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Note Related party transactions (Related party transactions with affiliated company - Additional Information) (Detail) - Related Party With Investment Companies - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 337.0		$ 356.0
Administrative Fees	5.1	$ 5.8
Waived Fees	1.6	1.7
Net Fees	$ 3.5	$ 4.1
Credit Facilities Terms	$200 million or 10% of BPPR’s capital. At September 30, 2018 there was no outstanding balance for these credit facilities.

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Administrative Fees charged to Investment Companies. These fees are calculated at an annual rato of average net assets of the investment company.

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The aggregate sum of all outstanding balances under all credit facilities that may be made available by BPPR, from time to time, to those Puerto Rico investment companies for which BPPR acts as investment advisor or co investment advisor, shall never exceed the lesser of $200 million or 10% of BPPRs capital.

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Waived Fees Charged to Investment Companies

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Amount of revenue from providing investment advisory, asset management and administrative services, including, but not limited to, distribution and shareholder services, accounting, tax, legal, regulatory filing, share registration, and shareholder correspondence activities.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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