CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION (PARENT COMPANY ONLY) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Principal Domestic Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Number of principal domestic broker-dealer subsidiaries	2
RJ&A [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Ratio of net capital to aggregate debit balances required by loan covenants (in hundredths)	10.00%
RJ Bank [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net assets	896,000,000
Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net assets restricted from being transferred to Parent	1,100,000,000

The number of principal domestic broker-dealer subsidiaries.

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The ratio of net capital to aggregate debit balances required by loan covenants.

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Amount of restricted net assets of consolidated and unconsolidated subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year.

+ References

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The net of assets and liabilities.

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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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