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Annual Targeted Long-Term Compensation, Additional Incentive Compensation, Percentage

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Annual Targeted Long-Term Compensation, Performance Measurement Benchmark, Growth Rate In Total Shareholder Return, Percentage

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Annual Targeted Long-Term Compensation, Performance Measurement Benchmark, Growth Rate In Total Shareholder Return and Tangible Deployable Equity, Percentage, Maximum

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Annual Targeted Long-Term Compensation, Performance Measurement Benchmark, Growth Rate Return On Tangible Deployable Equity, Percentage

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Dividend equivalents declared on restricted stock units.

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Holding Period

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award, Dividends Subject to Cash Credit, Eligibility Period

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award, Dividends Subject to Cash Credit, Multiplier Amount

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Granted in Period, Fair Value

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award, Number Of Vesting Periods

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Percentage of Target Performance Stock Units

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Return On Tangible Equity, Target Level

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Return On Tangible Equity, Threshold Level

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
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Number of common shares reserved for future issuance related to deferred compensation arrangements with individuals.

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Weighted average per share amount at which grantees can acquire shares of common stock by exercise of options.

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Compensation Plans - Senior Executive Compensation Plan (Details)	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 $ / shares shares	Nov. 30, 2022 USD ($) tranche multiplierAmount $ / shares shares	Nov. 30, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Nov. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation and benefits expense			$ 251,000,000.0	$ 461,500,000	$ 522,100,000
Restricted stock units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grant date fair value	$ 8,200,000
Vesting period (in years)	3 years
Restricted stock units (RSUs) \| Dividend equivalents
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Dividend equivalents declared on restricted stock units (in shares) \| shares			550,000	445,000	484,000
Grants, weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 28.78	$ 30.03	$ 15.73
Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grant date fair value	$ 8,200,000
Service period (in years)	3 years
ROTE threshold level	7.50%
Target level of ROTE	10.00%
Performance Shares \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Target level of ROTE	7.50%
Percentage of target PSUs	75.00%
Performance Shares \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Target level of ROTE	15.00%
Percentage of target PSUs	150.00%
Senior executive compensation plan awards \| Restricted stock units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grants, weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 35.44	$ 29.81	$ 15.19
Restricted shares, vested (in shares) \| shares			537,000	74,000	187,000
Senior executive compensation plan awards \| Restricted stock units (RSUs) \| Dividend equivalents
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Dividend equivalents declared on restricted stock units (in shares) \| shares			67,000	74,000	139,000
Grants, weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 28.67	$ 29.81	$ 15.82
2016 Plan \| Restricted stock units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted shares, vested (in shares) \| shares					48,000
Senior Executives \| Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options issued (in shares) \| shares		2,506,266
Stock options, exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 23.75
Number of vesting tranches \| tranche			3
Common shares reserved issuance (in shares) \| shares			5,012,532	5,012,532
Senior Executives \| Stock Options and SARs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation and benefits expense				$ 48,600,000
Senior Executives \| Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Dividends subject to cash credit, multiplier amount \| multiplierAmount			2
Dividends subject to cash credit, eligibility period			9 years 6 months
Senior Executives \| 2019 Plan and 2020 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance measurement, targeted long-term compensation			$ 22,500,000
Performance measurement benchmark, growth rate in TSR			9.00%
Performance measurement benchmark, growth rate in ROTDE			9.00%
Performance measurement benchmark, growth rate in TSR and ROTDE (less than)			6.00%
Additional incentive compensation, percentage			75.00%
Performance measurement benchmark, growth rate in TSR and ROTDE (up to)			12.00%
Senior Executives \| 2019 Plan and 2020 Plan \| Restricted stock units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance measurement, targeted long-term compensation			$ 16,000,000
Performance measurement benchmark, growth rate in TSR			9.00%
Senior Executives \| 2019 Plan and 2020 Plan \| Long-term cash
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance measurement, targeted long-term compensation			$ 6,500,000
Performance measurement benchmark, growth rate in ROTDE			9.00%
Senior Executives \| Leadership Continuity Grant
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grant date fair value	$ 25,000,000
Service period (in years)	5 years
Holding period	3 years