Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Stockholders' Equity - Class B Common Stock (Detail)

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Stockholders' Equity - Class B Common Stock (Detail) (Class B Common Stock)
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
May 31, 2014
Feb. 28, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Class Of Stock [Line Items]            
Stock repurchased/surrendered and cancelled , transaction date     Feb. 01, 2014      
Common stock issued upon vesting of deferred equity units, transaction date     Feb. 01, 2014      
Balance, Shares     4,464,617us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding      
Common stock repurchased/surrendered and cancelled (5,893)us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares (16,530)us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares (16,530)us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares      
Common stock issued   261,958us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues 261,958us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues      
Share Conversion, Shares     (246,000)samg_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesConversionOfConvertibleShares (2,013,677)samg_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesConversionOfConvertibleShares    
Balance, Shares     4,520,413us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding 4,464,617us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding 4,520,413us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding  
Resale and Registration Rights Agreement
           
Class Of Stock [Line Items]            
Share Conversion, Shares         110,000samg_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesConversionOfConvertibleShares
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133,739samg_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesConversionOfConvertibleShares
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May 2014            
Class Of Stock [Line Items]            
Stock repurchased/surrendered and cancelled , transaction date     May 01, 2014      
Common stock repurchased/surrendered and cancelled     (5,893)us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares
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Q3 2014            
Class Of Stock [Line Items]            
Common stock conversion date     Sep. 30, 2014      
Q3 2014 | Resale and Registration Rights Agreement            
Class Of Stock [Line Items]            
Share Conversion, Shares     (133,739)samg_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesConversionOfConvertibleShares
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Q4 2014            
Class Of Stock [Line Items]            
Common stock conversion date     Dec. 31, 2014      
Q4 2014 | Resale and Registration Rights Agreement            
Class Of Stock [Line Items]            
Share Conversion, Shares     (110,000)samg_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesConversionOfConvertibleShares
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December 2014            
Class Of Stock [Line Items]            
Conversion of Class B common stock to Class A common stock, conversion date     Dec. 31, 2014      
Common stock issued     60,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
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