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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001748824-22-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAMI"
cik: "0001748824"
company_name: "Acadian Asset Management Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T11:49:16.653652+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BrightSphere Q4 2021 GAAP EPS $0.53; ENI EPS $0.53; AUM $117.2B; repurchased 45% of shares

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $0.53 (Q4'20: $2.42, which included $1.90 gain on sale of Barrow Hanley); revenue $162.9M (+35% YoY).
- AUM $117.2B (+3.1% QoQ); net client cash flows $(0.8)B with $0.1M annualized revenue impact.
- Acadian segment Adjusted EBITDA $87.6M (+117% YoY); 89% of strategies beat benchmarks over 1 year.
- Repurchased 35.6M shares ($1.1B, 45% of outstanding) in Dec 2021; redeemed $125M of 5.125% notes in Jan 2022.
- Declared $0.01/sh quarterly dividend payable Mar 25, 2022; expects 2022 operating expense ratio 42%-46%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001748824-22-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAMI
- cik: 0001748824
- company_name: Acadian Asset Management Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-03T23:59:59+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/1748824/000174882422000009/0001748824-22-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1748824/000174882422000009/bsig-20220203.htm

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