Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Liquidity Period

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Comparable Companies Used in Volatility Calculation

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Share Exchange Rate

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Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Discount rate from fair value on purchase date that participants pay for shares.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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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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EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION - Class A and OCGH Unit Awards (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				33 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) company shares	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018 shares	Dec. 31, 2017 shares	Sep. 30, 2018
Class A Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Units granted (in shares)		1,494,324
Share exchange rate (in shares)		1
OCGH Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Units granted (in shares)		1,873,155		124,051	274,018
Units vesting periods		5 years 9 months 18 days
Estimated time-to-liquidity assumption	7 years	6 years 4 months 24 days			5 years 9 months 18 days
Share exchange rate (in shares)		1
Number of comparable publicly-owned alternative asset managers \| company		5
Discount rate			17.50%			20.00%
Converted OCGH Units and OCGH Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unvested equity-based awards \| $		$ 35.8
Recognition period		3 years 2 months 12 days