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Footnotes:
Data as of June 30, 2011.
1 Firmwide AUM includes assets managed by GSAM and its investment advisory affiliates.
2 Ranking for Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., includes GSAM, PWM and Merchant Banking 2010 year-end assets. Ranked 9th in Total Assets Worldwide. Pensions&Investments, June 2011.
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*As at 30 September 2011
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