. the 2017 notes were issued at a discount of $ 6 million , which is being amortized over their ten-year term . the company incurred approximately $ 4 million of debt issuance costs , which are being amortized over ten years . at december 31 , 2014 , $ 1 million of unamortized debt issuance costs was included in other assets on the consolidated statement of financial condition . 13