Goodwill And Intangible Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

NOTE 8 – Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Our annual goodwill impairment testing was completed as of July 31, 2015, with no impairment identified.

The carrying amount of goodwill and intangible assets attributable to each of our reporting segments is presented in the following table (in thousands):

	December 31, 2015		Adjustments			Impairment Losses		March 31, 2016
Goodwill
Global Wealth Management	$	269,384	$	(17,679	)	$	—	$	251,705
Institutional Group		646,218		76,343		—			722,561
	$	915,602	$	58,664		$	—	$	974,266

	December 31, 2015		Net Additions		Amortization			March 31, 2016
Intangible assets
Global Wealth Management	$	27,964	$	11,120	$	(1,420	)	$	37,664
Institutional Group		35,213		21,599		(1,554	)		55,258
	$	63,177	$	32,719	$	(2,974	)	$	92,922

The adjustments to goodwill and intangible assets during the three months ended March 31, 2016, are primarily attributable to the acquisition of Eaton Partners, which closed on January 4, 2016 and the acquisition of Sterne Agee, which closed on June 5, 2015. The allocation of the purchase price for these acquisitions is preliminary and will be finalized upon completion of the analysis of the fair values of the net assets of the acquisitions as of the respective acquisition dates and the identified intangible assets. The final goodwill recorded on the consolidated statement of financial condition may differ from the preliminary estimate reflected herein. Goodwill for certain of our acquisitions is deductible for tax purposes.

Amortizable intangible assets consist of acquired customer relationships, trade name, investment banking backlog, and non-compete agreements that are amortized over their contractual or determined useful lives. Intangible assets subject to amortization as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were as follows (in thousands):

	March 31, 2016				December 31, 2015
	Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization
Customer relationships	$	115,184	$	38,622	$	78,580	$	37,322
Trade name		20,794		7,964		24,456		6,969
Investment banking backlog		7,635		7,462		7,440		7,388
Non-compete agreements		1,953		714		2,517		255
	$	145,566	$	54,762	$	112,993	$	51,934

Amortization expense related to intangible assets was $3.0 million and $1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

The weighted-average remaining lives of the following intangible assets at March 31, 2016, are: customer relationships, 7.9 years; trade name, 10.4 years; non-compete agreements, 4.6 years; and backlog within the next 9 months. As of March 31, 2016, we expect amortization expense in future periods to be as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal year
Remainder of 2016	$	7,024
2017		8,701
2018		8,068
2019		7,836
2020		7,618
Thereafter		51,557
	$	90,804

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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