VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Variable Interest Entities [Abstract]

Schedule of Variable Interest Entities, Balance Sheet

The following are the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities of Pelium that are reflected in the Company's consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):



Balance Sheet Account - Pelium	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Cash	$	570	$	377
Receivables	2,377		2,345
Investment securities, at fair value	25,610		24,712
Other assets	93		98
	$	28,650	$	27,532

Accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	766	$	99

Schedule of Variable Interest Entities

The Company has not provided financial or other support to these VIEs and has no liabilities, contingent liabilities, or guarantees (implicit or explicit) related to these VIEs at March 31, 2016.

The following table presents the carrying amounts of the assets in the consolidated balance sheets that relate to the Company's variable interests in identified nonconsolidated VIEs that it manages as well as the Company's maximum potential exposure to losses associated with these managed VIEs in which it holds variable interests at March 31, 2016 (in thousands):



	Receivables from Managed Entities and Related Parties, Net		Investments		Maximum Exposure to Loss in Non-consolidated VIEs
Ischus entities	$	—	$	—	$	—
Trapeza entities	—		751		751
	$	—	$	751	$	751

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the significant judgments and assumptions made in determining whether a variable interest (as defined) held by the entity requires the variable interest entity (VIE) (as defined) to be consolidated and (or) disclose information about its involvement with the VIE, individually or in aggregate (as applicable); the nature of restrictions, if any, on the consolidated VIE's assets and on the settlement of its liabilities reported by an entity in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets and liabilities; the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with involvement in the VIE; how involvement with the VIE affects the entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; the lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of the consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary (if applicable); the terms of arrangements, giving consideration to both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests, if any, that could require the entity to provide financial support to the VIE, including events or circumstances that could expose the entity to a loss; the methodology used by the entity for determining whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity; the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance are shared (as defined); the carrying amounts and classification of assets and liabilities of the VIE included in the statement of financial position; the entity's maximum exposure to loss, if any, as a result of its involvement with the VIE, including how the maximum exposure is determined and significant sources of the entity's exposure to the VIE; a comparison of the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities and the entity's maximum exposure to loss; information about any liquidity arrangements, guarantees, and (or) other commitments by third parties that may affect the fair value or risk of the entity's variable interest in the VIE; whether or not the entity has provided financial support or other support (explicitly or implicitly) to the VIE that it was not previously contractually required to provide or whether the entity intends to provide that support, including the type and amount of the support and the primary reasons for providing the support; and supplemental information the entity determines necessary to provide.

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