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INVESTMENTS | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
INVESTMENTS |
4. | 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 |
Blackstone’s share of Investments of Consolidated Blackstone Funds totaled $671.1 million and $704.9 million at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. Investments of Consolidated Blackstone Funds 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 |
Equity Method Investments Blackstone’s equity method investments include its investments in private equity funds, real estate funds, funds of hedge funds and credit-focused funds and other proprietary investments, which are not consolidated but in which the Partnership exerts significant influence. Blackstone evaluates each of its equity method investments to determine if any were significant as defined by guidance from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. As of and for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, no individual equity method investment held by Blackstone met the significance criteria. As such, Blackstone is not required to present separate financial statements for any of its equity method investments. The Partnership recognized net gains related to its equity method investments of $161.3 million and $97.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Blackstone’s Treasury Cash Management Strategies The portion of Blackstone’s Treasury Cash Management Strategies included in Investments represents the Partnership’s liquid investments in government, other investment and non-investment grade securities and other investments. These strategies are primarily managed by third party institutions. 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 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 |
Other Investments Other Investments consist primarily of proprietary investment securities held by Blackstone. 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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