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Corporate debt (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Corporate debt [Abstract] |
Corporate debt | The breakdown of the corporate debt as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 is as follows:
|  | Balance as of March 31, |  |  | Balance as of December 31, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | ($ in thousands) |
Non-current |  |  | 583,559 |  |  |  | 574,176 |
Current |  |  | 73,762 |  |  |  | 68,907 |
Total Corporate Debt |  |  | 657,321 |  |  |  | 643,083 |
Repayment schedule for corporate debt | The repayment schedule for the corporate debt as of March 31, 2018 is as follows:
|  | Remainder of 2018 |  |  | Between January and March 2019 |  |  | Between April and December 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | Subsequent years |  |  | Total |
Credit Facility Tranche A |  |  | 53,846 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 53,846 |
Note Issuance Facility |  |  | 103 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 110,385 |  |  |  | 219,569 |  |  |  | 330,057 |
2017 Credit Facility |  |  | 12,277 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 12,277 |
2019 Notes |  |  | 7,536 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 253,605 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 261,141 |
Total |  |  | 73,762 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 253,605 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 110,385 |  |  |  | 219,569 |  |  |  | 657,321 |

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