19. Business Segments The Companys business results are categorized into the following three business segments: Broker-Dealer, Asset Management, and Corporate. The Broker-Dealer segment includes a broad range of services, such as underwriting and acting as a placement agent for public and private capital markets raising transactions and financial advisory services in M&amp;A, restructuring and other strategic transactions. The Broker-Dealer segment also includes institutional brokerage services and equity research services to our institutional investor clients. The Asset Management segment includes the management of a broad range of pooled investment vehicles, including the Companys hedge funds, private equity funds, hedge funds of funds, and collateralized loan obligations. The Corporate segment includes income from the Companys principal investments in public and private securities and investment funds managed by HCS, as well as any other net interest and income from investing activities. The Corporate segment also includes expenses related to JMP Group LLC, JMP Holding LLC and JMP Group Inc., and is mainly comprised of corporate overhead expenses and interest expense related to the Companys bond issuance. Management uses operating Net Income as a key metric when evaluating the performance of JMP Groups core business strategy and ongoing operations. This measure adjusts the Companys net income as follows: (i) reverses non-cash share-based compensation expense related to historical equity awards granted in prior periods, (ii) recognizes 100% of the cost of deferred compensation in the period for which such compensation was awarded, instead of recognizing such cost over the vesting period as required under GAAP, (iii) reverses amortization expense related to an intangible asset resulting from the repurchase of a portion of the equity of JMP Credit Advisors CLO III; (iv) reverses depreciation and amortization expense related to commercial real estate investments; (v) reverses net unrealized gains and losses