Related Party Transactions (Related Party Revenue) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Related party transactions:
Management fees revenue	$ 8,170	$ 7,497	$ 20,601	$ 18,970
Revenue from related parties	9,415	9,896	25,460	27,458
Sac Holdings [Member]
Related party transactions:
Interest income revenue	1,245	1,261	3,733	4,684
Management fees revenue	$ 4,461	4,168	14,158	13,313
Private Mini [Member]
Related party transactions:
Interest income revenue		1,138	1,126	3,804
Management fees revenue	$ 849	659	2,473	1,943
Mercury [Member]
Related party transactions:
Management fees revenue	$ 2,860	$ 2,670	$ 3,970	$ 3,714

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Amount of operating interest income, including, but not limited to, amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on securities.

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Amount of revenue, fees and commissions earned from transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiaries; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) an entity and trusts for the benefit of employees, for example, but not limited to, pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of the entity's management; (d) an entity and its principal, owners, management, or members of their immediate families; and (e) affiliates.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(e))
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Related Parties
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=16382449

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 946
-SubTopic 225
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.6-07.1(c))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6488393&loc=d3e606610-122999

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