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The following table provides information about certain credit products carried at fair value at December 31, 2011 and 2010:
December 31, 2011 $ECEMBERææ
In millions of dollars Trading assets Loans 4RADINGæASSETS ,OANS
#ARRYINGæAMOUNTæREPORTEDæONæTHEæ#ONSOLIDATEDæ"ALANCEæ3HEET $14,150 $3,735  
!GGREGATEæUNPAIDæPRINCIPALæBALANCEæINæEXCESSæOFæFAIRæVALUE 540 (3)  
"ALANCEæOFæNONACCRUALæLOANSæORæLOANSæMOREæTHANææDAYSæPASTæDUE134 —  
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LOANSæORæLOANSæMOREæTHANææDAYSæPASTæDUE 43 —  
In addition to the amounts reported above, $648 million and $621
million of unfunded loan commitments related to certain credit products
selected for fair value accounting were outstanding as of December 31, 2011
and 2010, respectively.
Changes in fair value of funded and unfunded credit products are
classified in Principal transactions in the Company’s Consolidated
Statement of Income. Related interest revenue is measured based on
the contractual interest rates and reported as Interest revenue on
Trading account assets or loan interest depending on the balance sheet
classifications of the credit products. The changes in fair value for the years
ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 due to instrument-specific credit risk
totaled to a gain of $53 million and a loss of $6 million, respectively.
Certain investments in private equity and real estate
ventures and certain equity method investments
Citigroup invests in private equity and real estate ventures for the purpose
of earning investment returns and for capital appreciation. The Company
has elected the fair value option for certain of these ventures, because such
investments are considered similar to many private equity or hedge fund
activities in Citi’s investment companies, which are reported at fair value.
The fair value option brings consistency in the accounting and evaluation of
these investments. All investments (debt and equity) in such private equity
and real estate entities are accounted for at fair value. These investments are
classified as Investments on Citigroup’s Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Citigroup also holds various non-strategic investments in leveraged
buyout funds and other hedge funds for which the Company elected fair
value accounting to reduce operational and accounting complexity. Since
the funds account for all of their underlying assets at fair value, the impact
of applying the equity method to Citigroup’s investment in these funds was
equivalent to fair value accounting. These investments are classified as Other
assets on Citigroup’s Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Changes in the fair values of these investments are classified in Other
revenue in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Income.
Certain mortgage loans (HFS)
Citigroup has elected the fair value option for certain purchased and
originated prime fixed-rate and conforming adjustable-rate first mortgage
loans HFS. These loans are intended for sale or securitization and are hedged
with derivative instruments. The Company has elected the fair value option
to mitigate accounting mismatches in cases where hedge accounting is
complex and to achieve operational simplifications.