Segment Reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting Information Profit Loss [Abstract]

Schedule Of Operating Information, Segment

Information concerning operations in these segments of business for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Net revenues: (1)
Global Wealth Management	$	357,306		$	317,241		$	1,030,097		$	921,671
Institutional Group		232,125			215,160			729,269			720,849
Other		2,144			(8,946	)		(9,058	)		(12,172	)
	$	591,575		$	523,455		$	1,750,308		$	1,630,348
Income/(loss) before income taxes:
Global Wealth Management	$	97,227		$	94,026		$	290,049		$	262,800
Institutional Group		25,853			29,500			100,124			117,812
Other		(100,732	)		(57,760	)		(259,688	)		(159,195	)
	$	22,348		$	65,766		$	130,485		$	221,417

¹ No individual client accounted for more than 10 percent of total net revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 or 2014.

Schedule Of Information Of Total Assets On Segment Basis

The following table presents our company’s total assets on a segment basis at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (in thousands):

	September 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Global Wealth Management	$	5,719,140	$	5,816,284
Institutional Group		3,418,526		3,476,592
Other		221,513		225,275
	$	9,359,179	$	9,518,151

Schedule Of Net Revenues Earned On Major Geographical Areas

Revenues, classified by the major geographic areas in which they are earned for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
United States	$	567,153	$	491,860	$	1,654,500	$	1,532,196
United Kingdom		22,174		29,073		88,022		89,665
Other European		2,248		2,522		7,786		8,487
	$	591,575	$	523,455	$	1,750,308	$	1,630,348