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Fiscal year 2025 · Filings through 2026-06-11

Acadian Asset Management (BSIG)

CEO Kelly Young was paid $10,519,228 in fiscal year 2025: executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.

$10,519,228
Kelly Young total, FY2025
42nd
CEO pay percentile vs peers
36:1
CEO-to-median pay ratio
97.59%
Say-on-pay support, latest vote

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Companies that benchmark against BSIG
No companies currently name BSIG as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

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01

Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2025

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Kelly Young$650,000$9,066,667$0$0$0$0$802,561$10,519,228
President and Chief Executive Officer
Richard Hart500,0001,370,000442,50200050,0002,362,502
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Administrative Officer
Christina Wiater425,000501,200308,02100050,0001,284,221
Senior Vice President and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
Scott Hynes276,923468,031000027,692772,646
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Kelly Young$10,519,228———
Richard Hart2,362,5021,567,5171,450,017+794,985
Christina Wiater1,284,2211,252,0051,035,006+32,216
Scott Hynes772,646———

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

02

Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

04

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Richard HartRSU17,265—$811,455
Christina WiaterRSU12,018—564,846
Richard HartRSU10,466—491,902
Christina WiaterRSU7,654—359,738
Richard HartRSU4,317—202,899
Christina WiaterRSU1,353—63,591
Kelly YoungRSU62——
05

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Our executive compensation program is based on the achievement of clear and consistent objectives that align the interests of our NEOs with those of our stockholders, rewarding individual efforts and the Company's overall financial and strategic performance while remaining competitive with peers to attract and retain top-caliber talent.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantAon
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
06

Say-on-pay — recent advisory votes

Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-1130,451,294752,02116,00797.59%Passed
20252025-05-1331,936,964145,86820,09799.55%Passed
20242024-06-0633,872,157382,3378,43898.88%Passed
20232023-06-0735,936,1981,906,88417,91394.96%Passed
20222022-06-0729,587,2157,192,79262,45080.44%Passed
20212021-06-2350,449,98820,474,855818,07071.13%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year's compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company's computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company's computation
20262026-06-1197.59%a
20252025-05-1399.55%b
20242024-06-0698.88%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

Approval percentages are the company's own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

07

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)36 : 1
CEO total compensation—
Median employee compensation$293,203
08

Director compensation — fiscal year 2025

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Kelly YoungEmployee director—————$0
09

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$150,000
Annual equity retainer$150,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)—
Stock ownership guideline$500
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$0
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$0

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

10

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

10a

Peer reciprocity

Of the companies Acadian Asset Management names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.

Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including Acadian Asset Management.

10b

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1BlackRock, Inc.2025Laurence Fink$1,500,000$24,600,184$0$0$37,749,569
2Janus Henderson Group, plc2025Ali Dibadj725,00027,665,1150035,038,727
3T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.2025Robert Sharps350,0008,401,68908,401,50017,245,792
4Franklin Resources, Inc.2025Jennifer Johnson750,0008,959,77106,925,00016,844,816
5Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.2025Jay Horgen750,0008,967,00006,525,00016,311,950
6Invesco Ltd.2025Andrew Schlossberg750,00010,084,90305,321,25016,299,849
7Victory Capital Holdings, Inc.2025David Brown600,0009,819,9440—16,198,444
8Acadian Asset Management2025Kelly Young650,00000010,519,228
9Federated Hermes, Inc.2025J. Christopher Donahue787,5002,528,25903,937,5007,982,105
10Cohen & Steers2025Joseph Harvey600,0004,719,995006,991,951
11WisdomTree, Inc.2025Jonathan Steinberg550,0003,507,589006,704,625
12Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.2025George Aylward650,0003,200,00002,442,0006,309,500
13Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.2025Jason Gottlieb300,0001,548,40003,570,0005,482,136

Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

10c

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Acadian Asset Managementnot disclosedRSU 25 · PRSU 25not disclosedAon
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.134%PSU 75 · RSU 25NoSemler Brossy Consulting Group, LLC
Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedMcLagan
BlackRock, Inc.not disclosedPSU 74 · RSU 26NoSemler Brossy
Cohen & Steersnot disclosedRSU 100not disclosedMcLagan
Federated Hermes, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedMcLagan Partners, Inc.
Franklin Resources, Inc.1847%PSU 100YesSemler Brossy Consulting Group
Invesco Ltd.129%not disclosedYes — Relative TSRJohnson Associates, Inc.
Janus Henderson Group, plcnot disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40NoMeridian Compensation Partners
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · PRSU 50not disclosednot disclosed
Victory Capital Holdings, Inc.not disclosedRSU 100not disclosedAon McLagan
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50not disclosedMercer
WisdomTree, Inc.127.6%RSU 50 · PSU 50NoFW Cook

Read from each company's Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company's filing does not state the item.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Acadian Asset Management in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Kelly Young, President and Chief Executive Officer, was the highest-paid executive at Acadian Asset Management in fiscal 2025 with total compensation of $10,519,228.
How does Acadian Asset Management's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
The filing shows that the chief executive's pay ranked at the 42nd percentile of the disclosed peer group.
What is Acadian Asset Management's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, the CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 36:1.
How did shareholders vote on Acadian Asset Management's executive compensation?
The company reported that shareholder support for the latest say-on-pay vote was 97.59%.
How much does Acadian Asset Management spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
The filing shows total board compensation for fiscal 2025 was $0.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

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Source register

Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

#SupportsDocumentFiledAccessionLocation in document
1Section 01, Kelly YoungDEF 14A2026-04-290001628280-26-028368Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 10,519,228. Filing ↗machine: span 331840–331850
2Section 01, Richard HartDEF 14A2026-04-290001628280-26-028368Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,362,502. Filing ↗machine: span 345326–345335
3Section 01, Christina WiaterDEF 14A2026-04-290001628280-26-028368Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,284,221. Filing ↗machine: span 355525–355534
4Section 01, Scott HynesDEF 14A2026-04-290001628280-26-028368Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 772,646. Filing ↗machine: span 339598–339605
5Section 07, pay ratioDEF 14A2026-04-290001628280-26-028368Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 36 : 1. Filing ↗
6Section 08, Kelly YoungDEF 14A2026-04-290001628280-26-028368Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
7Section 06, 2026 voteForm 8-K2026-06-110001628280-26-042520Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.59% (votes for as printed: 30,451,294). Filing ↗
8Section 06, 2025 voteForm 8-K2025-05-160001748824-25-000044Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.55% (votes for as printed: 31,936,964). Filing ↗
9Section 06, 2024 voteForm 8-K2024-06-100001748824-24-000033Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.88% (votes for as printed: 33,872,157). Filing ↗
10Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)Computed——Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
11Section 09b board cost (computed)Computed——Cash 0 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 0, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 0
12BlackRock, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-100001308179-26-000262CEO total compensation as printed in BlackRock, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 37,749,569. Filing ↗machine: span 1984856–1984866
13Janus Henderson Group, plc, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-170001308179-26-000293CEO total compensation as printed in Janus Henderson Group, plc's own proxy. As printed: 35,038,727. Filing ↗machine: t342 · r1 · c14 · span 863375–863385
14T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-170001104659-26-028876CEO total compensation as printed in T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 17,245,792. Filing ↗machine: span 1474238–1474248
15Franklin Resources, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-12-220001140361-25-046314CEO total compensation as printed in Franklin Resources, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 16,844,816. Filing ↗machine: r8 · c22 · span 1261002–1261012
16Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-170001628280-26-025798CEO total compensation as printed in Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 16,311,950. Filing ↗machine: span 1521708–1521718
17Invesco Ltd., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-020001193125-26-140019CEO total compensation as printed in Invesco Ltd.'s own proxy. As printed: 16,299,849. Filing ↗machine: t223 · r2 · c27 · span 1030655–1030665
18Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-270001193125-26-127653CEO total compensation as printed in Victory Capital Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 16,198,444. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c27 · span 1467226–1467236
19Acadian Asset Management (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-290001628280-26-028368CEO total compensation as printed in Acadian Asset Management's own proxy. As printed: 10,519,228. Filing ↗machine: span 331840–331850
20Federated Hermes, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-170001056288-26-000009CEO total compensation as printed in Federated Hermes, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,982,105. Filing ↗machine: r5 · c27 · span 201784–201793
21Cohen & Steers, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-03-200001284812-26-000030CEO total compensation as printed in Cohen & Steers's own proxy. As printed: 6,991,951. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c66 · span 492842–492851
22WisdomTree, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-290001214659-26-005251CEO total compensation as printed in WisdomTree, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,704,625. Filing ↗machine: r1 · c6 · span 1941349–1941358
23Virtus Investment Partners, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-070001193125-26-145685CEO total compensation as printed in Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,309,500. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c34 · span 636369–636378
24Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-170001517302-26-000079CEO total compensation as printed in Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,482,136. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c18 · span 617510–617519
25Section 10a, BlackRock, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A—0001308179-26-000262BlackRock, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Acadian Asset Management. Filing ↗
26Section 10a, Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A—0001193125-26-145685Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Acadian Asset Management. Filing ↗
27Section 10a, WisdomTree, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A—0001214659-26-005251WisdomTree, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Acadian Asset Management. Filing ↗
28Section 10a, Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A—0001517302-26-000079Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Acadian Asset Management. Filing ↗
29Section 10a, Franklin Resources, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A—0001140361-25-046314Franklin Resources, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Acadian Asset Management. Filing ↗
30Section 10a, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A—0001628280-26-025798Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Acadian Asset Management. Filing ↗
31Section 10a, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A—0001104659-26-028876T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Acadian Asset Management. Filing ↗
32Section 10a, Janus Henderson Group, plc reciprocityDEF 14A—0001308179-26-000293Janus Henderson Group, plc's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Acadian Asset Management. Filing ↗
33Section 10a, Cohen & Steers reciprocityDEF 14A—0001284812-26-000030Cohen & Steers's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Acadian Asset Management. Filing ↗
34Section 10a, Federated Hermes, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A—0001056288-26-000009Federated Hermes, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Acadian Asset Management. Filing ↗
35Section 10a, Invesco Ltd. reciprocityDEF 14A—0001193125-26-140019Invesco Ltd.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Acadian Asset Management. Filing ↗
36Section 10a, Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A—0001193125-26-127653Victory Capital Holdings, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Acadian Asset Management. Filing ↗

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