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Counterparty Risk (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract] |
% Of Total Deposits With Dealers Held As Collateral | The following table details the percentage of collateral amounts held by dealers who hold greater than 15% of the Company's Due from Brokers, included as of September 30, 2017:
Dealer |  | % of Total Due from Brokers
J. P. Morgan Securities LLC |  | 23%
Morgan Stanley |  | 20%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. |  | 19%
% Of Total Receivable For Securities Sold | The following table details the percentage of amounts held by dealers who hold greater than 15% of the Company's Receivable for securities sold as of September 30, 2017:
Dealer |  | % of Total Receivable for Securities Sold
Bank of America Securities |  | 29%
Morgan Stanley |  | 23%
Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents [Table Text Block] | In addition, the Company held cash and cash equivalents of $111.4 million and $123.3 million as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. The below table details the concentration of cash and cash equivalents held by each counterparty:
|  | As of
Counterparty |  | September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation |  | 45% |  | 27%
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Funds—Government Fund |  | 36% |  | 16%
BlackRock Liquidity Funds FedFund Portfolio |  | 18% |  | 41%
US Bank N.A. |  | 1% |  | —%
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Fund—Government Portfolio |  | —% |  | 16%

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