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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Aggregate Minimum Future Payments, Net of Sublease Income, Required on Operating Leases | As of December 31, 2013, the aggregate minimum future payments, net of sublease income, required on the operating leases are as follows:
2014 |  | $ | 71,286 |
2015 |  |  | 67,388 |
2016 |  |  | 61,299 |
2017 |  |  | 56,379 |
2018 |  |  | 54,279 |
Thereafter |  |  | 189,150 |
Total |  | $ | 499,781 |
Clawback Obligations by Segment | The following table presents the clawback obligations by segment:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Segment |  | Blackstone Holdings |  |  | Current and Former Personnel |  |  | Total |  |  | Blackstone Holdings |  |  | Current and Former Personnel |  |  | Total |
Private Equity |  | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | 151 |  |  | $ | 146 |  |  | $ | 69,302 |  |  | $ | 133,852 |  |  | $ | 203,154 |
Real Estate |  |  | 1,501 |  |  |  | 518 |  |  |  | 2,019 |  |  |  | 32,152 |  |  |  | 31,223 |  |  |  | 63,375 |
Credit |  |  | 1,213 |  |  |  | 892 |  |  |  | 2,105 |  |  |  | 340 |  |  |  | 247 |  |  |  | 587 |
Total |  | $ | 2,709 |  |  | $ | 1,561 |  |  | $ | 4,270 |  |  | $ | 101,794 |  |  | $ | 165,322 |  |  | $ | 267,116 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453985&loc=d3e41502-112717 + Details
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