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DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Summary of Aggregate Notional Amount and Fair Value of Derivative Financial Instruments | The table below summarizes the aggregate notional amount and fair value of the derivative financial instruments. The notional amount represents the absolute value amount of all outstanding derivative contracts.
|  | June 30, 2012 |  |  | December 31, 2011 |
|  | Assets |  |  | Liabilities |  |  | Assets |  |  | Liabilities |
|  | Notional |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Notional |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Notional |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Notional |  |  | Fair Value |
Fair Value Hedges |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest Rate Swaps |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 450,000 |  |  | $ | 67,668 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Freestanding Derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Blackstone — Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest Rate Contracts |  |  | 905,450 |  |  |  | 52,009 |  |  |  | 770,950 |  |  |  | 2,565 |  |  |  | 221,350 |  |  |  | 768 |  |  |  | 502,200 |  |  |  | 1,291 |
Foreign Currency Contracts |  |  | 4,167 |  |  |  | 173 |  |  |  | 7,275 |  |  |  | 125 |  |  |  | 22,698 |  |  |  | 1,016 |  |  |  | 7,293 |  |  |  | 103 |
Credit Default Swaps |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 600 |  |  |  | 110 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Investments of Consolidated Blackstone Funds |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Contracts |  |  | 310,558 |  |  |  | 38,247 |  |  |  | 362,534 |  |  |  | 31,133 |  |  |  | 177,453 |  |  |  | 22,016 |  |  |  | 159,409 |  |  |  | 7,687 |
Interest Rate Contracts |  |  | 176,495 |  |  |  | 8,203 |  |  |  | 176,400 |  |  |  | 4,103 |  |  |  | 95,482 |  |  |  | 7,270 |  |  |  | 191,400 |  |  |  | 10,867 |
Freestanding Derivatives |  |  | 1,396,670 |  |  |  | 98,632 |  |  |  | 1,317,759 |  |  |  | 38,036 |  |  |  | 516,983 |  |  |  | 31,070 |  |  |  | 860,302 |  |  |  | 19,948 |
Total |  | $ | 1,396,670 |  |  | $ | 98,632 |  |  | $ | 1,317,759 |  |  | $ | 38,036 |  |  | $ | 966,983 |  |  | $ | 98,738 |  |  | $ | 860,302 |  |  | $ | 19,948 |
Summary of Impact of Derivative Financial Instruments to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations | The table below summarizes the impact to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations from derivative financial instruments:
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, |  |  | Six Months Ended June 30, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Fair Value Hedges — Interest Rate Swaps |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Hedge Ineffectiveness |  | $ | 1,342 |  |  | $ | 1,164 |  |  | $ | 548 |  |  | $ | 597 |
Excluded from Assessment of Effectiveness |  | $ | 4,950 |  |  | $ | 7,049 |  |  | $ | (938 | ) |  | $ | (374 | )
Realized Gain |  |  | 22,941 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 22,941 |  |  |  | — |
Freestanding Derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Realized Gains (Losses) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest Rate Contracts |  | $ | (2,687 | ) |  | $ | (1,538 | ) |  | $ | (2,551 | ) |  | $ | (536 | )
Foreign Currency Contracts |  |  | 1,070 |  |  |  | (591 | ) |  |  | 2,795 |  |  |  | (1,291 | )
Other |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 56 |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | (22 | )
Total |  | $ | (1,610 | ) |  | $ | (2,073 | ) |  | $ | 251 |  |  | $ | (1,849 | )
Net Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest Rate Contracts |  | $ | 1,022 |  |  | $ | 3,087 |  |  | $ | 7,619 |  |  | $ | 1,907 |
Foreign Currency Contracts |  |  | (14,386 | ) |  |  | 4,536 |  |  |  | (665 | ) |  |  | 4,266 |
Credit Default Swaps |  |  | (45 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (41 | ) |  |  | — |
Other |  |  | — |  |  |  | (21 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (19 | )
Total |  | $ | (13,409 | ) |  | $ | 7,602 |  |  | $ | 6,913 |  |  | $ | 6,154 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of pertinent information about a derivative or group of derivatives on a disaggregated basis, such as for individual instruments, or small groups of similar instruments. May include a combination of the type of instrument, risks being hedged, notional amount, hedge designation, related hedged item, inception date, maturity date, or other relevant item. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=d3e41638-113959 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=d3e41678-113959 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1B -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=SL5580258-113959 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(n)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e23780-122690 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=SL5579245-113959 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 25 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6886632&loc=d3e76258-113986 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=d3e41620-113959 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4B -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=SL5624163-113959 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=d3e41641-113959 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=SL5579240-113959 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4C -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=SL5624171-113959 + Details
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