Collateral cash and securities received in exchange of value of securities lent in order to reduce credit risk.

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Reduction of fees due to voluntary waiving a portion of management fees on certain money market funds to inure the they maintain a minimum level of daily net investment income.

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Securities lending revenue earned.

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Separate account collateral held under securities lending agreements.

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Separate account, fair value of collateral held under securities lending agreements.

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Significant accounting policies.

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Amount of tax benefit for recognition of expense of award under share-based payment arrangement.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Fair value of the collateral, or portion thereof, that has been re-pledged, delivered, or otherwise used.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Aggregate share number for all nonredeemable preferred stock (or preferred stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer) held by stockholders. Does not include preferred shares that have been repurchased.

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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Fair value portion of securities that an entity sells and agrees to repurchase at a specified date for a specified price.

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Percentage of the Variable Interest Entity's (VIE) voting interest owned by (or beneficial interest in) the reporting entity (directly or indirectly).

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Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Segment shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021	Oct. 06, 2020 shares
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Fair value of loaned securities	$ 13,200	$ 15,200
Fair value of collateral for loan securities	14,100	16,500
Separate account collateral held under securities lending agreements	7,081	16,507
Fair value of securities received as collateral have been resold or repledged	0	0
Securities lending revenue earned	555	652	$ 617
Reduction of management fees	$ 500	$ 35
Preferred stock shares outstanding \| shares	0	0			0
Number of business segments \| Segment	1
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Discrete income tax benefit for vested stock awards	$ 43	$ 36	$ 23
Equipment and Computer Software [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	3 years
Minimum [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
VIE, economic interest percentage	10.00%
Collateral cash and securities received in exchange of value of securities lent in order to reduce counterparty risk	102.00%
Maximum [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Collateral cash and securities received in exchange of value of securities lent in order to reduce counterparty risk	112.00%
Maximum [Member] \| WMC [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Ownership percentage				50.10%