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Accrued Performance Fees - Components of Accrued Performance Fees (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Accrued performance fees	$ 3,498.6	$ 2,481.1
Corporate Private Equity
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Accrued performance fees	2,130.9	1,375.4
Real Assets
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Accrued performance fees	624.3	483.4
Global Market Strategies
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Accrued performance fees	84.9	68.6
Investment Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Accrued performance fees	$ 658.5	$ 553.7

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Amounts represent performance fees that our existing, unrealized fund portfolio would generate if we sold every asset across all of our funds at fair value as of the end of the reporting period.

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