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Investment Grade Loans

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Loans And Leases Receivable, Number Of Loans And Leases Segments

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Loans No Longer Meeting Similar Risk of Collective Pool

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Number of Loans, No Longer Met Similar Risk

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Speculative Grade Loans

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Speculative Senior Secured Loans, with BB or B Rating

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Amount, excluding accrued interest, of increase (decrease) in allowance for credit loss of investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale).

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Amount excluding accrued interest, of allowance for credit loss on financing receivable. Excludes net investment in lease.

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Amortized cost excluding accrued interest, after allowance for credit loss, of financing receivable. Excludes net investment in lease.

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Amount, excluding accrued interest, of credit loss expense (reversal of expense) on financing receivable. Excludes net investment in lease.

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Amount excluding accrued interest, of decrease from sale and reclassification to held-for-sale of financing receivable. Excludes net investment in lease.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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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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Amount, before valuation allowance, of financing receivable classified as held-for-sale.

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Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) loan loanSegment	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Number of loans and leases segments \| loanSegment			2
Number of loans on non-accrual status \| loan	0		0		0
Financing receivable, held-for-sale	$ 155.0		$ 155.0		$ 8.0
Loans modified in troubled debt restructurings \| loan	0
Loans no longer meeting similar risk of collective pool \| loan	5		5
Loans no longer meeting similar risk of collective pool, amount	$ 130.0		$ 130.0
Allowance for credit losses on loans	$ 95.0		$ 95.0		87.0
Investment grade loans	86.00%		86.00%
Speculative grade loans	12.00%		12.00%
Speculative senior secured loans with BB or B rating	96.00%		96.00%
Provision for credit losses	$ 10.0	$ (15.0)	$ 10.0	$ (24.0)
Finance receivables, allowance for credit loss, period increase (decrease)		$ 14.0
Loans, pledged as collateral	(33,470.0)		(33,470.0)		(32,445.0)
Asset pledged as collateral
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Loans, pledged as collateral	(10,920.0)		(10,920.0)		$ (10,080.0)
Leveraged Loans
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Financing receivable for sale	1,630.0
Financing receivable, held-for-sale	155.0		155.0
Commercial and Financial
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Allowance for credit losses on loans	$ 7.0		$ 7.0