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Accrued Performance Fees - Components of Accrued Giveback Obligations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Mar. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
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Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Accrued giveback obligations | $ (161.2) | $ (160.8)
Corporate Private Equity |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Accrued giveback obligations | (4.1) | (3.9)
Real Assets |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |
Accrued giveback obligations | $ (157.1) | $ (156.9)

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- Definition Amount of realized performance fees, if the fund were liquidated at the reporting date fair value, that would be given back to the fund investors at the end of the fund's life if the fund fair value does not recover sufficiently to pass through the hurdle rate that allows for the recognition of performance fees. + References No definition available. + Details
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