Q3 Trading statement for the nine months ended 31 December 2023

Fee-earning AUM up 6.5% in the quarter

Highlights

  • Total AUM of $86.3bn; fee-earning AUM of $68.4bn; AUM not yet earning fees of $15.2bn
  • Fee-earning AUM +6.5% in the quarter on a reported basis, +3.4% on a constant currency basis; 20.6%1 annualised growth over the last five years
  • Fundraising of $3.6bn2 during the quarter, driven by two flagship strategies: Senior Debt Partners ($1.8bn) and Strategic Equity ($0.8bn). Scaling strategies raised a total of $0.9bn. Momentum continuing into final quarter of financial year
  • Achieved fundraising ambition ahead of target; $41bn raised since 1 April 2021
  • Deployment of $2.9bn during the quarter, particularly strong activity within Senior Debt Partners ($1.9bn). Actionability of pipeline is increasing across a number of strategies
  • Well capitalised and valuable balance sheet: investment portfolio of £3.1bn; total available liquidity of £1.1bn; net financial debt of £954m. ICG’s credit rating upgraded to positive outlook by S&P during the period
  • ICG joined the FTSE 100 index effective 18th December 2023
  • Shareholder seminar on 21 February at 2pm GMT: “Deep dive on scaling-out”. Register here

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References

Unless otherwise stated the financial results discussed herein are on the basis of alternative performance measures (APM); see full year results.

  1. Constant currency basis
  2. Includes $0.2bn of leverage attributable to equity that was raised in previous periods