Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		4 Months Ended	5 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015
Successor Company
Revenues
Loan interest income	$ 62,743	$ 81,944		$ 135,627	$ 210,203
Securities interest income	15,297	14,323		19,410	47,146
Oil and gas revenue	3,876	17,929		49,859	13,055
Other	7,193	10,560		14,173	22,182
Total revenues	89,109	124,756		219,069	292,586
Investment costs and expenses
Interest expense	47,422	47,682		83,578	161,589
Oil and gas production costs	248	6,701		14,561	498
Oil and gas depreciation, depletion and amortization	1,404	5,968		17,102	4,409
Other	1,278	989		1,763	3,959
Total investment costs and expenses	50,352	61,340		117,004	170,455
Other income (loss)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments	(232,549)	(127,418)		(73,318)	(219,058)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and foreign exchange	(10,304)	152		(9,012)	(3,545)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on debt	54,860	(1,453)		(26,849)	(33,933)
Other income (loss)	2,544	3,034		4,381	9,958
Total other income (loss)	(185,449)	(125,685)		(104,798)	(246,578)
Other expenses
Related party management compensation	9,449	12,544		22,950	29,486
General, administrative and directors' expenses	1,779	2,041		4,454	9,265
Professional services	319	313		1,858	2,233
Total other expenses	11,547	14,898		29,262	40,984
Income (loss) before income taxes	(158,239)	(77,167)		(31,995)	(165,431)
Income tax expense (benefit)	94	34		62	1,170
Net income (loss)	(158,333)	(77,201)		(32,057)	(166,601)
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	(6,676)	816		816	(15,452)
Net income (loss) attributable to KKR Financial Holdings LLC and Subsidiaries	(151,657)	(78,017)		(32,873)	(151,149)
Preferred share distributions	6,891	6,891		13,782	20,673
Net income (loss) available to common shares	$ (158,548)	$ (84,908)		$ (46,655)	$ (171,822)
Predecessor Company
Revenues
Loan interest income			$ 114,096
Securities interest income			13,081
Oil and gas revenue			61,782
Other			28,283
Total revenues			217,242
Investment costs and expenses
Interest expense			64,362
Oil and gas production costs			14,772
Oil and gas depreciation, depletion and amortization			22,471
Other			220
Total investment costs and expenses			101,825
Other income (loss)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments			61,553
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and foreign exchange			(9,783)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on debt			0
Other income (loss)			4,564
Total other income (loss)			56,334
Other expenses
Related party management compensation			29,841
General, administrative and directors' expenses			8,891
Professional services			26,877
Total other expenses			65,609
Income (loss) before income taxes			106,142
Income tax expense (benefit)			162
Net income (loss)			105,980
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests			0
Net income (loss) attributable to KKR Financial Holdings LLC and Subsidiaries			105,980
Preferred share distributions			6,891
Net income (loss) available to common shares			$ 99,089
Net income (loss) per common share:
Basic (in dollars per share)			$ 0.48
Diluted (in dollars per share)			$ 0.48
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)			204,276
Diluted (in shares)			204,276