted interest rate to in effect purchase an option from the member that allows us to convert the fixed-rate Advance to a floating rate, which we normally would exercise when interest rates increase. Upon exercise of our conversion option, the member has the right to terminate the Advance and reborrow on new terms. At December 31, 2004, and 2003, we had putable Advances outstanding totaling $5,589,750,000 and $7,282,750,000, respectively.

 

The following table summarizes Advances at December 31, 2004, and 2003, by the earlier of the year of maturity or next put date ($ amounts in thousands).

 

Year of Maturity or Next Put Date    2004    2003

2004

     -    $ 15,912,269

2005

   $ 11,309,139      2,703,351

2006

     3,923,295      2,261,529

2007

     4,234,207      2,817,566

2008

     2,706,055      2,557,519

2009

     1,173,611      297,212

Thereafter

     1,577,296      1,402,106

Index amortizing Advances

     616      822

Total par value

   $ 24,924,219    $ 27,952,374

 

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Security Terms.    We lend to financial institutions involved in housing finance within our district according to federal statutes, including the Act. The Act requires us to obtain sufficient collateral on Advances to protect against losses and to accept only certain U.S. government or government agency securities, residential mortgage loans, cash or deposits and member capital stock, and other eligible real estate-related assets as collateral on such Advances. However, Community Financial Institutions (“CFIs”) are eligible to utilize expanded statutory collateral provisions dealing with loans to small business or agriculture. At December 31, 2004, and 2003, we had rights to collateral with an estimated value greater than outstanding Advances. Based upon the financial condition of the member, we

 

  (1) allow a member to retain possession of the collateral assigned to us, if the member executes a written security agreement and agrees to hold such collateral for our benefit; or
  (2) require the member specifically to assign or place physical possession of such collateral with us or our safekeeping agent.

 

Beyond these provisions, Section 10(e) of the Act affords any security interest granted by a member to us priority over the claims or rights of any other party. The exceptions are those claims that would be entitled to priority under otherwise applicable law and are held by bona fide purchasers for value or by secured parties with perfected security interests. (Based upon changes in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, we now also perfect our security interest in the collateral by filing U.C.C. financing statements with the appropriate governmental authorities against all member borrowers and any affiliates that also provide collateral for a member.)

 

Credit Risk.    While we have never experienced a credit loss on an Advance to a member, the expansion of eligible collateral for CFIs and non-member housing associates provides the potential for additional credit risk for us. Our management has policies and procedures in place to appropriately manage this credit risk. Accordingly, we have not provided any allowances for losses on Advances.

 

Our potential credit risk from Advances is concentrated in commercial banks and savings institutions. As of December 31, 2004, we had Advances of $9,415,177,000 outstanding to two member institutions, representing 37.8% of total par Advances outstanding at year end 2004. At December 31, 2003, we had Advances of $9,971,180,000 outstanding to two member institutions, representing 35.7% of total par Advances outstanding at year end 2003. We had rights to collateral to cover the Advances to these institutions, and do not expect to incur any credit losses on these Advances.

 

Interest Rate Payment Terms.    The following table details additional interest rate payment terms for Advances at December 31, 2004, and 2003 ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     2004    2003

Par amount of Advances

             

Fixed rate

   $ 20,170,380    $ 22,493,617

Variable rate

     4,753,839      5,458,757

Total

   $ 24,924,219    $ 27,952,374

 

Note 9 — Affordable Housing Program

 

Section 10(j) of the Act requires each Federal Home Loan Bank to establish an AHP. Each Federal Home Loan Bank provides subsidies in the form of direct grants and below-market interest rate Advances to members that use the funds to assist in the purchase, construction, or rehabilitation of housing for very low-, low-, and moderate-income households. Annually, the Federal Home Loan Banks must set aside for the AHP the greater of $100 million or 10% of regulatory income. Regulatory income is defined as GAAP income before interest expense related to mandatorily redeemable capital stock under SFAS 150 and the assessment for AHP, but after the assessment for REFCORP. The exclusion of interest expense related to mandatorily redeemable capital stock is a regulatory calculation determined by the Finance Board. The AHP and REFCORP assessments are calculated simultaneously because of their interdependence on each other. We accrue this expense monthly based on our regulatory income. We reduce the AHP liability as members use subsidies. Calculation of the REFCORP assessment is discussed in Note 2. We charge the amount set aside for AHP to income and recognize it as a liability. In periods where our regulatory income before AHP and REFCORP is zero or less, the amount of AHP liability is

 

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equal to zero, unless the following applies. If the result of the aggregate 10% calculation described above is less than $100 million for all 12 Federal Home Loan Banks, then the Act requires the shortfall to be allocated among the Federal Home Loan Banks based on the ratio of each Federal Home Loan Bank’s income before AHP and REFCORP to the aggregate income before AHP and REFCORP of the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks. There was no shortfall in either 2004 or 2003. We had outstanding principal in AHP-related Advances of $9,836,000 and $9,930,000 at December 31, 2004, and 2003, respectively.

 

The following presents a rollforward schedule of the AHP liability account for the years ending 2004 and 2003 ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     2004    2003

Balance at beginning of period

   $ 26,483    $ 28,381

Annual assessment

     14,639      14,943

Awards disbursed, net

     (18,062)      (16,841)

Balance at end of period

   $ 23,060    $ 26,483

 

Note 10 — Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio

 

The MPP involves the investment in mortgage loans that are purchased directly from our participating members. The total loans represent held-for-investment loans under the MPP whereby our members originate or acquire certain home mortgage loans that are then sold to us. The following table presents information as of December 31, 2004, and 2003, on mortgage loans held for portfolio ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     2004    2003
Real Estate              

Fixed-rate medium-term* single-family mortgages

   $ 1,362,275    $ 1,206,811

Fixed-rate long-term single-family mortgages

     6,343,142      6,171,336

Premiums.

     73,460      71,862

Discounts

     (43,617)      (46,689)

SFAS 133 hedging adjustments

     26,507      30,485

Less: allowance for credit losses

     -      (574)

Total mortgage loans held for portfolio

   $ 7,761,767    $ 7,433,231

 

* Medium-term is defined as a term of 15 years or less.

 

The par value of mortgage loans held for portfolio outstanding at December 31, 2004, and December 31, 2003, was comprised of FHA loans totaling $911,551,000 and $910,621,000, and conventional loans totaling $6,793,866,000 and $6,467,526,000, respectively.

 

The allowance for credit losses was $0, $574,000, and $265,000 as of December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively. The provision for credit losses was $(574,000), $309,000 and $259,000 for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively.

 

The estimated fair value of the mortgage loans held for portfolio as of December 31, 2004, and 2003 is reported in Note 16.

 

Mortgage loans are considered impaired when, by evaluating collectively groups of smaller-balance homogenous loans, and, using current information and events, it is probable that we will be unable to collect all principal and interest amounts due according to the contractual terms of the mortgage loan agreement. At December 31, 2004, and 2003, we had no recorded investments in impaired mortgage loans.

 

Note 11 — Deposits

 

We offer demand and overnight deposits for members and qualifying non-members. A member that services mortgage loans may deposit funds collected in connection with the mortgage loans, pending disbursement of such funds to the owners of the mortgage loans; we classify these items as Other deposits on the Statement of Condition. Other deposits also include cash collateral held with respect to derivative agreements. The deposits are not insured

 

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by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), by the United States, or by an agency of the United States. The deposits represent an obligation only of our Bank. The average interest rates paid on average deposits were 1.19%, 1.02%, and 1.55% during 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively.

 

Note 12— Consolidated Obligations

 

COs are the joint and several obligations of the Federal Home Loan Banks and consist of CO Bonds and Discount Notes. The Federal Home Loan Banks issue COs through the Office of Finance as their agent. CO Bonds are issued primarily to raise intermediate and long-term funds for the Federal Home Loan Banks and are not subject to any statutory or regulatory limits on maturity. Discount Notes are issued primarily to raise short-term funds. These notes sell at less than their face amount and are redeemed at par value when they mature.

 

The Finance Board, at its discretion, may require any Federal Home Loan Bank to make principal or interest payments due on any COs. Although it has never occurred, to the extent that a Federal Home Loan Bank would make a payment on a CO on behalf of another Federal Home Loan Bank, the paying Federal Home Loan Bank would be entitled to reimbursement from that non-complying Federal Home Loan Bank. However, if the Finance Board determines that such non-complying Federal Home Loan Bank is unable to satisfy its obligations, then the Finance Board may allocate the outstanding liability among the remaining Federal Home Loan Banks on a pro rata basis in proportion to each Federal Home Loan Bank’s participation in all COs outstanding, or on any other basis the Finance Board may determine.

 

The par amounts of the Federal Home Loan Banks’ outstanding COs, including COs held by other Federal Home Loan Banks, were approximately $869.2 billion and $759.5 billion at December 31, 2004, and 2003. COs, net of amounts held by other Federal Home Loan Banks, at par, were $859.9 billion and $754.9 billion at December 31, 2004, and 2003. See Note 19 for related party disclosures on our investments in other Federal Home Loan Banks’ COs. Regulations require us to maintain unpledged qualifying assets equal to our participation in the COs outstanding. Qualifying assets are defined as cash; secured Advances; assets with an assessment or rating at least equivalent to the current assessment or rating of the COs; obligations, participations, or other instruments of or issued by Fannie Mae or Ginnie Mae; mortgages, obligations or other securities which are or have ever been sold by Freddie Mac under the Act; and such securities as fiduciary and trust funds may invest in under the laws of the state in which each Federal Home Loan Bank is located. We maintained unpledged qualifying assets of $44.2 billion and $44.8 billion as of December 31, 2004, and 2003, respectively.

 

On June 2, 2000, the Finance Board adopted a final rule amending the Federal Home Loan Banks’ leverage limit requirements. Effective July 1, 2000, each Federal Home Loan Bank’s leverage limit is based on a ratio of assets to capital, rather than a ratio of liabilities to capital. The Finance Board’s former regulations prohibited the issuance of COs if such issuance would bring the Federal Home Loan Banks’ outstanding COs and other unsecured senior liabilities above 20 times the Federal Home Loan Banks’ total capital. The Finance Board’s Financial Management Policy also applied this limit on a bank-by-bank basis. The final rule deletes the Federal Home Loan Banks’ overall leverage limit from the regulations, but limits each Federal Home Loan Bank’s assets generally to no more than 21 times its capital. Nevertheless, a Federal Home Loan Bank with non-mortgage assets, after deducting deposits and capital, that do not exceed 11% of its assets may have total assets in an amount not greater than 25 times its capital. As a result of the implementation of our new capital structure, we are no longer required to follow this regulation (see Note 13).

 

To provide the holders of COs issued before January 29, 1993 (prior bondholders), with the protection equivalent to that provided under the Federal Home Loan Banks’ previous leverage limit of 12 times the Federal Home Loan Banks’ regulatory capital stock, prior bondholders have a claim on a certain amount of the qualifying assets (Special Asset Account (“SAA”)) if the aggregate regulatory capital stock of the Federal Home Loan Banks is less than 8.33% of the par value of COs. At December 31, 2004, and 2003, the Federal Home Loan Banks’ regulatory capital stock was 4.74% and 4.96%, respectively, of the par value of COs outstanding, and the required minimum SAA balance was approximately $219,000, and $24,000,000 at December 31, 2004, and 2003, respectively. Further, the regulations require each Federal Home Loan Bank to transfer qualifying assets in the amount of its allocated share of the Federal Home Loan Banks’ SAA to a trust for the benefit of the prior bondholders if its capital-to-assets ratio falls below 2%. As of December 31, 2004, and 2003, no Federal Home Loan Bank had a capital-to-assets ratio less

 

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than 2%; therefore, no assets were being held in a trust. In addition, no trust has ever been established as a result of this regulation, as the ratio has never fallen below 2%.

 

General Terms.    COs are issued with either fixed-rate coupon payment terms or variable-rate coupon payment terms that use a variety of indices for interest rate resets including the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), Constant Maturity Treasury (“CMT”), and others. In addition, to meet the expected specific needs of certain investors in COs, both fixed-rate bonds and variable-rate bonds may also contain certain features, which may result in complex coupon payment terms and call options. When such COs are issued, we typically enter into derivatives agreements containing offsetting features that effectively convert the terms of the bond to those of a simple variable-rate bond or a fixed-rate bond.

 

These COs, beyond having fixed-rate or simple variable-rate coupon payment terms, may also have the following broad terms regarding either principal repayment or coupon payment terms.

 

Optional Principal Redemption Bonds:    (also known as callable bonds) that we may redeem in whole or in part at our discretion on predetermined call dates according to the terms of the bond offerings.

 

With respect to interest payments, CO Bonds may also have the following terms.

 

Step-up Bonds:    generally pay interest at increasing fixed rates for specified intervals over the life of the bond. These bonds generally contain provisions enabling us to call bonds at our option on the step-up dates;

 

Conversion Bonds:    have coupons that we may convert from fixed to floating, or floating to fixed, or from one U.S. or other currency index to another, at our discretion;

 

Range Bonds:    pay interest at variable rates, provided a specified index is within a specified range. The computation of the variable rate differs for each bond issue, but the bond generally pays zero interest or a minimal rate of interest if the specified rate is outside of the specified range; and

 

Comparative Index Bonds:    have coupon rates determined by the difference between two or more market indices, typically Prime, CMT, and LIBOR.

 

Interest Rate Payment Terms.    The following table details interest rate payment terms for CO Bonds at December 31, 2004, and 2003 ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     2004    2003
Par value of CO Bonds              

Fixed rate

   $ 24,264,200    $ 25,425,800

Step-up

     4,690,080      3,115,000

Simple variable rate

     340,000      470,000

Fixed that converts to variable

     475,075      255,000

Variable that converts to fixed

     110,000      490,000

Range

     47,000      91,925

Total par value

   $ 29,926,355    $ 29,847,725

 

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Redemption Terms.    The following is a summary of our participation in CO Bonds outstanding at December 31, 2004, and 2003, by year of maturity ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     2004    2003
Year of Maturity    Amount   

Weighted

Average

Interest

Rate %

   Amount   

Weighted

Average

Interest

Rate %

2004

               $ 3,654,350    2.61

2005

   $ 4,585,500    2.71      4,237,000    2.82

2006

     5,712,650    2.87      5,418,550    2.88

2007

     3,865,050    3.29      2,646,150    3.71

2008

     4,129,200    3.54      4,138,625    3.55

2009

     3,484,305    4.07      1,862,150    4.45

Thereafter

     8,149,650    4.77      7,890,900    5.06

Total par value

     29,926,355    3.65      29,847,725    3.68

Bond premiums

     37,859           40,847     

Bond discounts

     (30,567)           (29,532)     

SFAS 133 hedging adjustments

     (116,406)           (28,650)     

Total

   $ 29,817,241         $ 29,830,390     

 

CO Bonds outstanding at December 31, 2004, and 2003 include callable bonds totaling $18,448,155,000 and $20,886,925,000, respectively. We use fixed-rate callable debt to finance mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities and to create floating rate funding in conjunction with interest-rate swaps. The combination of interest-rate swaps and callable debt allows us to provide members attractively priced variable-rate Advances.

 

Our outstanding CO Bonds at December 31, 2004 and 2003, include ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     2004    2003
Par amount of CO Bonds              

Non-callable or non-putable

   $ 11,478,200    $ 8,960,800

Callable

     18,448,155      20,886,925

Total par value

   $ 29,926,355    $ 29,847,725

 

The following table summarizes CO Bonds outstanding at December 31, 2004, and 2003, by year of maturity or next call date ($ amounts in thousands).

 

Year of Maturity or Next Call Date    2004    2003

2004

     -    $ 21,233,275

2005

   $ 21,088,655      3,558,000

2006

     3,533,650      1,602,550

2007

     1,466,050      725,150

2008

     1,286,200      1,128,700

2009

     1,057,150      831,150

Thereafter

     1,494,650      768,900

Total par value

   $ 29,926,355    $ 29,847,725

 

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Consolidated Discount Notes.    Discount Notes are issued to raise short-term funds. Discount Notes are COs with original maturities up to 360 days. These notes are issued at less than their face amount and are redeemed at par value when they mature.

 

Our participation in Discount Notes, all of which are due within one year, was as follows ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     Book Value    Par Value   

Weighted

Average

Interest Rate

December 31, 2004

   $ 10,631,051    $ 10,647,306    1.90%

December 31, 2003

   $ 10,440,519    $ 10,450,824    0.99%

 

The Act authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, at his discretion, to purchase COs of the Federal Home Loan Banks aggregating not more than $4 billion under certain conditions. The terms, conditions, and interest rates are determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. There were no such purchases by the U.S. Treasury during the two years ended December 31, 2004.

 

Note 13 — Capital

 

The GLB Act has resulted in a number of changes in the capital structure of the Federal Home Loan Banks. The final Finance Board capital rule was published on January 30, 2001, and required each Federal Home Loan Bank to submit a capital structure plan to the Finance Board by October 29, 2001, in accordance with the provisions of the GLB Act and final capital rules. The Finance Board approved our capital plan on July 10, 2002, with amendments approved on October 9, 2002. We converted to our new capital structure on January 2, 2003, and were in compliance with our capital plan on the conversion date. The conversion was considered a capital transaction and was accounted for at par value.

 

We are subject to three capital requirements under the new capital structure plan. First, we must maintain at all times permanent capital in an amount at least equal to the sum of our credit risk capital requirement, our market risk capital requirement, and our operations risk capital requirement, calculated in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Finance Board. Only “permanent capital,” defined as retained earnings and Class B Stock (including mandatorily redeemable stock), satisfies the risk-based capital requirement. The Finance Board may require us to maintain a greater amount of permanent capital than is required by the risk-based capital requirements as defined. In addition, the GLB Act requires us to maintain at all times at least a 4% total capital-to-asset ratio and at least a 5% leverage ratio, defined as the sum of permanent capital weighted 1.5 times, and non-permanent capital weighted 1.0 times, divided by total assets. We were in compliance with the aforementioned capital rules and requirements during the reporting periods. We are in compliance with the risk-based capital rules at December 31, 2004, with a 7.2% leverage ratio and weighted leverage capital of $3.2 billion, and a 4.8% total capital ratio and permanent capital of $2.1 billion.

 

Owing to deficiencies in strategic planning, risk assessment, and other related processes cited in the 2003 examination by the Finance Board, we agreed with the Office of Supervision of the Finance Board that any further leveraging of our balance sheet during 2003 should be curtailed. As a result, we maintained a capital ratio of not less than 4.23%. On June 3, 2004, we received a letter from the Finance Board stating that their concerns had been addressed and, therefore, the limitation was lifted.

 

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The following table shows our compliance with the Finance Board’s capital requirements at December 31, 2004, and 2003 ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     December 31, 2004    December 31, 2003
     Required    Actual    Required    Actual
Regulatory capital requirements                            

Risk-based capital

   $ 367,119    $ 2,132,185    $ 353,121    $ 1,961,440

Total capital-to-asset ratio

     4.00%      4.81%      4.00%      4.37%

Total capital

   $ 1,772,070    $ 2,132,185    $ 1,796,037    $ 1,961,440

Leverage ratio

     5.00%      7.22%      5.00%      6.55%

Leverage capital

   $ 2,215,088    $ 3,198,278    $ 2,245,046    $ 2,942,160

 

The mandatorily redeemable capital stock is considered capital for regulatory purposes.

 

Our Class B Stock is further divided into sub-series, Class B-1 and Class B-2. The difference between the two sub-series of Class B Stock is that Class B-1 will pay a higher dividend than Class B-2, and Class B-2 is non-excess stock that awaits redemption. The Class B-2 stock dividend is presently calculated at 80% of the amount of the Class B-1 dividend and can only be changed by amendment of the capital plan by our board with approval of the Finance Board. Effective January 2, 2003, we converted all our existing stock into Class B-1 Stock on a one-for-one basis. At the time of conversion, certain members elected to redeem the stock that was in excess of their stock requirement. As a result, approximately $211,167,000 of Class B Stock was redeemed at conversion.

 

The GLB Act made membership voluntary for all members. Any member that withdraws from membership or that has had its membership terminated may not be readmitted as a member of any Federal Home Loan Bank for a period of five years from the date membership was terminated and all of the member’s stock was redeemed or repurchased. A transfer of membership without interruption between two Federal Home Loan Banks will not constitute a termination of membership.

 

Our board of directors may declare and pay dividends out of previously retained earnings and current earnings in either cash or capital stock.

 

Dividends may, but are not required to, be paid on our Class B Stock. Dividends, if declared, may be paid in either cash or stock, or a combination thereof. Dividends on the Class B-2 Stock are equal to 80% of any declared dividend on the Class B-1 Stock. The amount of the dividend to be paid is based on the average number of shares of each type held by the member during the quarter.

 

No dividend may be declared or paid if we are or would be, as a result of such payment, in violation of our minimum capital requirements. Moreover, we may not pay dividends if any principal or interest due on COs issued to provide funds to us has not been paid in full, or under certain circumstances, if we fail to satisfy liquidity requirements under applicable Finance Board regulations. In addition, in August 2005, the Finance Board advised all Federal Home Loan Banks, including our Bank, that until we have completed the 1934 Act registration with the SEC, we must receive Finance Board approval before paying a dividend. Dividends are non-cumulative and, if declared, are paid only from current net earnings or retained earnings and are subject to the application of our retained earnings policy.

 

Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock.    The Federal Home Loan Banks adopted SFAS 150 as of January 1, 2004. Prior to the adoption of SFAS 150, all stock was included in Capital stock, a component of equity, in the Statement of Condition. In compliance with SFAS 150, although there has been no change in shareholders’ rights related to capital stock redemption requests, the Federal Home Loan Banks will reclassify the stock subject to redemption from equity to liability once a member exercises a written redemption right, and gives notice of intent to withdraw from membership, or attains non-member status by merger or acquisition, charter termination, or involuntary termination from membership, since the member shares will then meet the definition of a mandatorily redeemable financial instrument. Member shares meeting this definition are reclassified to a liability at fair value. Dividends declared on member shares classified as a liability in accordance with SFAS 150 are accrued at the expected dividend rate and reflected as interest expense in the Statement of Income. The repayment of these mandatorily

 

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redeemable financial instruments will be reflected as financing cash outflows in the Statement of Cash Flows once settled.

 

At December 31, 2004, we had $30,259,000 in capital stock that has been classified in liabilities as Mandatorily redeemable capital stock in the Statement of Condition in accordance with SFAS 150. In addition to the mandatorily redeemable capital stock, we had $21,632,000 of excess stock subject to a redemption request. This is not mandatorily redeemable as the requesting member may revoke its request at any time, without penalty throughout the entire five year waiting period. This request is not considered substantive in nature, and therefore, this amount has not been classified as a liability. However, we believe that redemption requests related to termination of membership and withdrawal requests are substantive when made and therefore, considered mandatorily redeemable and reclassified as liabilities.

 

The Finance Board has confirmed that all capital stock accounted for as mandatorily redeemable pursuant to SFAS 150 should be included in our capital for regulatory purposes.

 

The following table shows the amount of mandatorily redeemable capital stock by year of redemption at December 31, 2004 ($ amounts in thousands). We are not required to redeem or repurchase activity-based stock until the later of the expiration of the notice of redemption or until the activity no longer remains outstanding. In accordance with our current practice, if activity-based stock becomes excess stock as a result of an activity no longer remaining outstanding, we will repurchase the excess stock at management’s discretion.

 

Contractual Year of Redemption     

2008

   $ 5,495

2009

     24,764

Total

   $ 30,259

 

Our activity for mandatorily redeemable capital stock was as follows in 2004 ($ amounts in thousands). Roll-forward amounts for 2003 and 2002 are not provided because we adopted SFAS 150 on January 1, 2004.

 

Balance, December 31, 2003

   $ 0

Capital stock subject to mandatory redemption reclassified from equity on adoption of SFAS 150

     5,495

Capital stock subject to mandatory redemption reclassified from equity

     23,918

Repurchase of mandatorily redeemable capital stock

     (72)

Stock dividend classified as mandatorily redeemable

     918

Balance, December 31, 2004

   $ 30,259

 

Statutory and Regulatory Restrictions on Capital Stock Redemption.    In accordance with the GLB Act, each class of stock is considered putable, although there are significant restrictions on the obligation/right to redeem the stock and the redemption privilege is limited to a small fraction of outstanding stock. None of our capital stock is considered permanent equity based on the guidance of ASR 268; however, by statute, all capital stock is considered to be capital. Statutory and regulatory restrictions on the redemption of our stock include the following.

 

    In no case may we redeem any capital stock if, following such redemption, we would fail to satisfy our minimum capital requirements (i.e., a statutory capital/asset ratio requirement, established by the GLB Act, and a regulatory risk-based capital/asset ratio requirement established by the Finance Board). By law, all member holdings of our stock immediately become non-redeemable if we become undercapitalized and, at the macro-level, only a minimal portion of outstanding stock qualifies for redemption consideration.
    In no case may we redeem any capital stock if either our board or the Finance Board determines that we have incurred, or are likely to incur, losses resulting, or expected to result, in a charge against capital.
    In addition to possessing the authority to prohibit stock redemptions, our board has a right and an obligation to call for additional capital stock purchases by our members, as a condition of membership, as needed to satisfy statutory and regulatory capital requirements. These requirements include the maintenance of a stand-alone AA credit rating from a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

 

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    If, during the period between receipt of a stock redemption notification from a member and the actual redemption (which lasts indefinitely if we are undercapitalized, do not have the required credit rating, etc.), a Federal Home Loan Bank becomes insolvent and is either liquidated or forced to merge with another Federal Home Loan Bank, the redemption value of the stock will be established either through the market liquidation process or through negotiation with a merger partner. In either case, all senior claims must first be settled at par, and there are no claims that are subordinated to the rights of our stockholders.
    The GLB Act states that we may redeem, at our sole discretion, stock investments that exceed the required minimum amount.
    In no case may we redeem our stock if the principal or interest due on any CO issued by the Office of Finance has not been paid in full.
    In no case may we redeem our stock if we fail to provide the Finance Board quarterly certification required by section 966.9(b)(1) of the Finance Board’s rules prior to declaring or paying dividends for a quarter.
    In no case may we redeem our stock if we are unable to provide the required certification, project that we will fail to comply with statutory or regulatory liquidity requirements, or will be unable to timely and fully meet all of our obligations, actually fail to satisfy these requirements or obligations, or negotiate to enter or enter into an agreement with another Federal Home Loan Bank to obtain financial assistance to meet our current obligations.

 

Members may request redemption of Federal Home Loan Bank stock. Once a redemption request is received, the stock will be redeemed after a five-year waiting period. We may not redeem the stock at the end of the five year waiting period if it would cause us to become undercapitalized or pose a significant risk to the Bank.

 

Additionally, we may repurchase stock from our members. These repurchases may be triggered by a special request from a member or by our determination that it is in our financial interest to reduce the level of capital stock outstanding. According to our policy, we do not ordinarily or routinely repurchase excess stock. However, we do generally, in the board’s discretion, repurchase excess stock that our members receive as stock dividends. Our policy explicitly allows for these repurchases if the request is received within ten business days of payment of the stock dividend and, if we determine that it is within our best interest to do so.

 

Out-of-district mergers of one or more members that have substantial holdings of capital stock would result in the reclassification of the capital stock from capital to a liability account, mandatorily redeemable capital stock. Dividends paid on this stock would be reclassified as Interest expense. We would not be required to redeem this stock for five years. For regulatory purposes, the stock would be considered capital until redeemed. During this period, we would restructure our assets to accommodate the reduced level of regulatory capital that would result from the eventual redemption of this capital stock. To the extent that an out-of-district merger of a member with substantial holdings of capital stock involved a member with substantial activity-based stock requirements, this activity, either Advances or, in certain cases, MPP, would need to be repaid, prepaid, allowed to run-off, or otherwise be extinguished before the related stock could be redeemed.

 

Additionally, we have several options to restructure our balance sheet, over a five-year period, in the event that substantial stock redemption requests are received. These include reducing the level of Advances, reducing our investments, and reducing the purchases of mortgages. Although there can be no guarantee that these approaches would be successful, our management believes that our capital structure, including the five-year requirement, would allow us to adjust to a significant reduction in capital stock.

 

Under the GLB Act, in extraordinary circumstances, the remaining members could be required to purchase more stock; however, this would not be likely to occur due to redemptions of capital stock since those redemptions cannot be honored if they will cause us to fail our regulatory capital requirement.

 

Prior Capital Rules.    The capital rules in effect prior to our implementation of the new capital regulations required members to purchase capital stock equal to the greater of 1% of their mortgage-related assets or 5% of outstanding Advances. However, the GLB Act removed the provision that required a non-thrift member to purchase additional stock to borrow from us if the non-thrift member’s mortgage-related assets were less than 65% of total assets. At our discretion, we repurchase at par value any capital stock greater than a member’s statutory requirement or allow the member to sell the excess capital stock at par value to another one of our members.

 

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Note 14 — Employee and Director Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans

 

We participate in the FIRF, a defined-benefit plan. The plan covers substantially all officers and employees. Our contributions to FIRF through June 30, 1987, represented the normal cost of the plan. The plan reached the full-funding limitation, as defined by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, for the plan year beginning July 1, 1987, because of favorable investment and other actuarial experience during previous years. As a result, FIRF suspended employer contributions for all plan years ending after June 30, 1987, through June 30, 2000. Contributions to the plan resumed on July 1, 2000. Funding and administrative costs of FIRF charged to other operating expenses were $3,245,000, $2,287,000, and $1,563,000 in 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively. The FIRF is a multi-employer plan and does not segregate its assets, liabilities, or costs by participating employer. As a result, disclosure and accounting of the accumulated benefit obligations, plan assets, and the components of annual pension expense attributable to us cannot be made.

 

We also participate in the Financial Institutions Thrift Plan, a defined-contribution plan. Our contributions are equal to a percentage of participants’ compensation and a matching contribution equal to a percentage of voluntary employee contributions, subject to certain limitations. We contributed $506,000, $499,000, and $455,000 to this plan in the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively.

 

We also maintain a non-qualified, unfunded deferred-compensation plan covering certain officers. The plan’s liability consists of the accumulated compensation deferrals and the accumulated earnings on the deferral. We contributed $419,000, $330,000, and $246,000 in the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively; these sums are entirely employee deferrals. Our obligation at December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002 was $1,988,000, $1,387,000, and $800,000, respectively. Our directors also had a deferred compensation plan available to them. During 2004, 2003, and 2002, our board collectively earned $254,000, $240,000, and $244,000 of compensation, of which $141,000, $156,000, and $166,000, respectively, was deferred. Our obligation at December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, was $1,255,000, $1,045,000 and $814,000 respectively. A rabbi trust has been established to fund the deferred compensation for these officers and directors. Assets in the rabbi trust relating to deferred compensation plans included as a component of Other assets in the Statement of Condition, were $3,243,000, $2,432,000, and $1,614,000 at December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively.

 

We also maintain a non-qualified, unfunded supplemental executive retirement plan covering certain officers. This plan restores retirement benefits otherwise reduced by application of certain tax laws and regulations. In connection with this plan, we recorded net periodic pension expenses of $981,000, $778,000, and $710,000, in the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively. The accumulated benefit obligation at December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, was $6,965,000, $4,326,000, and $2,720,000, respectively. A grantor trust has been established to fund the supplemental executive retirement plan. Assets in the grantor trust were $3,782,000, $2,734,000 and $1,547,000 at December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, respectively.

 

In addition, we maintain a key employee severance agreement for the President/CEO. Under the terms of the agreement, if a termination occurs under certain circumstances, the President/CEO is entitled to 2.99 times the average of the three preceding years’ base salary, bonus, and other cash compensation, salary deferrals and matching contributions to the qualified and non-qualified plans, compensation for the loss of the use of a company vehicle, continued medical and dental plan coverage, a gross up amount to cover the increased tax liability, and an additional three years credit to years of service for supplemental executive pension plan purposes. Other senior executives have employment contracts payable in the event we have a change of control.

 

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The obligations and funding status of our supplemental executive retirement plan at December 31, 2004, and 2003, were as follows ($ amounts in thousands):

 

     Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan
     2004    2003
Change in benefit obligation          

Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year

   $ 6,397    $ 4,458

Service cost

     374      320

Interest cost

     509      424

Actuarial loss

     384      1,195

Change in the discount rate

     2,039      -

Projected benefit obligation at end of year

     9,703      6,397

Unrecognized net actuarial loss

     4,973      2,872

Unrecognized prior service cost (benefit)

     (33)      14

Net amount recognized

   $ 4,763    $ 3,511

 

Amounts recognized in the Statement of Condition for the Bank’s supplemental executive retirement plan at December 31, 2004, and 2003, were ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     2004    2003

Accumulated benefit obligation

   $ (6,965)    $ (4,326)

Net amount recognized

     4,763      3,511

Other assets

     0      14

Accumulated other comprehensive income

   $ (2,202)    $ (801)

 

Components of the net periodic pension cost for our supplemental executive retirement plan for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, were ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan
     2004    2003    2002

Service cost

   $ 374    $ 320    $ 210

Interest cost

     509      424      271

Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost

     47      47      47

Amortization of unrecognized net loss

     322      330      182

Net periodic benefit cost

   $ 1,252    $ 1,121    $ 710

 

The measurement date used to determine the current year’s benefit obligation was December 31, 2004.

 

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Key assumptions and other information for the actuarial calculations for our supplemental executive retirement plan for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, were as follows:

 

     2004    2003

Discount rate

     5.75%      7.50%

Salary increases

     5.50%      5.50%

Amortization period (years)

     8      8

Benefits paid during the year

   $ 0    $ 0

 

The discount rate used for the actuarial calculation was reduced in 2004 to reflect current interest rate market assumptions. As a result of this change, as of December 31, 2004 we increased our accumulated benefit obligation by $1,326,000 and recorded a corresponding decrease to Accumulated other comprehensive income.

 

Note 15 — Segment Information

 

We have identified two primary operating segments; Traditional Funding, Investments and Deposit products, and MPP based on our method of internal reporting. The products and services presented reflect the manner in which financial information is evaluated by management. MPP income is derived primarily from the difference, or spread, between the interest income earned on mortgage loans, including the direct effects of premium and discount amortization in accordance with SFAS 91, and the borrowing cost related to those loans. The Traditional Funding, Investments and Deposit products include the effects of premium and discount amortization and the impact of net interest settlements related to interest rate exchange agreements, such as Advances, investments, and the borrowing costs related to those assets. The Traditional Funding, Investments and Deposit products also include the borrowing costs related to holding deposit products for members and other miscellaneous borrowings as well as all other miscellaneous income and expense not associated with the MPP.

 

We measure the performance of each segment based upon the net interest spread of the underlying portfolio(s). For this reason, we have presented each segment on a net interest income basis. Direct other income and expense items have been allocated to each segment based upon actual results. MPP includes the direct earnings effects of SFAS 133 as well as direct salary and other expenses (including an allocation for indirect overhead) associated with operating the MPP and volume-driven costs associated with master servicing and quality control fees. Direct other income/expense related to Traditional Funding, Investments and Deposit products includes the direct earnings impact of SFAS 133 related to Advances and investment products as well as all other income and expense not associated with MPP. The assessments related to AHP and REFCORP have been allocated to each segment based upon each segment’s proportionate share of total income before assessments.

 

We have not symmetrically allocated assets to each segment based upon financial results as it is impracticable to measure the performance of our segments from a total assets perspective. As a result, there is asymmetrical information presented in the tables below including among other items, the allocation of depreciation without an allocation of the depreciable assets, the SFAS 133 earnings adjustments with no corresponding allocation to derivative assets, if any, and the recording of interest income with no allocation to accrued interest receivable. Total assets reported for MPP include only the mortgage loans outstanding, net of premiums, discounts and SFAS 133 basis adjustments. Total assets reported for Traditional Funding, Investments and Deposit products include all other assets of the Bank.

 

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The following tables set forth our financial performance by operating segment for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002 ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     Traditional
Funding,
Investments,
and Deposit
Products
   MPP    Total
2004                     

Net interest income

   $ 181,066    $ 39,232    $ 220,298

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans

     -      (574)      (574)

Other income (loss)

     (5,724)      (3,371)      (9,095)

Other expenses

     30,070      3,663      33,733

Income before assessments

     145,272      32,772      178,044

AHP

     11,963      2,676      14,639

REFCORP

     26,649      6,019      32,668

Total assessments

     38,612      8,695      47,307

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     106,660      24,077      130,737

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     (67)      -      (67)

Net income

   $ 106,593    $ 24,077    $ 130,670
2004                     

Total assets

   $ 36,539,991    $ 7,761,767    $ 44,301,758

 

     Traditional
Funding,
Investments,
and Deposit
Products
   MPP    Total
2003                     

Net interest income

   $ 168,207    $ 55,287    $ 223,494

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans

     -      309      309

Other income (loss)

     (5,979)      (2,113)      (8,092)

Other expenses

     28,954      3,080      32,034

Income before assessments

     133,274      49,785      183,059

AHP

     10,879      4,064      14,943

REFCORP

     24,479      9,144      33,623

Total assessments

     35,358      13,208      48,566

Net income

   $ 97,916    $ 36,577    $ 134,493
2003                     

Total assets

   $ 37,467,689    $ 7,433,231    $ 44,900,920

 

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     Traditional
Funding,
Investments,
and Deposit
Products
   MPP    Total
2002                     

Net interest income

   $ 206,809    $ 27,011    $ 233,820

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans

     -      259      259

Other income (loss)

     (95,312)      1,364      (93,948)

Other expenses

     27,647      2,128      29,775

Income before assessments

     83,850      25,988      109,838

AHP

     6,844      2,122      8,966

REFCORP

     15,401      4,773      20,174

Total assessments

     22,245      6,895      29,140

Net income

   $ 61,605    $ 19,093    $ 80,698

2002

                    

Total assets

   $ 37,474,972    $ 5,410,341    $ 42,885,313

 

Note 16—Derivative and Hedging Activities

 

We may enter into interest rate swaps (including callable and putable swaps), interest-rate cap and floor agreements, calls, puts, and forward contracts (collectively, derivatives) to manage our exposure to changes in interest rates. These hedges are primarily composed of interest rate swaps (with and without embedded options) and to-be-announced MBS.

 

We may adjust the effective maturity, repricing frequency, or option characteristics of financial instruments to achieve risk management objectives. We use derivatives in two ways: by designating them as either a fair value hedge of an underlying financial instrument or in asset/liability management (i.e., an economic hedge). For example, we use derivatives in our overall interest rate risk management to adjust the interest rate sensitivity of COs to approximate more closely the interest rate sensitivity of assets (Advances, investments, and mortgage loans), and/or to adjust the interest rate sensitivity of Advances, investments, or mortgage loans to approximate more closely the interest rate sensitivity of liabilities.

 

In addition to using derivatives to manage mismatches of interest rates between assets and liabilities, we also use derivatives as follows: (1) to manage embedded options in assets and liabilities; (2) to hedge the market value of existing assets and liabilities; (3) to hedge the duration risk of prepayable instruments; (4) to exactly offset other derivatives executed with members (when we serve as an intermediary); and (5) to reduce funding costs.

 

An economic hedge is defined as a derivative that: (1) hedges specific or non-specific underlying assets or liabilities, (2) does not qualify or was not designated for hedge accounting, but (3) is an acceptable hedging strategy under our risk management program. These economic hedging strategies also comply with Finance Board regulatory requirements prohibiting speculative hedge transactions. An economic hedge by definition introduces the potential for earnings variability caused by the changes in fair value on the derivatives that are recorded in income but not offset by corresponding changes in the value of the economically-hedged assets or liabilities.

 

Consistent with Finance Board regulation, we enter into derivatives only to reduce the interest rate risk exposures inherent in otherwise unhedged assets and funding positions, to achieve our risk management objectives, and to act as an intermediary between our members and counterparties. Our management uses derivatives when they are considered to be the most cost-effective alternative to achieve our financial and risk management objectives. Accordingly, we may enter into derivatives that do not necessarily qualify for hedge accounting (economic hedges). As a result, we recognize only the change in fair value of these derivatives in other income as “net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities” with no offsetting fair value adjustments for the asset or liability.

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, we recorded a net loss on derivatives and hedging activities of $6,508,000, $12,786,000, and $108,188,000, respectively, in other income. Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002, are as follows ($ amounts in thousands):

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities

 

     For the Year Ended
     2004    2003    2002

Gains (losses) related to fair value hedge ineffectiveness

   $ 4,125    $ 3,126    $ (6,319)

Gains (losses) on economic hedges

     (10,633)      (15,912)      (101,869)

Net gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities

   $ (6,508)    $ (12,786)    $ (108,188)

 

The following table represents outstanding notional balances and estimated fair values of the derivatives outstanding at December 31, 2004 and 2003 ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     2004    2003
     Notional    Estimated
Fair Value
   Notional    Estimated
Fair Value
Interest rate swaps                            

Fair value hedges

   $ 30,773,951    $ (440,354)    $ 33,687,075    $ (959,248)

Economic hedges

     890,353      (50,230)      938,826      (84,957)
Interest rate futures/forwards                            

Fair value hedges

     619,975      (944)      151,780      (1,835)

Economic hedges

     205,895      (236)      25,900      (391)
Interest rate caps/floors                            

Economic hedges

                   89,000      0
Mortgage delivery commitments                            

Economic hedges

     204,015      (63)      25,127      47
Total    $ 32,694,189    $ (491,827)    $ 34,917,708    $ (1,046,384)

Total derivatives excluding accrued interest

          $ (491,827)           $ (1,046,384)

Accrued interest

            (229)             (27,661)

Net derivative balances

          $ (492,056)           $ (1,074,045)

Net derivative asset balances

          $ 1,668           $ 5,770

Net derivative liability balances

            (493,724)             (1,079,815)

Net derivative balances

          $ (492,056)           $ (1,074,045)

 

Hedging Activities.

 

We document all relationships between derivatives designated as hedging instruments and hedged items, our risk management objectives and strategies for undertaking various hedge transactions, and our method of assessing effectiveness. This process includes linking all derivatives that are designated as fair value hedges to assets and liabilities on the balance sheet. We also formally assess (both at the hedge’s inception and at least quarterly on an ongoing basis) whether the derivatives that are used in hedging transactions have been effective in offsetting changes in the fair value of hedged items and whether those derivatives may be expected to remain effective in future periods. We typically use regression analyses or other statistical analyses to assess the effectiveness of our hedges.

 

We discontinue hedge accounting prospectively when: (1) we determine that the derivative is no longer effective in offsetting changes in the fair value of a hedged item; (2) the derivative and/or the hedged item expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised; or (3) management determines that designating the derivative as a hedging instrument in accordance with SFAS 133 is no longer appropriate.

 

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Consolidated Obligations - While COs are the joint and several obligations of the Federal Home Loan Banks, each Federal Home Loan Bank has COs for which it is the primary obligor. We enter into derivatives to hedge the interest rate risk associated with our specific debt issuances. For instance, in a typical transaction, fixed-rate COs are issued for us, and we simultaneously enter into a matching derivative in which the counterparty pays fixed cash flows to us designed to mirror in timing and amount the cash outflows we pay on the CO. These transactions are treated as fair value hedges under SFAS 133. In this typical transaction, we pay a variable cash flow that closely matches the interest payments we receive on short-term or variable-rate Advances, typically 3-month LIBOR. This intermediation between the capital and derivative markets permits us to raise funds at lower costs than would otherwise be available through the issuance of simple fixed- or floating-rate COs.

 

Advances - With issuances of putable Advances, we may purchase from the member a put option that enables us to convert an Advance from fixed rate to floating rate if interest rates increase. Upon exercise of our conversion option, the member may terminate the Advance and request additional credit on new terms. We may hedge a putable Advance by entering into a cancelable derivative with a non-member counterparty pursuant to which we pay a fixed rate and receive a variable rate. This type of hedge is treated as a fair value hedge under SFAS 133. The derivative counterparty may cancel the derivative on the put date, which the counterparty normally would exercise in a rising rate environment, and we can convert the Advance to a floating rate.

 

The optionality embedded in certain financial instruments held by us can create interest rate risk. When a member prepays an Advance, we could suffer lower future income if the principal portion of the prepaid Advance were invested in lower-yielding assets that continue to be funded by higher-cost debt. To protect against this risk, we generally charge a prepayment fee that makes us financially indifferent to a member’s decision to prepay an Advance.

 

Mortgage assets – We invest in MBS, ABS and MPP mortgage assets. The prepayment options embedded in mortgage assets can result in extensions or contractions in the expected prepayments of these investments, depending on changes in estimated prepayment speeds. We may manage the interest rate and prepayment risk associated with fixed-rate mortgage loans by funding some mortgage assets with COs that have call features. In addition, we may use derivatives to manage the prepayment and duration variability of mortgage assets.

 

We manage the interest rate and prepayment risk associated with mortgages through a combination of debt issuance and derivatives. We issue both callable and non-callable debt to achieve cash flow patterns and liability durations similar to those expected on the mortgage loans.

 

Firm commitment strategies – Prior to July 1, 2003, we hedged the market value of purchase commitments on fixed-rate mortgage loans by using derivatives with similar market value characteristics. We normally hedged these commitments by selling to-be-announced MBS. A to-be-announced mortgage-backed security represents a forward contract derivative for the sale of MBS at a future agreed upon date. Upon the expiration of the mortgage purchase commitment, we purchased the to-be-announced derivative to close the hedged position. When the derivative settled, the current market value of the commitments was included with the basis of the mortgage loans and amortized accordingly. This transaction was treated as a fair value hedge.

 

We adopted SFAS 149, “Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”, as of July 1, 2003. This adoption resulted in a net gain of $4,628,000 for the year ending December 2003. Mortgage purchase commitments entered into after June 30, 2003, are considered derivatives. Accordingly, both the mortgage purchase commitment and the to-be-announced securities used in the firm commitment hedging strategy are recorded as a derivative asset or derivative liability at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized in current period earnings. When the mortgage purchase commitment derivative settles, the current market value of the commitment is included with the basis of the mortgage loan and amortized accordingly.

 

Investments – We invest in U.S. GSE securities, MBS and ABS, and the taxable portion of state or local housing finance agency securities. The interest rate and prepayment risk associated with these investment securities is managed through a combination of debt issuance and derivatives. We primarily manage the prepayment and interest rate risk by funding investment securities with COs that have call features. These investment securities may be classified as held-to-maturity, available-for-sale, or trading securities.

 

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For available-for-sale securities that have been hedged and qualify as a fair value hedge, we record the portion of the change in value related to the risk being hedged in Other income as Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities together with the related change in the fair value of the derivative, and the remainder of the change in Other comprehensive income as Net unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities. For available-for-sale securities that are not in a qualifying hedge relationship, we record the total amount of unrealized gain or loss on the security in Other comprehensive income.

 

We may also manage the risk arising from changing market prices of investment securities classified as trading by entering into derivatives (economic hedges) that offset the changes in fair value of the securities. The market value changes of both the trading security and the associated derivative are included in other income in the Statement of Income and presented as part of the “net gains (loss) on trading security” and “net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities.”

 

We are not a derivative dealer and thus do not trade derivatives for short-term profit.

 

Credit risk - We are subject to credit risk due to the risk of non-performance by counterparties to the derivative agreements. The degree of counterparty risk on derivative agreements depends on the extent to which master netting arrangements are included in such contracts to mitigate the risk. We manage counterparty credit risk through credit analysis and collateral requirements and by following the requirements set forth in Finance Board regulations. Based on credit analyses and collateral requirements, our management does not reasonably anticipate any credit losses on derivative agreements.

 

The contractual or notional amount of derivatives reflects our involvement in the various classes of financial instruments. The notional amount of derivatives does not measure our credit risk exposure, and our maximum credit exposure is substantially less than the notional amount. The maximum credit risk is the estimated cost of replacing favorable interest rate swaps, forward agreements, mandatory delivery contracts for mortgage loans executed after June 30, 2003, and purchased caps and floors if the counterparty defaults, and the related collateral, if any, is of no value to us. This collateral has not been sold or repledged.

 

At December 31, 2004, and 2003, our maximum credit risk, as defined above, was approximately $1,668,000 and $5,770,000, respectively. At December 31, 2004, and 2003, these totals include $3,891,000 and $2,451,000, respectively, of net accrued interest receivable. In determining maximum credit risk, we consider accrued interest receivables and payables, and the legal right to offset assets and liabilities by counterparty. We held cash totaling $1,280,000 and $976,000 as collateral as of December 31, 2004, and 2003, respectively. Additionally, collateral with respect to derivatives with member institutions includes collateral assigned to us, as evidenced by a written security agreement and held by the member institution for our benefit.

 

We transact most of our derivatives with large banks and major broker-dealers. Some of these banks and broker-dealers or their affiliates buy, sell, and distribute COs. Note 18 discusses assets pledged by us to these counterparties.

 

We have not issued COs denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars.

 

Intermediation.    To assist our members in meeting their off-balance sheet hedging needs, we act as an intermediary between the members and other non-member counterparties by entering into offsetting derivatives. This intermediation allows smaller members access to the derivatives market. The derivatives used in intermediary activities do not qualify for SFAS 133 hedge accounting treatment and are separately marked-to-market through earnings. The net result of the accounting for these derivatives does not significantly affect our operating results. These amounts are recorded in other income and presented as “net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities.”

 

Derivatives in which we act as an intermediary may arise when we: (1) enter into derivatives with members and offsetting derivatives with other counterparties to meet the needs of our members, and (2) enter into derivatives to offset the economic effect of other derivatives that are no longer designated to either Advances, investments, or COs.

 

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The notional principal of derivatives in which we acted as an intermediary is $40,000,000 and $80,000,000 at December 31, 2004, and 2003, respectively. The fair value of the notional principal of derivatives in which we acted as an intermediary is $4,000 and $50,000 at December 31, 2004, and 2003, respectively.

 

Note 17 — Estimated Fair Values

 

We have determined the following estimated fair value amounts by using available market information, our assumptions of appropriate valuation models, and a model validation process which follows the Finance Board’s guidelines. These estimates are based on pertinent information available to us as of December 31, 2004, and 2003. Because of the assumptions used in the valuation process, there are inherent limitations in estimating the fair value of these instruments. For example, because an active secondary market does not exist for a portion of our financial instruments, in certain cases, fair values are not subject to precise quantification or verification and may change as economic and market factors and evaluation of those factors change. Therefore, these estimated fair values are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that would be realized in current market transactions. The Fair Value Summary Tables do not represent an estimate of the overall market value of us as a going concern, which would take into account future business opportunities.

 

Cash and Due from Banks.    The estimated fair value approximates the recorded book balance.

 

Interest-bearing Deposits Including Certificates of Deposit.    The estimated fair value of interest-bearing deposits approximates the recorded book balance. The estimated fair value of certificates of deposits is determined by calculating the present value of the expected future cash flows and reducing the amount for accrued interest receivable.

 

Investment Securities.    The estimated fair value of certain held-to-maturity investments, including mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, are based on quoted prices, excluding accrued interest, as of the last business day of the year. For certain other investments, including state agency securities, and available-for sale securities, quoted prices are not available. For these investments, the estimated fair value is determined by calculating the present value of the expected future cash flows and reducing the amount for accrued interest receivable.

 

Federal Funds Sold.    The estimated fair value is determined by calculating the present value of the expected future cash flows, excluding accrued interest, for instruments with more than one day to maturity. The discount rates used in these calculations are the rates for federal funds with similar terms. The estimated fair values approximate the recorded book balance of federal funds with one day to maturity.

 

Advances and Other Loans.    We determine the estimated fair value of Advances with fixed rates and Advances with complex floating rates by calculating the present value of expected future cash flows from the Advances and excluding the amount for accrued interest receivable. The discount rates used in these calculations are the replacement Advance rates for Advances with similar terms. Pursuant to the Finance Board’s Advances regulations, Advances with a maturity and repricing period greater than six months require a prepayment fee sufficient to make us financially indifferent to the borrower’s decision to prepay the Advances. Therefore, the estimated fair value of Advances does not assume prepayment risk.

 

Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio.    The estimated fair values for mortgage loans are determined based on their quoted market prices or on quoted market prices on similar mortgage loans. These prices, however, can change based upon market conditions and are dependent upon the underlying prepayment characteristics.

 

Accrued Interest Receivable and Payable.    The estimated fair value approximates the recorded book value.

 

Derivative Assets/liabilities.    We base the estimated fair values of derivatives on available market prices of instruments with similar terms including accrued interest receivable and payable. However, active markets do not exist for many types of financial instruments. Consequently, fair values for these instruments must be estimated using discounted cash flow analysis and comparisons to similar instruments. Estimates developed using these methods are subjective and require judgments regarding matters such as the amount and timing of future cash flows and the selection of discount rates that appropriately reflect market and credit risks. The estimated fair values are

 

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based on our assumptions underlying the valuation model. Because these estimates are made as of a specific point in time, as market conditions change, these estimates may change. The fair values are netted by counterparty where such legal right exists. If these fair value amounts are positive, they are classified as an asset, or, if negative, a liability.

 

Deposits.    All deposits at December 31, 2004 and 2003, were variable rate deposits. For such deposits, fair value approximates the carrying value.

 

Consolidated Obligations.    We determine the estimated fair value of COs by calculating the present value of the expected future cash flows incorporating interest rate volatility and yield curves.

 

Mandatorily Redeemable Capital Stock.    The fair value of capital subject to mandatory redemption is generally at par value. Fair value also includes estimated dividends earned at the time of reclassification from equity to liabilities, until such amount is paid, and any subsequently declared stock dividend. Stocks can only be acquired by members at par value and redeemed at par value. Stock is not traded and no market mechanism exists for the exchange of stock outside the cooperative structure.

 

Commitments.    The estimated fair value of our letters of credit was immaterial at December 31, 2004, and 2003.

 

The carrying value and estimated fair values of our financial instruments at December 31, 2004, were as follows ($ amounts in thousands).

 

2004 FAIR VALUE SUMMARY TABLE

 

Financial Instruments   

Carrying

Value

  

Net

Unrealized

Gains/(Losses)

  

Estimated

Fair Value

Assets                     

Cash and due from banks

   $ 44,628           $ 44,628

Interest-bearing deposits

     510,645    $ (87)      510,558

Federal funds sold

     3,280,000      (264)      3,279,736

Trading security

     88,532             88,532

Available-for-sale securities

     1,157,080             1,157,080

Held-to-maturity securities

     6,068,145      1,219      6,069,364

Advances

     25,231,074      59,242      25,290,316

Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net

     7,761,767      (41,188)      7,720,579

Accrued interest receivable

     109,827             109,827

Derivative assets

     1,668             1,668
Liabilities                     

Deposits

     879,417             879,417
Cos                     

Discount Notes

     10,631,051      2,377      10,628,674

CO Bonds

     29,817,241      (93,403)      29,910,644

Accrued interest payable

     244,295             244,295

Derivative liabilities

     493,724             493,724

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

     30,259             30,259
Other                     

Advance commitments

     0      (65)      (65)

 

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The carrying value and estimated fair values of our financial instruments at December 31, 2003, were as follows ($ amounts in thousands).

 

2003 FAIR VALUE SUMMARY TABLE

 

Financial Instruments   

Carrying

Value

  

Net

Unrealized

Gains (Losses)

   

Estimated

Fair Value

Assets                      

Cash and due from banks

   $ 51,423            $ 51,423

Interest-bearing deposits

     242,511              242,511

Federal funds sold

     1,067,000              1,067,000

Trading security

     101,072              101,072

Available-for-sale securities

     1,186,773              1,186,773

Held-to-maturity securities

     5,725,820    $ 40,988       5,766,808

Advances

     28,924,713      110,262       29,034,975

Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net

     7,433,231      (236 )     7,432,995

Accrued interest receivable

     119,081              119,081

Derivative assets

     5,770              5,770
Liabilities                      

Deposits

     1,212,569              1,212,569

Other borrowings

                     
COs                      

Discount Notes

     10,440,519      339       10,440,180

CO Bonds

     29,830,390      (164,961 )     29,995,351

Accrued interest payable

     246,601              246,601

Derivative liabilities

     1,079,815              1,079,815

 

Note 18 — Commitments and Contingencies

 

As described in Note 12, the Federal Home Loan Banks have joint and several liability for all the COs issued on behalf of any of them. Accordingly, should one or more of the Federal Home Loan Banks be unable to repay its participation in the COs, each of the other Federal Home Loan Banks could be called upon to repay all or part of such obligations, as determined or approved by the Finance Board. No Federal Home Loan Bank has had to assume or pay the CO of another Federal Home Loan Bank. We considered the guidance under FASB Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, including indirect guarantees of indebtedness of others (“FIN 45”), and determined it was not necessary to recognize the fair value of our joint and several liability for all of the COs. We consider the joint and several liability as a related party guarantee. Related party guarantees meet the scope exceptions in FIN 45. Accordingly, we do not recognize a liability for our joint and several obligation related to COs issued for the benefit of other Federal Home Loan Banks at December 31, 2004 and 2003. The par amounts of the Federal Home Loan Banks’ outstanding COs, including COs held by other Federal Home Loan Banks were approximately $869.2 billion and $759.5 billion at December 31, 2004 and 2003.

 

Commitments that legally bind and unconditionally obligate us for additional Advances totaled approximately $14,519,000 and $54,449,000 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Commitments generally are for periods up to 12 months. Based on management’s credit analyses and collateral requirements, we do not deem it necessary to record any additional liability on these commitments. Commitments are fully collateralized at the time of issuance (see Note 8).

 

As described in Note 2, for managing the inherent credit risk in the MPP program, participating members pay us credit enhancement fees in order to fund the LRA and pay SMI. When a credit loss occurs, the accumulated LRA is used to cover the credit loss in excess of equity and primary mortgage insurance. Funds not used are returned to the member over time. SMI provides additional coverage over and above losses covered by the LRA. The LRA is an indicator of the potential expected losses for which we are liable. The LRA amounted to $8,905,000 and $5,555,000 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Additional probable losses are provided through the allowance for credit losses. No allowance for credit losses is considered necessary at December 31, 2004. As of December 31, 2003, the allowance for loan losses was $574,000.

 

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Commitments that unconditionally obligate us to fund/purchase mortgage loans totaled $204,015,000 and $25,127,000 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Commitments are generally for periods not to exceed 91 days. In accordance with SFAS 149, such commitments entered into after June 30, 2003, were recorded as derivatives at their fair value. The estimated fair value of commitments is reported in Note 17.

 

We generally execute derivative agreements with major banks and broker-dealers and generally enter into bilateral collateral agreements. We had pledged, as collateral, cash totaling $43,570,000 and $242,436,000 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. These amounts are included in interest-bearing deposits on the Statement of Condition.

 

We entered into $108,000,000 par value of CO Bonds that had traded but not settled as of December 31, 2004. There were no Discount Notes traded that had not settled as of December 31, 2004.

 

We are subject to legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. After consultation with legal counsel, management does not anticipate that the ultimate liability, if any, arising out of these matters will have a material effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

 

Notes 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, and 17 discuss other commitments and contingencies.

 

Note 19 – Transactions with Other Federal Home Loan Banks

 

Our activities with other Federal Home Loan Banks are summarized below, and have been identified in the Statement of Condition, Statement of Income, and Statement of Cash Flows.

 

Borrowings with other Federal Home Loan Banks.    Occasionally, we loan (or borrow) short-term funds to (from) other Federal Home Loan Banks. There were no loans to or from other Federal Home Loan Banks outstanding at December 31, 2004 or 2003. Loans to other Federal Home Loan Banks and principal repayments of these loans during the years ended December 31 2004, 2003 and 2002 were $2.8 billion, $4.5 billion, and $3.0 billion, respectively. Interest income earned on these loans was $278,000, $184,000 and $147,000, during the years ended 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Borrowings from other Federal Home Loan Banks and principal repayments on these loans during the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 were $0, $525 million and $288 million, respectively. Interest expense incurred on these borrowings was $0, $21,000 and $12,000 during the years ended 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

Investments in other Federal Home Loan Bank Consolidated Obligations.    Our available-for-sale investment securities portfolio includes purchases of COs for which other Federal Home Loan Banks are the primary obligors. The balances of these investments are presented in Note 6. All of these COs were purchased in the open market from third parties and are accounted for in the same manner as other similarly classified investments. We recorded gross interest income of approximately $12.5 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively, on these investments in COs on which another Federal Home Loan Bank is the primary obligor.

 

Assumption of other Federal Home Loan Bank Consolidated Obligations.    We may, from time to time, assume the outstanding primary liability of another Federal Home Loan Bank rather than issue new debt for which we are the primary obligor. During the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, the par amounts of such COs transferred to us totaled $0, $70 million and $0, respectively. The net discounts associated with these transactions were $0, $1.2 million and $0 in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. We account for these transfers in the same manner as we account for new debt issuances (see Note 12).

 

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Note 20 – Transactions with Shareholders

 

Our activities with shareholders are summarized below, and have been identified in the Statement of Condition, Statement of Income, and Statement of Cash Flows.

 

As a cooperative, our capital stock is owned by our members, former members that retain the stock as provided in our capital plan or by non-member institutions that have acquired members and must retain the stock to support Advances or other activities with our Bank. All Advances are issued to members, and all mortgage loans held for portfolio are purchased from members. We also maintain demand deposit accounts for members, former members and non-members, primarily to facilitate settlement activities that are directly related to Advances and mortgage loan purchases. We may not invest in any equity securities issued by our shareholders, and we have not entered into any interest rate exchange agreements with any of our shareholders.

 

In the normal course of business, we have invested in federal funds sold activity and other short-term investments with shareholders or their affiliates.

 

In addition, included in our held-to-maturity investment portfolio are purchases of MBS issued by shareholders or their affiliates. The MBS amounts outstanding at December 31, 2004 and 2003 are presented in Note 7.

 

As provided by statute, the only voting rights conferred upon our members are for the election of directors. In accordance with the Bank Act and Finance Board regulations, members elect a majority of our Board of Directors. The remaining directors are appointed by the Finance Board. Under the statute and regulations, each elective directorship is designated to one of the two states in our district, and each member is entitled to vote only for candidates for the state in which the member’s principal place of business is located. A member is entitled to cast, for each applicable directorship, one vote for each share of capital stock that the member is required to hold, subject to a statutory limitation. Under this limitation, the total number of votes that a member may cast is limited to the average number of shares of our capital stock that were required to be held by all members in that state as of the record date for voting. Previous member stockholders are not entitled to cast votes for the election of directors. At December 31, 2004 and 2003, no member owned more than 10% of the voting interests of our Bank due to statutory limits on members’ voting rights as discussed above.

 

All transactions with members or their affiliates are entered into in the ordinary course of business. Finance Board regulation requires us to provide the same pricing for Advances and other services to all members regardless of asset or transaction size, charter type, or geographic location. We may, in pricing our Advances, distinguish among members based upon our assessment of the credit and other risks to us of lending to any particular member, or other reasonable criteria that may be applied equally to all members. We apply such standards and criteria consistently, and without discrimination, to all members applying for Advances.

 

Transactions with Directors’ Financial Institutions.    We provide, in the ordinary course of business, products and services to members whose officers or directors may serve on our Board of Directors (“Directors’ Financial Institutions”). Finance Board regulations require that transactions with Directors’ Financial Institutions be made on the same terms as those with any other member. As of December 31, 2004 and 2003, Advances outstanding to Directors’ Financial Institutions aggregated $6.6 billion and $7.1 billion, representing 26.6% and 25.5% of our outstanding Advances, at par, respectively. During the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, we acquired approximately $442 million, $2.4 billion, and $4.0 billion, respectively, of mortgage loans that were originated by Directors’ Financial Institutions. As of December 31, 2004 and 2003, capital stock outstanding to Directors’ Financial Institutions aggregated $455 million and $390 million, representing 22.2% and 20.3% of our total outstanding capital stock, respectively.

 

Concentrations.    As of December 31, 2004 and 2003, Advances outstanding to shareholders with more than 10% of our outstanding capital stock aggregated $10.2 billion and $12.7 billion, representing 41.1% and 45.4% of our total outstanding Advances, at par, respectively. During the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, we acquired approximately $661 million, $2.3 billion and $3.9 billion in mortgage loans that were originated by shareholders owning more than 10% of our outstanding capital stock, representing 34.4%, 48.3% and 69.8%, respectively, of mortgage loans that were purchased, at par.

 

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Statement of Condition ($ and share amounts in thousands, except par value)

Unaudited

 

     September 30,    December 31,
     2005    2004
          (Restated)
Assets              

Cash and due from banks

   $ 17,322    $ 44,628

Interest-bearing deposits, members and non-members

     328,312      510,645

Federal funds sold, members and non-members

     2,824,000      3,280,000

Trading security

     54,016      88,532

Available-for-sale securities (a), includes investments in other Federal Home Loan Bank COs of $0 and $234,899 (Note 3)

     -      1,157,080

Held-to-maturity securities (b) (Note 4), members and non-members

     6,645,445      6,068,145

Advances to members (Note 5 )

     28,276,980      25,231,074

Mortgage loans held in portfolio, net of allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans of $0 in 2005 and $574 in 2004 (Note 7)

     8,829,890      7,761,767

Accrued interest receivable

     108,658      109,827

Premises and equipment, net

     10,516      11,167

Derivative assets (Note 12 )

     94,027      1,668

Other assets

     37,773      37,225
Total assets    $ 47,226,939    $ 44,301,758
Liabilities and Capital              

Interest-bearing deposits

             

Demand and overnight

   $ 789,948    $ 877,880

Other

     59,068      1,537

Total interest-bearing deposits

     849,016      879,417

COs, net (Note 8)

             

Discount Notes

     8,337,270      10,631,051

CO Bonds

     34,701,345      29,817,241

Total COs, net

     43,038,615      40,448,292

Accrued interest payable

     359,345      244,295

AHP (Note 6)

     26,447      23,060

Payable to REFCORP

     8,605      -

Derivative liabilities (Note 12)

     217,862      493,724

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

     42,529      30,259

Other liabilities

     403,103      39,220

Total liabilities

     44,945,522      42,158,267

Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)

             

Capital (Note 9)

             

Capital Stock-Class B-1 putable ($100 par value) issued and outstanding shares: 21,415 in 2005, and 20,169 in 2004

     2,141,461      2,016,931

Capital Stock-Class B-2 putable ($100 par value) issued and outstanding shares: 0 in 2005 and 2004

     -      -

Total Capital Stock putable ($100 par value) issued and outstanding shares: 21,415 shares in 2005 and 20,169 shares in 2004

     2,141,461      2,016,931

Retained earnings

     142,158      84,995
Accumulated other comprehensive income              

Net unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities

     -      43,767

Other

     (2,202)      (2,202)

Total accumulated other comprehensive income

     (2,202)      41,565

Total capital

     2,281,417      2,143,491
Total Liabilities and Capital    $ 47,226,939    $ 44,301,758

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

(a) Amortized cost: $0 and $1,113,313 at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004.

(b) Fair values: $6,548,287 and $6,069,364 at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004.

 

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Statement of Income ($ amounts in thousands)

Unaudited

 

     For the Quarter
Ended September 30,
   For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
     2005    2004    2005    2004
          (Restated)         (Restated)
Interest Income                            

Advances to members

   $ 262,545    $ 132,188    $ 666,460    $ 364,387

Prepayment fees on advances

     377      463      1,475      1,210

Interest-bearing deposits, members and non-members

     2,801      1,765      7,593      2,859

Federal funds sold, members and non-members

     21,328      18,382      54,240      28,995

Trading security

     987      1,594      3,498      4,784

Available-for-sale securities, includes interest on investments in other Federal Home Loan Bank COs of $2,162, $2,776, $7,855, and $8,279

     7,250      12,394      31,852      36,502

Held-to-maturity securities, members and non-members

     68,566      62,526      204,567      181,512

Mortgage loans held for portfolio

     116,966      86,764      326,999      275,218

Loans to other Federal Home Loan Banks

     8      5      73      145

Total interest income

     480,828      316,081      1,296,757      895,612
Interest Expense                            

COs

     416,280      265,705      1,106,136      724,463

Deposits

     8,252      3,504      21,179      9,406

Borrowings from other Federal Home Loan Banks

     5      -      26      -

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

     435      306      1,100      695

Other borrowings

     -      -      -      8

Total interest expense

     424,972      269,515      1,128,441      734,572

Net interest income

     55,856      46,566      168,316      161,040

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans

     -      -      -      -

Net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision

     55,856      46,566      168,316      161,040
Other Income                            

Service fees

     383      327      1,133      976

Net loss on trading security

     (999)      (198)      (3,833)      (3,415)

Net realized gain from sale of available-for-sale securities

     17,057      -      19,621      -

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities

     3,754      (16,638)      10,437      (8,517)

Other, net

     403      354      1,253      966

Total other income

     20,598      (16,155)      28,611      (9,990)
Other Expense                            

Salaries and benefits

     6,362      5,045      17,749      14,737

Other operating expenses

     2,573      2,052      7,557      6,890

Finance Board

     449      388      1,349      1,165

Office of Finance

     279      259      1,001      804

Other

     490      429      1,440      1,277

Total other expense

     10,153      8,173      29,096      24,873
Income Before Assessments      66,301      22,238      167,831      126,177

AHP

     5,456      1,847      13,812      10,372

REFCORP

     12,169      4,078      30,803      23,148

Total assessments

     17,625      5,925      44,615      33,520
Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle      48,676      16,313      123,216      92,657

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     -             -      (67)
Net Income    $ 48,676    $ 16,313    $ 123,216    $ 92,590

 

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Statement of Capital ($ amounts and shares in thousands)

Unaudited

 

    

Capital Stock

Class B-1

Putable

   Capital Stock
Class B-2 Putable
  

Accumulated

Other

     Shares    Par Value    Shares    Par Value    Retained
Earnings
(Restated)
   Comprehensive
Income
(Restated)
   Total
Capital
(Restated)

Balance,

December 31, 2003

   19,174    $ 1,917,400    8    $ 750    $ 43,290    $ 66,029    $ 2,027,469

Proceeds from sale of capital stock

   636      63,616                                63,616

Repurchase/redemption of capital stock

   (240)      (24,050)                                (24,050)

Net shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock

   (286)      (28,663)    (8)      (750)                    (29,413)
Comprehensive income                                             

Net income

                             92,590             92,590
Other comprehensive income                                             

Net unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities

                                    (15,879)      (15,879)

Other

                                            

Total comprehensive income

                             92,590      (15,879)      76,711

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock distributions

                             (193)             (193)
Dividends on capital stock                                             

Cash

                             (65)             (65)

Stock (4.66 %)

   674      67,460                  (67,460)              

Balance,

September 30, 2004

   19,958    $ 1,995,763    -      -    $ 68,162    $ 50,150    $ 2,114,075

 

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Capital Stock

Class B-1

Putable

   Capital Stock
Class B-2 Putable
  

Accumulated

Other

     Shares    Par Value    Shares    Par Value    Retained
Earnings
   Comprehensive
Income
   Total
Capital

Balance,

December 31, 2004

   20,169    $ 2,016,931    -    -    $ 84,995    $ 41,565    $ 2,143,491

Proceeds from sale of capital stock

   1,095      109,584                              109,584

Repurchase/redemption of capital stock

   (156)      (15,697)                              (15,697)

Net shares reclassified to mandatorily redeemable capital stock

   (121)      (12,103)                              (12,103)
Comprehensive income                            123,216             123,216

Net income

                                          
Other comprehensive income                                           

Net unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities

                                  (43,767)      (43,767)

Other

                                          

Total comprehensive income

                           123,216      (43,767)      79,449

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock distributions

                           (90)             (90)
Dividends on capital stock                                           

Cash (4.50%)

                           (23,217)             (23,217)

Stock (4.25 %)

   428      42,746                (42,746)              

Balance,

September 30, 2005

   21,415    $ 2,141,461    -    -    $ 142,158    $ (2,202)    $ 2,281,417

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statement of Cash Flows ($ amounts in thousands)

Unaudited

 

     For the Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2005     2004  
           (Restated)  
Operating Activities                 

Net income

   $ 123,216     $ 92,590  

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     -       67  

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     123,216       92,657  

Adjustments to reconcile income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

                
Depreciation and amortization                 

Net premiums and discounts on COs

     1,907       589  

Net premiums and discounts on investments

     (8,262 )     (8,628 )

Net premiums and discounts on mortgage loans

     9,987       11,250  

Concessions on CO bonds

     5,695       10,382  

Net deferred gain on derivatives

     (101 )     (48 )

Premises and equipment

     1,107       1,109  

Other fees and amortization

     2,210       10,667  

Non-cash interest on mandatorily redeemable capital stock

     571       380  

Decrease (increase) in trading security

     34,516       3,415  

Net realized loss from available-for-sale securities

     (19,621 )     -  

Gain due to change in net fair value adjustment on derivative and hedging activities

     (42,416 )     (27,996 )

Decrease (increase) in accrued interest receivable

     1,169       (1,258 )

Decrease in net derivatives – net accrued interest

     (81,845 )     (53,984 )

(Increase) decrease in other assets

     3,896       (5,194 )

Net increase (decrease) in AHP liability and discount on AHP Advances

     3,386       (4,087 )

Increase in accrued interest payable

     115,050       53,566  

Increase in payable to REFCORP

     8,605       -  

Increase in payable to broker for purchases of federal funds sold

     350,000       390,000  

Increase in other liabilities

     13,883       9,728  
Total adjustments      399,737       389,891  
Net cash provided by operating activities      522,953       482,548  

Investing Activities

                

Net (increase) decrease in interest-bearing deposits, members and non-members

     182,335       (365,934 )

Net (increase) decrease in Federal funds sold, members and non-members

     456,000       (5,357,000 )

Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities, non-members

     945,019       -  

Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities, non-members

     136,015       -  

Proceeds from maturities of long-term held-to-maturity securities, members and non-members

     1,103,193       1,535,259  

Purchases of long-term held-to-maturity securities, members and non-members

     (1,671,325 )     (1,946,558 )

Principal collected on Advances

     35,653,820       33,220,208  

Advances made

     (39,031,420 )     (29,687,636 )

Principal collected on mortgage loans held for portfolio

     1,182,897       1,235,734  

Mortgage loans purchased

     (2,248,085 )     (1,013,026 )

Net (increase) decrease in deposits to other Federal Home Loan Banks for mortgage loan programs

     (2 )     -  

Principal collected on loans to other Federal Home Loan Banks

     945,000       2,077,000  

Loans to other Federal Home Loan Banks

     (945,000 )     (2,077,000 )

Net increase in premises and equipment

     (456 )     (1,007 )
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities      (3,292,009 )     (2,379,960 )

 

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     For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
     2005    2004
          (Restated)
Financing Activities              

Net decrease in deposits

     (30,401)      (340,296)
Net proceeds from issuance of COs              

Discount Notes

     569,029,760      547,054,967

CO Bonds

     9,475,455      12,686,439
Payments for maturing and retiring COs              

Discount Notes

     (571,330,940)      (546,636,808)

CO Bonds

     (4,472,300)      (10,916,225)

Proceeds from borrowings from other Federal Home Loan Banks

     355,000      -

Payments on maturities of borrowings from other Federal Home Loan Banks

     (355,000)      -

Proceeds from issuance of capital stock

     109,584      63,617

Payments for redemption of mandatorily redeemable capital stock

     (494)      (7)

Payments for repurchase/redemption of capital stock

     (15,697)      (24,050)

Cash dividends paid

     (23,217)      (67)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities      2,741,750      1,887,570

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (27,306)      (9,842)
   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year

     44,628      51,423

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year

   $ 17,322    $ 41,581
Supplemental Disclosures              

Interest paid

   $ 789,361    $ 651,705

AHP payments

     10,426      14,459

REFCORP payments

     22,062      21,568

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF INDIANAPOLIS

 

NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Basis of Presentation

 

The significant accounting policies and the financial condition and results of operation for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis as of December 31, 2004, are contained in the audited financial statements and notes for the year then ended. The unaudited financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004. The accompanying financial statements of the Bank contain all adjustments necessary (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) for a fair statement of interim financial condition, and results of operations, and conform with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) as they apply to interim financial statements. The results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for a full year.

 

As described in Note 1 to our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004, we restated certain financial statements and other information, including such statements and information for the first quarter of 2005 and each of the quarters of 2004, with respect to our accounting for certain derivatives transactions not qualifying for accounting purposes as hedges.

 

Available-for-Sale Investment Securities.    The effect of these corrections on the restated financial statements was to increase (decrease) net income by $13,057,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and ($4,626,000) for the quarter ended September 30, 2004, while at the same time (decreasing) increasing Accumulated other comprehensive income by ($17,768,000) and $6,298,000, respectively, in the Statement of Condition.

 

Floating Rate Advances with Fixed Rate Ceiling.    The effect of this correction on the restated financial statements was to increase (decrease) net income by ($10,000) for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and ($11,000) for the quarter ended September 30, 2004.

 

Advances Convertible from Fixed Interest Rate to Adjustable Interest Rate.    The effect of this correction on the restated financial statements was to increase (decrease) net income by ($196,000) for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and $45,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2004.

 

Hedging Relationships Involving Consolidated Obligations and Interest Rate Swaps with Upfront or Deferred Fees.    The effect of this correction on the restated financial statements was to increase (decrease) net income by ($1,036,000) for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and ($324,000) for the quarter ended September 30, 2004.

 

The following interim financial statement line items as of and for the quarter and nine months ending September 30, 2004 were affected by the adjustments.

 

    

For the Quarter ended

September 30, 2004

   For the Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2004

Statement of Income

($ amounts in thousands)

   As Previously
Reported
   Adjustment    As Restated    As Previously
Reported
   Adjustment    As Restated
Interest Income                                          

Advances to members

   $ 132,184    $ 4    $ 132,188    $ 364,381    $ 6    $ 364,387

Available-for-sale securities

     4,162      8,232      12,394      10,257      26,245      36,502

Total interest income

     307,845      8,236      316,081      869,361      26,251      895,612
Interest Expense                                          

COs

     265,264      441      265,705      723,843      620      724,463

Total interest expense

     269,074      441      269,515      733,952      620      734,572

Net interest income

     38,771      7,795      46,566      135,409      25,631      161,040

Net interest income after mortgage loan loss provision

     38,771      7,795      46,566      135,409      25,631      161,040

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities

     (2,152)      (14,486)      (16,638)      1,033      (9,550)      (8,517)

Total net other income(expense)

     (9,842)      (14,486)      (24,328)      (25,313)      (9,550)      (34,863)

Income before assessments

     28,929      (6,691)      22,238      110,096      16,081      126,177

AHP

     2,393      (546)      1,847      9,060      1,312      10,372

REFCORP

     5,307      (1,229)      4,078      20,194      2,954      23,148

Total assessments

     7,700      (1,775)      5,925      29,254      4,266      33,520

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     21,229      (4,916)      16,313      80,842      11,815      92,657
Net Income    $ 21,229    $ (4,916)    $ 16,313    $ 80,775    $ 11,815    $ 92,590

 

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Although the effect of the restatements had no effect on our cash flow, certain individual line items within cash from operating activities, as described below, were affected by the adjustments.

 

    

For the Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2004

Statement of Cash Flows ($ amounts in thousands)    As Previously Reported    Adjustment    As Restated

Net Income

   $ 80,775    $ 11,815    $ 92,590

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     80,842      11,815      92,657

Net premiums and discounts on COs

     (32)      621      589

Net premiums and discounts on investments

     (11,003)      2,375      (8,628)

Gain due to change in net fair value adjustment of derivative and hedging activities

     (8,920)      (19,076)      (27,996)

(Increase) decrease in other assets

     (6,773)      1,579      (5,194)

Net(decrease) increase in AHP liability and discount on AHP Advances

     (5,399)      1,312      (4,087)

Increase(decrease) in payable to REFCORP

     (1,374)      1,374      -

Total adjustments

   $ 401,706    $ (11,815)    $ 389,891

 

Use of Estimates.    The preparation of financial statements requires management to make assumptions and estimates. These assumptions and estimates affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported amounts of income and expenses. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

We have included descriptions of significant accounting policies in Note 2 to the Financial Statements in our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004. There have been no significant changes to these policies as of September 30, 2005.

 

Reclassifications.    Certain reclassifications have been made in the prior-year financial statements to conform to current presentation.

 

Note 2 — Proposed or Recently Issued Accounting Standards & Interpretations

 

FSP 115-1, The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and its Application to Certain Investments”, (“FSP 115-1”). In November 2005, the FASB issued FSP 115-1 which provides a model that should be followed in the determination of impairment on investment and debt securities. FSP 115-1 indicates that existing FASB and SEC guidance should be used to determine whether impairment is other-than temporary. It clarifies that an investor should recognize impairment when impairment is other-than-temporary even if a decision to sell a specific investment has not been made and provides impairment guidance on cost-method investments. FSP 115-1 also requires quantitative and qualitative disclosures related to unrealized losses that support why such unrealized losses are not other-than temporary. We do not expect FSP 115-1 to have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.

 

FSP No. FAS 131-a, Determining Whether Operating Segments have “Similar Economic Characteristics” under Paragraph 17, of FASB Statement No. 131, Disclosures About Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information( SFAS 131).    This proposed FASB staff position (“FSP”) will provide guidance on how to determine whether two or more operating segments have “similar economic characteristics” for purposes of proper application of SFAS 131. SFAS 131 permits two or more operating segments to be aggregated into a single segment if the segments have similar economic characteristics, and are similar in five other aggregation criteria. Specifically, the FSP will address whether both quantitative and qualitative factors should be considered for purposes of determining whether similarities exist between two or more operating segments and how an enterprise identifies the factors to consider for purposes of this determination. We are currently in the process of assessing the impact of this FSP on our financial reporting segments.

 

SFAS 154.    The FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 154 “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3” (herein referred to as “SFAS 154”). Unless it is impracticable to do so, SFAS 154 amends the approach under ABP Opinion No. 20 to account

 

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for changes in accounting principle from the cumulative effect method to the retrospective method. Under the cumulative effect method, the cumulative effect of the change resulting from adoption of a new accounting principle is recorded in the period of change as a “cumulative effect of change in accounting principle” in the Statement of Income. Under SFAS 154, the application of the new accounting principle is applied to all prior accounting periods as if it had always been used resulting in an adjustment to all individual prior periods for the period-specific effects of applying the new accounting principle. SFAS 154 provides convergence among international standards and will be effective for all accounting changes adopted in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. We will adopt SFAS 154 on the effective date.

 

Exposure Drafts, FAS 140. These exposure drafts propose three amendments to Statement No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities”(“FAS 140”): (1) revises and clarifies the derecognition requirements for financial assets and the initial measurement of interests related to transferred financial assets that are held by the transferor; (2) relates to the accounting for hybrid financial instruments and would affect the accounting for beneficial interests, and would also amend FAS 133; and (3) relates to the accounting for servicing of financial assets.

 

SFAS Exposure Draft, Fair Value Measurement. This exposure draft proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board defines fair value as “an estimate of the price that could be received for an asset or paid to settle a liability in a current transaction between marketplace participants that are both able and willing to transact in the reference market for the asset or liability” and provides further guidance regarding three valuation techniques to consider when estimating fair value, including 1) the market approach, which estimates the fair value of the asset or liability based on observable prices and other data from transactions involving identical, similar, or otherwise comparable assets or liabilities; 2) the income approach, which estimates the fair value by converting future amounts to a single amount, incorporating present value techniques and option pricing models; and, 3) the cost approach, which estimates the fair value of an asset based on the amount that currently would be required to replace its service capacity, considering replacement cost of a substitute asset of comparable utility adjusted for obsolescence. In addition, all three valuation techniques emphasize the use of market inputs or assumptions and data that marketplace participants would use in their estimates of fair value. The proposed effective date for this standard is for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2006. We will adopt this standard when it becomes effective and do not expect it to have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition at the time of adoption.

 

Note 3 — Available-for-Sale Securities

 

Major Security Types. There were no available-for-sale securities that were outstanding as of September 30, 2005.

 

Available-for-sale securities purchased from non-member counterparties and other Federal Home Loan Banks as of December 31, 2004, were as follows ($ amounts in thousands).

 

    

Gross

Amortized

Cost

   Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   Gross
Unrealized
Losses
   Estimated
Fair Value

GSEs

   $ 888,935    $ 33,246    -    $ 922,181

Other Federal Home Loan Bank bonds(1)

     224,378      10,521    -      234,899

Total

   $ 1,113,313    $ 43,767    -    $ 1,157,080

 

(1) Includes two outstanding CO bonds with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle as primary obligor with a total gross amortized cost of $196,560,000 and a total estimated fair value of $206,881,000; and one outstanding CO Bond with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas as primary obligors, having a total amortized cost of $27,818,000 and a total estimated fair value of $28,018,000.

 

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Redemption Terms. The amortized cost and estimated fair value of available-for-sale securities by contractual maturity at December 31, 2004 are shown below ($ amounts in thousands). At December 31, 2004, all of the available-for-sale securities pay a fixed rate of interest.

 

     2004
Year of Maturity    Amortized Cost    Estimated Fair
Value

Due in one year or less

   $ 136,455    $ 137,611

Due after one year through five years(1)

     652,887      694,731

Due after five years through ten years

     323,971      324,738

Total

   $ 1,113,313    $ 1,157,080

 

(1) On a contractual maturity basis, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle CO bonds were due in 2007, and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas CO bonds were due in 2009.

 

Gains and Losses. During the nine months ended September 30, 2005, we sold all of our available-for-sale securities. Excluding the impact of available-for-sale hedge accounting, gross gains of $38,284,000 were realized on the sales of these securities related to investment purchases from non-member counterparties for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. After the impact of available-for-sale hedge accounting, a net gain on the sale of $19,621,000 million was recognized. There were no sales of available-for-sale securities during 2004.

 

Note 4 — Held-to-Maturity Securities

 

Major Security Types. Held-to-maturity securities as of September 30, 2005, were as follows ($ amounts in thousands).

 

    

Amortized

Cost

  

Gross

Unrealized

Gains

  

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

  

Estimated

Fair Value

State or local housing agency obligations

   $ 13,950    $ 189           $ 14,139

MBS and ABS

                           

US agency obligations – guaranteed

     86,306      62    $ (95)      86,273

GSEs

     1,111,411      208      (20,523)      1,091,096

Other (1)

     5,433,778      22,804      (99,803)      5,356,779

Total

   $ 6,645,445    $ 23,263    $ (120,421)    $ 6,548,287

 

(1) There were no MBS on which other Federal Home Loan Banks are the primary obligors included in our held-to-maturity portfolio at September 30, 2005. Included in other MBS and ABS are securities issued by affiliates of members or former members that still own our capital stock.

 

A summary of the MBS issued by affiliates of members or former members as of September 30, 2005, follows ($ amounts in thousands):

 

    

Amortized

Cost

  

Gross

Unrealized

Gains

  

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

   

Estimated

Fair Value

ABN AMRO Mortgage Corporation

   $ 93,219    -    $ (1,188 )   $ 92,031

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust

     715,597    -      (10,605 )     704,992

Total

   $ 808,816    -    $ (11,793 )   $ 797,023

 

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Held-to-maturity securities as of December 31, 2004, were as follows ($ amounts in thousands).

 

    

Amortized

Cost

  

Gross

Unrealized

Gains

  

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

  

Estimated

Fair
Value

State or local housing agency obligations

   $ 20,195    $ 648      -    $ 20,843

MBS and ABS

                           

US agency obligations – guaranteed

     110,468      1,221      -      111,689

GSEs

     1,082,670      3,988    $ (4,347)      1,082,311

Other (1)

     4,854,812      53,265      (53,556)      4,854,521

Total

   $ 6,068,145    $ 59,122    $ (57,903)    $ 6,069,364

 

(1) There were no MBS on which other Federal Home Loan Banks are the primary obligors included in our held-to-maturity portfolio at December 31, 2004. Included in other MBS and ABS are securities issued by affiliates of members or former members that still own our capital stock.

 

A summary of the MBS issued by affiliates of members or former members as of December 31, 2004 follows ($ amounts in thousands):

 

    

Amortized

Cost

  

Gross

Unrealized

Gains

  

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

  

Estimated

Fair
Value

ABN AMRO Mortgage Corporation

   $ 158,879    $ 192    $ (481)    $ 158,590

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust

     286,024      1,209      (3,448)      283,785

Total

   $ 444,903    $ 1,401    $ (3,929)    $ 442,375

 

The following table summarizes the held-to-maturity securities with unrealized losses as of September 30, 2005. The unrealized losses are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     Less than 12 months    12 months or more    Total
    

Fair

Value

   Unrealized
Losses
  

Fair

Value

   Unrealized
Losses
  

Fair

Value

   Unrealized
Losses

MBS and ABS

                                         

US agency obligations – guaranteed

   $ 80,765    $ (95)      -      -    $ 80,765    $ (95)

GSEs

     1,036,298      (20,523)      -      -      1,036,298      (20,523)

Other (1)

     3,417,370      (42,291)    $ 1,340,731    $ (57,512)      4,758,101      (99,803)

Total temporarily impaired

   $ 4,534,433    $ (62,909)    $ 1,340,731    $ (57,512)    $ 5,875,164    $ (120,421)

 

(1) Included in other MBS with unrealized losses greater than 12 months was a security we purchased from Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, with an amortized cost of $102.0 million and a market value of $97.9 million, and a security we purchased from ABN AMRO with a total amortized cost of $15.4 million and a market value of $15.3 million. Included in other MBS with unrealized losses less than 12 months was a security we purchased from ABN AMRO with a total amortized cost of $77.8 million and a market value of $76.7 million and, securities we purchased from Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust with a total amortized cost of $613.6 million and a market value of $607.1 million.

 

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The following table summarizes the held-to-maturity securities with unrealized losses as of December 31, 2004. The unrealized losses are aggregated by major security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     Less than 12 months    12 months or more    Total
     Fair
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
   Fair
Value
   Unrealized
Losses
   Fair
Value
   Unrealized
Losses

MBS and ABS

                                         

GSEs

   $ 443,451    $ (4,347)                  $ 443,451    $ (4,347)

Other (1)

     2,154,552      (26,687)      506,801    $ (26,869)      2,661,353      (53,556)

Total temporarily impaired

   $ 2,598,003    $ (31,034)    $ 506,801    $ (26,869)    $ 3,104,804    ($ 57,903)

 

(1) Included in other MBS with unrealized losses greater than 12 months or more was one security we purchased from Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, with an amortized cost of $117.9 million and a market value of $114.4 million. Included in other MBS with unrealized losses less than 12 months was one security we purchased from ABN AMRO with an amortized cost of $57.2 million and a market value of $56.7 million.

 

We reviewed our investment security holdings and have determined that all unrealized losses reflected above are temporary, based in part on the creditworthiness of the issuers and the underlying collateral. Additionally, we have the ability and the intent to hold such securities through to recovery of the unrealized losses.

 

Redemption Terms. The amortized cost and estimated fair value of held-to-maturity securities by contractual maturity at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, are shown below ($ amounts in thousands). Expected maturities of some securities and MBS and ABS will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment fees.

 

     At September 30, 2005    At December 31, 2004
Year of Maturity   

Estimated

Fair Value

  

Amortized

Cost

  

Estimated

Fair Value

  

Amortized

Cost

Due in one year or less

                           

Due after one year through five years

   $ 2,817    $ 2,785    $ 3,242    $ 3,135

Due after five years through ten years

                           

Due after 10 years

     11,322      11,165      17,601      17,060

MBS and ABS

     6,534,148      6,631,495      6,048,521      6,047,950

Total

   $ 6,548,287    $ 6,645,445    $ 6,069,364    $ 6,068,145

 

The amortized cost of our MBS and ABS classified as held-to-maturity includes net discounts of $41,474,000 and $31,497,000 at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

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Interest Rate Payment Terms. The following table details interest rate payment terms for investment securities classified as held-to-maturity at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004 ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     At September 30,
2005
   At December 31,
2004

Amortized cost of held-to-maturity securities other than MBS and ABS

             

Fixed rate

   $ 13,950    $ 20,195
       13,950      20,195

Amortized cost of held-to-maturity MBS and ABS Pass-through securities

             

Fixed rate

     4,904      7,528

Variable rate

     5,446      7,224

Collateralized mortgage obligations

             

Fixed rate

     6,551,828      5,951,118

Variable rate

     69,317      82,080

Total

   $ 6,645,445    $ 6,068,145

 

Note 5 — Advances to Members

 

Redemption Terms. At September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, we had Advances outstanding, including AHP Advances at interest rates ranging from 1.76% to 8.57% and 1.38% to 8.57%, respectively, as summarized below ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     At September 30, 2005    At December 31, 2004
Year of Maturity    Amount   

Weighted

Average

Interest

Rate %

   Amount   

Weighted

Average

Interest

Rate %

Due in 1 year or less

   $ 11,262,861    3.49%    $ 6,742,139    2.96%

Due after 1 year through 2 years

     3,990,138    3.56%      3,927,295    3.03%

Due after 2 years through 3 years

     4,630,308    4.01%      4,283,707    3.48%

Due after 3 years through 4 years

     1,228,950    4.26%      3,272,055    3.89%

Due after 4 years through 5 years

     2,680,557    4.61%      1,326,611    4.00%

Thereafter

     4,508,563    4.75%      5,371,796    4.97%

Index amortizing Advances

     441    7.26%      616    7.43%

Total par value

     28,301,818    3.92%      24,924,219    3.67%

Discount on AHP Advances

     (759)           (908)     

SFAS 133 hedging adjustments

     (40,229)           289,386     

Other adjustments (1)

     16,150           18,377     

Total

   $ 28,276,980         $ 25,231,074     

 

(1) Other adjustments include deferred prepayment fees being recovered through the payment on the new Advance.

 

At September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, we had putable Advances outstanding totaling $4,640,250,000 and $5,589,750,000, respectively.

 

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The following table summarizes Advances at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, by the earlier of the year of maturity or next put date ($ amounts in thousands).

 

Year of Maturity or Next Put Date    At September 30,
2005
   At December 31,
2004

Due in 1 year or less

   $ 14,850,861    $ 11,309,139

Due after 1 year through 2 years

     4,034,638      3,923,295

Due after 2 years through 3 years

     4,658,308      4,234,207

Due after 3 years through 4 years

     1,180,950      2,706,055

Due after 4 years through 5 years

     2,106,007      1,173,611

Thereafter

     1,470,613      1,577,296

Index amortizing Advances

     441      616

Total par value

   $ 28,301,818    $ 24,924,219

 

Credit Risk. Our potential credit risk from Advances is concentrated in commercial banks and savings institutions. As of September 30, 2005, we had Advances of $11,398,453,000 outstanding to two member institutions, representing 40.3% of total par Advances outstanding at period end. At December 31, 2004, we had Advances of $9,415,177,000 outstanding to two member institutions; representing 37.8% of total par Advances outstanding at year end 2004.

 

Interest Rate Payment Terms. The following table details additional interest rate payment terms for Advances at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004 ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     At September 30,
2005
   At December 31,
2004

Par amount of Advances

             

Fixed rate

   $ 22,206,555    $ 20,170,380

Variable rate

     6,095,263      4,753,839

Total

   $ 28,301,818    $ 24,924,219

 

Note 6 — Affordable Housing Program

 

The following presents a rollforward schedule of the AHP liability account for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and the year ended December 31, 2004 ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     2005    2004

Balance at beginning of period

   $ 23,484    $ 26,483

Annual assessment

     13,388      14,639

Awards disbursed, net

     (10,425)      (18,062)

Balance at end of period

   $ 26,447    $ 23,060

 

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Note 7 — Mortgage Loans Held for Portfolio

 

The following table presents information as of September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, on mortgage loans held for portfolio ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     At September 30,
2005
   At December 31,
2004

Real Estate

             

Fixed-rate medium-term* single-family mortgages

   $ 1,549,858    $ 1,362,275

Fixed-rate long-term single-family mortgages

     7,216,282      6,343,142

Premiums.

     71,227      73,460

Discounts

     (42,789)      (43,617)

SFAS 133 hedging adjustments

     35,312      26,507

Less: allowance for credit losses

     -      -

Total mortgage loans held for portfolio

   $ 8,829,890    $ 7,761,767

*Medium-term is defined as a term of 15 years or less.

 

The par value of mortgage loans held for portfolio outstanding at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, was comprised of FHA loans totaling $954,415,000 and $911,551,000, and conventional loans totaling $7,811,725,000 and $6,793,866,000, respectively.

 

The following presents a rollforward schedule of the LRA liability account for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and the year ended December 31, 2004 ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     2005    2004

Balance of LRA at beginning of period

   $ 8,905    $ 5,555

LRA accruals

     4,694      4,661

Disbursed for mortgage loan losses

     (245)      (188)

Returned to the member

     (856)      (1,123)

Balance of LRA at end of period

   $ 12,498    $ 8,905

 

The allowance for loan losses was $0 as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004. The provision for credit losses was $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004.

 

Note 8 — Consolidated Obligations

 

Redemption Terms. The following is a summary of our participation in CO Bonds outstanding at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, by year of maturity ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     At September 30, 2005    At December 31, 2004
Year of Maturity    Amount   

Weighted

Average

Interest

Rate %

   Amount   

Weighted

Average

Interest

Rate %

Due in 1 year or less

   $ 6,049,550    3.02%    $ 4,585,500    2.71%

Due after 1 year through 2 years

     7,392,155    3.53%      5,712,650    2.87%

Due after 2 years through 3 years

     5,263,900    3.76%      3,865,050    3.29%

Due after 3 years through 4 years

     4,217,180    4.03%      4,129,200    3.54%

Due after 4 years through 5 years

     2,617,445    4.32%      3,484,305    4.07%

Thereafter

     9,391,350    4.95%      8,149,650    4.77%

Total par value

     34,931,580    3.98%      29,926,355    3.65%

Bond premiums

     33,206           37,859     

Bond discounts

     (28,773)           (30,567)     

SFAS 133 hedging adjustments

     (234,668)           (116,406)     

Total

   $ 34,701,345         $ 29,817,241     

 

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Our outstanding CO Bonds at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, include ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     At September 30,
2005
   At December 31,
2004

Par amount of CO Bonds

             

Non-callable or non-putable

   $ 13,292,055    $ 11,478,200

Callable

     21,639,525      18,448,155

Total par value

   $ 34,931,580    $ 29,926,355

 

The following table summarizes CO Bonds outstanding at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, by year of maturity or next call date ($ amounts in thousands).

 

Year of Maturity or Next Call Date    At September 30,
2005
   At December 31,
2004

Due in 1 year or less

   $ 25,013,075    $ 21,088,655

Due after 1 year through 2 years

     3,970,155      3,533,650

Due after 2 years through 3 years

     2,120,900      1,466,050

Due after 3 years through 4 years

     1,413,100      1,286,200

Due after 4 years through 5 years

     584,000      1,057,150

Thereafter

     1,830,350      1,494,650

Total par value

   $ 34,931,580    $ 29,926,355

 

Consolidated Discount Notes

 

Our participation in Discount Notes, all of which are due within one year, was as follows ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     Book Value    Par Value   

Weighted

Average

Interest
Rate

September 30, 2005

   $ 8,337,270    $ 8,353,574    3.41%

December 31, 2004

   $ 10,631,051    $ 10,647,306    1.90%

 

Note 9 — Capital

 

The following table shows our compliance with the Finance Board’s capital requirements at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004 ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     September 30, 2005    December 31, 2004
     Required    Actual    Required    Actual

Regulatory capital requirements

                           

Risk-based capital

   $ 425,057    $ 2,326,148    $ 367,119    $ 2,132,185

Total capital-to-asset ratio

     4.00%      4.93%      4.00%      4.81%

Total capital

   $ 1,889,078    $ 2,326,148    $ 1,772,070    $ 2,132,185

Leverage ratio

     5.00%      7.39%      5.00%      7.22%

Leverage capital

   $ 2,361,347    $ 3,489,222    $ 2,215,088    $ 3,198,278

 

Note 10 — Employee and Director Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans

 

We participate in the FIRF, a defined benefit plan. The plan covers substantially all officers and employees of the Bank. Funding and administrative costs of FIRF charged to operating expenses were $1,050,000 and $834,000 for the quarters ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively; and, $2,753,000 and $2,376,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. FIRF is a multiemployer plan and does not segregate its assets, liabilities, or costs by participating employer. As a result, disclosure and accounting of the accumulated benefit obligations, plan assets, and the components of pension expense attributable to our Bank cannot be made.

 

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We also participate in the FITP, a defined-contribution plan. Our contributions are equal to a percentage of participants’ compensation and a matching contribution equal to a percentage of voluntary employee contributions, subject to certain limitations. We contributed $157,000 and $114,000 to this plan in the quarters ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively; and $441,000 and $370,000 to this plan in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

 

We also maintain a non-qualified, unfunded deferred-compensation plan covering certain officers and directors. The plan’s liability consists of the accumulated compensation deferrals and the accumulated earnings on the deferrals.

 

We also maintain a non-qualified, unfunded supplemental executive retirement plan covering certain officers. This plan restores retirement benefits otherwise reduced by application of certain tax laws and regulations. In connection with this plan, we recorded net periodic pension expenses of $389,000 and $210,000 in the quarters ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively; and, $914,000 and $566,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

 

The components of the net periodic pension cost for our supplemental executive retirement plan for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 were ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     Supplemental Executive
     For the Quarter
Ended September 30,
   For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
     2005    2004    2005    2004

Service cost

   $ 133    $ 94    $ 399    $ 282

Interest cost

     140      127      420      381

Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost

     12      12      36      36

Amortization of unrecognized net loss

     143      81      429      243

Net periodic benefit cost

   $ 428    $ 314    $ 1,284    $ 942

 

The net periodic benefit expense for the year ending December 31, 2005 is expected to be $1,400,000.

 

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Note 11 — Segment Information

 

The following table sets forth our financial performance by operating segment for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2005, and the quarter and nine month periods ended September 30, 2004 ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2005    For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005
     Traditional
Funding,
Investments,
and Deposit
Products
   MPP    Total    Traditional
Funding,
Investments,
and Deposit
Products
   MPP    Total

2005

                                         

Net interest income

   $ 38,933    $ 16,923    $ 55,856    $ 121,362    $ 46,954    $ 168,316

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans

     -      -      -      -      -      -

Other income (loss)

     19,694      904      20,598      30,729      (2,118)      28,611

Other expenses

     9,235      918      10,153      26,204      2,892      29,096

Income before assessments

     49,392      16,909      66,301      125,887      41,944      167,831

AHP

     4,076      1,380      5,456      10,388      3,424      13,812

REFCORP

     9,063      3,106      12,169      23,099      7,704      30,803

Total assessments

     13,139      4,486      17,625      33,487      11,128      44,615

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     36,253      12,423      48,676      92,400      30,816      123,216

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     -      -      -      -      -      -

Net income

   $ 36,253    $ 12,423    $ 48,676    $ 92,400    $ 30,816    $ 123,216

2005

                                         

Total assets, September 30, 2005

   $ 38,397,049    $ 8,829,890    $ 47,226,939    $ 38,397,049    $ 8,829,890    $ 47,226,939

 

     For the Quarter Ended September, 2004    For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004
     Traditional
Funding,
Investments,
and Deposit
Products
   MPP    Total    Traditional
Funding,
Investments,
and Deposit
Products
   MPP    Total
2004                              

Net interest income

   $ 42,053    $ 4,513    $ 46,566    $ 134,420    $ 26,620    $ 161,040

Provision for credit losses on mortgage loans

     -      -      -      -      -      -

Other income (loss)

     (15,474)      (681)      (16,155)      (7,777)      (2,213)      (9,990)

Other expenses

     7,275      898      8,173      22,071      2,802      24,873

Income before assessments

     19,304      2,934      22,238      104,572      21,605      126,177

AHP

     1,608      239      1,847      8,608      1,764      10,372

REFCORP

     3,539      539      4,078      19,180      3,968      23,148

Total assessments

     5,147      778      5,925      27,788      5,732      33,520

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     14,157      2,156      16,313      76,784      15,873      92,657

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     -      -      -      (67)      -      (67)

Net income

   $ 14,157    $ 2,156    $ 16,313    $ 76,717    $ 15,873    $ 92,590

2004

                                         

Total assets, September 30, 2004

   $ 39,704,385    $ 7,199,749    $ 46,904,134    $ 39,704,385    $ 7,199,749    $ 46,904,134

 

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Note 12 — Derivative and Hedging Activities

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities for the quarters and the nine month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, are as follows ($ amounts in thousands):

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives and Hedging Activities

 

     For the Quarters Ended
September 30,
   For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
     2005    2004    2005    2004

Gains (losses) related to fair value hedge ineffectiveness

   $ 2,102    $ (340)    $ (87)    $ 3,073

Gains (losses) on economic hedges

     1,652      (16,298)      10,524      (11,590)

Net gain (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities

   $ 3,754    $ (16,638)    $ 10,437    $ (8,517)

 

The following table represents outstanding notional balances and estimated fair values of the derivatives outstanding at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, ($ amounts in thousands).

 

     At September 30, 2005    At December 31, 2004
     Notional    Estimated
Fair Value
   Notional    Estimated
Fair Value

Interest rate swaps

                           

Fair value hedges

   $ 35,922,275    $ (198,718)    $ 30,813,951    $ (440,350)

Economic hedges

     355,733      (1,443)      850,353      (50,234)

Interest rate futures/forwards

                           

Fair value hedges

     83,365      147      619,975      (944)

Economic hedges

     167,395      350      205,895      (236)

Interest rate caps/floors

                           

Economic hedges

     -      -              

Mortgage delivery commitments

                           

Economic hedges

     166,738      (415)      204,015      (63)

Total

   $ 36,695,506    $ (200,079)    $ 32,694,189    $ (491,827)

Total derivatives excluding accrued interest

          $ (200,079)           $ (491,827)

Accrued interest

            76,244             (229)

Net derivative balances

          $ (123,835)           $ (492,056)

Net derivative asset balances

          $ 94,027           $ 1,668

Net derivative liability balances

            (217,862)             (493,724)

Net derivative balances

          $ (123,835)           $ (492,056)

 

At September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, our maximum credit risk was approximately $94,027,000 and $1,668,000, respectively. These totals include $30,059,000 and $3,891,000, respectively, of net accrued interest receivable. In determining maximum credit risk, we consider accrued interest receivables and payables, and the legal right to offset assets and liabilities by counterparty. We held cash totaling $58,827,000 and $1,280,000 as collateral as of September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

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Note 13 — Estimated Fair Values

 

The carrying value and estimated fair values of our financial instruments at September 30, 2005, were as follows ($ amounts in thousands).

 

2005 FAIR VALUE SUMMARY TABLE

 

Financial Instruments   

Carrying

Value

  

Net

Unrealized

Gains (Losses)

  

Estimated

Fair Value

Assets

                  

Cash and due from banks

   $ 17,322         $ 17,322

Interest-bearing deposits

     328,312    (38)      328,274

Federal funds sold

     2,824,000    (212)      2,823,788

Trading security

     54,016           54,016

Available-for-sale securities

     -           -

Held-to-maturity securities

     6,645,445    (97,158)      6,548,287

Advances

     28,276,980    7,272      28,284,252

Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net

     8,829,890    (144,964)      8,684,926

Accrued interest receivable

     108,658           108,658

Derivative assets

     94,027           94,027

Liabilities

                  

Deposits

     849,016           849,016

COs

                  

Discount Notes

     8,337,270    1,212      8,336,058

CO Bonds

     34,701,345    122,747      34,578,598

Accrued interest payable

     359,345           359,345

Derivative liabilities

     217,862           217,862

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

     42,529           42,529

Other

                  

Advance commitments

     -    28      28

 

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The carrying value and estimated fair values of our financial instruments at December 31, 2004, were as follows ($ amounts in thousands).

 

2004 FAIR VALUE SUMMARY TABLE

 

Financial Instruments   

Carrying

Value

  

Net

Unrealized

Gains (Losses)

  

Estimated

Fair Value

Assets

                    

Cash and due from banks

   $ 44,628           $ 44,628

Interest-bearing deposits

     510,645    $ (87)      510,558

Federal funds sold

     3,280,000      (264)      3,279,736

Trading security

     88,532             88,532

Available-for-sale securities

     1,157,080             1,157,080

Held-to-maturity securities

     6,068,145      1,219      6,069,364

Advances

     25,231,074      59,242      25,290,316

Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net

     7,761,767      (41,188)      7,720,579

Accrued interest receivable

     109,827             109,827

Derivative assets

     1,668             1,668

Liabilities

                    

Deposits

     879,417             879,417

COs

                    

Discount Notes

     10,631,051      2,377      10,628,674

CO Bonds

     29,817,241      (93,403)      29,910,644

Accrued interest payable

     244,295             244,295

Derivative liabilities

     493,724             493,724

Mandatorily redeemable capital stock

     30,259             30,259

Other

                    

Advance commitments

     0      (65)      (65)

 

Note 14 — Commitments and Contingencies

 

The par amounts of the Federal Home Loan Banks’ outstanding COs, for which we have joint and several liability, including COs held by other Federal Home Loan Banks, were approximately $920.4 billion and $869.2 billion at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

Commitments that legally bind and unconditionally obligate us for additional Advances totaled approximately $72,177,000 and $14,519,000 at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

The LRA, an indicator of the potential expected losses for which we are liable under the MPP program, amounted to $12,498,000 and $8,905,000 at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, respectively. Additional probable losses are provided through the allowance for credit losses. No allowance for credit losses is considered necessary at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004.

 

Commitments that unconditionally obligate us to fund/purchase mortgage loans totaled $166,738,000 and $204,015,000 at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

We had pledged, as collateral, cash totaling $8,235,000 and $43,570,000 at September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

We entered into $220,000,000 of CO Bonds that had traded but not settled as of September 30, 2005. There were no Discount Notes that had traded but not settled as of September 30, 2005.

 

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We are subject to legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. After consultation with legal counsel, management does not anticipate that the ultimate liability, if any, arising out of these matters will have a material effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

 

Note 15 – Transactions with Other Federal Home Loan Banks

 

Our activities with other Federal Home Loan Banks are summarized below, and have been identified in the Statement of Condition, Statement of Income, and Statement of Cash Flows.

 

Borrowings with other Federal Home Loan Banks. Occasionally, we loan (or borrow) short-term funds to (from) other Federal Home Loan Banks. There were no loans to or from other Federal Home Loan Banks outstanding at September 30, 2005 or 2004. Our borrowing activities with other Federal Home Loan Banks during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 are presented in the table below ($ amounts in thousands)

 

    

Quarter Ended

September 30,

  

Nine months Ended

September 30,

     2005    2004    2005    2004

Loans to other Federal Home Loan Banks:

                           

Loans made Loans made

   $ (80,000)    $ (125,000)    $ (945,000)    $ (2,077,000)

Repayments of loans

     80,000      125,000      945,000      2,077,000

Interest income recognized Interest Income recognized

     8      5      73      145

Borrowings from other Federal Home Loan Banks

                           

Loans received Loans made

     55,000      -      355,000      -

Repayments of loans

     (55,000)      -      (355,000)      -

Interest expense recognized nterest income recognized

     5      -      26      -

 

Investments in other Federal Home Loan Bank Consolidated Obligations. Our available-for-sale investment securities portfolio included purchases of COs for which other Federal Home Loan Banks are the primary obligors. The amount outstanding on these investments was $0 and $234,899,000 as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004. All of these COs were purchased in the open market from third parties and are accounted for in the same manner as other similarly classified investments. We recorded gross interest income of approximately $2.4 million and $3.2 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively; and, $8.8 million and $9.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, on these investments.

 

Assumption of other Federal Home Loan Bank Consolidated Obligations. We may, from time to time, assume the outstanding primary liability of another Federal Home Loan Bank rather than issue new debt for which we are the primary obligor. There were no such new assumptions of liability during the quarters or the nine month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004. The par amounts outstanding on all COs assumed amounted to $70 million as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. The net discounts remaining associated with the assumption of these COs were $933,000 and $1,014,000 million as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

 

Note 16 – Transactions with Shareholders

 

Our activities with shareholders are summarized below, and have been identified in the Statement of Condition, Statement of Income, and Statement of Cash Flows.

 

In the normal course of business, we have invested in federal funds sold activity and other short-term investments with shareholders or their affiliates.

 

In addition, included in our held-to-maturity investment portfolio are purchases of MBS issued by shareholders or their affiliates. The MBS amounts outstanding at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004 are presented in Note 4.

 

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Transactions with Directors’ Financial Institutions. As of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, Advances outstanding to Directors’ Financial Institutions aggregated $1.5 billion and $6.6 billion, representing 5.4% and 26.6% of our outstanding Advances, at par, respectively. During the quarters ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, we acquired approximately $153.9 million and 137.0 million, respectively, of mortgage loans that were originated by Directors’ Financial Institutions. During the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, we acquired approximately $490.3 million and $577.8 million, respectively, of mortgage loans that were originated by Directors’ Financial Institutions. As of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, capital stock outstanding to Directors’ Financial Institutions aggregated $164 million and $455 million, representing 7.5% and 22.2% of our total outstanding capital stock, respectively.

 

Concentrations. As of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, Advances outstanding to shareholders with more than 10% of our outstanding capital stock aggregated $11.4 billion and $10.2 billion, representing 40.3% and 41.1% of our total outstanding Advances, at par, respectively. During the quarters ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, we acquired approximately $0 million and $50.2 million in mortgage loans that were originated by shareholders owning more than 10% of our outstanding capital stock, representing 0% and 18.2%, respectively, of mortgage loans that were purchased, at par. During the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, we acquired approximately $1,142.1 million and $125.4 million in mortgage loans that were originated by shareholders owning more than 10% of our outstanding capital stock, representing 50.8% and 12.4%, respectively, of mortgage loans that were purchased, at par.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number    Description
3.1    Organization Certificate of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
3.2    Bylaws of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
4    Capital Plan of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
10.1    Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis Executive Incentive Compensation Plan
10.2    Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis Supplemental Executive Thrift Plan (with trust)
10.3    Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (with trust)
10.4    Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan (with trust)
10.5    Directors’ Fee Policy
10.6    Severance Agreement of Martin Heger
10.7    Form of Key Employee Severance Agreement for Executive Officers
12    Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges

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