Hello, I'm Bernard Fairman, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Foresight Group. I'm pleased to present this brief summary of Foresight's results for the six months ended 30 September 2022, as well as the outlook for the group as we move into 2023. Foresight Group's consistently excellent performance since IPO has continued. As a result of both organic growth and acquisitions, we've delivered a financial performance ahead of our expectations and are overachieving our strategic growth targets, with AUM growth of 41% significantly ahead. We're pleased to announce an interim dividend of GBP 0.046 per share in line with our policy to pay a total dividend of 60% of profit after tax. This will be paid in January. We've been delighted with the progress made in integrating both Infrastructure Capital Group in Australia and Downing's technology ventures division.
Both these significant acquisitions will deliver quality growth prospects, which we look forward to capitalizing upon. We believe that long-term sustainability trends will continue to present opportunities worldwide for Foresight for many years to come, and the scalability of our business model means that we are well-positioned to turn these opportunities into financial reward for our investors. Foresight is now a key player both in European and Australian sustainable infrastructure, as well as in regional private equity. Our broadening geographic footprint means that we're able to target the most attractive markets at any one time. The ongoing successful execution of our sustainable investment strategy and our continued ability to deliver on our IPO promises provides us with considerable confidence for the second half of the year and beyond.