6. Investments, Carried at Cost

The following table sets forth the Company’s investments, carried at cost:


	June 30, 2017		December 31, 2016
AdvisorEngine Inc.	$	25,000	$	20,000
Tradeworx, Inc.		6,909		—

Total	$	31,909	$	20,000

AdvisorEngine Inc.

On November 18, 2016, the Company made a $20,000 strategic investment in AdvisorEngine Inc. (“AdvisorEngine”), an end-to-end wealth management platform which enables individual customization of investment philosophies. The Company and AdvisorEngine also entered into an agreement whereby the Company’s asset allocation models are made available through AdvisorEngine’s open architecture platform and the Company actively introduces the platform to its distribution network. In consideration of its investment, the Company received 11,811,856 shares of Series A convertible preferred shares (“Series A Preferred”).

The Series A Preferred is convertible into common stock at the option of the Company and contains various rights and protections including a non-cumulative 6.0% dividend, payable if and when declared by the board of directors, and a liquidation preference that is senior to all other holders of capital stock of AdvisorEngine.

On April 27, 2017, the Company invested an additional $5,000 in AdvisorEngine to help facilitate AdvisorEngine’s acquisition of Kredible Technologies, Inc., a technology enabled, research-driven practice management firm designed to help advisors acquire new clients, and to continue to fuel AdvisorEngine’s growth, leadership and innovation in the advisor solutions space. The Company received 2,646,062 shares of Series A-1 convertible preferred stock which has substantially the same terms as the Series A Preferred.

The Company’s aggregate equity ownership interest in AdvisorEngine is approximately 47% (or 41% on a fully-diluted basis). The investment is accounted for under the cost method of accounting as it is not considered to be in-substance common stock and is assessed for impairment on a quarterly basis. No impairment existed at June 30, 2017 or December 31, 2016.

Tradeworx

On June 20, 2017, the Company was issued 7,797,533 newly authorized shares of Series Y preferred stock (“Series Y Preferred”) of Tradeworx in connection with the resolution of a dispute related to the Company’s ownership stake in Tradeworx (See Note 8). The Series Y Preferred represents ownership of 19.99% of Tradeworx on a fully diluted basis (excluding certain reserved shares). In addition, the Company was issued a warrant to purchase 3,898,766 shares of Series Y Preferred.

The Series Y Preferred ranks pari passu in priority with Tradeworx’s current preferred stockholders, has a liquidation preference of $0.231 per share, contains various rights and protections and is convertible into common stock at the option of the Company. The warrant is exercisable for five years after closing, at varying exercise prices that increase over time and set at multiples of a pre-determined Tradeworx valuation (or new valuation if Tradeworx completes a qualified financing, as defined, within two years). If a claim is brought against Tradeworx or the Company relating to the settlement, the warrant will be exercisable for 100% of the number of shares of Series Y Preferred issued to the Company at closing.

The Company recorded the Series Y Preferred at its fair value of $6,909 (See Note 4). The Series Y Preferred is not considered to be in-substance common stock and is therefore accounted for under the cost method of accounting and is assessed for impairment on a quarterly basis. The fair value of the warrant was determined to be insignificant. The warrant is not accounted for as a derivative as it cannot be net settled and is not readily convertible to cash.