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Application of Recent Accounting Pronouncements
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]  
Application of Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Application of Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recently adopted accounting pronouncements

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, Compensation-Stock Compensation: Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. The new guidance is effective for the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years, and requires a modified retrospective, a retrospective or a prospective transition approach depending upon the type of change. The new guidance changed several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment award transactions, including: (i) income tax consequences when awards vest or are settled; (ii) classification of awards as either equity or liabilities due to statutory tax withholding requirements; and (iii) classification on the statement of cash flows. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

Future adoption of new accounting pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within those years. Early adoption is permitted. The guidance may be applied retrospectively for all periods presented or retrospectively with a cumulative-effect adjustment at the date of adoption. The Company expects to utilize the modified retrospective adoption and recognize the cumulative effect of initially adopting the standard, if any, as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings at the date of adoption. The new guidance will supersede nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP; however, it will not impact the accounting for insurance and investment contracts within the scope of financial services insurance, leases, financial instruments and guarantees. The core principle of the model requires that an entity recognizes revenue for the transfer of goods or services equal to the amount that it expects to be entitled to receive for those goods or services. The update also requires increased disclosure about the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts.

The Company’s implementation efforts are primarily focused on certain fee income earned from assets under management, assets under administration, shareholder servicing, administration and recordkeeping services, and investment advisory services as well as the evaluation of certain incremental costs to obtain a customer contract. The Company anticipates that the adoption of this update will primarily impact the accounting for certain contract cost and contract fulfillment costs, which are currently expensed as incurred. Under the new standard, these costs will be deferred and recognized as expenses over the expected customer life. While the Company continues to make progress in its assessment and implementation of this update, it has not yet determined a range of the potential quantitative impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years.  Early adoption is permitted for the instrument-specific credit risk provision. The amendments in this update address certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure of financial instruments by requiring equity investments (except those accounted for under the equity method of accounting) to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income, eliminating certain disclosure requirements related to financial instruments measured at amortized cost and adding disclosures related to the measurement categories of financial assets and financial liabilities, requiring entities to present separately in other comprehensive income the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk (i.e. “own credit”) when the entity has elected the fair value option for financial instruments, and clarifying that an entity should evaluate the need for a valuation allowance on a deferred tax asset related to available-for-sale securities in combination with the entity’s other deferred tax assets.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this update on its condensed consolidated financial statements and anticipates the primary impact to be the requirement for equity investments such as limited partnership interests, that are currently accounted for under the cost method, to be measured at fair value with changes in the fair value recognized in net income.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those annual periods. Earlier application is permitted as of the beginning of an interim or annual period. This update requires organizations to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet with lease terms of more than 12 months and also disclose certain qualitative and quantitative information about leasing arrangements. The Company’s implementation efforts are primarily focused on the review of its existing lease contracts and performing a completeness assessment over the lease population. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this update on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments: Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. This update amends guidance on the impairment of financial instruments by adding an impairment model that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses and is intended to result in more timely recognition of losses. The standard also simplifies the accounting by decreasing the number of credit impairment models that an entity can use to account for debt instruments. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this update on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows: Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force), effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. This ASU addresses diversity in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this update on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows: Restricted Cash (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force), effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. This update requires organizations to show the changes in the total of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this update on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other, effective for annual or any interim goodwill impairment tests after December 15, 2019.  Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The update eliminates Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test and will require management to perform its goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount.  Any amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value (not to exceed the goodwill allocated to that reporting unit) is recognized as an impairment charge.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this update on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-07, Compensation-Retirement Benefits: Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost, effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those annual periods. Earlier application is permitted for all entities as of the beginning of an interim or annual period. This update requires organizations to disaggregate the service cost component from the other components of net benefit costs in the income statement and present it with other current compensation costs for the related employees and present while providing guidance for capitalization eligibility for service costs. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this update in its condensed consolidated financial statements.