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Derivatives and Hedging
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivatives and Hedging

 

7.  Derivatives and Hedging

The Company maintains a program to enter into swaps to hedge against market price and interest rate exposures with respect to certain seed investments in sponsored investment products. At June 30, 2017, the Company had outstanding total return swaps with aggregate notional values of approximately $588 million. At December 31, 2016, the Company had outstanding total return swaps and interest rate swaps with aggregate notional values of approximately $572 million and $42 million, respectively.

Gains (losses) on the total return swaps are recorded in nonoperating income (expense) and were $(30) million and $(64) million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively.  Gains (losses) on total return swaps were not material for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016.

Gains (losses) on the interest rate swaps are recorded in nonoperating income (expense) and were not material for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016.  

The Company has entered into a derivative providing credit protection to a counterparty of approximately $17 million, representing the Company’s maximum risk of loss with respect to the provision of credit protection. The Company carries the derivative at fair value based on the expected discounted future cash outflows under the arrangement.

The Company executes forward foreign currency exchange contracts to mitigate the risk of certain foreign exchange movements. At June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company had outstanding forward foreign currency exchange contracts with aggregate notional values of approximately $1.2 billion and $107 million, respectively.   

Gains (losses) on the forward foreign currency exchange contracts are recorded in other general and administration expense and were $25 million and $29 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively. Gains (losses) on the forward foreign currency exchange contracts were not material for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016.

The Company consolidates certain sponsored investment funds, which 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 the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016.

The fair value of the outstanding derivatives mentioned above were not material at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

See Note 12, Borrowings, in the 2016 Form 10-K for more information on the Company’s net investment hedge.