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Variable Interest Entities | 9 Months Ended
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11. Variable Interest Entities Sponsored Investment Funds The Company's Affiliates act as the investment manager for certain investment funds that are considered variable interest entities ("VIEs"). In addition to an Affiliate's involvement as the investment manager, Affiliates may also hold investments in these products. Affiliates are not the primary beneficiary of these VIEs as their involvement is limited to that of a service provider and their investment, if any, represents an insignificant interest in the fund's assets under management. As a result, the Company's variable interests will not absorb the majority of the variability of the entity's net assets and therefore the Company has not consolidated these entities. Trust Preferred Vehicles The Company established wholly-owned trusts in connection with the 2006 and 2007 issuances of junior convertible trust preferred securities. These entities are considered VIEs and the Company is not the primary beneficiary, therefore these entities are not consolidated in the Company's financial statements. The net assets and liabilities of these unconsolidated VIEs and the Company's maximum risk of loss related thereto are as follows:
|  | December 31, 2011 |  | September 30, 2012 |
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Category of Investment |  | Unconsolidated VIE Net Assets |  | Carrying Value and Maximum Exposure to Loss |  | Unconsolidated VIE Net Assets |  | Carrying Value and Maximum Exposure to Loss |
Sponsored investment funds |  | $ | 3,618.4 |  | $ | 1.1 |  | $ | 5,972.4 |  | $ | 1.7 |
Trust preferred vehicles |  |  | 9.0 |  |  | 9.0 |  |  | 9.0 |  |  | 9.0 |

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- Definition This element represents the disclosure of variable interest entities (VIE), including, but not limited to the nature, purpose, size, and activities of the VIE, the carrying amount and classification of consolidated assets that are collateral for the VIE's obligations, lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of a consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary. Which also include information related to Sponsored Investment Funds and Trust Preferred Vehicles related to variable interest entities (VIE). + References No definition available. + Details
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