Variable Interest Entities

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Variable Interest Entities

4. Variable Interest Entities

VIE Deconsolidation—During the first quarter 2020, as a result of the Apollo Global Management, Inc. (AGM and, together with its subsidiaries, Apollo) share transaction discussed further in Note 11 – Related Parties, we reassessed the consolidation conclusions for the following VIEs which are managed by Apollo affiliates:

• AAA Investments (Co-Invest VI), L.P. (CoInvest VI);

• AAA Investments (Co-Invest VII), L.P. (CoInvest VII);

• AAA Investments (Other), L.P. (CoInvest Other);

• Entities included under our agreement to purchase funds managed by Apollo entities (Strategic Partnership).

Following the share transaction, we determined that we are no longer the primary beneficiary of these entities, as a result of Apollo receiving significant economics of these entities through their increased economic ownership in us. We did not recognize a gain or loss upon deconsolidation, as the deconsolidated VIEs accounted for their assets and liabilities at fair value. The investments remaining from the deconsolidated VIEs are included at net asset value (NAV) in related party investment funds on the condensed consolidated balance sheets after March 31, 2020.

Commercial Mortgage Loan Securitization Trust—During the second quarter of 2020, we formed Hamlet Securitization Trust 2020-CRE1 (Hamlet) to securitize a portion of our commercial mortgage loan portfolio as CMBS securities, which are held by AHL subsidiaries and third-party cedant portfolios. Securitization of these commercial mortgage loans allows us to retain the full economics of these assets while being able to pledge these assets as collateral to the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) under the funding agreement program. As substantially all of the activities and economics of Hamlet are conducted on our behalf, we are the primary beneficiary and consolidate Hamlet and the assets are included in mortgage loans on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Additionally, as Hamlet is in the form of a trust, the commercial mortgage loan assets are included in the pledged assets and funds in trust table in Note 12 – Commitments and Contingencies.

ALR Aircraft Investment Ireland Limited (ALR)—ALR was formed to invest in a joint venture that provides airplane lease financing to a major commercial airline. We were the only investor in the profit participating notes and, as substantially all of the activities of ALR were conducted on our behalf, we were the primary beneficiary and consolidated ALR. During the second quarter of 2020, we received final payment on the profit participating notes and no longer consolidate ALR.