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FAIR VALUE OPTION (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Summary of Financial Instruments for Which Fair Value Option Has Been Elected | The following table summarizes the financial instruments for which the fair value option has been elected:
|  | September 30, 2013 |  |  | December 31, 2012 |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loans and Receivables |  | $ | 98,077 |  |  | $ | 30,663 |
Equity and Preferred Securities |  |  | 65,614 |  |  |  | 16,147 |
Assets of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate Loans |  |  | 8,800,348 |  |  |  | 11,053,513 |
Corporate Bonds |  |  | 146,086 |  |  |  | 162,456 |
Other |  |  | 14,348 |  |  |  | 18,285 |
|  | $ | 9,124,473 |  |  | $ | 11,281,064 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Secured Notes |  | $ | 8,641,507 |  |  | $ | 10,695,136 |
Subordinated Notes |  |  | 605,380 |  |  |  | 846,471 |
|  | $ | 9,246,887 |  |  | $ | 11,541,607 |
Realized and Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Financial Instruments on Financial Instruments on Which Fair Value Option was Elected | The following table presents the realized and net change in unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments on which the fair value option was elected:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
|  | Realized Gains (Losses) |  |  | Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) |  |  | Realized Gains (Losses) |  |  | Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loans and Receivables |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (897 | ) |  | $ | (308 | ) |  | $ | 30 |
Equity and Preferred Securities |  |  | (622 | ) |  |  | 1,206 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Assets of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate Loans |  |  | (14,533 | ) |  |  | 90,412 |  |  |  | (2,522 | ) |  |  | 163,390 |
Corporate Bonds |  |  | 156 |  |  |  | 1,262 |  |  |  | (268 | ) |  |  | 708 |
Other |  |  | 280 |  |  |  | (4,075 | ) |  |  | 886 |  |  |  | 1,382 |
|  | $ | (14,719 | ) |  | $ | 87,908 |  |  | $ | (2,212 | ) |  | $ | 165,510 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Secured Notes |  | $ | (2,833 | ) |  | $ | (127,864 | ) |  | $ | 60 |  |  | $ | (289,500 | )
Subordinated Notes |  |  | — |  |  |  | 19,158 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (104,325 | )
|  | $ | (2,833 | ) |  | $ | (108,706 | ) |  | $ | 60 |  |  | $ | (393,825 | )
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
|  | Realized Gains (Losses) |  |  | Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) |  |  | Realized Gains (Losses) |  |  | Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loans and Receivables |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | (1,101 | ) |  | $ | (308 | ) |  | $ | (366 | )
Equity and Preferred Securities |  |  | (2,020 | ) |  |  | 1,487 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Assets of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate Loans |  |  | 28,541 |  |  |  | 125,284 |  |  |  | (27,240 | ) |  |  | 465,102 |
Corporate Bonds |  |  | 3,809 |  |  |  | (4,596 | ) |  |  | 450 |  |  |  | 10,003 |
Other |  |  | 1,706 |  |  |  | (2,963 | ) |  |  | 2,425 |  |  |  | 11,489 |
|  | $ | 32,079 |  |  | $ | 118,111 |  |  | $ | (24,673 | ) |  | $ | 486,228 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Secured Notes |  | $ | (2,833 | ) |  | $ | (419,817 | ) |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | (335,598 | )
Subordinated Notes |  |  | — |  |  |  | 97,167 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (38,920 | )
|  | $ | (2,833 | ) |  | $ | (322,650 | ) |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | (374,518 | )
Information for Financial Instruments on Which Fair Value Option was Elected | The following table presents information for those financial instruments for which the fair value option was elected:
|  | September 30, 2013 |  |  | December 31, 2012 |
|  |  |  |  | For Financial Assets Past Due (a) |  |  |  |  |  | For Financial Assets Past Due (a) |
|  | Excess (Deficiency) of Fair Value Over Principal |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Excess (Deficiency) of Fair Value Over Principal |  |  | Excess (Deficiency) of Fair Value Over Principal |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Excess (Deficiency) of Fair Value Over Principal |
Loans and Receivables |  | $ | (1,223 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (292 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Assets of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate Loans |  |  | (351,515 | ) |  |  | 52,986 |  |  |  | (143,727 | ) |  |  | (586,450 | ) |  |  | 35,322 |  |  |  | (73,291 | )
Corporate Bonds |  |  | (1,216 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (984 | ) |  |  | 831 |  |  |  | (44 | )
|  | $ | (353,954 | ) |  | $ | 52,986 |  |  | $ | (143,727 | ) |  | $ | (587,726 | ) |  | $ | 36,153 |  |  | $ | (73,335 | )
(a) | Past due Corporate Loans and Corporate Bonds within CLO assets are classified as past due if contractual payments are more than one day past due.

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