Discount Rate Used To Determine Fair Value Of Wealth Management Reporting Unit

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Future Economic Benefit Period Wealth Management Reporting Unit

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Goodwill Allocated To Wealth Management Reporting Unit

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Percentage By Which Wealth Management Reporting Unit Exceeded Its Carrying Value

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Weighted Average Increase In Expenses Used To Determine Fair Value Of Wealth Management Reporting Unit

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Weighted Average Increase In Revenues Used To Determine Fair Value Of Wealth Management Reporting Unit

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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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Goodwill (Factors Used To Measure Goodwill In Income Approach) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified				12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011 Wealth Management Reporting Unit [Member] years	May 31, 2011 Wealth Management Reporting Unit [Member]	May 31, 2010 Wealth Management Reporting Unit [Member]	May 31, 2011 Annual [Member]	May 31, 2010 Annual [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill		$ 82,746	$ 82,746
Future economic benefit period	10
Discount rate				17.50%	17.50%
Weighted-average increase in revenues				6.00%	6.00%
Weighted-average increase in expenses				5.00%	5.00%
Fair value of the wealth management reporting unit exceeding carrying value		59.70%	53.60%