** Macquarie raises Magellan Financial's MFG.AX price
target and earnings estimates on a slight reduction in qtrly net
outflows
** Brokerage ups PT for the Australian asset manager to
A$9.50 from A$9.45
** MFG shares currently down 1.2% at A$10.12
** Macquarie says MFG's retail outflows in September appear
to have returned to their previous run-rate of A$200 mln/month.
** "MFG's key strategies are yet to deliver sustained
relative outperformance after several difficult years" —
Macquarie
** Brokerage raises MFG's FY25, FY26 EPS estimates by 0.7%,
and 1.2%, respectively
** MFG stock up 10% YTD
(Reporting by Ayushman Ojha in Bengaluru)
((Ayushman.ojha@thomsonreuters.com))