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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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This is the principal amount outstanding for securitized loans only (across all types of loans).

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jul. 29, 2026	Jun. 30, 2026	Dec. 31, 2025
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt outstanding		$ 15,924.0	$ 16,012.0
ADL CLO 1 Debt Securitization
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Term debt securitization		702.0
ADL CLO 1 Debt Securitization \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Term debt securitization	$ 708.7
July 2038 CLO Notes, Class A-1-R Senior Floating Rate Notes \| Subsequent Event \| Secured debt
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt outstanding	$ 267.0
Interest rate spread	1.46%
July 2038 CLO Notes, Class A-2-R Senior Floating Rate Notes \| Subsequent Event \| Secured debt
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt outstanding	$ 24.5
Interest rate spread	1.70%
July 2038 CLO Notes, Class B-R Senior Floating Rate Notes \| Subsequent Event \| Secured debt
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt outstanding	$ 45.5
Interest rate spread	1.90%
April 2036 CLO Secured Notes, Additional Notes \| Subsequent Event \| Subordinated
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt outstanding	$ 7.1
April 2036 CLO Notes
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt outstanding		702.0
April 2036 CLO Notes \| Secured debt
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt outstanding		476.0	476.0
April 2036 CLO Notes \| Subordinated
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt outstanding		226.0
April 2036 CLO Notes \| Subsequent Event \| Subordinated
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt outstanding	225.6
July 2038 CLO Notes, Class A-1-LR Term Loans \| Subsequent Event \| Secured debt
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt outstanding	$ 139.0
Interest rate spread	1.46%
July 2026 Notes (principal amount outstanding of $1,000) \| Senior Notes
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt outstanding		$ 1,000.0	$ 1,000.0
Effective stated interest rate		2.15%
July 2026 Notes (principal amount outstanding of $1,000) \| Subsequent Event \| Senior Notes
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Effective stated interest rate	2.15%