Leases

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

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 $14,069 and $27,497 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, and $12,769 and $25,609 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, and variable lease cost, which principally include costs for real estate taxes, common area maintenance and other operating expenses of $1,703 and $2,889 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, and $1,744 and $3,644 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively.

In conjunction with the lease of office space, the Company has entered into letters of credit in the amount of $5,693 and $5,637 as of June 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 $1,335 and $2,785 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, and $1,258 and $2,501 for the three and six months ended June 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 $27,953 and $30,201 for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, related to its operating leases, which was net of cash received from lease incentives of $621 and $332 for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Other information as it relates to the Company's operating leases is as follows:


	For the Three Months Ended June 30,				For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023		2022		2023			2022
New Right-of-Use Assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities	$	137,722	$	1,585	$	157,629		$	7,192


					June 30, 2023			June 30, 2022
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases					11.0 years			10.7 years
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases					4.44		%	3.91		%

In May 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 six months ended June 30, 2023 includes $135,602 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 June 30, 2023, the maturities of the undiscounted operating lease liabilities for which the Company has commenced use are as follows:


2023 (July 1 through December 31)	$	22,372
2024	45,374
2025	62,046
2026	59,914
2027	47,119
Thereafter	361,326
Total lease payments	598,151
Less: Tenant Improvement Allowances	(8,834)
Less: Imputed Interest	(134,905)
Present value of lease liabilities	454,412
Less: Current lease liabilities	(32,944)
Long-term lease liabilities	$	421,468

In conjunction with the lease agreement to expand its headquarters at 55 East 52nd St., New York, New York, and lease agreements at certain other locations, the Company entered into leases primarily for office space 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 it will take possession of these spaces by the end of 2023. These spaces will have lease terms of 1 to 13 years once the Company has taken possession. The additional future payments under these arrangements are $36,669 as of June 30, 2023.