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DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
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, 2015 |  |  | December 31, 2014 |
|  | Assets |  |  | Liabilities |  |  | Assets |  |  | Liabilities |
|  | Notional |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Notional |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Notional |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Notional |  |  | Fair Value |
Net Investment Hedges |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Contracts |  | $ | 140 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 56,008 |  |  | $ | 244 |  |  | $ | 62,078 |  |  | $ | 523 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Freestanding Derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Blackstone — Other Interest Rate Contracts |  |  | 1,510,139 |  |  |  | 1,260 |  |  |  | 1,557,240 |  |  |  | 11,834 |  |  |  | 223,886 |  |  |  | 407 |  |  |  | 879,412 |  |  |  | 4,590 |
Foreign Currency Contracts |  |  | 181,335 |  |  |  | 2,443 |  |  |  | 210,855 |  |  |  | 1,849 |  |  |  | 192,163 |  |  |  | 2,798 |  |  |  | 148,873 |  |  |  | 681 |
Credit Default Swaps |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 74,000 |  |  |  | 6,413 |  |  |  | 19,500 |  |  |  | 85 |  |  |  | 56,000 |  |  |  | 868 |
Investments of Consolidated Blackstone Funds |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Contracts |  |  | 97,169 |  |  |  | 2,345 |  |  |  | 107,632 |  |  |  | 5,975 |  |  |  | 199,364 |  |  |  | 8,915 |  |  |  | 250,244 |  |  |  | 21,875 |
Interest Rate Contracts |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 22,659 |  |  |  | 2,281 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Credit Default Swaps |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 87,088 |  |  |  | 4,454 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 91,372 |  |  |  | 2,514 |
|  |  | 1,788,643 |  |  |  | 6,048 |  |  |  | 2,036,815 |  |  |  | 30,525 |  |  |  | 657,572 |  |  |  | 14,486 |  |  |  | 1,425,901 |  |  |  | 30,528 |
Total |  | $ | 1,788,783 |  |  | $ | 6,048 |  |  | $ | 2,092,823 |  |  | $ | 30,769 |  |  | $ | 719,650 |  |  | $ | 15,009 |  |  | $ | 1,425,901 |  |  | $ | 30,528 |
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, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Net Investment Hedges — Foreign Currency Contracts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Hedge Ineffectiveness |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 229 |  |  | $ | — |
Freestanding Derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Realized Gains (Losses) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest Rate Contracts |  | $ | (2,076 | ) |  | $ | 2,482 |  |  | $ | (7,169 | ) |  | $ | 1,079 |
Foreign Currency Contracts |  |  | 53 |  |  |  | 4,327 |  |  |  | 8,956 |  |  |  | 1,346 |
Credit Default Swaps |  |  | 646 |  |  |  | 763 |  |  |  | 4,427 |  |  |  | 2,045 |
Total |  | $ | (1,377 | ) |  | $ | 7,572 |  |  | $ | 6,214 |  |  | $ | 4,470 |
Freestanding Derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest Rate Contracts |  | $ | (7,282 | ) |  | $ | (111 | ) |  | $ | (3,321 | ) |  | $ | (4,384 | )
Foreign Currency Contracts |  |  | 1,796 |  |  |  | (5,253 | ) |  |  | (6,449 | ) |  |  | (27,197 | )
Credit Default Swaps |  |  | (3,319 | ) |  |  | (1,060 | ) |  |  | (8,710 | ) |  |  | 3,738 |
Total |  | $ | (8,805 | ) |  | $ | (6,424 | ) |  | $ | (18,480 | ) |  | $ | (27,843 | )

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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 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56946850&loc=d3e41641-113959 Reference 2: 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=56946850&loc=SL5624163-113959 Reference 3: 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=56946850&loc=d3e41678-113959 Reference 4: 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=56946850&loc=d3e41638-113959 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=56946850&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 1A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56946850&loc=SL5579245-113959 Reference 7: 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=56946850&loc=SL5624171-113959 Reference 8: 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 9: 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=56946850&loc=SL5579240-113959 Reference 10: 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=56946850&loc=d3e41620-113959 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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