Consolidation - VREs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Other current assets		$ 150.2	$ 111.1
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		(271.6)	(232.1)
Consolidated VRE's
Investment securities		179.6	29.3
Cash and cash equivalents		1.3	2.8
Other current assets		0.7	0.4
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		(1.2)	(0.1)
Total		180.4	32.4
Redeemable noncontrolling interests in consolidated VREs		(17.5)
JHG's net interest in consolidated VREs		162.9	32.4
Increase in seed capital investments	$ 163.0
Unconsolidated VRE's
Investment securities		$ 56.6	$ 63.6

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Portion of equity (net assets) in a voting rights entities (VRE) not attributable, directly or indirectly, to the parent entity. That is, this is the portion of equity in a VRE that is attributable to the redeemable noncontrolling interest (previously referred to as minority interest).

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