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Regulatory Requirements - Additional Information (Narrative) (Details) | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2017 EUR (€)
Oppenheimer [Member] |  |  |
Regulatory Capital Requirements [Line Items] |  |  |
Required percentage of net capital to aggregate customer-related debit items |  | $ 0.02 |
Net Capital as Reported in Entity's Part II Unaudited FOCUS Report |  | 147,100,000 |
Excess capital |  | $ 123,900,000 |
Aggregate indebtedness |  | 12.65% |
Freedom |  |  |
Regulatory Capital Requirements [Line Items] |  |  |
Net Capital as Reported in Entity's Part II Unaudited FOCUS Report |  | $ 5,400,000 |
Freedom maintain net capital equal to the greater |  | $ 100,000 |
Aggregate indebtedness |  | 6.67% |
Net capital in excess of minimum required |  | $ 5,300,000.0 |
Oppenheimer Europe Ltd |  |  |
Regulatory Capital Requirements [Line Items] |  |  |
Common Equity Tier 1 Ratio |  | 13.81% |
Common Equity Tier 1 Ratio Required |  | 4.50% |
Tier 1 Capital Ratio |  | 13.81% |
Tier 1 Capital Ratio Required |  | 6.00% |
Total Capital Ratio |  | 14.73% |
Total Capital Ratio Required |  | 8.00% |
Regulatory capital required to be maintained | € |  |  | € 730,000
Oppenheimer Investments Asia Ltd. |  |  |
Regulatory Capital Requirements [Line Items] |  |  |
Net capital |  | $ 2,000,000 |
Excess Liquid Capital under Hong Kong SFC Rules |  | 1,600,000 |
Regulatory capital required to be maintained |  | $ 387,000 |
Oppenheimer Europe Ltd |  |  |
Regulatory Capital Requirements [Line Items] |  |  |
Contributions to subsidiary | $ 7,000,000 |  |

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