Variable Interest Entity, Cash Fee Received, Percent

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Variable Interest Entity, Compensation Expense Related To Liquidation Of Investments

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Variable Interest Entity, Distribution Threshold

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Variable Interest Entity, Interest received, percent

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Variable Interest Entity, Timing Of Liquidity Event For New Opportunities

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Amount of fees and commissions from banking, advisory, brokerage, and securities underwriting activities. Activities include, but are not limited to, underwriting securities, private placements of securities, investment advisory and management services, merger and acquisition services, sale and servicing of mutual funds, and other related consulting fees.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 220
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-04.13(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=114873765&loc=SL114874048-224260

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Net carrying amount of the assets and liabilities in the reporting entity's statement of financial position that relate to the reporting entity's variable interest in the Variable Interest Entity (VIE), when the reporting entity is not the VIE's primary beneficiary.

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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES - Narrative (Details) - Variable Interest Entities - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Distribution threshold			100.00%
Investment banking and advisory fee revenue	$ 6,111	$ 2,074	$ 25,090	$ 8,290
Carried interest	32,436		32,436
Compensation expense related to liquidation of investments	$ 19,419		$ 19,419
Minimum
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Timing of liquidity event			1 year
Cash fee received			7.00%
Carried interest			8.00%
Maximum
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Timing of liquidity event			5 years
Cash fee received			10.00%
Carried interest			15.00%