Company: WAL-PA
Filing Date: 2025-08-01
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001212545-25-000214
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Company: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION
Filing Date: 2025-08-01
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
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)Fair value on a recurring basisFinancial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis include the following:AFS debt securities: Securities classified as AFS are reported at fair value utilizing Level 1 and Level 2 inputs. For these securities, the Company obtains fair value measurements from an independent pricing service. The fair value measurements consider observable data that may include quoted prices in active markets, dealer quotes, market spreads, cash flows, the U.S. Treasury yield curve, live trading levels, trade execution data, market consensus prepayment speeds, credit information, and the bond’s terms and conditions, among other things. Equity securities: Preferred stock, common stock, and CRA investments are reported at fair value utilizing Level 1 inputs.Independent pricing service: The Company's independent pricing service provides pricing information on the majority of the Company's Level 1 and Level 2 AFS debt securities. For a small subset of securities, other pricing sources are used, including observed prices on publicly-traded securities and dealer quotes. Management independently evaluates the fair value measurements received from the Company's third-party pricing service through multiple review steps. First, management reviews what has transpired in the marketplace with respect to interest rates, credit spreads, volatility, and mortgage rates, among other things, and develops an expectation of changes to the securities' valuations from the previous quarter. Then, management selects a sample of investment securities and compares the values provided by its primary third-party pricing service to the market values obtained from secondary sources, including other pricing services and safekeeping statements, and evaluates those with notable variances. In instances where there are discrepancies in pricing from various sources and management expectations, management may manually price securities using currently observed market data to determine whether they can develop similar prices or may utilize bid information from broker dealers. Any remaining discrepancies between management’s review and the prices provided by the vendor are discussed with the vendor and/or the Company’s other valuation advisors. Trading securities and loans HFS: Certain government-insured or guaranteed and agency-conforming 1-4 family residential loans HFS and trading securities are salable into active markets. Accordingly, the fair value of these loans and securities is based primarily on quoted market or contracted selling prices or a market price equivalent, which are categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. The Company's loans HFS classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy are measured using a weighted average blend of loan values assuming redelivery into GNMA securities and liquidation, each adjusted by the lifetime liquidation