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Securities sold under repurchase agreements (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements [Abstract] |  |  |
Repurchase agreements and cash collateral on securities lent | $ 0 |  | $ 0
Interest Expense Under Repurchase Agreements | $ 971 | $ 1,800 |

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- Definition The amount of instruments sold with the intent to reacquire in repurchase agreements and cash collateral on securities lent. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 55 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=1&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_55&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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