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TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NYSE: AMTD) has released results for the first quarter of fiscal 2013. The Company gathered record net new client assets of $16 billion – a 13 percent annualized growth rate – up more than 50 percent from the same quarter a year ago.
The Company’s results for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2012 include the following:(1)
- Net income of $147 million, or $0.27 per diluted share
- Record net new client assets of approximately $16 billion, a record annualized growth rate of 13 percent
- Average client trades per day of approximately 334,000, an activity rate of 5.8 percent(2)
- Net revenues of $651 million, 58 percent of which were asset-based
- Record market fee-based revenue of $55 million, up 28 percent year-over-year
- Pre-tax income of $237 million, or 36 percent of net revenues
- EBITDA of $286 million, or 44 percent of net revenues(3)
- Record interest rate sensitive assets(4) of $90 billion, up 14 percent year-over-year
- Client assets of approximately $481 billion
“Record net new client assets of $16 billion and earnings per share of 27 cents is a significant achievement in this environment, and a strong start to our fiscal year,” said Fred Tomczyk, president and chief executive officer. “In the face of continued investor uncertainty, we maintained our strong organic growth momentum and had record sales of guidance and advice solutions, all while keeping our expenses in check.”
“TD Ameritrade continues to benefit from strong organic growth and disciplined management of our balance sheet,” said Bill Gerber, executive vice president and chief financial officer. “Our record organic growth this quarter helped grow interest rate sensitive assets to a record $90 billion, up 14 percent from last year, leaving us even better-positioned for rising interest rates. In addition, market fee-based revenue is up 28 percent year-over-year, driven by our effective referral and sales processes. We remain focused on maintaining our momentum as we move forward.”
Capital Deployment
The Company has declared a $0.09 per
share quarterly cash dividend, payable on Feb. 15, 2013 to all holders
of record of common stock as of Feb. 1, 2013.
“In addition to the quarterly dividend, TD Ameritrade paid down a maturing tranche of debt and issued a special dividend of 50 cents per share in the first quarter,” Tomczyk continued. “Strong cash flow, combined with a clean and stable balance sheet gives us the flexibility to return or deploy capital to the benefit of our shareholders while maintaining our ability to be opportunistic.”
Company Hosts Conference Call
TD Ameritrade will host its
December Quarter conference call this morning, Jan. 22, 2013, at 8:30
a.m. EST (7:30 a.m. CST). Participants may listen to the call by dialing
877-881-2595. The Company will also webcast the conference live at www.amtd.com
and will make all accompanying materials available to participants prior
to the call. A phone replay of the call will be available by dialing
855-859-2056 and entering the Conference ID 75110688 beginning at 11:30
a.m. EST (10:30 a.m. CST) on January 22, 2013.
The Company asks that interested parties visit or subscribe to newsfeeds at www.amtd.com for the most up-to-date corporate financial information, presentation announcements, transcripts and archives. You can also follow the Company on Twitter, @TDAmeritradePR. Web site links, corporate titles and telephone numbers provided in this release, although correct when published, may change in the future.
AMTD-E
About TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
Millions of
investors and independent registered investment advisors (RIAs) have
turned to TD Ameritrade’s (NYSE: AMTD) technology,
people
and education
to help make investing and trading easier to understand and do. Online
or over the phone. In a branch or with an independent RIA. First-timer
or sophisticated trader. Our clients want to take control, and we help
them decide how - bringing Wall Street to Main Street for more than 38
years. TD Ameritrade has time and again been recognized
as a leader in investment services. Please visit the TD Ameritrade newsroom
or www.amtd.com
for more information.
Safe Harbor
This document contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. We intend
these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor
provisions of the federal securities laws. In particular, any
projections regarding our future revenues, expenses, earnings, capital
expenditures, effective tax rates, client trading activity, accounts or
stock price, as well as the assumptions on which such expectations are
based, are forward-looking statements. These statements reflect only our
current expectations and are not guarantees of future performance or
results. These statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions
that could cause actual results or performance to differ materially from
those contained in the forward-looking statements. These risks,
uncertainties and assumptions include, but are not limited to: general
economic and political conditions and other securities industry risks,
fluctuations in interest rates, stock market fluctuations and changes in
client trading activity, credit risk with clients and counterparties,
increased competition, systems failures, delays and capacity
constraints, network security risks, liquidity risks, new laws and
regulations affecting our business, regulatory and legal matters and
uncertainties and other risk factors described in our latest Annual
Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on Nov. 26, 2012. These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which the
statements were made. We undertake no obligation to update or revise
publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required
by the federal securities laws.
1 Please see the Glossary of Terms, located in “Investor” section of www.amtd.com for more information on how these metrics are calculated.
2 Funded account activity rate (AR%). Average client trades per day during the period divided by the average number of total funded accounts during the period.
3See attached reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures.
4Interest rate-sensitive assets consist of spread-based assets and money market mutual funds. Ending balances as of December 31, 2012.
Brokerage services provided by TD Ameritrade, Inc., member FINRA (www.FINRA.org) /SIPC (www.SIPC.org) /NFA (www.nfa.futures.org).
| TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION | |||||||||||||||
| CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME | |||||||||||||||
| In millions, except per share amounts | |||||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
| Quarter Ended | |||||||||||||||
| Dec. 31, 2012 | Sept. 30, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | |||||||||||||
| Revenues: | |||||||||||||||
| Transaction-based revenues: | |||||||||||||||
| Commissions and transaction fees | $ | 257 | $ | 256 | $ | 273 | |||||||||
| Asset-based revenues: | |||||||||||||||
| Interest revenue | 118 | 117 | 111 | ||||||||||||
| Brokerage interest expense | (2 | ) | (1 | ) | (2 | ) | |||||||||
| Net interest revenue | 116 | 116 | 109 | ||||||||||||
| Insured deposit account fees | 205 | 207 | 205 | ||||||||||||
| Investment product fees | 56 | 52 | 44 | ||||||||||||
| Total asset-based revenues | 377 | 375 | 358 | ||||||||||||
| Other revenues | 17 | 16 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Net revenues | 651 | 647 | 653 | ||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||
| Employee compensation and benefits | 168 | 167 | 173 | ||||||||||||
| Clearing and execution costs | 24 | 23 | 20 | ||||||||||||
| Communications | 28 | 28 | 28 | ||||||||||||
| Occupancy and equipment costs | 39 | 38 | 38 | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 20 | 19 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 23 | 23 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| Professional services | 34 | 39 | 45 | ||||||||||||
| Advertising | 52 | 58 | 57 | ||||||||||||
| Other | 22 | 20 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 410 | 415 | 425 | ||||||||||||
| Operating income | 241 | 232 | 228 | ||||||||||||
| Other expense (income): | |||||||||||||||
| Interest on borrowings | 6 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Gain on sale of investments | (2 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||
| Total other expense (income) | 4 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Pre-tax income | 237 | 225 | 221 | ||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | 90 | 82 | 69 | ||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 147 | $ | 143 | $ | 152 | |||||||||
| Earnings per share - basic | $ | 0.27 | $ | 0.26 | $ | 0.28 | |||||||||
| Earnings per share - diluted | $ | 0.27 | $ | 0.26 | $ | 0.27 | |||||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - basic | 546 | 546 | 550 | ||||||||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted | 551 | 551 | 555 | ||||||||||||
| Dividends declared per share | $ | 0.59 | $ | 0.06 | $ | 0.06 | |||||||||
| TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION | ||||||||
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||||
| In millions | ||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| Dec. 31, 2012 | Sept. 30, 2012 | |||||||
| Assets: | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,852 | $ | 915 | ||||
| Short-term investments | 4 | 154 | ||||||
| Segregated cash and investments | 4,682 | 4,030 | ||||||
| Broker/dealer receivables | 948 | 1,110 | ||||||
| Client receivables, net | 8,799 | 8,647 | ||||||
| Goodwill and intangible assets | 3,376 | 3,399 | ||||||
| Other | 1,357 | 1,258 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 21,018 | $ | 19,513 | ||||
| Liabilities and stockholders' equity: | ||||||||
| Liabilities: | ||||||||
| Broker/dealer payables | $ | 1,941 | $ | 1,992 | ||||
| Client payables | 12,459 | 10,728 | ||||||
| Notes payable | 275 | - | ||||||
| Long-term debt | 1,087 | 1,345 | ||||||
| Other | 978 | 1,023 | ||||||
| 16,740 | 15,088 | |||||||
| Stockholders' equity | 4,278 | 4,425 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 21,018 | $ | 19,513 | ||||
| TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION | |||||||||||||||
| SELECTED OPERATING DATA | |||||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
| Quarter Ended | |||||||||||||||
| Dec. 31, 2012 | Sept. 30, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | |||||||||||||
|
Key Metrics: |
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| Net new assets (in billions) | $ | 15.6 | $ | 10.1 | $ | 10.2 | |||||||||
| Net new asset growth rate (annualized) | 13 | % | 9 | % | 11 | % | |||||||||
| Average client trades per day | 334,035 | 328,280 | 367,479 | ||||||||||||
|
Profitability Metrics: |
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| Operating margin | 37.0 | % | 35.9 | % | 34.9 | % | |||||||||
| Pre-tax margin | 36.4 | % | 34.8 | % | 33.8 | % | |||||||||
| Return on client assets (annualized) | 0.20 | % | 0.20 | % | 0.22 | % | |||||||||
| Return on average stockholders' equity (annualized) | 13.3 | % | 13.1 | % | 14.8 | % | |||||||||
| EBITDA(1) as a percentage of net revenues | 43.9 | % | 42.3 | % | 41.0 | % | |||||||||
|
Debt and Liquidity Metrics: |
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| Interest on borrowings (in millions) | $ | 6 | $ | 7 | $ | 7 | |||||||||
| Average debt outstanding (in billions) | $ | 1.2 | $ | 1.3 | $ | 1.3 | |||||||||
| Leverage ratio (average debt/annualized EBITDA(1)) | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||||||||||||
| Interest coverage ratio (EBITDA(1)/interest on borrowings) | 45.4 | 39.8 | 38.0 | ||||||||||||
| Liquid assets - management target(1) (in billions) | $ | 0.8 | $ | 1.1 | $ | 0.9 | |||||||||
| Liquid assets - regulatory threshold(1) (in billions) | $ | 1.3 | $ | 1.6 | $ | 1.4 | |||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents (in billions) | $ | 1.9 | $ | 0.9 | $ | 0.9 | |||||||||
|
Transaction-Based Revenue Metrics: |
|||||||||||||||
| Total trades (in millions) | 20.4 | 20.5 | 23.0 | ||||||||||||
| Average commissions and transaction fees per trade(2) | $ | 12.62 | $ | 12.47 | $ | 11.90 | |||||||||
| Average client trades per funded account (annualized) | 14.3 | 14.3 | 16.3 | ||||||||||||
| Activity rate - funded accounts | 5.8 | % | 5.7 | % | 6.5 | % | |||||||||
| Trading days | 61.0 | 62.5 | 62.5 | ||||||||||||
|
Spread-Based Asset Metrics: |
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| Average interest-earning assets (in billions) | $ | 15.1 | $ | 14.8 | $ | 13.8 | |||||||||
| Average insured deposit account balances (in billions) | 64.2 | 61.4 | 58.8 | ||||||||||||
| Average spread-based balance (in billions) | $ | 79.3 | $ | 76.2 | $ | 72.6 | |||||||||
| Net interest revenue (in millions) | $ | 116 | $ | 116 | $ | 109 | |||||||||
| Insured deposit account fee revenue (in millions) | 205 | 207 | 205 | ||||||||||||
| Spread-based revenue (in millions) | $ | 321 | $ | 323 | $ | 314 | |||||||||
| Avg. annualized yield - interest-earning assets | 3.02 | % | 3.06 | % | 3.09 | % | |||||||||
| Avg. annualized yield - insured deposit account fees | 1.25 | % | 1.32 | % | 1.37 | % | |||||||||
| Net interest margin (NIM) | 1.58 | % | 1.66 | % | 1.69 | % | |||||||||
| Interest days | 92 | 92 | 92 | ||||||||||||
|
Fee-Based Investment Metrics: |
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|
Money market mutual fund fees: |
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| Average balance (in billions) | $ | 5.1 | $ | 4.9 | $ | 5.7 | |||||||||
| Average annualized yield | 0.05 | % | 0.05 | % | 0.08 | % | |||||||||
| Fee revenue (in millions) | $ | 1 | $ | 1 | $ | 1 | |||||||||
|
Market fee-based investment balances: |
|||||||||||||||
| Average balance (in billions) | $ | 94.9 | $ | 88.7 | $ | 72.2 | |||||||||
| Average annualized yield | 0.23 | % | 0.23 | % | 0.23 | % | |||||||||
| Fee revenue (in millions) | $ | 55 | $ | 51 | $ | 43 | |||||||||
| Average fee-based investment balances (in billions) | $ | 100.0 | $ | 93.6 | $ | 77.9 | |||||||||
| Average annualized yield | 0.22 | % | 0.22 | % | 0.22 | % | |||||||||
| Investment product fee revenue (in millions) | $ | 56 | $ | 52 | $ | 44 | |||||||||
|
Client Account and Client Asset Metrics: |
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| New accounts opened | 174,000 | 190,000 | 140,000 | ||||||||||||
| Funded accounts (beginning of period) | 5,764,000 | 5,736,000 | 5,617,000 | ||||||||||||
| Funded accounts (end of period) | 5,836,000 | 5,764,000 | 5,645,000 | ||||||||||||
| Percentage change during period | 1 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | |||||||||
| Client assets (beginning of period, in billions) | $ | 472.3 | $ | 445.0 | $ | 378.7 | |||||||||
| Client assets (end of period, in billions) | $ | 480.8 | $ | 472.3 | $ | 406.3 | |||||||||
| Percentage change during period | 2 | % | 6 | % | 7 | % | |||||||||
| (1) See attached reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures. | |||||||||||||||
| (2) Average commissions and transaction fees per trade excludes TD Waterhouse UK business. | |||||||||||||||
| NOTE: See Glossary of Terms on the Company's web site at www.amtd.com for definitions of the above metrics. | |||||||||||||||
| TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION | |||||||||||||||
| SELECTED OPERATING DATA | |||||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
| Quarter Ended | |||||||||||||||
| Dec. 31, 2012 | Sept. 30, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | |||||||||||||
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Net Interest Revenue: |
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|
Segregated cash: |
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| Average balance (in billions) | $ | 3.8 | $ | 3.7 | $ | 4.1 | |||||||||
| Average annualized yield | 0.17 | % | 0.14 | % | 0.04 | % | |||||||||
| Interest revenue (in millions) | $ | 2 | $ | 1 | $ | 0 | |||||||||
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Client margin balances: |
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| Average balance (in billions) | $ | 8.7 | $ | 8.4 | $ | 7.7 | |||||||||
| Average annualized yield | 4.02 | % | 4.04 | % | 4.31 | % | |||||||||
| Interest revenue (in millions) | $ | 89 | $ | 87 | $ | 85 | |||||||||
|
Securities borrowing/lending: |
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| Average securities borrowing balance (in billions) | $ | 0.9 | $ | 1.0 | $ | 0.6 | |||||||||
| Average securities lending balance (in billions) | $ | 1.9 | $ | 2.0 | $ | 1.7 | |||||||||
| Interest revenue (in millions) | $ | 27 | $ | 29 | $ | 25 | |||||||||
| Interest expense (in millions) | (2 | ) | (1 | ) | (1 | ) | |||||||||
| Net interest revenue - securities borrowing/lending (in millions) | $ | 25 | $ | 28 | $ | 24 | |||||||||
|
Other cash and interest-earning investments: |
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| Average balance (in billions) | $ | 1.7 | $ | 1.7 | $ | 1.4 | |||||||||
| Average annualized yield | 0.07 | % | 0.07 | % | 0.12 | % | |||||||||
| Interest revenue - net (in millions) | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | |||||||||
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Client credit balances: |
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| Average balance (in billions) | $ | 9.2 | $ | 8.7 | $ | 8.8 | |||||||||
| Average annualized cost | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.02 | % | |||||||||
| Interest expense (in millions) | ($0 | ) | ($0 | ) | ($0 | ) | |||||||||
| Average interest-earning assets (in billions) | $ | 15.1 | $ | 14.8 | $ | 13.8 | |||||||||
| Average annualized yield | 3.02 | % | 3.06 | % | 3.09 | % | |||||||||
| Net interest revenue (in millions) | $ | 116 | $ | 116 | $ | 109 | |||||||||
| NOTE: See Glossary of Terms on the Company's web site at www.amtd.com for definitions of the above metrics. | |||||||||||||||
| TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In millions, except percentages | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quarter Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec. 31, 2012 | Sept. 30, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | % of Net Rev. | $ | % of Net Rev. | $ | % of Net Rev. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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EBITDA (1) |
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| EBITDA | $ | 286 | 43.9 | % | $ | 274 | 42.3 | % | $ | 268 | 41.0 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Less: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | (20 | ) | (3.1 | %) | (19 | ) | (2.9 | %) | (17 | ) | (2.6 | %) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | (23 | ) | (3.5 | %) | (23 | ) | (3.6 | %) | (23 | ) | (3.5 | %) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Interest on borrowings | (6 | ) | (0.9 | %) | (7 | ) | (1.1 | %) | (7 | ) | (1.1 | %) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | (90 | ) | (13.8 | %) | (82 | ) | (12.7 | %) | (69 | ) | (10.6 | %) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 147 | 22.6 | % | $ | 143 | 22.1 | % | $ | 152 | 23.3 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| As of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec. 31, | Sept. 30, | June 30, | Mar. 31, | Dec. 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Liquid Assets - Management Target (2) |
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| Liquid assets - management target | $ | 774 | $ | 1,054 | $ | 993 | $ | 917 | $ | 918 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Plus: | Broker-dealer cash and cash equivalents | 841 | 406 | 387 | 507 | 444 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trust company cash and cash equivalents | 556 | 95 | 74 | 75 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment advisory cash and cash equivalents | 15 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less: | Corporate short-term investments | - | (150 | ) | (126 | ) | (50 | ) | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Excess broker-dealer regulatory net capital | (334 | ) | (501 | ) | (443 | ) | (441 | ) | (517 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,852 | $ | 915 | $ | 910 | $ | 1,026 | $ | 918 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| As of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec. 31, | Sept. 30, | June 30, | Mar. 31, | Dec. 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Liquid Assets - Regulatory Threshold (2) |
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| Liquid assets - regulatory threshold | $ | 1,337 | $ | 1,611 | $ | 1,554 | $ | 1,485 | $ | 1,422 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Plus: | Broker-dealer cash and cash equivalents | 841 | 406 | 387 | 507 | 444 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trust company cash and cash equivalents | 556 | 95 | 74 | 75 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment advisory cash and cash equivalents | 15 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less: | Corporate short-term investments | - | (150 | ) | (126 | ) | (50 | ) | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Excess trust company Tier 1 capital | (10 | ) | (10 | ) | (10 | ) | (10 | ) | (9 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Excess broker-dealer regulatory net capital | (887 | ) | (1,048 | ) | (994 | ) | (999 | ) | (1,012 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,852 | $ | 915 | $ | 910 | $ | 1,026 | $ | 918 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: The term "GAAP" in the following explanation refers to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) is considered a non-GAAP financial measure as defined by SEC Regulation G. We consider EBITDA an important measure of our financial performance and of our ability to generate cash flows to service debt, fund capital expenditures and fund other corporate investing and financing activities. EBITDA is used as the denominator in the consolidated leverage ratio calculation for covenant purposes under our holding company's senior revolving credit facility. EBITDA eliminates the non-cash effect of tangible asset depreciation and amortization and intangible asset amortization. EBITDA should be considered in addition to, rather than as a substitute for, pre-tax income, net income and cash flows from operating activities. | |
| (2) |
Our liquid assets metrics are considered non-GAAP financial measures as defined by SEC Regulation G. We include the excess capital of our broker-dealer and trust company subsidiaries in the calculation of our liquid assets metrics, rather than simply including broker-dealer and trust company cash and cash equivalents, because capital requirements may limit the amount of cash available for dividend from the broker-dealer and trust company subsidiaries to the parent company. Excess capital, as defined below, is generally available for dividend from the broker-dealer and trust company subsidiaries to the parent company. We consider our liquid assets metrics to be important measures of our liquidity and of our ability to fund corporate investing and financing activities. The liquid assets metrics should be considered as supplemental measures of liquidity, rather than as substitutes for cash and cash equivalents. |
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We define "liquid assets - management target" as the sum of (a) corporate cash and cash equivalents, (b) corporate short-term investments and (c) regulatory net capital of (i) our clearing broker-dealer subsidiary in excess of 10% of aggregate debit items and (ii) our introducing broker-dealer subsidiaries in excess of a minimum operational target established by management ($50 million in the case of our primary introducing broker-dealer, TD Ameritrade, Inc.). “Liquid assets – management target” is based on more conservative measures of broker-dealer net capital than “liquid assets – regulatory threshold” (defined below) because we prefer to maintain significantly more conservative levels of net capital at the broker-dealer subsidiaries than the regulatory thresholds require. We consider "liquid assets - management target" to be a measure that reflects our liquidity that would be readily available for corporate investing or financing activities under normal operating circumstances. |
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| We define "liquid assets - regulatory threshold" as the sum of (a) corporate cash and cash equivalents, (b) corporate short-term investments, (c) regulatory net capital of (i) our clearing broker-dealer subsidiary in excess of 5% of aggregate debit items and (ii) our introducing broker-dealer subsidiaries in excess of the applicable "early warning" net capital requirement and (d) Tier 1 capital of our trust company in excess of the minimum dollar requirement. We consider "liquid assets - regulatory threshold" to be a measure that reflects our liquidity that would be available for corporate investing or financing activities under unusual operating circumstances, such as the need to provide funding for significant strategic business transactions. | ||
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- Predixion Software Announces General Availability of the Latest Version of its Predictive Analytics Platform
- Red Hat Reinforces Java Commitment
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- VCE Revisited, Now and Zen
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“Big Data analytics will shape the form of nearly every process going forward in time, from the color of the latest fashions, what the candidates say in one town versus another to the chemical composition of the latest super drug,” noted Steve Knodl, Director of Product Management at NextIO, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. “Whether these are considered “new” products,” Knodl continued, “or continuous improvement on previous processes is largely in the eyes o...May. 24, 2013 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 6,593 |
By Jeremy Geelan Organizations want extraordinary results from their IT units. Today's mantra is faster delivery, better quality, cheaper solutions, and safer environments. Many CIOs are implementing cloud computing enterprise architectures to address these challenges with results varying greatly. Why are some organizations seeing only limited results from cloud computing implementations while others are increasing market share, decreasing costs, generating value, and innovating faster? May. 24, 2013 03:15 AM EDT Reads: 3,250 |
By Jeremy Geelan The rise of cloud computing has exposed hard drive-based storage as the new data center bottleneck. Combating this, data center managers have deployed SSDs to gain the performance needed to provide real-time access to data. However, due to budget constraints, many have turned to consumer-grade SSDs without understanding that they wear out quickly when processing enterprise workloads. In this session, Esther Spanjer will discuss recent endurance advancements in SSD technology that enable usage of...May. 24, 2013 03:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,548 |
By Pat Romanski “Open source has always provided a number of benefits, including easing adoption costs, propagating a better understanding of the technology, and allowing for faster evolution and commercialization of products and services based on it,” noted Terry Woloszyn, Founder & CEO, Leeward Security Ltd., in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. “This is clearly evident with the OpenStack and CloudStack,” Woloszyn continued, “and others that have been quickly commercialized as...May. 23, 2013 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,378 |
By Liz McMillan SYS-CON Events announced today that OpenStack will exhibit at SYS-CON's 12th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 10–13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York. OpenStack software controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a datacenter, all managed by a dashboard that gives administrators control while empowering their users to provision resources through a web interface.
OpenStack powers some of the most widely-used SaaS app...May. 23, 2013 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,188 |
By Elizabeth White SYS-CON Events announced today that Wowrack will exhibit at SYS-CON's 12th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 10–13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York.
Wowrack’s core expertise lies in high-availability Private and Public Cloud IaaS Hosting Solutions. Wowrack provides a true Hybrid service – where business release all IT management and hardware provisioning – taking the data center and server system administrative headaches off our customer’s shoulders. ...May. 23, 2013 12:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,143 |
By Liz McMillan Many have heard of OAuth but are unsure of how it might apply to their business.
In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Alistair Farquharson, CTO of SOA Software, will describe how OAuth can be used to facilitate certain business models and simplify the sharing of private data.
Alistair Farquharson is a visionary industry veteran focused on using disruptive technologies to drive business growth and improve efficiency and agility within organizations. As the CTO of SOA Software A...May. 23, 2013 11:14 AM EDT Reads: 931 |
By Elizabeth White May. 23, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,263 |
By Pat Romanski SYS-CON Events announced today that nfina Technologies, a provider of highly reliable cloud server products, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 12th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 10–13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York.
nfina Technologies develops, manufactures, and markets highly reliable cloud server products, designed to solve the most demanding data center requirements in mission-critical cloud applications. Nfina’s staff has decades of experience in co...May. 23, 2013 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,087 |
By Liz McMillan “Social, mobile, analytics and cloud can’t be looked at as distinct technology trends; they are facets of the same movement and an everyday reality for consumers and businesses alike,” said Craig Sowell, IBM VP of SmartCloud Marketing, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. “This means that businesses need to start looking at trends as one: cloud is the delivery, analytics is the unique insight, social is a shareable service, and mobile is the ubiquitous access.”
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Organizations want extraordinary results from their IT units. Today's mantra is faster delivery, better quality, cheaper solutions, and safer environments. Many CIOs are implementing cloud computing enterprise architectures to address these challenges with results varying greatly. Why are some organizations seeing only limited results from cloud computing implementations while others are increasing market share, decreasing costs, generating value, and innovating faster?
The rise of cloud computing has exposed hard drive-based storage as the new data center bottleneck. Combating this, data center managers have deployed SSDs to gain the performance needed to provide real-time access to data. However, due to budget constraints, many have turned to consumer-grade SSDs without understanding that they wear out quickly when processing enterprise workloads. In this session, Esther Spanjer will discuss recent endurance advancements in SSD technology that enable usage of...
“Open source has always provided a number of benefits, including easing adoption costs, propagating a better understanding of the technology, and allowing for faster evolution and commercialization of products and services based on it,” noted Terry Woloszyn, Founder & CEO, Leeward Security Ltd., in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. “This is clearly evident with the OpenStack and CloudStack,” Woloszyn continued, “and others that have been quickly commercialized as...
SYS-CON Events announced today that OpenStack will exhibit at SYS-CON's 12th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 10–13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York. OpenStack software controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a datacenter, all managed by a dashboard that gives administrators control while empowering their users to provision resources through a web interface.
OpenStack powers some of the most widely-used SaaS app...
SYS-CON Events announced today that Wowrack will exhibit at SYS-CON's 12th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 10–13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York.
Wowrack’s core expertise lies in high-availability Private and Public Cloud IaaS Hosting Solutions. Wowrack provides a true Hybrid service – where business release all IT management and hardware provisioning – taking the data center and server system administrative headaches off our customer’s shoulders. ...
Many have heard of OAuth but are unsure of how it might apply to their business.
In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Alistair Farquharson, CTO of SOA Software, will describe how OAuth can be used to facilitate certain business models and simplify the sharing of private data.
Alistair Farquharson is a visionary industry veteran focused on using disruptive technologies to drive business growth and improve efficiency and agility within organizations. As the CTO of SOA Software A...
SYS-CON Events announced today that nfina Technologies, a provider of highly reliable cloud server products, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 12th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 10–13, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York.
nfina Technologies develops, manufactures, and markets highly reliable cloud server products, designed to solve the most demanding data center requirements in mission-critical cloud applications. Nfina’s staff has decades of experience in co...
“Social, mobile, analytics and cloud can’t be looked at as distinct technology trends; they are facets of the same movement and an everyday reality for consumers and businesses alike,” said Craig Sowell, IBM VP of SmartCloud Marketing, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. “This means that businesses need to start looking at trends as one: cloud is the delivery, analytics is the unique insight, social is a shareable service, and mobile is the ubiquitous access.”
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Hyper-V Replica is our included asynchronous site-to-site VM replication capability for Windows Server 2012 and our free Hyper-V Server 2012 bare-metal enterprise-grade hypervisor. Using Hyper-V Replica, you can quickly implement a cost-effective disaster recovery plan for your business critical VM...
Imagine if you could take a time machine five years into the future, so that you would know which of today’s new technologies panned out and which did not.
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Don and I have four children, all of whom have had the fortune to take piano lessons (I'm not sure if the youngest would agree he's fortunate at this point in his life but at five, he's not really able to answer the question with any degree of wisdom, anyway. Come to think of it, not sure the other ...
Our prior post, A Roadmap to High-Value Cloud Infrastructure: Disaster Recovery and Data Protection, discussed both the benefits and limitations of a cloud-based disaster recovery (DR) strategy. As we highlighted last week, traditional disaster recovery options leave open a huge hole: At one extreme...
Online collaboration has evolved during the last decade, delivering even greater value -- thanks to a new generation of business technology applications. Forbes Insights released "Collaborating in the Cloud," a Cisco-sponsored study examining the ways business leaders increasingly look at cloud coll...
New technologies allow schools, colleges and universities to analyze absolutely everything that happens. From student behavior, testing results, career development of students as well as educational needs based on changing societies. A lot of this data has already been stored and is used for statist...
A recent Gartner study states that the function of the modern CIO is in flux and that his or her future focus must incorporate digital assets (aka cloud-based data and applications) to remain relevant. Towards the goal of riding the sea change a compiler of stacks to a broker of business needs, secu...
In the coming years, big data will change the way organisations and societies are operated and managed. Big data however, is not the only trend that will impact significantly how organisations operate. Another major trend at the moment is gamification. Gamification will change the way organisations ...
We all talk about cloud differently, but is there a way we should be speaking about this tech?
Cloud computing is now a widely reported, if not accepted, IT movement that, depending on who you talk to, has changed or is changing the way businesses utilize infrastructure.








