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INVESTMENTS (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Investments | Investments consists of the following:
|  | March 31, 2015 |  |  | December 31, 2014 |
Investments of Consolidated Blackstone Funds |  | $ | 11,123,132 |  |  | $ | 11,375,407 |
Equity Method Investments |  |  | 3,144,959 |  |  |  | 3,240,825 |
Blackstone’s Treasury Cash Management Strategies |  |  | 1,631,696 |  |  |  | 1,666,061 |
Performance Fees |  |  | 6,842,398 |  |  |  | 6,337,045 |
Other Investments |  |  | 154,069 |  |  |  | 146,251 |
|  | $ | 22,896,254 |  |  | $ | 22,765,589 |
Reconciliation of Realized and Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) to Other Income - Net Gains 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 March 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Realized Gains |  | $ | 65,658 |  |  | $ | 13,713 |
Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) |  |  | 109,247 |  |  |  | (27,214 | )
Realized and Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Consolidated Blackstone Funds |  |  | 174,905 |  |  |  | (13,501 | )
Interest and Dividend Revenue Attributable to Consolidated Blackstone Funds |  |  | 64,067 |  |  |  | 83,656 |
Other Income — Net Gains from Fund Investment Activities |  | $ | 238,972 |  |  | $ | 70,155 |
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 March 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Realized Gains (Losses) |  | $ | (161 | ) |  | $ | 3,094 |
Net Change in Unrealized Gains |  |  | 11,111 |  |  |  | 8,970 |
|  | $ | 10,950 |  |  | $ | 12,064 |
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, 2014 |  | $ | 2,215,584 |  |  | $ | 3,721,751 |  |  | $ | 15,031 |  |  | $ | 384,679 |  |  | $ | 6,337,045 |
Performance Fees Allocated as a Result of Changes in Fund Fair Values |  |  | 949,515 |  |  |  | 674,475 |  |  |  | 12,353 |  |  |  | 7,115 |  |  |  | 1,643,458 |
Foreign Exchange Loss |  |  | — |  |  |  | (43,947 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (43,947 | )
Fund Distributions |  |  | (402,044 | ) |  |  | (666,321 | ) |  |  | (12,696 | ) |  |  | (13,097 | ) |  |  | (1,094,158 | )
Performance Fees, March 31, 2015 |  | $ | 2,763,055 |  |  | $ | 3,685,958 |  |  | $ | 14,688 |  |  | $ | 378,697 |  |  | $ | 6,842,398 |
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 March 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Realized Gains |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 6,307 |
Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) |  |  | 371 |  |  |  | (6,504 | )
|  | $ | 393 |  |  | $ | (197 | )

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