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FAIR VALUE OPTION (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Summary of Financial Instruments for Which Fair Value Option Has Been Elected | The following table summarizes the financial instruments for which the fair value option has been elected:
|  | March 31, 2015 |  |  | December 31, 2014 |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loans and Receivables |  | $ | 40,691 |  |  | $ | 40,397 |
Equity and Preferred Securities |  |  | 103,971 |  |  |  | 102,907 |
Assets of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate Loans |  |  | 5,902,169 |  |  |  | 6,279,592 |
Corporate Bonds |  |  | 322,696 |  |  |  | 292,690 |
Other |  |  | 75,387 |  |  |  | 44,513 |
|  | $ | 6,444,914 |  |  | $ | 6,760,099 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Secured Notes |  | $ | 6,587,954 |  |  | $ | 6,448,352 |
Subordinated Notes |  |  | 345,793 |  |  |  | 348,752 |
|  | $ | 6,933,747 |  |  | $ | 6,797,104 |
Realized and Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Financial Instruments on Financial Instruments on Which Fair Value Option was Elected | The following table presents the realized and net change in unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments on which the fair value option was elected:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
|  | Realized Gains (Losses) |  |  | Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) |  |  | Realized Gains (Losses) |  |  | Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loans and Receivables |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,875 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Equity and Preferred Securities |  |  | (185 | ) |  |  | (2,828 | ) |  |  | (584 | ) |  |  | 5,118 |
Assets of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate Loans |  |  | 6,656 |  |  |  | 67,619 |  |  |  | (38,242 | ) |  |  | 15,059 |
Corporate Bonds |  |  | (1,105 | ) |  |  | 3,916 |  |  |  | 1,098 |  |  |  | 252 |
Other |  |  | 1,955 |  |  |  | (376 | ) |  |  | 14,997 |  |  |  | (3,118 | )
|  | $ | 7,321 |  |  | $ | 66,456 |  |  | $ | (22,731 | ) |  | $ | 17,311 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Secured Notes |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (28,071 | ) |  | $ | (2,538 | ) |  | $ | (55,874 | )
Subordinated Notes |  |  | — |  |  |  | 20,565 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 36,955 |
|  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (7,506 | ) |  | $ | (2,538 | ) |  | $ | (18,919 | )
Information for Financial Instruments on Which Fair Value Option was Elected | The following table presents information for those financial instruments for which the fair value option was elected:
|  | March 31, 2015 |  |  | December 31, 2014 |
|  |  |  |  | For Financial Assets Past Due (a) |  |  |  |  |  | For Financial Assets Past Due (a) |
|  | Excess (Deficiency) of Fair Value Over Principal |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Excess (Deficiency) of Fair Value Over Principal |  |  | Excess (Deficiency) of Fair Value Over Principal |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Excess (Deficiency) of Fair Value Over Principal |
Loans and Receivables |  | $ | (7,273 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (5,323 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Assets of Consolidated CLO Vehicles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate Loans |  |  | (83,924 | ) |  |  | 2,875 |  |  |  | (25,514 | ) |  |  | (197,580 | ) |  |  | 4,369 |  |  |  | (21,876 | )
Corporate Bonds |  |  | (2,324 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (7,814 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
|  | $ | (93,521 | ) |  | $ | 2,875 |  |  | $ | (25,514 | ) |  | $ | (210,717 | ) |  | $ | 4,369 |  |  | $ | (21,876 | )
(a) | Corporate Loans and Corporate Bonds within CLO assets are classified as past due if contractual payments are more than one day past due.

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