v3.26.1
Goodwill and Intangible Assets
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Goodwill and Intangible Assets

NOTE 8 – Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The carrying amount of goodwill and intangible assets attributable to each of our reporting segments is presented in the following table (in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

 

Adjustments

 

 

Write-off

 

 

March 31, 2026

 

Goodwill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global Wealth Management

 

$

351,708

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

351,708

 

Institutional Group

 

 

1,112,150

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,112,150

 

Total goodwill

 

$

1,463,858

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,463,858

 

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

 

Adjustments

 

 

Amortization

 

 

March 31, 2026

 

Intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global Wealth Management

 

$

26,287

 

 

$

 

 

$

(972

)

 

$

25,315

 

Institutional Group

 

 

81,758

 

 

 

(57

)

 

 

(9,576

)

 

 

72,125

 

Total intangible assets

 

$

108,045

 

 

$

(57

)

 

$

(10,548

)

 

$

97,440

 

Amortizable intangible assets consist of acquired customer relationships, trade names, acquired technology, non-compete agreements, and investment banking backlog that are amortized over their contractual or determined useful lives. Intangible assets as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

March 31, 2026

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

 

 

Gross
Carrying
Value

 

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

 

Gross
Carrying
Value

 

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Customer relationships

 

$

215,023

 

 

$

131,432

 

 

$

215,249

 

 

$

128,575

 

Investment banking backlog

 

 

30,413

 

 

 

26,787

 

 

 

30,413

 

 

 

21,221

 

Trade names

 

 

28,796

 

 

 

23,544

 

 

 

28,796

 

 

 

23,267

 

Acquired technology

 

 

19,903

 

 

 

16,637

 

 

 

19,903

 

 

 

15,141

 

Non-compete agreements

 

 

10,929

 

 

 

9,224

 

 

 

10,929

 

 

 

9,041

 

Total intangible assets

 

$

305,064

 

 

$

207,624

 

 

$

305,290

 

 

$

197,245

 

Amortization expense related to intangible assets was $10.5 million and $5.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and is included in other operating expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

The weighted-average remaining lives of the following intangible assets at March 31, 2026, are: customer relationships, 8.5 years; trade names, 5.3 years; non-compete agreements, 2.8 years; acquired technology, 8.0 years; and investment banking backlog, 0.2 years. We have an intangible asset that is not subject to amortization and is, therefore, not included in the table below. As of March 31, 2026, we expect amortization expense in future periods to be as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal year

 

 

 

Remainder of 2026

 

$

16,510

 

2027

 

 

14,479

 

2028

 

 

13,157

 

2029

 

 

12,383

 

2030

 

 

10,199

 

Thereafter

 

 

28,594

 

Total amortizable intangible assets

 

$

95,322