Cash Flows Discount Rate

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Leverage adjusted unsecured spread used as an input to measure fair value.

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Investments in notes or bonds that are collateralized by a specific group of underlying assets owned by the issuer of the notes or bonds which are short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments with original maturities of three months or less qualify under that definition. Original maturity means original maturity to the entity holding the investment. For example, both a three-month US Treasury bill and a three-year Treasury note purchased three months from maturity qualify as cash equivalents. However, a Treasury note purchased three-years ago does not become a cash equivalent when its remaining maturity is three months.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Cash Equivalents

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Ratio of the net operating income produced by an asset and its capital cost (original prices paid to buy the asset), used as an input to measure fair value.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (bbb)

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Percentage of likelihood a loan will not be repaid and instead default, used as an input to measure fair value.

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The charge against earnings resulting from the write down of long lived assets other than goodwill due to the difference between the carrying value and lower fair value.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 28

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 360

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-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

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Fair Value Measurements (Narratives) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Fair Value Measurements (Narratives) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Impairment charges	$ 570,000us-gaap_OtherAssetImpairmentCharges	$ 0us-gaap_OtherAssetImpairmentCharges	$ 2,019,000us-gaap_OtherAssetImpairmentCharges
Deferred acquisition fees payable
Fair Value Inputs [Abstract]
Leverage adjusted unsecured spread	3.55%
Illiquidity Adjustment	0.75%
Level 3 \| Nonrecurring
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Impairment charges	1,336,000	3,778,000	2,019,000
CMBS
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
CMBS portfolio carrying value				0
CMBS \| Level 3 \| Nonrecurring
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Impairment charges	570,000	0	2,019,000
Equity method investments
Fair Value Inputs [Abstract]
Cash flows discount rate	11.75%	6.00%
Fair value inputs, discount rate	10.50%	6.25%
Fair value inputs, cap rate	9.50%	5.75%
Equity method investments \| Level 3 \| Nonrecurring
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Impairment charges	$ 766,000	$ 3,778,000	$ 0