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DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
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, 2014 |  |  | December 31, 2013 |
|  | Assets |  |  | Liabilities |  |  | Assets |  |  | Liabilities |
|  | Notional |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Notional |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Notional |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Notional |  |  | Fair Value |
Freestanding Derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Blackstone — Other Interest Rate Contracts |  | $ | 455,766 |  |  | $ | 1,254 |  |  | $ | 956,729 |  |  | $ | 1,993 |  |  | $ | 1,994,276 |  |  | $ | 8,521 |  |  | $ | 1,083,140 |  |  | $ | 2,676 |
Foreign Currency Contracts |  |  | 269,367 |  |  |  | 5,200 |  |  |  | 328,481 |  |  |  | 831 |  |  |  | 166,066 |  |  |  | 1,480 |  |  |  | 163,787 |  |  |  | 1,015 |
Total Return Swaps |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 326,929 |  |  |  | 342 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Credit Default Swaps |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 66,500 |  |  |  | 1,835 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 10,000 |  |  |  | 591 |
Investments of Consolidated Blackstone Funds Foreign Currency Contracts |  |  | 199,902 |  |  |  | 11,921 |  |  |  | 263,240 |  |  |  | 22,620 |  |  |  | 396,569 |  |  |  | 30,830 |  |  |  | 239,037 |  |  |  | 10,018 |
Interest Rate Contracts |  |  | 23,645 |  |  |  | 2,772 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 62,193 |  |  |  | 3,726 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Credit Default Swaps |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 110,688 |  |  |  | 5,179 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 948,680 |  |  | $ | 21,147 |  |  | $ | 1,725,638 |  |  | $ | 32,458 |  |  | $ | 2,946,033 |  |  | $ | 44,899 |  |  | $ | 1,495,964 |  |  | $ | 14,300 |
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, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Freestanding Derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Realized Gains (Losses) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest Rate Contracts |  | $ | 2,482 |  |  | $ | 359 |  |  | $ | 1,079 |  |  | $ | (596 | )
Foreign Currency Contracts |  |  | 4,327 |  |  |  | 11,847 |  |  |  | 1,346 |  |  |  | 8,084 |
Credit Default Swaps |  |  | 763 |  |  |  | 92 |  |  |  | 2,045 |  |  |  | (81 | )
Total |  | $ | 7,572 |  |  | $ | 12,298 |  |  | $ | 4,470 |  |  | $ | 7,407 |
Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest Rate Contracts |  | $ | (111 | ) |  | $ | (2,512 | ) |  | $ | (4,384 | ) |  | $ | (12,005 | )
Foreign Currency Contracts |  |  | (5,253 | ) |  |  | (11,553 | ) |  |  | (27,197 | ) |  |  | 1,083 |
Credit Default Swaps |  |  | (1,060 | ) |  |  | 211 |  |  |  | 3,738 |  |  |  | (89 | )
Total |  | $ | (6,424 | ) |  | $ | (13,854 | ) |  | $ | (27,843 | ) |  | $ | (11,011 | )

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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 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=d3e41678-113959 Reference 2: 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 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=35706170&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=35706170&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=35706170&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=35706170&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=35706170&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=35706170&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=35706170&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=35706170&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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