For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Product	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) Product	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Number of consolidated sponsored investment products \| Product	12	12
Number of additional consolidated sponsored investment products \| Product	3
Number of deconsolidated sponsored investment products \| Product	3
Fair value, securities, Level 1 to Level 2 transfers, amount \| $	$ 0	$ 0
Consolidated Sponsored Investment Products [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Fair value, securities, Level 2 to Level 1 transfers, amount \| $	8,400,000		$ 0
Fair value, securities, Level 1 to Level 2 transfers, amount \| $	$ 200,000	$ 1,500,000
Consolidated Sponsored Investment Products [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Percentage of permitted borrowings (up to)	33.33%
Consolidated Sponsored Investment Products [Member] \| Derivative Assets [Member] \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	33.10%
Consolidated Sponsored Investment Products [Member] \| Derivative Liabilities [Member] \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	43.30%