Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

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:

	2013							2012
in thousands	Cost		Accumulated Amortization			Carrying Value		Cost		Accumulated Amortization			Carrying Value
Finite-lived intangible assets:
Customer relationships	$	43,966	$	(38,110	)	$	5,856	$	45,812	$	(37,914	)	$	7,898
Noncompete agreements	4,594		(4,343		)	251		7,094		(6,310		)	784
Total finite-lived intangible assets	48,560		(42,453		)	6,107		52,906		(44,224		)	8,682
Indefinite-lived intangible assets:
Renewable investment advisory contracts	68,595		N/A			68,595		68,455		N/A			68,455
Trade names	1,900		N/A			1,900		1,900		N/A			1,900
Total indefinite-lived intangible assets	70,495		N/A			70,495		70,355		N/A			70,355
Goodwill	658,743		N/A			658,743		648,820		N/A			648,820
Total identifiable intangible assets and goodwill	$	777,798	$	(42,453	)	$	735,345	$	772,081	$	(44,224	)	$	727,857

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
2014	$	2.0
2015	$	1.4
2016	$	1.0
2017	$	0.6
2018	$	0.6