Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)	6 Months Ended
Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)	Jun. 30, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Finance, Loan and Lease Receivables, Held-for-investment, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Residential Loans at Fair Value Residential Loans Held for Investment During the three months ended June 30, 2014, the Company acquired a portfolio of defaulted consumer and residential loans at substantial discounts to face value. Defaulted loans are consumers' unpaid financial commitments and include residential mortgage loans, auto loans and other unsecured consumer loans. Additionally, as part of this acquisition, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire, on a flow basis, future portfolios of charged-off loans. The Company elected to carry these defaulted loans, which are referred to as charged-off loans, at fair value. The yield on charged-off loans, along with any change in fair value, is recorded in other revenues on the consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss). There is no contractual interest income recognized in relation to charged-off loans. Purchases of and principal payments received on charged-off loans are included in investing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows.
Revenue Recognition, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Revenue Recognition Other revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2014 include $34.2 million in asset management performance fees collected and earned in connection with the investment management of a fund. These asset management performance fees were earned in connection with the liquidation of the fund’s investments during the period and are based on the fund performance exceeding pre-defined thresholds. The Company records the asset management performance fees when the fund is terminated or when the likelihood of claw-back is improbable. These fees are recorded in the Other non-reportable segment.

Disclosure of accounting policy for those finance, loan and lease receivables classified as held for investment. This disclosure may include (1) the basis at which such receivables are carried in the entity's statements of financial position (2) how the level of the allowance for loan and lease losses is determined (3) when impairments, charge-offs or recoveries are recognized for such receivables (4) the treatment of commitment and other fees and loan origination costs (including, if applicable, how the entity accounts for fees and costs associated with credit cards that are either purchased or originated) (5) the treatment of any premiums or discounts or unearned income (6) the entity's income recognition policies for such receivables, including those that are impaired, past due or placed on nonaccrual status (for impaired loans, the policy for recognizing interest income on such loans, including how cash receipts are recorded) and (7) the treatment of foreclosures or repossessions.

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Disclosure of accounting policy for revenue recognition. If the entity has different policies for different types of revenue transactions, the policy for each material type of transaction is generally disclosed. If a sales transaction has multiple element arrangements (for example, delivery of multiple products, services or the rights to use assets) the disclosure may indicate the accounting policy for each unit of accounting as well as how units of accounting are determined and valued. The disclosure may encompass important judgment as to appropriateness of principles related to recognition of revenue. The disclosure also may indicate the entity's treatment of any unearned or deferred revenue that arises from the transaction.

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