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Derivatives and Hedging
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivatives and Hedging

9. 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 December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had outstanding total return swaps with aggregate notional values of approximately $833 million and $644 million, respectively.

The Company executes forward foreign currency exchange contracts to mitigate the risk of certain foreign exchange movements. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had outstanding forward foreign currency exchange contracts with aggregate notional values of approximately $2.8 billion and $3.4 billion, respectively and with expiration dates in January 2021 and January 2020, respectively.

At both December 31, 2020 and 2019, 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, 2020:

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

(in millions)

Assets

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Derivative instruments

Statement of

Financial Condition

Classification

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

Statement of

Financial Condition

Classification

 

Fair Value

 

Total return swaps

Other assets

 

$

 

 

 

Other liabilities

 

$

50

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

Other assets

 

 

13

 

 

 

Other liabilities

 

 

5

 

Total

 

 

$

13

 

 

 

 

 

$

55

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fair values of the outstanding total return swaps and forward foreign currency exchange contracts were not material to the consolidated statement of financial condition at December 31, 2019.

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

 

(in millions)

 

 

 

Gains (Losses)

 

Derivative Instruments

 

Statement of Income Classification

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Total return swaps

 

Nonoperating income (expense)

 

$

(93

)

 

$

(106

)

 

$

54

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

General and administration expense

 

 

47

 

 

 

55

 

 

 

(124

)

Total gain (loss) from derivative instruments

 

$

(46

)

 

$

(51

)

 

$

(70

)

 

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 2020, 2019 and 2018.

See Note 15, Borrowings, for more information on the Company’s net investment hedge.