Derivative Financial Instruments - Fair Value and Related Number of Derivative Contracts Categorized by Type of Derivative Contract (Details) $ in Thousands	May 31, 2023 USD ($) Contract	Nov. 30, 2022 USD ($) Contract
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Net amounts per consolidated statements of financial condition, assets	$ 496,053	$ 349,166
Net amounts per consolidated statements of financial condition, liabilities	1,311,860	1,512,697
Exchange-traded
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets	713,566	1,077,468
Fair value, liabilities	391,157	864,946
Amounts offset in the consolidated statements of financial condition, assets	(384,418)	(858,921)
Amounts offset in the consolidated statements of financial condition, liabilities	(384,418)	(858,921)
Cleared OTC
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets	856,882	663,504
Fair value, liabilities	839,232	678,234
Amounts offset in the consolidated statements of financial condition, assets	(837,736)	(655,969)
Amounts offset in the consolidated statements of financial condition, liabilities	(839,227)	(657,192)
Bilateral OTC
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets	1,548,769	1,701,438
Fair value, liabilities	2,512,018	2,701,682
Amounts offset in the consolidated statements of financial condition, assets	(1,401,010)	(1,578,354)
Amounts offset in the consolidated statements of financial condition, liabilities	(1,206,902)	(1,216,052)
Derivatives designated as accounting hedges
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets	6,508	0
Fair value, liabilities	27,096	275,797
Derivatives designated as accounting hedges \| Interest rate contracts \| Cleared OTC
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets	$ 6,227	$ 0
Number of contracts, assets \| Contract	3	0
Fair value, liabilities	$ 0	$ 217,922
Number of contracts, liabilities \| Contract	0	3
Derivatives designated as accounting hedges \| Foreign exchange contracts \| Bilateral OTC
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets	$ 281	$ 0
Number of contracts, assets \| Contract	2	0
Fair value, liabilities	$ 27,096	$ 57,875
Number of contracts, liabilities \| Contract	4	5
Derivatives not designated as accounting hedges
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets	$ 3,112,709	$ 3,442,410
Fair value, liabilities	3,715,311	3,969,065
Derivatives not designated as accounting hedges \| Interest rate contracts \| Exchange-traded
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets	$ 589	$ 3,297
Number of contracts, assets \| Contract	43,082	49,736
Fair value, liabilities	$ 394	$ 123
Number of contracts, liabilities \| Contract	48,593	36,085
Derivatives not designated as accounting hedges \| Interest rate contracts \| Cleared OTC
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets	$ 835,521	$ 655,140
Number of contracts, assets \| Contract	6,326	3,843
Fair value, liabilities	$ 823,938	$ 452,570
Number of contracts, liabilities \| Contract	6,240	4,203
Derivatives not designated as accounting hedges \| Interest rate contracts \| Bilateral OTC
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets	$ 934,086	$ 1,044,632
Number of contracts, assets \| Contract	587	772
Fair value, liabilities	$ 1,379,169	$ 1,573,975
Number of contracts, liabilities \| Contract	1,459	704
Derivatives not designated as accounting hedges \| Foreign exchange contracts \| Exchange-traded
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets		$ 0
Number of contracts, assets \| Contract		2
Fair value, liabilities		$ 0
Number of contracts, liabilities \| Contract		1
Derivatives not designated as accounting hedges \| Foreign exchange contracts \| Bilateral OTC
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets	$ 152,806	$ 287,594
Number of contracts, assets \| Contract	1,212	2,398
Fair value, liabilities	$ 135,662	$ 251,339
Number of contracts, liabilities \| Contract	1,131	2,428
Derivatives not designated as accounting hedges \| Equity contracts \| Exchange-traded
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets	$ 712,916	$ 1,074,134
Number of contracts, assets \| Contract	1,165,363	1,323,637
Fair value, liabilities	$ 390,724	$ 864,804
Number of contracts, liabilities \| Contract	1,089,624	1,338,129
Derivatives not designated as accounting hedges \| Equity contracts \| Bilateral OTC
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets	$ 447,387	$ 348,611
Number of contracts, assets \| Contract	6,111	5,201
Fair value, liabilities	$ 959,235	$ 800,230
Number of contracts, liabilities \| Contract	5,985	5,543
Derivatives not designated as accounting hedges \| Commodity contracts \| Exchange-traded
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets	$ 61	$ 37
Number of contracts, assets \| Contract	1,107	597
Fair value, liabilities	$ 39	$ 19
Number of contracts, liabilities \| Contract	1,117	607
Derivatives not designated as accounting hedges \| Commodity contracts \| Bilateral OTC
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets		$ 4,327
Number of contracts, assets \| Contract		5
Fair value, liabilities		$ 4,874
Number of contracts, liabilities \| Contract		3
Derivatives not designated as accounting hedges \| Credit contracts \| Cleared OTC
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets	$ 15,134	$ 8,364
Number of contracts, assets \| Contract	90	51
Fair value, liabilities	$ 15,294	$ 7,742
Number of contracts, liabilities \| Contract	78	35
Derivatives not designated as accounting hedges \| Credit contracts \| Bilateral OTC
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value, assets	$ 14,209	$ 16,274
Number of contracts, assets \| Contract	29	9
Fair value, liabilities	$ 10,856	$ 13,389
Number of contracts, liabilities \| Contract	20	8

The number of derivative instruments of a particular derivative asset or group of derivative assets held by the entity.

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