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| And with almost 100 billion of uncalled capital, we continue to be well positioned for the deployment opportunities that are ahead |
| Capital markets transaction fees in particular were quite strong in Q4 with 225 million in revenue that was driven by an increase in investment activity and financing transactions at several of our PE and core PE portfolio companies |
| So overall, a really solid quarter for us |
| I think it's a real core competency of our management team and think that that's what's going to drive the highest amount of ultimate shareholder accretion for a long period of time |
| And so we combined 3 very large aspects of our business, and we think that's a real benefit to our clients |
| And so I think we feel very fortunate that because of the business model we have, the brand we have, the access to capital we have and distribution, that we've got the opportunity to be able to invest back into our business at high levels of ROE that are going to drive really recurring and growth-oriented earnings per share over a long period of time for our investors |
| So we're in the early days, but we feel really good about the progress from here |
| With this successful fundraise, we are clearly the largest infrastructure fund in the region, enhancing our Asia positioning more broadly |
| And we believe we've got the visibility going forward to have consistent and stable growth to our dividend |
| And this growth really highlights in our view the continued strength as well as the diversification that you're seeing across the firm |
| So it's great progress |
| And when we think of how we're positioned given our brand, our track record, the investments that we've made in distribution and marketing, our ability to product-innovate, we feel really well positioned to be a winner in the space over the long term |
| We have a high level of confidence that we can meaningfully grow all 3 of our business segments; asset management, insurance and strategic holdings |
| Moving to our insurance segment, performance continued to be strong in the quarter with 231 million of pre tax earnings that's up 10% quarter-over-quarter |
| This was the result of stronger net inflows across both the institutional and individual channels, as well as variable investment income from the sale of a solar developer that generated 16 million of insurance segment pre tax operating earnings |
| And so when we take it together, it's what gives us the confidence that you would have heard in our November call, really working as one firm to be able to accelerate the growth of the Global Atlantic platform over the next several years |
| In summary, we are incredibly well positioned as a firm |
| So very strong broad performance across our infrastructure platforms |
| Clearly, with MetLife closing in Q4, the Manulife block closing in the first half of the year and a really strong pipeline of opportunity, both domestically and especially internationally |
| As a result, we are uniquely positioned to capitalize on what we believe is a huge addressable market |
| And as expected, ahead of expectations |
| And I think just as it relates to broad investment performance, I think it's something that the team is really proud of and we all love to see, obviously, because you've seen strong, consistent results |
| These results are quite strong and encouraging for us as we head into 2024 |
| So I think the growth has been really attractive and a lot of momentum |
| We actually look at all of that as really good for our businesses |
| First thing, I guess we look at Q4 and we look at 2023, a very strong performance from the Global Atlantic business |
| So strong performance there in the quarter |
| Those specific numbers of course, as it relates to 2026, but we think this is a growth-oriented business and we think in a really good capital markets environment, we're going to be able to grow off of that $840 million revenue number that we put up in 2021 |
| And so it feels like reception and interest in our momentum continues to feel really good |
| New capital raised in the quarter was $31 billion, which is also particularly strong |
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| In real assets, the opportunistic real estate portfolio was down one in the quarter and down two for the year |
| But we are going into an environment here that could be lower interest rates and put a little bit of pressure on the P&L |
| M&A volumes have been down |
| Now despite the strong Q4, we're not back to those healthy levels of capital markets deployments |
| It's a rich man's issue, I presume |
| Infra I and II, our mature funds with performance that exceeds those targets |
| And if the private credit markets end up having a lower market share but of a bigger pie |
| And when we had 37% ownership from third parties, it was a little bit more challenged to get after that |
| On the deployment numbers, you mentioned, those numbers are always a little understated |
| I think in the past, if you go back to the financial crisis, there are some institutions that pulled back and then had regret |
| And again, it's tough to draw broad conclusions from one-month of activity, and we'll see how things continue to play out from here |
| Patrick Davitt Questions on margin |
| It's still relatively muted across the space |
| And two, if interest rates were to go lower, is there enough growth in the business to offset any kind of degradation in net spreads? Thank you |
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