Represents the vesting period under cash award programs.

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- Definition

Represents the percentage of vesting after four years under the equity participation plan.

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- Definition

Represents the percentage of vesting after three years under the equity participation plan.

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- Definition

Represents the percentage of vesting of awards under the equity incentive plan after a number of years.

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- Definition

Represents the period for cash-out under cash award programs represented by the mandatory call date.

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- Definition

Aggregate cash paid by the entity during the period to settle equity instruments granted under equity-based payment arrangements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (k)
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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
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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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Share-Based Compensation (Threadneedle Equity Incentive Plan) (Details 5) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended				23 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012
Equity Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of vesting of awards				100.00%	100.00%
Award Vesting Period under Cash Award Programs				3 years	2 years 6 months
Period of cash out under cash award programs				6 years
Equity Participation Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Period of cash out under cash award programs	5 years
Percentage of vesting after three years under equity participation plan	50.00%
Percentage of vesting after four years under equity participation plan	50.00%
Equity Participation Plan [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period	3 years
Equity Participation Plan [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period	4 years
Equity Incentive Plan and Equity Participation Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Employee service share-based compensation, cash flow effect, cash used to settle awards	$ 28	$ 28	$ 23