Segment Information - Och-Ziff Funds Segment Results (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Och-Ziff Funds Segment:
Revenues	$ 139,152	$ 188,442
Operating Segments \| Och-Ziff Funds Segment
Och-Ziff Funds Segment:
Revenues	126,724	166,769
Economic Income	$ 43,446	$ (119,939)

Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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