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Fair Value Measurement - Financial Liabilities Measured at Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Borrowings	$ 66.1	$ 0.0
Level III
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Balance, beginning of period	3,947.2	17,172.0
Deconsolidation of funds		(14,629.3)
Borrowings	431.5	12.7
Paydowns	(769.4)	(14.8)
Realized and unrealized (gains) losses, net
Included in earnings	23.4	(48.5)
Included in other comprehensive income	34.1	64.7
Balance, end of period	3,666.8	2,556.8
Changes in unrealized (gains) losses included in earnings related to financial liabilities still held at the reporting date	31.7	(59.6)
Level III | Loans Payable of Consolidated Funds
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Balance, beginning of period	3,866.3	17,046.7
Deconsolidation of funds		(14,600.3)
Borrowings	431.5	12.7
Paydowns	(762.0)	(5.1)
Realized and unrealized (gains) losses, net
Included in earnings	18.1	(59.3)
Included in other comprehensive income	33.6	64.3
Balance, end of period	3,587.5	2,459.0
Changes in unrealized (gains) losses included in earnings related to financial liabilities still held at the reporting date	26.4	(70.5)
Level III | Derivative Instruments of Consolidated Funds
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Balance, beginning of period		29.1
Deconsolidation of funds		(29.0)
Borrowings		0.0
Paydowns		0.0
Realized and unrealized (gains) losses, net
Included in earnings		(0.1)
Included in other comprehensive income		0.0
Balance, end of period		0.0
Changes in unrealized (gains) losses included in earnings related to financial liabilities still held at the reporting date		0.0
Level III | Contingent Consideration
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Balance, beginning of period	1.5	20.8
Deconsolidation of funds		0.0
Borrowings	0.0	0.0
Paydowns	0.0	(0.3)
Realized and unrealized (gains) losses, net
Included in earnings	0.0	3.8
Included in other comprehensive income	0.0	0.0
Balance, end of period	1.5	24.3
Changes in unrealized (gains) losses included in earnings related to financial liabilities still held at the reporting date	0.0	3.8
Level III | Loans Payable of a consolidated real estate VIE
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Balance, beginning of period	79.4	75.4
Deconsolidation of funds		0.0
Borrowings	0.0	0.0
Paydowns	(7.4)	(9.4)
Realized and unrealized (gains) losses, net
Included in earnings	5.3	7.1
Included in other comprehensive income	0.5	0.4
Balance, end of period	77.8	73.5
Changes in unrealized (gains) losses included in earnings related to financial liabilities still held at the reporting date	$ 5.3	$ 7.1

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