Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Revenues:
Commissions and fees	$ 117,648	$ 105,948	$ 348,174	$ 358,366
Recurring	28,548	21,912	82,283	66,644
Other	3,223	2,536	11,657	7,398
Total revenues	149,419	130,396	442,114	432,408
Expenses:
Compensation and employee benefits	54,109	50,627	167,266	158,678
Transaction processing	24,840	19,401	70,970	63,641
Occupancy and equipment	14,904	14,423	44,909	44,589
Telecommunications and data processing services	14,559	12,759	44,500	39,365
Other general and administrative	23,181	21,652	68,103	71,737
Goodwill impairment			225,035	5,375
Restructuring charges			17,678	2,250
Acquisition related costs	0		2,523
Interest expense	636	158	1,400	588
Total expenses	132,229	119,020	642,384	386,223
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)	17,190	11,376	(200,270)	46,185
Income tax expense (benefit)	6,713	5,166	(24,153)	24,035
Net income (loss)	$ 10,477	$ 6,210	$ (176,117)	$ 22,150
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.26	$ 0.15	$ (4.29)	$ 0.51
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.25	$ 0.14	$ (4.29)	$ 0.51
Basic weighted average number of common shares outstanding (in shares)	40,615	42,407	41,051	43,148
Diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding (in shares)	41,271	42,941	41,051	43,776