Managed Investment Entities - Progression of investment in CLO tranches (Details) - Variable interest entity, primary beneficiary - Continuing operations - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Variable Interest Entity, Ownership [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period of ownership of CLO tranches	$ 76	$ 57
Purchases	18	0
Sales	0	0
Distributions	(3)	(5)
Change in fair value	(2)	5
Balance at end of period of ownership of CLO tranches	$ 89	$ 57

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Proceeds received from distributions of managed investment entities liabilities.

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Proceeds received related to sales of managed investment entities liabilities during the period

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Progression of the ownership of variable interest entities

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Amount of maximum exposure to loss from involvement with consolidated variable interest entity (VIE).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5A
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123419778&loc=SL6759159-111685

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