Fair Value Measurements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fixed-income securities owned	$ 32,748	$ 32,148
Assets, fair value	159,148	166,715
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fixed-income securities owned	0	0
Assets, fair value	10,626	10,900
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fixed-income securities owned	32,748	32,148
Assets, fair value	141,684	149,449
Equity securities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	10,626	10,900
Equity securities \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	10,626	10,900
Equity securities \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	0	0
Available-for-sale debt securities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	108,936	117,301
Available-for-sale debt securities \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	0	0
Available-for-sale debt securities \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	108,936	117,301
Investment Funds sponsored by LSV
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investment funds sponsored by LSV	$ 6,838	$ 6,366

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Amount of investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale).

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