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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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Amount of long-term debt before deduction of unamortized discount or premium. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt, with initial maturities beyond one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Measure of dispersion, in percentage terms (for instance, the standard deviation or variance), for a given stock price.

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Amount of expense related to estimated loss from loan and lease transactions.

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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Details) RSO (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	$ 9,519,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities		$ 9,065,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
RSO [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	284,070,000		275,720,000
Outstanding Borrowings	1,952,765,000		1,734,901,000
Provision (recovery of) for loan losses	3,990,000	(3,960,000)
Fair Value Assumptions, Market Capitalization	112,500,000
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate	50.00%
RSO [Member] \| Recurring Basis [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	284,070,000		275,720,000
RSO [Member] \| Recurring Basis [Member] \| Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	32,567,000		33,158,000
RSO [Member] \| Recurring Basis [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	251,503,000		242,562,000
RSO [Member] \| Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Provision (recovery of) for loan losses	2,500,000	440,000
Assets Held-for-sale [Member] \| RSO [Member] \| Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Provision (recovery of) for loan losses	721,000	0
Moselle CLO S.A. Securitized Borrowings [Member] \| RSO [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowings	120,000		5,619,000
Residential Mortgage Loans [Member] \| RSO [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	174,400,000
Residential Mortgage Loans [Member] \| RSO [Member] \| Recurring Basis [Member] \| Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	61,400,000
Residential Mortgage Loans [Member] \| RSO [Member] \| Recurring Basis [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	$ 113,000,000