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SECURITIES (Details 3) (Successor Company, USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Concentration risk      
Securities $ 592,270us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities $ 638,605us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities 592,270us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
Number of issuers with whom a specified percentage of estimated fair value of corporate debt securities is concentrated (in issuers) 10kfn_EstimatedConcentrationRiskOfIssuersNumber 10kfn_EstimatedConcentrationRiskOfIssuersNumber 10kfn_EstimatedConcentrationRiskOfIssuersNumber
Number of largest issuers with whom a specified percentage of estimated fair value of debt securities is concentrated (in issuers) 3kfn_ConcentrationRiskLargestIssuersOutOfTotalIssuersNumber 3kfn_ConcentrationRiskLargestIssuersOutOfTotalIssuersNumber 3kfn_ConcentrationRiskLargestIssuersOutOfTotalIssuersNumber
Estimated fair value of securities pledged as collateral      
Pledged as collateral for collateralized loan obligation secured debt 227,818kfn_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesSecuredDebtAndJuniorSecuredNotesToAffiliatesPledgedAsCollateralFairValueDisclosure 262,085kfn_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesSecuredDebtAndJuniorSecuredNotesToAffiliatesPledgedAsCollateralFairValueDisclosure 227,818kfn_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesSecuredDebtAndJuniorSecuredNotesToAffiliatesPledgedAsCollateralFairValueDisclosure
Total 227,818us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesPledgedAsCollateral 262,085us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesPledgedAsCollateral 227,818us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesPledgedAsCollateral
Corporate Debt Securities | Percent to total investment in corporate loans, debt securities and other investments | Top three largest
     
Concentration risk      
Concentration risk of total fair value (as a percent) 41.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ invest_InvestmentIssuerAxis
= kfn_TopThreeLargestMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
37.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ invest_InvestmentIssuerAxis
= kfn_TopThreeLargestMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
 
Securities $ 219,100us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ invest_InvestmentIssuerAxis
= kfn_TopThreeLargestMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
$ 213,600us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ invest_InvestmentIssuerAxis
= kfn_TopThreeLargestMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
219,100us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ invest_InvestmentIssuerAxis
= kfn_TopThreeLargestMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
Corporate Debt Securities | Percent to total investment in corporate loans, debt securities and other investments | Ten issuers
     
Concentration risk      
Concentration risk of total fair value (as a percent)   70.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ invest_InvestmentIssuerAxis
= kfn_TenIssuersMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
73.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ invest_InvestmentIssuerAxis
= kfn_TenIssuersMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember