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Consolidation of Sponsored Investment Products - Consolidated Statement of Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (Detail) (Consolidated Investment Products [Member], Reportable Legal Entities [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | Sep. 30, 2013
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Consolidated Investment Products [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member] |
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items] |
Other current assets of consolidated sponsored investment products | $ 41.0

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