Impact of Accounting Standards and Interpretations

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Sep. 30, 2015

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]

Impact of Accounting Standards and Interpretations

Impact of Accounting Standards and Interpretations

In June 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued ASU 2014-12, “Compensation — Stock Compensation (Topic 718) — Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period,” which applies to all entities that grant their employees share-based payments in which the terms of the award provide that a performance target that affects vesting could be achieved after the requisite service period.  The amendments in this update require that a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition.  As such, the performance target should not be reflected in estimating the grant date fair value of the award.  The amendments in ASU 2014-12 are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015 and may be applied either prospectively to all awards granted or modified after the effective date, or retrospectively to all awards with performance targets that are outstanding as of the beginning of the earliest annual period presented in the financial statements and to all new or modified awards thereafter.  Early adoption is permitted. The terms of our share-based payment awards currently do not provide that a performance target that affects vesting could be achieved after the requisite service period. Therefore, this guidance is not expected to have an impact on our financial condition or results of operations.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, “Interest — Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30) — Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs,” which requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs are not affected by the amendments in this update. Therefore this guidance will not have an impact on our financial condition or results of operations. The amendments in ASU 2015-03 are effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015, and must be adopted on a retrospective basis. Early adoption is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. At September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, our debt issuance costs are presented as a direct reduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability in the consolidated statements of financial condition.