Aberdeen Group Plc (ABDN) Q2 2024 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:03.794 Right, good morning, everybody. Thank you all very much for joining us here today. 00:00:03.794 -- 00:00:09.159 I'd like to welcome you all to our results presentation for the first half 00:00:09.159 -- 00:00:11.259 of 2024. 00:00:11.381 -- 00:00:16.546 I'm joined on the stage by Ian Jenkins, who many of you know already, who's our interim 00:00:16.546 -- 00:00:21.570 CFO. And with me here in London, I have a number of my colleagues in the 00:00:21.570 -- 00:00:26.635 front row. So in terms of running order today, I'm going to start with some 00:00:26.635 -- 00:00:30.018 initial observations on our strategic priorities. 00:00:30.018 -- 00:00:34.827 and then a short overview of our performance from the first half at a group level and 00:00:34.827 -- 00:00:40.076 across our three businesses. I'll then hand over to Ian, who will give us more detail 00:00:40.076 -- 00:00:43.923 on the financial performance and make some comments on the outlook. 00:00:43.923 -- 00:00:48.531 Then, obviously, we'll open up the Q&A. So, turning 00:00:48.531 -- 00:00:54.899 first to my initial observations and our key priorities for the group. 00:00:55.482 -- 00:01:01.090 I joined Aberdeen as CFO in October last year, and I was appointed interim CEO 00:01:01.090 -- 00:01:04.956 just over two months ago, as you might imagine. 00:01:04.956 -- 00:01:08.721 It's been a very busy few months in the run-up to these results. 00:01:08.721 -- 00:01:13.047 I've been out and about meeting with clients, colleagues, and spending a lot of time 00:01:13.047 -- 00:01:18.135 with the leadership team. And I thought I would start out by setting out some of my initial 00:01:18.135 -- 00:01:20.135 observations. 00:01:20.358 -- 00:01:25.385 It's clear to me that we do have solid ...