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Variable Interest Entity, Consolidated, Carrying Amount, Asset-Backed Loans Receivable

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Variable Interest Entity, Consolidated, Carrying Amount, Asset-Backed Loans Receivable, Portion Sellers Interest

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Variable Interest Entity Consolidated Carrying Amount Obligations

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Carrying amount of the equity interests owned by noncontrolling partners of a limited partnership included in the entity's consolidated financial statements.

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Amount of deferred fees paid by borrowers and unamortized costs incurred to originate loans and leases, unamortized loan commitments and loan syndication fees, and premiums over or discounts from face amounts of loans that are being amortized into income as an adjustment to yield. Excludes amounts for loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 20

-Section 45

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6378536&loc=d3e10092-111533

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Securitizations and Variable Interest Entities - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Feb. 28, 2013
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Asset-based loans	$ 335.8	$ 811.6
Variable Interest Entity, Consolidated, Carrying Amount, Asset-Backed Loans Receivable, Portion Sellers Interest	317.2	292.0
Fifth Street [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest in Limited Partnerships	56.9	30.0
Business Development Company [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest in Limited Partnerships	75.0
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| Salus Capital Partners LLC
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Asset-based loans			$ 331.1	$ 175.5
Variable Interest Entity, Consolidated, Carrying Amount, Asset-Backed Loans Receivable	200.2	455.9
VIE, consolidated carrying amount obligations	356.8	484.0
Unaffiliated long-term debt of consolidated variable-interest entity \| Salus Capital Partners LLC
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
VIE, consolidated carrying amount obligations	39.6	192.0
Unamortized Loan Commitment and Origination Fees and Unamortized Discounts or Premiums	$ 0.8	$ 1.0