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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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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount of loss from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Number of reporting units tested for impairment of goodwill. A reporting unit is an operating segment or one level below an operating segment.

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GOODWILL AND IDENTIFIABLE INTANGIBLE ASSETS, Quantitative Analysis of Goodwill (Details)	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) reporting_unit $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Number of reporting units \| reporting_unit		2
Goodwill impairment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Goodwill	313,005,000	307,635,000	295,486,000	313,005,000	295,486,000	$ 307,635,000	$ 295,486,000	$ 295,486,000
Private client group
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment	0		0	0
Goodwill	189,355,000	186,733,000	174,584,000	189,355,000	174,584,000	186,733,000	174,584,000	174,584,000
Capital markets
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment	0		0	0
Goodwill	$ 123,650,000	120,902,000	$ 120,902,000	$ 123,650,000	$ 120,902,000	$ 120,902,000	$ 120,902,000	$ 120,902,000
Raymond James Ltd
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Goodwill		33,037,000
Raymond James Ltd \| Private client group
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Goodwill		16,144,000
Raymond James Ltd \| Capital markets
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Goodwill		$ 16,893,000
Income Approach \| Goodwill \| Raymond James Ltd \| Private client group
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair value inputs, discount rate		14.00%
Fair value inputs, weighted rate		75.00%
Income Approach \| Goodwill \| Raymond James Ltd \| Capital markets
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair value inputs, discount rate		15.00%
Fair value inputs, weighted rate		75.00%
Market Approach \| Goodwill \| Raymond James Ltd \| Private client group
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair value inputs, revenue multiple		1.2
Fair value inputs, earnings per share multiple \| $ / shares		$ 12.4
Fair value inputs, weighted rate		25.00%
Market Approach \| Goodwill \| Raymond James Ltd \| Capital markets
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair value inputs, revenue multiple		1.1
Fair value inputs, earnings per share multiple \| $ / shares		$ 14.4
Fair value inputs, weighted rate		25.00%