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Intangible Assets, Net (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summary of Intangible Assets, Net | Intangible assets, net are summarized as follows:
|  | March 31, 2015 |  |  | December 31, 2014 |
($ in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |
Definite-lived intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment contracts |  | $ | 158,747 |  |  | $ | 158,747 |
Accumulated amortization |  |  | (150,217 | ) |  |  | (149,380 | )
Definite-lived intangible assets, net |  |  | 8,530 |  |  |  | 9,367 |
Indefinite-lived intangible assets |  |  | 32,416 |  |  |  | 32,416 |
Total intangible assets, net |  | $ | 40,946 |  |  | $ | 41,783 |
Schedule of Activity in Intangible Assets, Net | Activity in intangible assets, net is as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
($ in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of period |  | $ | 41,783 |  |  | $ | 44,633 |
Amortization |  |  | (837 | ) |  |  | (1,105 | )
Balance, end of period |  | $ | 40,946 |  |  | $ | 43,528 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of goodwill and intangible assets, which may be broken down by segment or major class. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267 + Details
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