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Regulatory Capital Requirements (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
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Our Other Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries |
Compliance With Regulatory Capital Requirements Under Banking Regulations [Line Items] |
Ratio of indebtedness to net capital | 15
Stifel Nicolaus [Member] |
Compliance With Regulatory Capital Requirements Under Banking Regulations [Line Items] |
Aggregate debit balances | 21.20%
Net capital | $ 369.6
Excess of minimum required net capital | 334.7
Stifel Financial Corp. [Member] |
Compliance With Regulatory Capital Requirements Under Banking Regulations [Line Items] |
Net capital under the alternative method | $ 1.0
Aggregate debit balances | 2.00%

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