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Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions

Receivables

		September 30, 2011				December 31, 2010
Trade receivables		$	36,581			$	34,528
Fees earned, not billed			99,274				93,506
Other receivables			4,703				9,651
			140,558				137,685
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts			(1,097	)			(1,195	)
		$	139,461			$	136,490

Property And Equipment

		September 30, 2011				December 31, 2010
Buildings		$	136,690			$	135,935
Equipment			67,812				63,902
Land			9,929				9,890
Purchased software			78,026				74,720
Furniture and fixtures			18,023				18,566
Leasehold improvements			4,525				4,250
Construction in progress			155				121
			315,160				307,384
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization			(182,045	)			(166,816	)
Property and Equipment, net		$	133,115			$	140,568

Accrued Liabilities

		September 30, 2011				December 31, 2010
Accrued employee compensation		$	37,991			$	43,747
Accrued employee benefits and other personnel			5,005				6,988
Accrued consulting, outsourcing and professional fees			16,522				16,390
Accrued brokerage fees			9,075				11,942
Accrued sub-advisory, distribution and other asset management fees			14,149				16,778
Accrued income taxes			0				2,077
Other accrued liabilities			22,218				23,488
Total accrued liabilities		$	104,960			$	121,410

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB)

-Number 12

-Paragraph 5

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



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-Number 210

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