Debt Instrument, Accrued Interest and Payables, Fair Value Disclosure

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount of increase (decrease) of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
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Amount of settlements of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Fair Value Measurements - Reconciliation of Liabilities Using Level 3 Inputs (Details) - Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Loan notes issued by variable interest entities, at fair value (included within accrued expenses and other payables)	$ (2.4)		$ (2.4)		$ (108.4)
Level 3
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Loan notes issued by variable interest entities, at fair value (included within accrued expenses and other payables)	(2.4)	$ (2.3)	(2.4)	$ (2.3)	$ (108.4)
Level 3 \| Silverton 2015
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		105.5		190.6
Distributed to third party		(0.3)		(89.3)
Total change in fair value included in the statement of operations		9.8		13.7
Ending balance		$ 115.0		$ 115.0
Level 3 \| Silverton 2016
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	115.1		223.4
Distributed to third party	(1.4)		(115.9)
Total change in fair value included in the statement of operations	(9.8)		(3.6)
Ending balance	$ 103.9		$ 103.9