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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  
Schedule of client commission arrangement

 

        Client commissions allocated for research and related prepaid and accrued research balances for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 were as follows (dollars in millions):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

2013

 

Client commissions allocated for research

 

$

110.9

 

$

119.4

 

$

123.0

 

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Prepaid research, gross

 

$

3.5

 

$

4.3

 

$

4.5

 

Allowance for prepaid research

 

 

(0.1

)

 

 

 

(0.2

)

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Prepaid research, net of allowance

 

$

3.4

 

$

4.3

 

$

4.3

 

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Accrued research payable

 

$

46.3

 

$

56.7

 

$

52.0

 

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