Fair Value Of Financial Instruments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Fair Value Of Financial Instruments [Abstract]

Fair Value Of Financial Instruments

Note 16 – Fair Value Measurements

ASC 820,  Fair Value Measurementestablishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value.  The statement requires that assets and liabilities carried at fair value be classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:

· Level 1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities

· Level 2: Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets

· Level 3: Valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable

The following tables summarize our financial assets and financial liabilities carried and measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, by level within the fair value hierarchy.

	Fair Value Measurement at September 30, 2015
(Dollars in thousands)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets
Investments	$	43	$	-	$	-	$	43
Derivatives		-		4		-		4
Liabilities
Derivatives		-		(1,482)		-		(1,482)
Total recorded at fair value	$	43	$	(1,478)	$	-	$	(1,435)

	Fair Value Measurement at December 31, 2014
(Dollars in thousands)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets
Investments	$	54	$	-	$	-	$	54
Derivatives		-		-		-		-
Liabilities
Derivatives		-		(2,177)				(2,177)
Total recorded at fair value	$	54	$	(2,177)	$	-	$	(2,123)

The following tables summarize our financial liabilities that are carried at cost and measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, by level within the fair value hierarchy.

			Fair Value Measurement at September 30, 2015
(Dollars in thousands)	Carrying Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Notes payable	$	117,805	$	-	$	-	$	116,740	$	116,740
Subordinated debt		27,913		-		-		13,166		13,166
	$	145,718	$	-	$	-	$	129,906	$	129,906

			Fair Value Measurement at December 31, 2014
(Dollars in thousands)	Carrying Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Notes payable	$	136,123	$	-	$	-	$	116,115	$	116,115
Subordinated debt		27,913		-		-		10,196		10,196
	$	164,036	$	-	$	-	$	126,311	$	126,311

Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used to estimate the fair value of our financial assets and liabilities. There have been nochanges in the methodologies used at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

Level 1 investments in marketable securitiesprimarily consist of investments associated with the ownership of marketable securities in U.S. and New Zealand. These investments arevalued based on observable market quotes on the last trading date of the reporting period.

Level 2 derivative financial instruments are valued based on discounted cash flow models that incorporate observable inputs such as interest rates and yield curves from the derivative counterparties. The credit valuation adjustments associated with our non-performance risk and counterparty credit risk are incorporated in the fair value estimates of our derivatives.  As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, we concluded that the credit valuation adjustments were not significant to the overall valuation of our derivatives.  

Level 3 borrowings include our secured and unsecured notes payable, trust preferred securities and other debt instruments.  The borrowings are valued based on discounted cash flow models that incorporate appropriate market discount rates. We calculated the market discount rate by obtaining period-end treasury rates for fixed-rate debt, or LIBOR for variable-rate debt, for maturities that correspond to the maturities of our debt, adding appropriate credit spreads derived from information obtained from third-party financial institutions.  These credit spreads take into account factors such as our credit rate,  debt maturity,  types of borrowings, and the loan-to-value ratios of the debt.  

The Company’s financial instruments also include cash, cash equivalents, receivables and account payable.  The carrying values of these financial instruments approximate the fair values. Additionally, there were no transfers of assets and liabilities between levels 1, 2, or 3 during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and September 30, 2014.