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Affiliate Equity (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Affiliate Equity [Abstract] |
Summary of Affiliate Equity Compensation | The following is a summary of Affiliate equity expense:
| For the Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2016
Controlling interest | $ | 4.0 |  |  | $ | 2.1 |
Tax benefit | (1.5 | ) |  | (0.8 | )
Controlling interest, net | 2.5 |  |  | 1.3 |
Non-controlling interests | 5.3 |  |  | 3.9 |
Total | $ | 7.8 |  |  | $ | 5.2 |
Summary of Affiliate Equity Unrecognized Compensation Expense [Table Text Block] | The following is a summary of unrecognized Affiliate equity expense:
Period | Controlling Interest |  | Remaining Life |  | Non-controlling Interests |  | Remaining Life
December 31, 2015 | $ | 22.4 |  |  | 3 years |  | $ | 51.9 |  |  | 5 years
March 31, 2016 | 30.4 |  |  | 4 years |  | 62.9 |  |  | 6 years
Schedule of Changes in Redeemable Non-Controlling Interests | The following table presents the changes in Redeemable non-controlling interests:
|  | Redeemable Non-controlling Interests
Balance, as of December 31, 2015 |  | $ | 612.5 |
Increase attributable to consolidated products |  | 24.9 |
Repurchases of redeemable Affiliate equity |  | (30.1 | )
Transfers from Non-controlling interests |  | 5.7 |
Changes in redemption value |  | 45.3 |
Balance, as of March 31, 2016 |  | $ | 658.3 |
Schedule of Changes in the Company's Interest in its Affiliates on the Controlling Interest's Equity | The following schedule discloses the effect of changes in the Company’s ownership interest in its Affiliates on the controlling interest’s equity:
| For the Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2016
Net income (controlling interest) | $ | 128.0 |  |  | $ | 104.5 |
Increase in controlling interest paid-in capital from purchases and sales of Affiliate equity issuances | 0.5 |  |  | (0.9 | )
Decrease in controlling interest paid-in capital related to Affiliate equity repurchases | (3.5 | ) |  | (17.5 | )
Net income attributable to controlling interest and transfers (to) or from Non-controlling interests | $ | 125.0 |  |  | $ | 86.1 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of redeemable noncontrolling interest (as defined) included in the statement of financial position as either a liability or temporary equity. As of the date of the statement of financial position, such redeemable noncontrolling interest is currently redeemable, as defined, for cash or other assets of the entity at (1) at a fixed or determinable price on a fixed or determinable date, (2) at the option of the holder of the noncontrolling interest, or (3) upon occurrence of an event that is not solely within the control of the entity. + References No definition available. + Details
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