---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001748824-21-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAMI"
cik: "0001748824"
company_name: "Acadian Asset Management Inc."
filed_at: "2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T16:54:16.312351+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BrightSphere Q3 GAAP EPS $2.76, completes affiliate sales, Acadian now sole operating business

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $2.76 (vs $0.46 Q3 2020) on gain on sale; ENI EPS $0.28 (vs $0.30).
- Completed sales of TSW, ICM, and Campbell; Acadian Asset Management becomes sole operating business.
- AUM $113.7B at Sep 30, 2021, down 10.4% from June 30 due to dispositions and market decline.
- Net client cash flows ($0.7)B in Q3; 88% of Acadian's strategies by revenue beat benchmarks over 1-year.
- Expects to pay down $125M retail notes and repurchase >$1B in shares in Q4; quarterly dividend $0.01.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001748824-21-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAMI
- cik: 0001748824
- company_name: Acadian Asset Management Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1748824/000174882421000047/0001748824-21-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1748824/000174882421000047/bsig-20211028.htm

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