Receivable from and payable to brokers, dealers and clearing organizations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Receivable from brokers, dealers and clearing organizations consisting of:
Securities borrowed	$ 134,454	$ 158,612
Receivable from brokers	57,699	65,639
Clearing organizations and other	84,824	30,789
Securities failed to deliver	20,054	29,656
Total	297,031	284,696
Payable to brokers, dealers and clearing organizations consisting of:
Securities loaned	247,219	284,987
Securities failed to receive	22,961	23,809
Payable to brokers	1,557	447
Clearing organizations and other	6,489	52,647
Total	278,226	361,890
Receivables from clearing organizations, not yet settled	$ 41,500
Payables to clearing organization, not yet settled		$ 48,400

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Amount payable to other broker-dealer and clearing organization, including, but not limited to, security failed-to-receive, deposit received for security loaned, open transaction, and floor-brokerage payable.

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This is the amount of cash advanced as security in return for borrowing securities from another party.

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Amount of obligation to return cash received as collateral for security loaned to another party.

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Amount of right to receive cash and securities on deposit with clearing organizations. Clearing organizations perform post trade processing and trade comparisons among numerous broker-dealers and act as settlement agents between buying and selling broker-dealers.

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Amount receivable as the result of a fail-to-deliver. A fail-to-deliver is a securities sale to another broker-dealer that has not been delivered to buying broker-dealer by the close of business on the settlement date.

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