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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Business Changes and Developments Business Changes and Developments - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Asset Acquisition, Contingent Consideration, Liability		$ 4,463	$ 4,463	$ 4,463
Asset Acquisition, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Change In Amount Of Contingent Consideration, Liability			400	3,971
Amortization of Intangible Assets			$ 8,077	9,199	$ 9,793
Discount Rate	17.00%	17.00%
Compound Annual Growth Rate	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%
Impairment of Goodwill			$ 2,921
Goodwill, Impairment Loss, Net of Tax			1,361		3,694
PCA [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Issuance of Noncontrolling Interest				$ 770
Special Charges [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Impairment of Goodwill			2,921
Special Charges [Member] \| Investment Management [Member] \| Institutional Asset Management [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Impairment of Goodwill			2,088		$ 7,107
Goodwill [Member] \| Evercore Casa de Bolsa
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Assets Held-for-sale		$ 475	475
Annual Goodwill Assessment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss, Net of Tax			543
Annual Goodwill Assessment [Member] \| Special Charges [Member] \| Investment Management [Member] \| Institutional Asset Management [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Impairment of Goodwill			$ 833