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| It’s still a very solid pipeline, and we feel good about our prospects, but that’s where things stand right now |
| So generally speaking, if you look over the history of the whole firm, much of which was before we were public, but certainly since we have been 27.5%, which is where we sat for the quarter, is a very healthy margin |
| So to that extent, it is quite a good positive |
| Silvercrest adjusted EBITDA margin of 27.5% for the first half of 2023 remains historically healthy for the company and represents a 5.8% increase over the year-end of 2022 adjusted EBITDA margin |
| Silvercrest’s pipeline of new business opportunities remains robust |
| It speaks to a very healthy relationship with those clients |
| It’s nice to see markets recovering and a fair bit of new business activity in the pipeline for our capabilities |
| So we saw both meaningful inflows as well as meaningful uptick in the value of those assets |
| But if we pushed it down even to 24%, which is not what I am projecting, I am just talking generally and openly with you all, that would still be a very good EBITDA margin, but one that represents a margin after making investments that should drive faster growth in the future |
| The highest we hit was around 32.5% at the end of 2021 with the very high markets at that time as well as the fact that we got very significant performance fees |
| I hope you are doing well |
| That pipeline was quite historically high for the firm, which was good |
| Obviously, you saw a nice uptick in the quarter, looks like driven by net inflows |
| And of course, we are also always talking to potential compatible partners and firms, which would have the benefit of both revenue and EBITDA expansion if the terms were right, and it was the correct culture, and we engage in those conversations all the time |
| And then finally, from a client perspective, it does make fixed income and our fixed income capabilities more attractive, gives us yet another tool in the toolbox to help folks |
| Markets continued their recovery during the second quarter of 2023, with Silvercrest concluding the quarter with total assets under management of $31.9 billion and discretionary AUM of $21.5 billion |
| I think the normalized environment is good generally for capital allocation decisions and the economy at large and for companies |
| But nonetheless, given the small buyback, a relatively small buyback that’s ending and the cash that’s building, those higher, especially short-term interest rates, will benefit us with interest income, which we really haven’t had a meaningful way to-date |
| The firm’s total AUM increased by $3.2 billion or 11.2% over the second quarter of 2022 from $28.7 billion to $31.9 billion |
| Obviously, it speaks to the trust our clients have in us |
| Discretionary AUM, which primarily drives our revenue, increased $0.2 billion over the first quarter and has increased $0.6 billion or 2.9% for the first half of 2023 |
| Good |
| So, in combination, everything accelerated faster than our investments |
| Discretionary AUM has increased $1.1 billion or 5.4% year-over-year since the second quarter of 2022 |
| And given the fact that we haven’t hit the P&L or EBITDA for significant new hires or investments, so I think it is certainly sustainable |
| So we had a large fair value – we had large fair value adjustments a year ago, a reduction to that liability, which reduced our expenses |
| That’s an increase of $0.01 over our prior dividend payout |
| I’m not sure I’ve got it right here, but it’s up a good $100 million, maybe $150 million over last quarter, I believe |
| We have a very sizable cash position that’s building |
| I hope that helps |
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| We did have a loss of one of the things in the pipeline, which brought that number down from $695 million last quarter |
| Revenue of $29.7 million that represented approximately a 8% decrease from revenue of approximately $32.2 million for the same period last year |
| Revenue, for example, fell 9.9% for the first half of 2023 compared with 2022 |
| And if we do so, we are going to bring that EBITDA margin down in the short-term until revenue follows those hires |
| While the business is improving, most of our metrics remain down on a year-over-year basis as markets recover |
| And that represented approximately a 10% decrease from revenue of approximately $65.7 million for the same period last year |
| As you may know, that market is slowing a bit |
| This decline in revenue affected adjusted EBITDA, adjusted diluted earnings per share |
| I know last quarter, you mentioned kind of nicely increased almost $2 billion but cited some slowness in the domestic search environment at the time kind of given more virtual meetings as opposed to in person |
| So that decline in the pipeline is really a mix of one, things we didn’t win as well as readjustment of the pipeline |
| I think as we adjust, that’s going to be a real issue about folks having to develop real earnings and growth rather than depending on what I was calling financial engineering and just continually rising market of whatever industry you are in |
| But the time it took was also perhaps obscured a bit by rising markets at the time |
| The bit that it came down for discretionary assets under management could well be a result of larger mandates and of course, the OCIO, which is institutionally priced |
| So, as markets have declined, you will often very much see our average basis points coming down with it because it just means more fixed income versus equity, not dissimilar to the comments I was making before, and that’s changed a bit |
| It’s been like this for a while and still feels a bit slow |
| This decrease was driven primarily by a decrease in the average annual management fee based on the mix of discretionary and non-discretionary assets |
| This decrease was driven primarily by market depreciation and net client outflows in discretionary AUM |
| And I would not be surprised to hit that by a meaningful amount |
| And I have mentioned the need to do so to drive our growth |
| That was unusual |
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