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Earnings Per Share - Summary of Earnings Per Share (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012
Class A Stock [Member]
Schedule Of Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted [Line Items]
Number of antidilutive warrants, options and restricted shares, for the year	57,573	1,059,638	57,573	1,059,638
CIBC World Markets Corp. [Member] | January 2008 Acquisition [Member]
Schedule Of Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted [Line Items]
Period for exercise of warrant			5 years
Acquisition date of CIBC World Markets Corp.			Jan. 14, 2008
Warrants expire date			2013-04-13
CIBC World Markets Corp. [Member] | January 2008 Acquisition [Member] | Class A Stock [Member]
Schedule Of Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted [Line Items]
Company issued a warrant to purchase share of Class A Stock	1,000,000		1,000,000
Class A Stock exercisable			$ 48.62

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