Consolidation - Economic Interests of Consolidated Investment Product (Details) - CLOs $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Distributions received and unrealized gains on the subordinated notes held by the Company	$ 11,652
Investment management fees	5,438
Total Economic Interests	$ 17,090

Description of the amount of pre-tax income (loss) derived by the reporting entity from the Variable Interest Entity (VIE).

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-Subparagraph d
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The amount of income between the reporting entity and the Variable Interest Entity (VIE).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Variable Interest Entity, Measure of Activity, Distributions Received and Unrealized Gains (Losses) On Investment

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