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RNS Number : 5808G  Prudential PLC  20 July 2023

NEWS RELEASE

 

20 July 2023

 

 

 

IFRS17 Briefing

Audited 2022 IFRS17 results in line with previous guidance

 

Prudential plc ("Prudential") is today holding an IFRS17 briefing for
investors and analysts. A pre-recorded presentation and supporting materials
are available on the Group's website. The Group's Chief Financial Officer, Ben
Bulmer, will lead a Q&A session today at 4pm (Hong Kong Time) / 9am (UK
time).

 

The presentation explains how IFRS17 is applied to Prudential and reviews the
Group's 2022 financial performance on an IFRS17 basis. It also introduces the
IFRS17 accounting framework, which is effective from the 1st of January this
year and will be the accounting basis for our first half 2023 results. The
2022 IFRS17 results, which have been audited, show that the Group's
shareholders' equity on 1 January 2022, the date of transition, increased by
$1.8 billion to $18.9 billion and 2022 adjusted operating profit fell by $653
million to $2,722 million. This is consistent with the preliminary guidance
provided with the Group's 2022 results on 15 March 2023. At 31 December 2022,
the Contractual Service Margin ('CSM') balance, part of insurance contract
liabilities under IFRS17, was $20.0 billion 1 , representing a significant
stock of future profit. New business written in 2022 added $2.1 billion to the
CSM.

 

While IFRS17 is an important accounting change, resulting in changes to the
timing of profit recognition compared with the previous IFRS4 approach, it
does not change the total level of profit generated. As a result, it does not
change the economics of our business. Our embedded value framework, which is
linked to the Group's regulatory position and consequently future capital
generation, is in our view more representative of shareholder value.

 

Under IFRS17, the release of the CSM is the main driver of adjusted operating
profit and the new business added to the CSM will be an important factor in
building CSM. Looking forward, we expect the compounding effect of the new
business added to the CSM to support growth in IFRS17 adjusted operating
profit, which remains a key performance measure for the Group.

 

As previously announced, we expect to announce the half year 2023 results on
30 August 2023.

 

 

Contact:

 

 Media                             Investors/analysts
 Simon Kutner  +44 (0)7581 023260  Patrick Bowes       +852 9611 2981
 Sonia Tsang   +852 5580 7525      William Elderkin    +44 (0)20 3977 9215
                                   Darwin Lam          +852 2918 6348

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About Prudential plc

 

Prudential plc provides life and health insurance and asset management in 24
markets across Asia and Africa. The business helps people get the most out of
life, by making healthcare affordable and accessible and by promoting
financial inclusion. Prudential protects people's wealth, helps them grow
their assets, and empowers them to save for their goals. The business has dual
primary listings on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (2378) and the London
Stock Exchange (PRU). It also has a secondary listing on the Singapore Stock
Exchange (K6S) and a listing on the New York Stock Exchange (PUK) in the form
of American Depositary Receipts. It is a constituent of the Hang Seng
Composite Index and is also included for trading in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong
Stock Connect programme and Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme.

 

Prudential is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc. a
company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America,
nor with The Prudential Assurance Company Limited, a subsidiary of M&G
plc, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom.
https://www.prudentialplc.com/ (https://www.prudentialplc.com/)

 

We expect to release an update on the impact of IFRS17 on Prudential's 2022
results to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and to the UK financial Media at
12.00pm HKT - 5.00am UKT - 12.00am ET on Thursday, 20 July 2023.

The announcement will be released on the London Stock Exchange at 2.00pm HKT
- 7.00am UKT - 2.00am ET on Thursday, 20 July 2023.

A pre-recorded presentation for analysts and investors will be available
on-demand from 12.00pm HKT - 5.00am UKT - 12.00am ET on Thursday, 20 July
2023 using the following link:
https://www.investis-live.com/prudential/646b97c74170900d006eb195/ewfm
(https://www.investis-live.com/prudential/646b97c74170900d006eb195/ewfm) . A
copy of the script used in the recorded video and accompanying materials will
also be available from 12.00pm HKT - 5.00am UKT - 12.00am ET on Thursday, 20
July 2023 on Prudential plc's website.

A Q&A call for analysts and investors will be held at 4.00pm HKT
- 9.00am UKT - 4.00am ET on Thursday, 20 July.

Registration to join the Q&A event online

To register to join the event and submit questions online, please do so via
the following link:
https://www.investis-live.com/prudential/64a2ee019b8a600d0047bdff/opplk
(https://www.investis-live.com/prudential/64a2ee019b8a600d0047bdff/opplk) .
The webcast will be available to watch afterwards using the same link.

Dial-in details

A dial-in facility will be available to listen to the event and ask questions:
please allow 15 minutes ahead of the start time to join the call (lines open
half an hour before the call is due to start, i.e. from 3.30pm HKT - 8.30am
UKT - 3.30am ET).

Dial-in: +44 (0) 20 3936 2999 (UK and international) / 0800 358 1035
(Freephone UK), Participant access code: 390841. Once participants have
entered this code their name and company details will be taken.

Transcript

Following the call a transcript will be published on the results centre
page of Prudential's website on Wednesday, 26 July.

Playback facility

Please use the following for a playback facility: +44 (0) 20 3936 3001 (UK and
international), replay code 450391. This will be available from approximately
7.00pm HKT - 12.00pm UKT - 7.00am ET on Thursday, 20 July until 6.59am HKT on
Friday, 28 July - 11.59pm UKT - 6.59pm ET on Thursday, 27 July.

Forward-looking statements

 

This document contains 'forward-looking statements' with respect to certain of
Prudential's (and its wholly and jointly owned businesses') plans and its
goals and expectations relating to future financial condition, performance,
results, strategy and objectives. Statements that are not historical facts,
including statements about Prudential's (and its wholly and jointly owned
businesses') beliefs and expectations and including, without limitation,
commitments, ambitions and targets, including those related to ESG, and
statements containing the words 'may', 'will', 'should', 'continue', 'aims',
'estimates', 'projects', 'believes', 'intends', 'expects', 'plans', 'seeks'
and 'anticipates', and words of similar meaning, are forward-looking
statements. These statements are based on plans, estimates and projections as
at the time they are made, and therefore undue reliance should not be placed
on them. By their nature, all forward-looking statements involve risk and
uncertainty.

 

A number of important factors could cause actual future financial condition or
performance or other indicated results to differ materially from those
indicated in any forward-looking statement. Such factors include, but are not
limited to:

 

·      current and future market conditions, including fluctuations in
interest rates and exchange rates, inflation (including resulting interest
rate rises), sustained high or low interest rate environments, the performance
of financial and credit markets generally and the impact of economic
uncertainty, slowdown or contraction (including as a result of the
Russia-Ukraine conflict and related or other geopolitical tensions and
conflicts), which may also impact policyholder behaviour and reduce product
affordability;

·      asset valuation impacts from the transition to a lower carbon
economy;

·      derivative instruments not effectively mitigating any exposures;

·      global political uncertainties, including the potential for
increased friction in cross-border trade and the exercise of laws, regulations
and executive powers to restrict trade, financial transactions, capital
movements and/or investment;

·      the longer-term impacts of Covid-19, including macroeconomic
impacts on financial market volatility and global economic activity and
impacts on sales, claims, assumptions and increased product lapses;

·      the policies and actions of regulatory authorities, including, in
particular, the policies and actions of the Hong Kong Insurance Authority, as
Prudential's Group-wide supervisor, as well as the degree and pace of
regulatory changes and new government initiatives generally;

·      given Prudential's designation as an Internationally Active
Insurance Group, the impact on Prudential of systemic risk and other group
supervision policy standards adopted by the International Association of
Insurance Supervisors;

·      the physical, social, morbidity/health and financial impacts of
climate change and global health crises, which may impact Prudential's
business, investments, operations and its duties owed to customers;

·      legal, policy and regulatory developments in response to climate
change and broader sustainability-related issues, including the development of
regulations and standards and interpretations such as those relating to ESG
reporting, disclosures and product labelling and their interpretations (which
may conflict and create misrepresentation risks);

·      the collective ability of governments, policymakers, the Group,
industry and other stakeholders to implement and adhere to commitments on
mitigation of climate change and broader sustainability-related issues
effectively (including not appropriately considering the interests of all
Prudential's stakeholders or failing to maintain high standards of corporate
governance and responsible business practices);

·      the impact of competition and fast-paced technological change;

·      the effect on Prudential's business and results from, in
particular, mortality and morbidity trends, lapse rates and policy renewal
rates;

·      the timing, impact and other uncertainties of future acquisitions
or combinations within relevant industries;

·      the impact of internal transformation projects and other
strategic actions failing to meet their objectives or adversely impacting the
Group's employees;

·      the availability and effectiveness of reinsurance for
Prudential's businesses;

·      the risk that Prudential's operational resilience (or that of its
suppliers and partners) may prove to be inadequate, including in relation to
operational disruption due to external events;

·      disruption to the availability, confidentiality or integrity of
Prudential's information technology, digital systems and data (or those of its
suppliers and partners) including the Pulse platform;

·      the increased non-financial and financial risks and uncertainties
associated with operating joint ventures with independent partners,
particularly where joint ventures are not controlled by Prudential;

·      the impact of changes in capital, solvency standards, accounting
standards or relevant regulatory frameworks, and tax and other legislation and
regulations in the jurisdictions in which Prudential and its affiliates
operate; and

·      the impact of legal and regulatory actions, investigations and
disputes.

·      These factors are not exhaustive. Prudential operates in a
continually changing business environment with new risks emerging from time to
time that it may be unable to predict or that it currently does not expect to
have a material adverse effect on its business. In addition, these and other
important factors may, for example, result in changes to assumptions used for
determining results of operations or re-estimations of reserves for future
policy benefits. Further discussion of these and other important factors that
could cause actual future financial condition or performance to differ,
possibly materially, from those anticipated in Prudential's forward-looking
statements can be found under the 'Risk Factors' heading of Prudential's 2022
Annual Report and its Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the US Securities
and Exchange Commission on 23 March 2023.

 

Any forward-looking statements contained in this document speak only as of the
date on which they are made. Prudential expressly disclaims any obligation to
update any of the forward-looking statements contained in this document or any
other forward-looking statements it may make, whether as a result of future
events, new information or otherwise except as required pursuant to the UK
Prospectus Rules, the UK Listing Rules, the UK Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules, the Hong Kong Listing Rules, the SGX-ST Listing Rules or
other applicable laws and regulations.

 

Prudential may also make or disclose written and/or oral forward-looking
statements in reports filed with or furnished to the US Securities and
Exchange Commission, the UK Financial Conduct Authority, the Hong Kong Stock
Exchange and other regulatory authorities, as well as in its annual report and
accounts to shareholders, periodic financial reports to shareholders, proxy
statements, offering circulars, registration statements, prospectuses,
prospectus supplements, press releases and other written materials and in oral
statements made by directors, officers or employees of Prudential to third
parties, including financial analysts. All such forward-looking statements are
qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed under the
'Risk Factors' heading of Prudential's 2022 Annual Report and any subsequent
filing Prudential makes with the US Securities and Exchange Commission,
including any subsequent Annual Report on Form 20-F.

 

Cautionary statements

 

This document does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to
purchase, acquire, subscribe for, sell, dispose of or issue, or any
solicitation of any offer to purchase, acquire, subscribe for, sell or dispose
of, any securities in any jurisdiction nor shall it (or any part of it) or the
fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection
with, any contract therefor.

 

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA

 1  Net of reinsurance, including joint ventures and associates.

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