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Goodwill and Intangible Assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Goodwill and Intangible Assets  
Goodwill and Intangible Assets

NOTE 11. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

        The following table sets forth the roll-forward of goodwill for the years ending December 31, 2013 and 2012:

Goodwill

(In thousands)
  Segment
MBS & Rates(1)
  Segment
Inv. Banking(1)
  Total  

Goodwill

                   

Balance at December 31, 2011

  $ 17,364   $ 3,732   $ 21,096  

Impairment of goodwill

    (17,364 )   (3,732 )   (21,096 )

RangeMark acquisition

    1,212         1,212  
               

Balance at December 31, 2012

  $ 1,212   $   $ 1,212  

RangeMark disposition—Impairment

    (1,212 )       (1,212 )
               

Balance at December 31, 2013

  $   $   $  
               
               

(1)
Discontinued operations

        On November 7, 2012, a subsidiary of the Company acquired certain assets and assumed certain liabilities from RangeMark Financial Services, Inc. and certain of its affiliates and other parties, in exchange for purchase consideration of $2.5 million, payable in four installments commencing on September 30, 2013 through March 31, 2015. This transaction resulted in the recognition of approximately $1.2 million of goodwill. In the second quarter of 2013, the Company determined that this goodwill was fully impaired as a result of the Company's exit from its Fixed Income businesses. The impairment of the RangeMark goodwill (and intangible assets) was substantially offset against the unpaid purchase consideration and therefore had an insignificant impact to the Company's results of operations during the year ended December 31, 2013.

        During the second quarter of 2012, the Company performed an interim goodwill impairment test which was triggered as a result of the Company's market capitalization trading at levels significantly below book value during the three months ended June 30, 2012. The Company determined that all of its then remaining goodwill of approximately $21.1 million had been impaired, due to the duration and severity of the decline in the Company's stock price in relation to its book value.

Intangible Assets

(In thousands)
  December 31,
2013
  December 31,
2012
 

Intangible assets (amortizable):

             

MBS & Rates segment—Customer relationships

             

Gross carrying amount

  $ 641   $ 641  

Accumulated amortization

    (476 )   (463 )

Impairment of intangible asset—second quarter of 2013

    (165 )    
           

Net carrying amount

        178  
           

RangeMark—Intellectual Property

             

Gross carrying amount

    1,050     1,050  

Accumulated amortization

    (87 )   (35 )

Impairment of intangible asset—second quarter of 2013

    (963 )    
           

Net carrying amount

        1,015  
           

RangeMark—Trade Name

             

Gross carrying amount

    480     480  

Accumulated amortization

    (20 )   (8 )

Impairment of intangible asset—second quarter of 2013

    (460 )    
           

Net carrying amount

        472  
           

Credit Products segment—Customer relationships

             

Gross carrying amount

    795     795  

Accumulated amortization

    (795 )   (768 )
           

Net carrying amount

        27  
           

Investment Banking segment—Trade name

             

Gross carrying amount

    4,066     4,066  

Accumulated amortization

    (1,134 )   (1,057 )

Impairment of intangible asset—second quarter of 2013

    (2,932 )    
           

Net carrying amount

        3,009  
           

ClearPoint segment—Customer relationships

             

Gross carrying amount

    803     803  

Accumulated amortization

    (216 )   (201 )

Impairment of intangible asset—first quarter of 2013

    (587 )    
           

Net carrying amount

        602  
           

Total Intangible assets

  $   $ 5,303  
           
           

        The intangible assets of the Investment Banking and Fixed Income businesses were fully impaired in connection with the Company's exit from these businesses during the second quarter of 2013. During the first quarter of 2013, the Company determined that the ClearPoint customer relationship intangible asset was fully impaired as a result of the Homeward Transaction. These impairment charges have been classified as part of discontinued operations. As previously mentioned, the impairment of the RangeMark intangible assets (and goodwill) were substantially offset against the unpaid purchase consideration and therefore had an insignificant impact to the Company's results of operations for the second quarter of 2013.