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Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Announces Third Quarter 2017 Operating Highlights

 

CONTACT: 
Peter E. Garuccio
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta 
pgaruccio@fhlbatl.com 
404.888.8143

  

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Announces
Third Quarter 2017 Operating Highlights

 

ATLANTA, October 30, 2017 – Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (the Bank) today released preliminary unaudited financial highlights for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. All numbers reported below for the third quarter of 2017 are approximate until the Bank announces unaudited financial results in its Form 10-Q filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is expected to be filed on or about November 7, 2017.

The Bank reported net income of $95 million for the third quarter of 2017, an increase of $16 million from net income of $79 million for the third quarter of 2016. The increase in net income for the third quarter of 2017 was primarily attributable to an increase in interest rates.

As of September 30, 2017, the Bank had total assets of $143.9 billion, an increase of $5.3 billion, or 3.79 percent, from December 31, 2016. The Bank's advances were $99.8 billion as of September 30, 2017, an increase of $735 million, or 0.74 percent, from December 31, 2016. The Bank's retained earnings balance was $2.0 billion as of September 30, 2017, an increase of $80 million, or 4.20 percent, from December 31, 2016. Capital stock was $5.0 billion as of September 30, 2017, an increase of $86 million, or 1.74 percent, from December 31, 2016.

The Bank's third quarter 2017 performance resulted in an annualized return on average equity (ROE) of 5.46 percent as compared to 4.47 percent for the third quarter of 2016. The ROE spread to average three-month LIBOR increased to 415 basis points for the third quarter of 2017, as compared to 368 basis points for the third quarter of 2016. As of September 30, 2017 the Bank was in compliance with its regulatory capital requirements.

 

 

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

Financial Highlights

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

Statements of Condition

As of September 30, 2017

 

As of December 31, 2016

Investments

$41,564

 

$36,510

Advances

99,812

 

99,077

Mortgage loans held for portfolio, net

461

 

523

Total assets

143,924

 

138,671

Consolidated obligations, net

135,244

 

129,939

Total capital stock

5,041

 

4,955

Retained earnings

1,972

 

1,892

Accumulated other comprehensive income

123

 

104

Total capital

7,136

 

6,951

Capital-to-assets ratio (GAAP)

4.96%

 

5.01%

Capital-to-assets ratio (Regulatory)

4.87%

 

4.94%

  

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

Operating Results and Performance Ratios

2017

 

2016

Net interest income 

$123

 

93

Reversal of provision for credit losses

 

(1)

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings

 

(1)

Standby letters of credit fees

6

 

6

Other income

12

 

23

Total noninterest expense

36

 

34

Affordable Housing Program assessments

10

 

9

Net income

95

 

79

Return on average assets

0.27%

 

0.22%

Return on average equity

5.46%

 

4.47%

 

  

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

Operating Results and Performance Ratios

2017

 

2016

Net interest income (expense)

$35

 

$226

Reversal of provision for credit losses

 

(1)

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings

(2)

 

(2)

Standby letters of credit fees

20

 

21

Other income

331

 

23

Total noninterest expense

100

 

99

Affordable Housing Program assessments

28

 

21

Net income

256

 

189

Return on average assets

0.24%

 

0.18%

Return on average equity

4.91%

 

3.70%

 

 

 

 

Additional financial information concerning the Bank's results of operations for the most recently completed quarter will be available in the Bank's Form 10-Q that the Bank expects to file on or about November 7, 2017, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and will be available at www.fhlbatl.com or www.sec.gov.


About the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
FHLBank Atlanta offers competitively-priced financing, community development grants, and other banking services to help member financial institutions make affordable home mortgages and provide economic development credit to neighborhoods and communities. The Bank's members—its shareholders and customers—are commercial banks, credit unions, savings institutions, community development financial institutions, and insurance companies located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. FHLBank Atlanta is one of 11 district banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System. Since 1990, the FHLBanks have awarded approximately $5.4 billion in Affordable Housing Program funds, assisting more than 827,000 households.

For more information, visit our website at www.fhlbatl.com.

Some of the statements made in this announcement are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which include statements with respect to the Bank's beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, assumptions, estimates, intentions, and future performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which may be beyond the Bank's control, and which may cause the Bank's actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from the future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements may not be realized due to a variety of factors, including without limitation any one or more of the following factors: legislative, regulatory and accounting actions, changes, approvals or requirements; completion of the Bank’s financial closing procedures and final accounting adjustments for the third quarter of 2017; future economic and market conditions (including the housing market); changes in demand for advances or consolidated obligations of the Bank and/or the FHLBank System; changes in interest rates; changes in prepayment speeds, default rates, delinquencies, and losses on mortgage-backed securities; political, national, and world events; disruptions in information systems; and adverse developments or events affecting or involving other Federal Home Loan Banks or the FHLBank System in general. Additional factors that might cause the Bank's results to differ from these forward-looking statements are provided in detail in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available at www.sec.gov.

New factors may emerge, and it is not possible for us to predict the nature of each new factor, or assess its potential impact, on our business and financial condition. Given these uncertainties, we caution you not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. These statements speak only as of the date that they are made, and the Bank has no obligation and does not undertake to publicly update, revise, or correct any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this announcement, or after the respective dates on which such statements otherwise are made, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as may be required by law.