Investments In Equity Method Investees (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Apr. 30, 2017	Oct. 31, 2016
Private Equity Partnership [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investment ownership percentage	7.00%	7.00%
Equity method investment aggregate cost	$ 3.0	$ 2.6
Hexavest [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investment ownership percentage	49.00%	49.00%
Equity method investment aggregate cost	$ 134.9	$ 137.3
Equity method investment underlying equity in net assets	6.1	5.3
Intangible assets net excluding goodwill, equity in investee	23.2	24.5
Goodwill, equity in investee	111.8	114.1
Deferred tax liability, equity in investee	$ 6.2	$ 6.6
Additional interest that may be purchased by the Company in future periods	26.00%	26.00%
Value of the Hexavest exercisable option	$ 8.3	$ 8.3

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The Company's share of deferred tax liability of its equity investee.

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- Definition

The Company's share in goodwill of its equity investee.

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The Company's share of intangible assets excluding goodwill of its equity investee.

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The purchase price allocation assigned to the Company's exercisable option in fiscal 2017 to purchase an additional 26 percent interest in Hexavest.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
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This item represents the entity's ownership percentage in the investee multiplied by the investee's total equity.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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