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Recently Announced Accounting Pronouncements (Notes)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Revenue from Contracts In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers" ("ASU 2014-09"), regarding ASC Topic 606 of the same nomenclature. ASU 2014-09 represents the culmination of efforts by the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board to issue a common revenue standard. In April 2015, the FASB voted to propose a deferral of the effective date of the new revenue recognition standard by one year, which would result in ASU 2014-09 becoming effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2017. Many of the Company's revenue sources are not within the scope of this new standard, and the Company is evaluating whether the adoption of ASU 2014-09 for those revenue sources that are in scope will have a material effect on the Company's consolidated statements of financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. There are no other recent accounting pronouncements that have been issued by the FASB that would have a material impact on the financial statements of the Company.

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Disclosure of accounting policy pertaining to new accounting pronouncements that may impact the entity's financial reporting. Includes, but is not limited to, quantification of the expected or actual impact.

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