Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Intangible Assets and Goodwill [Table Text Block]

Federated’s identifiable intangible assets and goodwill consisted of the following at December 31:

	2011							2010
in thousands	Cost		Accumulated Amortization			Carrying Value		Cost		Accumulated Amortization			Carrying Value
Finite-lived intangible assets:
Customer relationships1	$	56,492	$	(45,958	)	$	10,534	$	119,472	$	(103,552	)	$	15,920
Noncompete agreements2	12,142		(10,579		)	1,563		12,142		(8,950		)	3,192
Total finite-lived intangible assets3	68,634		(56,537		)	12,097		131,614		(112,502		)	19,112
Indefinite-lived intangible assets:
Renewable investment advisory rights	64,600		N/A			64,600		64,500		N/A			64,500
Trade names	1,900		N/A			1,900		1,900		N/A			1,900
Total indefinite-lived intangible assets	66,500		N/A			66,500		66,400		N/A			66,400
Goodwill	642,329		N/A			642,329		635,313		N/A			635,313
Total identifiable intangible assets and goodwill	$	777,463	$	(56,537	)	$	720,926	$	833,327	$	(112,502	)	$	720,825

1 Weighted average amortization period of 9.3 years at December 31, 2011

2 Weighted average amortization period of 6.9 years at December 31, 2011

3 Weighted average amortization period of 8.9 years at December 31, 2011

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

Following is a schedule of expected aggregate annual amortization expense for intangible assets in each of the five succeeding years assuming no new acquisitions or impairments:

in millions	For the years ending December  31,
2012		$	3.4
2013		$	2.6
2014		$	2.0
2015		$	1.4
2016		$	1.0