Collateralized Transactions - Financial Instruments at Fair Value Received as Collateral that were Permitted to be Delivered or Repledged (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Collateralized Agreements [Abstract]
Collateral permitted to be delivered or repledged	$ 1,816,698	$ 1,586,700
Collateral that was delivered or repledged	1,704,373	1,485,267
Collateral permitted to be further repledged by the receiving counterparty	$ 345,956	$ 147,696

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Fair value of collateral permitted, by contact or custom, to be sold or re-pledged.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 860

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1A

-Subparagraph (c)(1)

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- Definition

Fair value of the collateral, or portion thereof, that has been re-pledged, delivered, or otherwise used.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 860

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1A

-Subparagraph (c)(2)

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- Definition

The fair value as of the balance sheet date of financial instruments and other positions owned by the entity and pledged to counterparties as collateral, including: (1) mortgages, mortgage-backed and asset backed securities; (2) US government and agency obligations; (3) state and municipal government obligations; (4) other sovereign government debt; (5) corporate obligations; (6) corporate equities; (7) principal investments; (8) derivative contracts; and (9) physical commodities.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 860

-SubTopic 30

-Section 45

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6467456&loc=d3e113888-111728

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 860

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1A

-Subparagraph (c)(2)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=55761124&loc=SL6224234-111729

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