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Fair Value Measurements (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Classes of Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis | The following table presents fair value measurements for classes of Federated's financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31:
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  | Fair Value Measurements Using |  | Fair Value Measurements Using
in thousands |  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |  |  | Total |  |  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |  |  | Total |
Financial Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 172,628 |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  | $ | 172,628 |  |  | $ | 115,267 |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  | $ | 115,267 |
Available-for-sale equity securities |  | 117,422 |  |  | 24,326 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 141,748 |  |  | 119,435 |  |  | 23,755 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 143,190 |
Trading securities – equity |  | 15,900 |  |  | 7,498 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 23,398 |  |  | 17,553 |  |  | 13,840 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 31,393 |
Trading securities – debt |  | 0 |  |  | 9,041 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 9,041 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 7,488 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 7,488 |
Other1 |  | 4 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 910 |  |  | 931 |  |  | 31 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 45 |
Total financial assets |  | $ | 305,954 |  |  | $ | 40,882 |  |  | $ | 910 |  |  | $ | 347,746 |  |  | $ | 252,286 |  |  | $ | 45,097 |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  | $ | 297,383 |
Financial Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition-related future consideration liabilities |  | 0 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 2,161 |  |  | 2,161 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 1,909 |  |  | 1,909 |
Other2 |  | 2,681 |  |  | 59 |  |  | 469 |  |  | 3,209 |  |  | 1,979 |  |  | 425 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 2,404 |
Total financial liabilities |  | $ | 2,681 |  |  | $ | 59 |  |  | $ | 2,630 |  |  | $ | 5,370 |  |  | $ | 1,979 |  |  | $ | 425 |  |  | $ | 1,909 |  |  | $ | 4,313 |
1 | Amounts include structured trade finance loans held by Federated as well as futures contracts and/or foreign currency forward contracts held within certain consolidated sponsored investment companies.
2 | Amounts include investments sold short, foreign currency forward contracts and/or futures contracts held within certain consolidated sponsored investment companies, as well as certain liabilities attributable to structured trade finance loans held by Federated and Federated's interest rate Swap that expired on April 1, 2015.
Reconciliation of the beginning and ending fair value measurements of a Level 3 financial liability | The following table presents a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for Federated's liability for future consideration payments related to these acquisitions for each year presented:
in thousands | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Beginning balance | $ | 1,909 |  |  | $ | 6,489 |  |  | $ | 11,759 |
New acquisition adjustment1 | 2,090 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 330 |
Changes in fair value2 | 415 |  |  | (1,589 | ) |  | (941 | )
Contingent consideration payments | (2,253 | ) |  | (2,991 | ) |  | (4,659 | )
Ending balance | $ | 2,161 |  |  | $ | 1,909 |  |  | $ | 6,489 |
1 | Amounts include the preliminary fair value estimate of the contingent payment liability recorded in connection with new acquisitions or the revision thereof upon finalization of the valuation process related to initial purchase accounting.
2 | Amounts were included as Operating Expenses – Other on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the fair value measurement of liabilities using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances, separately presenting changes attributable to the following: (1) total gains or losses for the period (realized and unrealized), segregating those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets), and gains or losses recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) and a description of where those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) are reported in the statement of income (or activities); (2) purchases, sales, issues, and settlements (each type disclosed separately); and (3) transfers in and transfers out of Level 3 (for example, transfers due to changes in the observability of significant inputs) by class of liability. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36462937&loc=d3e19279-110258 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36462937&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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