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Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

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Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash [Abstract]  
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
Cash and cash equivalents include cash held in bank accounts and cash held in money market funds on an overnight basis.
The Company is required to maintain certain cash balances with counterparties for securities and derivatives trading activity and collateral for the Company’s repurchase agreements and FHLB advances in restricted accounts. The Company has also placed cash in a restricted account pursuant to a letter of credit on an office space lease.
The following table presents the Company’s restricted cash balances as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017:
(in thousands)
March 31,
2018
 
December 31,
2017
Restricted cash balances held by trading counterparties:
 
 
 
For securities and loan trading activity
$
27,050

 
$
27,050

For derivatives trading activity
228,941

 
191,421

As restricted collateral for repurchase agreements and Federal Home Loan Bank advances
456,453

 
417,018

Total restricted cash balances held by trading counterparties
712,444

 
635,489

Restricted cash balance pursuant to letter of credit on office lease
347

 
347

Total
$
712,791

 
$
635,836



The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 that sum to the total of the same such amounts shown in the statements of cash flows:
(in thousands)
March 31,
2018
 
December 31,
2017
Cash and cash equivalents
$
388,450

 
$
419,159

Restricted cash
712,791

 
635,836

Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
$
1,101,241

 
$
1,054,995