Derivatives (Derivatives Associated with Fixed Income Trading Activities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Customer Interest Rate Contracts [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Notional	$ 1,743,855	$ 1,697,992
Assets	34,060	39,495
Liabilities	15,510	14,996
Offsetting Upstream Interest Rate Contracts [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Notional	1,743,855	1,697,992
Assets	15,258	14,996
Liabilities	31,677	39,495
Put Option [Member] \| ShortMember
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Notional		5,000
Assets		0
Liabilities		8
Put Option [Member] \| LongMember
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Notional	60,000	17,500
Assets	86	63
Liabilities	0	0
Forwards And Futures Purchased [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Notional	3,804,024	2,916,750
Assets	11,817	6,257
Liabilities	5,230	26,659
Forwards And Futures Sold [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Notional	3,817,997	3,085,396
Assets	5,410	27,330
Liabilities	$ 13,135	$ 6,615

Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Article 12
-Section 13
-Sentence Column B

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 10
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=73719730&loc=d3e13433-108611

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