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Revenue from Contract with Customer, Preferred Return on Funds

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REVENUES - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Jan. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Unitholders' capital	$ 76,203		$ 76,203			$ 80,128
Revenues	241,227	$ 235,032	791,831	$ 1,158,672
Management fees
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Revenues	175,195	181,312	538,706	542,268
Closed-end
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Revenues	65,661	53,537	$ 249,447	611,902
Percentage of fund profits			20.00%
Preferred return			8.00%
Evergreen
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Revenues	371	183	$ 3,678	4,502
Percentage of fund profits			20.00%
Incentive income
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Revenues	66,032	$ 53,720	$ 253,125	$ 616,404
Difference between Revenue Guidance in Effect before and after Topic 606 \| Accounting Standards Update 2014-09
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Unitholders' capital					$ 48,700
Difference between Revenue Guidance in Effect before and after Topic 606 \| Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 \| Management fees
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Revenues	2,800		9,500
Difference between Revenue Guidance in Effect before and after Topic 606 \| Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 \| Incentive income
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Revenues	$ (4,900)		$ (52,000)