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Highlights
Fundraising momentum continues with €3.1bn of third party money raised in the nine months to 31 December 2014. A full product pipeline is expected to result in very strong fundraising over the coming months
New third party money raised in the quarter to 31 December 2014 totalled €1.4bn, with €0.2bn of realisations in older funds
AUM increased by 8% in the quarter to 31 December 2014 to €14.9bn; third party fee earning AUM increased 12% to €10.8bn
Investment pace for direct investment funds maintained in competitive market and healthy pipeline of investment opportunities across products
Private equity secondaries business launched, as previously announced, with hire of specialist team and first investment
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