Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Operating Information, Segment

Information concerning operations in these segments of business for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015, is as follows (in thousands): 

	Year Ended December 31,
	2017			2016			2015
Net revenues: (1)
Global Wealth Management	$	1,822,218		$	1,563,410		$	1,377,313
Institutional Group		1,110,768			1,014,164			975,594
Other		(6,554	)		(2,078	)		(21,313	)
	$	2,926,432		$	2,575,496		$	2,331,594
Income/(loss) before income taxes:
Global Wealth Management	$	626,906		$	430,318		$	382,126
Institutional Group		217,981			164,143			141,042
Other		(575,351	)		(451,879	)		(381,601	)
	$	269,536		$	142,582		$	141,567

⁽¹⁾ No individual client accounted for more than 10 percent of total net revenues for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015.

Schedule Of Information Of Total Assets On Segment Basis

The following table presents our company’s total assets on a segment basis at December 31, 2017 and 2016 (in thousands): 

	December 31,
	2017		2016
Global Wealth Management	$	17,717,617	$	16,065,503
Institutional Group		3,313,304		2,657,183
Other		353,032		406,670
	$	21,383,953	$	19,129,356

Schedule Of Net Revenues Earned On Major Geographical Areas

Revenues, classified by the major geographic areas in which they were earned for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015, were as follows (in thousands): 

	Year Ended December 31,
	2017		2016		2015
United States	$	2,783,175	$	2,429,714	$	2,195,538
United Kingdom		129,288		132,622		125,552
Other		13,969		13,160		10,504
	$	2,926,432	$	2,575,496	$	2,331,594