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Financial Assets And Financial Liabilities (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Financial Assets And Financial Liabilities [Abstract]

Fair Value Table

		Financial Assets At Fair Value as of June 30, 2014
		Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Total
Securities segregated for regulatory purposes		$	3,427,880		$	-		$	-		$	3,427,880
Financial instruments owned:
Stocks			1,151,367			-			260			1,151,627
Options			1,072,980			-			-			1,072,980
Warrants and discount certificates			34,345			-			-			34,345
U.S. and foreign government securities			16,049			3,866			-			19,915
Corporate and municipal bonds			91,243			19,920			-			111,163
Currency forward contracts			-			8,595			-			8,595
Total financial instruments owned			2,365,984			32,381			260			2,398,625
Financial instruments owned and pledged as collateral:
Stocks			759,705			-			-			759,705
Warrants			273			-			-			273
U.S. and foreign government securities			78,012			-			-			78,012
Corporate and municipal bonds			1,477			-			-			1,477
Total financial instruments owned and pledged as collateral			839,467			-			-			839,467
Total financial insturments owned			3,205,451			32,381			260			3,238,092
Other fair value investments, included in other assets:
Stocks and options			33,159			-			106			33,265
Corporate and municipal bonds			-			1,696			-			1,696
Total other fair value investments, included in other assets			33,159			1,696			106			34,961
Total Financial Assets at Fair Value		$	6,666,490		$	34,077		$	366		$	6,700,933

		Financial Liabilities At Fair Value as of June 30, 2014
		Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Total
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased:
Stocks		$	1,370,830		$	-		$	77		$	1,370,907
Options			1,168,783			-			-			1,168,783
Warrants and discount certificates			603			-			-			603
U.S. and foreign government securities			1,840			1,049			-			2,889
Corporate bonds			77,047			10,556			-			87,603
Currency forward contracts			-			-			-			-
Total financial instruments sold, not yet purchased			2,619,103			11,605			77			2,630,785
Other fair value liabilities, included in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
Stocks and options			132,036			-			-			132,036
Total other fair value liabilities, included in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities			132,036			-			-			132,036
Total Financial Liabilities at Fair Value		$	2,751,139		$	11,605		$	77		$	2,762,821

			Financial Assets At Fair Value as of December 31, 2013
			Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Total
Securities segregated for regulatory purposes			$	1,300,016		$	-		$	-		$	1,300,016
Financial instruments owned:
Stocks				1,243,914			-			57			1,243,971
Options				1,880,481			-			-			1,880,481
Warrants and discount certificates				57,144			-			-			57,144
U.S. and foreign government securities				4,641			2,102			-			6,743
Corporate and municipal bonds				72,750			18,476			-			91,226
Currency forward contracts				-			5,748			-			5,748
Total financial instruments owned				3,258,930			26,326			57			3,285,313
Financial instruments owned and pledged as collateral:
Stocks				1,097,734			-			-			1,097,734
Warrants				233			-			-			233
U.S. and foreign government securities				64,439			-			-			64,439
Corporate and municipal bonds				1,125			-			-			1,125
Total financial instruments owned and pledged as collateral				1,163,531			-			-			1,163,531
Total financial instruments owned				4,422,461			26,326			57			4,448,844
Other fair value investments, included in other assets:
Stocks				25,604			419			101			26,124
Corporate and municipal bonds				1,776			47,896			-			49,672
Mortgage backed securities				-			26,892			-			26,892
Other asset backed securities				-			22,734			-			22,734
Other				-			5,328			-			5,328
Total other fair value assets				27,380			103,269			101			130,750
Total Financial Assets at Fair Value			$	5,749,857		$	129,595		$	158		$	5,879,610

		Financial Liabilities At Fair Value as of December 31, 2013
		Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Total
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased:
Stocks		$	1,266,429		$	-		$	3		$	1,266,432
Options			1,793,248			-			-			1,793,248
Warrants and discount certificates			1,215			-			-			1,215
U.S. and foreign government securities			-			4,412			-			4,412
Corporate bonds			77,936			9,628			-			87,564
Currency forward contracts			-			802			-			802
Total financial instruments sold, not yet purchased		$	3,138,828		$	14,842		$	3		$	3,153,673

Level 3 Financial Assets And Financial Liabilities

Balance, January 1, 2014		$	158
Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized)  - Included in earnings			43
Purchases, issuances and settlements			(38)
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3			203
Balance, June 30, 2014		$	366

Financial liabilities—Level 3 activities:

Balance, January 1, 2014		$	3
Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized) - Included in earnings			-
Purchases, issuances and settlements			-
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3			74
Balance, June 30, 2014		$	77

Trading Gains From Market Making Transactions

		Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
		June 30,						June 30,
		2014			2013			2014			2013
Equities		$	56,564		$	92,992		$	151,709		$	161,516
Fixed Income			6,361			6,703			12,091			14,471
Foreign Exchange			21,095			(40,677)			47,732			(98,002)
Commodities			-			88			-			115
Total Trading Gains		$	84,020		$	59,106		$	211,532		$	78,100

Netting Of Financial Assets And Financial Liabilities

		June 30, 2014
						Gross Amounts			Net Amounts of			Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
						Offset in the			Assets Presented			Condensed Consolidated
						Condensed			in the Condensed			Statement
						Consolidated			Consolidated			of Financial Condition
		Gross Amounts of				Statement of			Statement of
		Recognized				Financial			Financial			Financial			Cash Collateral
		Assets				Condition			Condition			Instruments			Pledged			Net Amount
Offsetting of Financial Assets:
Securities segregated for regulatory purposes -purchased under agreements to resell		$	5,913.9	1		$	-		$	5,913.9		$	(5,913.9)		$	-		$	-
Securities borrowed			3,499.2				-			3,499.2			(3,419.0)			-			80.2
Securities purchased under agreements to resell			274.3				-			274.3			(274.3)			-			-
Financial Instruments owned:			-										-
Options			1,073.0				-			1,073.0			(1,032.5)			-			40.5
Warrants and discount certificates			34.6				-			34.6			(0.6)			-			34.0
Currency forward contracts			8.6				-			8.6			-			-			8.6
Total		$	10,803.6			$	-		$	10,803.6		$	(10,640.3)		$	-		$	163.3

									Net Amounts of			Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
						Gross Amounts			Liabilities			Condensed Consolidated
						Offset in the			Presented in the			Statement
						Condensed			Condensed			of Financial Condition
						Consolidated			Consolidated
		Gross Amounts of				Statement of			Statement of
		Recognized				Financial			Financial			Financial			Cash Collateral
		Liabilities				Condition			Condition			Instruments			Received			Net Amount
Offsetting of Financial Liabilities:
Securities loaned		$	2,932.4			$	-		$	2,932.4		$	(2,932.0)		$	-		$	0.4
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased:
Options			1,168.8				-			1,168.8			(1,032.5)			-			136.3
Warrants and discount certificates			0.6				-			0.6			(0.6)			-			-
Currency forward contracts			-				-			-			-			-			-
Total		$	4,101.8			$	-		$	4,101.8		$	(3,965.1)		$	-		$	136.7

		December 31, 2013
						Gross Amounts			Net Amounts of			Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
						Offset in the			Assets Presented			Condensed Consolidated
						Condensed			in the Condensed			Statement
						Consolidated			Consolidated			of Financial Condition
		Gross Amounts of				Statement of			Statement of
		Recognized				Financial			Financial			Financial			Cash Collateral
		Assets				Condition			Condition			Instruments			Pledged			Net Amount
Offsetting of Financial Assets:
Securities segregated for regulatory purposes - purchased under agreements to resell		$	6,734.2	1		$	-		$	6,734.2		$	(6,734.2)		$	-		$	-
Securities borrowed			2,751.5				-			2,751.5			(2,694.6)			-			56.9
Securities purchased under agreements to resell			386.3				-			386.3			(386.3)			-			-
Financial Instruments owned:
Options			1,880.5				-			1,880.5			(1,652.8)			-			227.7
Warrants and discount certificates			57.4				-			57.4			(1.2)			-			56.2
Currency forward contracts			5.7				-			5.7			-			-			5.7
Total		$	11,815.6			$	-		$	11,815.6		$	(11,469.1)		$	-		$	346.5

									Net Amounts of				Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
						Gross Amounts			Liabilities			Condensed Consolidated
						Offset in the			Presented in the			Statement
						Condensed			Condensed			of Financial Condition
						Consolidated			Consolidated
		Gross Amounts of				Statement of			Statement of
		Recognized				Financial			Financial			Financial			Cash Collateral
		Liabilities				Condition			Condition			Instruments			Received			Net Amount
Offsetting of Financial Liabilities:
Securities loaned		$	2,563.7			$	-		$	2,563.7		$	(2,544.6)		$	-		$	19.1
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased:
Options			1,793.2				-			1,793.2			(1,652.8)			-			140.4
Warrants and discount certificates			1.2				-			1.2			(1.2)			-			-
Currency forward contracts			0.8				-			0.8			-			-			0.8
Total		$	4,358.9			$	-		$	4,358.9		$	(4,198.6)		$	-		$	160.3

As of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company had $5.91 billion and $6.73 billion, respectively, of securities purchased under agreements to resell that were segregated to satisfy regulatory requirements. These securities are included in “Cash and securities—segregated for regulatory purposes” in the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition

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