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Goodwill and Acquired Client Relationships (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of changes in goodwill | The following table presents the change in Goodwill during 2012 and 2013:
| Institutional |  | Mutual Fund |  | High Net Worth |  | Total
Balance, as of December 31, 2011 | $ | 1,071.4 |  |  | $ | 785.0 |  |  | $ | 260.9 |  |  | $ | 2,117.3 |
Goodwill acquired | 0.3 |  |  | 151.3 |  |  | 74.3 |  |  | 225.9 |
Foreign currency translation | 6.8 |  |  | 3.2 |  |  | 2.0 |  |  | 12.0 |
Balance, as of December 31, 2012 | $ | 1,078.5 |  |  | $ | 939.5 |  |  | $ | 337.2 |  |  | $ | 2,355.2 |
Goodwill acquired | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Foreign currency translation | (2.2 | ) |  | (11.4 | ) |  | 0.1 |  |  | (13.5 | )
Balance, as of December 31, 2013 | $ | 1,076.3 |  |  | $ | 928.1 |  |  | $ | 337.3 |  |  | $ | 2,341.7 |
Schedule of changes in and the components of acquired client relationships | The following table reflects the components of intangible assets of the Company's Affiliates that are consolidated as of December 31, 2012 and 2013:
| Acquired Client Relationships
| Definite-lived |  | Indefinite-lived |  | Total
| Gross Book Value |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Book Value |  | Net Book Value |  | Net Book Value
Balance, as of December 31, 2011 | $ | 970.5 |  |  | $ | (317.0 | ) |  | $ | 653.5 |  |  | $ | 667.6 |  |  | $ | 1,321.1 |
New Investments | 131.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 131.1 |  |  | 321.5 |  |  | 452.6 |
Amortization and impairments | — |  |  | (97.8 | ) |  | (97.8 | ) |  | (102.2 | ) |  | (200.0 | )
Foreign currency translation | 1.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.1 |  |  | 10.7 |  |  | 11.8 |
Transfers and other | 6.9 |  |  | 31.3 |  |  | 38.2 |  |  | (38.2 | ) |  | — |
Balance, as of December 31, 2012 | $ | 1,109.6 |  |  | $ | (383.5 | ) |  | $ | 726.1 |  |  | $ | 859.4 |  |  | $ | 1,585.5 |
New Investments | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Amortization and impairments | — |  |  | (128.2 | ) |  | (128.2 | ) |  | — |  |  | (128.2 | )
Foreign currency translation | (1.2 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1.2 | ) |  | 4.6 |  |  | 3.4 |
Transfers and other | (68.9 | ) |  | 68.9 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Balance, as of December 31, 2013 | $ | 1,039.5 |  |  | $ | (442.8 | ) |  | $ | 596.7 |  |  | $ | 864.0 |  |  | $ | 1,460.7 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of intangibles assets, in total and by major class, including the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization. A major class is composed of intangible assets that can be grouped together because they are similar, either by their nature or by their use in the operations of a company. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of goodwill by reportable segment and in total which includes a rollforward schedule. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13854-109267 + Details
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