Man Group Plc New (MNGPF) Q4 2023 Earnings Call

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I think we're good. Are we good? Can you all hear us? Excellent, excellent, excellent. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us today. I'm Robin Grew, the CEO of Man Group, and I'm joined by our CFO, Antoine Fortier. Pleased to present my first results. I'll start off with an overview of the year, and then Antoine will take you through the numbers in more detail. After that, I'll provide an update on our priorities going forward, and we'll finish with questions. as is tradition. So let's go through this. I've been at Mangroup now for nearly 15 years and for most of that as part of the senior management team. I'd like to begin by reflecting on the quality of this firm. Mangroup has developed into a world leading, technologically brilliant, active investment manager with a collegiate culture and significant opportunity to grow. Following my appointment, I've spent a lot of time with my executive team and with the board about how we deliver the next chapter of growth. And in doing so, I've been conscious not to overlook the many strengths of our business today. Over the past few years, we've built a high-performing, incredibly resilient firm. Our investment expertise and capabilities, powered by our advanced operating platform, are helping us to solve our clients' most complex problems. The business is in great shape and I have every confidence in our ability to continue on this exciting trajectory. But more on that later. Turning to 2023, it was a year that defied market expectations, not just once, but on multiple occasions. The world grappled with several macroeconomic and geopolitical pressures, while the level and path of interest rates were firmly on investors' minds. Against that backdrop, I'm pleased to report a solid set of results for the firm. We ende...