secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Lazard, Inc. (LAZ)
CIK:        0001311370
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-003958
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lazard Q4 adj EPS $0.80; record FA revenue $1.8B in 2025; new CFO appointed
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- Q4 2025 adj net revenue $892M (+10% YoY); adj net income $89M ($0.80/diluted).
- Full-year 2025 Financial Advisory adj net revenue $1.8B (record); Asset Management AUM $254B (+12% YoY).
- GAAP net income $237M ($2.17/diluted) for 2025; adj net income $266M ($2.44/diluted).
- Quarterly dividend raised to $0.50/share; payable Feb 20, 2026 to holders of record Feb 9.
- Tracy Farr appointed CFO; 21 MDs hired in Financial Advisory during 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828026003958/0001628280-26-003958-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828026003958/laz-20260129.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-003958

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