Hanmi Financial Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Securities

Securities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

The following is a summary of securities available for sale as of December 31, 2018 and 2017:



	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gain		Gross Unrealized Loss		Estimated Fair Value
	(in thousands)
December 31, 2018
Mortgage-backed securities (1)	$	300,957	$	61	$	5,984	$	295,034
Collateralized mortgage obligations (1)	124,550		74		2,332		122,292
U.S. government agency securities	7,499		—		97		7,402
Municipal bonds-tax exempt	110,670		197		517		110,350
U.S. treasury securities	39,768		69		7		39,830
Total securities available for sale	$	583,444	$	401	$	8,937	$	574,908

December 31, 2017
Mortgage-backed securities (1)	$	306,166	$	145	$	2,702	$	303,609
Collateralized mortgage obligations (1)	119,658		8		1,898		117,768
U.S. government agency securities	7,499		—		85		7,414
Municipal bonds-tax exempt	125,601		1,943		69		127,475
U.S. treasury securities	152		—		—		152
Mutual funds	22,916		—		530		22,386
Total securities available for sale	$	581,992	$	2,096	$	5,284	$	578,804


(1)	Collateralized by residential mortgages and guaranteed by U.S. government sponsored entities.

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of securities as of December 31, 2018, by contractual or expected maturity, are shown below. Collateralized mortgage obligations are included in the table shown below based on their expected maturities. All other securities are included based on their contractual maturities.



	Available for Sale
	Amortized Cost		Estimated Fair Value
	(in thousands)
Within one year	$	17,973	$	17,952
Over one year through five years	139,853		138,351
Over five years through ten years	216,139		213,385
Over ten years	209,479		205,220
Total	$	583,444	$	574,908

ASC 320, “Investments – Debt and Equity Securities,” requires us to periodically evaluate our investments for other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”). There was no OTTI charge during the year ended December 31, 2018.

Gross unrealized losses on securities available for sale, the estimated fair value of the related securities and the number of securities aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, were as follows as of December 31, 2018 and 2017:



	Holding Period
	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
	Gross Unrealized Loss		Estimated Fair Value		Number of Securities	Gross Unrealized Loss		Estimated Fair Value		Number of Securities	Gross Unrealized Loss		Estimated Fair Value		Number of Securities
	(in thousands, except number of securities)
December 31, 2018
Mortgage-backed securities	$	226	$	41,527	10	$	5,758	$	244,550	106	$	5,984	$	286,077	116
Collateralized mortgage obligations	59		13,732		3	2,273		92,532		49	2,332		106,264		52
U.S. government agency securities	—		—		—	97		7,402		3	97		7,402		3
Municipal bonds-tax exempt	29		8,196		5	488		65,644		30	517		73,840		35
U.S. treasury securities	7		14,797		2	—		—		—	7		14,797		2
Total	$	321	$	78,252	20	$	8,616	$	410,128	188	$	8,937	$	488,380	208

December 31, 2017
Mortgage-backed securities	$	1,855	$	197,621	66	$	847	$	56,998	25	$	2,702	$	254,619	91
Collateralized mortgage obligations	773		65,726		20	1,125		49,986		32	1,898		115,712		52
U.S. government agency securities	15		1,484		1	70		5,930		2	85		7,414		3
Municipal bonds-tax exempt	48		11,541		6	21		2,737		2	69		14,278		8
Mutual funds	—		—		—	530		22,382		6	530		22,382		6
Total	$	2,691	$	276,372	93	$	2,593	$	138,033	67	$	5,284	$	414,405	160

All individual securities that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for 12 months or longer as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 had investment grade ratings upon purchase. The issuers of these securities have not established any cause for default on these securities and the various rating agencies have reaffirmed these securities’ long-term investment grade status as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017. These securities have fluctuated in value since their purchase dates as market interest rates have fluctuated.

The Company does not intend to sell these securities and it is more likely than not that we will not be required to sell the investments before the recovery of its amortized cost basis. In addition, the unrealized losses on municipal securities are not considered other-than-temporarily impaired, as the bonds are rated investment grade and there are no credit quality concerns with the issuers. Interest payments have been made as scheduled, and management believes this will continue in the future and that the bonds will be repaid in full as scheduled. Therefore, in management’s opinion, all securities that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for the past 12 months or longer as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 were not other-than-temporarily impaired, and therefore, no impairment charges as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 were warranted.

Realized gains and losses on sales of securities and proceeds from sales of securities were as follows for the periods indicated:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2018			2017			2016
	(in thousands)
Gross realized gains on sales of securities	$	87		$	1,891		$	396
Gross realized losses on sales of securities	(957		)	(143		)	(350		)
Net realized (losses) gains on sales of securities	$	(870	)	$	1,748		$	46
Proceeds from sales of securities	$	34,751		$	97,271		$	78,282

In January 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (Topic 825). This new guidance, among other provisions, amends accounting related to the classification and measurement of investments in equity securities. We adopted this guidance, as required, in the first quarter of 2018. ASU 2016-01 requires the amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive income for equity securities that exist as of the date of adoption previously classified as available-for-sale be reclassified to retained earnings. The Company reduced the balance of securities by $529,000 as of January 1, 2018, representing the loss related to all of our mutual fund equity securities, which resulted in a net reduction of retained earnings of $382,000 and an increase of $147,000 in net deferred tax assets based on the transition requirements of this standard.

For the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company recorded $870,000 in net realized losses from sale of securities that had previously been recognized as net unrealized losses of $413,000 in comprehensive income. This included sale of all of the Company's mutual fund equity securities with gross realized losses of $957,000. The Company recorded a $428,000 net loss in earnings resulting from the sale of these securities. The remaining loss of $529,000 related to these sold securities was recorded as a transition adjustment upon adoption of ASU 2016-01 as of the beginning of the period as described in the preceding paragraph.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, there was a $1.7 million net gain in earnings resulting from the sale of securities that had previously been recorded as net unrealized gains of $1.3 million in comprehensive income. For the year ended December 31, 2016, there was a $46,000 net gain in earnings resulting from the redemption and sale of securities that had previously been recorded as net unrealized gains of $314,000 in comprehensive income.

Securities available for sale with market values of $29.9 million and $130.1 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, were pledged to secure public deposits and for other purposes as required or permitted by law.