ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS	6 Months Ended
ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS	Jun. 30, 2024
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ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS	ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS B. Riley Financial, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) provide investment banking, brokerage, wealth management, asset management, direct lending, business advisory, valuation, and asset disposition services to a broad client base spanning public and private companies, financial sponsors, investors, financial institutions, legal and professional services firms, and individuals. The Company also has a portfolio of communication related businesses that provide consumer Internet access and cloud communication services and owns Tiger US Holdings Inc. (“Targus”), which designs and sells laptop and computer accessories. During the fourth quarter of 2023, management reassessed the Company's previously reported Consumer segment due to organizational changes and financial information provided to the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”). These changes resulted in Targus's operations being reported on a stand-alone basis in the Consumer Products segment and the operations related to brand licensing that were previously reported in the Consumer segment being reported in the All Other Category that is reported with Corporate and Other. As a result of the changes, the Company has recast the financial data for the Consumer Products segment and reporting of the All Other Category for all periods presented. The Company operates in six reportable operating segments: (i) Capital Markets, through which the Company provides investment banking, corporate finance, securities lending, restructuring, research, sales and trading services to corporate and institutional clients; (ii) Wealth Management, through which the Company provides wealth management and tax services to corporate and high-net-worth clients; (iii) Auction and Liquidation, through which the Company provides auction and liquidation services to help clients dispose of assets that include multi-location retail inventory, wholesale inventory, trade fixtures, machinery and equipment, intellectual property and real property; (iv) Financial Consulting, through which the Company provides bankruptcy, financial advisory, forensic accounting, real estate consulting and valuation and appraisal services; (v) Communications, through which the Company provides consumer Internet access and related subscription services, cloud communication services, and mobile phone voice, text, and data services and devices; and (vi) Consumer Products, which generates revenue through sales of laptop and computer accessories. Liquidity On February 29, 2024, the Company announced that an independent financial advisor was engaged to assist in the review of strategic alternatives for the Appraisal and Valuation Services, and Retail, Wholesale & Industrial Solutions businesses (collectively formerly known as “Great American Group”), which could include a potential sale or other transaction. As part of this process, the Company anticipated that proceeds may be used in a variety of ways including, among other things, de-levering our balance sheet. A solicitation process for the strategic review began in April 2024. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company incurred a net loss of $(482,769) which is primarily related to fair value adjustments totaling $391,754 related to the Company’s equity investment in Freedom VCM Holdings, LLC and the loan to Vintage Capital Management, LLC which are included in the asset collateral pool securing the Company’s credit facility with Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC (“Nomura”). As more fully described in Note 10 – Terms Loans and Revolving Credit Facility, the Company entered into a loan amendment in September 2024 to the credit facility with Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC, which requires the Company to reduce the principal amount of the term loan to be no greater than $100,000 on or prior to September 30, 2025. In conjunction with the amendment, the Company made a principal payment of $85,146 thereby reducing the outstanding principal balance on the credit facility from $469,750 to $388,127. After amending the credit facility, the strategic review process continued and in October 2024, the Company entered into a secured financing transaction for it’s brand operations and brand’s equity investments receiving proceeds of $189,331, see Note 21 Subsequent Events. From these proceeds, the Company repaid $171,480 on the Nomura credit facility reducing the outstanding principal balance from $388,127 to $216,647. In November 2024, the Company also entered into a transaction whereby all of its interests in the Great American Group businesses was contributed to a newly formed subsidiary and issued preferred and common units to an investor for a purchase price of approximately $203,000 (the “Great American Group Transaction”), see Note 21 – Subsequent Events. In connection with such transaction, the Company used proceeds to further reduce the outstanding balance on the Nomura credit facility from $216,647 to $125,000. The Company believes that the current cash and cash equivalents, securities and other investments owned, funds available under our credit facilities, and cash expected to be generated from operating activities will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next 12 months from issuance date of the accompanying financial statements.