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Noninterest Income and Noninterest
Expense
Noninterest income for the second quarter of 2022 totaled $24.9 million
compared to $25.8 million for the first quarter of 2022
and
$26.5 million for the second quarter of 2021.
The $0.9 million decrease from the first quarter of 2022 was primarily attributable
to
lower wealth management fees of $1.7 million, which reflected lower
insurance revenues at CCSW of $1.9 million that were
partially offset by higher retail brokerage fees of $0.3 million.
Combined deposit and bank card fees increased $0.5 million and
mortgage banking fees increased $0.1 million.
Compared to the second quarter of 2021, the $1.6 million decrease was primarily
attributable to lower mortgage banking revenues of $4.2 million that were
partially offset by higher deposit fees of $1.2 million and
wealth management fees of $1.1 million (insurance revenues of $0.7
million and retail brokerage fees of $0.4 million).
For the first
six months of 2022, noninterest income totaled $50.7 million compared
to $56.3 million for the same period of 2021 with the $5.6
million decrease largely driven by lower mortgage banking
fees of $12.3 million partially offset by higher deposit
fees of $2.1
million and wealth management fees of $4.1 million (insurance revenues
of $3.4 million and retail brokerage fees of $0.7 million).
Lower mortgage banking revenues for 2022 reflected a reduction in refinancing
activity, and to a lesser degree
lower purchase
mortgage originations, primarily driven by higher interest rates.
In addition, gain on sale margins have been pressured
due to a
lower level of both governmental loan product originations and
mandatory delivery loan sales (both of which provide a higher gain
percentage).
Strong best efforts (portfolio product) origination volume and continued
stability in our construction/permanent loan
program have partially offset the slowdown in secondary
market originations.
For 2022, CCHL contributed $0.6 million ($0.03 per
diluted share) to earnings versus $2.5 million ($0.14 per diluted share) in 2021,
which has largely been offset by a $1.2 million
($0.07 per diluted share) contribution to earnings by CCSW and improvement
in both retail brokerage fees and deposit fees which
reflects our continued focus on and commitment to revenue diversification.
Noninterest expense for the second quarter of 2022 totaled $40.5
million compared to $39.2 million for the first quarter of 2022
and
$42.1 million for the second quarter of 2021.
The $1.3 million increase over the first quarter of 2022 was driven by
a $0.9
million
increase in other expense and higher compensation of $0.5 million.
Higher expense for advertising ($0.2 million),
processing ($0.1
million),
and travel/entertainment ($0.1 million) drove the increase in other
expense.
Other expense also reflects a $0.2 million
expense for our VISA share swap agreement,
which is triggered when VISA funds their merchant litigation reserve which happens
infrequently.
The $0.5 million increase in compensation was driven by higher salary expense of $0.8
million (CCHL commissions,
annual merit, and staffing additions in new markets) that
was partially offset by lower associate benefit expense of $0.3 million.
Compared to the second quarter of 2021, the $1.6 million decrease was primarily
attributable to lower pension settlement expense
of $1.8 million.
Other expense decreased $0.1 million and reflected lower base pension plan expense of
$0.8 million partially offset
by higher expense for advertising and miscellaneous (includes $0.2
million VISA share swap expense).
For the first six months of
2022, noninterest expense totaled $79.7 million compared to $82.6
million for the same period of 2021 with the $2.9 million
decrease primarily attributable to lower pension settlement expense
of $1.6 million and lower compensation expense of $1.2
million.
The decrease in compensation expense reflected lower salary expense
of $1.4 million partially offset by higher associate
benefit expense of $0.2 million.
Lower performance-based compensation (commissions/incentives)
at CCHL partially offset by
higher performance based compensation at CCSW and lower realized
loan cost (credit offset by salary expense) at the Bank drove
the variance in salary expense.
To date, the impact of
inflation and higher prices on our cost structure has not been significant.
While operating in a very tight labor market, we have mitigated the impact
of salary pressures by not replacing certain positions that
became vacant.
Further, we have realized higher than historical increases
in certain premises and processing contracts reflective of
inflationary pressures and will continue to focus on opportunities to re-negotiate
or replace vendors
at periodic renewals.
Income Taxes
We realized income
tax expense of $2.2
million (effective rate of 19.4%) for the second quarter of 2022
comparable to the first
quarter of 2022 and $2.1 million (effective rate of 18.9%)
for the second quarter of 2021.
For the first six months of 2022, we
realized income tax expense of $4.4 million (effective
rate of 19.6%) compared to $4.8 million (effective rate of 18.8%) for
the
same period of 2021.
For the second quarter of 2022, we realized a favorable discrete tax item for
$0.3 million related to state of
Florida tax refunds.
Absent discrete items, we expect our annual effective tax rate to approximate 20-21%
in 2022.
Discussion of Financial Condition
Earning Assets
Average earning
assets totaled $3.974 billion for the second quarter of 2022, an increase of $35.4 million, or
0.9%, over the first
quarter of 2022, and an increase of $182.9 million, or 4.8%, over
the fourth quarter of 2021.
The increase over both prior periods
was primarily driven by higher deposit balances (see below –
Funding
).
The mix of earning assets continues to improve driven by
strong loan growth and further deployment of liquidity into the investment
portfolio, which has increased $135 million in 2022.
We maintained
an average net overnight funds (deposits with banks plus FED funds sold less FED funds
purchased) sold position of
$691.9 million in the second quarter of 2022 compared to $873.1 million in
the first quarter of 2022 and $789.1 million in the fourth