Fair Value Measurements (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Private equity investments	$ 83,622	$ 55,752
Fair Value Hierarchy, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Auction Rate Securities Available For Sale	14,700
Private equity investments	$ 83,622	$ 55,752

The fair value as of the balance sheet date of firm holdings in private equity, mezzanine, venture capital, merchant banking, real estate and special situations investments. Includes both pledged (to counterparties as collateral for financing transactions) and unpledged holdings.

Reference 1: 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

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