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Business Combinations - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2018	Jun. 01, 2017	Aug. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price, cash				$ 129,500	$ 471,400
Goodwill				$ 290,366		$ 170,153
Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired	70.00%
Purchase price	$ 129,500
Purchase price, cash	110,500		$ 19,000
Goodwill	120,213
Intangible assets	62,000
Expected tax deductible amount of goodwill and other intangible assets	$ 127,500
RidgeWorth
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price		$ 547,100
Goodwill		163,365
Intangible assets		275,700
Assets under management		40,100,000
Long term assets under management		35,700,000
Liquidity strategy assets under management		4,400,000
Consolidated entity excluding consolidated investment products \| RidgeWorth
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price		485,200
CLOs \| RidgeWorth
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price		$ 61,900
Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP \| SGIA, LLC \| Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of membership interests	100.00%