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Investments
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Investments Investments
Investments consist of:
 September 30,
2020		December 31,
2019
 (in thousands)
Equity securities:
    Long-term incentive compensation-related$30,911 $36,665 
    Seed capital 75,079 70,464 
    Other60,147 73,202 
Exchange-traded options12,153 6,931 
Investments in limited partnership hedge funds:  
Long-term incentive compensation-related24,150 14,237 
Seed capital17,309 33,124 
Time deposits19,900 18,281 
Other 14,043 13,890 
Total investments$253,692 $266,794 

Total investments related to long-term incentive compensation obligations of $55.1 million and $50.9 million as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, consist of company-sponsored mutual funds and hedge funds. For long-term incentive compensation awards granted before 2009, we typically made investments in company-sponsored mutual funds and hedge funds that were notionally elected by plan participants and maintained them (and continue to maintain them) in a consolidated rabbi trust or separate custodial account. The rabbi trust and custodial account enable us to hold such investments separate from our other assets for the purpose of settling our obligations to participants. The investments held in the rabbi trust and custodial account remain available to the general creditors of AB.

The underlying investments of the hedge funds in which we invest include long and short positions in equity securities, fixed income securities (including various agency and non-agency asset-based securities), currencies, commodities and derivatives (including various swaps and forward contracts). These investments are valued at quoted market prices or, where quoted market prices are not available, are fair valued based on the pricing policies and procedures of the underlying funds.

We allocate seed capital to our investment teams to help develop new products and services for our clients. A portion of our seed capital investments are equity and fixed income products, primarily in the form of separately-managed account portfolios, U.S. mutual funds, Luxembourg funds, Japanese investment trust management funds or Delaware business trusts. We also may allocate seed capital to investments in private equity funds. Regarding our seed capital investments, the amounts above reflect those funds in which we are not the primary beneficiary of a VIE or hold a controlling financial interest in a VOE. See Note 14, Consolidated Company-Sponsored Investment Funds, for a description of the seed capital investments that we consolidate. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, our total seed capital investments were $276.2 million and $358.1 million, respectively. Seed capital investments in unconsolidated company-sponsored investment funds are valued using published net asset values or non-published net asset values if they are not listed on an active exchange but have net asset values that are comparable to funds with published net asset values and have no redemption restrictions.

In addition, we also have long positions in corporate equities and long exchange-traded options traded through our options desk.
The portion of unrealized (losses) gains related to equity securities, as defined by ASC 321-10, held as of September 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2020201920202019
 (in thousands)
Net gains recognized during the period$12,904 $2,382 $5,304 $23,962 
Less: net gains recognized during the period on equity securities sold during the period18,929 1,716 25,005 6,257 
Unrealized (losses) gains recognized during the period on equity securities held$(6,025)$666 $(19,701)$17,705