Mary Ann Betsch
CFO at Lazard
Turning to asset management, adjusted net revenue was $287,000,000 for the 4th quarter, up 5% compared to 1 year ago and $1,100,000,000 for the full year, up 3% compared to 2023. Our revenues reflected resilient management fees of $258,000,000 for the 4th quarter, in line with the prior year quarter, and $1,100,000,000 in 2024, up 2% compared to the prior year. Sensitive fees were up in both the Q4 and for the full year, totaling $29,000,000 $43,000,000 respectively, highlighting the strong outperformance of several of our key strategies, as Peter mentioned. As of December 31, we reported AUM of $226,000,000,000 8% lower than December 2023 and 9% lower than September 2024. During the quarter, we had market depreciation of $2,000,000,000 foreign exchange depreciation of $9,000,000,000 and net outflows of $10,000,000,000 Average AUM for the full year was $243,000,000,000 4 percent higher than 2023.