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2425403 - Disclosure - Debt - Outstanding Debt (Details)
(http://www.franklinresources.com/role/DebtOutstandingDebtDetails)
TableSchedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0000038777 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2016-09-30
2016-03-31
2015-09-30
Debt Instrument [Axis]Debt Instrument [Axis]Debt Instrument [Axis]
Notes Due September 2017 [Member]Notes Due May 2020 [Member]Notes Due September 2022 [Member]Notes Due March 2025 [Member]Debt Instrument, Name [Domain]Debt Instrument, Name [Domain]Notes Due September 2017 [Member]Notes Due May 2020 [Member]Notes Due September 2022 [Member]Notes Due March 2025 [Member]Debt Instrument, Name [Domain]
UnitUnitUnitUnitUnitUnitUnitUnitUnitUnitUnit
USDPureUSDPureUSDPureUSDPureUSDPureUSDINRPureUSDPureUSDPureUSDPureUSDPureUSD
Senior notes
299,700,000  
 
349,900,000  
 
299,500,000  
 
399,400,000  
 
1,348,500,000  
    
299,400,000  
 
349,800,000  
 
299,500,000  
 
399,300,000  
 
1,348,000,000  
Loan due March 2017
        
52,700,000  
 
93,400,000  
6,300,000,000  
          
Effective Interest Rate
 
1.66%  
 
4.74%  
 
2.93%  
 
2.97%  
 
9.89%  
    
1.66%  
 
4.74%  
 
2.93%  
 
2.97%  
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,401,200,000  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,348,000,000  
 
Face value of senior notes
300,000,000  
 
350,000,000  
 
300,000,000  
 
400,000,000  
               
Stated interest rate
 
1.375%  
 
4.625%  
 
2.80%  
 
2.85%  
    
9.89%