This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66022249&loc=d3e33749-111570

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12)
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Investments - Summary of Other Equity Investments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016	Nov. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment	$ 79,717		$ 86,287
G5 Evercore [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment	26,016		20,730
ABS [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment	38,982		41,567
Atalanta Sosnoff [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment	$ 14,719	$ 14,730	$ 23,990