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Note 8 - Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements |
Other Assets Disclosure [Text Block] |
8. | Prepaid expenses and other assets
|  |  | As at December 31, |
|  |  | 2020 |  |  |  | 2019 |
Prepaid expenses |  | $ | 35,956 |  |  | $ | 42,826 |
Advisor loans receivable |  |  | 18,571 |  |  |  | 18,448 |
Investments in equity securities |  |  | 3,918 |  |  |  | 10,788 |
Investments in debt securities |  |  | 12,525 |  |  |  | 1,862 |
Deferred Purchase Price (notes 16, 25) |  |  | 87,957 |  |  |  | 69,873 |
Other |  |  | 18,853 |  |  |  | 1,374 |
Prepaid and other assets (Current Assets) |  | $ | 177,780 |  |  | $ | 145,171 |
|  |  | As at December 31, |
|  |  | 2020 |  |  |  | 2019 |
Advisor loans receivable |  | $ | 42,900 |  |  | $ | 48,283 |
Equity method investments |  |  | 11,154 |  |  |  | 5,926 |
Investments in equity securities |  |  | 5,261 |  |  |  | 5,565 |
Investments in debt securities |  |  | 3,948 |  |  |  | 4,189 |
Financing fees, net of accumulated amortization of $4,956 (December 31, 2019 - $3,632) |  |  | 3,751 |  |  |  | 4,469 |
Other |  |  | 7,341 |  |  |  | 1,078 |
Other assets (Non-Current Assets) |  | $ | 74,355 |  |  | $ | 69,510 |
Held to maturity investments Investments in debt securities include held-to-maturity investments current $2,585 and non-current $3,948, both of which are recorded at amortized cost. The amortized cost (carrying value) of these investments approximated fair value. At December 31, 2020, all of these investments mature within 10 years. Investments in equity securities Investments in equity securities (current) include $3,847 ( 2019 - $3,887 ) recorded at fair value (see note 25 ). The remainder of current and non-current investments in equity securities are recorded at fair value following the net asset value practical expedient or recorded at cost less impairment adjusted for observable prices.

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