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Financing Receivable Held For Investment

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Amount of noncash expense included in interest expense to amortize debt discount and premium associated with the related debt instruments. Excludes amortization of financing costs. Alternate captions include noncash interest expense.

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Fair value of the amount outstanding under the credit facility.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Carrying amount of long-term debt, net of unamortized discount or premium, including current and noncurrent amounts. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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The interest rate applicable to the portion of the carrying amount of long-term borrowings outstanding as of the balance sheet date, including current maturities, which accrues interest at a set, unchanging rate.

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The aggregate carrying amounts, as of the balance sheet date, of assets not separately disclosed in the balance sheet.

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Debt - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Debt - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other assets	$ 762,300,000us-gaap_OtherAssets		$ 421,900,000us-gaap_OtherAssets
Interest Expense	80,600,000us-gaap_InterestExpense	84,000,000us-gaap_InterestExpense
Amortization of debt discount	1,200,000	600,000
Long-term Debt	5,701,900,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt		5,194,500,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Asset-based loans	791,900,000		811,600,000
HGI [Member] \| Seven Point Seven Five Percent Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate	7.75%		7.75%
Long-term Debt	750,000,000		750,000,000
HGI [Member] \| 7.875% Senior Secured Notes, due July 15, 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate	7.88%		7.88%
Long-term Debt			604,400,000
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Term Loan Due September 4, 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate	3.00%		3.60%
Long-term Debt	648,400,000		509,900,000
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| ABL Facility, expiring May 24, 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate	2.50%		2.50%
Long-term Debt	0		0
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity	236,200,000.0
Debt Amount Reserve By Lender	6,400,000.0
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Six Point Three Seven Five Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate	6.375%		6.38%
Long-term Debt	520,000,000		520,000,000
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| 6.625% Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate	6.625%		6.63%
Long-term Debt	570,000,000		570,000,000
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Letter of credit outstanding	50,300,000.0
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Six Point One Two Five Percentage Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate	6.125%		0.00%
Other assets	4,000,000
Long-term Debt	250,000,000		0
FGLH [Member] \| FGL Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Letter of credit outstanding	0
FGLH [Member] \| 6.375% Senior Notes, Due April 1, 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate	6.38%		6.38%
Long-term Debt	300,000,000		300,000,000
EXCO/HGI JV [Member] \| Compass Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	400,000,000
EXCO/HGI JV [Member] \| EXO/HGI Partnership Credit Agreement, due February 14, 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate	2.70%		2.70%
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding			243,200,000
Compass Production Partners [Member] \| EXO/HGI Partnership Credit Agreement, due February 14, 2018 [Member] \| Compass Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Fair Value of Amount Outstanding	327,000,000
Salus Capital Partners L L C [Member] \| Secured Borrowings Related to non-qualifying participating loan interests [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate	10.80%		10.80%
Long-term Debt	105,800,000		106,800,000
Euro Member Countries, Euro \| Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Euro Term Loan, Due December 19, 2021 [Member] [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate	3.80%		0.00%
Other assets	2,100,000
Long-term Debt	150,000,000		0
Debt Instrument Discount Rate	0.00%
Euro Member Countries, Euro \| Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Euro Term Loan, Due September 4, 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, interest rate	3.80%		3.80%
Long-term Debt	$ 272,900,000		$ 283,300,000