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INVESTMENTS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Investments | Investments consists of the following:
|  | September 30, 2014 |  |  | December 31, 2013 |
Investments of Consolidated Blackstone Funds |  | $ | 10,733,353 |  |  | $ | 12,521,248 |
Equity Method Investments |  |  | 3,433,312 |  |  |  | 3,309,879 |
Blackstone’s Treasury Cash Management Strategies |  |  | 1,693,373 |  |  |  | 1,104,800 |
Performance Fees |  |  | 6,122,738 |  |  |  | 4,674,792 |
Other Investments |  |  | 138,377 |  |  |  | 118,804 |
|  | $ | 22,121,153 |  |  | $ | 21,729,523 |
Reconciliation of Realized and Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) to Other Income (Loss) - Net Gains (Losses) from Fund Investment Activities in Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations | The following table presents the Realized and Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on investments held by the consolidated Blackstone Funds and a reconciliation to Other Income—Net Gains from Fund Investment Activities in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Realized Gains (Losses) |  | $ | 32,427 |  |  | $ | (2,932 | ) |  | $ | 66,366 |  |  | $ | 95,403 |
Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) |  |  | (71,525 | ) |  |  | 46,872 |  |  |  | (30,406 | ) |  |  | (36,855 | )
Realized and Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Consolidated Blackstone Funds |  |  | (39,098 | ) |  |  | 43,940 |  |  |  | 35,960 |  |  |  | 58,548 |
Interest and Dividend Revenue Attributable to Consolidated Blackstone Funds |  |  | 47,780 |  |  |  | 44,012 |  |  |  | 181,462 |  |  |  | 137,580 |
Other Income — Net Gains from Fund Investment Activities |  | $ | 8,682 |  |  | $ | 87,952 |  |  | $ | 217,422 |  |  | $ | 196,128 |
Realized and Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments Held by Blackstone's Treasury Cash Management Strategies | The following table presents the realized and net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments held by Blackstone’s Treasury Cash Management Strategies:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Realized Gains (Losses) |  | $ | 2,142 |  |  | $ | (6,587 | ) |  | $ | 6,307 |  |  | $ | (4,030 | )
Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) |  |  | (14,541 | ) |  |  | 10,126 |  |  |  | 1,551 |  |  |  | (9,041 | )
|  | $ | (12,399 | ) |  | $ | 3,539 |  |  | $ | 7,858 |  |  | $ | (13,071 | )
Performance Fees Allocated to Funds | Performance Fees allocated to the general partner in respect of performance of certain Carry Funds, funds of hedge funds and credit-focused funds were as follows:
|  | Private Equity |  |  | Real Estate |  |  | Hedge Fund Solutions |  |  | Credit |  |  | Total |
Performance Fees, December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 971,860 |  |  | $ | 3,268,606 |  |  | $ | 9,468 |  |  | $ | 424,858 |  |  | $ | 4,674,792 |
Performance Fees Allocated as a Result of Changes in Fund Fair Values |  |  | 1,222,677 |  |  |  | 1,435,215 |  |  |  | 40,181 |  |  |  | 237,877 |  |  |  | 2,935,950 |
Foreign Exchange Loss |  |  | — |  |  |  | (22,975 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (22,975 | )
Fund Distributions |  |  | (416,492 | ) |  |  | (836,664 | ) |  |  | (18,443 | ) |  |  | (193,430 | ) |  |  | (1,465,029 | )
Performance Fees, September 30, 2014 |  | $ | 1,778,045 |  |  | $ | 3,844,182 |  |  | $ | 31,206 |  |  | $ | 469,305 |  |  | $ | 6,122,738 |
Realized and Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses), Other Investments | The following table presents Blackstone’s realized and net change in unrealized gains (losses) in other investments:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Realized Gains (Losses) |  | $ | (460 | ) |  | $ | (168 | ) |  | $ | 5,152 |  |  | $ | 13,938 |
Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) |  |  | 239 |  |  |  | 1,331 |  |  |  | (6,252 | ) |  |  | (11,170 | )
|  | $ | (221 | ) |  | $ | 1,163 |  |  | $ | (1,100 | ) |  | $ | 2,768 |

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