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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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DEBT (Debt Obligations) (Details) - Ares Management L.P - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
DEBT
Carrying Value		$ 486,007,000	$ 305,784,000
Credit Facility
DEBT
Carrying Value		$ 110,000,000	$ 0
Interest Rate		2.75%	0.00%
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 1,065,000,000.000
Unused commitment fees		0.20%
Interest rate		0.00%
Credit Facility \| Base rate
DEBT
Interest rate spread		0.50%
Credit Facility \| LIBOR
DEBT
Interest rate spread		1.50%
Senior Notes
DEBT
Original Borrowing Amount		$ 250,000,000
Carrying Value		$ 245,149,000	$ 244,684,000
Interest Rate		4.21%	4.21%
Term Loan 2015
DEBT
Original Borrowing Amount		$ 35,205,000
Carrying Value		$ 35,032,000	$ 35,063,000
Interest Rate		2.79%	2.74%
Unused commitment fees		0.025%
Term Loan 2016
DEBT
Original Borrowing Amount		$ 26,376,000
Carrying Value		$ 25,999,000	$ 26,037,000
Interest Rate		3.02%	2.66%
Unused commitment fees		0.03%
Term Loan 2017
DEBT
Unused commitment fees		0.03%
Term Loan 2017 Due January 2028
DEBT
Original Borrowing Amount		$ 17,600,000
Carrying Value		$ 17,474,000
Interest Rate		2.70%
Term Loan 2017 Due October 2029
DEBT
Original Borrowing Amount		$ 35,198,000
Carrying Value		$ 35,147,000
Interest Rate		2.63%
Term Loan 2017 Due July 2029
DEBT
Original Borrowing Amount		$ 17,211,000
Carrying Value		$ 17,206,000
Interest Rate		2.75%
AFC Notes
DEBT
Debt issuance percentage	98.268%