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Other Assets and Liabilities
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
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Other Assets and Liabilities
4. OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Other Assets
The following table details the components of our other assets ($ in thousands):
   
March 31, 2020
 
 
  December 31, 2019  
 
Debt securities
 
held-to-maturity
(1)
  $
82,058
    $
86,638
 
CECL reserve
   
(5,122
)    
—  
 
                 
Debt securities
held-to-maturity,
net
   
76,936
     
86,638
 
Accrued interest receivable
   
72,578
     
66,649
 
Loan portfolio payments held by servicer
(2)
   
656
     
49,584
 
Prepaid expenses
   
616
     
739
 
Prepaid taxes
   
376
     
376
 
Derivative assets
   
1
     
1,079
 
Collateral deposited under derivative agreements
   
     
30,800
 
Other
   
994
     
1,115
 
                 
Total
  $
152,157
    $
236,980
 
                 
                        
               
(1)
 
Represents the subordinate risk retention interest in the 2018 Single Asset Securitization, which held aggregate loan assets of $880.7 million and $930.0 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, with a yield to full maturity of L+10.0% and a maximum maturity date of June 9, 2025, assuming all extension options are exercised by the borrower. Refer to Note 15 for additional discussion.
 
(
2
)
 
Represents loan principal and interest payments held by our third-party loan servicer as of the balance sheet date which were remitted to us during the subsequent remittance cycle.
 
Current Expected Credit Loss Reserve
The CECL reserve required under GAAP reflects our current estimate of potential credit losses related to the loans and debt securities included in our consolidated balance sheets. Refer to Note 2 for further discussion of our CECL reserve. The following table presents the activity in our debt securities CECL reserve by investment pool for the three months ended March 31, 2020 ($ in thousands):
 
U.S. Loans
 
 
Non-U.S.
 Loans
 
 
Unique Loans
 
 
Total
 
Debt Securities
Held-To-Maturity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CECL reserve as of December 31, 2019
 
$
 
 
$
 
 
$
—  
 
 
$
 
Initial CECL reserve on January 1, 2020
 
 
445
 
 
 
 
 
 
—  
 
 
 
445
 
Increase in CECL reserve
 
 
4,677
 
 
 
 
 
 
—  
 
 
 
4,677
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CECL reserve as of March 31, 2020
 
$
5,122
 
 
$
 
 
$
—  
 
 
$
5,122
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Our initial CECL reserve against our debt securities
held-to-maturity
of $445,000 recorded on January 1, 2020 is reflected as a direct charge to retained earnings on our consolidated statements of changes in equity; however subsequent changes to the CECL reserve are recognized through net income on our consolidated statements of operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we recorded a $4.7 million increase in expected credit loss reserve against our debt securities
held-to-maturity,
bringing our total CECL reserve to $5.1 million as of March 31, 2020. This CECL reserve reflects the macroeconomic impact of the
COVID-19
pandemic on commercial real estate markets generally and is not specific to any loan losses or impairments in our portfolio. See Note 2 for further discussion of
COVID-19.
Other Liabilities
The following table details the components of our other liabilities ($ in thousands):
 
 
 
 
March 31, 2020
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2019
 
Accrued dividends payable
  $
83,920
    $
83,702
 
Accrued interest payable
   
27,549
     
24,831
 
Current expected credit loss reserve for unfunded loan commitments
(1)
   
22,536
     
 
Accrued management and incentive fees payable
   
19,277
     
20,159
 
Accounts payable and other liabilities
   
6,453
     
5,008
 
Derivative liabilities
   
1
     
42,263
 
                 
Total
  $
159,736
    $
175,963
 
                 
                       
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1)  
 
Represents the CECL reserve related to our unfunded loan commitments. See Note 2 for further discussion of the CECL reserve.
 
Current Expected Credit Loss Reserve for Unfunded Loan Commitments
As of March 31, 2020, we had unfunded commitments of $3.9 billion related to 94 loans receivable. The expected credit losses over the contractual period of our loans are subject to the obligation to extend credit through our unfunded loan commitments. See Note 2 for further discussion of the CECL reserve related to our unfunded loan commitments, and Note 17 for further discussion of our unfunded loan commitments. The following table presents the activity in the CECL reserve related to our unfunded loan commitments by investment pool for the three months ended March 31, 2020 ($ in thousands):
 
 
 
U.S. Loans
 
 
Non-U.S. Loans
 
 
Unique Loans
 
 
Total
 
Unfunded Loan Commitments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CECL reserve as of December 31, 2019
  $
—  
    $
—  
    $
—  
    $
—  
 
Initial CECL reserve on January 1, 2020
   
2,801
     
453
     
9
     
3,263
 
Increase in CECL reserve
   
16,992
     
2,219
     
62
     
19,273
 
                                 
CECL reserve as of March 31, 2020
  $
19,793
    $
2,672
    $
71
    $
22,536
 
                                 
Our initial CECL reserve against our unfunded loan commitments of $3.3 million recorded on January 1, 2020 is reflected as a direct charge to retained earnings on our consolidated statements of changes in equity; however subsequent changes to the CECL reserve are recognized through net income on our consolidated statements of operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we recorded a $19.3 million increase in expected credit loss reserve against our unfunded loan commitments, bringing our total CECL reserve to $22.5 million as of March 31, 2020. This CECL reserve reflects the macroeconomic impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on commercial real estate markets generally and is not specific to any loan losses or impairments in our portfolio. See Note 2 for further discussion of COVID-19.