UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

____________________

FORM 10-Q

____________________

(Mark One)



x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019



o	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period From to

Commission File Number 000-23554

~~____________________~~

INTL FCStone Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

~~____________________~~



Delaware		59-2921318
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

~~708 Third Avenue,~~155 East 44th Street, Suite ~~1500~~900

New York, NY 10017

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 485-3500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

~~____________________~~ Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	INTL	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



Large accelerated filer	o		Accelerated filer	x

Non-accelerated filer	o	(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	o

			Emerging growth company	o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x

As of February ~~5, 2018~~,3, 2020, there were ~~18,844,502~~19,301,552 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.

INTL FCStone Inc.

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019

Table of Contents



		Page
Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)

	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	1

	Condensed Consolidated Income Statements	2

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive ~~(Loss)~~ Income	3

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	4

	Condensed Consolidated ~~Statement~~Statements of Stockholders’ Equity	56

	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	67

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	2733

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	4856

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	5057

Part II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	5157

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	5157

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	5158

Item 6.	Exhibits	5258

Signatures		5258

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

INTL FCStone Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)



(in millions, except par value and share amounts)	December 31, 2019			September 30, 2019
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$	338.9		$	471.3
Cash, securities and other assets segregated under federal and other regulations (including $306.4 and $306.0 at fair value at December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2019, respectively)	1,380.4			1,049.9
Collateralized transactions:
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	1,603.1			1,424.5
Securities borrowed	1,427.7			1,423.2
Deposits with and receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties, net (including $630.8 and $626.9 at fair value at December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2019, respectively)	2,380.0			2,540.5
Receivable from clients, net	329.0			422.3
Notes receivable, net	5.8			2.9
Income taxes receivable	4.7			5.2
Financial instruments owned, at fair value (includes securities pledged as collateral that can be sold or repledged of $577.9 and $478.8 at December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2019, respectively)	2,177.4			2,175.2
Physical commodities inventory, net (including $200.5 and $151.9 at fair value at December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2019, respectively)	249.7			229.3
Deferred income taxes, net	18.6			18.0
Property and equipment, net	43.3			43.9
Operating right of use assets	33.1			—
Goodwill and intangible assets, net	71.5			67.9
Other assets	66.1			62.0
Total assets	$	10,129.3		$	9,936.1
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Liabilities:
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities (including $1.8 million at fair value at December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2019)	$	128.9		$	157.5
Operating lease liabilities	36.2			—
Payables to:
Clients	3,703.7			3,589.5
Broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties (including $4.2 and $5.6 at fair value at December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2019, respectively)	280.6			266.2
Lenders under loans	138.7			202.3
Senior secured term loan, net	186.7			167.6
Income taxes payable	10.8			10.4
Collateralized transactions:
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	2,931.6			2,773.7
Securities loaned	1,430.8			1,459.9
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	666.4			714.8
Total liabilities	9,514.4			9,341.9
Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value. Authorized 1,000,000 shares; no shares issued or outstanding	—			—
Common stock, $0.01 par value. Authorized 30,000,000 shares; 21,514,595 issued and 19,282,730 outstanding at December 31, 2019 and 21,297,317 issued and 19,075,360 outstanding at September 30, 2019	0.2			0.2
Common stock in treasury, at cost - 2,231,865 shares at December 31, 2019 and 2,221,957 shares at September 30, 2019	(50.5		)	(50.1		)
Additional paid-in-capital	280.9			276.8
Total retained earnings	419.1			402.1
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net	(34.8		)	(34.8		)
Total stockholders' equity	614.9			594.2
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	10,129.3		$	9,936.1

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

INTL FCStone Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Income Statements

(Unaudited)

(in millions, except par value and share amounts) December 31,
2017 September 30,
2017
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 321.8
$ 314.9
Cash, securities and other assets segregated under federal and other regulations (including $16.5 and $54.5 at fair value at December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017, respectively) 464.4
518.8
Collateralized transactions:
Securities purchased under agreements to resell 559.5
406.6
Securities borrowed 95.7
86.6
Deposits with and receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties (including $53.7 and $204.7 at fair value at December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017, respectively) 2,628.2
2,625.1
Receivables from customers, net 254.4
232.7
Notes receivable 10.6
10.6
Income taxes receivable 0.5
0.4
Financial instruments owned, at fair value (includes securities pledged as collateral that can be sold or repledged of $3.4 and $19.4 at December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017, respectively) 2,055.9
1,731.8
Physical commodities inventory, net (including $142.7 and $73.2 at fair value at December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017, respectively) 244.7
124.8
Deferred income taxes, net 22.9
42.6
Property and equipment, net 40.3
38.7
Goodwill and intangible assets, net 57.6
59.4
Other assets 52.4
50.4
Total assets $ 6,808.9
$ 6,243.4
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Liabilities:
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities (including $1.0 at fair value at September 30, 2017) $ 111.5
$ 135.6
Payables to:
Customers 3,063.8
3,072.9
Broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties (including $1.1 and $4.8 at fair value at December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017, respectively) 197.1
125.7
Lenders under loans 422.9
230.2
Income taxes payable 7.9
7.3
Collateralized transactions:
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase 1,650.4
1,393.1
Securities loaned 108.8
111.1
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value 803.3
717.6
Total liabilities 6,365.7
5,793.5
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)

Stockholders' Equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value. Authorized 1,000,000 shares; no shares issued or outstanding —
—
Common stock, $0.01 par value. Authorized 30,000,000 shares; 20,931,720 issued and 18,809,763 outstanding at December 31, 2017 and 20,855,243 issued and 18,733,286 outstanding at September 30, 2017 0.2
0.2
Common stock in treasury, at cost - 2,121,957 shares at December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017 (46.3 ) (46.3 )
Additional paid-in capital 261.4
259.0
Retained earnings 254.6
261.5
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net (26.7 ) (24.5 )
Total stockholders' equity 443.2
449.9
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 6,808.9
$ 6,243.4



	Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions, except share and per share amounts)	2019		2018
Revenues:
Sales of physical commodities	$	10,978.0	$	6,295.8
Principal gains, net	112.5		94.9
Commission and clearing fees	87.2		97.4
Consulting, management, and account fees	21.3		19.1
Interest income	46.0		45.0
Total revenues	11,245.0		6,552.2
Cost of sales of physical commodities	10,968.2		6,287.5
Operating revenues	276.8		264.7
Transaction-based clearing expenses	46.3		50.1
Introducing broker commissions	26.2		32.6
Interest expense	33.8		33.0
Net operating revenues	170.5		149.0
Compensation and other expenses:
Compensation and benefits	104.0		89.1
Trading systems and market information	10.4		9.2
Occupancy and equipment rental	5.0		4.4
Professional fees	6.0		5.3
Travel and business development	4.5		3.8
Non-trading technology and support	6.0		4.2
Depreciation and amortization	3.9		2.9
Communications	1.6		1.3
Bad debts	—		0.3
Recovery of bad debt on physical coal	—		(2.4		)
Other	7.5		6.5
Total compensation and other expenses	148.9		124.6
Other gain	0.1		—
Income before tax	21.7		24.4
Income tax expense	5.4		6.2
Net income	$	16.3	$	18.2
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	0.85	$	0.96
Diluted	$	0.84	$	0.94
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	18,750,270		18,659,748
Diluted	19,074,562		18,993,046

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

INTL FCStone Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income ~~Statements~~

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions, except share and per share amounts) 2017 2016
Revenues:
Sales of physical commodities $ 7,714.4
$ 5,896.0
Trading gains, net 85.8
83.0
Commission and clearing fees 77.8
69.2
Consulting, management, and account fees 16.6
15.7
Interest income 24.0
10.4
Other income —
0.1
Total revenues 7,918.6
6,074.4
Cost of sales of physical commodities 7,706.0
5,888.9
Operating revenues 212.6
185.5
Transaction-based clearing expenses 36.9
33.6
Introducing broker commissions 31.1
28.7
Interest expense 14.3
8.9
Net operating revenues 130.3
114.3
Compensation and other expenses:
Compensation and benefits 77.2
70.6
Trading systems and market information 8.2
8.9
Occupancy and equipment rental 4.1
3.4
Professional fees 4.7
4.8
Travel and business development 3.5
3.6
Non-trading technology and support 3.1
2.9
Depreciation and amortization 2.7
2.4
Communications 1.4
1.2
Bad debts 1.1
2.5
Other 5.7
5.6
Total compensation and other expenses 111.7
105.9
Income before tax 18.6
8.4
Income tax expense 25.5
2.1
Net (loss) income $ (6.9 ) $ 6.3
(Loss) earnings per share:
Basic $ (0.37 ) $ 0.34
Diluted $ (0.37 ) $ 0.34
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic 18,419,072
18,248,244
Diluted 18,419,072
18,484,995



	Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2019		2018
Net income	$	16.3	$	18.2
Other comprehensive income:
Foreign currency translation adjustment	0.7		0.3
Other comprehensive income	0.7		0.3
Comprehensive income	$	17.0	$	18.5

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

INTL FCStone Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of ~~Comprehensive (Loss) Income~~Cash Flows

(Unaudited)



	Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2019			2018
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	16.3		$	18.2
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	3.9			2.9
Bad debts	—			0.3
Recovery of bad debt on physical coal	—			(2.4		)
Deferred income taxes	(0.6		)	—
Amortization of debt issuance costs	0.4			0.2
Amortization of share-based compensation	2.6			1.9
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net:
Securities and other assets segregated under federal and other regulations	299.0			330.3
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	(178.6		)	(320.5		)
Securities borrowed	(4.5		)	(737.9		)
Deposits with and receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations, and counterparties, net	281.1			(225.5		)
Receivables from clients, net	93.3			(63.7		)
Notes receivable, net	(2.9		)	2.2
Income taxes receivable	0.5			0.1
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	(2.2		)	0.3
Physical commodities inventory, net	(20.4		)	—
Operating right of use assets	1.5			—
Other assets	(4.1		)	(6.1		)
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities	(25.8		)	(15.7		)
Operating lease liabilities	(1.3		)	—
Payables to clients	114.2			(361.2		)
Payables to broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties	14.4			133.6
Income taxes payable	0.4			1.0
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	157.9			302.6
Securities loaned	(29.1		)	753.1
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	(48.4		)	(26.7		)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	667.6			(213.0		)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Cash paid for acquisitions, net	(5.1		)	(0.7		)
Purchase of property and equipment	(1.8		)	(4.5		)
Net cash used in investing activities	(6.9		)	(5.2		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net change in payables to lenders under loans with maturities 90 days or less	(106.0		)	80.4
Proceeds from payables to lenders under loans with maturities greater than 90 days	180.5			—
Repayments of payables to lenders under loans with maturities greater than 90 days	(138.0		)	—
Proceeds from issuance of senior secured term loan	21.5			—
Repayments of senior secured term loan	(2.5		)	—
Repayments of note payable	(0.1		)	(0.2		)
Repurchase of common stock	(0.4		)	—
Debt issuance costs	(0.2		)	(0.9		)
Exercise of stock options	1.5			0.3
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(43.7		)	79.6
Effect of exchange rates on cash, segregated cash, cash equivalents, and segregated cash equivalents	0.7			0.3
Net increase (decrease) in cash, segregated cash, cash equivalents, and segregated cash equivalents	617.7			(138.3		)
Cash, segregated cash, cash equivalents, and segregated cash equivalents at beginning of period	2,451.3			2,190.1
Cash, segregated cash, cash equivalents, and segregated cash equivalents at end of period	$	3,069.0		$	2,051.8
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	$	33.0		$	33.7
Income taxes paid, net of cash refunds	$	5.2		$	5.3
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Identified intangible assets and goodwill on acquisitions	$	4.4		$	—
Acquisition of business:
Assets acquired	$	296.5		$	3.1
Liabilities assumed	(295.8		)	(0.9		)
Total net assets acquired	$	0.7		$	2.2

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

INTL FCStone Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Continued

(Unaudited)

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, segregated cash, cash equivalents, and segregated cash equivalents reported within the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions) 2017 2016
Net (loss) income $ (6.9 ) $ 6.3
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustment (2.2 ) (0.9 )
Other comprehensive loss (2.2 ) (0.9 )
Comprehensive (loss) income $ (9.1 ) $ 5.4



	December 31,
(in millions)	2019		2018
Cash and cash equivalents	$	338.9	$	358.2
Cash segregated under federal and other regulations⁽¹⁾	1,073.9		707.3
Securities segregated under federal and other regulations⁽¹⁾	299.5		—
Cash segregated and deposited with or pledged to exchange-clearing organizations and other futures commission merchants (“FCMs”)⁽²⁾	993.0		959.5
Securities segregated and pledged to exchange-clearing organizations⁽²⁾	363.7		26.8
Total cash, segregated cash, cash equivalents, and segregated cash equivalents shown in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows	$	3,069.0	$	2,051.8

⁽¹⁾Represents segregated client cash held at third-party banks. Excludes segregated commodity warehouse receipts, segregated United States (“U.S.”) Treasury obligations with original or acquired maturities of greater than 90 days, and other assets of $7.0 million and $312.9 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, included within ‘Cash, securities and other assets segregated under federal and other regulations’ on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

⁽²⁾Represents segregated client cash and U.S. Treasury obligations on deposit with, or pledged to, exchange clearing organizations and other FCMs. Excludes non-segregated cash, segregated securities pledged to exchange-clearing organizations with original or acquired maturities greater than 90 days, and other assets of $1,023.3 million and $1,377.7 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, included within ‘Deposits with and receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations, and counterparties, net’ on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

INTL FCStone Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of ~~Cash Flows~~Stockholders’ Equity

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions) 2017 2016
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income $ (6.9 ) $ 6.3
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 2.7
2.4
Bad debts 1.1
2.5
Deferred income taxes 19.7
(3.5 )
Amortization of debt issuance costs 0.3
1.2
Amortization of share-based compensation 1.6
0.8
Gain on sale of property and equipment (0.6 ) (0.3 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net:
Cash, securities and other assets segregated under federal and other regulations 24.2
148.3
Securities purchased under agreements to resell (153.0 ) (160.9 )
Securities borrowed (9.0 ) —
Deposits with and receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations, and counterparties (14.2 ) (151.4 )
Receivables from customers, net (54.0 ) (11.4 )
Notes receivable, net —
(1.3 )
Income taxes receivable (0.4 ) (1.3 )
Financial instruments owned, at fair value (292.0 ) (129.6 )
Physical commodities inventory, net (121.0 ) (88.6 )
Other assets (2.5 ) (7.8 )
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities (20.4 ) (7.6 )
Payables to customers 26.7
(35.3 )
Payables to broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties 69.6
(148.1 )
Income taxes payable 0.9
4.0
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase 257.4
399.1
Securities loaned (2.3 ) —
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value 86.1
65.9
Net cash used in operating activities (186.0 ) (116.6 )
Cash flows from investing activities:
Cash paid for acquisitions, net —
(6.0 )
Purchase of property and equipment (3.2 ) (3.0 )
Net cash used in investing activities (3.2 ) (9.0 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net change in payable to lenders under loans 192.9
130.0
Repayment of senior unsecured notes —
(45.5 )
Payments of note payable (0.2 ) (0.2 )
Deferred payments on acquisitions (2.3 ) —
Debt issuance costs (0.1 ) (0.1 )
Exercise of stock options 1.5
2.0
Withholding taxes on stock option exercises (0.8 ) —
Income tax benefit on stock options and awards —
0.6
Net cash provided by financing activities 191.0
86.8
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents 5.1
1.4
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 6.9
(37.4 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 314.9
316.2
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 321.8
$ 278.8
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest $ 11.3
$ 7.6
Income taxes paid, net of cash refunds $ 5.3
$ 2.4
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Identified intangible assets from asset acquisitions $ —
$ 6.0



	Three Months Ended December 31, 2018
(in millions)	Common Stock		Treasury Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, net			Total
Balances as of September 30, 2018	$	0.2	$	(46.3	)	$	267.5	$	317.0	$	(33.1	)	$	505.3
Net income								18.2					18.2
Other comprehensive income										0.3			0.3
Exercise of stock options						0.3							0.3
Share-based compensation						1.9							1.9
Balances as of December 31, 2018	$	0.2	$	(46.3	)	$	269.7	$	335.2	$	(32.8	)	$	526.0



	Three Months Ended December 31, 2019
(in millions)	Common Stock		Treasury Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, net			Total
Balances as of September 30, 2019	$	0.2	$	(50.1	)	$	276.8	$	402.1	$	(34.8	)	$	594.2
ASU 2018-02 cumulative transition adjustment								0.7		(0.7		)	—
Adjusted Balances as of September 30, 2019	0.2		(50.1		)	276.8		402.8		(35.5		)	594.2
Net income								16.3					16.3
Other comprehensive income										0.7			0.7
Exercise of stock options						1.5							1.5
Share-based compensation						2.6							2.6
Repurchase of common stock			(0.4		)								(0.4		)
Balances as of December 31, 2019	$	0.2	$	(50.5	)	$	280.9	$	419.1	$	(34.8	)	$	614.9

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

INTL FCStone Inc.

~~Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity~~

~~(Unaudited)~~

(in millions)
Common
Stock

Treasury
Stock

Additional
Paid-in
Capital

Retained
Earnings

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss, net
Total
Balances as of September 30, 2017 $ 0.2
$ (46.3 ) $ 259.0
$ 261.5
$ (24.5 ) $ 449.9
Net loss (6.9 ) (6.9 )
Other comprehensive loss (2.2 ) (2.2 )
Exercise of stock options 0.8
0.8
Share-based compensation 1.6
1.6
Balances as of December 31, 2017 $ 0.2
$ (46.3 ) $ 261.4
$ 254.6
$ (26.7 ) $ 443.2

~~See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.~~

~~INTL FCStone Inc.~~

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Note 1 – Basis of Presentation and Consolidation and Accounting Standards Adopted

INTL FCStone Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively “INTL” or “the Company”), is a diversified global financial services organization providing execution, risk management and advisory services, market intelligence, and clearing services across asset classes and markets around the world. The Company’s services include comprehensive risk management advisory services for commercial ~~customers;~~clients; execution of listed futures and options on futures contracts on all major commodity exchanges; structured over-the-counter (“OTC”) products in a wide range of commodities; physical trading and hedging of precious metals and select other commodities; trading of more than 140 foreign currencies; market-making in international equities; fixed income; debt origination and asset management.

The Company provides these services to a diverse group of more than 20,000 predominantly wholesale organizations located throughout the world, including producers, processors and end-users of nearly all widely-traded physical commodities to manage their risks and enhance margins; to commercial counterparties who are end-users of the Company’s products and services; to governmental and non-governmental organizations; and to commercial banks, brokers, institutional investors and major investment banks.

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, ~~2017~~,2019, which has been derived from the audited consolidated ~~financial statements,~~balance sheet of September 30, 2019, and the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and ~~note~~ disclosures normally included in annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations. The Company believes that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the condensed consolidated financial statements for the interim periods presented have been reflected as required by Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X.

Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and related notes contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, ~~2017~~2019 filed with the SEC.

These condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of INTL FCStone Inc. and all other entities in which the Company has a controlling financial interest. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

The Company’s fiscal year end is September 30, and the fiscal quarters end on December 31, March 31, June 30 and September 30. Unless otherwise stated, all dates refer to fiscal years and fiscal interim periods.

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent liabilities as of the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. The most significant of these estimates and assumptions relate to fair value measurement for financial instruments and investments, revenue recognition, the provision for ~~potential losses from~~ bad debts, valuation of inventories, valuation of goodwill and intangible assets, incomes taxes, and contingencies. Although these and other estimates and assumptions are based on the best available information, actual results could be materially different from these estimates.

In the condensed consolidated income statements, the total revenues reported combine gross revenues for the physical commodities business and net revenues for all other businesses. The subtotal ‘operating revenues’ in the condensed consolidated income statements is calculated by deducting ~~physical commodities~~ cost of sales of physical commodities from total revenues. The subtotal ‘net operating revenues’ in the condensed consolidated income statements is calculated as operating revenues less transaction-based clearing expenses, introducing broker commissions and interest expense. Transaction-based clearing expenses represent variable expenses paid to executing brokers, exchanges, clearing organizations and banks in relation to transactional volumes. Introducing broker commissions include commission paid to non-employee third parties that have introduced ~~customers~~clients to the Company. Net operating revenues represent revenues available to pay variable compensation to risk management consultants and traders and direct non-variable expenses, as well as variable and non-variable expenses of operational and administrative employees.

~~Reclassifications~~

During the quarter ended December 31, 2017, the Company separately classified non-trading technology and support costs that were previously included within ‘Other’ on the condensed consolidated income statements. Additionally, during the quarter ended December 31, 2017, the Company separately classified communications related expenses separately from trading systems and market information related costs. In performing these reclassifications, the Company has made immaterial, retrospective adjustments to conform to our current period presentation. For the three months December 31, 2016, ‘Other’ expenses included $2.9 million of expenses that are now included within ‘Non-trading technology and support’ on the condensed consolidated income statements. For the three months ended December 31, 2016, ‘Trading systems and market information’ included $1.2 million of expenses that are now included within ‘Communications’ on the condensed consolidated income statements.

Accounting Standards Adopted

In ~~March~~February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update ~~No. 2016-09, “Compensation - Stock Compensation~~(“ASU”) 2016-02, Leases (Topic ~~718):~~842). This update requires a lessee to recognize on the balance sheet a liability to make lease payments and a corresponding right-of-use asset. The guidance also requires certain qualitative and quantitative disclosures about the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-10, Codification Improvements to ~~Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting” (“~~Topic 842, Leases and ASU ~~2016-09”),~~2018-11, Leases (Topic 842) Targeted Improvements. In March 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-01, Leases (Topic 842) Codification Improvements. Among other things, this updated guidance provides an optional transition method, which ~~simplifies several aspects~~allows for the initial application of the new accounting ~~for share-based payment transactions. Under ASU 2016-09, excess tax benefits~~standard at the adoption date and ~~tax deficiencies are recognized~~the recognition of a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings as ~~income tax expense or benefit in~~of the ~~income statement instead~~beginning of ~~additional paid in capital. ASU 2016-09 also provides entities with~~ the ~~option to elect an accounting policy to estimate forfeitures~~period of ~~stock-based awards over~~adoption. The Company adopted the ~~service period (current GAAP) or account for forfeitures when they occur. Under ASU 2016-09, previously unrecognized excess tax benefits should be recognized~~new ASUs on October 1, 2019, using athe effective date modified retrospective ~~transition. In addition, amendments requiring recognition~~transition approach and has not restated comparative periods. The Company elected the package of ~~excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies in~~practical expedients permitted under the ~~income statement, as well as changes in~~transition guidance within the ~~computation of weighted-average diluted shares outstanding, should be applied prospectively. ASU 2016-09 is effective for and was adopted by~~new standard, which among other things, allowed the Company ~~in the first quarter of 2018~~to not reassess contracts to determine if they contain leases, lease classification and ~~the impact~~initial direct costs. The Company’s application of the ~~adoption~~new standard resulted in changes to the ~~following:~~

~~During the three months ended December 31, 2017, the Company recognized excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation of $0.2 million within income tax expense~~condensed consolidated balance sheet but did not have an impact on the condensed consolidated income ~~statement~~statement. See Note 2 for more information.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-02, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. The amendments in this updated standard allow a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and ~~within~~Jobs Act of 2017. The Company adopted this standard on October 1, 2019 and, as a result, recorded a $0.7 million reclassification between accumulated other comprehensive loss, net ~~income on the condensed consolidated cash flow statement. Prior to adoption, the tax effect~~and retained earnings.

Note 2 – Leases

The Company currently leases office space under non-cancelable operating leases with third parties as of ~~stock-based awards would have been recognized in additional paid-in-capital~~December 31, 2019. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the condensed consolidated balance ~~sheets~~sheet and ~~separately stated in~~ the ~~financing activities in~~Company recognizes lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the ~~condensed consolidated cash flow statements.~~lease term. Certain office space leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term from three to ten years, and some of which include the Company’s option to terminate the leases within two years of the balance sheet date. The Company has ~~elected~~not considered any renewal options in the lease terms of its office space leases as the Company does not believe it is reasonably certain that any of the rights will be exercised. In determining the term of certain office space leases, the Company has not included the periods covered by an option to ~~adopt~~terminate if the Company believes it is reasonably certain to do so.

As the office space leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company applies a collateralized incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The Company applied a collateralized incremental borrowing rate as of October 1, 2019 for operating leases that commenced prior to that date. For office space leases executed by subsidiaries, including foreign subsidiaries, the Company has applied the incremental borrowing rate of the parent company. The Company believes this ~~guidance prospectively.~~is a reasonable approach as its subsidiaries either do not have their own treasury functions or the credit facilities available to its subsidiaries do not permit the financing of right-of-use assets. Additionally, in certain instances, the parent company provides a guarantee of the lease payments to the lessor under office space leases executed by its subsidiaries. As such, the Company believes that the pricing of subsidiary leases is more significantly influenced by the credit standing of the parent company than that of its subsidiaries.

Certain office space leases contain variable lease payments related to fair market rent adjustments and local inflation index measures. The Company estimates variable lease payments based upon information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The Company applied information available as of October 1, 2019 for operating leases that commenced prior to that date.

The Company has elected to ~~estimate forfeitures of stock-based awards as they occur.~~not separate lease components from nonlease components for all office space leases. The Company ~~elected to account for forfeitures as they occur using a modified retrospective transition method. The adoption of this guidance did~~does not have any financing leases as of December 31, 2019. Operating lease expense is recognized on a ~~material impact~~straight-line basis over the lease term and is reported within ‘occupancy and equipment rental’ on ~~our~~the condensed consolidated ~~financial statements.~~statement of income.

As of December 31, 2019, the Company recorded operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities of $33.1 million and $36.2 million, respectively.

The ~~excess tax benefits from the assumed proceeds available to repurchase shares were excluded in the computation~~following table presents operating lease costs and other information as of ~~diluted earnings per share~~and for the three months ended December 31, ~~2017.~~ 2019 (in millions, except as stated):



Operating lease costs (1)	$	3.5

Lease term and discount rate information:
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)	4.39
Weighted average discount rate	5.1		%

Supplemental cash flow information and non-cash activity:
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities	$	2.7
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities	$	34.6

(1) Includes short-term leases and variable lease costs, which are immaterial.

The maturities of the lease liabilities are as follows as of December 31, 2019 (in millions):



Remainder of 2020	$	8.5
2021	10.4
2022	7.7
2023	6.2
2024	4.4
After 2024	3.0
Total lease payments (1)	40.2
Less: interest	4.0
Present value of lease liabilities	$	36.2

(1) Total lease payments excludes $80.9 million of legally binding lease payments for leases signed and that will commence after December 31, 2019.

In accordance with the disclosure requirements for the adoption of Topic 842, the Company is presenting its operating lease commitment table as of September 30, 2019, which was previously disclosed in Note 12 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 (in millions):



2020	11.2
2021	9.9
2022	7.5
2023	6.2
2024	5.8
Thereafter	2.6
	43.2

Note 3 – Revenue from Contracts with Clients

The Company ~~has elected~~accounts for revenue earned from contracts with clients for services such as the execution, clearing, brokering, and custody of futures and options on futures contracts, OTC derivatives, and securities, investment management, and underwriting services under FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenues from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). As such, revenues for these services are recognized when the performance obligations related to ~~adopt this guidance prospectively.~~the underlying transaction are completed.

~~For~~Revenues are recognized when control of the ~~three months ended December 31, 2017,~~promised goods or services are transferred to clients, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company ~~has classified as~~expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. Revenues are analyzed to determine whether the Company is the principal (i.e. reports revenue on a ~~financing activity~~gross basis) or agent (i.e., reports revenues on a net basis) in the condensed consolidated cash flow statement $0.8 million of cash paid to taxing authorities for restricted stock shares withheld to satisfy statutory income tax withholding obligations. The retrospective application of this guidance had no impactcontract. Principal or agent designations depend primarily on the ~~condensed consolidated cash flow statement~~control an entity has over the good or service before control is transferred to a client. The indicators of which party exercises control include primary responsibility over performance obligations, inventory risk before the good or service is transferred, and discretion in establishing the price.

Topic 606 does not apply to revenues associated with dealing, or market-making, activities in financial instruments or contracts in the capacity of a principal, including derivative sales contracts which result in physical settlement and interest income.

The Company’s revenues from contracts with clients subject to Topic 606 represent approximately 1.0% and 1.8% of the Company’s total revenues for the three months ended December 31, ~~2016.~~2019 and 2018, respectively.

~~In July 2015,~~The Company’ revenues from contracts with clients subject to Topic 606 represent approximately 39.2% and 44.8% of the ~~FASB issued ASU No. 2015-11, “Simplifying~~Company’s operating revenues for the ~~Measurement~~three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

This includes all of ~~Inventory (Topic 330)~~the Company’s commission and clearing fees and consulting, management, and account fees revenues. Revenues within the scope of Topic 606 are presented within ‘Commission and clearing fees’ and ‘Consulting, management, and account fees’ on the condensed consolidated income statements. Revenues that are not within the scope of Topic 606 are presented within ‘Sales of physical commodities’, ‘Principal gains, net’, and ‘Interest income’ on the condensed consolidated income statements.

The following table represents a disaggregation of the Company’s total revenues separated between revenues from contracts with clients and other sources of revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 (in millions):



	Three Months Ended December 31,
	2019		2018
Revenues from contracts with clients:
Commission and clearing fees:
Sales-based:
Exchange-traded futures and options	$	32.4	$	39.1
OTC derivative brokerage	5.5		8.9
Equities and fixed income	4.3		1.1
Mutual funds	1.3		2.6
Insurance and annuity products	2.1		1.5
Other	0.3		0.2
Total sales-based commission	45.9		53.4
Trailing:
Mutual funds	3.1		3.2
Insurance and annuity products	3.7		3.7
Total trailing commission	6.8		6.9

Clearing fees	29.5		32.6
Trade conversion fees	1.5		1.6
Other	3.5		2.9
Total commission and clearing fees:	87.2		97.4

Consulting, management, and account fees:
Underwriting fees	0.2		0.3
Asset management fees	7.5		6.2
Advisory and consulting fees	5.6		5.0
Sweep program fees	4.0		3.8
Client account fees	3.0		2.7
Other	1.0		1.1
Total consulting, management, and account fees	21.3		19.1
Total revenues from contracts with clients	$	108.5	$	116.5

Method of revenue recognition:
Point-in-time	$	84.6	$	94.6
Time elapsed	23.9		21.9
Total revenues from contracts with clients	108.5		116.5
Other sources of revenues
Physical precious metals trading	10,658.0		5,955.6
Physical agricultural and energy product trading	320.0		340.2
Principal gains, net	112.5		94.9
Interest income	46.0		45.0
Total revenues	$	11,245.0	$	6,552.2

Primary geographic region:
United States	$	512.3	$	527.0
Europe	111.6		53.3
South America	15.2		11.4
Middle East and Asia	10,605.5		5,958.7
Other	0.4		1.8
Total revenues	$	11,245.0	$	6,552.2

The substantial majority of the Company’s performance obligations for revenues from contracts with clients are satisfied at a point in time and are typically collected from clients by debiting their accounts with the Company.

Commission and clearing fees revenue is primarily related to the Commercial Hedging and Clearing and Execution Services reportable segments. Consulting, management, and accounts fees are primarily related to the Commercial Hedging, Clearing and Execution Services, and Securities reportable segments. Principal gains, net is primarily related to the Commercial Hedging, Global Payments, and Securities reportable segments. Interest income is primarily related to the Commercial

Hedging, Securities, and Clearing and Execution Services reportable segments. Physical precious metals trading and physical agricultural and energy product trading revenues are primarily related to the Physical Commodities reportable segment.

Commission and Clearing Fees

Commission revenue represents sales and brokerage commissions generated by internal brokers, introducing broker-dealers, or registered investment advisors of introducing-broker dealers for their clients’ trading activity in futures, options on futures, OTC derivatives, fixed income securities, equity securities, mutual funds, and annuities. The Company views the selling, distribution, and marketing, or any combination thereof, of mutual funds and insurance and annuity products to clients on the Company’s registered investment advisor (“RIA”) platform as a single performance obligation to the product sponsors.

The Company is the principal for commission revenue, as it is responsible for the execution of the clients’ purchases and sales, and maintains relationships with product sponsors for trailing commission. Introducing broker dealers and registered investment advisors assist the Company in performing its obligations. Accordingly, total commission revenues are reported on a gross basis.

The Company primarily generates commission revenue on exchange-traded derivatives, OTC derivatives, and securities. Exchange-traded and OTC derivative commissions are recognized at a point in time on the trade date when the client, either directly or through the use of an internal broker or introducing broker, requests the clearance and execution of a trade. Securities commissions are either sale-based commissions that are recognized at a point in time on the trade date or trailing commission that are recognized over time as earned. Sales-based securities commissions are typically a flat fee per security transaction and in certain instances are based on a percentage of the trade date transaction value.

Trailing commission revenue is generally based on a percentage of the periodic fair value of clients’ investment holdings in trail-eligible assets, and is recognized over the period during which services, such as on-going support, are performed. As trailing commission revenue is based on the fair value of clients’ investment holdings in trail-eligible assets, this variable consideration is constrained until the fair value of trail-eligible assets is determinable.

Clearing fees generally represent transactional based fees charged by the various exchanges and clearing organizations for which the Company or one of its clearing organizations is a member for the privilege of executing and clearing trades through them. Clearing fees are generally passed through to the clients’ accounts and are reported gross as the Company maintains control over the clearing and execution services provided, maintains relationships with the exchanges or clearing brokers, and has ultimate discretion in whether the fees are passed through to the clients and the rates at which they are passed through. As clearing fees are transactional based revenues, they are recognized at a point in time on the trade date along with the related commission revenue when the client requests the clearance and execution of a trade.

Trade Conversion Fees

Trade conversion fees include revenue earned from converting foreign ordinary equities into an American Depository Receipt (“ADR”) or Global Depository Receipt (“GDR”) and fees earned from converting an ADR or GDR into foreign ordinary equities on behalf of clients. Trade conversion revenue is recognized at a point in time on the trade date.

Underwriting Fees

Revenues from investment banking consists of revenues earned from underwriting fixed income securities, primarily municipal and asset-backed securities, and are recognized in revenues upon completion of the underlying transaction, which is generally the trade date, based upon the terms of the assignment as the performance obligation is to successfully broker a specific transaction.

Asset Management Fees

The Company earns asset management fees on Company sponsored and managed mutual funds and on the advisory accounts of independent registered investment advisors on the Company’s RIA platform. The Company provides ongoing investment advice and acts as a custodian, providing brokerage and execution services on transactions, and performs administrative services for these accounts. This series of performance obligations transfers control of the services to the client over time as the services are performed. This revenue is recognized ratably over time to match the continued delivery of the performance obligations to the client over the life of the contract. The asset management revenue generated is based on a percentage of the fair value of the eligible assets in the clients’ accounts. As such, the consideration for this revenue is variable and this variable consideration is constrained until the fair value of eligible assets in the clients’ accounts is determinable.

Advisory and Consulting Fees

Advisory and consulting fees are primarily related to risk management consulting fees which are billed and recognized as revenue on a monthly basis when risk management services are provided. Such agreements are generally for one year periods but are generally cancelable by either party upon providing thirty days’ written notice to the other party and the amounts are not variable based on client trading activities. This revenue is generally recognized ratably over time to match the continued delivery of the performance obligation to the client over the life of the contract.

Sweep Program Fees

The Company earns fees generated in lieu of interest income from a multi-bank sweep program with unaffiliated banks and money market funds. Pursuant to contractual arrangements with clients and their introducing-brokers, available cash balances in client accounts are swept into either Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insured cash accounts at unaffiliated banks or unaffiliated Securities Investor Protection Corporation (“SIPC”) insured money market funds for which the Company earns a portion of the interest income generated by the client balances for administration and recordkeeping. The fees generated by the Company��s multi-bank sweep program are reported net of the balances remitted to the introducing-brokers and clients. These fees are paid and recognized over time to match the continued delivery of the administration and recordkeeping performance obligations to the life of the contract. The fees earned under this program are generally based upon the type of sweep account, prevailing interest rates, and the amount of client balances invested.

Client Account Fees

Client account fees represent fees earned for custodial, recordkeeping, and administrative functions performed for the securities clearing accounts of clients. These include statement delivery fees, account transfer fees, safekeeping fees, errors and omission insurance fees, platform fees, and other fees. Client account fees that are transactional based, such as account transfer fees, are recognized at a point in time when the related performance obligation is satisfied. Client account fees that are related to ongoing services, such as statement delivery fees and errors and omission insurance fees, are recognized over time. Client account fees that relate to ongoing services are typically billed to clients’ accounts on a monthly or quarterly basis.

Physical Precious Metals Trading

The Company principally generates revenue from trading physical precious metals on an OTC basis. Revenues from the sale of physical precious metals are recorded on a trade date basis and generally settle on an unallocated basis. Substantially all of the Company’s sales of precious metals are conducted using sales contracts that meet the definition of derivative instruments in accordance with ASC 815 - Derivatives and Hedging (“Topic 815”).~~” Under ASU 2015-11,~~ The contracts underlying the Company’s commitment to deliver precious metals are referred to as fixed price forward commodity contracts because the price of the commodity is fixed at the time the order is placed. Although the contracts typically are executed on a spot basis and settle on unallocated account, the client has the option to request delivery of the precious metals, the option to net settle out of the position by executing an offsetting trade, or the option to roll the transaction to a subsequent maturity date. Thus, the sales contracts contain embedded option derivatives that are subject to Topic 815. As the contracts are subject to the guidance in Topic 815, the fixed price derivative sales contracts are outside the scope of Topic 606. The Company recognizes revenue when control of the inventory is transferred within the meaning of Topic 606.

Physical Agricultural and Energy Product Trading

The Company principally generates revenue from merchandising and originating physical agricultural and energy commodities from forward firm sales commitments accounted for in accordance with Topic 815. The fixed and provisionally-priced derivative sales contracts that result in physical delivery are outside the scope of Topic 606. The Company recognizes revenue when control of the inventory is transferred within the meaning of Topic 606.

Principal Gains, Net

Principal gains, net includes revenues on financial transactions or contracts for which the Company acts as principal that is ~~measured using~~reported on a net basis and is outside the ~~first-in, first-out (FIFO), specific identification,~~scope of ASC 606. Principal gains, net includes margins generated from OTC derivative trades, equities, fixed income, and foreign exchange executed with clients and other counterparties and are recognized on a trade-date basis. Principal gains, net, also includes realized and unrealized gains and losses derived principally from market making activities in OTC derivatives, equities, fixed income, and foreign exchange. Net dealer inventory and investment gains are recognized on a trade-date basis and include realized gains or ~~average cost methods should be measured~~losses and changes in unrealized gains or losses on investments at ~~the lower of cost or~~fair value. Principal gains, net realizable value. This ASU does not impact inventory measurement under the last-in, first-out (LIFO) or retail inventory methods. For public companies, this ASU is effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016,also includes dividend income on long equity positions and ~~interim periods within those annual periods, with early adoption permitted. The amendments from this update~~dividend expense on short equity positions, which are ~~to be applied prospectively. The Company adopted this ASU prospectively~~recognized on the ~~effective date of October 1, 2017. The adoption of this ASU has not had a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.~~ex-dividend date.

Interest Income

Interest income is generated from client funds deposited with the Company to satisfy margin requirements which is held by third-party banks or on deposit with or pledged to exchange-clearing organizations or other FCMs. Interest income is also generated from the investment of client funds in allowable securities, primarily U.S. Treasury obligations. Interest income is also generated from trading fixed income securities that the Company holds in its market-making businesses. Interest income also includes interest generated from collateralized transactions, including securities borrowed and securities purchased under agreements to resell, and from extending margin loans to clients. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis and is not within the scope of Topic 606.

Remaining Performance Obligations

Remaining performance obligations are services that the Company has committed to perform in the future in connection with its contracts with clients. The Company’s remaining performance obligations are generally related to its risk management consulting and asset management contracts with clients. Revenues associated with remaining performance obligations related to these contracts with clients are not material to the overall consolidated results of the Company. For the Company’s asset management activities, where fees are calculated based on a percentage of the fair value of eligible assets in client’s accounts, future revenue associated with remaining performance obligations cannot be determined as such fees are subject to fluctuations in the fair value of eligible assets in clients’ accounts.

Note 24 – Earnings ~~(loss)~~ per Share

The Company presents basic and diluted earnings ~~(loss)~~ per share (“EPS”) using the two-class method which requires all outstanding unvested share-based payment awards that contain rights to non-forfeitable dividends and therefore participate in undistributed earnings with common stockholders be included in computing earnings ~~(loss)~~ per share. Under the two-class method, net ~~earnings are~~income is reduced by the amount of dividends declared in the period for each class of common stock and participating security. The remaining undistributed earnings ~~(loss)~~ are then allocated to common stock and participating securities, based on their respective rights to receive dividends. Restricted stock awards granted to certain employees and directors contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends at the same rate as common stock and are considered participating securities. Basic EPS has been computed by dividing net ~~(loss)~~ income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding.

The following is a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the diluted earnings ~~(loss)~~ per share computations for the periods presented below.


	Three Months Ended December 31,						Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions, except share amounts)	2017			2016			2019			2018
Numerator:
Net (loss) income	$	(6.9	)	$	6.3
Net income							$	16.3		$	18.2
Less: Allocation to participating securities	—			(0.1		)	(0.3		)	(0.3		)
Net (loss) income allocated to common stockholders	$	(6.9	)	$	6.2
Net income allocated to common stockholders							$	16.0		$	17.9
Denominator:
Weighted average number of:
Common shares outstanding	18,419,072			18,248,244			18,750,270			18,659,748
Dilutive potential common shares outstanding:
Share-based awards	—			236,751			324,292			333,298
Diluted weighted-average common shares	18,419,072			18,484,995			19,074,562			18,993,046

The dilutive effect of share-based awards is reflected in diluted earnings ~~(loss)~~ per share by application of the treasury stock method, which includes consideration of unamortized share-based compensation expense required under the Compensation – Stock Compensation Topic of the ASC.

Options to purchase ~~489,721~~1,022,350 and ~~914,453~~178,958 shares of common stock for the three months ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and ~~2016,~~2018, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share as they would have been anti-dilutive.

Note 35 – Assets and Liabilities, at Fair Value

Fair value is defined by U.S. GAAP as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between willing market participants on the measurement date.

Fair value is a market-based measure considered from the perspective of a market participant rather than an entity-specific measure. Therefore, even when market assumptions are not readily available, the Company is required to develop a set of assumptions that reflect those that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date. The Company uses prices and inputs that are current as of the measurement date, including periods of market dislocation. In periods

of market dislocation, the observability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many securities. This condition could cause a security to be reclassified to a lower level within the fair value hierarchy.

The Company has designed independent price verification controls and periodically performs such controls to ensure the reasonableness of such values.

In accordance with FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, the Company groups its assets and liabilities measured at fair value in three levels based on the markets in which the assets and liabilities are traded and the reliability of the assumptions used to determine fair value. These levels are:

Level 1 - Valuation is based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities. Level 1 consists of financial assets and liabilities whose fair values are estimated using quoted market prices.

Level 2 - Valuation is based upon quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are less active, that is, markets in which there are few transactions for the asset or liability that are observable for substantially the full term. Included in Level 2 are those financial assets and liabilities for which fair values are estimated using models or other valuation methodologies. These models are primarily industry-standard models that consider various observable inputs, including time value, yield curve, volatility factors, observable current market and contractual prices for the underlying financial instruments, as well as other relevant economic measures.

Level 3 - Valuation is ~~generated from~~based on prices or valuation techniques that require ~~an input~~inputs that isare both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (i.e., supported by little or no market activity). Level 3 comprises financial assets and liabilities whose fair value is estimated based on internally developed models or methodologies utilizing significant inputs that are not readily observable from objective sources. Level 3 includes contingent liabilities that have been valued using an income approach based upon management developed discounted cash flow projections, which are an unobservable input. The Company had $1.8 million of contingent liabilities classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2019. The Company had no Level 3 assets as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2019.

Financial and nonfinancial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). A market is active if there are sufficient transactions on an ongoing basis to provide current pricing information for the asset or liability, pricing information is released publicly, and price quotations do not vary substantially either over time or among market ~~makers.~~participants. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity.

The guidance requires the Company to consider counterparty credit risk of all parties of outstanding derivative instruments that would be considered by a market participant in the transfer or settlement of such contracts (exit price). The Company’s exposure to credit risk on derivative financial instruments principally relates to the portfolio of OTC derivative contracts as all exchange-traded contracts held can be settled on an active market with a credit guarantee byfrom the respective exchange. The Company requires each counterparty to deposit margin collateral for all OTC instruments and is also required to deposit margin collateral with counterparties. The Company has assessed the nature of these deposits and used its discretion to adjust each based on the underlying credit considerations for the counterparty and determined that the collateral deposits minimize the exposure to counterparty credit risk in the evaluation of the fair value of OTC instruments as determined by a market participant.

Fair value of financial and nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are carried on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value on a recurring basis

Cash and cash equivalents reported at fair value on a recurring basis includes certificates of deposit and money market mutual funds, which are stated at cost plus accrued interest, which approximates fair value.

Cash, securities and other assets segregated under federal and other regulations reported at fair value on a recurring basis include the value of pledged investments, primarily U.S. Treasury obligations and commodities warehouse receipts.

Deposits with and receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties and payable to ~~customers~~clients and broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties include the value of pledged investments, primarily U.S. Treasury obligations and foreign government obligations. These balances also include the fair value of exchange-traded options on futures and ~~exchange-cleared~~ OTC ~~swaps and options determined by quoted prices on the applicable exchange.~~derivative financial instruments.

Financial instruments owned and sold, not yet purchased include the fair value of equity securities, which includes common, ~~and~~ preferred, ~~stock, American Depository Receipts (“ADRs”),~~ and ~~Global Depository Receipts (“GDRs”), exchangeable~~ foreign ordinary ~~equities,~~shares, ADRs, GDRs, and ~~GDRs,~~exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), corporate and municipal ~~debt obligations,~~bonds, U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government agency obligations, foreign government obligations, agency mortgage-backed obligations, asset-backed obligations, derivative financial instruments, commodities warehouse receipts, exchange firm common

stock, and mutual funds and investments in managed funds. The fair value of exchange firm common stock is determined by quoted market ~~prices, and the fair value of exchange memberships is determined by recent sale transactions.~~

Physical commodities inventory recorded at fair value on a recurring basis includes precious metals that are a part of the trading activities of a regulated broker-dealer subsidiary and is recorded at fair value using spot prices. Physical commodities inventory also includes agricultural commodities that are a part of the trading activities of a non-broker dealer subsidiary and are also recorded at net realizable value using spot prices. Precious metals inventory held by subsidiaries that are not broker-dealers are valued at fair value on a non-recurring basis. Except as disclosed in Note 6, the Company did not have any fair value adjustments for assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017.

Cash equivalents, debt and equity securities, commodities warehouse receipts, physical commodities inventory, derivative financial instruments, and contingent liabilities are carried at fair value, on a recurring basis, and are classified and disclosed into three levels in the fair value hierarchy.

The following section describes the valuation methodologies used by the Company to measure classes of financial instruments at fair value and specifies the level within the fair value hierarchy where various financial instruments are classified.

The Company uses quoted prices in active markets, where available, and classifies such instruments within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Examples include U.S. Treasury obligations, foreign government obligations, commodities warehouse receipts, ~~some common and preferred stock, ADRs, and GDRs, some exchangeable foreign ordinary equities, ADRs, and GDRs, some corporate and municipal obligations,~~certain equity securities traded in active markets, physical precious metals ~~agricultural, and energy commodities, equity~~held by a regulated broker-dealer subsidiary, exchange firm common stock, investments in ~~exchange firms, mutual~~managed funds,

as well as ~~futures and~~ options on futures contracts traded on national exchanges. The fair value of exchange ~~memberships~~firm common stock is determined by recent sale transactions and is included within Level 1.

When instruments are traded in secondary markets and observable prices are not available for substantially the full term, the Company generally relies on internal valuation techniques or prices obtained from third-party pricing services or brokers or a combination thereof, and accordingly, classified these instruments as Level 2. Examples include corporate and municipal bonds, U.S. government agency obligations, agency-mortgage backed obligations, asset-backed obligations, ~~foreign government obligations, some common and preferred stock, ADRs, and GDRs,~~ certain ~~exchangeable foreign ordinary equities, ADRs, and GDRs, OTC commodity and foreign exchange forwards, swaps, and options, OTC firm purchase and sale commitments related to precious metals commodities,~~equity securities traded in less active markets, and OTC ~~firm~~derivative contracts, which include purchase and sale commitments related to the Company’s agricultural and energy commodities.

~~Derivatives~~Certain derivatives without a quoted price in an active market and derivatives executed OTC are valued using internal valuation techniques, including pricing models which utilize ~~significant~~ inputs observable to market participants. The valuation techniques and inputs depend on the type of derivative and the nature of the underlying instrument. The key inputs depend upon the type of derivative and the nature of the underlying instrument and include interest yield curves, foreign exchange rates, commodity prices, volatilities and correlation. These derivative instruments are included within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Physical commodities inventory includes precious metals that are a part of the trading activities of a regulated broker-dealer subsidiary and is recorded at fair value using exchange-quoted prices. Physical commodities inventory also includes agricultural commodities that are a part of the trading activities of a non-broker dealer subsidiary and are recorded at net realizable value using exchange-quoted prices. The fair value of precious metals physical commodities inventory is based upon unadjusted exchange-quoted prices and is, therefore, classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of agricultural physical commodities inventory and the related OTC firm sale and purchase commitments are generally based upon exchange-quoted prices, adjusted for basis or differences in local markets, broker or dealer quotations or market transactions in either listed or OTC markets. Exchange-quoted prices are adjusted for location and quality because the exchange-quoted prices for agricultural and energy related products represent contracts that have standardized terms for commodity, quantity, future delivery period, delivery location, and commodity quality or grade. The basis or local market adjustments are observable inputs or have an insignificant impact on the measurement of fair value and, therefore, the agricultural physical commodities inventory as well as the related OTC forward firm sale and purchase commitments have been included within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

With the exception of certain derivative instruments where the valuation approach is disclosed above, financial instruments owned and sold are primarily valued using ~~third party~~third-party pricing sources. ~~Third party~~Third-party pricing vendors compile prices from various sources and often apply matrix pricing for similar securities when ~~no prices~~market-observable transactions for the instruments are ~~observable.~~not observable for substantially the full term. The Company reviews the pricing methodologies ~~provided~~used by ~~the various~~third-party pricing vendors in order to ~~determine if observable market information is being used, versus unobservable inputs.~~evaluate the fair value hierarchy classification of vendor-priced financial instruments and the accuracy of vendor pricing, which typically involves the comparison of primary vendor prices to internal trader prices or secondary vendor prices. When evaluating the propriety of ~~an internal trader price compared with vendor~~vendor-priced financial instruments using secondary prices, considerations include the range and quality of vendor ~~prices. Trader or broker~~ prices, ~~are used to ensure the reasonableness~~level of ~~a vendor price; however valuing financial~~observable transactions for identical and similar instruments, ~~involves~~and judgments ~~acquired from~~based upon knowledge of a particular ~~market.~~market and asset class. If ~~a trader asserts that a~~the primary vendor ~~or market~~ price isdoes not ~~reflective of market~~represent fair value, justification for using ~~the trader~~a secondary price, including ~~recent sales activity where possible, must be provided~~source data used to make the determination, is subject to review and ~~approved~~approval by ~~the appropriate levels of management.~~authorized personnel prior to using a secondary price. Financial instruments owned and sold that are valued using third party pricing sources are included within either Level 1 or Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy based upon the observability of the inputs used and the level of activity in the market.

Level 3 comprises financial assets and liabilities whose fair value is estimated based on internally developed models or methodologies utilizing significant inputs that are not readily observable from objective sources. Included in Level 3 are some common stock and ADRs, some corporate and municipal obligations, and contingent liabilities. Level 3 assets and liabilities are valued using an income approach based upon management developed discounted cash flow projections, which are an unobservable input.

The fair value estimates presented herein are based on pertinent information available to management as of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017.~~2019. Although management is not aware of any factors that would significantly affect the estimated fair value amounts, such amounts have not been comprehensively revalued for purposes of these condensed consolidated financial statements since that date and current estimates of fair value may differ significantly from the amounts presented herein.

The following tables set forth the Company’s financial and nonfinancial assets and liabilities accounted for at fair value, on a recurring basis, as of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 by level in the fair value hierarchy.


	December 31, 2017												December 31, 2019
(in millions)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Netting and Collateral (1)			Total			Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Netting (1)			Total
Assets:
Unrestricted cash equivalents - certificate of deposits	$	4.7	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	4.7
Certificates of deposit													$	6.9	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	6.9
Money market mutual funds													7.9		—		—		—			7.9
Cash and cash equivalents													14.8		—		—		—			14.8
Commodities warehouse receipts	14.9		—		—		—			14.9			6.7		—		—		—			6.7
U.S. Treasury obligations	1.6		—		—		—			1.6			299.7		—		—		—			299.7
Securities and other assets segregated under federal and other regulations	16.5		—		—		—			16.5			306.4		—		—		—			306.4
U.S. Treasury obligations	219.1		—		—		—			219.1			548.0		—		—		—			548.0
"To be announced" (TBA) and forward settling securities	—		1.7		—		(0.6		)	1.1			—		5.9		—		(0.5		)	5.4
Foreign government obligations	—		6.2		—		—			6.2			10.3		—		—		—			10.3
Derivatives	3,068.1		188.7		—		(3,429.5		)	(172.7		)	1,620.1		38.1		—		(1,591.1		)	67.1
Deposits with and receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organization and counterparties	3,287.2		196.6		—		(3,430.1		)	53.7
Common and preferred stock, ADRs, and GDRs	30.5		3.4		0.1		—			34.0
Exchangeable foreign ordinary equities, ADRs, and GDRs	9.0		1.1		—		—			10.1
Deposits with and receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties, net													2,178.4		44.0		—		(1,591.6		)	630.8
Equity securities													178.9		15.3		—		—			194.2
Corporate and municipal bonds	45.1		0.6		—		—			45.7			—		69.8		—		—			69.8
U.S. Treasury obligations	76.8		—		—		—			76.8			226.6		—		—		—			226.6
U.S. government agency obligations	—		587.7		—		—			587.7			—		273.3		—		—			273.3
Foreign government obligations	—		11.3		—		—			11.3			0.6		—		—		—			0.6
Agency mortgage-backed obligations	—		1,053.4		—		—			1,053.4			—		1,253.1		—		—			1,253.1
Asset-backed obligations	—		21.6		—		—			21.6			—		16.5		—		—			16.5
Derivatives	1.4		1,577.8		—		(1,444.3		)	134.9			1.7		449.3		—		(363.8		)	87.2
Commodities leases	—		178.9		—		(168.5		)	10.4			—		29.9		—		—			29.9
Commodities warehouse receipts	56.1		—		—		—			56.1			12.2		—		—		—			12.2
Exchange firm common stock	8.9		—		—		—			8.9			12.1		—		—		—			12.1
Mutual funds and other	5.0		—		—		—			5.0			1.9		—		—		—			1.9
Financial instruments owned	232.8		3,435.8		0.1		(1,612.8		)	2,055.9			434.0		2,107.2		—		(363.8		)	2,177.4
Physical commodities inventory, net	142.7		—		—		—			142.7			24.1		176.4		—		—			200.5
Total assets at fair value	$	3,683.9	$	3,632.4	$	0.1	$	(5,042.9	)	$	2,273.5		$	2,957.7	$	2,327.6	$	—	$	(1,955.4	)	$	3,329.9
Liabilities:
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities - contingent liabilities													—		—		1.8		—			1.8
TBA and forward settling securities	—		1.7		—		(0.6		)	1.1			—		4.4		—		(0.5		)	3.9
Derivatives	3,169.6		212.5		—		(3,382.1		)	—			1,556.1		67.2		—		(1,623.0		)	0.3
Payable to broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties	3,169.6		214.2		—		(3,382.7		)	1.1			1,556.1		71.6		—		(1,623.5		)	4.2
Common and preferred stock, ADRs, and GDRs	48.6		1.2		—		—			49.8
Exchangeable foreign ordinary equities, ADRs, and GDRs	10.2		—		—		—			10.2
Equity securities													164.2		2.0		—		—			166.2
Foreign government obligations													2.2		—		—		—			2.2
Corporate and municipal bonds	0.3		—		—		—			0.3			—		31.8		—		—			31.8
U.S. Treasury obligations	404.6		—		—		—			404.6			219.5		—		—		—			219.5
U.S. government agency obligations	—		35.5		—		—			35.5			—		38.9		—		—			38.9
Agency mortgage-backed obligations	—		3.9		—		—			3.9
Derivatives	—		1,634.6		—		(1,385.3		)	249.3			—		463.9		—		(384.3		)	79.6
Commodities leases	—		186.4		—		(136.7		)	49.7			—		128.2		—		—			128.2
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased	463.7		1,861.6		—		(1,522.0		)	803.3			385.9		664.8		—		(384.3		)	666.4
Total liabilities at fair value	$	3,633.3	$	2,075.8	$	—	$	(4,904.7	)	$	804.4		$	1,942.0	$	736.4	$	1.8	$	(2,007.8	)	$	672.4


(1)	Represents cash collateral and the impact of netting across the levels of the fair value hierarchy. Netting among positions classified within the same level is included in that level.

The following table sets forth the Company’s financial and nonfinancial assets and liabilities accounted for at fair value, on a recurring basis, as of September 30, ~~2017~~2019 by level in the fair value hierarchy.


	September 30, 2017												September 30, 2019
(in millions)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Netting and Collateral (1)			Total			Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Netting (1)			Total
Assets:
Unrestricted cash equivalents - certificates of deposits	$	3.8	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	3.8
Certificates of deposit													$	4.9	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	4.9
Money market funds													8.9		—		—		—			8.9
Cash and cash equivalents - certificates of deposit													13.8		—		—		—			13.8
Commodities warehouse receipts	21.0		—		—		—			21.0			6.2		—		—		—			6.2
U.S. Treasury obligations	33.5		—		—		—			33.5			299.8		—		—		—			299.8
Securities and other assets segregated under federal and other regulations	54.5		—		—		—			54.5			306.0		—		—		—			306.0
U.S. Treasury obligations	244.7		—		—		—			244.7			593.9		—		—		—			593.9
"To be announced" (TBA) and forward settling securities	—		8.8		—		—			8.8
TBA and forward settling securities													—		9.8		—		(1.5		)	8.3
Foreign government obligations	—		6.4		—		—			6.4			9.9		—		—		—			9.9
Derivatives	2,608.6		289.1		—		(2,952.9		)	(55.2		)	3,131.2		43.2		—		(3,159.6		)	14.8
Deposits with and receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations, and counterparties	2,853.3		304.3		—		(2,952.9		)	204.7
Common and preferred stock, ADRs, and GDRs	31.2		3.4		0.1		—			34.7
Exchangeable foreign ordinary equities, ADRs, and GDRs	9.2		1.2		—		—			10.4
Deposits with and receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties, net													3,735.0		53.0		—		(3,161.1		)	626.9
Equity securities													159.5		9.0		—		—			168.5
Corporate and municipal bonds	28.2		0.9		—		—			29.1			—		80.0		—		—			80.0
U.S. Treasury obligations	60.0		—		—		—			60.0			248.7		—		—		—			248.7
U.S. government agency obligations	—		368.9		—		—			368.9			—		447.1		—		—			447.1
Foreign government obligations	—		10.2		—		—			10.2			0.5		—		—		—			0.5
Agency mortgage-backed obligations	—		920.9		—		—			920.9			—		1,045.0		—		—			1,045.0
Asset-backed obligations	—		47.3		—		—			47.3			—		29.1		—		—			29.1
Derivatives	1.3		1,413.4		—		(1,252.6		)	162.1			1.0		486.3		—		(420.8		)	66.5
Commodities leases	—		174.1		—		(138.7		)	35.4			—		28.6		—		—			28.6
Commodities warehouse receipts	38.5		—		—		—			38.5			48.4		—		—		—			48.4
Exchange firm common stock	8.3		—		—		—			8.3			12.7		—		—		—			12.7
Mutual funds and other	6.0		—		—		—			6.0			0.1		—		—		—			0.1
Financial instruments owned	182.7		2,940.3		0.1		(1,391.3		)	1,731.8			470.9		2,125.1		—		(420.8		)	2,175.2
Physical commodities inventory, net	73.2		—		—		—			73.2			7.1		144.8		—		—			151.9
Total assets at fair value	$	3,167.5	$	3,244.6	$	0.1	$	(4,344.2	)	$	2,068.0		$	4,532.8	$	2,322.9	$	—	$	(3,581.9	)	$	3,273.8
Liabilities:
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities - contingent liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	1.0	$	—		$	1.0		$	—	$	—	$	1.8	$	—		$	1.8
TBA and forward settling securities	—		4.9		—		(0.1		)	4.8			—		6.8		—		(1.5		)	5.3
Derivatives	2,476.2		292.8		—		(2,769.0		)	—			3,079.1		38.3		—		(3,117.1		)	0.3
Payable to broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties	2,476.2		297.7		—		(2,769.1		)	4.8			3,079.1		45.1		—		(3,118.6		)	5.6
Common and preferred stock, ADRs, and GDRs	33.7		0.7		—		—			34.4
Exchangeable foreign ordinary equities, ADRs, and GDRs	10.3		0.2		—		—			10.5
Equity securities													147.3		10.8		—		—			158.1
Corporate and municipal bonds	0.3		—		—		—			0.3			—		39.2		—		—			39.2
U.S. Treasury obligations	285.9		—		—		—			285.9			272.3		—		—		—			272.3
U.S. government agency obligations	—		27.9		—		—			27.9			—		43.8		—		—			43.8
Agency mortgage-backed obligations	—		0.1		—		—			0.1			—		29.6		—		—			29.6
Derivatives	—		1,427.2		—		(1,110.2		)	317.0			—		480.3		—		(422.2		)	58.1
Commodities leases	—		191.1		—		(149.6		)	41.5			—		113.7		—		—			113.7
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased	330.2		1,647.2		—		(1,259.8		)	717.6			419.6		717.4		—		(422.2		)	714.8
Total liabilities at fair value	$	2,806.4	$	1,944.9	$	1.0	$	(4,028.9	)	$	723.4		$	3,498.7	$	762.5	$	1.8	$	(3,540.8	)	$	722.2


(1)	Represents cash collateral and the impact of netting across the levels of the fair value hierarchy. Netting among positions classified within the same level is included in that level.

Realized and unrealized gains and losses are included in ~~‘trading~~‘principal gains, net’, ‘interest income’, and ~~‘interest income’~~‘cost of sales of physical commodities’ in the condensed consolidated income statements.

~~Information on Level 3 Financial Assets and Liabilities~~

~~The Company’s financial assets at fair value classified in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as of~~ ~~December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017~~ ~~are summarized below:~~

(in millions) December 31, 2017 September 30, 2017
Total Level 3 assets $ 0.1
$ 0.1
Level 3 assets for which the Company bears economic exposure $ 0.1
$ 0.1
Total assets $ 6,808.9
$ 6,243.4
Total assets at fair value $ 2,273.5
$ 2,068.0
Total Level 3 assets as a percentage of total assets — % — %
Level 3 assets for which the Company bears economic exposure as a percentage of total assets — % — %
Total Level 3 assets as a percentage of total financial assets at fair value — % — %

The following tables set forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial assets and liabilities during the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, including a summary of unrealized gains (losses) during the respective periods on the Company’s Level 3 financial assets and liabilities still held as of December 31, 2017.

Level 3 Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities For the Three Months Ended December 31, 2017
(in millions) Balances at
beginning of
period Realized gains
(losses) during
period Unrealized
gains (losses)
during period Purchases/issuances Settlements Transfers in
or (out) of
Level 3 Balances at
end of period
Assets:
Common stock and ADRs $ 0.1
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ 0.1
$ 0.1
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ 0.1

Level 3 Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities For the Three Months Ended December 31, 2016
(in millions) Balances at
beginning of
period Realized gains
(losses) during
period Unrealized
gains (losses)
during period Purchases/issuances Settlements Transfers in
or (out) of
Level 3 Balances at
end of period
Assets:
Common stock and ADRs $ 0.2
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ 0.2
Corporate and municipal bonds 3.0
—
—
—
(3.0 ) —
—
$ 3.2
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ (3.0 ) $ —
$ 0.2

(in millions) Balances at
beginning of
period Realized (gains)
losses during
period Unrealized
(gains) losses
during period Purchases/issuances Settlements Transfers in
or (out) of
Level 3 Balances at
end of period
Liabilities:
Contingent liabilities $ 0.8
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ 0.8

The Company is required to make additional future cash payments based on certain financial performance measures of an acquired business. The Company was required to remeasure the fair value of contingent consideration arrangements on a recurring basis. As of September 30, 2017, the Company had classified its liability for the contingent consideration within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy because the fair value was determined using significant unobservable inputs, which included projected cash flows. The estimated fair value of the earn-outs was based upon management-developed earnings forecasts for the remaining contingency period, which was a Level 3 input in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of the contingent consideration increased by less than $0.1 million during the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 with the corresponding amount classified as ‘other’ in the condensed consolidated income statements. The contingency period for the contingent consideration arrangements ended as of December 31, 2017. The accrued balance of $1.0 million is included within ‘accounts payable and other accrued liabilities’ on the condensed consolidated balance sheet at an amount approximating fair value with the final payment due in February 2018.

The Company reports transfers in and out of Levels 1, 2 and 3, as applicable, using the fair value of the securities as of the beginning of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred. The Company did not have any transfers in and out of Levels 1, 2, and 3 during the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

Additional disclosures about the fair value of financial instruments that are not carried on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value

Many, but not all, of the financial instruments that the Company holds are recorded at fair value in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following represents financial instruments in which the ending balance at December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017~~2019 was not carried at fair value in accordance with U.S. GAAP on ~~our~~the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:

Short-term financial ~~instruments:~~ instruments:The carrying value of short-term financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, cash segregated under federal and other regulations, securities purchased under agreements to ~~re-sell~~resell and securities sold under agreements to ~~re-purchase,~~repurchase, and securities borrowed and loaned are recorded at amounts that approximate the fair value of these instruments due to their short-term nature and level of collateralization. These financial instruments generally expose usthe Company to limited credit risk and have no stated maturities or have short-term maturities and carry interest rates that approximate market rates. Under the fair value hierarchy, cash and cash equivalents and cash segregated under federal and other regulations are classified as Level 1. Securities purchased under agreements to ~~re-sell~~resell and securities sold under agreements to ~~re-purchase,~~repurchase, and securities borrowed and loaned are classified as Level 2 under the fair value hierarchy as they are generally overnight or short-term in nature and are collateralized by ~~common stock,~~equity securities, U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government agency obligations, agency mortgage-backed obligations, and asset-backed obligations.

Receivables and other ~~assets: R~~assets~~eceivables~~:Receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations, and counterparties, receivables from ~~customers,~~clients, net, notes receivables, ~~net~~ and certain other assets are recorded at amounts that approximate fair value due to their short-term nature and are classified as Level 2 under the fair value hierarchy.

~~Payables: P~~Payables~~ayables~~:Payables to ~~customers~~clients and payables to brokers-dealers, clearing organizations, and counterparties are recorded at amounts that approximate fair value due to their short-term nature and are classified as Level 2 under the fair value hierarchy.

~~Lender~~Lenders under loans: Payables to lenders under loans carry variable rates of interest and are relatively short-term in duration and, thus, approximate fair value and are classified as Level 2 under the fair value hierarchy.

Senior secured term loan: The senior secured term loan carries a variable rate of interest and thus approximates fair value and is classified as Level 2 under the fair value hierarchy.

Note 46 – Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk and Concentrations of Credit Risk

The Company is party to certain financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of its business. The Company has sold financial instruments that it does not currently own and will therefore be obliged to purchase such financial instruments at a future date. The Company has recorded these obligations in the condensed consolidated financial statements as of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017~~2019 at the fair values of the related financial instruments. The Company will incur losses if the fair value of the underlying financial instruments increases subsequent to December 31, ~~2017~~.2019. The total financial instruments sold, not yet purchased of ~~$803.3~~$666.4 million and ~~$717.6~~$714.8 million as of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017,~~2019, respectively, includes ~~$249.3~~$79.6 million and ~~$317.0~~$58.1 million for derivative contracts, respectively, which represented a liability to the Company based on their fair values as of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017.~~2019.

Derivatives

The Company utilizes derivative products in its trading capacity as a dealer in order to satisfy ~~customer~~client needs and mitigate risk. The Company manages risks from both derivatives and non-derivative cash instruments on a consolidated basis. The risks of derivatives should not be viewed in isolation, but in aggregate with the Company’s other trading activities. The majority of the Company’s derivative positions are included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets in ‘Deposits with and receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations and ~~counterparties’~~counterparties, net’, ‘Financial instruments owned, at fair value’, ‘Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value’ and ‘Payables to broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties’.

The Company employs an interest rate risk management strategy using derivative financial instruments in the form of interest rate swaps as well as outright purchases of medium-term U.S. Treasury notes to manage a portion of the aggregate interest rate position. The Company’s objective when using interest rate swaps under the strategy, is to invest certain amounts of customer deposits in high quality, short-term investments and swap the resulting variable interest earnings into medium-term interest earnings. When used, the risk mitigation of these interest rate swaps are not within the documented hedging designation requirements of the Derivatives and Hedging Topic of the ASC, and as a result are recorded at fair value, with changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps recorded within 'trading gains, net' in the condensed consolidated income statements.

Listed below are the fair values of the Company’s derivative assets and liabilities as of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017~~.2019. Assets represent net unrealized gains and liabilities represent net unrealized losses.


	December 31, 2017						September 30, 2017						December 31, 2019						September 30, 2019
(in millions)	Assets ⁽¹⁾			Liabilities ⁽¹⁾			Assets ⁽¹⁾			Liabilities ⁽¹⁾			Assets ⁽¹⁾			Liabilities ⁽¹⁾			Assets ⁽¹⁾			Liabilities ⁽¹⁾
Derivative contracts not accounted for as hedges:
Exchange-traded commodity derivatives	$	2,515.9		$	2,660.1		$	2,094.2		$	1,975.0		$	1,109.3		$	1,122.6		$	1,437.1		$	1,463.4
OTC commodity derivatives	1,208.9			1,270.9			1,084.0			1,110.3			219.5			284.0			84.2			106.2
Exchange-traded foreign exchange derivatives	53.0			32.3			66.0			52.0			5.9			11.3			36.9			33.5
OTC foreign exchange derivatives	533.4			530.8			618.5			609.8			235.2			212.8			403.2			368.8
Exchange-traded interest rate derivatives	203.1			234.8			228.4			203.6			309.6			292.8			900.1			882.0
OTC interest rate derivatives	24.2			24.2			—			—			32.7			34.3			42.1			43.6
Exchange traded equity index derivatives	297.5			263.6			221.3			245.4
Exchange-traded equity index derivatives													197.0			129.4			758.1			700.2
TBA and forward settling securities	1.7			1.7			8.8			4.9			5.9			4.4			9.8			6.8
Gross fair value of derivative contracts	4,837.7			5,018.4			4,321.2			4,201.0			2,115.1			2,091.6			3,671.5			3,604.5
Impact of netting and collateral	(4,874.4		)	(4,768.0		)	(4,205.5		)	(3,879.2		)	(1,955.4		)	(2,007.8		)	(3,581.9		)	(3,540.8		)
Total fair value included in ‘Deposits with and receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations, and counterparties’	$	(171.6	)				$	(46.4	)
Total fair value included in ‘Financial instruments owned, at fair value’	$	134.9					$	162.1
Total fair value included in ‘Payables to broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties				$	1.1					$	4.8
Fair value included in ‘Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value’				$	249.3					$	317.0
Total fair value included in 'Deposits with and receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations, and counterparties, net'													$	72.5					$	23.1
Total fair value included in 'Financial instruments owned, at fair value													$	87.2					$	66.5
Total fair value included in 'Payables to broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties																$	4.2					$	5.6
Fair value included in 'Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value'																$	79.6					$	58.1


(1)	As of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017~~,2019, the Company’s derivative contract volume for open positions were approximately ~~6.8~~8.1 million and ~~6.1~~10.6 million contracts, respectively.

The Company’s derivative contracts are principally held in its Commercial Hedging and Clearing and Execution Services segments. The Company assists its Commercial Hedging segment ~~customers~~clients in protecting the value of their future production by entering into option or forward agreements with them on an OTC basis. The Company also provides its Commercial Hedging segment ~~customers~~clients with option products, including combinations of buying and selling puts and calls. The Company mitigates its risk by offsetting the ~~customer’s~~client’s transaction simultaneously with one of the Company’s trading counterparties or with a similar but not identical exchange-traded position. The risk mitigation of these offsetting trades is not within the documented hedging designation requirements of ~~the Derivatives and Hedging~~ Topic ~~of the ASC.~~815. These derivative contracts are traded along with cash transactions because of the integrated nature of the markets for these products. The Company manages the risks associated with derivatives on an aggregate basis along with the risks associated with its proprietary trading and market-making activities in cash instruments as part of its firm-wide risk management policies. In particular, the risks related to derivative positions may be partially offset by inventory, unrealized gains in inventory or cash collateral paid or received.

The Company has derivative instruments, which consist of ~~mortgage-backed~~ TBA securities and forward settling transactions that are used to manage risk exposures in the trading inventory of the Company’s domestic institutional fixed income business. The fair value on these transactions are recorded in ~~deposits~~‘deposits with and receivables from or payables to broker-dealers, clearing organizations and ~~counterparties.~~counterparties, net’. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on securities and derivative transactions are reflected in ~~‘trading~~‘principal gains, net’.

The Company enters into TBA securities transactions for the sole purpose of managing risk associated with the purchase of mortgage pass-through securities. TBA securities are included within deposits with and receivables from and payables to broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties. Forward settling securities represent non-regular way securities and are included in financial instruments owned and sold. As of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017~~,2019, these transactions are summarized as follows:


	December 31, 2017						September 30, 2017						December 31, 2019						September 30, 2019
(in millions)	Gain / (Loss)			Notional Amounts			Gain / (Loss)			Notional Amounts			Gain / (Loss)			Notional Amounts			Gain / (Loss)			Notional Amounts
Unrealized gain on TBA securities purchased within receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties and related notional amounts (1)	$	0.9		$	525.4		$	—		$	51.3
Unrealized loss on TBA securities purchased within receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties and related notional amounts (1)	$	(0.1	)	$	203.1		$	(2.9	)	$	1,236.8
Unrealized gain on TBA securities purchased within deposits with and receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties, net and related notional amounts													$	2.5		$	1,283.0		$	3.7		$	1,778.4
Unrealized loss on TBA securities purchased within deposits with and receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties, net and related notional amounts													$	(0.1	)	$	174.1		$	(0.6	)	$	234.5
Unrealized gain on TBA securities sold within payables to broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties and related notional amounts ~~(1)~~	$	0.5		$	(554.8	)	$	5.8		$	(1,881.9	)	$	0.4		$	(280.1	)	$	0.9		$	(451.6	)
Unrealized loss on TBA securities sold within payables to broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties and related notional amounts ~~(1)~~	$	(1.4	)	$	(1,041.7	)	$	(0.1	)	$	(404.1	)	$	(3.7	)	$	(2,182.9	)	$	(5.9	)	$	(2,788.0	)
Unrealized gain (loss) on forward settling securities purchased within receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties and related notional amounts	$	0.3		$	240.2		$	(2.0	)	$	882.9
Unrealized (loss) gain on forward settling securities sold within receivables from and payables to broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties and related notional amounts	$	(0.2	)	$	(107.6	)	$	3.0		$	(590.2	)
Unrealized loss on forward settling securities purchased within payables to broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties and related notional amounts													$	(0.6	)	$	406.7		$	(0.3	)	$	1,243.5
Unrealized gain on forward settling securities sold within deposits with and receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties, net and related notional amounts													$	3.0		$	(294.4	)	$	5.2		$	(581.2	)
(1) The notional amounts of these instruments reflect the extent of the Company's involvement in TBA and forward settling securities and do not represent risk of loss due to counterparty non-performance.

The following table sets forth the Company’s net gains ~~(losses) related to~~from derivative ~~financial instruments~~contracts for the three months ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and ~~2016~~2018 in accordance with ~~the Derivatives and Hedging~~ Topic ~~of the ASC.~~815. The net gains set forth below are included in ‘Cost of sales of physical commodities’ and ~~‘Trading~~‘principal gains, net’ in the condensed consolidated income statements.


	Three Months Ended December 31,						Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2017			2016			2019			2018
Commodities	$	7.7		$	4.9		$	18.2		$	8.1
Foreign exchange	2.3			1.2			2.2			1.9
Interest rate	0.4			(1.0		)
Interest rate and equity							(0.4		)	(3.3		)
TBA and forward settling securities	(0.4		)	13.4			(0.9		)	(9.3		)
Net gains from derivative contracts	$	10.0		$	18.5		$	19.1		$	(2.6	)

Credit Risk

In the normal course of business, the Company purchases and sells financial instruments, commodities and foreign currencies as either a principal or agent on behalf of its ~~customers.~~clients. If either the ~~customer~~client or counterparty fails to perform, the Company may be required to discharge the obligations of the nonperforming party. In such circumstances, the Company may sustain a loss if the fair value of the financial instrument, commodity, or foreign currency is different from the contract value of the transaction.

The majority of the Company’s transactions and, consequently, the concentration of its credit exposure are with commodity exchanges, ~~customers,~~clients, broker-dealers and other financial institutions. These activities primarily involve collateralized and uncollateralized arrangements and may result in credit exposure in the event that a counterparty fails to meet its contractual obligations. The Company’s exposure to credit risk can be directly impacted by volatile financial markets, which may impair the ability of counterparties to satisfy their contractual obligations. The Company seeks to control its credit risk through a variety of reporting and control procedures, including establishing credit and/or position limits based upon a review of the counterparties’ financial condition and credit ratings. The Company monitors collateral levels on a daily basis for compliance with regulatory and internal guidelines and requests changes in collateral levels as appropriate.

The Company is a party to financial instruments in the normal course of its business through ~~customer~~client and proprietary trading accounts in exchange-traded and OTC derivative instruments. These instruments are primarily the result of the execution of orders for commodity futures, options on futures, OTC swaps and options and spot and forward foreign currency contracts on behalf of its ~~customers,~~clients, substantially all of which are transacted on a margin basis. Such transactions may expose the Company to significant credit risk in the event margin requirements are not sufficient to fully cover losses which ~~customers~~clients may incur. The Company controls the risks associated with these transactions by requiring ~~customers~~clients to maintain margin deposits in compliance with individual exchange regulations and internal guidelines. The Company monitors required margin levels daily,

and therefore may require ~~customers~~clients to deposit additional collateral or reduce positions when necessary. The Company also establishes credit limits for ~~customers,~~clients, which are monitored daily. The Company evaluates each ~~customer’s~~client’s creditworthiness on a case by case basis. Clearing, financing, and settlement activities may require the Company to maintain funds with or pledge securities as collateral with other financial institutions. Generally, these exposures to both ~~customers~~clients and exchanges are subject to master

netting, or ~~customer~~client agreements, which reduce the exposure to the Company by permitting receivables and payables with such ~~customers~~clients to be offset in the event of a ~~customer~~client default. Management believes that the margin deposits held as of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017~~2019 were adequate to minimize the risk of material loss that could be created by positions held at that time. Additionally, the Company monitors collateral fair value on a daily basis and adjusts collateral levels in the event of excess market exposure. Generally, these exposures to both ~~customers~~clients and counterparties are subject to master netting or ~~customer~~client agreements which reduce the exposure to the Company.

Derivative financial instruments involve varying degrees of off-balance sheet market risk whereby changes in the fair values of underlying financial instruments may result in changes in the fair value of the financial instruments in excess of the amounts reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Exposure to market risk is influenced by a number of factors, including the relationships between the financial instruments and the Company’s positions, as well as the volatility and liquidity in the markets in which the financial instruments are traded. The principal risk components of financial instruments include, among other things, interest rate volatility, the duration of the underlying instruments and changes in foreign exchange rates. The Company attempts to manage its exposure to market risk through various techniques. Aggregate market limits have been established and market risk measures are routinely monitored against these limits.

Note 57 – Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

~~The allowance for doubtful accounts related to receivables from customers was $7.6 million as of~~ ~~December 31, 2017~~ ~~and~~ ~~September 30, 2017~~. The allowance for doubtful accounts related to deposits with and receivables from broker-dealers, clearing organizations, and counterparties ~~was$48.1 million and $47.0~~was $36.9 million as of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017,~~2019. The allowance for doubtful accounts related to receivables from clients was $11.6 million and $11.7 million as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2019, respectively. The Company had no allowance for doubtful accounts related to notes receivable as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2019.

During the three months ended December 31, ~~2017,~~2019, the Company recorded bad debt expense of $1.1 million, primarily related to the Company’s Physical Commodities segment. During the three months ended December 31, 2017, the Company recorded an additional provision related to a bad debt in the physical coal business for amounts due to the Company from a coal supplier for demurrage and other charges related to contracts with delivery dates subsequent to September 30, 2017.less than $0.1 million.

During the three months ended December 31, ~~2016,~~2018, the Company recorded bad debt expense of ~~$2.5~~$0.3 million. ~~The provision for bad debts was primarily~~Additionally, during the three months ended December 31, 2018, the Company reached settlements with clients, paying $8.4 million related to ~~$2.5~~demurrage, dead freight, and other penalty charges regarding coal supplied during fiscal 2017. The settlement amount paid was less than the accrued liability for the transactions recorded during fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2018, and accordingly the Company recorded a recovery on the bad debt on physical coal of $2.4 million ~~of LME Metals customer deficits~~ in the ~~Company’s Commercial Hedging segment.~~three months ended December 31, 2018.

Note 68 – Physical Commodities Inventory

The Company’s inventories consist of finished physical commodities. Inventories by component of the Company’s Physical Commodities segment are shown below.


(in millions)	December 31, 2017		September 30, 2017		December 31, 2019		September 30, 2019
Physical Ag & Energy⁽¹⁾	$	125.1	$	65.1	$	176.4	$	144.8
Precious metals - held by broker-dealer subsidiary⁽²⁾	20.1		13.3		24.1		7.1
Precious metals - held by non-broker-dealer subsidiaries⁽³⁾	99.5		46.4		49.2		77.4
Physical commodities inventory	$	244.7	$	124.8	$	249.7	$	229.3

⁽¹⁾ Physical Ag & Energy ~~maintains~~consists of agricultural commodity inventories, including corn, soybeans, wheat, dried distillers grain, canola, sorghum, coffee, cocoa, cotton, and others. The agricultural commodity inventories are carried at net realizable value, which approximates ~~fair value~~selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less disposal costs, with changes in net realizable value included as a component of ‘cost of sales of physical commodities’ on the condensed consolidated income statements. The agricultural inventories have reliable, readily determinable and realizable market prices, have relatively insignificant costs of disposal and are available for immediate delivery. Physical Ag & Energy also maintains energy related inventory ~~primarily kerosene,~~ which is valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value.

⁽²⁾ Precious metals held by the Company’s subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd, a United Kingdom based broker-dealer subsidiary, is measured at fair value, with changes in fair value included as a component of ~~‘trading~~‘principal gains, net’ on the condensed consolidated income statements, in accordance with U.S. GAAP accounting requirements for broker-dealers.

⁽³⁾Precious metals inventory held by subsidiaries that are not broker-dealers are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value.

The Company has recorded lower of cost or net realizable adjustments for certain precious metals inventory of ~~$1.3~~$1.2 million and ~~$0.7~~$0.5 million as of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017~~,2019, respectively. The adjustments are included in ‘cost of sales of physical commodities’ in the condensed consolidated income statements.

Note 79 – Goodwill

The carrying value of goodwill is allocated to the Company’s operating segments as follows:


(in millions)	December 31, 2017		September 30, 2017		December 31, 2019		September 30, 2019
Commercial Hedging	$	30.3	$	30.7	$	30.3	$	30.3
Global Payments	6.3		6.3		7.6		7.6
Securities					8.7		8.7
Physical Commodities	2.4		2.4		4.6		4.6
Securities	6.9		7.7
Clearing and Execution					4.3		—
Goodwill	$	45.9	$	47.1	$	55.5	$	51.2

The Company recorded ~~$1.2~~additional goodwill of $4.3 million ~~in foreign exchange revaluation adjustments on goodwill for~~during the three months ended December 31, ~~2017.~~2019 within the Clearing and Execution operating segment related to the initial purchase price allocation for the acquisition of UOB Bullion and Futures Limited as further discussed in Note 18.

Note 810 – Intangible Assets

The gross and net carrying values of intangible assets as of the balance sheet dates, by major intangible asset class are as follows (in millions):


	December 31, 2017							September 30, 2017							December 31, 2019							September 30, 2019
	Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount		Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount		Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount		Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount
Intangible assets subject to amortization:
Software programs/platforms	2.7		(2.5		)	0.2		2.7		(2.5		)	0.2		$	5.3	$	(3.1	)	$	2.2	$	5.3	$	(3.0	)	$	2.3
Customer base	20.0		(8.5		)	11.5		20.0		(7.9		)	12.1
Client base															22.1		(13.1		)	9.0		22.1		(12.5		)	9.6
Total intangible assets subject to amortization:															27.4		(16.2		)	11.2		27.4		(15.5		)	11.9

Intangible assets not subject to amortization:
Website domains															2.1		—			2.1		2.1		—			2.1
Business licenses															2.7		—			2.7		2.7		—			2.7
Total intangible assets not subject to amortization:															4.8		—			4.8		4.8		—			4.8
Total intangible assets	$	22.7	$	(11.0	)	$	11.7	$	22.7	$	(10.4	)	$	12.3	$	32.2	$	(16.2	)	$	16.0	$	32.2	$	(15.5	)	$	16.7

Amortization expense related to intangible assets was ~~$0.6~~$0.7 million and ~~$0.7~~$0.6 million for the three months ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and ~~2016,~~2018, respectively.

As of December 31, ~~2017~~,2019, the estimated future amortization expense was as follows:

(in millions)
Fiscal 2018 (remaining nine months) $ 1.6
Fiscal 2019 2.2
Fiscal 2020 2.0
Fiscal 2021 1.9
Fiscal 2022 and thereafter 4.0
$ 11.7



(in millions)
Fiscal 2020 (remaining nine months)	$	2.2
Fiscal 2021	2.9
Fiscal 2022	1.6
Fiscal 2023	1.4
Fiscal 2024 and thereafter	3.1
Total intangible assets subject to amortization	$	11.2

Note 911 – Credit Facilities

~~Variable-Rate~~Committed Credit Facilities

The Company has four committed credit facilities, including a senior secured term loan, under which the Company and its subsidiaries may borrow up to ~~$532.0~~$769.0 million, subject to the terms and conditions for these facilities. The amounts outstanding under these credit facilities ~~are short term borrowings and~~ carry variable rates of interest, thus approximating fair value. The Company’s committed credit facilities consist of the following:

$~~262.0~~384.0 million facility available to INTL FCStone Inc. for general working capital requirements. During the three months ended December 31, 2019, additional members were added to the lending syndication increasing the committed amount to $393.0 million. The amended facility is comprised of a $196.5 million revolving credit facility and a $196.5 million Term Loan facility. The Company is required to make quarterly principal payments against the Term Loan equal to 1.25% of the original balance with the remaining balance due on the maturity date. Amounts repaid on the Term Loan may not be reborrowed.

$75.0 million facility available to the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, INTL FCStone Financial Inc., for short-term funding of margin to ~~commodity exchanges.~~exchange-clearing organizations. The facility is subject to annual review and guaranteed by INTL FCStone Inc.

$~~170.0~~260.0 million facility available to the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, FCStone Merchant Services, LLC, for financing traditional commodity financing arrangements and commodity repurchase agreements. The facility is ~~subject to annual review and is~~ guaranteed by INTL FCStone Inc.

$~~25.0~~50.0 million facility available to the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd, for short-term funding of margin to ~~commodity exchanges.~~exchange-clearing organizations. The facility is subject to annual review and is guaranteed by INTL FCStone Inc.

Uncommitted Credit Facilities

The Company ~~also~~ has a secured, uncommitted loan facility under which the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd may borrow up to approximately $25.0 million, collateralized by commodities warehouse receipts, to facilitate financing of commodities under repurchase agreement services to its customers, subject to certain terms and conditions of the credit agreement.

~~The Company also has a secured, uncommitted loan facility, under which the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary,~~ INTL FCStone Financial Inc. may borrow up to ~~$50.0~~$75.0 million, collateralized by commodities warehouse receipts, to facilitate U.S. commodity exchange deliveries of its ~~customers,~~clients, subject to certain terms and conditions of the credit agreement. There were ~~$32.1 million and $23.0 million in~~no borrowings outstanding under this credit facility atas of December 31, ~~2017,~~2019, and September 30, ~~2017, respectively.~~2019.

The Company ~~also~~ has a secured, uncommitted loan facility under which ~~the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary,~~ INTL FCStone Financial Inc. may borrow for short term funding of ~~firm~~proprietary and ~~customer~~client securities margin requirements, subject to certain terms and conditions of the agreement. The uncommitted amount available to be borrowed is not specified, and all requests for borrowing are subject to the sole discretion of the lender. The borrowings are secured by first liens on ~~firm~~Company owned marketable securities or ~~customer~~client owned securities which have been pledged to ~~us under a clearing arrangement.~~the Company. The amounts borrowed under the facilities are payable on demand. ~~As of December 31, 2017, there~~There were ~~$37.0~~$16.7 million and zero in borrowings outstanding under this credit facility ~~and no borrowings outstanding~~ as of December 31, 2019, and September 30, ~~2017.~~

2019, respectively.

The Company ~~also~~ has a secured, uncommitted loan ~~facility,~~facilities under which ~~the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary,~~ INTL FCStone Financial Inc. may borrow up to $100.0 million for short term funding of ~~firm~~proprietary and ~~customer~~client securities margin requirements, subject to certain terms and conditions of the agreement. The borrowings are secured by first liens on ~~firm~~Company owned marketable securities or ~~customer~~client owned securities which have been pledged to ~~us under a clearing arrangement.~~the Company. The amounts borrowed under the facilities are payable on demand. There were ~~$2.0~~no borrowings outstanding under this credit facility as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2019.

The Company has a secured, uncommitted loan facility under which FCStone Merchant Services, LLC can borrow up to $20.0 million to facilitate the financing of inventory of commodities and other products or goods approved by the lender in its sole discretion, subject to certain terms and conditions of the loan facility agreement. The loan facility is collateralized by a first priority security interest in goods and inventory of FCStone Merchant Services, LLC that is (a) either located outside of the U.S. and Canada or in transit to a destination outside the U.S. or Canada and (b) acquired with any extension of credit (whether in the form of a loan or by the issuance of a letter of credit) under the loan facility. The amounts borrowed under the facilities are payable on demand. There were $0.7 million and ~~$11.0~~$3.4 million in borrowings outstanding under this credit facility atas of December 31, ~~2017,~~2019, and September 30, ~~2017,~~2019, respectively.

Note Payable to Bank

The Company has a loan from a commercial bank, secured by equipment purchased with the proceeds. The note is payable in monthly installments, ending in March 2020. The note bears interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus 2.00%.

The following table sets forth a listing of credit facilities, the current committed amounts as of the report date on the facilities, and outstanding borrowings on the facilities as well as indebtedness on a promissory note as of ~~December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017~~:the periods indicated:


(in millions)	(in millions)									(in millions)
Credit Facilities						Amounts Outstanding
															Amounts Outstanding
	Borrower	Security	Renewal / Expiration Date	Total Commitment		December 31, 2017		September 30, 2017		Borrower	Security	Renewal/Expiration Date	Total Commitment		December 31, 2019			September 30, 2019
Committed Credit Facilities	Committed Credit Facilities									Committed Credit Facilities
										Term Loan	(1)	February 22, 2022	$	187.5	$	186.7	(2)	$	167.6
										Revolving Line of Credit	(1)	February 22, 2022	196.5		—			70.0
	INTL FCStone Inc.	Pledged shares of certain subsidiaries	March 18, 2019	$	262.0	$	210.0	$	150.0	INTL FCStone Inc.			384.0		186.7			237.6
	INTL FCStone Financial, Inc.	None	April 5, 2018	75.0		36.5		—		INTL FCStone Financial Inc.	None	April 3, 2020	75.0		—			—
	FCStone Merchants Services, LLC	Certain commodities assets	May 1, 2018	170.0		103.5		44.2		FCStone Merchants Services, LLC	Certain commodities assets	January 29, 2022	260.0		121.0			128.5
	INTL FCStone Ltd.	None	November 7, 2018	25.0		—		—		INTL FCStone Ltd.	None	April 14, 2020	50.0		—			—
				$	532.0	350.0		194.2					$	769.0	$	307.7		$	366.1

Uncommitted Credit Facilities	Uncommitted Credit Facilities									Uncommitted Credit Facilities
	INTL FCStone Financial, Inc.	Commodities warehouse receipts and certain pledged securities	n/a	$	—	$	71.1	$	34.0	INTL FCStone Financial Inc.	Commodities warehouse receipts and certain pledged securities	n/a	n/a		16.7			—
	INTL FCStone Ltd.	Commodities warehouse receipts	n/a	$	—	$	—	$	—	FCStone Merchant Services, LLC	Certain commodities assets	n/a	n/a		0.7			3.4

Note Payable to Bank	Note Payable to Bank									Note Payable to Bank
	Monthly installments, due March 2020 and secured by certain equipment					1.8		2.0		Monthly installments, due March 2020 and secured by certain equipment					0.3			0.4
Total indebtedness						$	422.9	$	230.2
Total outstanding borrowings										Total outstanding borrowings					$	325.4		$	369.9

(1) The INTL FCStone Inc. committed credit facility is secured by substantially all of the assets of INTL FCStone Inc. and certain subsidiaries identified in the credit facility agreement as obligors, and pledged equity of certain subsidiaries identified in the credit facility as limited guarantors.

(2) Amount outstanding under the Term Loan is reported net of unamortized deferred financing costs of $0.8 million.

As reflected above, ~~$270.0~~$125.0 million of the Company’s committed credit facilities are scheduled to expire within twelve months of this filing. The Company intends to renew or replace ~~this facility~~the facilities when ~~it expires,~~they expire, and based on the Company’s liquidity position and capital structure, the Company believes it will be able to do so.

The Company’s credit facility agreements contain financial covenants relating to financial measures on a consolidated basis, as well as on a certain stand-alone subsidiary basis, including minimum tangible net worth, minimum regulatory capital, minimum net unencumbered liquid assets, maximum net loss, minimum fixed charge coverage ratio and maximum funded debt to net worth ratio. Failure to comply with these covenants could result in the debt becoming payable on demand. As of December 31, ~~2017~~,2019, the Company was in compliance with all of its financial covenants under its credit facilities.

Note 1012 – Securities and Commodity Financing Transactions

The Company’s outstanding notes receivable in connection with repurchase agreements for agricultural and energy commodities, whereby the customers sell to the Company certain commodity inventory and agree to repurchase the commodity inventory at a future date at a fixed price were $1.8 million and $0.8 million as of December 31, 2017 and September 30 2017, respectively.

The Company enters into securities purchased under agreements to resell, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, securities borrowed and securities loaned transactions to, among other things, ~~finance financial instruments,~~fund principal debt trading, acquire securities to cover short positions, acquire securities for settlement, and to accommodate counterparties’ ~~needs.~~needs under matched-book trading strategies. These agreements are recorded as collateralized financings at their contractual amounts plus accrued interest. The related interest is recorded in the condensed consolidated income statements as interest income or interest expense, as applicable. In connection with these agreements and transactions, it is the policy of the Company to receive or pledge cash or securities to adequately collateralize such agreements and transactions in accordance with ~~general industry guidelines and practices.~~contractual agreements. The ~~value of the~~ collateral is valued daily and the Company may require counterparties to deposit additional collateral or return collateral ~~pledged, when appropriate.~~pledged. The carrying amounts of these agreements and transactions approximate fair value due to their short-term nature and the level of collateralization.

The Company pledges financial instruments owned to collateralize repurchase agreements. At December 31, ~~2017,~~2019 and September 30, 2019, financial instruments owned, at fair value of ~~$3.4~~$577.9 million and $478.8 million, respectively, were pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements. The counterparty has the right to sell or repledge the collateral in connection with these transactions. These financial instruments owned have been pledged as collateral and have been parenthetically disclosed on the condensed consolidated balance ~~sheet.~~sheets.

The Company also has repledged securities borrowed and securities held on behalf of correspondent brokers to collateralize securities loaned agreements with a fair value of $101.9 million as of December 31, 2017.

In addition, as of December 31, ~~2017,~~2019 and September 30, 2019, the Company pledged financial instruments owned, at fair value of ~~$1,687.3~~$1,038.4 million asand $1,228.9 million, respectively, to cover collateral requirements for tri-party repurchase agreements. ~~For these~~These securities have not been parenthetically disclosed on the condensed consolidated balance sheets since the counterparties do not have the right to sell or repledge the collateral. The Company also repledged securities received under reverse repurchase agreements of $1,372.8 million and $1,175.1 million, respectively, to cover collateral requirements for tri-party repurchase agreements.

The Company also has repledged securities borrowed and client securities held under custodial clearing arrangements to collateralize securities loaned agreements with a fair value of $1,403.0 million and $1,414.0 million as of December 31, 2019, and September 30, 2019, respectively. Additionally, the Company had also pledged financial instruments owned with a fair value of $21.5 million and zero as of December 31, 2019, and September 30, 2019, respectively, to collateralize uncommitted loan facilities with certain banks as discussed further in Note 11.

At December 31, ~~2017,~~2019 and September 30, 2019, the Company ~~has~~had accepted collateral that it is permitted by contract to sell or repledge. This collateral consists primarily of securities received in reverse repurchase agreements, securities borrowed agreements, and margin securities held on behalf of correspondent brokers. The fair value of such collateral at December 31, ~~2017,~~2019 and September 30, 2019, was ~~$819.0~~$3,180.7 million and $3,060.2 million, respectively, of which ~~$472.8~~$268.0 million and $329.8 million, respectively, was used to cover securities sold short which are recorded in financial instruments sold, not yet purchased on the condensed consolidated balance ~~sheet.~~sheets. In the normal course of business, this collateral is used by the Company to cover financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, to obtain financing in the form of repurchase agreements, and to meet counterparties’ needs under lending ~~arrangements. At December 31, 2017, substantially all of the above collateral had been delivered against financial instruments sold, not yet purchased or repledged by the Company to obtain financing.~~

arrangement and matched-booked trading strategies.

The following tables provide the contractual maturities of gross obligations under repurchase and securities lending agreements as of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017~~2019 (in millions):


	December 31, 2017					December 31, 2019
	Overnight and Open	Less than 30 Days	30-90 Days	Over 90 Days	Total	Overnight and Open		Less than 30 Days		30-90 Days		Total
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	$1,121.4	$239.0	$290.0	—	$1,650.4	$	1,339.9	$	826.3	$	765.4	$	2,931.6
Securities loaned	108.8	—	—	—	108.8	1,430.8		—		—		1,430.8
Gross amount of secured financing	$1,230.2	$239.0	$290.0	$0.0	$1,759.2	$	2,770.7	$	826.3	$	765.4	$	4,362.4


	September 30, 2017					September 30, 2019
	Overnight and Open	Less than 30 Days	30-90 Days	Over 90 Days	Total	Overnight and Open		Less than 30 Days		30-90 Days		Total
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	$640.2	$432.9	$320.0	—	$1,393.1	$	1,553.9	$	565.8	$	654.0	$	2,773.7
Securities loaned	111.1	—	—	—	111.1	1,459.9		—		—		1,459.9
Gross amount of secured financing	$751.3	$432.9	$320.0	—	$1,504.2	$	3,013.8	$	565.8	$	654.0	$	4,233.6

The following table provides the underlying collateral types of the gross obligations under repurchase and securities lending agreements as of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017~~2019 (in millions):


Securities sold under agreements to repurchase:	December 31, 2017		September 30, 2017
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase					December 31, 2019		September 30, 2019
U.S. Treasury obligations	$	3.2	$	7.0	$	35.3	$	108.8
U.S. government agency obligations	358.2		332.6		263.0		359.5
Asset-backed obligations	75.0		36.4		84.5		96.7
Agency mortgage-backed obligations	1,214.0		1,017.1		2,548.8		2,208.7
Total securities sold under agreements to repurchase	$	1,650.4	$	1,393.1
Total securities sold under agreement to repurchase					2,931.6		2,773.7

Securities loaned:
Common stock	108.8		111.1
Securities loaned
Equity securities					1,430.8		1,459.9
Total securities loaned	108.8		111.1		1,430.8		1,459.9
Gross amount of secured financing	$	1,759.2	$	1,504.2	$	4,362.4	$	4,233.6

The following tables provide the netting of securities purchased under agreements to resell, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, securities borrowed and securities loaned as of the periods indicated (in millions):



	December 31, 2019
Offsetting of collateralized transactions:	Gross Amounts Recognized		Amounts Offset in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet			Net Amounts Presented in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	$	1,609.6	$	(6.5	)	$	1,603.1
Securities borrowed	$	1,427.7	$	—		$	1,427.7
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	$	2,938.1	$	(6.5	)	$	2,931.6
Securities loaned	$	1,430.8	$	—		$	1,430.8



	September 30, 2019
Offsetting of collateralized transactions:	Gross Amounts Recognized		Amounts Offset in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet			Net Amounts Presented in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
Securities purchased under agreements to resell	$	1,474.4	$	(49.9	)	$	1,424.5
Securities borrowed	$	1,423.2	$	—		$	1,423.2
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	$	2,823.6	$	(49.9	)	$	2,773.7
Securities loaned	$	1,459.9	$	—		$	1,459.9

Note 1113 – Commitments and Contingencies

Contingencies

During the week ended November 16, 2018, balances in approximately 300 accounts of the FCM division of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, INTL FCStone Financial Inc., declined below required maintenance margin levels, primarily as a result of significant and unexpected price fluctuations in the natural gas markets. All positions in these accounts, which were managed by OptionSellers.com Inc. (“OptionSellers”), an independent Commodity Trading Advisor (“CTA”), were liquidated in accordance with the INTL FCStone Financial Inc.’s client agreements and obligations under market regulation standards.

A CTA is registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and a member of, and subject to audit by, the National Futures Association (“NFA”). OptionSellers is registered under a CFTC Rule 4.7 exemption for “qualified eligible persons,” which requires the account holders authorizing OptionSellers to act as their CTA to meet or exceed certain minimum financial requirements. OptionSellers, in its role as a CTA, had been granted by each of its clients full discretionary authority to manage the trading in the client accounts, while INTL FCStone Financial Inc. acted solely as the clearing firm in its role as the FCM.

INTL FCStone Financial Inc.’s client agreements hold account holders liable for all losses in their accounts and obligate the account holders to reimburse INTL FCStone Financial Inc. for any account deficits in their accounts. As of December 31, 2019, the aggregate receivable from these client accounts, net of collections and other allowable deductions, was $29.0 million, with no individual account receivable exceeding $1.4 million. INTL FCStone Financial Inc. continues to pursue collection of these receivables and intends both to enforce and to defend its rights aggressively, and to claim interest and costs of collection where applicable.

The Company has completed an assessment of the collectability of these accounts and has concluded that it does not have a sufficient basis to record an allowance against these uncollected balances. The assessment included the consideration of numerous arbitration proceedings the Company has initiated against these clients to recover deficit balances in their accounts. The Company believes it has a valid claim against its clients, based on the express language of the client contracts and legal precedent, and intends to pursue collection of these claims vigorously. As the Company moves through the collection and arbitration processes and additional information becomes available, the Company will continue to consider the need for an allowance against the carrying value of these uncollected balances.

Additionally, INTL FCStone Financial Inc. has been named in arbitrations brought by clients seeking damages relating to the trading losses in these accounts. The Company believes that such cases are without merit and intends to defend them vigorously. The ultimate outcome of these arbitrations cannot presently be determined, however the Company believes the likelihood of a material adverse outcome is remote.

Depending on future collections and arbitration proceedings, any provisions for bad debts and actual losses ultimately may or may not be material to the Company’s financial results. Currently, the Company does not believe that any potential losses related to this matter would impact its ability to comply with its ongoing liquidity, capital, and regulatory requirements.

Legal Proceedings

From time to time and in the ordinary course of business, the Company is involved in various legal actions and proceedings, including tort claims, contractual disputes, employment matters, workers’ compensation claims and collections. The Company carries insurance that provides protection against certain types of claims, up to the policy limits of the insurance.

As of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017~~,2019, the condensed consolidated balance sheets include loss contingency accruals ~~recorded prior to these periods then ended,~~ which are not material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company’s financial position or liquidity. In the opinion of management, possible exposure from loss contingencies in excess of the amounts accrued, is not likely to be material to the Company’s earnings, financial position or liquidity.

There have been no material changes to the legal actions and proceedings as compared to September 30, ~~2017.~~2019.

Contractual Commitments

Self-Insurance

The Company self-insures its costs related to medical and dental claims. The Company is self-insured, up to a stop loss amount, for eligible participating employees and retirees, and for qualified dependent medical and dental claims, subject to deductibles and limitations. As of December 31, ~~2017,~~2019, the Company had ~~$0.7~~$1.0 million accrued for self-insured medical and dental claims included in ‘accounts payable and other accrued liabilities’ in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Note 1214 – Capital and Other Regulatory Requirements

The Company’s activities are subject to significant governmental regulation, both in the United States and ~~overseas.~~in the international jurisdictions in which it operates. The subsidiaries of the Company were in compliance with all of their regulatory requirements as of December 31, ~~2017~~,2019. The following table details those subsidiaries with minimum regulatory requirements in excess of $5 million along with the actual balance maintained as ~~follows:~~of December 31, 2019.

(in millions) As of December 31, 2017
Subsidiary Regulatory Authority Jurisdiction Requirement Type Actual
Minimum
Requirement
INTL FCStone Financial Inc. SEC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") United States Net capital $ 136.1
$ 74.2
INTL FCStone Financial Inc. CFTC United States Segregated funds $ 2,256.9
$ 2,204.4
INTL FCStone Financial Inc. CFTC United States Secured funds $ 164.4
$ 147.8
INTL FCStone Financial Inc. SEC United States Customer reserve $ 12.0
$ —
INTL FCStone Financial Inc. SEC United States PAB reserve $ 10.7
$ 10.2
INTL Custody & Clearing Soluntions Inc. SEC United States Net capital $ 1.7
$ 0.1
SA Stone Wealth Management Inc. SEC United States Net capital $ 4.2
$ 0.3
INTL FCStone Ltd⁽¹⁾
Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") United Kingdom Net capital $ 191.8
$ 90.2
INTL FCStone Ltd FCA United Kingdom Segregated funds $ 113.8
$ 113.8
INTL Netherlands BV⁽¹⁾
FCA United Kingdom Net capital $ 191.1
$ 90.2
INTL FCStone DTVM Ltda. Brazilian Central Bank and Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil Brazil Capital adequacy $ 12.6
$ 0.5
INTL Gainvest S.A. National Securities Commission ("CNV") Argentina Capital adequacy $ 4.5
$ 0.2
INTL Gainvest S.A. CNV Argentina Net capital $ 3.0
$ 0.1
INTL CIBSA S.A. CNV Argentina Capital adequacy $ 5.0
$ 0.9
INTL CIBSA S.A. CNV Argentina Net capital $ 1.7
$ 0.5



(in millions)				As of December 31, 2019
Subsidiary	Regulatory Authority	Jurisdiction	Requirement Type	Actual		Minimum Requirement
INTL FCStone Financial Inc.	SEC and CFTC	United States	Net capital	$	163.4	$	96.2
INTL FCStone Financial Inc.	CFTC	United States	Segregated funds	$	2,272.5	$	2,215.7
INTL FCStone Financial Inc.	CFTC	United States	Secured funds	$	166.6	$	154.0
INTL FCStone Financial Inc.	SEC	United States	Customer reserve	$	9.7	$	9.1
INTL FCStone Ltd	Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA")	United Kingdom	Net capital	$	270.6	$	130.4
INTL FCStone Ltd	FCA	United Kingdom	Segregated funds	$	381.9	$	376.6
INTL FCStone Pte Ltd	Monetary Authority of Singapore ("MAS")	Singapore	Segregated funds	$	271.4	$	238.3

⁽¹⁾ ~~INTL Netherlands BV is a holding company that includes the ownership equity of INTL FCStone Ltd. The associated net capital amounts and minimum requirements should not be considered in aggregate.~~

Certain other non-U.S. subsidiaries of the Company are also subject to capital adequacy requirements promulgated by authorities of the countries in which they operate. As of December 31, ~~2017~~,2019, these subsidiaries were in compliance with their local capital adequacy requirements.

Note 1315 – Other Expenses

Other expenses for the three months ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and ~~2016~~2018 consisted of the following:


	Three Months Ended December 31,				Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2017		2016		2019		2018
Insurance	$	0.6	$	0.5	1.0		0.8
Advertising, meetings and conferences	0.9		0.9		1.4		1.4
Office supplies and printing	0.4		0.6		0.4		0.5
Other clearing related expenses	0.5		0.4		0.8		0.4
Other non-income taxes	1.2		1.1		1.3		0.9
Other	2.1		2.1		2.6		2.5
Total other expenses	$	5.7	$	5.6	$	7.5	$	6.5

Note 1416 – Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Net

Comprehensive income consists of net income and other gains and losses affecting stockholders’ equity that, under U.S. GAAP, are excluded from net income. Other comprehensive ~~loss~~income includes net actuarial losses from defined benefit pension plans and foreign currency translation adjustments.

The following table summarizes the changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net for the three months ended December 31, ~~2017.~~2019.

(in millions) Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Pension Benefits Adjustment Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Balances as of September 30, 2017 $ (21.5 ) $ (3.0 ) $ (24.5 )
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax (2.2 ) —
(2.2 )
Balances as of December 31, 2017 $ (23.7 ) $ (3.0 ) $ (26.7 )



(in millions)	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Pension Benefits Adjustment			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Net
Balances as of September 30, 2019	$	(31.5	)	$	(3.3	)	$	(34.8	)
ASU 2018-02 cumulative transition adjustment	$	—		$	(0.7	)	$	(0.7	)
Adjusted Balances as of September 30, 2019	(31.5		)	(4.0		)	(35.5		)
Other comprehensive income	0.7			—			0.7
Balances as of December 31, 2019	$	(30.8	)	$	(4.0	)	$	(34.8	)

Note 1517 – Income Taxes

The income tax provision for interim periods is comprised of income tax on ~~ordinary~~jurisdiction-level income (loss) figures provided at the most recent estimated annual effective income tax rate, adjusted for the income tax effect of discrete items. Management uses an estimated annual effective income tax rate based on the forecasted pretax income (loss) and statutory tax rates in the various jurisdictions in which it operates. The Company’s effective income tax rate differs from the U.S. statutory income tax rate primarily due to state and local taxes, global intangible low taxed income (“GILTI”), and differing statutory tax rates applied to the income of non-U.S. subsidiaries. The Company records the tax effect of certain discrete items, including the effects of changes in tax laws, tax rates and adjustments with respect to valuation allowances or other unusual or nonrecurring tax adjustments, in the interim period in which they occur, as an addition to, or reduction from, the income tax provision, rather than being included in the estimated effective annual income tax rate. In addition, jurisdictions with a projected loss for the year or a year-to-date loss where no income tax benefit can be recognized are excluded from the estimated annual effective income tax rate.

The Company is required to assess its deferred tax assets and the need for a valuation allowance at each reporting period. This assessment requires judgment on the part of management with respect to benefits that may be realized. The Company will record a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets when it is considered more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

~~Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act~~

On December 22, 2017, the President of the United States signed and enacted into law H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“the Tax Reform”). Among the significant changes to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, the Tax Reform lowers the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, effective January 1, 2018. The Company will compute its income tax expense (benefit) for the September 30, 2018 tax year using a U.S. statutory tax rate of 24.5%. The 21% U.S. statutory tax rate will apply to fiscal years ending September 30, 2019 and thereafter. For the three months ended December 31, 2017, the Company recorded tax expense of $8.9 million related to the remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities. The provisional remeasurement amount is anticipated to change as data becomes available allowing more accurate scheduling of certain deferred tax assets and liabilities. The Tax Reform also includes a one-time mandatory repatriation transition tax on previously untaxed accumulated and current earnings and profits (E&P) of certain of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries. To determine the amount of the transition tax, the Company must determine, in addition to other factors, the amount of post 1986 E&P of the relevant subsidiaries, as well as the amount of non-US income taxes paid on such earnings. The Company made a reasonable estimate of the transition tax and recorded a provisional transition tax obligation of $12.0 million. The Company continues to gather additional information to more precisely compute the amount of the transition tax.

The SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (SAB 118), which provides guidance on accounting for the tax effects of the Tax Reform. SAB 118 provides a measurement period that should not extend beyond one year from the Tax Reform enactment date for companies to complete the accounting under ASC 740. In accordance with SAB 118, a company must reflect the income tax effects of those aspects of the Tax Reform for which the accounting under ASC 740 is complete. To the extent that a company’s accounting for certain income tax effects of the Tax Reform is incomplete but it can determine a reasonable estimate, it must record a provisional estimate in the financial statements. If a company cannot determine a provisional estimate to be included in the financial statements, it should continue to apply ASC 740 based on the tax laws that were in effect immediately before the enactment of the Tax Reform.

While the Company can make reasonable estimates of the impact of the reduction in corporate rate and the deemed repatriation transition tax, the final impact of the Tax Reform may differ from these estimates, due to, among other things, changes in our

~~interpretations and assumptions, additional guidance that may be issued by taxing authorities, and actions the Company may take.~~

The Tax Reform also establishes new tax laws that will affect the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, including, but not limited to, (1) elimination of the corporate alternative minimum tax, (2) a new provision designed to tax global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI), (3) limitations on the utilization of net operating losses generated after December 31, 2017 to 80 percent of taxable income per tax year, (4) the creation of the base erosion anti-abuse tax (BEAT), (5) a general elimination of U.S. federal income taxes on dividends from foreign subsidiaries, and (6) limitations on the deductibility of certain executive compensation.

Effects of tax law changes where a reasonable estimate of the accounting effects has not yet been made include additional limitations on certain meals and entertainment expenses and the unlimited carryforward of net operating losses. The Company has also not yet determined the potential tax impact of provisions that are not yet effective, such as GILTI, BEAT, elimination of U.S. tax on dividends of future foreign earnings, and a limitation of the utilization of net operating losses generated after fiscal 2018 to 80 percent of taxable income per tax year. The Company expects to make the policy election to treat GILTI as a period expense in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018.

Current and Prior Period Tax Expense

Income tax expense of ~~$25.5~~$5.4 million and ~~$2.1~~$6.2 million for the three months ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and ~~2016,~~2018, respectively, ~~reflect~~reflects estimated federal, foreign, state and local income taxes. ~~The Company recorded discrete expense of $20.9 million related to the Tax Reform. Tax expense, excluding the discrete expense related to the Tax Reform, was $4.6 million.~~

For the three months ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and ~~2016,~~2018, the Company’s effective tax rate was ~~137%~~24.9% and ~~25%~~25.4%, respectively. For the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the effective rate was higher than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% due to U.S. state and local taxes, GILTI, U.S. and foreign permanent differences, and the amount of foreign earnings taxed at higher tax rates. The ~~discrete~~estimated GILTI tax expense ~~of $20.9 million related to tax reform,~~ increased the effective ~~tax~~ rate ~~by 112%. The effective rate~~approximately 1.5% and 2.0% for the ~~first quarter of~~three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, ~~was 24.5%, excluding~~respectively. Further, the ~~impacts of the Tax Reform. The Company’s~~Company's effective tax rate decreased ~~1.2%~~3.0% and 0.1% for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, due to excess tax benefits on share-based ~~compensation recognized during~~compensation.

Deferred income tax balances reflect the ~~period related~~effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases and are stated at enacted tax rates expected to be in effect when taxes are actually paid or recovered. As of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2019, the ~~adoption~~Company has net operating loss carryforwards for U.S. federal, state, local, and foreign income tax purposes of ~~ASU 2016-09. See Note 1 for~~$7.1 million, net of valuation allowances, which are available to offset future taxable income in these jurisdictions. The state and local net operating loss carryforwards of $5.6 million, net of valuation allowance, begin to expire after September 2020. INTL Asia Pte. Ltd. has a Singapore net operating loss carryforward of $0.2 million. This Singapore net operating loss has an indefinite carryforward and, in the judgment of management, is more ~~information regarding~~likely than not to be realized. As a result of the ~~adoption~~Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of ~~ASU 2016-09.~~2017, the alternative minimum tax (“AMT”) credit carryforward deferred tax asset has been reclassified to income taxes receivable. The ~~effective rate during the first quarter of~~Company can continue to utilize AMT credits to offset regular income tax liability in fiscal years 2020 through 2021. Any remaining amount is fully refundable by fiscal year ~~2017 was lower than~~2022. In fiscal 2018, the ~~U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to a higher mix of earnings taxed at lower rates~~Company generated $5.1 million in foreign ~~jurisdictions.~~tax credit carryforwards as part of the mandatory repatriation transition tax. These credits expire in fiscal year 2028. In the judgment of management, it is more likely than not that sufficient taxable income will be earned to utilize the foreign tax credit carryforwards within 10 years.

The valuation allowance for deferred tax assets as of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017~~2019 was ~~$4.5 million and $4.0 million, respectively.~~$8.5 million. The valuation allowances as of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017~~2019 were primarily related to U.S., state and local net operating loss carryforwards and foreign net operating loss carryforwards that, in the judgment of management, are not more likely than not to be realized. ~~In assessing the realizability~~

As of ~~deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.~~

~~The Company incurred U.S. federal, state,~~December 31, 2019 and ~~local taxable income (losses) for the fiscal years ended~~ September 30, ~~2017, 2016, and 2015~~2019, the Company had accumulated undistributed earnings generated by its foreign subsidiaries of ~~$(24.7) million, $(9.7)~~approximately $373.7 million and ~~$16.5~~$383.5 million, respectively. The ~~differences between actual levels~~repatriation of ~~past taxable income (losses) and pre-tax book income (losses) are primarily attributable~~these amounts would not be subject to ~~temporary differences in these jurisdictions. When evaluating if~~ U.S. federal income tax, but may be subject to applicable foreign withholding and state taxes in the relevant jurisdictions. The Company does not intend to distribute earnings in a taxable manner, and ~~local~~therefore intends to limit distributions to earnings previously taxed in the U.S., or earnings that would qualify for the 100 percent dividends received deduction, and earnings that would not result in any significant foreign withholding or state taxes. The Company has repatriated $30.0 million and $13.0 million as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2019, respectively, of earnings previously taxed in the U.S. resulting in no significant incremental taxes upon repatriation. Therefore, the Company has not recognized a deferred tax assets are realizable, the Company considered deferred tax liabilities of $5.5 million that are scheduled to reverse from 2018 to 2020 and $2.3 million of deferred tax liabilities associated with unrealized gainsliability on its investment in securities which the Company could sell, if necessary. Furthermore, the Company considered its ability to implement business and tax planning strategies that would allow the remaining U.S. federal, state, and local deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowances, to be realized within approximately 5 years. Based on the tax planning strategies that are prudent and feasible, management believes that it is more likely than not that the Company will realize the tax benefit of the deferred tax assets, net of the existing valuation allowance, in the future. However, the realization of deferred income taxes is dependent on future events, and changes in estimates in future periods could result in adjustments to the valuation allowance.foreign subsidiaries.

The Company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns with the U.S. federal ~~jurisdiction~~ and various U.S. state and local, ~~and~~as well as foreign jurisdictions. The Company has open tax years ranging from September 30, ~~2010~~2012 through September 30, ~~2017~~2019 with U.S. federal and state and local taxing authorities. The Company is currently under examination by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service for the 2016 tax year; however, no additional tax liability is expected. In the United Kingdom (“U.K.”), the Company has open tax years ending September 30, ~~2016~~2017 to September 30, ~~2017.~~2019. The Company is currently under examination by HM Revenue and Customs in the UK for the 2017 tax year; however, no additional tax liability is expected. In Brazil, the Company has open tax years ranging from December 31, ~~2012~~2014 through December 31, ~~2017.~~2019. In Argentina, ~~the Company has open tax years ranging from September 30, 2010 to September 30, 2017. In Singapore,~~ the Company has open tax years ranging from September 30, 2012 to September 30, ~~2017.~~2019. In Singapore, the Company has open tax years ranging from September 30, 2015 to September 30, 2019 and is currently under examination by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore for the year ended September 30, 2017; however, no additional tax liability is expected.

Note 18 - Acquisitions

UOB Bullion and Futures Limited

On March 19, 2019, the Company’s subsidiary INTL FCStone Pte Ltd executed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the futures and options brokerage and clearing business of UOB Bullion and Futures Limited, a subsidiary of United Overseas Bank Limited. Closing was conditional upon receiving regulatory approval by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”). This acquisition provides the Company access to an established institutional client base and also augments the Company’s global service capabilities in Singapore. The purchase price for the acquired assets was $5.0 million of which $2.5 million was due upon the execution of the asset purchase agreement and the remaining $2.5 million was due to the seller upon the closing of the acquisition, which occurred on October 7, 2019.

The Company acquired certain client base intangible assets and property and equipment in connection with the acquisition. The Company has engaged a third-party valuation specialist to assist with the valuation of the acquired assets. As of December 31, 2019, the valuation of the acquired assets was not yet complete as the Company continues to acquire the information necessary to complete the valuation analysis. As of December 31, 2019, given the status of the valuation analysis, $0.7 million of the purchase price was allocated to the net book value of the property and equipment acquired and the excess consideration of $4.3 million was recorded as goodwill. Once the valuation analysis is complete, the Company will record measurement period adjustments to reclassify a portion of the purchase price recorded to goodwill to the fair value of the identifiable intangible assets acquired and to adjust the property and equipment to its fair market value on the acquisition date.

The initial purchase price allocation resulted in the recognition of certain futures and options on futures client account balances of approximately $295.8 million as of the acquisition date, which was recorded within ‘payables to clients’ on the condensed consolidated balance sheet, and an equal and offsetting amount of assets.

The business acquired has been assigned to the Company’s Clearing and Execution reportable segment.

Quest Capital

In August 2019, the Company’s subsidiary, SA Stone Wealth Management, executed an asset purchase agreement to acquire certain client accounts of Quest Capital Strategies, Inc. The asset purchase agreement was subject to FINRA approval and other conditions of closing. FINRA approval was obtained and the other conditions of closing were fulfilled with the closing of the transaction occurring on December 9, 2019. The cash purchase price for the acquired client accounts is equal to an amount not to exceed $1.7 million, which is reflected in an escrow account within ‘Other assets’ on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019. The final cash purchase price is dependent upon the value of the client accounts ultimately

transferred to the Company following a conversion period of 60 days. This transaction will be accounted for as an asset acquisition at cost following the completion of the conversion period.

Tellimer

In December 2019, the Company executed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the brokerage businesses of Tellimer Group (“Tellimer”). This transaction will involve the stock purchase of 100% of Exotix Partners, LLP, based in the U.K., the stock purchase of 100% of Tellimer Capital Ltd based in Nigeria, and the acquisition of the broking business assets of Tellimer Markets, Inc. based in the U.S. The closing of this transaction is subject to limited conditions including regulatory approval in the relevant jurisdictions. The purchase price will be equal to net tangible book value upon closing.

Note 1619 – Segment Analysis

The Company reports its operating segments based on services provided to ~~customers.~~clients. The Company’s business activities are managed as operating segments and organized into reportable segments as follows:

Commercial Hedging (includes components Financial Agricultural ~~(Ag)~~(“Ag”) & Energy and LME Metals)

Global Payments

Securities (includes components Equity ~~Market-Making,~~Capital Markets, Debt ~~Trading, Investment Banking,~~Capital Markets and Asset Management)

Physical Commodities (includes components Precious Metals and Physical Ag & Energy)

Clearing and Execution Services (includes components ~~Exchange-traded~~Exchange-Traded Futures & Options, FX Prime Brokerage, Correspondent Clearing, Independent Wealth Management, and Derivative Voice Brokerage)

The total revenues reported combine gross revenues for the physical commodities business for subsidiaries that are not broker-dealers and net revenues for all other businesses. In order to reflect the way that the Company’s management views the results, the table below also reflects the segment contribution to ‘operating revenues’, which is shown on the face of the condensed consolidated income statements and which is calculated by deducting physical commodities cost of sales from total revenues.

Segment data includes the profitability measure of net contribution by segment. Net contribution is one of the key measures used by management to assess the performance of each segment and for decisions regarding the allocation of the Company’s resources. Net contribution is calculated as revenue less direct cost of sales, transaction-based clearing expenses, variable compensation, introducing broker commissions, and interest expense. Variable compensation paid to risk management consultants/traders generally represents a fixed percentage of ~~an amount equal to~~ revenues generated, and in some cases, revenues ~~produced~~generated less transaction-based clearing ~~charges,~~expenses, base salaries and an overhead allocation.

Segment data also includes segment income which is calculated as net contribution less non-variable direct expenses of the segment. These non-variable direct expenses include trader base compensation and benefits, operational employee compensation and benefits, communication and data services, business development, professional fees, bad debt expense and other direct expenses.

Inter-segment revenues, ~~charges,~~expenses, receivables and payables are eliminated upon consolidation, except revenues and ~~costs~~expenses related to foreign currency transactions undertaken on an arm’s length basis by the foreign exchange trading business for the securities business. The foreign exchange trading business competes for this business as it does any other business. If its rates are not competitive, the securities businesses buy or sell their foreign currency through other market ~~counterparties.~~participants.

On a recurring basis, the Company sweeps excess cash from certain U.S. operating segments to a centralized corporate treasury function in exchange for an intercompany receivable asset. The intercompany receivable asset is eliminated during consolidation, and therefore this practice may impact reported total assets between segments.

Information for the reportable segments is shown in accordance with the Segment Reporting Topic of the ASC as ~~follows:~~follows


	Three Months Ended December 31,						Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2017			2016			2019			2018
Total revenues:
Commercial Hedging	$	61.5		$	57.5		$	69.7		$	59.8
Global Payments	24.6			23.1			31.4			29.7
Securities	43.0			37.4			81.1			69.0
Physical Commodities	7,716.6			5,898.7			10,988.3			6,301.8
Clearing and Execution Services	72.2			63.6			75.9			95.2
Corporate unallocated	0.7			(5.9		)
Corporate Unallocated							5.2			2.9
Eliminations							(6.6		)	(6.2		)
Total	$	7,918.6		$	6,074.4		$	11,245.0		$	6,552.2
Operating revenues (loss):
Operating revenues:
Commercial Hedging	$	61.5		$	57.5		$	69.7		$	59.8
Global Payments	24.6			23.1			31.4			29.7
Securities	43.0			37.4			81.1			69.0
Physical Commodities	10.6			9.8			20.1			14.3
Clearing and Execution Services	72.2			63.6			75.9			95.2
Corporate unallocated	0.7			(5.9		)
Corporate Unallocated							5.2			2.9
Eliminations							(6.6		)	(6.2		)
Total	$	212.6		$	185.5		$	276.8		$	264.7
Net operating revenues (loss):
Commercial Hedging	$	49.1		$	45.6		$	54.4		$	45.3
Global Payments	23.0			20.6			29.8			28.4
Securities	23.5			25.1			43.1			32.1
Physical Commodities	8.4			8.1			15.9			10.4
Clearing and Execution Services	27.4			24.1			30.0			37.5
Corporate unallocated	(1.1		)	(9.2		)
Corporate Unallocated							(2.7		)	(4.7		)
Total	$	130.3		$	114.3		$	170.5		$	149.0
Net contribution:
(Revenues less cost of sales of physical commodities, transaction-based clearing expenses, variable bonus compensation, introducing broker commissions and interest expense)
(Revenues less cost of sales of physical commodities, transaction-based clearing expenses, variable compensation, introducing broker commissions and interest expense)							(Revenues less cost of sales of physical commodities, transaction-based clearing expenses, variable compensation, introducing broker commissions and interest expense)
Commercial Hedging	$	36.5		$	33.4		$	38.8		$	30.6
Global Payments	18.4			16.4			23.8			23.1
Securities	17.8			19.8			27.4			21.8
Physical Commodities	5.6			5.8			11.3			7.1
Clearing and Execution Services	20.5			18.0			24.5			29.7
Total	$	98.8		$	93.4		$	125.8		$	112.3
Segment income:
(Net contribution less non-variable direct segment costs)
Commercial Hedging	$	21.1		$	15.4		$	21.5		$	13.3
Global Payments	14.6			13.2			18.9			18.6
Securities	11.0			12.9			16.7			16.0
Physical Commodities	1.1			3.0			7.6			5.9
Clearing and Execution Services	10.5			5.7			11.1			17.7
Total	$	58.3		$	50.2		$	75.8		$	71.5
Reconciliation of segment income to income before tax:
Segment income	$	58.3		$	50.2		$	75.8		$	71.5
Net costs not allocated to operating segments	39.7			41.8			54.2			47.1
Other gain							0.1			—
Income before tax	$	18.6		$	8.4		$	21.7		$	24.4

(in millions)	As of December 31, 2017			As of September 30, 2017			As of December 31, 2019			As of September 30, 2019
Total assets:
Commercial Hedging	$	1,533.3		$	1,650.3		$	1,991.5		$	2,041.0
Global Payments	188.2			199.5			257.8			278.3
Securities	2,569.1			2,101.7			5,296.6			5,219.1
Physical Commodities	414.7			339.5			392.6			357.8
Clearing and Execution Services	2,005.1			1,818.9			2,023.3			1,892.1
Corporate unallocated	98.5			133.5
Corporate Unallocated							167.5			147.8
Total	$	6,808.9		$	6,243.4		$	10,129.3		$	9,936.1

Note 20 – Subsequent Events

On January 2, 2020, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, INTL Netherlands B.V., executed and closed on a stock purchase agreement to acquire 100% of IFCM Commodities GmbH (“IFCM”) based in Germany. IFCM specializes in providing commodity price risk management solutions for base metals serving clients across Germany and continental Europe and historically introduced clients to INTL FCStone Ltd. This purchase is part of the Company’s overall strategic plan to expand the Company’s footprint in Germany and continental Europe in order to handle European clients and regional metals business following Brexit. The purchase price is equal to net tangible book value upon closing plus a premium of approximately $2.2 million.

In January 2020, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd, executed a stock purchase agreement to acquire 100% of GIROXX Gmbh based in Germany. Through its digital platform, GIROXX Gmbh provides online payment and foreign exchange hedging services to small and medium sized enterprises in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The Company offers a wide range of financial services including advisory and execution services in commodities, which will be offered to GIROXX’s corporate client base. This purchase completes a series of acquisitions and restructuring to ensure that all clients of the Company are secure with their continuity of service and market access following Brexit. The closing of the transaction is conditional upon the approval of financial services regulators in Germany. The estimated purchase price is approximately $4.5 million.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Throughout this document, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “Company”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to INTL FCStone Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. INTL FCStone Inc. is a Delaware corporation.

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of INTL FCStone Inc. and its subsidiaries, including adverse changes in economic, political and market conditions, losses from our market-making and trading activities arising from ~~counter-party~~counterparty failures and changes in market conditions, the possible loss of key personnel, the impact of increasing competition, the impact of changes in government regulation, the possibility of liabilities arising from violations of foreign, U.S. federal and U.S. state securities laws and the impact of changes in technology in the securities and commodities trading industries. Although we believe that our forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions regarding our business and future market conditions, there can be no assurances that our actual results will not differ materially from any results expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. We caution readers that any forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance.

Overview

~~INTL FCStone Inc. is~~We are a diversified global brokerage and financial services ~~organization~~firm providing execution, risk management and advisory services, market intelligence and clearing post-trade services across asset classes and markets around the world. We help our ~~customers~~clients to access market liquidity, maximize profits and manage risk.

~~We are a leader in the development of specialized financial services in commodities, securities, global payments, foreign exchange and other markets.~~ Our operating revenues are derived primarily from financial products and advisory services intended to fulfill our ~~customers’ real~~clients’ commercial needs and provide bottom-line benefits to their businesses. ~~We work to create added value for~~Our businesses are supported by our ~~customers by providing access to~~ global ~~financial markets using~~infrastructure of regulated operating subsidiaries, our ~~industry~~advanced technology platform and ~~financial expertise, deep partner and network relationships, insight and guidance, and integrity and transparency.~~ our team of more than 2,000 employees as of December 31, 2019. We believe our ~~customer-first~~client-first approach differentiates us from large banking institutions, engenders trust and has enabled us to establish leadership positions in a number of complex fields in financial markets around the world.

We report our operating segments based on services provided to clients. Our ~~leadership~~business activities are managed as operating segments and organized into five reportable segments, including Commercial Hedging and Physical Commodities, which are commercial client focused; Clearing and Execution Services (“CES”) and Securities, which are institutional client focused; and Global Payments. See Segment Information for a listing of our operating segment components.

OptionSellers

During the week ended November 16, 2018, balances in approximately 300 accounts of the futures commission merchant (“FCM”) division of our wholly owned subsidiary, INTL FCStone Financial Inc. (“INTL FCStone Financial”), declined below required maintenance margin levels, primarily as a result of significant and unexpected price fluctuations in the natural gas markets. All positions ~~span markets such~~in these accounts, which were managed by OptionSellers.com Inc. (“OptionSellers”), an independent Commodity Trading Advisor (“CTA”), were liquidated in accordance with the INTL FCStone Financial’s client agreements and obligations under market regulation standards.

A CTA is registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and a member of, and subject to audit by, the National Futures Association (“NFA”). OptionSellers is registered under a CFTC Rule 4.7 exemption for “qualified eligible persons,” which requires the account holders authorizing OptionSellers to act as ~~commodity risk management advisory services; global payments; market-making~~their CTA to meet or exceed certain minimum financial requirements. OptionSellers, in ~~international equities~~its role as a CTA, had been granted by each of its clients full discretionary authority to manage the trading in the client accounts, while INTL FCStone Financial acted solely as the clearing firm in its role as the FCM.

INTL FCStone Financial’s client agreements hold account holders liable for all losses in their accounts and obligate the account holders to reimburse INTL FCStone Financial for any account deficits in their accounts. As of December 31, 2019, the aggregate receivable from these client accounts, net of collections and other ~~securities; fixed income; correspondent securities clearing~~allowable deductions, was $29.0 million, with no individual account receivable exceeding $1.4 million. INTL FCStone Financial continues to pursue collection of these receivables and ~~independent wealth management; physical trading~~intends both to enforce and ~~hedging~~to defend its rights aggressively, and to claim interest and costs of precious metals and select other commodities; execution of listed futures and options on futures contracts on all major commodity exchanges and foreign currency trading, among others. These businesses are supported by ~~our global infrastructure of regulated operating subsidiaries, advanced technology platform and team of more than 1,600 employees.~~ collection where applicable.

We ~~currently serve more than 20,000 predominantly wholesale organizations, located in more than 130 countries. Our recent acquisition~~have completed an assessment of the ~~Sterne Agee correspondent clearing~~collectability of these accounts and ~~independent wealth management businesses added approximately 50 correspondent clearing relationships with more than 120,000 underlying individual securities accounts,~~have concluded that we do not have a sufficient basis to record an allowance against these uncollected balances. Our assessment has included the consideration of ~~which 65,000~~the status of numerous arbitration proceedings we have initiated against clients to recover deficit balances in their accounts. We believe we have a valid claim against these clients, based on the express language of the client contracts and legal precedent, and intend to pursue collection of these claims vigorously. As we move through the collection and arbitration processes and additional information becomes available, we will continue to consider the need for an allowance against the carrying value of these uncollected balances.

Additionally, we have been named in arbitrations brought by clients seeking damages relating to the trading losses in these accounts. We believe that such cases are without merit and intend to defend them vigorously. The ultimate outcome of these arbitrations cannot be presently determined, however we believe the likelihood of a material adverse outcome is remote.

Depending on future collections and arbitration proceedings, any provisions for bad debts and actual losses ultimately may or may not be material to our financial results. Currently, we do not believe that any potential losses related to ~~the independent wealth management business acquired.~~

Our customers include producers, processors and end-users of nearly all widely traded physical commodities; commercial counterparties who are end-users of our products and services; governmental and non-governmental organizations; and commercial banks, asset managers, introducing broker-dealers, insurance companies, brokers, institutional investors and major investment banks. We believe our customers value us for our focus on their needs, our expertise and flexibility, our global reach,this matter would impact our ability to ~~provide access to hard-to-reach markets~~comply with our ongoing liquidity, capital, and ~~opportunities, and our status as a well-capitalized and regulatory-compliant organization.~~regulatory requirements.

We believe we are well positioned to capitalize on key trends impacting the financial services sector. Among others, these trends include the impact of increased regulation on banking institutions and other financial services providers; increased consolidation, especially of smaller sub-scale financial services providers and independent securities clearing firms; the growing importance and complexity of conducting secure cross-border transactions; and the demand among financial institutions to transact with well-capitalized counterparties.

~~We focus on mitigating exposure to market risk, ensuring adequate liquidity to maintain daily operations and making non-interest expenses variable, to the greatest extent possible.~~Executive Summary

~~Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act~~

Our accounting for certain elements of the Tax Reform is incomplete. However, as of December 31, 2017, we can determine a reasonable estimate for certain effects of the Tax Reform and have recorded an estimate as a provisional amount. The provisional remeasurement of the deferred tax assets and liabilities resulted in a $8.9 million discrete tax expense, which increased the effective tax rate by 48% inIn the first quarter of fiscal ~~2018. The provisional remeasurement amount is expected to change as data becomes available allowing more accurate scheduling of the deferred tax assets and liabilities.~~

To determine the amount of the transition tax, we must determine, in addition to other factors, the amount of post 1986 E&P of the relevant subsidiaries, as well as the amount of non-US income taxes paid on such earnings. We can make a reasonable estimate of the transition tax and recorded a provisional transition tax obligation of $12.0 million, which increased the effective tax rate by 64% in the three months ended December 31, 2017. We continue to gather additional information to more precisely compute the amount of the transition tax.

While we can make reasonable estimates of the impact of the reduction in corporate rate and the deemed repatriation transition tax, the final impact of the Tax Reform may differ from these estimates, due to, among other things, changes in2020, our ~~interpretations and assumptions, additional guidance that may be issued by the I.R.S., and actions we may take.~~

~~Executive Summary~~

~~We achieved record~~ operating revenues ~~of $212.6~~were $276.8 million, ~~in the first quarter of fiscal 2018, representing 15% growth over~~as we added $12.1 million, or 5%, compared to the prior year. This resulted in income before tax of $18.6 million which is one of our strongest ever first quarters of a fiscal year and represented a 121% increase over the prior year. We achieved growth in operating revenues in all of our operating segments, despite difficult market conditions, in particular continued low market volatility in most of our key markets and low commodity prices.

For the first quarter of fiscal 2018, we recorded a net loss of $6.9 million, or $0.37 per share, which included an estimated one-time charge of $20.9 million, or $1.12 per share, related to the enactment of the Tax Reform. As noted above, this charge is comprised of $8.9 million related to the re-measurement of our deferred tax assets and liabilities arising from a lower U.S. corporate tax rate and shift to a territorial tax regime, and $12.0 million related to the deemed repatriation of unremitted earnings of foreign subsidiaries. These charges were largely offset by deferred tax assets and thus will not result in a significant increase in cash taxes paid. Excluding the impact of Tax Reform, net income of $14.0 million increased 122% versus the prior year period.

The growth in operating revenues was led by our Securities segment which added $12.1 million versus the prior year., while Commercial Hedging and Physical Commodities added $9.9 million and $5.8 million, respectively. Global Payments added $1.7 million compared to the prior year. These increases were tempered by a $19.3 million decline in Clearing and Execution Services ~~which increased $8.6 million versus~~operating revenues compared to the prior year, ~~while our Securities~~however it recorded lower transaction-based clearing expenses and ~~Commercial Hedging segments added $5.6 million and $4.0 million, respectively. The Global Payments~~introducing broker commissions which dampened the effect on segment ~~increased~~income of the operating ~~revenues by $1.5 million while Physical Commodities added $0.8 million.~~revenue decline.

Overall, segment income increased ~~16%,~~$4.3 million or $8.1 million with the Commercial Hedging and Clearing and Execution Services (“CES”) segment adding $5.7 million and $4.8 million respectively. In addition, Global Payments segment income increased $1.4 million versus6% compared to the prior year ~~period. Partially offsetting these increases, our Securities and Physical Commodities segments each declined $1.9~~to $75.8 million ~~versus~~in the ~~prior year period.~~

first quarter. Commercial Hedging segment income increased ~~37%~~62%, to $8.2 million, primarily as a result of ~~an increase~~increases in both ~~OTC~~exchange-traded and over-the-counter (“OTC”) transactional revenues ~~and interest income as well as a $2.6 million decline in~~while non-variable direct ~~expenses. The~~expenses remained flat versus the prior ~~year period included a $2.5 million bad debt expense in our LME metals business.~~

CES segment income increased 84%, primarily as a result of the increase in operating revenue as well as a $2.3 million decline in non-variable direct expenses. The decline in non-variable expenses, most notable in compensation and benefits as well as trade system costs were a result of cost savings initiatives in our FX Prime Brokerage, Correspondent Clearing and Derivative Voice Brokerage businesses.

year.

Global Payments segment income increased ~~11%,~~$0.3 million or 2% compared to the prior year, primarily as a result of the increase in operating revenues which was partially offset by higher fixed compensation and benefits.

Securities segment income increased $0.7 million or 4%, versus the prior year, as a $7.3 million increase in Debt Capital Markets segment income was partially offset by declines of $6.0 million and $0.6 million in Equity Capital Markets and Asset Management segment income, respectively. The increase in Debt Capital Markets segment income was primarily driven by improved performance in our domestic institutional fixed income business, while the decline in Equity Capital Markets was a ~~7% increase~~result of declines in ~~the number of payments made combined while maintaining~~operating revenues compared to a ~~steady average revenue per payment versus the~~record prior year period as well as increased costs associated with several new initiatives.

Physical Commodities segment income increased $1.7 million to $7.6 million in the first quarter versus the prior year. This was primarily driven by a ~~$0.9~~$3.8 million increase in Precious Metals segment income which was partially offset by a $2.1 million decline in ~~introducing broker commissions.~~

~~While Physical Commodities~~ segment ~~operating revenues increased 8%, this was tempered by a $1.3 million unrealized loss on derivative positions held against precious metals inventory carried at the lower of cost or net realizable value~~income in our ~~non-broker dealer subsidiaries. In addition, we recorded~~Physical Ag & Energy business. The prior year period included a ~~$1.0~~$2.4 million recovery on the bad debt ~~expense and $0.5 million in professional fees related to our exit of the~~on physical coal in the Physical Ag & Energy business. ~~Securities~~

CES segment income declined ~~15%~~37%, or $6.6 million versus the prior year primarily as a result of a ~~$5.4~~$2.5 million ~~increase~~and $2.4 million decline in ~~interest expense~~segment income in our ~~Debt Trading business as well as a $1.5~~Derivative Voice Brokerage and Exchange-Traded Futures & Options businesses, respectively. In addition, FX Prime Brokerage segment income declined $2.1 million ~~increase in transaction-based clearing expenses in our Equity Market-Making business.~~compared to the prior year.

On the expense side, we continue to focus on maintaining our variable cost model and limiting the growth of our non-variable expenses. To that end, variable expenses were 58% of total expenses in the current period ~~which was flat with~~compared to 63% in the prior year period. Non-variable expenses, excluding bad debts and the recovery of bad debt on physical coal, increased 5%$15.3 million, or 19%, ~~or $3.4~~period-over-period, of which $7.7 million ~~year-over-year, primarily~~of the increase relates to acquisitions and new business initiatives, including the launch of our securities prime brokerage initiative and our expansion efforts in Canada, since December 31, 2018. While we view these acquisitions and expansion efforts as long-term strategic decisions, they resulted in an incremental pre-tax loss during the first quarter of $1.0 million. In addition, as noted above, the prior year period included a ~~result~~$2.4 million recovery on the bad debt on physical coal.

For the first quarter of ~~an increase~~fiscal 2019, we recorded net income of $16.3 million compared to $18.2 million in ~~non-variable compensation and benefits.~~the prior year period.

Selected Summary Financial Information

Results of Operations

Total revenues reported combine gross revenues for the physical commodities business and net revenues for all other businesses. In order to reflect the way that we view the results, the table below reflects the calculation of the subtotal ‘operating revenues’, which is calculated by deducting ~~physical commodities~~ cost of sales of physical commodities from total revenues. ~~Below~~Set forth below is aour discussion of the results of our operations, as viewed by management, for the three ~~months~~month period ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and ~~2016.~~2018.

Financial Information (Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended December 31,							Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2017			% Change		2016		2019		% Change		2018
Revenues:
Sales of physical commodities	$	7,714.4		31	%	$	5,896.0	$	10,978.0	74	%	$	6,295.8
Trading gains, net	85.8			3	%	83.0
Principal gains, net								112.5		19	%	94.9
Commission and clearing fees	77.8			12	%	69.2		87.2		(10	)%	97.4
Consulting, management, and account fees	16.6			6	%	15.7		21.3		12	%	19.1
Interest income	24.0			131	%	10.4		46.0		2	%	45.0
Other income	—			(100	)%	0.1
Total revenues	7,918.6			30	%	6,074.4		11,245.0		72	%	6,552.2
Cost of sales of physical commodities	7,706.0			31	%	5,888.9		10,968.2		74	%	6,287.5
Operating revenues	212.6			15	%	185.5		276.8		5	%	264.7
Transaction-based clearing expenses	36.9			10	%	33.6		46.3		(8	)%	50.1
Introducing broker commissions	31.1			8	%	28.7		26.2		(20	)%	32.6
Interest expense	14.3			61	%	8.9		33.8		2	%	33.0
Net operating revenues	130.3			14	%	114.3		170.5		14	%	149.0
Compensation and benefits	77.2			9	%	70.6		104.0		17	%	89.1
Bad debts	1.1			(56	)%	2.5		—		(100	)%	0.3
Recovery of bad debt on physical coal								—		(100	)%	(2.4		)
Other expenses	33.4			2	%	32.8		44.9		19	%	37.6
Total compensation and other expenses	111.7			5	%	105.9		148.9		20	%	124.6
Other gain								0.1		n/m		—
Income before tax	18.6			121	%	8.4		21.7		(11	)%	24.4
Income tax expense	25.5			1,114	%	2.1		5.4		(13	)%	6.2
Net (loss) income	$	(6.9	)	n/m		$	6.3
Net income								$	16.3	(10	)%	$	18.2

Balance Sheet information:	December 31, 2017			% Change		December 31, 2016		December 31, 2019		% Change		December 31, 2018
Total assets	$	6,808.9		8	%	$	6,290.7	$	10,129.3	16	%	$	8,710.5
Payables to lenders under loans	$	422.9		35	%	$	312.6	$	138.7	(68	)%	$	435.4
Senior secured tern loan, net								$	186.7	n/m		$	—
Stockholders’ equity	$	443.2		—	%	$	442.6	$	614.9	17	%	$	526.0

The selected data table below reflects key operating metrics used by management in evaluating our product lines, for the periods indicated:


	Three Months Ended December 31,						Three Months Ended December 31,
	2017		% Change		2016		2019		% Change		2018
Volumes and Other Data:
Exchange-traded - futures and options (contracts, 000’s)	25,862.1		7	%	24,112.7		34,060.5		(9	)%	37,527.1
OTC (contracts, 000’s)	327.9		9	%	301.8		489.0		19	%	409.3
Global Payments (# of payments, 000’s)	156.3		7	%	146.6		194.2		17	%	166.6
Gold equivalent ounces traded (000’s)	33,503.1		38	%	24,329.2		107,215.5		13	%	95,219.6
Equity Market-Making (gross dollar volume, millions)	$	24,734.3	11	%	$	22,355.3
Debt Trading (gross dollar volume, millions)	$	33,233.7	1	%	$	33,045.6
Equity Capital Markets (gross dollar volume, millions)							$	39,931.0	(8	)%	$	43,308.7
Debt Capital Markets (gross dollar volume, millions)							$	40,203.7	(34	)%	$	60,677.2
FX Prime Brokerage volume (U.S. notional, millions)	$	114,302.0	(33	)%	$	169,872.6	$	74,351.6	(17	)%	$	89,944.7
Average assets under management in Argentina (U.S. dollar, millions)	$	473.7	(7	)%	$	509.8	$	281.6	—	%	$	282.8
Average customer equity - futures and options (millions)	$	2,125.8	2	%	$	2,078.1
Average client equity - futures and options (millions)							$	2,257.3	(3	)%	$	2,332.5
Average money market / FDIC sweep client balances (millions)							$	981.6	27	%	$	771.7

Operating Revenues

Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2016~~2018

Operating revenues increased ~~15%~~5% to a ~~record $212.6~~$276.8 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$185.5~~$264.7 million in the prior year. ~~All operating segments recorded~~The growth in operating revenues was led by our ~~Clearing~~Securities and ~~Execution Services and Securities~~Commercial Hedging segments which ~~increased $8.6~~added $12.1 million and ~~$5.6~~$9.9 million, ~~respectively.~~respectively versus the prior year. In addition, ~~the Commercial Hedging~~our Physical Commodities segment added ~~$4.0~~$5.8 million in operating revenues, ~~versus the prior year,~~ while Global Payments ~~and Physical Commodities added $1.5 million and $0.8 million, respectively.~~

~~The prior year period included a $5.6 million pre-tax unrealized loss on interest rate swaps and U.S. Treasury notes held as part of our interest rate management strategy, while~~ ~~the first quarter~~ of fiscal 2018 included no unrealized gains/losses on this program as all interest rate swaps and U.S. Treasury notes had been liquidated during fiscal 2017. On a segment basis, these unrealized gains and losses are reported in the Corporate unallocated segment.

~~Operating~~increased operating revenues ~~in our CES segment increased 14% to $72.2 million in~~ ~~the first quarter, primarily as a result of 29% growth in Exchange-traded Futures & Options revenues, to $35.9 million, driven~~ by ~~increases in contract volumes, the average rate per contract earned and interest income. Our Independent Wealth Management business added $1.2~~$1.7 million versus the prior ~~year and Derivative Voice Brokerage added $0.6 million.~~year. These increases were tempered by a ~~$0.8 million decline in FX Prime Brokerage operating revenues as well as a $0.4~~$19.3 million decline in our ~~Correspondent~~ Clearing ~~business.~~and Execution Services segment.

Operating revenues in our Securities segment increased ~~15%~~18% compared to ~~$43.0~~the prior year to $81.1 million in the first quarter compared to the prior year. The Equity Market-Making business added $2.3 million, as the gross dollar volume traded increased 11% as a result of the on-boarding of new customers and increased market share. Operating. This increase in operating revenues inwas driven by our Debt ~~Trading~~Capital Markets business which increased ~~$4.3~~$14.1 million versus the prior year with ~~increases~~a 34% decline in the principal dollar volume traded more than offset by a 123% increase in the revenue per $1,000 traded which was driven by increased market volatility and changes in product mix. This increase was tempered by a $1.3 million decline in operating revenues in our ~~domestic institutional fixed income, Argentina~~Equity Capital Markets business when compared to a record prior year quarter. This was driven by an 8% decrease in the gross dollar volume traded and ~~municipal securities businesses.~~a 13% decline in the revenue per $1,000 traded. Asset Management operating revenues declined ~~$0.9~~$0.7 million as compared to the prior year ~~period as a result of a 7% decline of average assets under management.~~period.

Operating revenues in Commercial Hedging increased ~~7%,~~17% compared to the prior year to ~~$61.5~~$69.7 million as a result of a ~~$4.6~~$1.4 million increase in exchange-traded transactional revenues as well as a $11.0 million increase in OTC revenues versus the prior year. Exchange-traded volumes and a $1.9 million increase in interest income. These increases were tempered by lower exchange-traded revenues which declined $2.5 million. OTC revenues increased as a result of both a 9% increase in customer OTC volumes increased 6% and ~~a 22% increase in~~19%, respectively, and the average rate per contract, primarily in agricultural commodities. Exchange-traded revenues declined primarily as a result of a 13% decline in the average rate per contract, which more than offset a 7% increase in exchange-traded contract volume.client equity decreased 10% to $903.8 million.

Operating revenues in our Global Payments segment increased 6% in the first quarter to ~~$24.6~~a record $31.4 million, as a result of a 7%17% increase in the number of global payments ~~made~~ while the average revenue per trade declined 12% compared to the prior year.

Operating revenues in our Physical Commodity segment increased 41% to $20.1 million. This decrease was ~~stable with~~driven by a $4.7 million increase in Precious Metals operating revenues, as the number of gold equivalent ounces traded increased 13% versus the prior year ~~period.~~

~~Our Physical Commodity segment operating~~and the average revenue per ounce traded increased 50%. Operating revenues ~~increased 8% to $10.6 million, primarily as a result of a $0.9 million increase~~ in our Physical Ag & Energy business increased $1.1 million versus the prior year, primarily driven by an increase in activity in our biodiesel feedstock activities.

Finally, operating revenues ~~which was partially offset by a $0.1 million decline in Precious Metals operating revenues. Precious metals in~~ ~~the first quarter~~ ~~include a $1.3 million unrealized loss on derivative positions held against precious metals inventory carried at the lower of cost or net realizable value~~ in our ~~non-broker dealer subsidiaries.~~

~~Interest income increased $13.6 million~~CES segment decreased 20% to ~~$24.0~~$75.9 million in the first quarter ~~as compared to prior year~~, primarily as a result of 25% decline in Exchange-Traded Futures & Options revenues to $37.9 million, driven by decreases in both contract volumes and the ~~effect of increases in short term interest rates on first quarter performance~~average rate per contract as well as a ~~$4.6~~$2.2 million ~~unrealized loss on U.S Treasury notes~~decline in interest income. In addition, FX Prime Brokerage operating revenues declined $2.5 million as the prior year ~~period.~~period included a $2.7 million settlement received related to the Barclays PLC ‘last look” class action. Our ~~Securities segment increased $4.6~~Correspondent Clearing business added $0.1 million in ~~the first quarter over the prior year. In addition,~~

~~average customer equity in the Financial Ag & Energy and Exchange-traded Futures & Options components of our Commercial Hedging and CES segments increased 2% to $2.1 billion in~~ ~~the first quarter~~operating revenues, compared to the prior year, ~~which combined with~~to $8.4 million while our Independent Wealth Management business was flat compared to the ~~increases~~prior year at 20.2 million in ~~short-term interest rates resulted~~operating revenues. Operating revenues in ~~an aggregate $3.7~~Derivative Voice Brokerage declined $4.4 million ~~increase in interest income in these businesses.~~versus the prior year period.

See Segment Information below for additional information on activity in each of the segments.

Interest and Transactional Expenses

Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2016~~2018

Transaction-based clearing expenses: Transaction-based clearing expenses ~~increased 10%~~decreased 8% to ~~$36.9~~$46.3 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$33.6~~$50.1 million in the prior year, and were 17% of operating revenues in the first quarter compared to ~~18%~~19% in the prior year. The ~~increase~~decrease in expense is primarily related to ~~higher~~lower volumes ~~in our Financial Ag & Energy and~~within Exchange-Traded Futures & Options ~~components.~~and decreased ADR conversion fees within Equity Capital Markets.

Introducing broker commissions: Introducing broker commissions ~~increased 8%~~decreased 20% to ~~$31.1~~$26.2 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$28.7~~$32.6 million in the prior year, and were ~~15%~~9% of operating revenues in the first quarter ~~as well as~~compared to 12% in the prior year. The ~~increase~~decrease in expense is primarily due to ~~increased business~~decreased activity ~~and improved performance in our~~within Exchange-Traded Futures & Options, ~~and Independent Wealth Management components,~~ partially offset by ~~lower costs in Global Payments.~~expense increases within Financial Ag & Energy and LME Metals as a result of higher revenues.

Interest expense: Interest expense ~~increased 61%~~increased $0.8 million, or 2%, to ~~$14.3~~$33.8 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$8.9~~$33.0 million in the prior year. ~~The~~During ~~increase~~the first quarter inand the prior year, interest expense ~~is primarily~~directly attributable to trading activities, including interest on short-term financing facilities of subsidiaries, was $31.1 million and $30.2 million, respectively, and interest expense related to corporate funding purposes was $2.7 million and $2.8 million, respectively.

During the first quarter, interest expense directly attributable to trading activities ~~of our~~includes $15.7 million in connection with trading activities conducted as an institutional dealer in fixed income securities, ~~which resulted~~and $8.8 million in ~~higher~~connection with securities lending activities. During the prior year, interest expense ~~of $3.6 million. Also,~~directly attributable to trading activities included $17.3 million in connection with trading activities conducted as an ~~increase~~institutional dealer in ~~short-term rates resulted~~fixed income securities, and $4.7 million in ~~higher costs in our Exchange-Traded Futures & Options component, as well as higher costs related to our stock~~connection with securities lending business started up during fiscal 2017 in our Equity Market-Making business. Additionally, higher average borrowings outstanding on the credit facilities available for working capital needs resulted in increased expense.activities.

Net Operating Revenues

Net operating revenues is one of the key measures used by management to assess the performance of our operating segments. Net operating revenue is calculated as operating revenue less transaction-based clearing expenses, introducing broker commissions and interest expense. Transaction-based clearing expenses represent variable expenses paid to executing brokers, exchanges, clearing organizations and banks in relation to our transactional volumes. Introducing broker commissions include commission paid to non-employee third parties that have introduced ~~customers~~clients to us. Net operating revenues represent revenues available to pay variable compensation to risk management consultants and traders and direct non-variable expenses, as well as variable and non-variable expenses of operational and administrative ~~employees.~~employees, including our executive management team.

Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2016~~2018

Net operating revenues increased ~~$16.0 million, or~~ 14%, to ~~$130.3~~$170.5 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$114.3~~$149.0 million in the prior year.

Compensation and Other Expenses

The following table shows a summary of expenses, other than interest and transactional expenses.


	Three Months Ended December 31,						Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2017		% Change		2016		2019		% Change		2018
Compensation and benefits:
Fixed compensation and benefits	$	40.3	12	%	$	36.1	$	49.4	19	%	$	41.4
Variable compensation and benefits	36.9		7	%	34.5		54.6		14	%	47.7
	77.2		9	%	70.6		104.0		17	%	89.1
Other non-compensation expenses:
Other expenses:
Trading systems and market information	8.2		(8	)%	8.9		10.4		13	%	9.2
Occupancy and equipment rental	4.1		21	%	3.4		5.0		14	%	4.4
Professional fees	4.7		(2	)%	4.8		6.0		13	%	5.3
Travel and business development	3.5		(3	)%	3.6		4.5		18	%	3.8
Non-trading technology and support	3.1		7	%	2.9		6.0		43	%	4.2
Depreciation and amortization	2.7		13	%	2.4		3.9		34	%	2.9
Communications	1.4		17	%	1.2		1.6		23	%	1.3
Bad debts	1.1		(56	)%	2.5		—		(100	)%	0.3
Other expense	5.7		2	%	5.6
Recovery of bad debt on physical coal							—		(100	)%	(2.4		)
Other							7.5		15	%	6.5
	34.5		(2	)%	35.3		44.9		26	%	35.5
Total compensation and other expenses	$	111.7	5	%	$	105.9	$	148.9	20	%	$	124.6

Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2016~~2018

Compensation and Other Expenses: Compensation and other expenses ~~increase~~d ~~$5.8~~increased $24.3 million,, or 5%20%, to ~~$111.7~~$148.9 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$105.9~~$124.6 million in the prior year. Compensation and other expenses related to acquisitions and new business initiatives since December 31, 2018 added $9.2 million in the first quarter.

Compensation and Benefits: Total compensation and benefits expense ~~increased 9%~~increased $14.9 million, or 17% to ~~$77.2~~$104.0 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$70.6~~$89.1 million in the prior year. Total compensation and benefits were ~~36%~~38% of operating revenues in the first quarter compared to ~~38%~~34% in the prior year. The variable portion of compensation and benefits ~~increase~~dincreased by 7%$6.9 million, or 14%, to ~~$36.9~~$54.6 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$34.5~~$47.7 million in the prior year. Variable compensation and benefits were ~~28%~~32% of net operating revenues in the first quarter ~~compared to 30%~~ as well as in the prior year. ~~Administrative,~~The primary driver of the increase in variable compensation is the increased front office variable incentive of $6.0 million. Additionally, administrative, centralized operations and executive incentive compensation increased $0.9 million which was ~~$4.3~~$7.2 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$4.4~~$6.3 million in the prior year.

The fixed portion of compensation and benefits ~~increase~~d ~~12%~~increased $8.0 million, or 19% to ~~$40.3~~$49.4 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$36.1~~$41.4 million in the prior year. Non-variable salaries increased ~~$1.3~~$6.5 million, or 5%22%, primarily due to our recent acquisitions and new business initiatives, which added $3.0 million in the ~~increased headcount across operations and administrative areas.~~first quarter. Employee benefits, excluding share-based compensation, increased ~~$1.3~~$1.6 million in the first quarter, primarily related to higher payroll, healthcare and retirement costs from the increased headcount. Share-based compensation is a component of the fixed portion, and includes stock option and restricted stock expense. Share-based compensation was ~~$1.6~~$2.6 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$0.8~~$1.9 million in the prior year. The number of employees ~~decreased 1%~~increased 4% to ~~1,595~~2,091 at the end of the first quarter compared to ~~1,607~~2,012 at the beginning of the first quarter. The number of employees at the end of the prior year period was ~~1,542~~.1,763.

Other ~~Non-Compensation~~ Expenses: Other non-compensation expenses ~~decreased 2%~~increased $9.4 million, or 26% to ~~$34.5~~$44.9 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$35.3~~$35.5 million in the prior year. ~~Trade~~Other non-compensation expenses related to acquisitions and new business initiatives since December 31, 2018 added $2.8 million in the first quarter.

Trading systems and market information ~~decreased $0.7 million, as trade system costs decreased $1.0~~increased $1.2 million, primarily ~~within Clearing~~related in incremental costs due to recent acquisitions and ~~Execution Services, partially offset by higher market information costs associated with growth across businesses.~~new business initiatives. Occupancy and equipment rental increased $0.6 million, primarily related to incremental costs of office space from recent acquisitions and business initiatives in New York City, Singapore and London. Professional fees increased $0.7 million, primarily related to ~~leased office space~~higher legal and accounting fees. Non-trading technology and support increased $1.8 million, primarily due to higher non-trading software license and maintenance costs and software as a service arrangements related ~~property charges.~~to various IT, client engagement, accounting and human resources systems. Depreciation and amortization increased ~~$0.3~~$1.0 million, primarily related to ~~depreciation~~amortization of ~~the new trading system for certain over-the-counter commodities business activities during the fourth quarter~~leaseholds and intangibles associated with recent acquisitions.

Recovery of ~~2017.~~

Bad debts decreased $1.4 million over the prior year. During the first quarter, we recorded additional bad debt expense of $1.0 million related to reimbursement due the Company from a coal supplier following our recorded charge of $47.0 million during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017. The expense relates to reimbursement for demurrage and other charges related to contracts with delivery dates during the first quarter of 2018.Debt on Physical Coal: During the prior year, we reached settlements with clients, paying $8.4 million related to demurrage, dead freight, and other penalty charges regarding coal supplied during fiscal 2017. The settlement amounts paid were less than the accrued liability for the transactions recorded during fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2018, and accordingly we recorded a recovery on the bad debt ~~expense was $2.5 million, primarily related to LME Metals customer deficits in our Commercial Hedging segment.~~on physical coal of $2.4 million.

Provision for Taxes: The effective income tax rate was ~~137%~~24.9% in the first quarter compared to ~~25%~~25.4% in the prior year. The ~~discrete expense of $20.9 million related to the Tax Act, increased the~~ effective income tax rate by 112%. The effective rate for the first quarter of 2018 was 24.5%, excluding the impacts of the Tax Act. The effective tax rate decreased 1.2% due to excess tax benefits on share-based compensation recognized during the period related to the adoption of ASU 2016-09. The effective rate during the first quarter of fiscal year 2017 was lowerrates are higher than the U.S. federal statutory rate ~~primarily~~of 21% due to ~~a higher mix~~U.S. state and local taxes, global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”), U.S. and foreign permanent differences, and the amount of foreign earnings taxed at ~~lower rates~~higher tax rates. The estimated GILTI tax expense increased the effective rate approximately 1.5% in ~~foreign jurisdictions.~~the first quarter compared to 2.0% in the prior year.

Unallocated Costs and Expenses

The following table is a breakout of our unallocated costs and expenses from the total costs and expenses shown above. The unallocated costs and expenses include certain shared services such as information technology, accounting and treasury, credit and risk, legal and compliance, and human resources and other activities.


	Three Months Ended December 31,						Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2017		% Change		2016		2019		% Change		2018
Compensation and benefits:
Variable compensation and benefits							$	6.4	14	%	$	5.6
Fixed compensation and benefits	$	16.5	29	%	$	12.8	20.3		19	%	17.1
Variable compensation and benefits	3.8		(5	)%	4.0
	20.3		21	%	16.8		26.7		18	%	22.7
Other non-compensation expenses:
Communication and data services	0.6		—	%	0.6
Other expenses:
Trading systems and market information							0.5		25	%	0.4
Occupancy and equipment rental	4.1		21	%	3.4		5.0		14	%	4.4
Professional fees	2.8		8	%	2.6		4.0		21	%	3.3
Travel and business development	0.8		(20	)%	1.0		1.4		27	%	1.1
Non-trading technology and support	2.5		25	%	2.0		4.7		57	%	3.0
Depreciation and amortization	2.2		10	%	2.0		3.9		70	%	2.3
Communications	1.3		18	%	1.1		1.4		17	%	1.2
Bad debts	—		—	%	—
Other expense	4.0		29	%	3.1
Other							3.9		8	%	3.6
	18.3		16	%	15.8		24.8		28	%	19.3
Total compensation and other expenses	$	38.6	18	%	$	32.6	$	51.5	23	%	$	42.0

Total unallocated costs and other expenses increased ~~$6.0~~$9.5 million to ~~$38.6~~$51.5 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$32.6~~$42.0 million in the prior year. Compensation and benefits increased ~~$3.5~~$4.0 million, or ~~21%~~18%, to ~~$20.3~~$26.7 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$16.8~~$22.7 million in the prior year.

~~During the first quarter, the~~, of which $0.7 million relates to acquisitions and new business initiatives since December 31, 2018. The increase in fixed compensation and benefits and variable compensation and benefits is also related to headcount increases across several administrative departments, including IT, compliance and accounting.

Other non-compensation expenses increased $5.5 million, or 28%, to $24.8 million in the first quarter compared to $19.3 million in the prior year, of which $1.3 million relates to acquisitions and new business initiatives since December 31, 2018. Additionally, non-trading technology and support increased due to higher support and maintenance costs related to various IT and client engagement systems. Depreciation and amortization increased $1.6 million, primarily related to ~~higher salary expense due to headcount increases in several administrative departments,~~amortization of leaseholds and ~~increased share-based costs and long-term incentive costs for executive management.~~intangibles associated with recent acquisitions.

Variable vs. Fixed Expenses


	Three Months Ended December 31,								Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2017		% of Total		2016		% of Total		2019		% of Total		2018			% of Total
Variable compensation and benefits	$	36.9	21	%	$	34.5	21	%	$	54.6	25	%	$	47.7		23	%
Transaction-based clearing expenses	36.9		21	%	33.6		20	%	46.3		21	%	50.1			24	%
Introducing broker commissions	31.1		16	%	28.7		17	%	26.2		12	%	32.6			16	%
Total variable expenses	104.9		58	%	96.8		58	%	127.1		58	%	130.4			63	%
Fixed compensation and benefits	40.3		22	%	36.1		21	%	49.4		22	%	41.4			20	%
Other fixed expenses	33.4		19	%	32.8		20	%	44.9		20	%	37.6			18	%
Bad debts	1.1		1	%	2.5		1	%	—		—	%	0.3			—	%
Recovery of bad debt on physical coal									—		—	%	(2.4		)	(1	)%
Total non-variable expenses	74.8		42	%	71.4		42	%	94.3		42	%	76.9			37	%
Total non-interest expenses	$	179.7	100	%	$	168.2	100	%	$	221.4	100	%	$	207.3		100	%

We seek to make our non-interest expenses variable to the greatest extent possible, and to keep our fixed costs as low as possible. The table above shows an analysis of our variable expenses and non-variable expenses as a percentage of total non-interest expenses for the three months ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and ~~2016,~~2018, respectively.

Our variable expenses include variable compensation paid to traders and risk management consultants, bonuses paid to operational, administrative, and executive employees, transaction-based clearing expenses and introducing broker commissions. As a percentage of total non-interest expenses, variable expenses were 58% in the first quarter ~~as well as~~ compared to 63% in the prior ~~year~~.year. Non-variable expenses, excluding bad debts and the recovery of bad debt on physical coal, increased $15.3 million, or 19%, period-over-period, of which $7.7 million of the increase relates to acquisitions and new business initiatives since December 31, 2018. While we view these acquisitions and expansion efforts as long-term strategic decisions, they resulted in an incremental pre-tax loss of $1.0 million for the current quarter.

Segment Information

Our business activities are managed as operating segments and organized into reportable segments as follows:

INTL FCStone Inc.

Commercial Hedging

Global Payments

Securities

Physical Commodities

Clearing and Execution Services (“CES”)

Components:

Component:

Components:

- Financial Ag

& Energy

- Global Payments

- Equity ~~Market-~~Capital

~~Making~~Markets

- Precious Metals

- ~~Exchange-traded~~Exchange-Traded
Futures & Options

- LME Metals

- Debt ~~Trading~~Capital
Markets

- Physical Ag

& Energy

- FX Prime Brokerage

~~- Investment Banking~~

- Correspondent
Clearing

- Asset Management

- Independent
Wealth Management

- Derivative
Voice Brokerage

We report our operating segments based on services provided to ~~customers.~~clients. Net contribution is one of the key measures used by management to assess the performance of each segment and for decisions regarding the allocation of our resources. Net contribution is calculated as ~~revenue~~revenues less ~~direct~~ cost of sales of physical commodities, transaction-based clearing expenses, introducing broker commissions, interest expense and variable compensation. Variable compensation paid to risk management consultants and traders generally represents a fixed percentage, that can vary by revenue type, of an amount equal to revenues generated, and in some cases, revenues generated less transaction-based clearing expenses, ~~and related charges,~~ base salaries and an overhead allocation.

Segment income is calculated as net contribution less non-variable direct ~~expenses of the segment.~~segment costs. These non-variable direct expenses include trader base compensation and benefits, operational charges, ~~communication~~trading systems and ~~data services,~~market information, professional fees, travel and business development, ~~professional fees,~~communications, bad ~~debt expense,~~debts, trade errors and direct marketing expenses.

Total Segment Results

The following table shows summary information concerning all of our business segments combined.


	Three Months Ended December 31,						Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2017		% of Operating Revenues	2016		% of Operating Revenues	2019		% of Operating Revenues	2018			% of Operating Revenues
Revenues:
Sales of physical commodities	$	7,714.4		$	5,896.0		$	10,978.0		$	6,295.8
Trading gains, net	83.7			83.2
Principal gains, net							111.7			95.7
Commission and clearing fees	77.7			69.1			87.5			97.7
Consulting, management, and account fees	16.1			15.4			20.8			18.7
Interest income	26.0			16.6			48.4			47.6
Other	—			—
Total revenues	7,917.9			6,080.3			11,246.4			6,555.5
Cost of sales of physical commodities	7,706.0			5,888.9			10,968.2			6,287.5
Operating revenues	211.9		100%	191.4		100%	278.2		100%	268.0			100%
Transaction-based clearing expenses	36.3		17%	33.1		17%	46.0		17%	49.9			19%
Introducing broker commissions	31.1		15%	28.7		15%	26.2		9%	32.6			12%
Interest expense	13.1		6%	6.1		3%	32.8		12%	31.8			12%
Net operating revenues	131.4			123.5			173.2			153.7
Variable direct compensation and benefits	32.6		15%	30.1		16%	47.4		17%	41.4			15%
Net contribution	98.8			93.4			125.8			112.3
Non-variable direct expenses	40.5		19%	43.2		23%
Fixed compensation and benefits							25.0			20.7
Other fixed expenses							25.0			22.2
Bad debts							—			0.3
Recovery of bad debt on physical coal							—			(2.4		)
Total non-variable direct expenses							50.0		18%	40.8			15%
Segment income	$	58.3		$	50.2		$	75.8		$	71.5

Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2016~~2018

Net contribution for all of our business segments increased 6%12% to ~~$98.8~~$125.8 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$93.4~~$112.3 million in the prior year. Segment income increased ~~16%~~modestly to ~~$58.3~~$75.8 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$50.2~~$71.5 million in the prior year.

Commercial Hedging

We serve our commercial ~~customers~~clients through our team of risk management consultants, providing a high-value-added service that we believe differentiates us from our competitors and maximizes the opportunity to retain our ~~customers.~~clients. Our risk management consulting services are designed to quantify and monitor commercial entities’ exposure to commodity and financial risk. Upon assessing this exposure, we develop a plan to control and hedge these risks with post-trade reporting against specific ~~customer~~client objectives. Our ~~customers~~clients are assisted in the execution of their hedging strategies through a wide range of products from listed exchange-traded futures and options, to basic OTC instruments that offer greater flexibility, to structured OTC products designed for customized solutions.

Our services span virtually all traded commodity markets, with the largest concentrations in agricultural and energy commodities (consisting primarily of grains, energy and renewable fuels, coffee, sugar, cotton, and food service) and base metals products listed on the LME. Our base metals business includes a position as a Category One ring dealing member of the LME, providing execution, clearing and advisory services in exchange-traded futures and OTC products. We also provide execution of foreign currency forwards and options and interest rate swaps as well as a wide range of structured product solutions to our commercial ~~customers~~clients who are seeking cost-effective hedging strategies. Generally, our ~~customers~~clients direct their own trading activity, and our risk management consultants do not have discretionary authority to transact trades on behalf of our ~~customers.~~clients.

The following table provides the financial performance for Commercial Hedging for the periods indicated.


	Three Months Ended December 31,					Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2017		% Change	2016		2019		% Change	2018
Revenues:
Sales of physical commodities	$	—	—	$	—	$	—	—	$	—
Trading gains, net	28.5		8%	26.5
Principal gains, net						31.6		53%	20.6
Commission and clearing fees	25.1		—%	25.0		28.0		2%	27.5
Consulting, management, and account fees	3.7		—%	3.7		4.3		8%	4.0
Interest income	4.2		83%	2.3		5.8		(25)%	7.7
Other	—		—%	—
Total revenues	61.5		7%	57.5		69.7		17%	59.8
Cost of sales of physical commodities	—		—	—		—		—	—
Operating revenues	61.5		7%	57.5		69.7		17%	59.8
Transaction-based clearing expenses	7.8		10%	7.1		9.0		(1)%	9.1
Introducing broker commissions	4.3		(9)%	4.7		5.9		18%	5.0
Interest expense	0.3		200%	0.1		0.4		—%	0.4
Net operating revenues	49.1		8%	45.6		54.4		20%	45.3
Variable direct compensation and benefits	12.6		3%	12.2
Variable compensation and benefits						15.6		6%	14.7
Net contribution	36.5		9%	33.4		38.8		27%	30.6
Non-variable direct expenses	15.4		(14)%	18.0
Fixed compensation and benefits						8.1		—%	8.1
Other fixed expenses						9.2		1%	9.1
Bad debts						—		(100)%	0.1
Total non-variable direct expenses						17.3		—%	17.3
Segment income	$	21.1	37%	$	15.4	$	21.5	62%	$	13.3

The following tables set forth transactional revenues and selected data for Commercial Hedging for the periods indicated.


	Exchange-traded					Exchange-traded
	Three Months Ended December 31,					Three Months Ended December 31,
	2017		% Change	2016		2019		% Change	2018
Transactional revenues (in millions):	Transactional revenues (in millions):					Transactional revenues (in millions):
Agricultural	$	16.7	(3)%	$	17.2	$	19.3	8%	$	17.9
Energy and renewable fuels	2.0		54%	1.3		2.0		—%	2.0
LME metals	11.7		(26)%	15.8		12.8		3%	12.4
Other	3.1		82%	1.7		2.2		(33)%	3.3
	$	33.5	(7)%	$	36.0	$	36.3	2%	$	35.6
Selected data:	Selected data:					Selected data:
Futures and options (contracts, 000’s)	6,212.5		7%	5,820.6		7,108.9		6%	6,726.8
Average rate per contract	$	5.31	(13)%	$	6.10	$	5.02	(3)%	$	5.20
Average customer equity - futures and options (millions)	$	878.2	(7)%	$	949.0
Average client equity - futures and options (millions)						$	903.8	(10)%	$	1,003.5


	OTC					OTC
	Three Months Ended December 31,					Three Months Ended December 31,
	2017		% Change	2016		2019		% Change	2018
Transactional revenues (in millions):	Transactional revenues (in millions):					Transactional revenues (in millions):
Agricultural	$	15.1	62%	$	9.3	$	18.4	19%	$	15.4
Energy and renewable fuels	3.0		(29)%	4.2		3.8		(16)%	4.5
Other	2.0		—%	2.0		1.1		(114)%	(7.6		)
	$	20.1	30%	$	15.5	$	23.3	89%	$	12.3
Selected data:	Selected data:					Selected data:
Volume (contracts, 000’s)	327.9		9%	301.8		489.0		19%	409.3
Average rate per contract	$	58.55	22%	$	47.80	$	46.02	65%	$	27.85

Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2016~~2018

Operating revenues increased 7%17% to ~~$61.5~~$69.7 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$57.5~~$59.8 million in the prior year. Exchange-traded revenues ~~decreased 7%~~increased 2%, to ~~$33.5~~$36.3 million in the first quarter, ~~resulting~~ primarily ~~from a decline LME metals transactional~~driven by volume growth in the domestic grain markets. Overall exchange-traded contract volumes increased 6% versus the prior year, however the average rate per contract declined 3% to $5.02.

OTC revenues ~~which had a strong performance~~increased 89%, to $23.3 million in the first quarter, compared to $12.3 million in the prior year. OTC volumes increased 19% in the first quarter compared to the prior year. Agricultural OTC revenues increased 19% versus the prior year, driven by increased volumes in South American grain markets and improved rate per contract realized in global dairy markets. In addition, OTC revenues in the prior year period ~~driven~~were negatively affected by ~~increased market volatility. In addition, agricultural revenues declined modestly as a result~~marked-to-market declines, related to longer tenor positions, which were directionally hedged but suffered from declines in value during periods of lower ~~customer~~market activity driven by low agricultural prices. The declines were partially offset by growth in energy and renewable fuels and an increase in exchange-traded revenues from omnibus relationships introduced by our commercial hedging employees, which are reflected inat the ~~‘Other” category above. Energy and renewable~~

~~fuels experienced strong volume growth from the addition~~end of new institutional customers, albeit this new business was at a lower rate per contract as compared to our agricultural business. Overall exchange-traded contract volumes increased 7%, driven by the increases in energy and renewable fuels and omnibus relationships, however the lower rate per contract associated with both of these volumes drove a 13% decline versus the prior year in the average rate per contract to $5.31.

~~OTC revenues increased 30%, to $20.1 million in the first quarter, driven by both a 9% increase in OTC volumes and a 22% increase in the average rate per contract decreasing compared to the prior~~that calendar year. These increases were driven by increases in Brazilian grain activity as well as increased activity in food service, dairy and cotton. These increases were offset by lower coffee and energy and renewable fuels revenues.

Consulting, management, and account fees ~~were flat with the prior year, while interest income,~~ increased ~~83%, to $4.2 million~~8% compared to the prior year to $4.3 million in the first quarter. Interest income, decreased 25%, to $5.8 million compared to $7.7 million in the prior year. The ~~increase~~decline in interest income was ~~primarily~~ driven by ~~an increase in~~lower short-term interest rates as well as a 10% decline in average ~~customer~~ equity ~~declined 7%~~for exchange-traded futures and options clients versus the prior year to ~~$878.2~~$903.8 million in the first quarter.

Segment income increased 62% to ~~$21.1~~$21.5 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$15.4~~$13.3 million in the prior year, primarily as a result of the $9.9 million increase in operating revenues, ~~and a $2.5 million decline in bad debt expense. The~~as non-variable direct expenses were flat with the prior ~~year period included $2.5 million in bad debt expense in our LME metals business.~~year. Variable expenses, excluding interest, expressed as a percentage of operating revenues decreased to ~~40%~~44% compared to ~~42%~~48% in the prior year, primarily as the result of the ~~increase~~effect of the marked-to-market adjustment noted above in ~~interest income which has no associated~~OTC revenues on variable ~~expenses.~~compensation ratios in the prior year period.

Global Payments

We provide ~~global payment solutions~~customized foreign exchange and treasury services to banks and commercial businesses as well as charities and non-governmental ~~organizations~~ and government organizations. We provide transparent pricing and offer payments services in more than ~~175~~170 countries and 140 currencies, which we believe is more than any other payments solution ~~provider, and provide competitive and transparent pricing.~~provider.

Our proprietary FXecute global payments platform is integrated with a financial information exchange (“FIX”) protocol. This FIX protocol is an electronic communication method for the real-time exchange of information, and we believe it represents one of the first FIX offerings for cross-border payments in exotic currencies. FIX functionality allows ~~customers~~clients to view real time market rates for various currencies, execute and manage orders in real-time, and view the status of their payments through the easy-to-use portal.

Additionally, as a member of ~~SWIFT (Society~~the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial ~~Telecommunication)~~Telecommunication (“SWIFT”), we are able to offer our services to large money center and global banks seeking more competitive international payment services. In addition, we operate a fully accredited SWIFT Service Bureau which facilitates cross-border payments and acceptance transactions for financial institutions, trade networks and corporations.

Through this single comprehensive platform and our commitment to ~~customer~~client service, we believe we are able to provide simple and fast execution, ensuring delivery of funds in local currency to any of these countries quickly through our global network of approximately ~~300~~325 correspondent banks. In this business, we primarily act as a principal in buying and selling foreign currencies on a spot basis. We derive revenue from the difference between the purchase and sale prices.

We believe our ~~customers~~clients value our ability to provide exchange rates that are significantly more competitive than those offered by large international banks, a competitive advantage that stems from our years of foreign exchange expertise focused on smaller, less liquid currencies.

The following table provides the financial performance and selected data for Global Payments for the periods indicated.


	Three Months Ended December 31,					Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2017		% Change	2016		2019		% Change	2018
Revenues:
Sales of physical commodities	$	—	—	$	—	$	—	—	$	—
Trading gains, net	23.7		5%	22.6
Principal gains, net						29.6		5%	28.1
Commission and clearing fees	0.9		80%	0.5		1.0		11%	0.9
Consulting, management, account fees	—		—	—		0.8		33%	0.6
Interest income	—		—	—		—		(100)%	0.1
Other income	—		—	—
Total revenues	24.6		6%	23.1		31.4		6%	29.7
Cost of sales of physical commodities	—		—	—		—		—	—
Operating revenues	24.6		6%	23.1		31.4		6%	29.7
Transaction-based clearing expenses	1.2		—%	1.2		1.4		40%	1.0
Introducing broker commissions	0.4		(69)%	1.3		0.2		—%	0.2
Interest expense	—		—	—		—		(100)%	0.1
Net operating revenues	23.0		12%	20.6		29.8		5%	28.4
Variable direct compensation and benefits	4.6		10%	4.2
Variable compensation and benefits						6.0		13%	5.3
Net contribution	18.4		12%	16.4		23.8		3%	23.1
Non-variable direct expenses	3.8		19%	3.2
Fixed compensation and benefits						2.6		24%	2.1
Other fixed expenses						2.3		(4)%	2.4
Bad debts						—		—	—
Total non-variable direct expenses						4.9		9%	4.5
Segment income	$	14.6	11%	$	13.2	$	18.9	2%	$	18.6
Selected data:	Selected data:					Selected data:
Global Payments (# of payments, 000’s)	156.3		7%	146.6		194.2		17%	166.6
Average revenue per trade	$	157.39	—%	$	157.57
Average revenue per payment						$	157.57	(12)%	$	178.27

Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2016~~2018

Operating revenues increased 6% to a record ~~$24.6~~$31.4 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$23.1~~$29.7 million in the prior ~~year. The~~year, driven by 17% growth in the volume of payments made, ~~increased 7% as we continued to benefit from an increase~~which was partially offset by a 12% decline in ~~financial institutions and other customers utilizing our electronic transaction order system while~~ the average revenue per ~~trade, was flat with the prior year period. The volume of payments declined and the average revenue per trade increased as~~payment compared to the most recent third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017, as certain commercial customers who had previously transacted their individual high volume but low value payments through our platform, opened their own bank accounts in certain countries to which we had made payments into on their behalf. However, we still made the foreign currency funding payments into their accounts on an aggregated basis in these countries. While we were able to capture similar revenues to the preceding third and fourth quarters, the number of payments made were reduced, the the average revenue per trade increased and variable transaction-based clearing expenses as a percentage of revenue declined due to the lower number of payments processed.prior year.

Segment income increased ~~11%~~2% to ~~$14.6~~$18.9 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$13.2~~$18.6 million in the prior year. This increase primarily resulted from the increase in operating revenues, partially offset by ~~a $0.6 million~~an increase in ~~non-variable direct expenses versus~~fixed compensation and benefits compared to the prior ~~year period, primarily driven by higher non-variable compensation and trade system costs.~~year. Variable expenses, excluding interest, expressed as a percentage of operating revenues were ~~decreased to 25%~~24% in the first quarter as compared to ~~29%~~22% in the prior ~~year, primarily as a result of a decrease in introducing broker commissions.~~year.

Securities

We provide value-added solutions that facilitate cross-border trading and believe our ~~customers~~clients value our ability to manage complex transactions, including foreign exchange, utilizing our local understanding of ~~local~~ market convention, liquidity and settlement protocols around the world. Our ~~customers~~clients include U.S.-based regional and national broker-dealers and institutions investing or executing ~~customer~~client transactions in international markets and foreign institutions seeking access to the U.S. securities markets. We are one of the leading market makers in foreign securities, ~~including unlisted ADRs, Global Depository Receipts (“GDRs”) and foreign ordinary shares. We make~~making markets in over ~~3,600~~5,000 ADRs, GDRs and foreign ordinary shares, of which over ~~2,000~~3,600 trade in the OTC market. In addition, we will, on request, make prices in more than 10,000 unlisted foreign securities. We are also a broker-dealer in Argentina and Brazil where we are active in providing institutional executions in the local capital markets.

We act as an institutional dealer in fixed income securities, including U.S. Treasury, U.S. government agency, agency mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities as well as investment grade, high yield, convertible and emerging market debt to a ~~customer~~client base including asset managers, commercial bank trust and investment departments, broker-dealers and insurance companies.

We originate, structure and place debt instruments in the international and domestic capital markets. These instruments include complex asset-backed securities (primarily in Argentina) and domestic municipal securities. On occasion, we may invest our own capital in debt instruments before selling them. We also actively trade in a variety of international debt instruments as well as operate an asset management business in which we earn fees, commissions and other revenues for management of third party assets and investment gains or losses on our investments in funds and proprietary accounts managed either by our investment managers or by independent investment managers.

The following table provides the financial performance for Securities for the periods indicated.


	Three Months Ended December 31,					Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2017		% Change	2016		2019		% Change	2018
Revenues:
Sales of physical commodities	$	—	—	$	—	$	—	—	$	—
Trading gains, net	20.9		(5)%	21.9
Principal gains, net						39.3		6%	37.0
Commission and clearing fees	5.0		117%	2.3		8.7		107%	4.2
Consulting, management, and account fees	2.8		(20)%	3.5		1.7		13%	1.5
Interest income	14.3		47%	9.7		31.4		19%	26.3
Other income	—		—	—
Total revenues	43.0		15%	37.4		81.1		18%	69.0
Cost of sales of physical commodities	—		—	—		—		—	—
Operating revenues	43.0		15%	37.4		81.1		18%	69.0
Transaction-based clearing expenses	7.9		27%	6.2		11.3		(14)%	13.2
Introducing broker commissions	2.2		5%	2.1		0.4		100%	0.2
Interest expense	9.4		135%	4.0		26.3		12%	23.5
Net operating revenues	23.5		(6)%	25.1		43.1		34%	32.1
Variable direct compensation and benefits	5.7		8%	5.3
Variable compensation and benefits						15.7		52%	10.3
Net contribution	17.8		(10)%	19.8		27.4		26%	21.8
Non-variable direct expenses	6.8		(1)%	6.9
Fixed compensation and benefits						6.6		100%	3.3
Other fixed expenses						4.1		64%	2.5
Bad debts						—		—	—
Total non-variable direct expenses						10.7		84%	5.8
Segment income	$	11.0	(15)%	$	12.9	$	16.7	4%	$	16.0

The following table sets forth operating revenues by product line and selected data for Securities for the periods indicated.

Three Months Ended December 31,
2017 % Change 2016
Operating revenues by product line (in millions):
Equity Market-Making $ 17.7
15% $ 15.4
Debt Trading 22.2
24% 17.9
Investment Banking 0.6
(14)% 0.7
Asset Management 2.5
(26)% 3.4
$ 43.0
15% $ 37.4
Selected data:
Equity Market-Making (gross dollar volume, millions) $ 24,734.3
11% $ 22,355.3
Equity Market-Making revenue per $1,000 traded $ 0.65
(6)% $ 0.69
Debt Trading (principal dollar volume, millions) $ 33,233.7
1% $ 33,045.6
Debt Trading revenue per $1,000 traded $ 0.67
24% $ 0.54
Average assets under management in Argentina (millions) $ 473.7
(7)% $ 509.8



	Three Months Ended December 31,
	2019		% Change	2018
Operating revenues by product line (in millions):
Equity Capital Markets	$	36.4	(3)%	$	37.7
Debt Capital Markets	43.2		48%	29.1
Asset Management	1.5		(32)%	2.2
	$	81.1	18%	$	69.0
Selected data:
Equity Capital Markets (gross dollar volume, millions)	$	39,931.0	(8)%	$	43,308.7
Equity Capital Markets revenue per $1,000 traded	$	0.65	(13)%	$	0.75
Debt Capital Markets (principal dollar volume, millions)	$	40,203.7	(34)%	$	60,677.2
Debt Capital Markets revenue per $1,000 traded	$	1.07	123%	$	0.48
Average assets under management in Argentina (millions)	$	281.6	—%	$	282.8

Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2016~~2018

Operating revenues increased ~~15%~~18% to ~~$43.0~~$81.1 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$37.4~~$69.0 million in the prior year.

Operating revenues in ~~our Securities segment are comprised of activities in four product lines,~~ Equity ~~Market-Making, Debt Trading, Investment Banking and Asset Management. Operating revenues in Equity Market-Making increased 15%~~Capital Markets decreased 3% in the first quarter compared to the prior year ~~period. Gross~~period as the gross dollar volume traded ~~increased 11% driven both by on-boarding of new customers~~declined 8% and ~~increased market share, while~~ the average revenue per $1,000 traded declined ~~6%.~~13% compared to the prior year period. Equity ~~Market-Making~~Capital Markets operating revenues include the trading profits we earn before the related expense deduction for ADR conversion fees. These ADR fees are included in the consolidated income statements as ‘transaction-based clearing expenses’.

Operating revenues in Debt ~~Trading~~Capital Markets increased ~~24%~~48% in the first quarter compared to the prior year, primarily driven by ~~increases~~a $9.7 million increase operating revenues in our domestic institutional dealer in fixed income ~~business as well as~~securities and to a lesser extent increased revenues in our Argentina ~~and~~operations, municipal securities ~~businesses. Operating~~and the business acquired in the GMP Securities LLC acquisition.

Operating revenues in ~~Investment Banking were relatively flat with the prior year.~~ Asset Management ~~operating revenues~~ decreased ~~26%~~32% in the first quarter as compared to the prior year as average assets under management ~~decreased 7%~~in Argentina were relatively flat in the first quarter at $281.6 million compared to ~~$473.7~~$282.8 million in the prior year.

Segment income increased 4% to $16.7 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$509.8~~$16.0 million in the prior year.

Segment income ~~decreased 15%~~in our Equity Capital Markets business declined $6.0 million to ~~$11.0~~$4.2 million, ~~in the first quarter compared to $12.9 million in the prior year, primarily~~ as a result of ~~an increase~~the decline in ~~interest expense~~operating revenues as well as increased non-variable direct expenses associated with the startup of several new initiatives including equity prime brokerage. Segment income in our Debt ~~Trading~~Capital Markets business ~~and~~increased $7.3 million to ~~a lesser extent an~~$11.7 million, primarily driven by

the increase in ~~transaction-based clearing expenses in Equity Market-Making.~~operating revenues noted above. Variable expenses, excluding interest, expressed as a percentage of operating revenues ~~increased to 37%~~were 34% in the first quarter ~~compared to 36%~~and in the prior ~~year, primarily as the result of an increase in transaction-based clearing expenses.~~year.

Physical Commodities

~~This~~The Physical Commodities segment consists of our ~~physical~~ Precious Metals trading and Physical Ag & Energy commodity businesses. In Precious Metals, we provide a full range of trading and hedging capabilities, including OTC products, to select producers, consumers, and investors. Through our websites, we provide clients the ability to purchase physical gold and other precious metals, in multiple forms, and in denominations of their choice. In our trading activities, we act as a principal, committing our own capital to buy and sell precious metals on a spot and forward basis.

In our Physical Ag & Energy commodity business, we act as a principal to facilitate financing, structured pricing and logistics services to clients across the commodity complex, including energy commodities, grains, oil seeds, cotton, coffee, cocoa, edible oils and feed products. We provide financing to commercial commodity-related companies against physical inventories. We use sale and repurchase agreements to purchase commodities evidenced by warehouse receipts, subject to a simultaneous agreement to sell such commodities back to the original seller at a later date.

Transactions where the sale and repurchase price are fixed upon execution, and meet additional required conditions, are accounted for as product financing arrangements, and accordingly no commodity inventory, purchases or sales are recorded. Transactions where the repurchase price is not fixed at execution do not meet all the criteria to be accounted for as product financing arrangements, and therefore are recorded as commodity inventory, purchases and sales.

Precious metals inventory held by INTL FCStone Ltd, a United Kingdom based broker-dealer subsidiary, is measured at fair value, with changes in fair value included as a component of ‘trading gains, net’ in the condensed consolidated income statements. INTL FCStone Ltd precious metals sales and cost of sales are presented on a net basis and included as a component of ‘trading gains, net’ in the condensed consolidated income statements. Precious metals inventory held by our subsidiaries that are not broker-dealers are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Precious metals sales and cost of sales for subsidiaries that are not broker-dealers are recorded on a gross basis.

In our Physical Ag and Energy commodity business, we value our agricultural inventory at net realizable value, which approximates fair value less disposal costs. The agricultural inventories have reliable, readily determinable and realizable market prices, have relatively insignificant costs of disposal and are available for immediate delivery. Revenues generated from our Physical Ag and Energy commodity business are recorded on a gross basis.

Operating gains and losses from our Precious Metals commodities derivatives activities are included in ‘trading gains, net’ in the consolidated income statements. Operating gains and losses from our Physical Ag and Energy commodities derivatives activities are included in ‘cost of sales of physical commodities’ in the consolidated income statements. We generally mitigate the price risk associated with commodities held in inventory through the use of derivatives. We do not elect hedge accounting under U.S. GAAP in accounting for this price risk mitigation. Management continues to evaluate performance and allocate resources on an operating revenue basis.

The following table provides the financial performance for Physical Commodities for the periods indicated.


	Three Months Ended December 31,						Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2017			% Change	2016		2019		% Change	2018
Revenues:
Sales of physical commodities	$	7,714.4		31%	$	5,896.0	$	10,978.0	74%	$	6,295.8
Trading gains (losses), net	(0.7		)	n/m	0.2
Principal gains, net							6.8		162%	2.6
Commission and clearing fees	0.6			200%	0.2		0.1		—%	0.1
Consulting, management, and account fees	0.1			(86)%	0.7		0.4		(20)%	0.5
Interest income	2.2			38%	1.6		3.0		7%	2.8
Other income	—			—	—
Total revenues	7,716.6			31%	5,898.7		10,988.3		74%	6,301.8
Cost of sales of physical commodities	7,706.0			31%	5,888.9		10,968.2		74%	6,287.5
Operating revenues	10.6			8%	9.8		20.1		41%	14.3
Transaction-based clearing expenses	0.2			—%	0.2		0.6		200%	0.2
Introducing broker commissions	0.1			—%	0.1		0.2		n/m	—
Interest expense	1.9			36%	1.4		3.4		(8)%	3.7
Net operating revenues	8.4			4%	8.1		15.9		53%	10.4
Variable direct compensation and benefits	2.8			22%	2.3
Variable compensation and benefits							4.6		39%	3.3
Net contribution	5.6			(3)%	5.8		11.3		59%	7.1
Non-variable direct expenses	3.5			25%	2.8
Bad debt on physical coal	1.0			n/m	—
Fixed compensation and benefits							2.2		—%	2.2
Other fixed expenses							1.5		15%	1.3
Bad debts							—		(100)%	0.1
Recovery of bad debt on physical coal							—		(100)%	(2.4		)
Total non-variable direct expenses							3.7		208%	1.2
Segment income	$	1.1		(63)%	$	3.0	$	7.6	29%	$	5.9

The following tables set forth operating revenue by product line and selected data for Physical Commodities for the periods indicated.


	Precious Metals					Precious Metals
	Three Months Ended December 31,					Three Months Ended December 31,
	2017		% Change	2016		2019		% Change	2018
Total revenues	$	7,530.1	32%	$	5,722.9	$	10,661.8	79%	$	5,960.9
Cost of sales of physical commodities	7,524.8		32%	5,717.5		10,649.4		79%	5,953.2
Operating revenues	$	5.3	(2)%	$	5.4	$	12.4	61%	$	7.7
Selected data:	Selected data:					Selected data:
Gold equivalent ounces traded (000’s)	33,503.1		38%	24,329.2		107,215.5		13%	95,219.6
Average revenue per ounce traded	$	0.16	(27)%	$	0.22	$	0.12	50%	$	0.08


	Physical Ag & Energy					Physical Ag & Energy
	Three Months Ended December 31,					Three Months Ended December 31,
	2017		% Change	2016		2019		% Change	2018
Total revenues	$	186.5	6%	$	175.8	$	326.5	(4)%	$	340.9
Cost of sales of physical commodities	181.2		6%	171.4		318.8		(5)%	334.3
Operating revenues	$	5.3	20%	$	4.4	$	7.7	17%	$	6.6

Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2016~~2018

Operating revenues for Physical Commodities increased 8%41% to ~~$10.6~~$20.1 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$9.8~~$14.3 million in the prior year.

Precious Metals operating revenues ~~declined 2%~~increased 61% to ~~$5.3~~$12.4 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$5.4~~$7.7 million in the prior year, ~~despite a 38% increase~~partially driven by the acquisition of CoinInvest GmbH and European Precious Metal Trading GmbH in the third quarter of fiscal 2019. The number of gold equivalent ounces traded asincreased 13% versus the prior year and the average revenue per ounce traded ~~declined 27% versus~~increased 50% compared to the prior year. ~~This was primarily due to~~Operating revenues in the first quarter include a ~~$1.3~~$0.6 million unrealized loss on derivative positions held against precious metals inventory carried at the lower of cost or net realizable value in our non-broker dealer ~~subsidiaries.~~subsidiaries, while the prior year includes a $1.6 million unrealized loss on derivative positions held against precious metals inventory.

Operating revenues in Physical Ag & Energy increased ~~20%~~17% to ~~$5.3~~$7.7 million in the first quarter compared to the prior year. The increase in operating revenues is ~~primarily~~largely due to ~~business expansion~~increased activity with customers in biodiesel feedstock markets which was partially offset by lower activity in our ~~U.S. subsidiary FCStone Merchant Services, LLC.~~commodity financing programs.

Segment income ~~decreased 63%~~increased 29% to ~~$1.1~~$7.6 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$3.0~~$5.9 million in the prior year, primarily as a result of the increases in operating revenues noted above. The prior year period included a ~~$1.0~~$2.4 million recovery on the bad debt ~~expense and a $0.5 million increase in professional fees incurred related to our exit of our~~on physical ~~coal business which was conducted solely in our Singapore subsidiary.~~coal.

Clearing and Execution Services

We provide competitive and efficient clearing and execution in all major futures and securities exchanges globally as well as prime brokerage in ~~all~~equities and major foreign currency pairs and swap transactions. Through our platform, ~~customer~~client orders are accepted and directed to the appropriate exchange for execution. We then facilitate the clearing of ~~customer~~clients’ transactions. Clearing involves the matching of ~~customer~~clients’ trades with the exchange, the collection and management of ~~customer~~client margin deposits to support the transactions, and the accounting and reporting of the transactions to ~~customers.~~clients.

As of December 31, ~~2017, we~~2019, our U.S. FCM held ~~$2.1~~$2.2 billion in required ~~customer~~client segregated assets, which we believe makes us the third largest independent, ~~futures commission merchant (“FCM”)~~non-bank FCM in the ~~United States not affiliated with a major financial institution or commodity intermediary, end-user or producer,~~U.S., as measured by required ~~customer~~client segregated assets. We seek to leverage our capabilities and capacity by offering facilities management or outsourcing solutions to other FCM’s.

~~Following our acquisition of the Sterne Agee correspondent securities clearing business, we~~We are an independent full-service provider to introducing broker-dealers (“IBD’s”) of clearing, custody, research, syndicated and security-based lending products and services, including a proprietary technology platform which offers seamless connectivity to ensure a positive ~~customer~~client experience through the clearing and settlement process. ~~Also as part of this transaction, we acquired Sterne Agee’s~~Our independent wealth management business, which offers a comprehensive product suite to retail ~~customers nationwide. As a result~~clients nationwide, clears through this platform. We believe we are one of the leading mid-market clearers in the securities industry, with approximately 5070 correspondent clearing relationships with over ~~$15~~$16.0 billion in assets under management or administration as of December 31, ~~2017.~~2019.

~~In addition, we believe we are one of the largest non-bank prime brokers and swap dealers in the world. Through this offering, we~~We provide prime brokerage foreign exchange (“FX”) services to financial institutions and professional traders. We provide our ~~customers~~clients with the full range of OTC products, including 24-hour a day execution of spot, forwards and options as well as ~~non-deliverable~~non-

deliverable forwards in both liquid and exotic currencies. We also operate a proprietary foreign exchange desk that arbitrages the exchange-traded foreign exchange markets with the cash markets.

~~Following the October 1, 2016 acquisition of ICAP plc’s~~Through our London-based ~~EMEA~~Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) oil voice brokerage business, we ~~employ over 30 employees providing~~provide brokerage services across the fuel, crude, and middle distillates markets with ~~over 200~~ well known commercial and institutional ~~customers~~clients throughout ~~Europe, the Middle East and Africa.~~EMEA.

The following table provides the financial performance and selected data for Clearing and Execution Services for the periods indicated.


	Three Months Ended December 31,					Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2017		% Change	2016		2019		% Change	2018
Sales of physical commodities	$	—	—	$	—	$	—	—	$	—
Trading gains, net	11.3		(6)%	12.0
Principal gains, net						4.4		(41)%	7.4
Commission and clearing fees	46.1		12%	41.1		49.7		(24)%	65.0
Consulting, management, and account fees	9.5		27%	7.5		13.6		12%	12.1
Interest income	5.3		77%	3.0		8.2		(23)%	10.7
Other	—		—	—
Total revenues	72.2		14%	63.6		75.9		(20)%	95.2
Cost of physical commodities sold	—		—	—		—		—	—
Operating revenues	72.2		14%	63.6		75.9		(20)%	95.2
Transaction-based clearing expenses	19.2		4%	18.4		23.7		(10)%	26.4
Introducing broker commissions	24.1		18%	20.5		19.5		(28)%	27.2
Interest expense	1.5		150%	0.6		2.7		(34)%	4.1
Net operating revenues	27.4		14%	24.1		30.0		(20)%	37.5
Variable direct compensation and benefits	6.9		13%	6.1
Variable compensation and benefits						5.5		(29)%	7.8
Net contribution	20.5		14%	18.0		24.5		(18)%	29.7
Non-variable direct expenses	10.0		(19)%	12.3
Fixed compensation and benefits						5.5		10%	5.0
Other fixed expenses						7.9		14%	6.9
Bad debts						—		(100)%	0.1
Total non-variable direct expenses						13.4		12%	12.0
Segment income	$	10.5	84%	$	5.7	$	11.1	(37)%	$	17.7

The following table sets forth operating revenues by product line and selected data for Clearing and Execution Services for the periods indicated.


	Three Months Ended December 31,					Three Months Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2017		% Change	2016		2019		% Change	2018
Operating revenues by product line (in millions):	Operating revenues by product line (in millions):					Operating revenues by product line (in millions):
Exchange-traded Futures & Options	$	35.9	29%	$	27.9
Exchange-Traded Futures & Options						$	37.9	(25)%	$	50.4
FX Prime Brokerage	4.7		(15)%	5.5		5.0		(33)%	7.5
Correspondent Clearing	6.0		(6)%	6.4		8.4		1%	8.3
Independent Wealth Management	18.5		7%	17.3		20.2		—%	20.2
Derivative Voice Brokerage	7.1		9%	6.5		4.4		(50)%	8.8
Operating revenues	$	72.2	14%	$	63.6	$	75.9	(20)%	$	95.2
Selected data:	Selected data:					Selected data:
Exchange-traded - futures and options (contracts, 000’s)	19,649.6		7%	18,292.1		26,951.6		(12)%	30,800.3
Exchange-traded - futures and options average rate per contract	$	1.55	16%	$	1.34	$	1.11	(15)%	$	1.31
Average customer equity - futures and options (millions)	$	1,247.6	10%	$	1,129.1
Average client equity - futures and options (millions)						$	1,353.5	2%	$	1,329.0
FX Prime Brokerage volume (U.S. notional, millions)	$	114,302.0	(33)%	$	169,872.6	$	74,351.6	(17)%	$	89,944.7
Average money market / FDIC sweep client balances (millions)						$	981.6	27%	$	771.7

Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 Compared to Three Months Ended December 31, ~~2016~~2018

Operating revenues ~~increased 14%~~decreased 20% to ~~$72.2~~$75.9 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$63.6~~$95.2 million in the prior year.

Operating revenues in our ~~Exchange-traded~~Exchange-Traded Futures & Options business ~~increased 29%~~decreased 25% to ~~$35.9~~$37.9 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$27.9~~$50.4 million in the prior year as a result of a ~~7% increase~~12% decrease in exchange-traded volumes and a ~~16% increase~~15% decline in the

average rate per contract compared to the prior year period. ~~In addition,~~This decline was partially offset by a $2.2 million decrease in interest income in the ~~Exchange-traded~~Exchange-Traded Futures & Options business ~~increased $1.9 million~~ to ~~$3.5~~$5.7 million in the first quarter ~~primarily as~~due to a ~~result of an increase~~decline in short-term rates and a ~~10% increase~~2% decrease in average ~~customer~~client equity compared to ~~$1.2~~the prior year to $1.4 billion.

Operating revenues in our FX Prime Brokerage ~~declined 15%~~decreased 33% compared to the prior year to ~~$4.7~~$5.0 million in the first quarter, as the prior year included a $2.7 million settlement received related to the Barclays PLC ‘last look’ class action. Foreign exchange volumes declined 17% in the first quarter compared to the prior year as a result of ~~a 33% decline in foreign exchange volumes.~~lower market volatility.

Correspondent Clearing operating revenues ~~declined 6% as~~increased 1% compared to the prior year to ~~$6.0~~$8.4 million in the first quarter, while operating revenues in Independent Wealth Management ~~increased 7% versus~~were flat with the prior year ~~to $18.5~~at $20.2 million. ~~Included within these operating revenues,~~In the Correspondent Clearing ~~and Independent Wealth Management businesses had~~business, interest income ~~of $1.5~~decreased $0.6 million ~~and $0.1~~to $2.0 million ~~respectively.~~in the first quarter due to a decline in short term rates while fee income related to money market/FDIC sweep balances increased $0.3 million to $3.6 million as the average money market/FDIC sweep balances increased 27% compared to the prior year. Operating revenues in Derivative Voice Brokerage ~~increased 9%~~declined 50% to ~~$7.1~~$4.4 million in the first quarter as compared to the prior year.

Segment income ~~increased~~decreased to ~~$10.5~~$11.1 million in the first quarter compared to ~~$5.7~~$17.7 million in the prior year, primarily as a result of the ~~increase~~decrease in operating revenues, as well as a ~~$2.3~~$1.4 million ~~decline~~increase in non-variable direct expenses, ~~primarily~~mostly notably fixed compensation and benefits and trade system costs in our FX Prime Brokerage, Correspondent Clearing and Derivative Voice Brokerage businesses. Segment income in the first quarter includes a $0.9 million quarterly charge to compensation and benefits per the terms of the acquisition of the Derivative Voice Brokerage business which will continue to be expensed through the end of fiscal 2018 based upon the employees’ continued employment.market information. Variable expenses, excluding interest, as a percentage of operating revenues were ~~70%~~flat compared to the prior year at 64% in the first ~~quarter compared to 71% in the prior year.~~quarter.

Liquidity, Financial Condition and Capital Resources

Overview

Liquidity is defined as our ability to generate sufficient amounts of cash to meet all of our cash needs. Liquidity is of critical importance to us and imperative to maintain our operations on a daily basis. Our senior management establishes liquidity and capital policies, and monitors liquidity on a daily basis. Senior management reviews business performance relative to these policies and monitors the availability of our internal and external sources of financing. Liquidity and capital matters are reported regularly to our board of directors.

INTL FCStone Financial is registered as a broker-dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (“MSRB”). In addition, INTL FCStone Financial is registered as a futures commission merchant with the CFTC and NFA, and a member of various commodities and futures exchanges in the U.S. and abroad. INTL FCStone Financial has a responsibility to meet margin calls at all exchanges on a daily basis and intra-day basis, if necessary. We require our ~~customers~~clients to make any required margin deposits the next business day, and we require our largest ~~customers~~clients to make intra-day margin payments during periods of significant price movement. Margin required to be posted to the exchanges is a function of the net open positions of our ~~customers~~clients and the required margin per contract. INTL FCStone Financial is subject to minimum capital requirements under

Section 4(f)(b) of the Commodity Exchange Act, Part 1.17 of the rules and regulations of the CFTC and the SEC Uniform Net Capital Rule 15c3-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These rules specify the minimum amount of capital that must be available to support our ~~customers’~~clients’ open trading positions, including the amount of assets that INTL FCStone Financial must maintain in relatively liquid form, and are designed to measure general financial integrity and liquidity. INTL FCStone Financial is also subject to the Rule 15c3-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Customer Protection Rule”).

INTL FCStone Ltd ~~our~~is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), the regulator of the financial services industry in the U.K. ~~regulated subsidiary,~~and is subject to regulations which impose regulatory capital requirements. INTL FCStone Ltd is a member of various commodities and futures exchanges in the U.K. and Europe and has the responsibility to meet margin calls at all exchanges on a daily basis and intra-day basis, if necessary. INTL FCStone Ltd is required to be compliant with the U.K.’s Individual Liquidity Adequacy Standards (“ILAS”). To comply with these standards, we have implemented daily liquidity procedures, conduct periodic reviews of liquidity by stressed scenarios, and have created liquidity buffers.

~~Our wholly owned subsidiaries,~~ INTL ~~Custody & Clearing Solutions Inc. (formerly Sterne Agee Clearing, Inc.) and SA Stone Wealth Management Inc. (formerly Sterne Agee Financial~~FCStone Pte Ltd holds a Capital Market Services ~~Inc.) are subject to the SEC Uniform Net Capital Rule 15c3-1~~License under the Securities ~~Exchange~~and Futures Act in Singapore to carry on the business of ~~1934.~~dealing in capital markets products. The principal activity of INTL FCStone Pte Ltd is that of providing commodity and futures brokering and risk advisory services. INTL FCStone Pte Ltd is regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and is subject to regulations which impose minimum base capital requirements and requirements to meet certain percentages for risk requirement calculations.

In addition, in our physical commodities trading, commercial hedging OTC, securities and foreign exchange trading activities, we may be called upon to meet margin calls with our various trading counterparties based upon the underlying open transactions we have in place with those counterparties.

We continuously review our overall credit and capital needs to ensure that our capital ~~needs to ensure that our capital~~ base, both stockholders’ equity and debt, as well as available credit facilities can appropriately support the anticipated financing needs of our operating subsidiaries.

As of December 31, ~~2017,~~2019, we had total equity capital of ~~$443.2~~$614.9 million, outstanding loans under revolving credit facilities of $138.7 million, and $186.7 million outstanding ~~bank loans~~on our senior secured term loan, net of ~~$422.9 million.~~deferred financing costs.

A substantial portion of our assets are liquid. As of December 31, ~~2017,~~2019, approximately ~~97%~~98% of our assets consisted of cash; securities purchased under agreements to resell; securities borrowed; deposits with and receivables from ~~exchange-clearing organizations,~~ broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties; ~~customer~~client receivables, marketable financial instruments and investments, and physical commodities inventory. All assets that are not ~~customer~~client and counterparty deposits are financed by our equity capital, bank loans, short-term borrowings from financial instruments sold, not yet purchased and under repurchase agreements, securities loaned, and other payables.

~~Customer~~Client and Counterparty Credit and Liquidity Risk

Our operations expose us to credit risk of default of our ~~customers~~clients and counterparties. The risk includes liquidity risk to the extent our ~~customers~~clients or counterparties are unable to make timely payment of margin or other credit support. These risks expose us indirectly to the financing and liquidity risks of our ~~customers~~clients and counterparties, including the risks that our ~~customers~~clients and counterparties may not be able to finance their operations.

As a clearing broker, we act on behalf of our ~~customers~~clients for all trades consummated on exchanges. We must pay initial and variation margin to the exchanges, on a net basis, before we receive the required payments from our ~~customers.~~clients. Accordingly, we are responsible for our ~~customers’~~clients’ obligations with respect to these transactions, which exposes us to significant credit risk. Our ~~customers~~clients are required to make any required margin deposits the next business day, and we require our largest ~~customers~~clients to make intra-day margin payments during periods of significant price movement. Our ~~customers~~clients are required to maintain initial margin requirements at the level set by the respective exchanges, but we have the ability to increase the margin requirements for ~~customers~~clients based on their open positions, trading activity, or market conditions.

With OTC derivative transactions, we act as a principal, which exposes us to the credit risk of both our ~~customers~~clients and the counterparties with which we offset our ~~customer~~client positions. As with exchange-traded transactions, our OTC transactions require that we meet initial and variation margin payments on behalf of our ~~customers~~clients before we receive the required payment from our ~~customers.~~clients. OTC ~~customers~~clients are required to post sufficient collateral to meet margin requirements based on Value-at-Risk models as well as variation margin requirement based on the price movement of the commodity or security in which they transact. Our ~~customers~~clients are required to make any required margin deposits the next business day, and we may require our largest ~~customers~~clients to make intra-day margin payments during periods of significant price movement. We have the ability to increase the margin requirements for ~~customers~~clients based on their open positions, trading activity, or market conditions. On a limited basis, we provide credit thresholds to certain ~~customers,~~clients, based on internal evaluations and monitoring of ~~customer~~client creditworthiness.

In addition, with OTC transactions, we are at risk that a counterparty will fail to meet its obligations when due. We would then be exposed to the risk that the settlement of a transaction which is due a ~~customer~~client will not be collected from the respective counterparty with which the transaction was offset. We continuously monitor the credit quality of our respective counterparties and mark our positions held with each counterparty to ~~market~~fair value on a daily basis.

We enter into securities purchased under agreements to resell, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, securities borrowed and securities loaned transactions to, among other things, finance financial instruments, acquire securities to cover

short positions, acquire securities for settlement, and to accommodate counterparties’ needs. In connection with these agreements and transactions, it is our policy to receive or pledge cash or securities to adequately collateralize such agreements and transactions in accordance with general industry guidelines and practices. The value of the collateral is valued daily and we may require counterparties to deposit additional collateral or return collateral pledged, when appropriate.

In our Physical Commodities business, we act as a principal, which exposes us to the credit risk of both our ~~customers~~clients and our suppliers with which we offset our ~~customer~~client positions as well as provide financing to commercial commodity-related companies against physical inventories. We mitigate this risk by securing warehouse receipts and or insurance against potential default by either party. Information related to bad debt expense for the three months ended December 31, ~~2017~~2020 and ~~2016~~2019 can be found in Note 57 of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Primary Sources and Uses of Cash

Our assets and liabilities may vary significantly from period to period due to changing ~~customer~~client requirements, economic and market conditions and our growth. Our total assets as of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017~~,2019, were ~~$6.8~~$10.1 billion and ~~$6.2~~$9.9 billion, respectively. Our operating activities generate or utilize cash as a result of net income or loss earned or incurred during each period and fluctuations in our assets and liabilities. The most significant fluctuations arise from changes in the level of ~~customer~~client activity, commodities prices and changes in the balances of financial instruments and commodities inventory. INTL FCStone Financial and INTL FCStone Ltd occasionally utilize their margin line credit facilities, on a short-term basis, to meet intraday settlements with the commodity exchanges prior to collecting margin funds from their ~~customers.~~clients.

The majority of the assets of INTL FCStone Financial, INTL FCStone Ltd and INTL FCStone Pte Ltd are restricted from being transferred to its parent or other affiliates due to specific regulatory requirements. This restriction has no impact on our ability to meet our cash obligations, and no impact is expected in the future.

We have liquidity and funding policies and processes in place that are intended to maintain significant flexibility to address both company-specific and industry liquidity needs. The majority of our excess funds are held with ~~high quality~~high-quality institutions, under ~~highly-liquid~~highly liquid reverse repurchase agreements, U.S. government obligations, interest earning cash deposits and AA-rated money market investments. ~~We do~~

As of December 31, 2019, we had $373.7 million in undistributed foreign earnings. The Company recognized the U.S. repatriation tax due under the Tax Reform and, as a result, repatriation of these amounts is not ~~hold any direct investments~~subject to additional U.S. federal income tax but would be subject to applicable withholding taxes in the ~~general obligations~~relevant jurisdictions. The Company does not intend to distribute earnings in a taxable manner, and therefore intends to limit distributions to earnings previously taxed in the U.S., or earnings that would qualify for the 100 percent dividends received deduction provided for in the Tax Reform Act, and earnings that would not result in any significant foreign taxes. The Company has repatriated $30.0 million during fiscal 2020 of ~~any sovereign nations.~~earnings previously taxed in the U.S. resulting in no significant taxes. Therefore, the Company has not recognized a deferred tax liability on its investment in foreign subsidiaries.

On February 22, 2019, the Company amended its $262.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility, to extend the maturity date through February 2022, and to increase the size of the facility to $350.0 million. Subsequent to December 31, 2019, additional members were added to the syndication further increasing the committed amount to $393.0 million.

As of December 31, 2017, we had $277.2 million in undistributed foreign earnings. As a result of the Tax Reform, the Company now has the ability to repatriate these funds tax free. While the majority of these undistributed earnings have been reinvested in our foreign regulated subsidiaries, in particular our London-based subsidiary INTL FCStone Ltd., we intend to repatriate available funds to our U.S. operations which will be placed into our central treasury, and available for funding.

~~As of~~ ~~December 31, 2017, $10.1 million of financial instruments owned and $10.2 million of financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, are exchangeable foreign equities and ADRs.~~

~~As of~~ ~~December 31, 2017~~,2019, we had four committed bank credit facilities, totaling ~~$532.0~~$769.0 million, of which ~~$350.0~~$307.7 million was outstanding. Additional information regarding our bank credit facilities can be found in Note 911 of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. The credit facilities include:

A three-year syndicated loan facility, which included a $196.5 million revolving credit facility and a $196.5 million Term Loan, committed until ~~March 18, 2019,~~February 22, 2022, under which ~~INTL FCStone Inc. is~~we are entitled to borrow up to ~~$262.0~~$384.0 million, subject to certain terms and conditions of the credit agreement. ~~The loan proceeds are~~This credit facility will continue to be used to finance ~~our~~the Company’s working capital ~~needs~~requirements and capital expenditures. The credit facility is secured by a first priority lien on substantially all of usthe assets of the Company and ~~certain subsidiaries.~~those of our subsidiaries that guarantee the credit facility. The Company is required to make quarterly principal payments against the Term Loan equal to 1.25% of the original balance with the remaining balance due on the maturity date. Amounts repaid on the Term Loan may not be reborrowed.

An unsecured syndicated loan facility, committed until April ~~5, 2018,~~3, 2020, under which our subsidiary, INTL FCStone Financial is entitled to borrow up to $75.0 million, subject to certain terms and conditions of the credit agreement. This facility is intended to provide short-term funding of margin to commodity exchanges as necessary.

A syndicated loan facility, committed until ~~May 1, 2018,~~January 29, 2022, under which our subsidiary, FCStone Merchant Services, LLC is entitled to borrow up to ~~$170.0~~$260.0 million, subject to certain terms and conditions of the credit agreement. The loan proceeds are used to finance ~~traditional~~ commodity financing arrangements and commodity repurchase agreements.

An unsecured syndicated loan facility, committed until ~~November 7, 2018,~~April 14, 2020, under which our subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd is entitled to borrow up to ~~$25.0~~$50.0 million, subject to certain terms and conditions of the credit agreement. This facility is intended to provide short-term funding of margin to commodity exchanges as necessary.

As reflected above, ~~$270.0~~$125.0 million of our committed credit facilities are scheduled to expire ~~within twelve months~~during the 12-month period beginning with the filing date of this ~~filing.~~Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We intend to renew or replace these facilities as they expire, and based on our liquidity position and capital structure, we believe we will be able to do so.

~~Additionally,~~As of December 31, 2019, we ~~have a~~had four uncommitted bank credit facilities with an outstanding balance of $17.4 million. The credit facilities include:

A secured uncommitted loan facility under which ~~our subsidiary,~~ INTL FCStone Financial may borrow up to ~~$50.0~~$75.0 million, collateralized by commodities warehouse receipts, to facilitate U.S. commodity exchange deliveries of its ~~customers,~~clients, subject to certain terms and conditions of the credit agreement.

~~We also have a~~A secured uncommitted loan facility under which ~~our subsidiary,~~ INTL FCStone ~~Ltd~~Financial may borrow up to ~~approximately $25.0~~$100.0 million ~~collateralized by commodities warehouse receipts, to facilitate financing~~for short term funding of ~~commodities under repurchases agreement services to its customers,~~firm and client margin requirements, subject to certain terms and conditions of the ~~credit~~ agreement. The borrowings are secured by first liens on firm owned marketable securities or client owned securities which have been pledged to us under a clearing arrangement.

~~We also have a~~A secured uncommitted loan facility under which ~~our subsidiary,~~ INTL FCStone Financial may borrow requested amounts for short term funding of firm and ~~customer~~client margin requirements. The uncommitted maximum amount available to be borrowed is

not specified, and all requests for borrowing are subject to the sole discretion of the lender. The borrowings are secured by first liens on firm owned marketable securities or ~~customer~~client owned securities which have been pledged to us under a clearing arrangement.

~~In addition, we have a~~A secured uncommitted loan facility under which ~~our subsidiary INTL~~ FCStone ~~Financial~~Merchant Services, LLC may borrow up to ~~$100.0~~$20.0 million, ~~for short term funding~~collateralized by a first priority security interest in the goods and inventory of ~~firm~~FCStone Merchant Services, LLC that is either located outside of the U.S. and ~~customer margin requirements. The borrowings are secured~~Canada or in transit to a destination outside the U.S. or Canada, to facilitate the financing of inventory of commodities and other products or goods approved by ~~first liens on firm owned marketable securities or customer owned securities which have been pledged~~the lender in its sole discretion, subject to ~~us under a clearing arrangement.~~certain terms and conditions of the loan facility agreement.

Our credit facility agreements contain certain financial covenants relating to financial measures on a consolidated basis, as well as on a certain stand-alone subsidiary basis, including minimum tangible net worth, minimum regulatory capital, minimum net unencumbered liquid assets, maximum net loss, minimum fixed charge coverage ratio and maximum funded debt to net worth ratio. Failure to comply with any such covenants could result in the debt becoming payable on demand. As of December 31, ~~2017,~~2019, we and our subsidiaries are in compliance with all of ~~our~~the financial covenants under our credit facilities.

In accordance with required disclosure as part of our three-year syndicated revolving loan facility, during the ~~outstanding facilities.~~trailing twelve months ended December 31, 2019, interest expense directly attributable to trading activities includes $72.3 million in connection with trading activities conducted as an institutional dealer in fixed income securities, and $39.9 million in connection with securities lending activities.

Other Capital Considerations

Our activities are subject to various significant governmental regulations and capital adequacy requirements, both in the U.S. and ~~overseas.~~in the international jurisdictions in which we operate. Certain other of our ~~other~~ non-U.S. subsidiaries are also subject to capital adequacy requirements promulgated by authorities of the countries in which they operate.

Our subsidiaries are in compliance with all of their capital regulatory requirements as of December 31, ~~2017~~.2019. Additional information on these net capital and minimum net capital requirements can be found in Note 1214 of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Dodd-Frank Act created a comprehensive new regulatory regime governing the OTC swaps and imposed further regulations on listed derivatives markets and their participants by requiring, among other things: centralized clearing of standardized derivatives (with certain stated exceptions); the trading of clearable derivatives on swap execution facilities or exchanges; andderivatives. The Dodd-Frank Act also created a registration ~~and comprehensive regulation of~~regime for new categories of market participants, such as “swap dealers”, among others.

The Dodd-Frank Act generally introduced a framework for (i) swap data reporting and record keeping on counterparties and data repositories; (ii) centralized clearing for swaps, with limited exceptions for end-users; (iii) the requirement to execute swaps on regulated swap ~~“introducing brokers.”~~ execution facilities; (iv) imposition on swap dealers to exchange margin on uncleared swaps with counterparties; and (v) the requirement to comply with new capital rules.

Our subsidiary, INTL FCStone Markets, LLC, is a CFTC provisionally registered swap dealer. ~~Some important~~During 2016, CFTC 23.154, Calculation of Initial Margin rules ~~such~~came into effect, imposing new requirements on registered swap dealers (such as ~~those setting capital~~our subsidiary, INTL FCStone Markets, LLC) and certain counterparties to exchange initial margin, ~~requirements,have not been finalized or fully implemented, and it is too early~~with phased-in compliance dates, with INTL FCStone Markets, LLC falling in the final compliance date tier of September 2021. We will continue to ~~predict with any degree~~monitor all applicable developments in the ongoing implementation of ~~certainty how we will be affected.~~the Dodd-Frank Act.

Cash Flows

We include client cash and securities segregated for regulatory purposes in our consolidated cash flow statements. We hold a significant amount of U.S. Treasury obligations which represent investment of client funds or client-owned investments pledged in lieu of cash margin. U.S. Treasury securities held with third-party banks or pledged with exchange-clearing organizations representing investments of client funds or which are held for particular clients in lieu of cash margin are included in the beginning and ending cash balances reconciled on our consolidated statements of cash flows to the extent that they have an original or acquired maturity of 90 days or less and, therefore, meet the definition of a segregated cash equivalent. Purchases and sales of U.S. Treasury securities representing investment of clients’ funds and U.S. Treasury securities pledged or redeemed by particular clients in lieu of cash margin are presented as operating uses and sources of cash, respectively, within the operating section of the consolidated statements of cash flows if they have an original or acquired maturity of greater than 90 days. Typically, there is an offsetting use or source of cash related to the change in the payables to clients. However, we will report a use of cash in periods where segregated U.S. Treasury securities that meet the aforementioned definition of a segregated cash equivalent mature and are replaced with U.S. Treasury securities that have original or acquired maturities that are greater than 90 days.

Our cash, ~~and~~segregated cash, cash equivalents, ~~increase~~dand segregated cash equivalents increased from ~~$314.9~~$2,451.3 million as of September 30, ~~2017~~2019 to ~~$321.8~~$3,069.0 million as of December 31, ~~2017~~,2019, a net increase of ~~$6.9 million~~.$617.7 million. Net cash of ~~$186.0~~$667.6 million was ~~used in~~provided by operating activities, ~~$3.2~~$6.9 million was used in investing activities and net cash of ~~$191.0~~$43.7 million was provided by financing activities, which included a $21.5 million source of ~~which~~ ~~$192.9~~financing cash flows related to the issuance of the senior secured term loan, partially offset by required quarterly principal payments of $2.5 million made during the three months ended December 31, 2019. There was ~~borrowed from~~a financing cash outflow related to net payments on our revolving lines of credit ~~and~~ ~~increase~~dwith maturities of 90 days or less of $106.0 million during the ~~amounts payable~~three months ended December 31, 2019, which reduced payables to lenders under loans. There was a financing cash inflow related to the proceeds from borrowings on our revolving line of credit with maturities of greater than 90 days which exceeded our repayments in the amount of $42.5 million, which increased payables to lenders under loans. Fluctuations in exchange rates ~~increase~~ddecreased our cash, segregated cash, cash equivalents and segregated cash equivalents by ~~$5.1 million~~.$0.7 million.

In the ~~commodities industry,~~broker-dealer and related trading industries, companies report trading activities in the operating section of the statement of cash flows. Due to the daily price volatility in the commodities market, as well as changes in margin requirements, fluctuations in the balances of deposits held at various exchanges, marketable securities and ~~customer~~client commodity accounts may occur from day-to-day. A use of cash, as calculated on the consolidated statement of cash flows, includes unrestricted cash transferred and pledged to the exchanges or guarantee funds. These funds are held in interest-bearing deposit accounts at the exchanges, and based on daily exchange requirements, may be withdrawn and returned to unrestricted cash. Additionally, inwithin our unregulated OTC and foreign exchange operations, cash deposits received from ~~customers~~clients are reflected as cash provided from operations. Subsequent transfer of these cash deposits to counterparties or exchanges to margin their open positions will be reflected as an operating use of cash to the extent the transfer occurs in a different period than the cash deposit was received.

We continuously evaluate opportunities to expand our business. Investing activities include ~~$3.2~~$1.8 million in capital expenditures for property ~~plant~~ and equipment induring the first quarter compared to ~~$3.0~~$4.5 million in during the prior ~~year~~.year. Fluctuations in capital expenditures are primarily due to the timing of purchases of IT equipment and trade and non-trade system software as well as the timing on leasehold improvement projects. Investing activities also include $5.1 million in cash payments, net of cash received, for the acquisition of businesses during the first quarter compared to $0.7 million during the prior year. Further information about business acquisitions is contained in Note 18 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

During the three months ended December 31, 2019, we repurchased 9,908 shares of our outstanding common stock in open market transactions, for an aggregate purchase price of $0.4 million. During the three months ended December 31, 2018, we had no repurchases of our outstanding common stock.

Apart from what has been disclosed above, there are no known trends, events or uncertainties that have had or are likely to have a material impact on our liquidity, financial condition and capital resources. Based upon our current operations, we

believe that cash flows from operations, available cash and available borrowings under our credit facilities will be adequate to meet our future liquidity needs.

Commitments

Information about our commitments and contingent liabilities is contained in Note 1113 of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

We are party to certain financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business as a registered securities broker-dealer, futures commission merchant, U.K. based ~~Financial Services Firm,~~financial services firm, provisionally registered swap dealer and from our market-making and proprietary trading in the foreign exchange, commodities and ~~commodities trading activities.~~debt security markets. These financial instruments include futures, forward and foreign exchange contracts, exchange-traded and OTC options, ~~mortgage-backed TBAs,~~To Be Announced (“TBA”) securities and interest rate swaps. Derivative financial instruments involve varying degrees of ~~off-statement of financial condition~~off-balance sheet market risk whereby changes in the fair values of underlying financial instruments may result in changes in the fair value of the financial instruments in excess of the amounts reflected in the ~~statement of financial condition.~~condensed consolidated balance sheets. Exposure to market risk is influenced by a number of factors, including the relationships between the financial instruments and our positions, as well as the volatility and liquidity in the markets in which the financial instruments are traded. The principal risk components of financial instruments include, among other things, interest rate volatility, the duration of the underlying instruments and changes in commodity pricing and foreign exchange rates. We attempt to manage our exposure to market risk through various techniques. Aggregate market limits have been established and market risk measures are routinely monitored against these limits. Derivative contracts are traded along with cash transactions because of the integrated nature of the markets for such products. We manage the risks associated with derivatives on an aggregate basis along with the risks associated with our proprietary trading and market-making activities in cash instruments as part of our firm-wide risk management policies.

A significant portion of these instruments are primarily the execution of orders for commodity futures and options on futures contracts on behalf of our clients, substantially all of which are transacted on a margin basis. Such transactions may expose us to significant credit risk in the event margin requirements are not sufficient to fully cover losses which clients may incur. We control the risks associated with these transactions by requiring clients to maintain margin deposits in compliance with both clearing organization requirements and internal guidelines. We monitor required margin levels daily and, therefore, may require clients to deposit additional collateral or reduce positions when necessary. We also establish contract limits for clients, which are monitored daily. We evaluate each client’s creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. Clearing, financing, and settlement activities may require us to maintain funds with or pledge securities as collateral with other financial institutions. Generally, these exposures to exchanges are subject to netting of open positions and collateral, while exposures to clients are subject to netting, per the terms of the client agreements, which reduce the exposure to us by permitting receivables and payables with such clients to be offset in the event of a client default. Management believes that the margin deposits held as of December 31, 2019 are adequate to minimize the risk of material loss that could be created by positions held at that time. Additionally, we monitor collateral fair value on a daily basis and adjust collateral levels in the event of excess market exposure. Generally, these exposures to both counterparties and clients are subject to master netting agreements and the terms of the client agreements, which reduce our exposure.

As a broker-dealer in U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government agency obligations, agency mortgage-backed obligations, and asset-backed obligations, we are engaged in various securities trading, borrowing and lending activities serving solely institutional counterparties. Our exposure to credit risk associated with the nonperformance of counterparties in fulfilling their contractual obligations pursuant to these securities transactions and market risk associated with the sale of securities not yet purchased can be directly impacted by volatile trading markets which may impair their ability to satisfy outstanding obligations to us. In the event of non-performance and unfavorable market price movements, we may be required to purchase or sell financial instruments, which may result in a loss to us.

We transact OTC and foreign exchange contracts with our clients, and our OTC and foreign exchange trade desks will generally offset the client’s transaction simultaneously with one of our trading counterparties or will offset that transaction with a similar, but not identical, position on the exchange. These unmatched transactions are intended to be short-term in nature and are conducted to facilitate the most effective transaction for our client.

Additionally, we hold options and futures on options contracts resulting from market-making and proprietary trading activities in these product lines. We assist clients in our commodities trading business to protect the value of their future production (precious or base metals) by selling them put options on an OTC basis. We also provide our physical commodities trading business clients with sophisticated option products, including combinations of buying and selling puts and calls. We mitigate our risk by effecting offsetting options with market counterparties or through the purchase or sale of exchange-traded commodities futures.

As part of the activities discussed above, we carry short positions. We sell financial instruments that we do not own, borrow the financial instruments to make good delivery, and therefore are obliged to purchase such financial instruments at a future date in order to return the borrowed financial instruments. We ~~recorded~~record these obligations in the condensed consolidated financial statements as of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017~~,2019, at fair value of the related financial instruments, totaling ~~$803.3~~$666.4 million and ~~$717.6~~$714.8 million,, respectively. These positions are held to offset the risks related to financial assets owned, and reported in our condensed consolidated balance sheets in ‘financial instruments owned, at fair value’, and ‘physical commodities inventory, net’. We will incur losses if the fair value of the financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, increases subsequent to December 31, ~~2017~~,2019, which might be partially or wholly offset by gains in the value of assets held as of

December 31, ~~2017~~.2019. The totals of ~~$803.3~~$666.4 million and ~~$717.6~~$714.8 million include a net liability of ~~$249.3~~$79.6 million and ~~$317.0 million~~$58.1 for derivatives, based on their fair value as of December 31, ~~2017~~2019 and September 30, ~~2017~~,2019, respectively.

~~Except as discussed~~We do not anticipate non-performance by counterparties in the above ~~there~~situations. We have ~~been no material changes~~a policy of reviewing the credit standing of each counterparty with which we conduct business. We have credit guidelines that limit our current and potential credit exposure to any one counterparty. We administer limits, monitor credit exposure, and periodically review the financial soundness of counterparties. We manage the credit exposure relating to our trading activities in various ways, including entering into collateral arrangements and limiting the duration of exposure. Risk is mitigated in certain cases by closing out transactions and entering into risk reducing transactions.

We are a member of various exchanges that trade and clear futures and option contracts. We are also a member of and provide guarantees to securities clearinghouses and exchanges in connection with client trading activities. Associated with our memberships, we may be required to pay a proportionate share of the financial obligations of another member who may default on its obligations to the ~~off balance sheet~~exchanges. While the rules governing different exchange memberships vary, in general our guarantee obligations would arise only if the exchange had previously exhausted its resources. In addition, any such guarantee obligation would be apportioned among the other non-defaulting members of the exchange. Our liability under these arrangements ~~discussed~~is not quantifiable and could exceed the cash and securities we have posted as collateral at the exchanges. However, management believes that the potential for us to be required to make payments under these arrangements is remote. Accordingly, no contingent liability for these arrangements has been recorded in the ~~Management’s Discussion~~condensed consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2019 and ~~Analysis of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended~~ September 30, ~~2016.~~2019.

Effects of Inflation

Because our assets are, to a large extent, liquid in nature, they are not significantly affected by inflation. Increases in our expenses, such as compensation and benefits, transaction-based clearing expenses, occupancy and equipment rental, due to inflation, may not be readily recoverable from increasing the prices of our services. While rising interest rates are generally favorable for us, to the extent that inflation has other adverse effects on the financial markets and on the value of the financial instruments held in inventory, it may adversely affect our financial position and results of operations.

Critical Accounting Policies

See our critical accounting policies discussed in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of the most recent ~~annual report~~Annual Report filed on Form 10-K. There have been no material changes to these ~~policies, except as described below.~~

During the quarter ended March 31, 2017, our Securities reportable segment established a securities lending business. Securities borrowed and securities loaned are accounted for as collateralized financings. Securities borrowed and securities loaned are recorded at the amount of cash collateral advanced or received. Stock borrowed and stock loaned is reported on a gross basis as we have determined that the right of offset does not exist. Interest income and interest expense are recognized over the life of the arrangements.policies.

Accounting Development Updates

In ~~May 2014,~~December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) ~~2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers~~2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic ~~606).~~740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. This ASU ~~2014-09 completes~~removes certain exceptions for recognizing deferred taxes for investments, performing intraperiod allocation and calculating income taxes in interim periods. The ASU also adds guidance to reduce complexity in certain areas, including recognizing deferred taxes for tax goodwill and allocating taxes to members of a consolidated group. We intend to adopt this guidance during the ~~joint effort by~~first quarter of fiscal year 2022. We are currently evaluating the ~~FASB and International~~impact that this new guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

~~Accounting Standards Board (IASB) to improve financial reporting by creating common revenue recognition guidance for GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).~~ In ~~March~~June 2016, the FASB issued ASU ~~2016-08, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net).” ASU 2016-08 clarifies~~2016-13, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which significantly changes the ~~implementation guidance~~ways companies recognize credit losses on ~~principal versus agent considerations.~~financial instruments. In ~~April 2016,~~November 2019, the FASB issued ASU ~~2016-10, “Revenue from Contracts~~2019-11, Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses, which includes several amendments to ASU 2016-13, including amendments to the reporting of expected credit losses. In May 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-05, which provides companies with ~~Customers (Topic 606): Identifying Performance Obligations~~more flexibility in applying the fair value option upon the adoption of ASU 2016-13. In April 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-04, which included certain amendments to ASU 2016-13, including a change to how companies consider expected recoveries and ~~Licensing.” ASU 2016-10 clarifies the implementation guidance on identifying performance obligations. These ASUs apply to all companies that enter into contracts with customers to transfer goods~~contractual extensions or services. These ASUs are effective for public entities for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period. The Company expectsrenewal options when estimating expected credit losses. We expect to adopt this guidance starting with the first quarter of fiscal year ~~2019. Entities~~2021. The guidance introduces a new credit reserving model known as the Current Expected Credit Loss (“CECL”) model, which is based on expected losses, and differs significantly from the incurred loss approach used today. The CECL model requires measurement of expected credit losses not only based on historical experience and current conditions, but also by including reasonable and supportable forecasts incorporating forward-looking information and will likely result in earlier recognition of credit reserves. We are currently in the process of establishing a cross-functional team to assess the required changes to our credit loss methodologies and systems, as well as determine additional data and resources required to comply with the new guidance. We are evaluating the impact that this new guidance will have on our financial position and results of operations, which will depend on, among other things, the ~~choice to apply these ASUs either retrospectively to each reporting period presented or~~current and expected macroeconomic conditions and the nature and characteristics of financial assets held by ~~recognizing the cumulative effect of applying these standards at~~us on the date of initial application and not adjusting comparative information. The Company plans to adopt the new standard using the modified retrospective method which will result in a cumulative effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. By selecting this adoption method, the Company will disclose the amount, if any, by which each financial statement line item is affected by the standard in the current reporting period as compared with the guidance that was in effect before adoption. Our implementation efforts include identifying revenues and costs within the scope of the ASU, reviewing contracts, and analyzing any changes to its existing revenue recognition policies. As a result of the initial evaluation performed, the Company does not expect that there will be material changes to the timing of revenue, but do anticipate certain changes to the classification of revenue in the consolidated income statements. The Company also expects additional disclosures to be provided in our consolidated financial statements after adoption of the new standard. The Company is continuing to assess the impact of the new standard as we progress through the implementation process and as industry interpretations are resolved.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which supersedes ASC 840, Leases. The Company will adopt this guidance starting with the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 using a modified retrospective transition approach. This accounting update will require the Company as a lessee to recognize on the consolidated balance sheet all leases with terms exceeding one year, which results in the recognition of a right of use asset and corresponding lease liability, including for those leases that we currently classify as operating leases. The right of use asset and lease liability will initially be measured using the present value of the remaining rental payments.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Credit Risk

See Note 46 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, ‘Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk and Concentrations of Credit Risk’.

Market Risk

We conduct our market-making and trading activities predominantly as a principal, which subjects our capital to significant risks. These risks include, but are not limited to, absolute and relative price movements, price volatility and changes in liquidity, over which we have virtually no control. Our exposure to market risk varies in accordance with the volume of ~~customer-driven~~client-driven market-making transactions, the size of the proprietary positions and the volatility of the financial instruments traded.

We seek to mitigate exposure to market risk by utilizing a variety of qualitative and quantitative techniques:

Diversification of business activities and instruments;

Limitations on positions;

Allocation of capital and limits based on estimated weighted risks; and

Daily monitoring of positions and mark-to-market profitability.

We utilize derivative products in a trading capacity as a dealer to satisfy ~~customer~~client needs and mitigate risk. We manage risks from both derivatives and non-derivative cash instruments on a consolidated basis. The risks of derivatives should not be viewed in isolation, but in aggregate with our other trading activities.

Management believes that the volatility of revenues is a key indicator of the effectiveness of our risk management techniques. The graph below summarizes volatility of our daily revenue, determined on a marked-to-market basis, during the three months ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019..

In our Securities market-making and trading activities, we maintain inventories of equity and debt securities. In our Physical Commodities segment, our positions include physical commodities inventories, precious metals on lease, forwards, futures and options on futures, and OTC derivatives. Our commodity trading activities are managed as one consolidated book for each commodity encompassing both cash positions and derivative instruments. We monitor the aggregate position for each commodity in equivalent physical ounces, metric tons or other relevant unit.

Interest Rate Risk

In the ordinary course of our operations, we have interest rate risk from the possibility that changes in interest rates will affect the values of financial instruments and impact interest income earned. Within our domestic institutional dealer in fixed income securities business, we maintain a significant amount of trading assets and liabilities which are sensitive to changes in interest

rates. These trading activities ~~consists~~ primarily consist of securities trading in connection with U.S. Treasury, U.S. government agency, agency mortgage-backed and agency asset-backed ~~obligations.~~obligations as well as investment grade, high-yield, convertible and emerging market debt securities. Derivative instruments, which consist of futures, ~~mortgage-backed “to be announced” (TBA)~~TBA securities and forward settling transactions, are used to manage risk exposures in the trading inventory. We enter into TBA securities transactions for the sole purpose of managing risk associated with ~~the purchase of mortgage pass-through~~mortgage-backed securities.

In addition, we generate interest income from the positive spread earned on ~~customer~~client deposits. We typically invest in U.S. Treasury bills, notes, and obligations issued by government sponsored entities, reverse repurchase agreements involving U.S. Treasury bills and government obligations or AA-rated money market funds. In some instances, we maintain interest earning cash deposits with banks, clearing organizations and counterparties. We have an investment policy which establishes acceptable standards of credit quality and limits the amount of funds that can be invested within a particular fund, institution, clearing organization and counterparty.

We employ an interest rate management strategy, where we use derivative financial instruments in the form of interest rate swaps and/or outright purchases of medium-term U.S. Treasury notes to manage a portion of our aggregate interest rate position. On a quarterly basis, we evaluate our overall level of short term investable balances, net of our of variable rate debt, and either invest a portion of these investable balances in medium-term U.S. Treasury notes or enter into interest rate swaps, when a sufficient interest rate spread between short-term and medium-term rates exists. Under this strategy, we do not actively trade in such instruments and generally intend to hold these investment to their maturity date. Under this strategy, excluding cash deposits and our investments in AA-rated money market funds, the weighted average time to maturity of our portfolio is not to exceed 24 months in duration.

As of December 31, 2017, we held no medium-term U.S. Treasury notes and no interest rate swap derivative contracts as part of this strategy. Currently our short term investment balances are held in short term U.S. Treasury bills, interest earning cash deposits and AA-rated money market fund investments. The weighted-average time to maturity of the portfolio, excluding cash deposits and our investments in AA-rated money market funds, is less than three months. For the three months ended December 31, 2017, operating revenues include no unrealized gains or losses on the fair value of U.S. Treasury notes and interest rate swaps while the three months ended December 31, 2016, include an unrealized loss of $5.6 million, related to the change in fair value of these U.S. Treasury notes and interest rate swaps. The U.S. Treasury notes and interest rate swaps are not designated for hedge accounting treatment, and changes in their fair values, which are volatile and can fluctuate from period to period, are included in operating revenues in the current period.

We manage interest expense using a combination of variable and fixed rate debt as well as including the average outstanding borrowings in our calculations of the notional value of interest rate swaps to be entered into as part of our interest rate management strategy discussed above. The debt instruments are carried at their unpaid principal balance which approximates fair value. At December 31, ~~2017~~, ~~$421.1~~2019, $325.4 million of our debt was variable-rate debt. We are subject to earnings and liquidity risks for changes in the interest rate on this debt. As of December 31, ~~2017~~,2019, we had ~~$1.8 million~~no outstanding in fixed-rate long-term debt. ~~There are no earnings or liquidity risks associated with our fixed-rate debt.~~

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

In connection with the filing of this Form 10-Q, our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of December 31, ~~2017~~.2019. Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were ~~not~~ effective as of December 31, ~~2017~~ ~~based on the material weaknesses discussed in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting described below.~~2019.

There are limitations inherent in any internal control, such as the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of controls. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met, and may not prevent or detect misstatements. As conditions change over time, so too may the effectiveness of internal controls. As a result, there can be no assurance that a control system will succeed in preventing all possible instances of error and fraud. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives, and the conclusions our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer are made at the “reasonable assurance” level.

In connection with the preparation of our financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2017, management identified the following deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2017. Management concluded that the Company did not:

Design, conduct and document an effective continuous risk assessment process related to new business lines, specifically at one of the Company’s Singapore subsidiaries, to identify, analyze and monitor risks impacting financial reporting, and implement business process level controls and monitoring activities that are responsive to those risks.

~~Design and operate effective process level controls related to physical coal trading activities in the Company’s Singapore subsidiary, INTL Asia Pte. Ltd., specifically, the Company did not:~~


◦	~~Design and operate controls over the existence of physical commodities inventory.~~


◦	~~Design and operate controls over the completeness, existence, accuracy and valuation of amounts due to be reimbursed by an INTL Asia Pte. Ltd. supplier.~~


◦	~~Establish appropriate segregation of duties within the purchasing, accounts payable and cash disbursements process.~~

We developed, and are currently implementing, a remediation plan for this material weakness. We continue to execute our remediation plan, which included exiting the physical coal business, which was only conducted in INTL Asia Pte. Ltd. Additionally, we introduced new policies requiring an internal audit of business process level controls and monitoring activities subsequent to new businesses to ensure that information systems, business processes, internal controls, monitoring activities and personnel are fully aligned with our control environment and financial reporting objectives. Also, we introduced a new policy requiring quarterly analysis by management, including consideration of changes in risk assessment, of new business lines in order to conduct and document an effective continuous risk assessment process to identify, analyze, and monitor risks impacting financial reporting, and implement business process level controls and monitoring activities that are responsive to those risks. As we continue to evaluate and work to enhance internal control over financial reporting, we may determine that additional measures should be taken to address these or other control deficiencies, and/or we should modify the remediation plan described above.

We have discussed these remedial actions with the Audit Committee of our board of directors and, as of the date of this report, anticipate that these measures will strengthen our internal control over financial reporting to the extent necessary to remedy the material weakness described above. However, because of the nature of certain of these remedial actions, their operational effectiveness may only be validated over a period of time. Accordingly, their successful implementation will continue to be observed and evaluated before management is able to conclude that the material weakness has been remediated. We cannot give assurances that these remedial actions will be successful or that we will not in the future identify further material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting.

~~Other than as described above, there~~There were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

From time to time and in the ordinary course of business, we are involved in various legal and regulatory actions and proceedings, including tort claims, contractual disputes, employment matters, workers’ compensation claims and collections. We carry insurance that provides protection against certain types of claims, up to the policy limits of our insurance.

There have been no material changes to our disclosures included in Item 3. Legal Proceedings of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, ~~2017.~~2019.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, information regarding risks affecting us appears in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, ~~2017.~~2019. These are not the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that management currently considers to be non-material may in the future adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results. There have been no material changes to our risk factors since the filing of our Form 10-K.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

On August ~~17, 2017,~~13, 2019, our Board of Directors authorized ~~for fiscal year 2018,~~ the repurchase of up to ~~1.0~~1.5 million shares of our outstanding common stock from time to time in open market ~~purchase~~purchases and private transactions, commencing on ~~October 1, 2017~~August 14, 2019 and ending on September 30, ~~2018,~~2020. The repurchases are subject to the discretion of the senior management team to implement our stock repurchase plan, and subject to market conditions and as permitted by securities laws and other legal, regulatory and contractual requirements and covenants.

Our common stock repurchase program activity for the three months ended December 31, ~~2017~~2019 was as ~~follows.~~follows:

Period
Total Number of Shares Purchased⁽¹⁾
Average Price Paid per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program Maximum Number of Shares Remaining to be Purchased Under the Program
October 1, 2017 to October 31, 2017 —
$ —
—
1,000,000
November 1, 2017 to November 30, 2017 —
—
—
1,000,000
December 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017 17,867
41.26
—
1,000,000
Total 17,867
$ 41.26
—



Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased(1)	Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program	Maximum Number of Shares Remaining to be Purchased Under the Program
October 1, 2019 to October 31, 2019	400	$	38.72	400	1,399,600
November 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019	9,508	38.62		9,508	1,390,092
December 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019	—	—		—	1,390,092
Total	9,908	$	38.62	9,908

⁽¹⁾ ~~All shares purchased relates to shares of common stock tendered in the first quarter of 2018 to satisfy employees’ tax obligations upon the vesting of restricted stock.~~

Item 6. Exhibits



31.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a—14(a).

31.2		Certification of Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a—14(a).

32.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2		Certification of Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

INTL FCStone Inc.



Date:	February ~~7, 2018~~5, 2020	/s/ Sean M. O’Connor
		Sean M. O’Connor
		Chief Executive Officer

Date:	February ~~7, 2018~~5, 2020	/s/ William J. Dunaway
		William J. Dunaway
		Chief Financial Officer

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(in millions)	Common Stock		Treasury Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, net			Total
Balances as of September 30, 2017	$	0.2	$	(46.3	)	$	259.0	$	261.5		$	(24.5	)	$	449.9
Net loss								(6.9		)				(6.9		)
Other comprehensive loss											(2.2		)	(2.2		)
Exercise of stock options						0.8								0.8
Share-based compensation						1.6								1.6
Balances as of December 31, 2017	$	0.2	$	(46.3	)	$	261.4	$	254.6		$	(26.7	)	$	443.2



	Level 3 Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities For the Three Months Ended December 31, 2017
(in millions)	Balances at beginning of period		Realized gains (losses) during period		Unrealized gains (losses) during period		Purchases/issuances		Settlements		Transfers in or (out) of Level 3		Balances at end of period
Assets:
Common stock and ADRs	$	0.1	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	0.1
	$	0.1	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	0.1



(in millions)
Fiscal 2018 (remaining nine months)	$	1.6
Fiscal 2019	2.2
Fiscal 2020	2.0
Fiscal 2021	1.9
Fiscal 2022 and thereafter	4.0
	$	11.7



Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased⁽¹⁾	Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program	Maximum Number of Shares Remaining to be Purchased Under the Program
October 1, 2017 to October 31, 2017	—	$	—	—	1,000,000
November 1, 2017 to November 30, 2017	—	—		—	1,000,000
December 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017	17,867	41.26		—	1,000,000
Total	17,867	$	41.26	—