Australia's Magellan Financial jumps on FUM growth
** Shares of asset manager Magellan Financial Group MFG.AX
rise as much as 3.1% to A$8.60
** Co says total funds under management (FUM) grew to A$36.7
bln ($24.46 bln) as at May 31 from A$36.3 bln at end of April
** Says it experienced net outflows of A$0.1 bln in May
** As of last close, stock down 10.1% this year vs a 11.1%
rise in Australia's financials index .AXFJ
($1 = 1.5002 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by John Biju in Bengaluru)
((John.Biju@thomsonreuters.com;))
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