Investments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Investments [Abstract]

INVESTMENTS

INVESTMENTS

The disclosures below include details of the company’s investments. Investments held by CIP are detailed in Note 16, "Consolidated Investment Products".

$ in millions	March 31, 2020	December 31, 2019
Equity investments:
Seed money	175.7	235.5
Investments related to deferred compensation plans	155.8	192.4
Other equity securities	2.6	4.6
Equity method investments*	373.0	350.8
Foreign time deposits	25.8	32.0
Other	11.6	14.2
Total investments	744.5	829.5

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* Certain co-investments in managed funds accounted for under the equity method are valued on a one-month or a three-month lag based upon the availability of fund financial information which means the equity in earnings may not reflect the market disruption that occurred during March 2020.

Equity investments

The unrealized gains and losses for the three months ended March 31, 2020, that relate to equity investments still held at March 31, 2020, was a $86.1 million net loss (three months ended March 31, 2019: $23.0 million net gain).