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Discount rate used to determine fair value measurement

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Amount used to represent the attrition when calculating the fair value of amortizable asset management contracts

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Percentage of assumed long-term growth in AUM, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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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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Intangible Assets and Goodwill Finite-Lived Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017
RARE Infrastructure, Ltd [Member] \| Customer Contracts [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Change in Assets Under Management			$ 1,500,000
Impairment of Intangible Assets	$ 6,400	$ 32,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Asset Management Contracts
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Long-term AUM Growth Rate			7.00%
Fair Value Inputs, Attrition Rate			20.00%
Fair Value Input, Discount Rate			16.50%