Cash Flow Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]

Cash Flow Information

NOTE 18 – CASH FLOW INFORMATION

The following table shows supplemental cash flow information for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016:

	2018		2017		2016
Cash paid for interest	$	125	$	90	$	75
Cash paid for taxes	$	10	$	10	$	12
Non-cash activities:
Issuance of general partnership interests through    partnership loans in current year	$	170	$	142	$	146
Repayment of partnership loans through distributions    from partnership capital in current year	$	135	$	111	$	98
Declared distributions for retired partnership capital    in current year but paid after year end(1)	$	97	$	—	$	—

(1) Declared distributions for retired partnership capital are included in the accounts payable, accrued expenses and other line of the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition.

The following table reconciles certain line items on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition to the cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash balance on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016:

	2018		2017		2016
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,498	$	846	$	1,047
Cash and investments segregated under federal regulations		8,241		10,099		12,680
Less: Investments segregated under federal regulations		1,002		2,408		4,155
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	8,737	$	8,537	$	9,572

Restricted cash represents cash segregated in special reserve bank accounts for the benefit of U.S. clients pursuant to the Customer Protection Rule 15c3-3 under the Exchange Act.