MF/UMM PE bonus guidance

How should you think about bonus guidance in MF / UMM PE, was told 100% of base but is this for an average performance and could be higher / lower, or is this just default or is it for a strong performance and there is downside risk. Wondering how certain it is compared to banking bonuses which have a lot of variance.

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