Full Year 2019 Man Group PLC Earnings Call Transcript
Welcome, everybody. Thank you for joining us and for coming out in the rain and with everything going on health wise. There's lots of hand sanitizer on the side of the room for anybody who'd like it and for those who're finding the week a bit stressful, there are flak jackets outside as well.
So as usual, I'm going to start with an overview of 2019. Mark will take you through the numbers. Then I'll come back and spend some time on business momentum as much as anything else. Obviously markets are moving rather quickly this week. The presentations on last year's results and honestly forward-looking comments are increasingly difficult to make with any confidence, but we'll try to help where we can. And then we'll open it up for questions and we'll try to duck all of the ones about what's going on in markets today.
2019, from a markets point of view, was obviously much more supportive for most asset classes, complete contrast to the end of 2018 and the last few days. Together with our clients, we benefited from the bullish environment
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