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Derivatives and Hedging
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivatives and Hedging

 

8.  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 March 31, 2018, the Company had outstanding total return swaps with an aggregate notional value of approximately $546 million. At December 31, 2017, the Company had outstanding total return swaps with an aggregate notional value of approximately $587 million.  

Gains (losses) on total return swaps recorded in nonoperating income (expense) were not material for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and were $(35) million for the three months ended March 31, 2017.

Gains (losses) on interest rate swaps are recorded in nonoperating income (expense) and were not material for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017.  

At both March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had a derivative providing credit protection of approximately $17 million to a counterparty, 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 both March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had outstanding forward foreign currency exchange contracts with aggregate notional values of approximately $1.5 billion. The fair value of the outstanding forward foreign currency exchange contracts was $35 million at March 31, 2018 and was not material at December 31, 2017.  

Gains (losses) on the forward foreign currency exchange contracts are recorded in other general and administration expense and were $30 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018. Gains (losses) on the forward foreign currency exchange contracts were not material for the three months ended March 31, 2017.

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 months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017.

The fair values of the outstanding total return swaps and the credit default swap were not material to the condensed consolidated statement of financial condition at March 31, 2018. The fair value of the outstanding derivatives mentioned above was not material to the condensed consolidated statement of financial condition at December 31, 2017.

See Note 12, Borrowings, in the 2017 Form 10-K for more information on the Company’s net investment hedge.