Investment Funds

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

The Company evaluates whether it is an investor in a variable interest entity ("VIE"). Such entities do not have sufficient equity at risk to finance their activities without additional subordinated financial support, or the equity investors, as a group, do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest (primary beneficiary). The Company determines whether it is the primary beneficiary of an entity subject to consolidation based on a qualitative assessment of the VIE's capital structure, contractual terms, nature of the VIE's operations and purpose, and the Company's relative exposure to the related risks of the VIE on the date it becomes initially involved in the VIE and on an ongoing basis. The Company is not the primary beneficiary in any of its investment funds, and accordingly, carries its interests in investment funds under the equity method of accounting.

The Company’s maximum exposure to loss with respect to these investments is limited to the carrying amount reported on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and its unfunded commitments, which were $376 million as of March 31, 2018.

Investment funds consisted of the following:



	Carrying Value as of				Income from Investment Funds
	March 31,		December 31,		For the Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)	2018		2017		2018		2017
Real estate	$	624,716	$	606,995	$	26,051	$	4,532
Energy	80,833		82,882		74		3,245
Other funds	455,578		465,800		14,229		18,872
Total	$	1,161,127	$	1,155,677	$	40,354	$	26,649

The Company's share of the earnings or losses of investment funds is generally reported on a one-quarter lag in order to facilitate the timely completion of the Company's consolidated financial statements.