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Financial Guarantee Liability (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Guarantees [Abstract] |
Summary of Estimated Liability under Guarantee Liability | As of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the estimated liability under the guarantee liability, included as part of “Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities” in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of financial condition, was as follows (in thousands):
Balance at December 31, 2016 |  | $ | (413 | )
Reversal to provision |  |  | 359 |
Balance at December 31, 2017 |  | $ | (54 | )
Increase to provision |  |  | (7 | )
Balance at March 31, 2018 |  | $ | (61 | )
Summary of Provision for Risk Sharing Obligations | The provisions for risk sharing, included in “Other expenses” in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations, was as follows (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Increase (decrease) to financial guarantee liability |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | (5 | )
Decrease (increase) to credit enhancement asset |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 4 |
Total provision for risk-sharing obligations |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | (1 | )

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of each guarantee obligation, or each group of similar guarantee obligations, including (a) the nature of the guarantee, including its term, how it arose, and the events or circumstances that would require the guarantor to perform under the guarantee; (b) the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee; (c) the current carrying amount of the liability, if any, for the guarantor's obligations under the guarantee; and (d) the nature of any recourse provisions under the guarantee, and any assets held either as collateral or by third parties, and any relevant related party disclosure. Excludes disclosures about product warranties. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82913245&loc=d3e12265-110248 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82913245&loc=d3e12069-110248 + Details
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