Fair Value Measurement (Summary Of Changes In Fair Value Of Level 3 Financial Assets And Financial Liabilities Held At Fair Value) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Collateralized Debt Obligations [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance		$ 4,302
Realized (losses) gains included in earnings		(755)
Reclassification from other assets		0
Sales		(3,547)
Ending Balance		0
The amount of total (losses) gains for the period included in earnings attributable to assets still held at March 31		0
Partnership Interest In Private Credit Fund [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	11,719	12,548
Realized (losses) gains included in earnings	802	178
Reclassification from other assets	2,911	0
Sales	0	0
Ending Balance	15,432	12,726
The amount of total (losses) gains for the period included in earnings attributable to assets still held at March 31	$ 802	$ 178

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Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Reclassification

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in the income statement for financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

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Amount of sale of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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