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Leases
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Leases [Abstract]  
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Operating Leases – The Company leases office space under non-cancelable lease agreements, which expire on various dates through 2035. The Company reflects lease expense over the lease terms on a straight-line basis. The lease terms include options to extend the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. Occupancy lease agreements, in addition to base rentals, generally are subject to escalation provisions based on certain costs incurred by the landlord. The Company does not have any leases with variable lease payments. Occupancy and Equipment Rental on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations includes operating lease cost for office space of $14,320 and $41,817 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, and $13,148 and $38,757 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, and variable lease cost, which principally include costs for real estate taxes, common area maintenance and other operating expenses of $1,545 and $4,434 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, and $1,781 and $5,425 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively.
In conjunction with the lease of office space, the Company has entered into letters of credit in the amount of $5,725 and $5,637 as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, which are secured by cash that is included in Other Assets on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition.
The Company has entered into various operating leases for the use of office equipment (primarily computers, printers, copiers and other information technology related equipment). Occupancy and Equipment Rental on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations includes operating lease cost for office equipment of $1,416 and $4,201 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, and $1,205 and $3,706 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively.
The Company uses its secured incremental borrowing rate to determine the present value of its right-of-use assets and lease liabilities. The determination of an appropriate incremental borrowing rate requires significant assumptions and judgment. The Company's incremental borrowing rate was calculated based on the Company's recent debt issuances and current market conditions. The Company scales the rates appropriately depending on the life of the leases.
The Company incurred net operating cash outflows of $37,282 and $44,718 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, related to its operating leases, which was net of cash received from lease incentives of $3,056 and $867 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Other information as it relates to the Company's operating leases is as follows:
For the Three Months Ended September 30, For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
2023202220232022
New Right-of-Use Assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities$24,889 $4,538 $182,504 $11,743 
September 30, 2023September 30, 2022
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases10.9 years10.6 years
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases4.54 %3.91 %
In the second and third quarters of 2023, the Company's lease for certain floors at 55 East 52nd St., New York, New York commenced. The lease term will end on December 31, 2035. New Right-of-Use Assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities above for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 includes $20,773 and $156,375, respectively, related to this space. In December 2022, the Company entered into a lease agreement to take on 38 rentable square feet in New York, New York. The Company's lease of this space commenced in January 2023 and the lease term will end on December 31, 2035.
As of September 30, 2023, the maturities of the undiscounted operating lease liabilities for which the Company has commenced use are as follows:
2023 (October 1 through December 31)$11,224 
202446,882 
202566,150 
202663,555 
202750,079 
Thereafter387,056 
Total lease payments624,946 
Less: Tenant Improvement Allowances(10,311)
Less: Imputed Interest(141,505)
Present value of lease liabilities473,130 
Less: Current lease liabilities(34,984)
Long-term lease liabilities$438,146 
The Company has entered into certain lease agreements which have not yet commenced and thus are not yet included on the Company's Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition as right-of-use assets and lease liabilities. The Company anticipates that these leases will commence by the end of 2023 and will have lease terms of 1 to 3 years once they have commenced. The additional future payments under these arrangements are $197 as of September 30, 2023.
In conjunction with its lease agreements at 55 East 52nd St., New York, New York, the Company has an option, subject to definitive documentation, to take on an additional three floors, which it exercised during October 2023. The Company anticipates that it will take possession of this space by the end of 2024 and the lease term will end on December 31, 2035.