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Significant Accounting Policies - Summary of Investments Values Based Upon Fair Value Hierarchy (Detail) - USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
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Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | $ 98,886,472 |
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 98,886,472 |
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 0 |
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Cash equivalents | 0 |
Securities held in Consolidated Funds |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Fair value investments | 153,499,790 | $ 65,890,500
Securities held in Consolidated Funds | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Fair value investments | 153,499,790 |
Securities held in Consolidated Funds | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Fair value investments | 43,884,224 |
Securities held in Consolidated Funds | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Fair value investments | 109,615,566 |
Securities held in Consolidated Funds | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Fair value investments | 0 |
Company sponsored investments |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Fair value investments | 38,757,226 | $ 36,541,818
Company sponsored investments | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Fair value investments | 38,757,226 |
Company sponsored investments | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Fair value investments | 38,757,226 |
Company sponsored investments | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Fair value investments | 0 |
Company sponsored investments | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Fair value investments | $ 0 |

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- Definition Fair value portion of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Value of the investment at close of period. For schedules of investments that are categorized, the value would be aggregated by category. For investment in and advances to affiliates, if operations of any controlled companies are different in character from those of the company, group such affiliates within divisions and by type of activities. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 946 -SubTopic 210 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488139&loc=d3e12121-115841 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 946 -SubTopic 320 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.12-12.Column C.3,4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=50485924&loc=d3e611133-123010 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 946 -SubTopic 320 -Section S99 -Paragraph 6 -Subparagraph (SX 210.12-14.Column E.2,3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=50485924&loc=d3e611322-123010 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 946 -SubTopic 320 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (SX 210.12-12C.Column C.7) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=50485924&loc=d3e611225-123010 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 946 -SubTopic 320 -Section S99 -Paragraph 5 -Subparagraph (SX 210.12-13.Column C.6) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=50485924&loc=d3e611282-123010 + Details
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