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Debt (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Outstanding Debt | The Company’s outstanding debt consisted of the following at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:
(Dollars in thousands) |  | September 30, 2015 |  |  | December 31, 2014 |
Margin Borrowing Facilities |  | $ | 195,787 |  |  | $ | 174,673 |
7.75% Subordinated Notes due 2045 |  |  | 96,357 |  |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 292,144 |  |  | $ | 174,673 |
Amounts Recorded for the Margin Borrowing Facilities and 7.75% Subordinated Notes | The following tables represent the amounts recorded for the margin borrowing facilities and 7.75% subordinated notes as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:
|  | September 30, 2015 |
|  | Outstanding Principal |  |  | Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs |  |  | Net Carrying Amount |
Margin Borrowing Facilities |  | $ | 195,787 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 195,787 |
7.75% Subordinated Notes due 2045 |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  | (3,643 | ) |  |  | 96,357 |
|  | $ | 295,787 |  |  | $ | (3,643 | ) |  | $ | 292,144 |
|  | December 31, 2014 |
|  | Outstanding Principal |  |  | Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs |  |  | Net Carrying Amount |
Margin Borrowing Facilities |  | $ | 174,673 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 174,673 |
7.75% Subordinated Notes due 2045 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
|  | $ | 174,673 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 174,673 |

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