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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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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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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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Costs incurred to effect a business combination which have been expensed during the period. Such costs could include business integration costs, systems integration and conversion costs, and severance and other employee-related costs.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2024	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortization of intangible assets		$ 84.6	$ 86.0	$ 170.4	$ 169.2
Revenue From Sponsored Funds		83.00%	83.00%	83.00%	83.00%
Putnam Investments
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares	31,600
Cash consideration	$ 221.7
Deferred cash consideration	100.0
Intangible assets, estimated useful lives		10 years		10 years
Amortization of intangible assets				$ 1.3
Contingent consideration liabilities	$ 375.0
Proforma Revenue				210.0
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Expected Amortization Per Year		$ 5.3		5.3
Putnam Investments \| Great-West Lifeco Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Acquisition of Less than 100 Percent, Noncontrolling Interest, Percent	6.00%
Putnam Investments \| Great-West Lifeco Inc. \| five year
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Acquisition of Less than 100 Percent, Noncontrolling Interest, Percent	4.90%
Putnam Investments \| 4.9% holding
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Equity Consideration Transferred, Lock-up Period for 4.9% holding	5 years
Putnam Investments \| remaining shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Equity Consideration Transferred, Lock-up Period for 4.9% holding	180 days
Putnam Investments \| General, administrative and other expense [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition Related Costs				17.8
Putnam Investments \| Compensation and Benefits
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Integration Related Costs				$ 103.0