Related Party Transactions (Details Textual) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from Related Parties	$ 946,000		$ 748,000
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction	15,000
Employee Loans [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from Related Parties	68,000		66,000
General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Consulting Fees Expenses	125,000	$ 20,000
ZAIS Managed Entities [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Capital	17,194,000	30,044,000
Due from Related Parties	842,000		$ 650,000
ZAIS Managed Entities [Member] | Mr. Ramsey [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Consulting Fees	500,000
ZAIS Managed Entities [Member] | Ms. Rohan [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Consulting Fees	27,000	29,000
ZAIS CLO I and ZAIS CLO II [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Assets under Management, Carrying Amount	$ 562,841,000	$ 556,677,000