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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Resale and Repurchase Agreements
A resale agreement is a transaction in which the firm
purchases financial instruments from a seller, typically in
exchange for cash, and simultaneously enters into an
agreement to resell the same or substantially the same
financial instruments to the seller at a stated price plus
accrued interest at a future date.
A repurchase agreement is a transaction in which the firm
sells financial instruments to a buyer, typically in exchange
for cash, and simultaneously enters into an agreement to
repurchase the same or substantially the same financial
instruments from the buyer at a stated price plus accrued
interest at a future date.
The financial instruments purchased or sold in resale
and repurchase agreements typically include U.S.
government and federal agency, and investment-grade
sovereign obligations.
The firm receives financial instruments purchased under
resale agreements, makes delivery of financial instruments
sold under repurchase agreements, monitors the market
value of these financial instruments on a daily basis, and
delivers or obtains additional collateral due to changes in
the market value of the financial instruments, as
appropriate. For resale agreements, the firm typically
requires delivery of collateral with a fair value
approximately equal to the carrying value of the relevant
assets in the consolidated statements of financial condition.
Even though repurchase and resale agreements involve the
legal transfer of ownership of financial instruments, they
are accounted for as financing arrangements because they
require the financial instruments to be repurchased or
resold at the maturity of the agreement. However, “repos to
maturity” are accounted for as sales. A repo to maturity is a
transaction in which the firm transfers a security under an
agreement to repurchase the security where the maturity
date of the repurchase agreement matches the maturity date
of the underlying security. Therefore, the firm effectively no
longer has a repurchase obligation and has relinquished
control over the underlying security and, accordingly,
accounts for the transaction as a sale. The firm had no repos
to maturity outstanding as of December 2013 or
December 2012.
Securities Borrowed and Loaned Transactions
In a securities borrowed transaction, the firm borrows
securities from a counterparty in exchange for cash or
securities. When the firm returns the securities, the
counterparty returns the cash or securities. Interest is
generally paid periodically over the life of the transaction.
In a securities loaned transaction, the firm lends securities
to a counterparty typically in exchange for cash or
securities. When the counterparty returns the securities, the
firm returns the cash or securities posted as collateral.
Interest is generally paid periodically over the life of
the transaction.
The firm receives securities borrowed, makes delivery of
securities loaned, monitors the market value of these
securities on a daily basis, and delivers or obtains additional
collateral due to changes in the market value of the
securities, as appropriate. For securities borrowed
transactions, the firm typically requires collateral with a fair
value approximately equal to the carrying value of the
securities borrowed transaction.
Securities borrowed and loaned within Fixed Income,
Currency and Commodities Client Execution are recorded
at fair value under the fair value option. See Note 8 for
further information about securities borrowed and loaned
accounted for at fair value.
Securities borrowed and loaned within Securities Services
are recorded based on the amount of cash collateral
advanced or received plus accrued interest. As these
arrangements generally can be terminated on demand, they
exhibit little, if any, sensitivity to changes in interest rates.
Therefore, the carrying value of such arrangements
approximates fair value. While these arrangements are
carried at amounts that approximate fair value, they are not
accounted for at fair value under the fair value option or at
fair value in accordance with other U.S. GAAP and
therefore are not included in the firm’s fair value hierarchy
in Notes 6, 7 and 8. Had these arrangements been included
in the firm’s fair value hierarchy, they would have been
classified in level 2 as of December 2013 and
December 2012.
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