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SECURITIES PURCHASED UNDER RESALE AGREEMENTS AND SOLD UNDER REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
RESALE AND REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS |
Schedule of balance sheet offsetting for resale agreements and repurchase agreements | The following tables present resale and repurchase agreements included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015:
($ in thousands) |  | As of March 31, 2016
|  | Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets |  | Gross Amounts Offset on the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  | Net Amounts of Assets Presented on the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  | Gross Amounts Not Offset on the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  | Financial Instruments |  | Collateral Received |  | Net Amount
Resale agreements |  | $ | 2,050,000 |  |  | $ | (250,000 | ) |  | $ | 1,800,000 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,797,373 | ) | (1) | $ | 2,627 |
|  | Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities |  | Gross Amounts Offset on the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  | Net Amounts of Liabilities Presented on the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  | Gross Amounts Not Offset on the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  | Financial Instruments |  | Collateral Posted |  | Net Amount
Repurchase agreements |  | $ | 450,000 |  |  | $ | (250,000 | ) |  | $ | 200,000 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (200,000 | ) | (2) | $ | — |
($ in thousands) |  | As of December 31, 2015
|  | Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets |  | Gross Amounts Offset on the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  | Net Amounts of Assets Presented on the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  | Gross Amounts Not Offset on the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  | Financial Instruments |  | Collateral Received |  | Net Amount
Resale agreements |  | $ | 2,050,000 |  |  | $ | (450,000 | ) |  | $ | 1,600,000 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,593,503 | ) | (1) | $ | 6,497 |
|  | Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities |  | Gross Amounts Offset on the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  | Net Amounts of Liabilities Presented on the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  | Gross Amounts Not Offset on the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  | Financial Instruments |  | Collateral Posted |  | Net Amount
Repurchase agreements |  | $ | 450,000 |  |  | $ | (450,000 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  | (2) | $ | — |
(1) | Represents the fair value of securities the Company has received under resale agreements, limited for table presentation purposes to the amount of the recognized asset due from each counterparty.
(2) | Represents the fair value of securities the Company has pledged under repurchase agreements, limited for table presentation purposes to the amount of the recognized liability owed to each counterparty.

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