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Segment Information
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information Segment information
The Company has determined its reportable segments based on the Company's method of internal reporting, which disaggregates its retail business by branch and its proprietary and investment banking businesses by product. The Company evaluates the performance of its segments and allocates resources to them based upon profitability.
The Company's reportable segments are:
Private Client — includes commissions and a proportionate amount of fee income earned on assets under management ("AUM"), net interest earnings on client margin loans and cash balances, fees from money market funds, custodian fees, net contributions from stock loan activities and financing activities, and direct expenses associated with this segment.
Asset Management — includes a proportionate amount of fee income earned on AUM from investment management services of Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. Oppenheimer's asset management divisions employ various programs to manage client assets either in individual accounts or in funds, and includes direct expenses associated with this segment; and
Capital Markets — includes investment banking, institutional equities sales, trading, and research, taxable fixed income sales, trading, and research, public finance and municipal trading, as well as the Company's operations in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Israel, and direct expenses associated with this segment.






The Company does not allocate costs associated with certain infrastructure support groups that are centrally managed for its reportable segments. These areas include, but are not limited to, legal, compliance, operations, accounting, and internal audit. Costs associated with these groups are separately reported in a Corporate/Other category and primarily include compensation and benefits.

The table below presents information about the reported revenue and pre-tax income (loss) of the Company for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019. Asset information by reportable segment is not reported since the Company does not produce such information for internal use by the chief operating decision maker.
(Expressed in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Private client (1)
$
141,825

 
$
161,928

 
$
283,243

 
$
325,455

Asset management (1)
17,515

 
18,622

 
36,791

 
35,208

Capital markets
105,270

 
71,819

 
180,812

 
142,780

Corporate/Other
120

 
(1,434
)
 
(1,346
)
 
(738
)
Total
$
264,730

 
$
250,935

 
$
499,500

 
$
502,705

Pre-Tax Income (Loss)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Private client (1)
$
24,349

 
$
43,416

 
$
57,718

 
$
86,250

Asset management (1)
3,983

 
5,318

 
8,288

 
7,560

Capital markets
22,322

 
(1,801
)
 
22,179

 
(4,448
)
Corporate/Other
(27,390
)
 
(29,542
)
 
(54,698
)
 
(55,919
)
Total
$
23,264

 
$
17,391

 
$
33,487

 
$
33,443

(1)
Clients investing in the OAM advisory program are charged fees based on the value of AUM.
Advisory fees are allocated 10.0% to the Asset Management and 90.0% to the Private Client
segments.

Revenue, classified by the major geographic areas in which it was earned, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was:
(Expressed in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
 
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Americas
$
249,093

 
$
242,464

 
$
469,898

 
$
485,863

Europe/Middle East
13,757

 
7,666

 
26,124

 
15,335

Asia
1,880

 
805

 
3,478

 
1,507

Total
$
264,730

 
$
250,935

 
$
499,500

 
$
502,705