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FAIR VALUE OPTION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 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:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loans and Receivables |  | $ | 137,788 |  |  | $ | 30,663 |
Equity and Preferred Securities |  |  | 88,568 |  |  |  | 16,147 |
Assets of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate Loans |  |  | 8,466,889 |  |  |  | 11,053,513 |
Corporate Bonds |  |  | 161,382 |  |  |  | 162,456 |
Other |  |  | 41,061 |  |  |  | 18,285 |
|  | $ | 8,895,688 |  |  | $ | 11,281,064 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Secured Notes |  | $ | 8,302,572 |  |  | $ | 10,695,136 |
Subordinated Notes |  |  | 610,435 |  |  |  | 846,471 |
|  | $ | 8,913,007 |  |  | $ | 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:
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
|  | Realized Gains (Losses) |  |  | Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) |  |  | Realized Gains (Losses) |  |  | Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) |  |  | Realized Gains |  |  | Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loans and Receivables |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | (1,101 | ) |  | $ | (308 | ) |  | $ | (375 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (228 | )
Equity and Preferred Securities |  |  | (2,833 | ) |  |  | 7,273 |  |  |  | (353 | ) |  |  | 500 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Assets of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate Loans |  |  | 37,464 |  |  |  | 172,968 |  |  |  | (35,428 | ) |  |  | 554,628 |  |  |  | 76,314 |  |  |  | (396,946 | )
Corporate Bonds |  |  | 4,510 |  |  |  | (5,058 | ) |  |  | 393 |  |  |  | 13,264 |  |  |  | 1,099 |  |  |  | (7,605 | )
Other |  |  | 2,647 |  |  |  | (476 | ) |  |  | 2,425 |  |  |  | 11,889 |  |  |  | 13,296 |  |  |  | 29,908 |
|  | $ | 41,831 |  |  | $ | 173,606 |  |  | $ | (33,271 | ) |  | $ | 579,906 |  |  | $ | 90,709 |  |  | $ | (374,871 | )
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Secured Notes |  | $ | (6,078 | ) |  | $ | (485,655 | ) |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | (603,250 | ) |  | $ | 5,798 |  |  | $ | 58,067 |
Subordinated Notes |  |  | — |  |  |  | 96,991 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (69,141 | ) |  |  | 4,694 |  |  |  | 44,061 |
|  | $ | (6,078 | ) |  | $ | (388,664 | ) |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | (672,391 | ) |  | $ | 10,492 |  |  | $ | 102,128 |
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:
|  | December 31, 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 |  | $ | (533 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (292 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Assets of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate Loans |  |  | (281,254 | ) |  |  | 57,837 |  |  |  | (176,379 | ) |  |  | (586,450 | ) |  |  | 35,322 |  |  |  | (73,291 | )
Corporate Bonds |  |  | (1,789 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (984 | ) |  |  | 831 |  |  |  | (44 | )
|  | $ | (283,576 | ) |  | $ | 57,837 |  |  | $ | (176,379 | ) |  | $ | (587,726 | ) |  | $ | 36,153 |  |  | $ | (73,335 | )
(a) | 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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