Fair Value Measurements (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Private equity investments	$ 50,254	$ 50,820
Fair Value Hierarchy, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Auction Rate Securities Available For Sale	16,900
Private equity investments	$ 50,254	$ 50,820

The fair value as of the balance sheet date of firm holdings in private equity, mezzanine, venture capital, merchant banking, real estate and special situations investments. Includes both pledged (to counterparties as collateral for financing transactions) and unpledged holdings.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 940
-SubTopic 320
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35711157&loc=d3e42546-110969

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