Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents ($3.9 million restricted from use at both March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017)	$ 208,140	$ 267,646
Advisory fees receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $0.0 million and $0.3 million at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively	102,580	64,244
Other receivables	10,770	3,964
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $63.0 million and $62.1 million at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively	8,627	8,602
Goodwill	215,541	217,737
Deferred tax asset, net	38,306	42,345
Other assets	15,299	6,279
Total assets	599,263	610,817
Liabilities and Equity
Compensation payable	27,872	26,022
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	28,817	15,443
Current income taxes payable	11,537	5,311
Secured term loan payable	335,250	339,048
Contingent obligation due selling unitholders of Cogent	14,673	13,763
Deferred tax liability	3,109	2,928
Total liabilities	421,258	402,515
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share; 100,000,000 shares authorized, 44,671,945 and 43,750,170 shares issued as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively; 26,248,132 and 27,084,520 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively	447	438
Restricted stock units	54,871	80,512
Additional paid-in capital	834,692	800,806
Exchangeable shares of subsidiary; 257,156 shares issued as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017; 32,804 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017	1,958	1,958
Retained earnings	34,631	37,595
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(23,056)	(22,222)
Treasury stock, at cost, par value $0.01 per share; 18,423,813 and 16,665,650 shares as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively	(725,538)	(690,785)
Stockholders’ equity	178,005	208,302
Total liabilities and equity	$ 599,263	$ 610,817