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Acquisitions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Acquisitions

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Acquisitions

Berkeley Point

On September 8, 2017, the Company completed the Berkeley Point Acquisition for an acquisition price of $875.0 million, with $3.2 million of the acquisition price paid in units of BGC Holdings. As the Company purchased and acquired Berkeley Point from CCRE, an affiliate of Cantor, this transaction has been determined to be a combination of entities under common control that resulted in a change in the reporting entity. Accordingly, the financial results of the Company have been recast to include the financial results of Berkeley Point in the current and prior periods presented.

The assets and liabilities of Berkeley Point have been recorded in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of financial condition at the seller’s historical carrying value. The excess of the purchase price over Berkeley Point’s net assets was accounted for as an equity transaction for the year ended December 31, 2017 (the period in which the transaction occurred). For additional information, see Note 1—“Organization and Basis of Presentation.”

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to basis differences between the carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis. Accordingly, a deferred tax asset of $108.6 million was recorded against equity for the period ended December 31, 2017, for the basis difference between Berkeley Point’s net assets and its tax basis.

 

Besso

On February 28, 2017, the Company announced that it had completed the acquisition of Besso Insurance Group Limited (“Besso”). Besso, based out of London is an independent insurance broker with a number of divisions including Property, Casualty, Marine, Aviation, Professional and Financial Risks and Reinsurance.

Integra Realty Resources

On September 7, 2017, the Company announced that it had completed the acquisition of six Integra Realty Resources (“IRR”) offices (Washington D.C., Baltimore, Wilmington DE, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia and Atlanta). In April 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of two additional IRR offices (Boston and Pittsburgh). IRR provides commercial real estate valuation and advisory services.

Commercial Real Estate Consulting Firm

On July 26, 2017, the Company acquired a 50.0% controlling interest, and Cantor owns a 25% noncontrolling interest, in a commercial real estate consulting and advisory services firm which services a variety of commercial real estate clients, including lenders, investment banks, and investors and is headquarters in New York, NY. Their core competencies include underwriting, modeling, structuring, due diligence and asset management.

Total Consideration

The total consideration for acquisitions during the six months ended June 30, 2018 was approximately $10.0 million in total fair value, comprised of cash, shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and BGC Holdings and Newmark Holdings limited partnership units, of which $1.9 million may be issued contingent on certain targets being met through 2021. The excess of the consideration over the fair value of the net assets acquired has been recorded as goodwill of approximately $6.6 million.

The total consideration for acquisitions during the year ended December 31, 2017 was approximately $1.0 billion in total fair value, comprised of cash, shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and BGC Holdings and Newmark Holdings limited partnership units, of which $14.7 million may be issued contingent on certain targets being met through 2021. Excluding the acquisition of Berkeley Point Acquisition, the excess of the consideration over the fair value of the net assets acquired has been recorded as goodwill of approximately $91.3 million. The goodwill figure includes measurement period adjustments of approximately $2.5 million recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2018.

Except for Berkeley Point, the results of operations of the Company’s acquisitions have been included in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements subsequent to their respective dates of acquisition. The Company has made a preliminary allocation of the consideration to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date, and expects to finalize its analysis with respect to acquisitions within the first year after the completion of the transaction. Therefore, adjustments to preliminary allocations may occur.