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DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
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.
|  | September 30, 2013 |  |  | December 31, 2012 |
|  | Assets |  |  | Liabilities |  |  | Assets |  |  | Liabilities |
|  | Notional |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Notional |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Notional |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Notional |  |  | Fair Value |
Freestanding Derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Blackstone—Other Interest Rate Contracts |  | $ | 1,914,476 |  |  | $ | 44,545 |  |  | $ | 1,035,600 |  |  | $ | 4,673 |  |  | $ | 689,300 |  |  | $ | 55,270 |  |  | $ | 636,555 |  |  | $ | 4,116 |
Foreign Currency Contracts |  |  | 68,896 |  |  |  | 1,490 |  |  |  | 66,115 |  |  |  | 1,398 |  |  |  | 16,771 |  |  |  | 74 |  |  |  | 7,025 |  |  |  | 81 |
Credit Default Swaps |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 41,000 |  |  |  | 4,534 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Investments of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Contracts |  |  | 362,841 |  |  |  | 30,954 |  |  |  | 236,887 |  |  |  | 8,775 |  |  |  | 435,229 |  |  |  | 37,898 |  |  |  | 301,551 |  |  |  | 17,101 |
Interest Rate Contracts |  |  | 81,505 |  |  |  | 3,653 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 165,517 |  |  |  | 6,132 |  |  |  | 90,500 |  |  |  | 772 |
Total |  | $ | 2,427,718 |  |  | $ | 80,642 |  |  | $ | 1,379,602 |  |  | $ | 19,380 |  |  | $ | 1,306,817 |  |  | $ | 99,374 |  |  | $ | 1,035,631 |  |  | $ | 22,070 |
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 September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Fair Value Hedges — Interest Rate Swaps |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Hedge Ineffectiveness |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 548 |
Excluded from Assessment of Effectiveness |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (938 | )
Realized Gain |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 22,941 |
Freestanding Derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Realized Gains (Losses) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest Rate Contracts |  | $ | 359 |  |  | $ | (189 | ) |  | $ | (596 | ) |  | $ | (2,740 | )
Foreign Currency Contracts |  |  | 11,847 |  |  |  | (1,438 | ) |  |  | 8,084 |  |  |  | 1,357 |
Other |  |  | 92 |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | (81 | ) |  |  | 15 |
Total |  | $ | 12,298 |  |  | $ | (1,619 | ) |  | $ | 7,407 |  |  | $ | (1,368 | )
Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest Rate Contracts |  | $ | (2,512 | ) |  | $ | 1,946 |  |  | $ | (12,005 | ) |  | $ | 9,565 |
Foreign Currency Contracts |  |  | (11,553 | ) |  |  | (11,027 | ) |  |  | 1,083 |  |  |  | (11,692 | )
Credit Default Swaps |  |  | 211 |  |  |  | (5 | ) |  |  | (89 | ) |  |  | (46 | )
Total |  | $ | (13,854 | ) |  | $ | (9,086 | ) |  | $ | (11,011 | ) |  | $ | (2,173 | )

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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 25 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6886632&loc=d3e76258-113986 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 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=d3e41620-113959 Reference 4: 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 5: 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 6: 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 7: 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 8: 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 9: 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 Reference 10: 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 11: 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=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690 + Details
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