Consolidated Investment Entities - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) entity fund CLO	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) entity fund CLO
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Assets of consolidated investment entities	$ 2,226	$ 2,310
Consolidated collateral loan obligations \| CLO	3	2
Consolidated funds \| fund	12	12
Number of investment funds accounted for as voting interest entity \| fund	1
Liabilities of consolidated investment entities	$ 1,126	$ 1,228
Number of deconsolidated investment entities \| entity	1	3
Parent Issuer
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Assets of consolidated investment entities	$ 279	$ 290
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership interest in unconsolidated CLO	$ 377	$ 468

The carrying amount of the consolidated Variable Interest Entity's assets included in the reporting entity's statement of financial position.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (bb)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118582676&loc=d3e5710-111685

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