Company: BANC-PF
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001169770-25-000029
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Company: BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
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In calculating our ACL, we continued to consider higher inflation rates, the Federal Reserve's monetary policy, the risk of a recession, technical or otherwise, and the impact of various geopolitical risks on the economy in our process for estimating expected credit losses given the changes in economic forecasts and assumptions along with the uncertainty related to the severity and duration of the economic consequences resulting from such events. Our methodology and framework along with the 4-quarter reasonable and supportable forecast period and 2-quarter reversion period have remained consistent since the implementation of CECL on January 1, 2020. Certain management assumptions are reassessed every quarter based on current expectations for credit losses, while other assumptions are assessed and updated on at least an annual basis.

For the second quarter of 2025, we used the Moody’s June 30, 2025 Baseline and S2 Downside 75th Percentile for the calculation of our quantitative component. The weightings of the scenarios were based on management’s current expectations for the economic forecast, acknowledging the risk of recession over our reasonable and supportable forecast period and the current economic uncertainty. 

During the quarter, the total ACL decreased when compared to the previous quarter which was driven by a decrease in the quantitative reserve that was partially offset by an increase in the qualitative reserves. The primary drivers behind lower quantitative reserves was the sale or reclassification of more than $500 million of loans to held for sale during the quarter and net charge-off activity. The decrease in quantitative reserves was partially offset by updates to the macro-economic forecast, including the scenario weighting, and higher qualitative reserves. Growth in the loans held for investment portfolio during the quarter was primarily in portfolios with lower expected credit losses, such as warehouse lending, equity fund loans, and lender finance, while portfolios requiring higher reserves, such as commercial real estate and commercial construction, have lower overall balances. 

As part of our ACL methodology, we consistently incorporate the use of qualitative factors in determining the overall ACL to capture risks that may not be appropriately reflected in our quantitative models. Such qualitative factors may include, but are not limited to: economic conditions not captured in in the quantitative reserve; collateral dependency related to certain loan portfolios including loans secured by office properties that were directly impacted by flexible/hybrid work environment; concentrations of credit within the loan portfolio including the commercial real estate portfolio; the quality of the Company’s credit review system; the volume and severity of adversely classified financial assets; the Company’s lending policies and procedures; and the effect of