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Sale of SEI Asset Korea | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Sale of SEI Asset Korea [Abstract] |
Sale of SEI Asset Korea | Sale of SEI Asset Korea On July 31, 2012, the Company, MetLife International Holdings, Inc. (MetLife) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) entered into a definitive agreement with Baring Asset Management Limited to sell all ownership interests in SEI AK. SEI AK is located in South Korea and provides domestic equity and fixed income investment management services to financial institutions and pension funds. Consummation of the acquisition of SEI AK under the definitive agreement is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. The Company's ownership interest in SEI AK is 56.1 percent as of December 31, 2012. The Company consolidates the assets, liabilities and operations of SEI AK in its Consolidated Financial Statements. The ownership interests in SEI AK for MetLife and IFC is reflected in Noncontrolling interest in the Consolidated Financial Statements. The operating results of SEI AK are included in the Private Banks business segment. Upon closing of the agreement, the then current cash balance of SEI AK will be distributed to the Company, Metlife and IFC in accordance with the ownership interests. As of December 31, 2012, SEI AK had total corporate assets of $54,783, of which $48,306 is included in Cash and Cash equivalents on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. All other accounts of SEI AK are not material to any financial statement line item in the Consolidated Financial Statements. The Company did not provide U.S. deferred taxes on the undistributed earnings of SEI AK since its inception because those earnings were considered to be indefinitely reinvested. As a result of the potential sale of SEI AK, the Company no longer considers the undistributed earnings of SEI AK to be indefinitely reinvested and, therefore, accrued $4,815 for U.S. deferred taxes on the cumulative undistributed earnings during 2012. If the requisite regulatory approvals are obtained, the other conditions to closing are satisfied or waived and the transaction is consummated, then the Company expects to recognize a net after tax gain on the sale of its shares of SEI AK depending upon revenue during a pre-closing measurement period and specified revenues during three one-year periods after the closing.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the facts and circumstances leading to the completed or expected disposal, manner and timing of disposal, the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss), amounts of revenues and pretax profit or loss reported in discontinued operations, the segment in which the disposal group was reported, and the classification (whether sold or classified as held for sale) and carrying value of the assets and liabilities comprising the disposal group. Includes all disposal groups, including those classified as components of the entity (discontinued operations). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1474-107760 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 144 -Paragraph 43-48 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6892542&loc=d3e957-107759 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1436-107760 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2941-110230 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=8077374&loc=d3e2443-110228 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6892542&loc=d3e1012-107759 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1510-107760 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6892542&loc=d3e1020-107759 + Details
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