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Regulatory Capital Requirements (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions | Sep. 30, 2022 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 | 45.40%
Net capital | $ 642.7
Excess of minimum required net capital | 614.3
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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