TD BANK GROUP • 2024 ANNUAL REPORT • FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES
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DERECOGNITION OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Financial Assets
The Bank derecognizes a financial asset
when the contractual rights to that asset have
expired. Derecognition may also be appropriate
where the contractual right
to receive future cash flows from the
asset have been transferred, or where
the Bank retains the rights to future cash
flows from the asset, but assumes an
obligation to pay those cash flows to a third party
subject to certain criteria.
When the Bank transfers a financial asset,
it is necessary to assess the extent
to which the Bank has retained the risks and rewards
of ownership of the
transferred asset. If substantially all the risks
and rewards of ownership of the financial
asset have been retained, the Bank continues
to recognize the financial
asset and also recognizes a financial liability
for the consideration received. Certain transaction
costs incurred are also capitalized and amortized
using EIRM. If
substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership
of the financial asset have been transferred,
the Bank will derecognize the financial asset
and recognize
separately as assets or liabilities any rights
and obligations created or retained in the
transfer. The Bank determines whether substantially all
the risks and rewards
have been transferred by quantitatively comparing
the variability in cash flows before and
after the transfer. If the variability in cash flows does not
change
significantly as a result of the transfer, the Bank has retained
substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership.
If the Bank neither transfers nor retains
substantially all the risks and rewards of
ownership of the financial asset, the Bank
derecognizes the financial asset
where it has relinquished control of the financial
asset. The Bank is considered to have
relinquished control of the financial asset
where the transferee has the
practical ability to sell the transferred financial
asset. Where the Bank has retained control
of the financial asset, it continues to recognize
the financial asset to the
extent of its continuing involvement in
the financial asset. Under these circumstances,
the Bank usually retains the rights to future
cash flows relating to the asset
through a residual interest and is exposed
to some degree of risk associated with the
financial asset.
The derecognition criteria are also applied
to the transfer of part of an asset, rather
than the asset as a whole, or to a group of
similar financial assets in their
entirety, when applicable. If transferring a part of an asset, it
must be a specifically identified cash flow, a fully proportionate
share of the asset, or a fully
proportionate share of a specifically identified
cash flow.
Securitization
Securitization is the process by which
financial assets are transformed into
securities. The Bank securitizes financial
assets by transferring those financial assets
to a third party and as part of the securitization,
certain financial assets may be retained and
may consist of an interest-only strip and, in
some cases, a cash
reserve account (collectively referred to as
“retained interests”). If the transfer qualifies
for derecognition, a gain or loss on sale
of the financial assets is recognized
immediately in other income (loss) after considering
the effect of hedge accounting on the assets
sold, if applicable. The amount of the gain
or loss is calculated as
the difference between the carrying amount of the
asset transferred and the sum of any cash
proceeds received, the fair value of any financial
asset received or
financial liability assumed, and any cumulative
gain or loss allocated to the transferred
asset that had been recognized in AOCI.
To determine the value of the
retained interest initially recorded, the previous
carrying value of the transferred asset is allocated
between the amount derecognized from
the balance sheet and
the retained interest recorded, in proportion
to their relative fair values on the date of transfer. Subsequent
to initial recognition, as market prices are generally
not
available for retained interests, fair value
is determined by estimating the present
value of future expected cash flows using management’s
best estimates of key
assumptions that market participants would
use in determining such fair value. Refer
to Note 3 for assumptions used by management
in determining the fair value
of retained interests. Retained interest is classified
as trading securities with subsequent
changes in fair value recorded in trading income
(loss).
Where the Bank retains the servicing rights,
the benefits of servicing are assessed
against market expectations. When the benefits
of servicing are more than
adequate, a servicing asset is recognized.
Similarly, when the benefits of servicing are less than adequate,
a servicing liability is recognized. Servicing
assets and
servicing liabilities are initially recognized
at fair value and subsequently carried
at amortized cost.
Financial Liabilities
The Bank derecognizes a financial liability when
the obligation under the liability is discharged,
cancelled,
or expires. If an existing financial
liability is replaced by
another financial liability from the same lender
on substantially different terms or where
the terms of the existing liability are substantially
modified, the original
liability is derecognized and a new liability is
recognized with the difference in the respective
carrying amounts recognized on the Consolidated
Statement of
Income.
Securities Purchased Under Reverse Repurchase
Agreements, Securities Sold Under Repurchase
Agreements, and Securities Borrowing
and Lending
Securities purchased under reverse repurchase
agreements involve the purchase of securities
by the Bank under agreements to resell
the securities at a future
date. These agreements are treated as collateralized
lending transactions whereby the Bank
takes possession of the purchased securities, but
does not acquire
the risks and rewards of ownership. The Bank
monitors the market value of the purchased
securities relative to the amounts due under the
reverse repurchase
agreements, and when necessary, requires transfer of additional
collateral. In the event of counterparty default,
the agreements provide the Bank with the right
to
liquidate the collateral held and offset the proceeds
against the amount owing from the counterparty.
Obligations related to securities sold
under repurchase agreements involve the sale
of securities by the Bank to counterparties
under agreements to repurchase
the securities at a future date. These agreements
do not result in the risks and rewards of
ownership being relinquished and are treated
as collateralized borrowing
transactions. The Bank monitors the market
value of the securities sold relative to
the amounts due under the repurchase agreements,
and when necessary,
transfers additional collateral or may require
counterparties
to return the collateral pledged. Certain
transactions that do not meet derecognition
criteria are also
included in obligations related to securities
sold under repurchase agreements. Refer to
Note 9 for further details.
Securities purchased under reverse repurchase
agreements and obligations related to
securities sold under repurchase agreements
are initially recorded on the
Consolidated Balance Sheet at the respective
prices at which the securities were originally
acquired or sold, plus accrued interest.
Subsequently, the agreements
are measured at amortized cost on the
Consolidated Balance Sheet, plus accrued
interest, except when they are held-for-trading
or are designated at FVTPL.
Interest earned on reverse repurchase agreements
and interest incurred on repurchase agreements
is determined using EIRM for agreements
measured at
amortized cost and recognized on an accrual
basis for agreements measured at fair value,
and is included in Interest income and Interest
expense, respectively,
on the Consolidated Statement of Income.
Changes in fair value on reverse repurchase
agreements and repurchase agreements
that are held-for-trading or are
designated at FVTPL are included in Trading income
(loss) or in Other income (loss) on the Consolidated
Statement of Income.
In securities lending transactions,
the Bank lends securities to a counterparty
and receives collateral in the form of
cash or securities. If cash collateral is
received, the Bank records the cash along
with an obligation to return the cash as Obligations
related to securities sold under repurchase
agreements on the
Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Where securities are received as collateral,
the Bank does not record the collateral on
the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
In securities borrowing transactions,
the Bank borrows securities from a counterparty
and pledges either cash or securities as
collateral. If cash is pledged as
collateral, the Bank records the transaction
as Securities purchased under reverse repurchase
agreements on the Consolidated Balance
Sheet. If securities are
pledged as collateral,
the securities remain on the Bank’s Consolidated
Balance Sheet.
Where securities are pledged or received as
collateral, security borrowing fees and security
lending income are recorded in Non-interest
income on the
Consolidated Statement of Income over the
term of the transaction. Where cash is pledged
or received as collateral, interest received
or incurred is included in
Interest income and Interest expense, respectively, on the Consolidated
Statement of Income.