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Collateralized Transactions (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Disclosure Collateralized Transactions [Abstract] |
Amounts Related To Collateralized Transactions |
|  | June 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
|  | Permitted |  | Sold or |  | Permitted |  | Sold or
|  | to Repledge |  | Repledged |  | to Repledge |  | Repledged
Securities lending transactions |  | $ | 10,023.5 |  | $ | 3,170.3 |  | $ | 9,331.9 |  | $ | 2,504.3
Agreements to resell 1 |  |  | 6,187.0 |  |  | 6,183.8 |  |  | 7,116.1 |  |  | 7,099.6
Customer margin assets |  |  | 14,122.6 |  |  | 5,564.4 |  |  | 11,753.3 |  |  | 4,602.9
|  | $ | 30,333.1 |  | $ | 14,918.5 |  | $ | 28,201.3 |  | $ | 14,206.8
| (1) |  | At June 30, 2014, $5.91 billion or 96% (at December 31, 2013, $6.73 billion, or 95%, of securities acquired through agreements to resell that are shown as repledged have been deposited in a separate bank account for the exclusive benefit of customers in accordance with SEC Rule 15c3-3.
Financial Instruments Owned And Pledged Where The Counterparty Has The Right To Repledge |
|  | June 30, |  | December 31,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013
Stocks |  | $ | 759.7 |  | $ | 1,097.8
Warrants |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.2
U.S. and foreign government obligations |  |  | 78.0 |  |  | 64.4
Corporate and municipal bonds |  |  | 1.5 |  |  | 1.1
|  | $ | 839.5 |  | $ | 1,163.5

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