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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Investment Vehicles) (Details)				10 Months Ended	26 Months Ended											12 Months Ended
	Jun. 23, 2011 MFCA [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Star Asia [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Star Asia [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Star Asia Manager [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Star Asia Manager [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Star Asia Manager [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Star Asia SPV [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Star Asia Opportunity [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Star Asia Opportunity [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Star Asia Capital Management [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Star Asia Capital Management [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Star Asia Special Situations Fund [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Star Asia Special Situations Fund [Member]	Dec. 19, 2012 Star Asia Opportunity II [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 SAA Manager [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 SAP GP [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 EuroDekania [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 EuroDekania [Member]	Jun. 22, 2011 MFCA [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Tiptree Financial Partners L.P. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Tiptree Financial Partners L.P. [Member]	Jun. 23, 2011 Tiptree Financial Partners L.P. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Deep Value GP [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Deep Value GP [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Deep Value GP II [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Deep Value GP II [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Duart Capital [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Duart Capital [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage of equity method affiliate		28.00%	28.00%			50.00%	31.00%	28.00%	28.00%	33.00%	33.00%	2.00%	6.00%	20.00%	33.00%	33.00%	17.00%	10.00%	3.00%	1.00%	1.00%		50.00%	50.00%	40.00%	40.00%	20.00%	20.00%
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Cumulative Percentage Ownership after All Transactions				100.00%	50.00%
Common Stock Exchanged	1,000,200																					111,133
Percentage Of Internal Rate Of Return																8.00%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 323

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-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571

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