Debt Obligations (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Debt Instruments [Abstract]

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

As of March 31, 2017, the Company’s outstanding indebtedness was primarily comprised of senior notes (the “Senior Notes”) and a secured loan to finance the purchase of the Company’s investments in a CLO (“CLO Investment Loan”). The table below presents scheduled principal payments on the Company’s debt obligations for each of the next five years:

	Scheduled Payments (1)
	(dollars in thousands)
April 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017	$	—
2018	$	—
2019	$	400,000
2020	$	—
2021	$	—

Schedule of Notes and Loans Payable of Consolidated CLOs

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