FINANCING RECEIVABLES (Impaired Financing Receivables) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Financing Receivables Without a Specific Valuation Allowance
Impaired financing receivables [Abstract]
Specific Allowance	$ 0	$ 0
Loans and receivables from managed entities – commercial finance \| Financing Receivables With a Specific Valuation Allowance
Impaired financing receivables [Abstract]
Net Balance		0
Unpaid Balance		0
Specific Allowance		0
Average Investment in Impaired Assets		13,788
Rent receivables - real estate \| Financing Receivables With a Specific Valuation Allowance
Impaired financing receivables [Abstract]
Net Balance	0	0
Unpaid Balance	0	0
Specific Allowance	1	5
Average Investment in Impaired Assets	$ 0	$ 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
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (c)(1)
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 17
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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 14A
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Amount of allowance for credit losses related to recorded investment.

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