Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity and Non-controlling Interests - 3 months ended Mar. 31, 2016 - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Common Class A [Member]	Common Class B [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained earnings / (Accumulated deficit) [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]	Non-controlling interests in ZAIS Group Parent, LLC [Member]	Non-controlling Interests in Consolidated Funds [Member]
Beginning of the period at Dec. 31, 2015	$ 85,803	$ 1	$ 0	$ 60,817	$ (13,805)	$ 158	$ 23,716	$ 14,916
Beginning of the period (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015		13,870,917	20,000,000
Capital contributions	4,907	$ 0	$ 0	0	0	0	0	4,907
Capital distributions	(142)	0	0	0	0	0	(142)	0
Equity-based compensation charges	343	0	0	228	0	0	115	0
Consolidated net income (loss)	(6,399)	0	0	0	(4,834)	0	(2,299)	734
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(54)	0	0	0	0	(36)	(18)	0
End of the period at Mar. 31, 2016	$ 84,458	$ 1	$ 0	$ 61,045	$ (18,639)	$ 122	$ 21,372	$ 20,557
End of the period (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2016		13,870,917	20,000,000