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Investments
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Investments Investments
Investments consist of the following:
June 30,March 31,
20222022
Equity method investments in Partnerships$331,988 $326,296 
Other equity method investments1,661 1,573
Other investments16,591 19,820
Investments valued under the measurement alternative183,023 156,100
Total Investments$533,263 $503,789 

Equity method investments

The Company’s equity method investments in Partnerships represent its ownership in certain specialized funds and customized separate accounts. The strategies and geographic location of investments within the Partnerships vary by fund. The Company has a 1% interest in substantially all of the Partnerships. The Company’s other equity method investment represents its ownership in a joint venture that automates the collection of fund and underlying portfolio company data from general partners.

Other investments

The Company’s other investments represent a publicly traded security and investments in private equity funds and direct credit and equity investments that are held as collateral on the Company’s secured financing. The private equity fund investments can only be redeemed through distributions received from the liquidation of underlying investments of the fund, and the timing of distributions is currently indeterminable. The direct credit investments are debt securities classified as trading securities. Other
investments are measured at fair value with unrealized holding gains and losses recorded in non-operating income in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income.

The Company accounts for its secured financing at fair value under the fair value option. The primary reason for electing the fair value option is to mitigate volatility in earnings from using different measurement attributes. The significant input to the fair value of the secured financing is the fair value of the other investments delivered as collateral which are estimated using Level 3 inputs with the significant inputs as shown in Note 5 below.

The Company recognized a loss on other investments held as collateral of $723 during the three months ended June 30, 2022 and a gain of $814 during the three months ended June 30, 2021, that are recorded in non-operating income. The Company recognized a gain on the secured financing liability of $723 during the three months ended June 30, 2022 and a loss of $814 during the three months ended June 30, 2021, that are recorded in non-operating income in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income.

Investments valued under the measurement alternative

During the quarter ended June 30, 2022, the Company made investments in two private companies. The Company invested $3,000 in a technology driven platform that provides a digitized token for investors that improves the efficiency of capital raises. Additionally, the Company invested $12,000 in an online financial services platform. Due to the lack of readily determinable fair values for these investments, over which the Company does not have significant influence, the Company will value the investments under the measurement alternative.

During the quarter ended June 30, 2022, the Company made an additional investment of $5,236 in a company that maintains a platform of solutions designed to aid individual investors and various wealth management platforms with their wealth management needs. As a result of the transaction, the Company marked its original investment to fair value based upon the transaction price, which resulted in total unrealized gain of $6,687 during the three months ended June 30, 2022, that is recorded in non-operating income in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income. Due to the lack of readily determinable fair value for this investment, over which the Company does not have significant influence, the Company will continue to value the investment under the measurement alternative.