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Equity Method Investments, Capital Commitment

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Equity Method Investments, Capital Commitment, Amount Funded

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Equity Method Investments, Capital Commitment, Unfunded Commitment Amount

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The number of wholly owned direct subsidiaries.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of or advances to an equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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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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Organization (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Organization (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) subsidiary	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of wholly owned direct subsidiaries \| subsidiary			12
Kah Capital Management
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Payments for equity method investment fees	$ 128	$ 150	$ 398	$ 445
Capital commitment			75,000
Additional capital commitment during period			10,000
Capital commitment, amount funded	$ 56,000		56,000
Capital commitment, unfunded amount			$ 19,000