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AI - Artificial Intelligence
AUM - Assets under management
Alternative, alternative, alternative assets - A subsector of the global asset management industry, which includes: private equity; real estate funds; hedge funds; infrastructure funds; and alternative credit funds
Benchmarking - The process of comparing a firm or asset manager's performance and metrics to other businesses within their trade
ESG - Environmental, social and governance, being factors used to evaluate companies or fund manager's metrics as regards sustainability and ethics
CAGR - Compound annual growth rate
EBITDA - Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation
Underlying continuing EBITDA - Underlying continuing EBITDA is segment profit/(loss) before: share based payment expense (including LTIP); fundraising and acquisition costs; nonrecurring costs; unallocated group expenses; and discontinued business losses
IFRS - International Financial Reporting Standards
Organic Growth - Growth of a financial measure over a given period adjusted to exclude the impact of acquisitions or the disposal of business