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Investments Outstanding Period

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Investments at fair value that cannot be redeemed at reporting date and are subject to a prior written redemption request.

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Ownership Percentage

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Percentage Of Investments Redeemable

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Fair value of investment other than investment in equity security, investment in debt security and equity method investment. Includes, but is not limited to, investment in certain entities that calculate net asset value per share. Example includes, but is not limited to, investment in hedge fund, venture capital fund, private equity fund, and real estate partnership or fund.

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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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The percentage of the total value of investments that cannot be redeemed because of a redemption restriction as of the statement of financial position date.

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Period when redemption restriction has been in effect for investments for which net asset value per share is calculated (including by unit, membership interest, or other equity (ownership interest) unit measure), in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The amount of unfunded commitments for which the entity is obligated, to those certain investments for which net asset value per share is calculated (including by unit, membership interest, or other equity (ownership interest) unit measure) (alternative investments).

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The aggregate fair value as of the balance sheet date of financial instruments and other positions owned by the entity including: (1) mortgages, mortgage-backed and asset backed securities; (2) US government and agency obligations; (3) state and municipal government obligations; (4) other sovereign government debt; (5) corporate obligations; (6) corporate equities; (7) principal investments; (8) derivative contracts; and (9) physical commodities. Includes both pledged and unpledged holdings.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of all investments (debt, security, other) during the period.

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Fair Value Disclosures - Investments at Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2020	Nov. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Unfunded Commitments	$ 17,408	$ 14,621
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	18,124,577	16,895,741
Fair value measured at NAV
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Fair value	965,384	586,934
Equity Long/Short Hedge Funds
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Unfunded Commitments	$ 0	$ 0
Percentage of investment at fair value, redemption restriction	94.00%	94.00%
Investment redemption restriction period	36 months	36 months
Percentage of investments redeemable	6.00%	6.00%
Equity Long/Short Hedge Funds \| Fair value measured at NAV
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Fair value	$ 328,096	$ 291,593
Equity Funds
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Unfunded Commitments	$ 12,408	14,621
Equity Funds \| Minimum
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Estimated period for the liquidation of the underlying assets	1 year
Equity Funds \| Maximum
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Estimated period for the liquidation of the underlying assets	8 years
Equity Funds \| Fair value measured at NAV
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Fair value	$ 33,221	44,576
Commodity Fund
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Unfunded Commitments	0	0
Commodity Fund \| Fair value measured at NAV
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Fair value	17,747	16,025
Multi-asset Funds
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Unfunded Commitments	$ 0	$ 0
Percentage of investments redeemable	57.00%	5.00%
Multi-asset Funds \| Fair value measured at NAV
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Fair value	$ 561,236	$ 234,583
Other Funds
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Unfunded Commitments	$ 5,000	0
Notice period redemption of investments prior written notice period	90 days
Other Funds \| Minimum
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Investments outstanding period	90 days
Other Funds \| Maximum
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Investments outstanding period	120 days
Other Funds \| Fair value measured at NAV
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Fair value	$ 25,084	157
WeWork
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Payments to acquire investments			$ 9,000
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	$ 10,800	$ 53,800
WeWork \| Maximum
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners (less than)	1.00%
60 Days prior written notice \| Equity Long/Short Hedge Funds
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Notice period redemption of investments prior written notice period	60 days	60 days
60 Days prior written notice \| Commodity Fund
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Notice period redemption of investments prior written notice period	60 days	60 days
60 Days prior written notice \| Multi-asset Funds
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Notice period redemption of investments prior written notice period	60 days	60 days
30 Days prior written notice \| Multi-asset Funds
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Notice period redemption of investments prior written notice period	30 days	30 days