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Amount of additions to the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Interest and fee income generated by loans the Entity intends and has the ability to hold for the foreseeable future, or until maturity or payoff, including commercial and consumer loans, whether domestic or foreign, which may consist of: (1) industrial and agricultural; (2) real estate; and (3) real estate construction loans; (4) trade financing; (5) lease financing; (6) home equity lines-of-credit; (7) automobile and other vehicle loans; and (8) credit card and other revolving-type loans. Also includes interest income for leases held by the Entity.

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Net amount of the investment in a contractual right to receive money on demand or on fixed or determinable dates that is recognized as an asset in the creditor's statement of financial position. Examples include, but are not limited to, credit card receivables, notes receivable and receivables relating to lessor's rights to payments from leases other than operating leases that have been recorded as assets. Excludes trade accounts receivable with contractual maturity of one year or less and arose from the sale of goods or services.

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Cash received from principal payments made on loans related to operating activities.

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Loan Purchases and Originations - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended					9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) Loan hotel	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Loan purchases and originations	$ 421.3			$ 313.4		$ 421.3
Loans acquired						233.9	$ 476.4
Proceeds to resolve loan receivable	5.7
Interest income on loans	4.6				$ 5.7	13.4	$ 11.7
Notes Receivable [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Loan purchases and originations	$ 421.3			313.4		$ 421.3
Resort [Member] \| Notes Receivable [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Loans acquired		$ 38.7
KWE [Member] \| Retail Center in Cavan, Ireland [Member] \| Notes Receivable [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Loan ownership conversion percentage	100.00%					100.00%
Loans acquired						$ 11.7
KWE [Member] \| Office Building Acquired in Dublin, Ireland [Member] \| Notes Receivable [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Loan ownership conversion percentage			100.00%
KWE [Member] \| Office Building [Member] \| Notes Receivable [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Loans acquired				$ 53.0
KWE [Member] \| Hotel [Member] \| Notes Receivable [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Loans acquired			$ 95.2
Number of loans acquired \| Loan			8
Number of hotels securing loans \| hotel			8
Nonperforming Financial Instruments [Member] \| KWE [Member] \| Residential Property [Member] \| Notes Receivable [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Nonperforming loan acquired		$ 108.4