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Other Income
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Other Income [Abstract]  
Other Income

9. Other Income

The components of other income for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017, and 2016 were:





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Year-Ended December 31,



 

2018

 

2017

 

2016



 

(in millions)

Market data fees1

 

$

46 

 

$

39 

 

$

35 

Risk exposure fees1

 

 

26 

 

 

24 

 

 

19 

Payments for order flow1

 

 

21 

 

 

15 

 

 

14 

Minimum activity fees1

 

 

23 

 

 

20 

 

 

18 

Other brokerage related fees

 

 

25 

 

 

13 

 

 

10 

Gains on financial instruments, at fair value and other investments, net

 

 

24 

 

 

 

 

35 

Gains (losses) from currency diversification strategy, net

 

 

(19)

 

 

110 

 

 

(40)

Other, net

 

 

12 

 

 

110 

 

 



 

$

158 

 

$

332 

 

$

94 




(1)

See Note 8 for description of these revenues.



Other brokerage related fees include FDIC sweep fees, order routing fees, IPO concession fees and other miscellaneous fees charged to our customers. Gains on financial instruments, at fair value and other investments, net include (1) realized and unrealized gains and losses on financial instruments that (a) are held for purposes other than the Company’s market making activities, (b) are subject to restrictions, or (c) are accounted for under the equity method and (2) dividends on investments accounted at cost less impairment. For the year ended December 31, 2017, other, net includes a gain on the sale of the Company’s U.S. options market making operations to Two Sigma Securities, LLC of $11 million, reflecting the recovery of exit costs, and a $93 million gain from the remeasurement of the Tax Receivable Agreement liability as a result of the Tax Act (see Note 4 and Note 11).