Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk and Concentrations of Credit Risk - Gross Derivative Assets and Liabilities by Type and Balance Sheet Location (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset	$ 4,837.7	$ 4,321.2
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Gross Liability	5,018.4	4,201.0
Impact of netting and collateral	(4,874.4)	(4,205.5)
Impact of netting and collateral	(4,768.0)	(3,879.2)
Deposits and Receivables from Exchange Clearing Organizations [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Fair Value, Net	(171.6)	(46.4)
Financial instruments owned [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Fair Value, Net	134.9	162.1
Payable to broker-dealers, clearing organizations and counterparties [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Fair Value, Net	1.1	4.8
Financial instrument sold, not yet purchased [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Fair Value, Net	249.3	317.0
Exchange-traded Commodity Contracts [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset	2,515.9	2,094.2
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Gross Liability	2,660.1	1,975.0
Over the Counter (OTC) Commodity Contracts [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset	1,208.9	1,084.0
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Gross Liability	1,270.9	1,110.3
Foreign Exchange Forward [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset	53.0	66.0
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Gross Liability	32.3	52.0
Over the Counter (OTC) Foreign Exchange Contracts [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset	533.4	618.5
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Gross Liability	530.8	609.8
Exchange-traded interest rate contracts [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset	203.1	228.4
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Gross Liability	234.8	203.6
Interest Rate Contract [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset	24.2	0.0
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Gross Liability	24.2	0.0
Equity Contract [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset	297.5	221.3
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Gross Liability	263.6	245.4
TBA and forward settling securities [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset	1.7	8.8
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Gross Liability	$ 1.7	$ 4.9

Fair value of liability associated with financial asset or other contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset, and obligation to return cash collateral under master netting arrangements.

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