Cash and Cash Equivalents - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Cash equivalents	$ 284	$ 11,488
Total cash and cash equivalents	132,700	140,709
Two Financial Institutions [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	132,348	127,328
International Business Segment [Member]
Minimum level of regulatory net capital	$ 23,144	$ 12,320

Amount of short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(1))
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682

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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation.

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Cash and cash equivalents held at two financial institutions

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