Q3 trading statement for the period to 31 December 2025

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AUM of $127bn, dry powder of $36, fundraising of $4.4bn

Highlights

  • AUM of $127bn; fee-earning AUM of $85bn, up 1%1 in the quarter, up 11%1 year-on-year
  • Dry powder of $36bn, of which $19bn is not yet earning fees
  • Fundraising of $4.4bn, including Europe IX ($1.6bn), Metropolitan II ($0.6bn) and LP Secondaries II ($0.3bn). LP Secondaries II expected to be activated and fee-earning in the coming quarters. Remaining fundraising largely due to Credit ($0.8bn)
  • Closed-end funds and associated SMAs that were actively fundraising included Europe IX, LP Secondaries II, Asia-Pacific Infrastructure I and Real Estate equity2
  • Transaction activity continuing to show modest recovery with some variability between asset classes
  • Positive Total Balance Sheet Return at a Group level in the quarter and YTD
  • Total available liquidity of £1.4bn (H1 FY26: £1.3bn) and net financial debt of £239m (H1 FY26: £401m)

1 On a constant currency basis; 2 At 31 December 2025. The timings of launches and closes depend on a number of factors, including the prevailing market conditions.

Fee-earning AUM

$m Structured Capital and Secondaries Real Assets Debt Total
At 30 September 2025 40,285 9,491 34,013 83,789
Funds raised: fees on committed capital 1,552 245 1,797
Deployment of funds: fees on invested capital 120 322 1,986 2,428
Total additions 1,672 567 1,986 4,225
Realisations (134) (165) (2,598) (2,897)
Net additions / (realisations) 1,538 402 (612) 1,328
Stepdowns (153) (153)
FX and other 32 (192) 52 (108)
At 31 December 2025 41,855 9,548 33,453 84,856
Q-o-Q change $m 1,570 57 (560) 1,067
Q-o-Q change % 4% 1% (2%) 1%
Constant currency growth:
Q-o-Q change % 4% (2%) 1%
Y-o-Y change % 22% 17% (3%) 11%
Last five years change % 26% 14% 6% 15%

Business activity

  Fundraising Deployment1 Realisations1,2
$bn Q3 FY26 LTM Q3 FY26 LTM Q3 FY26 LTM
Structured Capital and Secondaries 2.5 11.4 2.8 9.4 0.1 2.2
Real Assets 0.6 4.5 0.6 3.0 0.2 1.7
Debt3 1.3 3.7 1.6 5.2 1.7 5.0
Total 4.4 19.6 5.0 17.6 2.0 8.9

1 Direct investment funds; 2 Realisations of fee-earning AUM; 3 Includes Deployment and Realisations for Private Debt only.

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