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Borrowings - Interest Expense on Broker-Dealer Facilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest expense	$ 22,788	$ 19,047
Broker-dealer credit facilities
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest expense	257	544
Uncommitted facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest expense	184	446
Committed facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest expense	$ 73	$ 98

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense for debt.

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