Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedules of intangible assets and goodwill

The following is a summary of the activity in the other intangible assets balance for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 (in millions):

Other intangible assets balance at January 1, 2013	$	799
Acquisitions	8,570
Foreign currency translation	30
Amortization of other intangible assets	(76		)
Other intangible assets balance at December 31, 2013	9,323
Acquisitions	125
Foreign currency translation	(38		)
De-consolidation of Euronext and NYSE Technologies (Note 16)	(1,479		)
Amortization of other intangible assets	(151		)
Other intangible assets balance at December 31, 2014	$	7,780

The following is a summary of the activity in the goodwill balance for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 (in millions):

Goodwill balance at January 1, 2013	$	1,938
Acquisitions	7,231
Foreign currency translation	20
Goodwill balance at December 31, 2013	9,189
Acquisitions	461
Foreign currency translation	(43		)
De-consolidation of Euronext and NYSE Technologies (Note 16)	(1,071		)
Other activity, net	(1		)
Goodwill balance at December 31, 2014	$	8,535

Other intangible assets and the related accumulated amortization consisted of the following as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 (in millions, except years):

	As of December 31,						Useful Life (Years)
	2014			2013
Customer relationships	$	1,254		$	1,407		3 to 25
Russell licensing rights	184			184			10
Trading products with finite lives	262			262			20
Non-compete agreements	34			34			1 to 5
Technology	211			180			2.5 to 11
Other	19			11			1 to 5
	1,964			2,078
Less accumulated amortization	(568		)	(406		)
Total finite-lived intangible assets, net	1,396			1,672
Exchange registrations, licenses and contracts with indefinite lives	6,096			7,329
Trade names with indefinite lives	280			312
Other	8			10
Total indefinite-lived intangible assets	6,384			7,651
Total other intangible assets, net	$	7,780		$	9,323

Intangible assets, expected future amortization expense

expect future amortization expense from the finite-lived intangible assets as of December 31, 2014 to be as follows (in millions):

2015	$	152
2016	145
2017	107
2018	93
2019	85
Thereafter	814
	$	1,396