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Organization and Basis of Presentation (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 segment item
Number of businesses Company is managed and operated as | item	1
Number of reportable segments | segment	1
Virtu Financial
Ownership interest (as a percent)	28.10%

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Number of businesses the entity is managed and operated as.

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