Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Revenues
Advisory revenues	$ 66,553	$ 61,892
Investment revenues (losses)	312	(9)
Total revenues	66,865	61,883
Expenses
Employee compensation and benefits	44,506	33,417
Occupancy and equipment rental	4,671	4,860
Depreciation and amortization	848	721
Information services	2,370	2,190
Professional fees	1,509	2,392
Travel related expenses	2,816	2,254
Interest expense	746	278
Other operating expenses	2,941	3,601
Total expenses	60,407	49,713
Income before taxes	6,458	12,170
Provision for taxes	2,101	4,567
Net income allocated to common stockholders	$ 4,357	$ 7,603
Average shares outstanding:
Basic (shares)	31,645,894	30,095,902
Diluted (shares)	31,716,563	30,171,882
Earnings per share:
Basic (usd per share)	$ 0.14	$ 0.25
Diluted (usd per share)	0.14	0.25
Dividends declared and paid per share (usd per share)	$ 0.45	$ 0.45