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Consolidated Investment Products - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) CIPs	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) CIPs	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) CIPs
Consolidated Investment Products [Abstract]
Number of consolidated investment products \| CIPs	58		58		60
Number of CLOs	3		3		0
Schedule Of Consolidated Investment Products [Line Items]
CIPs' unfunded commitments	$ 4.8		$ 4.8		$ 4.7
Transfers into Level 3 - assets	0.0	$ 0.0	0.0	$ 0.0
Debt, unpaid principal balance	697.2		$ 697.2		$ 696.9
Nonredeemable Real Estate and Private Equity Funds [Member]
Schedule Of Consolidated Investment Products [Line Items]
Liquidation weighted-average period			7 months 6 days		1 year 3 months 18 days
CIPs [Member]
Schedule Of Consolidated Investment Products [Line Items]
CIPs' unfunded commitments	94.0		$ 94.0		$ 168.7
Unfunded commitments Company contractually obligated to fund	11.3		11.3		20.6
Transfers into Level 3 - assets	0.0	0.0	(2.2)	(0.1)
Transfers out of Level 3 - assets	(0.1)	$ 0.0	(1.1)	$ (29.0)
Debt, unpaid principal balance	$ 685.6		$ 685.6		$ 50.8
CIPs [Member] \| Nonredeemable Real Estate and Private Equity Funds [Member]
Schedule Of Consolidated Investment Products [Line Items]
Liquidation weighted-average period			4 years 8 months 12 days		4 years 4 months 24 days
CIPs [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Schedule Of Consolidated Investment Products [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	1.00%		1.00%		2.08%
CIPs [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Schedule Of Consolidated Investment Products [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	6.31%		6.31%		7.94%
Collateralized loan obligations [Member]
Schedule Of Consolidated Investment Products [Line Items]
Net losses related to its own economic interests	$ (2.1)		$ (2.3)
Debt, unpaid principal balance	613.3		613.3
Collateralized loan obligations [Member] \| CIPs [Member]
Schedule Of Consolidated Investment Products [Line Items]
Debt, unpaid principal balance	$ 537.3		$ 537.3		$ 0.0
Collateralized loan obligations [Member] \| CIPs [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Schedule Of Consolidated Investment Products [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	3.01%		3.01%
Collateralized loan obligations [Member] \| CIPs [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Schedule Of Consolidated Investment Products [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	8.72%		8.72%