Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 959,001	$ 1,246,537
Deposits with banks and short-term investments	1,289,288	1,006,969
Cash deposited with clearing organizations and other segregated cash	40,280	38,379
Receivables (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $31,288 and $40,164 at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively):
Fees	468,780	501,397
Customers and other	199,387	184,137
Total receivables, net	668,167	685,534
Investments	535,848	575,148
Property (net of accumulated amortization and depreciation of $352,104 and $339,770 at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively)	216,968	212,946
Operating lease right-of-use assets	558,723
Goodwill and other intangible assets (net of accumulated amortization of $67,973 and $65,949 at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively)	368,996	375,318
Deferred tax assets	601,183	597,776
Other assets	313,425	258,634
Total Assets	5,551,879	4,997,241
Liabilities:
Deposits and other customer payables	1,405,836	1,154,207
Accrued compensation and benefits	418,779	585,484
Operating lease liabilities	652,681
Senior debt	1,678,921	1,434,260
Deferred tax liabilities	1,998	5,571
Other liabilities	460,490	576,986
Total Liabilities	4,865,658	4,027,148
Commitments and contingencies
Common stock:
Class A, par value $.01 per share (500,000,000 shares authorized; 129,766,091 shares issued at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, including shares held by subsidiaries as indicated below)	1,298	1,298
Additional paid-in-capital	682,003	750,692
Retained earnings	1,168,382	1,195,563
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax	(288,621)	(273,818)
Stockholders' equity subtotal before common stock held by subsidiaries and Noncontrolling interests, total	1,563,062	1,673,735
Class A common stock held by subsidiaries, at cost (23,950,582 and 17,574,805 shares at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively)	(949,620)	(756,884)
Total Lazard Ltd Stockholders’ Equity	613,442	916,851
Noncontrolling interests	72,779	53,242
Total Stockholders’ Equity	686,221	970,093
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity	5,551,879	4,997,241
LTBP Trust [Member]
Liabilities:
Tax receivable agreement obligation	246,953	270,640
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred stock:
Preferred stock
Series B Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred stock:
Preferred stock