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Investments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract] |
Investments | Investments Investments on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 included available-for-sale and trading securities. At December 31, 2016 and 2015, Federated held investments totaling $130.8 million and $141.7 million, respectively, in fluctuating-value Federated Funds that were classified as available-for-sale securities and were included in Investments—affiliates on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The decrease in Investments—affiliates primarily related to a newly consolidated VIE as a result of the adoption of ASU 2015-02 and is now recorded in Investments—consolidated investment companies. See Note (2) for additional information. Available-for-sale securities were as follows at December 31:
|  | 2016 |  | 2015
|  |  |  | Gross Unrealized |  | Estimated Fair Value |  |  |  | Gross Unrealized |  | Estimated Fair Value
in thousands |  | Cost |  |  | Gains |  |  | (Losses) |  |  | Cost |  |  | Gains |  |  | (Losses) |  |
Equity funds |  | $ | 23,883 |  |  | $ | 2,112 |  |  | $ | (266 | ) |  | $ | 25,729 |  |  | $ | 32,357 |  |  | $ | 342 |  |  | $ | (2,416 | ) |  | $ | 30,283 |
Fixed-income funds |  | 105,514 |  |  | 92 |  |  | (550 | ) |  | 105,056 |  |  | 115,396 |  |  | 109 |  |  | (4,040 | ) |  | 111,465 |
Total available-for-sale securities |  | $ | 129,397 |  |  | $ | 2,204 |  |  | $ | (816 | ) |  | $ | 130,785 |  |  | $ | 147,753 |  |  | $ | 451 |  |  | $ | (6,456 | ) |  | $ | 141,748 |
During 2016 and 2015, the unrealized losses on certain investments were deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired. As a result, Federated recorded $1.6 million and $1.3 million to Gain (loss) on securities, net to write down the carrying values of the investments for 2016 and 2015, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, unrealized losses of $6.5 million related to investments with a fair value of $124.0 million. Of these, investments with a fair value of $92.6 million with unrealized losses of $5.5 million have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for 12 months or longer. The remaining investments with a fair value of $31.4 million with unrealized losses of $1.0 million have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for less than 12 months. Federated's trading securities totaled $65.5 million and $32.4 million at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The increase in trading securities primarily related to the aforementioned newly consolidated VIE which was previously recorded in Investments—affiliates on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note (2) for additional information. Federated consolidates certain Federated Funds into its Consolidated Financial Statements as a result of Federated's controlling financial interest in the Federated Fund (see Note (4)). All investments held by these Federated Funds were included in Investments—consolidated investment companies on Federated's Consolidated Balance Sheets. Investments—other on the Consolidated Balance Sheets represented other trading investments held in Separate Accounts. Federated's trading securities as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, were primarily composed of domestic debt securities ($45.5 million and $9.0 million, respectively), investments in Federated Funds ($8.9 million and $11.0 million, respectively) and stocks of large U.S. and international companies ($7.2 million and $10.5 million, respectively). The following table presents gains and losses recognized in Gain (loss) on securities, net on the Consolidated Statements of Income in connection with Federated's investments as well as economic derivatives held by certain consolidated Federated Funds for the years ended December 31:
in thousands |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Unrealized gain (loss) |  |  |  |  |  |
Trading securities |  | $ | 4,971 |  |  | $ | (1,359 | ) |  | $ | (2,578 | )
Derivatives 1 |  | (348 | ) |  | 119 |  |  | (147 | )
Realized gains 2 |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale securities |  | 298 |  |  | 1,503 |  |  | 5,359 |
Trading securities |  | 1,663 |  |  | 910 |  |  | 4,514 |
Derivatives 1 |  | 1,032 |  |  | 301 |  |  | 214 |
Realized losses 2 |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale securities 3 |  | (1,647 | ) |  | (2,348 | ) |  | (91 | )
Trading securities |  | (2,252 | ) |  | (2,760 | ) |  | (1,848 | )
Derivatives 1 |  | (1,609 | ) |  | (1,630 | ) |  | (451 | )
Gain (loss) on securities, net 4 |  | $ | 2,108 |  |  | $ | (5,264 | ) |  | $ | 4,972 |
1 | Amounts related to the settlement of economic derivatives held by certain consolidated Federated Funds.
2 | Realized gains and losses are computed on a specific-identification basis.
3 | The losses for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 include impairments of certain available-for-sale securities.
4 | Amounts related to consolidated entities, primarily Federated Funds, totaled $2.9 million, $(4.0) million and $(0.6) million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

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