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Derivatives and Hedging
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivatives and Hedging

8. Derivatives and Hedging

The Company maintains a program to enter into exchange traded futures as a macro hedging strategy to hedge market price and interest rate exposures with respect to its total portfolio of seed investments in sponsored investment products. At December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had outstanding exchange traded futures related to this macro hedging strategy with aggregate notional values of approximately $1.8 billion and $1.5 billion, with expiration dates during the first quarter of 2024 and 2023, respectively.

In addition, beginning in the first quarter of 2023, the Company entered into futures to economically hedge the exposure to market movements on certain deferred cash compensation plans. At December 31, 2023 , the Company had outstanding exchange traded futures with aggregate notional values related to its deferred cash compensation hedging program of approximately $204 million, with expiration dates during the first quarter of 2024.

Changes in the value of the futures contracts are recognized as gains or losses within nonoperating income (expense). Variation margin payments, which represent settlements of profit/loss, are generally received or made daily, and are reflected in other assets and other liabilities on the consolidated statements of financial condition. These amounts were not material as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.

The Company executes forward foreign currency exchange contracts to mitigate the risk of certain foreign exchange movements. At December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had outstanding forward foreign currency exchange contracts with aggregate notional values of approximately $3.1 billion and $2.2 billion, with expiration dates in January 2024 and January 2023, respectively.

At both December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had a derivative providing credit protection with a notional amount of approximately $17 million to a counterparty, representing the Company’s maximum risk of loss with respect to the derivative. The Company carries the derivative at fair value based on the expected discounted future cash outflows under the arrangement.

The following table presents the fair values of derivative instruments recognized in the consolidated statements of financial condition at December 31, 2023:

 

Assets

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

Statement of
Financial Condition

 

December 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

Statement of
Financial Condition

 

December 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

(in millions)

Classification

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

Classification

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Derivative instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward foreign currency
  exchange contracts

Other assets

 

$

19

 

 

$

1

 

 

Other liabilities

 

$

6

 

 

$

19

 

The following table presents realized and unrealized gains (losses) recognized in the consolidated statements of income on derivative instruments:

 

 

 

 

Gains (Losses)

 

(in millions)

 

Statement of Income Classification

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Derivative Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exchange traded futures(1)

 

Nonoperating income (expense)

 

$

(88

)

 

$

36

 

 

$

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

General and administration expense

 

 

98

 

 

 

(222

)

 

 

(29

)

Total return swaps

 

Nonoperating income (expense)

 

 

 

 

 

83

 

 

 

(99

)

Total gain (loss) from derivative instruments

 

$

10

 

 

$

(103

)

 

$

(128

)

(1)
Amounts include $112 million of losses and $36 million of gains on futures used as a macro hedging strategy of seed investments for 2023 and 2022, respectively. In addition, amounts include $24 million of gains on futures used to economically hedge certain deferred cash compensation plans for 2023.

The Company's CIPs may utilize derivative instruments as a part of the funds' investment strategies. The change in fair value of such derivatives, which is recorded in nonoperating income (expense), was not material for 2023, 2022 and 2021.

See Note 14, Borrowings, for more information on the Company’s net investment hedge.