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Investments | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Investments Schedule [Abstract] |
Investments | Investments Investments consist primarily of investments in the Company's sponsored products. The Company's investments, excluding the assets of consolidated investment products discussed in Note 17, at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, were as follows:
| March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
($ in thousands) |  |  |
Investment securities - fair value | $ | 56,362 |  |  | $ | 59,271 |
Investment securities - available for sale | — |  |  | 2,023 |
Equity method investments | 11,051 |  |  | 10,573 |
Nonqualified retirement plan assets | 7,519 |  |  | 6,716 |
Other investments | 993 |  |  | 975 |
Total investments | $ | 75,925 |  |  | $ | 79,558 |
Investment Securities - fair value Investment securities - fair value consist of investments in the Company's sponsored funds, separately managed accounts and trading debt securities. The composition of the Company’s investment securities - fair value is summarized as follows:
| March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
| Cost |  | Fair Value |  | Cost |  | Fair Value
($ in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment Securities - fair value |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sponsored funds | $ | 33,082 |  |  | $ | 33,075 |  |  | $ | 43,507 |  |  | $ | 40,191 |
Equity securities | 16,628 |  |  | 18,827 |  |  | 16,380 |  |  | 16,981 |
Debt securities | 4,460 |  |  | 4,460 |  |  | 3,816 |  |  | 2,099 |
Total Investment Securities - fair value | $ | 54,170 |  |  | $ | 56,362 |  |  | $ | 63,703 |  |  | $ | 59,271 |
For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recognized a realized loss of $0.8 million on the sale of its investment securities - fair value. For the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company recognized a realized loss of $0.4 million on investment securities - fair value. Investments securities - available for sale The investment securities - available for sale primarily consist of investments in CLOs for which the Company provides investment management services and does not consolidate. The Company had no investment securities - available for sale as of March 31, 2019. The composition of the Company’s investment securities - available for sale is summarized as follows:
| December 31, 2018
| Cost |  | Unrealized Loss |  | Unrealized Gain |  | Fair Value
($ in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment Securities - available for sale |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investments in CLOs | $ | 3,696 |  |  | $ | (1,673 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,023 |

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