. a repo-to-maturity is a transaction in which the firm transfers a security under an agreement to repurchase the security where the maturity date of the repurchase agreement matches the maturity date of the underlying security . prior to january 2015 , repos-to- maturity were accounted for as sales . the firm had no repos-to-maturity as of december 2015 and december 2014 . see note 3 for information about changes to the accounting for repos-to-maturity which became effective in january 2015