Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

LeasesThe Company, acting as a lessee, has operating leases and finance leases primarily relating to office space, data centers and office equipment. The leases have remaining lease terms of 0.2 years to 17.6 years, some of which include options to extend the leases in 1 to 10 year increments for up to 10 years. Renewal periods are included in the lease term only when renewal is reasonably certain, which is a high threshold and requires management to apply judgment to determine the appropriate lease term. Certain leases also include periods covered by an option to terminate the lease if the Company is

reasonably certain not to exercise the termination option. The Company measures its lease payments by including fixed rental payments and, where relevant, variable rental payments tied to an index, such as the Consumer Price Index. Payments for leases in place before the date of adoption of ASC 842, Leases were determined based on previous leases guidance. The Company recognizes lease expense for its operating leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term and variable lease expense not included in the lease payment measurement is recognized as incurred.

Pursuant to the accounting policy election, leases with an initial term of twelve months or less are not recognized on the balance sheet. The short-term lease expense over the period reasonably reflects the Company’s short-term lease commitments.

ASC 842, Leases requires the Company to make certain assumptions and judgments in applying the guidance, including determining whether an arrangement includes a lease, determining the term of a lease when the contract has renewal or cancelation provisions, and determining the discount rate.

The Company determines whether an arrangement is a lease or includes a lease at the contract inception by evaluating whether the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. If the Company has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from, and can direct the use of, the identified asset for a period of time, the Company accounts for the identified asset as a lease. The Company has elected the practical expedient to not separate lease and non-lease components for all leases other than real estate leases. The primary non-lease component that is combined with a lease component represents operating expenses, such as utilities, maintenance or management fees.

As the rate implicit in the lease is not usually available, the Company used an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the adoption date of the new Leases standard in determining the present value of lease payments for existing leases. The Company has elected to use a portfolio approach for the incremental borrowing rate, applying corporate bond rates to the leases. The Company calculated the appropriate rates with reference to the lease term and lease currency. The Company uses information available at the lease commencement date to determine the discount rate for any new leases.

The Company subleases certain real estate to its affiliates and to third parties. The value of these commitments is not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

As of December 31, 2021, the Company did not have any leases that have not yet commenced but that create significant rights and obligations.

Supplemental information related to the Company’s operating leases is as follows (in thousands):


	Classification in Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Assets
Operating lease ROU assets	Other assets	$	136,252	$	165,969
Finance lease ROU assets	Fixed assets, net	$	2,893	$	—
Liabilities
Operating lease liabilities	Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities	$	166,220	$	190,207
Finance lease liabilities	Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities	$	2,985	$	—


	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Weighted-average remaining lease term
Operating leases (years)	10.8		10.5
Finance leases (years)	4.7		0
Weighted-average discount rate
Operating leases	4.9	%	4.9	%
Finance leases	3.1	%	—	%

The components of lease expense are as follows (in thousands):


		Year Ended December 31,
	Classification in Consolidated Statements of Operations	2021		2020
Operating lease cost1	Occupancy and equipment	$	41,442	$	43,726
Finance lease cost
Amortization on ROU assets	Occupancy and equipment	$	146	$	—
Interest on lease liabilities	Interest expense	$	21	$	—

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1The Company recorded operating lease costs related to the Insurance brokerage business of $3.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Short-term lease expense is not material.

The following table shows the Company’s maturity analysis of its operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2021 (in thousands):


	December 31, 2021
	Operating leases		Finance leases
2022	$	32,288	$	657
2023	28,318		657
2024	23,433		657
2025	19,014		657
2026	15,670		499
Thereafter	103,214		—
Total	$	221,937	$	3,127
Interest	(55,717)		(142)
Total	$	166,220	$	2,985

The following table shows cash flow information related to lease liabilities (in thousands):


	Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2020
Cash paid for obligations included in the measurement of lease liabilities1	$	37,085	$	37,552
Cash paid for obligations included in the measurement of finance lease liabilities	$	157	$	—

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1The Company made payments for operating lease liabilities related to the Insurance brokerage business of $3.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.