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Strategic Investments (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items] |
Schedule of summary of recorded value and fair value of strategic investments | The table below summarizes the recorded value and fair value of each of these strategic investments at the dates indicated. The fair values of Albemarle & Bond as of March 31, 2013 and Cash Converters International as of March 31, 2014 and 2013 as well as September 30, 2013 are considered Level 1 estimates within the fair value hierarchy of FASB ASC 820-10-50, and were calculated as (a) the quoted stock price on each company’s principal market multiplied by (b) the number of shares we owned multiplied by (c) the applicable foreign currency exchange rate at the dates indicated. We included no control premium by owning a large percentage of outstanding shares. The fair value for Albemarle & Bond at March 31, 2014 is considered a Level 2 estimate within the fair value hierarchy of FASB ASC 820-10-50. We calculated the fair value based on (a) the last known stock price after all active trading was suspended on March 21, 2014 and (b) Albemarle & Bond's announcement of limited, if any, value available to the ordinary shares of its stock, which was considered to be an unobservable input insignificant to the overall determination of the Albemarle & Bond fair value. The fair value for Albemarle & Bond at September 30, 2013 is considered a Level 2 estimate within the fair value hierarchy of FASB ASC 820-10-50. We calculated the fair value based on (a) the quoted average stock price of Albemarle & Bond over the two week period subsequent to the October announcement multiplied by (b) the number of shares we owned multiplied by (c) the applicable foreign currency exchange rate as of the dates indicated during the post September 30, 2013 measurement date. We believe this measurement date allowed the market to react and adjust to the information released by Albemarle & Bond the first week of October 2013, as previously mentioned, and therefore resulted in a reasonable fair value as of September 30, 2013.
| March 31, |  | September 30,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2013
| (in thousands of U.S. dollars)
Albemarle & Bond: |  |  |  |  |
Recorded value | $ | — |  |  | $ | 53,053 |  |  | $ | 9,439 |
Fair value | — |  |  | 54,103 |  |  | 9,439 |
Cash Converters International: |  |  |  |  |
Recorded value | $ | 88,685 |  |  | $ | 94,179 |  |  | $ | 87,645 |
Fair value | 121,478 |  |  | 208,110 |  |  | 165,663 |
Cash Converters International Limited [Member] |
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items] |
Summary of financial information | The following table presents summary financial information for Cash Converters International’s most recently reported results after translation to U.S. dollars (using the exchange rate as of December 31 of each year for balance sheet items and average exchange rates for the income statement items for the periods indicated):
| As of December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012
| (in thousands)
Current assets | $ | 202,735 |  |  | $ | 169,739 |
Non-current assets | 148,010 |  |  | 141,258 |
Total assets | $ | 350,745 |  |  | $ | 310,997 |
Current liabilities | $ | 77,263 |  |  | $ | 38,735 |
Non-current liabilities | 52,522 |  |  | 31,591 |
Shareholders’ equity: |  |  |
Equity attributable to owners of the parent | 224,026 |  |  | 240,671 |
Non-controlling interest | (3,065 | ) |  | — |
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity | $ | 350,746 |  |  | $ | 310,997 |
| Six Months Ended December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012
| (in thousands)
Gross revenues | $ | 143,517 |  |  | $ | 140,123 |
Gross profit | 91,605 |  |  | 95,149 |
Profit for the period attributable to: |  |  |
Owners of the parent | $ | 9,103 |  |  | $ | 19,143 |
Noncontrolling interest | (2,417 | ) |  | — |

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