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Note 14 - Other Receivables, Other Assets, Accounts Payable and Other Liabilities
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Other Receivables, Other Assets, Accounts Payable and Other Liabilities [Table Text Block]
14.
  OTHER RECEIVABLES, OTHER ASSETS, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND OTHER LIABILITIES
 
Other receivables consisted of the following.
 
OTHER RECEIVABLES
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
   
September 30, 2020
   
December 31, 2019
 
Cash collateral due from counterparties
  $
225
    $
41,172
 
Asset management fees receivable
   
951
     
1,159
 
Accrued interest receivable and dividend receivable
   
1,605
     
3,549
 
Revenue share receivable
   
150
     
150
 
Other receivables
   
651
     
595
 
Other receivables
  $
3,582
    $
46,625
 
 
When the Company enters into a reverse repo, it obtains collateral in excess of the principal amount of the reverse repo.  The Company accepts collateral in the form of liquid securities or cash.  If the value of the securities the Company receives as collateral increases, the Company's reverse repo counterparties
may
request a return of their collateral with a value equal to such increase.  In some cases, the Company will return to such reverse repo counterparties cash instead of securities.  In that case, the Company includes the cash returned as a component of other receivables (see above). 
 
When the Company enters into repo transactions, the Company provides collateral to the Company's repo counterparties in excess of the principal balance of the repo.  The Company's counterparties accept collateral in the form of liquid securities or cash.  To the extent the Company provides the collateral in cash, the Company includes it as a component of other receivables (see above).
 
Asset management fees receivable are of a routine and short-term nature.  These amounts are generally accrued monthly and paid on a monthly or quarterly basis.  Accrued interest and dividends receivable represent interest and dividends accrued on the Company's investment securities included as a component of investments-trading or other investments, at fair value. Interest payable on securities sold,
not
yet purchased is included as a component of accounts payable and other liabilities in the table entitled Accounts Payable and Other Liabilities below.  Revenue share receivable represents the amount due to the Company for the Company's share of revenue arrangements generated from various entities in which the Company receives a share of the entity's revenue. Other receivables represent other miscellaneous receivables that are of a short-term nature.
 
Other assets consisted of the following.
 
OTHER ASSETS
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
   
September 30, 2020
   
December 31, 2019
 
Deferred costs
  $
124
    $
301
 
Prepaid expenses
   
1,079
     
796
 
Prepaid income taxes    
69
     
-
 
Deposits
   
399
     
656
 
Miscellaneous other assets
   
275
     
275
 
RTLs
   
-
     
5,323
 
Furniture, equipment, and leasehold improvements, net
   
813
     
916
 
Intangible assets
   
166
     
166
 
Other assets
  $
2,925
    $
8,433
 
 
Deferred costs and prepaid expenses represent amounts paid for services that are being amortized over their expected period of use and benefit.  They are all routine and short-term in nature.  Deposits are amounts held by landlords or other parties which will be returned or offset upon satisfaction of a lease or other contractual arrangement.  During
2019,
RTLs were accounted for at lower of cost or market and included as a component of other assets.  Effective
January 1, 2020,
in connection with the adoption of ASC
326,
the Company began accounting for RTLs at fair value and including them as a component of investments-trading.  In conjunction with the sale of ViaNova, the remaining RTL was transferred to other investments at fair value.  See notes
4,
15,
and
16
to the Company's consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form
10
-K for the year ended
December 31, 2019
for further discussion of the firm's furniture, equipment, and leasehold improvements.  Intangible assets represent the carrying value of the JVB broker-dealer license. 
 
Accounts payable and other liabilities consisted of the following.
 
 
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND OTHER LIABILITIES
(Dollars in Thousands)
 
   
September 30, 2020
   
December 31, 2019
 
Accounts payable
  $
508
    $
362
 
Redeemable financial instruments accrued interest    
271
     
403
 
Accrued interest payable
   
695
     
711
 
Accrued interest on securities sold, not yet purchased
   
496
     
914
 
Payroll taxes payable
   
1,035
     
729
 
Counterparty cash collateral
   
125,294
     
9,524
 
Accrued expense and other liabilities
   
2,151
     
7,652
 
Accounts payable and other liabilities
  $
130,450
    $
20,295
 
 
The redeemable financial instrument accrued interest represents accrued interest on the JKD Capital Partners I LTD and the DGC Trust/CBF redeemable financial instruments.  See note
16.
 
When the Company enters into a reverse repo, the Company obtains collateral in excess of the principal of the reverse repo.  The Company accepts collateral in the form of liquid securities or cash.  To the extent the Company receives cash collateral, the Company includes it as a component of other liabilities (counterparty cash collateral) in the table above. 
 
When the Company enters into repo transactions, the Company provides collateral to the Company's repo counterparty in excess of the principal balance of the repo.  If the value of the securities the Company provides as collateral increases, the Company
may
request a return of its collateral with a value equal to such increase.  In some cases, the repo counterparty will return cash instead of securities.  In that case, the Company includes the cash returned as a component of other liabilities (counterparty cash collateral) in the table above.  See note
10
and
23.