Fair Value Option- Assets and Liabilities, by Type, of Consolidated Investment Management Funds Recorded at Fair Value (Detail) (Investment Management funds, USD $)
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Mar. 31, 2015
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Dec. 31, 2014
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Investment Management funds
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Assets of consolidated investment management funds: | ||
Trading assets | $ 7,852us-gaap_TradingSecurities / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bk_InvestmentManagementFundsMember |
$ 8,678us-gaap_TradingSecurities / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bk_InvestmentManagementFundsMember |
Other assets | 573us-gaap_OtherAssetsFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bk_InvestmentManagementFundsMember |
604us-gaap_OtherAssetsFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bk_InvestmentManagementFundsMember |
Subtotal assets of consolidated investment management funds, at fair value | 8,425us-gaap_AssetsFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bk_InvestmentManagementFundsMember |
9,282us-gaap_AssetsFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bk_InvestmentManagementFundsMember |
Liabilities of consolidated investment management funds: | ||
Trading liabilities | 6,584us-gaap_TradingLiabilitiesFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bk_InvestmentManagementFundsMember |
7,660us-gaap_TradingLiabilitiesFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bk_InvestmentManagementFundsMember |
Other liabilities | 36us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bk_InvestmentManagementFundsMember |
9us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bk_InvestmentManagementFundsMember |
Subtotal liabilities of consolidated investment management funds, at fair value | $ 6,620us-gaap_LiabilitiesFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bk_InvestmentManagementFundsMember |
$ 7,669us-gaap_LiabilitiesFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bk_InvestmentManagementFundsMember |
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Fair value portion of probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Fair value of financial and nonfinancial obligations. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Fair value portion of other assets. No definition available.
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Fair value portion of other liabilities. No definition available.
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Fair value portion of liabilities pertaining to principal and customer trading transactions, or which may be incurred with the objective of generating a profit from short-term fluctuations in price as part of an entity's market-making, hedging and proprietary trading. Examples include, but are not limited to, short positions in securities, derivatives and commodities. No definition available.
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Amount of investments in debt and equity securities and other forms of securities that provide ownership interests classified as trading. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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