Summary of the Organization Description of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended							12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2002	Sep. 30, 2012 participant Funds	Sep. 30, 2011 Installment	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 27, 2010	Dec. 29, 2008	Jul. 01, 2005	Mar. 11, 2004	Sep. 30, 2012 United States [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 California [Member]	Oct. 26, 2012 FBR funds [Member] Funds	Sep. 30, 2012 Lindner Asset Management Inc. [Member]	Mar. 11, 2004 Lindner Asset Management Inc. [Member]	Jul. 01, 2005 Landis Associates LLC and Michael L Hershey [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Incentive Stock Option Plan [Member]
Summary of Organization Description of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract]
Payments for Purchase of Other Assets							$ 6,700,000						$ 7,950,000
Assets Under Management Carrying Amount														299,000,000
Assets Under Management Carrying Amount		32,902,000	32,137,000										300,000,000
Outstanding principal under bank loan												1,930,000
Number of funds acquired		2									10
Aggregate number of shares																	75,000
Date of grant remaining term of option		10 years													10 years
Stock option granted to shareholder																				10.00%
Percentage of exercise price of fair value																110.00%
Maximum vesting period															5 years			4 years
Number of tax years remain open									2008 through 2011	2007 through 2011
Option reserve for common stock															1,427,460
Estimated useful lives of assets															10	0
Number of options, granted																		0	0
Common stock, shares issued		5,759,857	5,741,451															13,406	31,612
Rate of restricted stock units vest under plan																		25.00%
Summary of Organization Description of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Unrealized gains		2,000	10,000
Percentage of investment in Micro Cap Fund		31.20%
Value of the investment in Micro Cap Fund		400,000	300,000
Minimum percentage of voting interest		50.00%
Actual investment, percentage of aggregate investment, maximum		50.00%
Initial management contracts acquired capitalized cost		4,190,840
Incremental value of management contracts acquired	918,675
Aggregate number of common stock received in exchange for partnership interests in merger	306,248
Payment to limited partners in exchange for partnership interests in merger	11,275
Percentage of purchase price in assets under management							2.25%	2.625%
Purchase Price allocated to management contract							5,100,000
Purchase Price allocated to non-compete agreement							1,600,000
Additional installment paid						3,500,000
Number of installments as per amendment			20
Due installments of loan		68,750
Due date of final installment of loan			Sep. 30, 2011
Additional loan borrowed					2,000,000
Bank's prime rate		3.25%
Effective interest rate Current		2.25%
Principal amount plus interest at the bank's prime rate		94,060		52,083
Due date of final installment of additional loan		Sep. 30, 2015
Additional loan borrowed period		60 months
Management contracts impairment amount		0
Options vested and exercisable		433,438
Unrecognized tax benefits		0	0
Interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits		0	0
Effective tax rates		43.90%	41.70%
Principal reasons for differences from the federal statutory rate		34.00%
Common stock equivalents (antidilutive) excluded from per share calculation		433,438	645,050
Shares available for issuance		25.00%
Maximum aggregate fair market value of shares		100,000
Number of participant rights to receive options or stock appreciation		0
Options granted to employee, outstanding		433,438	645,050	669,050
Weighted average exercise price		$ 5.14
Number of options, exercised		(5,000)
Number of options, expired		(206,612)
Weighted-average vesting period for recognition of compensation expenses		4 months
Compensation expense related to non-vested awards not yet recognized		$ 2,000