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Consolidated Investment Products (CIP) (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) entity variable_interest_entity	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) entity variable_interest_entity	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Carrying amounts of nonconsolidated VIEs' assets		$ 194,100,000			$ 181,800,000
Maximum loss exposure of VIEs		$ 190,700,000			181,800,000
Number of consolidated VIEs \| variable_interest_entity		3	22
Voting Rights Entity, Number of Consolidated Entities \| entity			8
Number of entities no longer consolidated \| variable_interest_entity		6	5
Number of Nonconsolidated VOEs \| entity		9
Gain (loss) on deconsolidation		$ 0	$ 0
Net unrealized gains	$ 500,000	$ 3,000,000.0	$ 800,000
Pay interest at Libor or Euribor plus		12.50%
Collateral assets in default (percent)	0.18%	0.28%	0.18%
Notes issued by collateralized loan obligations terms of arrangements interest rate margin spread low		0.55%
Notes issued by collateralized loan obligations terms of arrangements interest rate margin spread high		7.92%
Investments of CIP		$ 7,041,700,000			6,213,500,000
Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Weighted average maturity (years)		10 years 9 months 10 days
Bank loans
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
CLO Collateral Assets		$ 5,801,700,000			5,117,000,000.0
Senior Secured Bank Loans And Bonds \| Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Fair value, option, aggregate differences, long-term debt instruments		120,500,000			134,300,000
Eliminations \| Bank loans \| Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
CLO Collateral Assets		5,758,200,000
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Real Estate Investments, Net	$ 12,100,000	32,000,000.0	$ 12,100,000	$ 14,500,000	11,800,000	$ 52,000,000.0	$ 76,200,000
Investments of CIP		32,000,000.0			11,800,000
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Bank loans
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
CLO Collateral Assets		$ 0			$ 0