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Fair Value Measurements - Securities Owned and Securities Sold, But Not Yet Purchased at Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
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Security Owned and Sold, Not yet Purchased, at Fair Value [Line Items] |  |
Securities owned | $ 1,028,496,000 | $ 735,393,000
Securities Sold | 295,507,000 | 126,493,000
OMHHF |  |
Security Owned and Sold, Not yet Purchased, at Fair Value [Line Items] |  |
Securities owned | 563,000 | 562,000
US Treasury and Government [Member] |  |
Security Owned and Sold, Not yet Purchased, at Fair Value [Line Items] |  |
Securities owned | 724,209,000 | 509,614,000
Securities Sold | 223,037,000 | 77,485,000
Corporate Debt and Other Obligations [Member] |  |
Security Owned and Sold, Not yet Purchased, at Fair Value [Line Items] |  |
Securities owned | 32,262,000 | 16,138,000
Securities Sold | 8,708,000 | 1,652,000
Mortgage and Other Asset-Backed Securities [Member] |  |
Security Owned and Sold, Not yet Purchased, at Fair Value [Line Items] |  |
Securities owned | 4,551,000 | 3,504,000
Securities Sold | 46,000 | 27,000
Municipal Bonds [Member] |  |
Security Owned and Sold, Not yet Purchased, at Fair Value [Line Items] |  |
Securities owned | 85,892,000 | 30,132,000
Securities Sold | 0 | 0
Convertible Bonds [Member] |  |
Security Owned and Sold, Not yet Purchased, at Fair Value [Line Items] |  |
Securities owned | 53,374,000 | 54,693,000
Securities Sold | 10,454,000 | 5,951,000
Equity Securities [Member] |  |
Security Owned and Sold, Not yet Purchased, at Fair Value [Line Items] |  |
Securities owned | 37,057,000 | 34,475,000
Securities Sold | 53,262,000 | 41,378,000
Money Markets [Member] |  |
Security Owned and Sold, Not yet Purchased, at Fair Value [Line Items] |  |
Securities owned | 1,142,000 | 35,000
Securities Sold | 0 | 0
Auction Rate Securities [Member] |  |
Security Owned and Sold, Not yet Purchased, at Fair Value [Line Items] |  |
Securities owned | 90,009,000 | 86,802,000
Securities Sold | $ 0 | $ 0

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- Definition Fair value of financial instruments sold short by a broker-dealer for their own account (proprietary securities) for trading or investment purposes determined by management based upon quoted prices of a financial instrument with similar characteristics or on a valuation technique or model. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 825 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49121117&loc=d3e13433-108611 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 940 -SubTopic 320 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35711157&loc=d3e42546-110969 + Details
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