FINANCING RECEIVABLES (Impaired Financing Receivables) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Financing Receivables Without a Specific Valuation Allowance [Member]
Impaired financing receivables [Abstract]
Specific Allowance	$ 0	$ 0
Receivables from Managed Entities - Commercial Finance [Member] \| Financing Receivables With a Specific Valuation Allowance [Member]
Impaired financing receivables [Abstract]
Net Balance	0	1,295
Unpaid Balance	0	18,285
Specific Allowance	0	16,990
Average Investment in Impaired Assets	13,815	$ 18,882
Real Estate Limited Partnership [Member] \| Financing Receivables With a Specific Valuation Allowance [Member]
Impaired financing receivables [Abstract]
Net Balance	0
Unpaid Balance	0
Specific Allowance	0
Average Investment in Impaired Assets	458
Rent receivables - real estate [Member] \| Financing Receivables With a Specific Valuation Allowance [Member]
Impaired financing receivables [Abstract]
Net Balance	0
Unpaid Balance	0
Specific Allowance	4
Average Investment in Impaired Assets	$ 0

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Average amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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