CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, ASSETS SEGREGATED PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS AND DEPOSITS WITH CLEARING ORGANIZATIONS (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2011		Sep. 30, 2010		Sep. 30, 2009	Sep. 30, 2008
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash in banks	$ 2,438,249,000		$ 2,939,963,000	[1]
Money market investments	1,446,000		3,276,000
Total cash and cash equivalents	2,439,695,000	[2]	2,943,239,000	[2]	2,306,085,000	3,207,493,000
Cash and securities segregated pursuant to federal regulations and other segregated assets	3,548,683,000	[3]	3,430,715,000	[3],[4]
Deposits with clearing organizations	91,482,000	[5]	76,488,000	[5]
Total cash and cash equivalents, segregated cash and securities, and deposits with clearing organizations	6,079,860,000		6,450,442,000
Amount included in cash in banks to meet point-in-time requirement			1,800,000,000
Amount included in other segregated assets to meet point-in-time requirement			1,300,000,000
Amount of cash and cash equivalents either on deposit or otherwise invested by subsidiaries on behalf of RJF	$ 471,000,000		$ 287,000,000

[1] Cash in banks at September 30, 2010 includes $1.8 billion resulting from RJ Bank's September 30, 2010 point-in-time requirement to qualify as a thrift institution. See Note 22 for discussion of the point-in-time requirement.

[2] The total amount presented includes $471 million and $287 million of cash and cash equivalents which are either on deposit at RJ Bank or are otherwise invested by one of our subsidiaries, on behalf of RJF as of September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010, respectively.

[3] Consists primarily of cash or qualified securities maintained in accordance with Rule 15c3-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. RJ&A, as a broker-dealer carrying client accounts, is subject to requirements related to maintaining cash or qualified securities in a segregated reserve account for the exclusive benefit of its clients. Additionally, RJ Ltd. is required to hold client Registered Retirement Savings Plan funds in trust.

[4] Other segregated assets at September 30, 2010 include $1.3 billion held as collateral by the FHLB securing an overnight advance which was related to the point-in-time regulatory balance sheet composition requirements mentioned in item (1) above. On October 1, 2010, the advance was repaid.

[5] Consists of deposits of cash and cash equivalents or other short-term securities held by other clearing organizations or exchanges.