Fair Value Disclosures - Financial Instruments Not Measured at Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Nov. 30, 2019	Nov. 30, 2018
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash and securities segregated and on deposit for regulatory purposes or deposited with clearing and depository organizations	$ 796,797	$ 707,960
US Treasury securities \| Level 1
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash and securities segregated and on deposit for regulatory purposes or deposited with clearing and depository organizations	$ 35,000	$ 34,800

Amount of cash subject to withdrawal restrictions, restricted deposits held as compensating balances, and cash and securities segregated in compliance with regulations (such as cash deposited in a special reserve account for the exclusive benefit of customers).

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 305
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6478312&loc=d3e61473-112792

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