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Net Capital Requirements - Additional Information (Details)

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Net Capital Requirements - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)									9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Securities America	Sep. 30, 2014 Securities America Minimum	Sep. 30, 2014 Triad	Sep. 30, 2014 Triad Minimum	Sep. 30, 2014 Investacorp Inc	Sep. 30, 2014 Investacorp Inc Minimum	Sep. 30, 2014 Ladenburg	Sep. 30, 2014 Ladenburg Minimum	Sep. 30, 2014 Premier Regulatory requirements	Sep. 30, 2014 Premier Minimum Cash	Sep. 30, 2014 Premier Minimum Regulatory requirements	Sep. 30, 2014 Premier Minimum Regulatory requirements Cash
Net Capital Requirements [Line Items]
Alternative minimum net capital requirement				$ 250,000		$ 250,000		$ 250,000		$ 250,000
Regulatory net capital			8,516,000		3,558,000		4,364,000		46,928,000
Proceeds from temporary subordinated loan									25,000,000
Stockholder's equity	$ 314,866,000	$ 193,413,000									$ 1,301,000	$ 250,000	$ 1,000,000	$ 250,000

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Amount of net capital requirement computed under the alternative method allowed under regulatory reporting requirements.

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Net capital is equal to the net worth of the broker dealer, less certain items such as exchange memberships, carrying value of securities not readily marketable, haircuts on marketable securities in proprietary accounts, furniture and equipment and other illiquid assets as defined.

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The cash inflow from an obligation which places a lender in a lien position behind debt having a higher priority of repayment (senior loan) in liquidation of the entity's assets scheduled to be repaid within one year or in the normal operating cycle of the entity, if longer.

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Total of all stockholders' equity (deficit) items, net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity which are attributable to the parent. The amount of the economic entity's stockholders' equity attributable to the parent excludes the amount of stockholders' equity which is allocable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent (noncontrolling interest, minority interest). This excludes temporary equity and is sometimes called permanent equity.

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