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NATURE OF OPERATIONS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
NATURE OF OPERATIONS
NOTE 1 - NATURE OF OPERATIONS
Resource America, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: REXI) is a specialized asset management company that uses industry specific expertise to evaluate, originate, service and manage investment opportunities through its real estate, financial fund management, and commercial finance operating segments. As a specialized asset manager, the Company seeks to develop investment funds for outside investors for which the Company provides asset management services, typically under long-term management and operating arrangements either through a contract with, or as the manager or general partner of, the sponsored fund. The Company limits its investment funds to investment areas where it owns existing operating companies or has specific expertise. The Company manages assets on behalf of institutional and individual investors and Resource Capital Corp. (“RSO”) (NYSE: RSO), a diversified real estate finance company that qualifies as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”). RSO is reflected on a consolidated basis with the Company's financial statements for all periods presented (see Note 19).
The consolidated financial statements and the information and tables contained in the notes to the consolidated financial statements are unaudited. However, in the opinion of management, these interim financial statements include all adjustments necessary to fairly present the results of the interim periods presented. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 may not necessarily be indicative of the results of operations for the full year ending December 31, 2015.
The Company conducts its real estate operations primarily through the following subsidiaries:
Resource Real Estate Advisor, LLC manages the activities of Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT I ("Opportunity REIT I") and Resource Real Estate Advisor II, LLC manages the activities of Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT II ("Opportunity REIT II"); the entities being managed are both public non-traded REITs;
Resource Capital Partners, Inc. acts as the general partner manager and managing member of, and provides asset management services to, the Company's eight real estate investment partnerships, six tenant-in-common ("TIC") programs and one limited liability company;
Resource Real Estate Management, Inc. (“Resource Residential”) provides property management services to the entire multifamily apartment portfolio, including fund assets, distressed assets and joint venture assets;
Resource Real Estate Funding, Inc., on behalf of RSO, manages the commercial real estate debt portfolio comprised principally of first priority interest in commercial mortgage loans ("A notes"), whole mortgage loans, mortgage participations, subordinated interests in commercial mortgage loans ("B notes"), mezzanine debt and related commercial real estate securities. In addition, it manages a separate portfolio of discounted real estate and real estate loans; and
Resource Real Estate, Inc. manages owned assets and ventures, which are collectively referred to as the “legacy portfolio.”
The Company conducts its financial fund management operations primarily through the following operating entities:
CVC Credit Partners ("CVC Credit Partners"), a joint venture between the Company and an unrelated third-party, finances, structures and manages investments in bank loans, high yield bonds and equity investments through collateralized loan obligation issuers ("CLOs"), managed accounts and a credit opportunities fund;
Resource Capital Manager, Inc. ("RCM"), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, provides investment management and administrative services to RSO under a management agreement between the Company, RCM and RSO ('"the RCM Agreement");
Resource Capital Markets, Inc. ("Resource Capital Markets"), through the Company's registered broker-dealer subsidiary, Resource Securities, Inc., acts as an agent in the primary and secondary markets for structured finance securities and transactions;
Northport Capital, LLC ("Northport"), provides middle market loan management and monitoring services to RSO under the RCM Agreement.
Trapeza Capital Management, LLC ("TCM"), a joint venture between the Company and an unrelated third-party, manages investments in trust preferred securities and senior debt securities of banks, bank holding companies, insurance companies and other financial companies through CDO issuers. TCM, together with the Trapeza CDO issuers, are collectively referred to as Trapeza;
Ischus Capital Management, LLC ("Ischus") finances, structures and manages investments in asset-backed securities ("ABS") including residential mortgage-backed securities ("RMBS") and commercial mortgage-backed securities, ("CMBS"); and
Resource Financial Institutions Group, Inc. (“RFIG”), serves as the general partner for seven company-sponsored affiliated partnerships which invest in financial institutions;
The Company conducts its commercial finance operations through LEAF Commercial Capital, Inc. (“LEAF”) and LEAF Financial Corporation (“LEAF Financial”). As of June 30, 2015, LEAF Financial sponsored and manages two publicly-held investment entities and LEAF acts as the sub-servicer of the respective portfolios of leases and loans held by those entities. During 2014, the Company liquidated two other commercial finance investment entities that were also sponsored and managed by LEAF Financial.
CVC Credit Partners. In April 2012, the Company sold its equity interests in Apidos Capital Management, LLC ("Apidos") to CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS, S.A., a private equity firm (“CVC”), in exchange for (i) $25.0 million in cash, (ii) a 33% limited partner interest in CVC Credit Partners, a Cayman Islands limited partnership jointly owned by the Company and CVC, and (iii) a 33% interest in CVC Credit Partners' general partner, a Jersey corporation.  The Company also retained a preferred equity interest in Apidos-CVC, which entitles it to receive distributions from CVC Credit Partners equal to 75% of the incentive management fees from the legacy Apidos portfolios. These investments are reflected as Investments in Unconsolidated Loan Manager on the consolidated balance sheets. On July 2, 2015, CVC exercised its option to purchase 9% of the Company's interest in the joint venture. In connection with the sale, the Company received $4.9 million in cash and has recorded an impairment charge in its second quarter to reflect the difference between the amount received and the pro rata carrying value of the 9% interest (see Note 8). The Company will reflect a 24% interest in the joint venture commencing in the third quarter.
LEAF. In January 2011, the Company formed LEAF to conduct its equipment lease origination and servicing operations and to obtain outside equity and debt financing sources. On November 16, 2011, the Company and LEAF, together with RSO, entered into a stock purchase agreement and related agreements (collectively the “November 2011 LEAF Transaction”) with Eos Partners, L.P., a private investment firm, and its affiliates (“Eos”). The Company retained 18,414 shares of LEAF common stock, which represented 15.7% interest on a fully diluted bases and senior management of LEAF maintained a 10% fully-diluted interest. As of June 30, 2015, additional investments made by Eos and RSO as well as warrants that were provided to LEAF's lender in accordance with a financing agreement have reduced the Company's and senior management's investments on a fully-diluted basis to 13.2% and 8.3%, respectively. The Company accounts for its investment in LEAF on the equity method.