ORGANIZATION AND PRESENTATION - Investments (Details)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017 instrument
ORGANIZATION AND PRESENTATION
Number of investments using HBLV to allocate equity in earnings or losses	0

The number of equity method investments accounted for using the hypothetical liquidation at book value ("HLBV") method of accounting.

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Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration