INVESTMENTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

The Company’s investments consist of the following at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:


	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Debt	$	4,481	$	-
Equities	40,659		43,889
Funds:
Alternative investments (a)	60,210		56,947
Debt (a)	183,790		178,556
Equity (a)	324,239		350,282
Private equity	44,501		53,822
	612,740		639,607
Investments, at fair value	657,880		683,496
Equity method investments	-		15,481
Total investments	$	657,880	$	698,977

___________________________________

(a)Interests in alternative investment funds, debt funds and equity funds include investments, including those held by LFI Consolidated Funds (see Note 20), with fair values of $27,145, $168,624 and $262,223, respectively, at September 30, 2023 and $24,137, $142,632 and $266,528, respectively, at December 31, 2022, held in order to satisfy the Company’s obligation upon vesting of previously granted Lazard Fund Interests (“LFI”) and other similar deferred compensation arrangements. LFI represent grants by the Company to eligible employees of interests in a number of Lazard-managed funds, subject to service-based vesting conditions (see Notes 6 and 12).

Debt primarily consists of U.S. Treasury securities with original maturities at time of purchase of greater than three months and less than one year.

Equities primarily consist of investments in marketable equity securities of large-, mid- and small-cap domestic, international and global companies held within separately managed accounts to seed strategies and funds in our Asset Management business.

Alternative investment funds primarily consist of interests in various Lazard-managed hedge funds, funds of funds and mutual funds. Such amounts primarily consist of investments in funds to seed strategies and funds in our Asset Management business and amounts related to LFI discussed above.

Debt funds primarily consist of investments in funds to seed strategies and funds in our Asset Management business that invest in debt securities, amounts related to LFI discussed above and an investment in a Lazard-managed debt fund.

Equity funds primarily consist of investments in funds to seed strategies and funds in our Asset Management business that invest in equity securities, and amounts related to LFI discussed above.

Private equity investments include those owned by Lazard and those consolidated but not owned by Lazard. Private equity investments owned by Lazard are primarily comprised of investments in private equity funds. Such investments primarily include (i) Edgewater Growth Capital Partners III, L.P. (“EGCP III”), a fund primarily making equity and buyout investments in middle market companies, (ii) a fund targeting significant noncontrolling-stake

investments in established private companies and (iii) a seed investment in a fund that invests in sustainable private infrastructure opportunities.

Private equity investments consolidated but not owned by Lazard relate to the economic interests that are owned by the management team and other investors in the Edgewater Funds (“Edgewater”).

Equity method investments represent certain partnership interests accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

During the three month and nine month periods ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company reported in “revenue-other” on its condensed consolidated statements of operations net unrealized investment gains and losses pertaining to equity securities and trading debt securities still held as of the reporting date as follows:


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Net unrealized investment gains (losses)	$	(23,879)	$	(31,093)	$	14,551	$	(134,091)