VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES FINANCING RECEIVABLES (Allowance for Loan Losses and Recorded Investments in Loans) (Details) RSO (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Activity in the allowance for credit losses of financing receivables [Roll Forward]
Allowance for losses at beginning of period	$ 32,628	$ 12,604	$ 2,696
Charge-offs	(712)	(140)	(1,148)
Allowance for losses at end of period	36,243	32,628	12,604
Allowance for losses, ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	36,229	32,560	12,575
Collectively evaluated for impairment	14	68	29
Loans, ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	67,152	63,178
Collectively evaluated for impairment	91	112
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality		751
RSO [Member]
Activity in the allowance for credit losses of financing receivables [Roll Forward]
Allowance for losses at beginning of period	17,691	27,518
Provision for loan loss	3,020	16,818
Charge-offs	(6,904)	(26,645)
Allowance for losses at end of period	13,807	17,691
Allowance for losses, ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	7,193	5,378
Collectively evaluated for impairment	6,614	12,313
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	0	0
Loans, ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	204,923	190,068
Collectively evaluated for impairment	1,197,042	1,677,870
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	0
RSO [Member] | Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Activity in the allowance for credit losses of financing receivables [Roll Forward]
Allowance for losses at beginning of period	7,986	24,221
Provision for loan loss	2,686	5,225
Charge-offs	(256)	(21,460)
Allowance for losses at end of period	10,416	7,986
Allowance for losses, ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	4,572	2,142
Collectively evaluated for impairment	5,844	5,844
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	0	0
Loans, ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	194,403	177,055
Collectively evaluated for impairment	631,908	489,996
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	0	0
RSO [Member] | Bank Loans [Member]
Activity in the allowance for credit losses of financing receivables [Roll Forward]
Allowance for losses at beginning of period	9,705	3,297
Provision for loan loss	334	11,593
Charge-offs	(6,648)	(5,185)
Allowance for losses at end of period	3,391	9,705
Allowance for losses, ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	2,621	3,236
Collectively evaluated for impairment	770	6,469
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	0	0
Loans, ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	3,554	4,689
Collectively evaluated for impairment	548,219	1,187,874
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	0	751
RSO [Member] | Lease Receivables [Member]
Activity in the allowance for credit losses of financing receivables [Roll Forward]
Allowance for losses at beginning of period	0	0
Provision for loan loss	0	0
Charge-offs	0	0
Allowance for losses at end of period	0	0
Allowance for losses, ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	0	0
Collectively evaluated for impairment	0	0
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	0	0
Loans, ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	0	0
Collectively evaluated for impairment	16,915	0
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	0	0
RSO [Member] | Loans Receivable - Related Party [Member]
Activity in the allowance for credit losses of financing receivables [Roll Forward]
Allowance for losses at beginning of period	0	0
Provision for loan loss	0	0
Charge-offs	0	0
Allowance for losses at end of period	0	0
Allowance for losses, ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	0	0
Collectively evaluated for impairment	0	0
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	0	0
Loans, ending balance:
Individually evaluated for impairment	6,966	8,324
Collectively evaluated for impairment	0	0
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	$ 0	$ 0