Company: APO
Filing Date: 2025-05-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001858681-25-000049
Chunk: 88

Company: Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
Chunk 88
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 million, respectively. These derivatives are included in foreign currency translation and other adjustments on the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss). As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the cumulative foreign currency translations recorded in AOCI related to these net investment hedges were gains of $21 million and $29 million, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, there were no amounts deemed ineffective.Derivatives Not Designated as HedgesEquity optionsAthene uses equity indexed options to economically hedge fixed indexed annuity products that guarantee the return of principal to the policyholder and credit interest based on a percentage of the gain in a specified market index, including the S&P 500 and other bespoke indices. To hedge against adverse changes in equity indices, Athene enters into contracts to buy equity indexed options. The contracts are net settled in cash based on differentials in the indices at the time of exercise and the strike price.FuturesAthene purchases futures contracts to hedge the growth in interest credited to the customer as a direct result of increases in the related indices. Athene enters into exchange-traded futures with regulated futures commission clearing brokers who are members of a trading exchange. Under exchange-traded futures contracts, Athene agrees to purchase a specified number of contracts with other parties and to post variation margin on a daily basis in an amount equal to the difference in the daily fair values of those contracts.Interest rate swaps and forwardsAthene uses interest rate swaps and forwards to reduce market risks from interest rate changes and to alter interest rate exposure arising from duration mismatches between assets and liabilities. With an interest rate swap, Athene agrees with another party to exchange the difference between fixed-rate and floating-rate interest amounts tied to an agreed-upon notional principal amount at specified intervals.Other swapsOther swaps include total return swaps, credit default swaps and swaptions. Athene purchases total rate of return swaps to gain exposure and benefit from a reference asset or index without ownership. Credit default swaps provide a measure of protection against the default of an issuer or allow Athene to gain credit exposure to an issuer or traded index. Athene uses credit default swaps coupled with a bond to synthetically create the characteristics of a reference bond. Swaptions provide an option to enter into an interest rate swap and are used by Athene to hedge against interest rate exposure.Embedded derivativesAthene has embedded derivatives which are required to be separated from their host contracts and reported as derivatives