REG - Rathbone Brothers - 3rd Quarter Results and Strategic Update

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17/10/2019 07:05

RNS Number : 1447Q
Rathbone Brothers PLC
17 October 2019
 


Rathbone Brothers Plc
Third quarter interim management statement and strategic update           
 
Rathbone Brothers Plc ("Rathbones") announces a trading update for the three months ended 30 September 2019.
Paul Stockton, Chief Executive of Rathbone Brothers Plc, said:
"Our funds under management and administration increased marginally in the quarter to £49.4 billion. In difficult markets we continue to focus on providing a quality service to our clients, navigating through ongoing market uncertainty but also selectively investing to pursue organic growth opportunities and develop our business."
 
Financial highlights:
-    Total funds under management and administration increased 4.4% to £49.4 billion at 30 September 2019 (30 September 2018: £47.3 billion). The FTSE 100 Index on the third quarter charging date decreased 1.4% from the equivalent date last year, whilst the MSCI WMA Private Investor Balanced Index increased by 2.0%.
-      £42.4 billion in the Investment Management business (30 September 2018: £41.3 billion)
-      £7.0 billion in the Unit Trusts business (30 September 2018: £6.0 billion)
 
-    Total net inflows were £0.1 billion in the third quarter (2018: £7.0 billion, largely reflecting the acquisition of Speirs & Jeffrey).  
-      Gross organic inflows in Investment Management in the quarter remained resilient at £0.8 billion (2018: £0.8 billion) in a difficult market for savings. Total net outflows in Investment Management during the quarter were £0.2 billion (2018: net inflows of £6.9 billion largely reflecting the acquisition of Speirs & Jeffrey). This reflected ongoing weak investor sentiment and investment manager departures. Both factors, together with anticipated outflows from short term discretionary mandates, are expected to continue to weigh on net growth in FUMA into 2020.
-      Net inflows in Unit Trusts for the quarter remained strong at £0.3 billion against a difficult environment for asset managers (2018: £0.1 billion).  
 
-    Underlying operating income totalled £86.3 million for the three months ended 30 September 2019, an increase of 7.5% from the £80.3 million recorded in the third quarter of 2018.
-      Income in Investment Management totalled £76.7 million in the quarter, up 8.3% on the £70.8 million reported for the comparable period in 2018. The average FTSE 100 Index was 7427 on quarterly billing dates in 2019, broadly flat against the 7449 recorded in 2018.
-      Income in Unit Trusts totalled £9.6 million for the three months ended 30 September 2019, broadly flat on the £9.5 million reported for the third quarter in 2018 and an increase of 8.9% excluding managers' box dealing profits.
 
 
Strategic update
 
The executive management team will outline their vision for the business at the strategic update this morning; a copy of the presentation is available online at https://www.rathbones.com/investor-relations and a recording of the event will be uploaded to the website after the event.
 
Rathbones has built a leading market position based on a powerful brand, high quality people, a strong operating platform and a stable client base who value our relationship led services. We intend to leverage the core strengths of our business by investing over the next 2-3 years to enhance organic growth.  During this time, we believe it is appropriate to operate the business closer to a mid-twenties underlying operating margin to enable us to create long term growth opportunities, improve client services and deliver productivity gains.
 
 
 
 
      
Net operating income




 


3 months ended 30 September


 


9 months ended 30 September




 


2019


2018


Change


 


2019


2018


Change




 


£m


£m


%


 


£m


£m


%




Investment Management


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




- Fees


56.0


51.9


7.9 


 


166.6


150.3


10.8 




- Commissions


11.3


9.8


15.3 


 


39.0


30.8


26.6 




- Net interest income


4.4


4.0


10.0 


 


12.1


10.9


11.0 




- Fees from advisory services1 and other income


5.0


5.1


(2.0)


 


14.4


14.1


2.1 




 


76.7


70.8


8.3 


 


232.1


206.1


12.6 




Unit Trusts


9.6


9.5


1.1 


 


27.0


27.4


(1.5)




Underlying net operating income


86.3


80.3


7.5 


 


259.1


233.5


11.0 




Average FTSE 100 Index on principal charging dates2


7408


7510


(1.4)


 


7427


7449


(0.3)




Average MSCI WMA Balanced Index on principal charging dates2


1645


1612


2.0 


 


1629


1582


3.0 




 
(1)  Including income from trust, tax, pension advisory services and Vision Independent Financial Planning.
(2)  The principal charging dates for Investment Management clients are 5 April, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December. Unit Trust income accrues on daily levels of funds under management.
Funds under management




 


3 months ended

30 September


 


9 months ended

30 September




 


2019


2018


 


2019


2018




 


£m


£m


 


£m


£m




(i) Investment Management


 


 


 


 


 




Opening FUM (1 July/1 January)


42,482 


34,140  


 


38,456 


33,780 




Inflows


789 


7,508  


 


2,690 


9,262 




  Organic new business


757 


800  


 


2,483 


2,493 




  Acquired new business


32 


6,708  


 


207 


6,769 




Outflows


(953)


(582)


 


    (2,714)


(1,922)




Market adjustment


104 


208  


 


3,990 


154 




Closing FUM (30 September)


42,422 


41,274  


 


42,422 


41,274 




 


 


 


 


 


 




Underlying annualised rate of net organic growth


(1.8%)


2.6%


 


(0.8%)


2.3%




Annualised rate of net inflows3


(1.5%)


2.8%


 


(0.1%)


2.6%




 


 


 


 


 


 




(ii) Unit Trusts


 


 


 


 


 




Opening FUM (1 July/1 January)


6,702 


5,776  


 


5,643 


5,367 




Inflows


661 


459  


 


1,655 


1,432 




Outflows


(342)


   (338)


 


(1,007)


(1,012)




Market adjustment


6 


109  


 


736 


219 




Closing FUM (30 September)


7,027 


6,006  


 


7,027 


6,006 




 


 


 


 


 


 




Total FUM (30 September) 4


49,449 


47,280  


 


49,449 


47,280 




 


 


 


 


 


 




Net fund inflows


 


 


 


 


 




Investment Management


     (164)


6,926  


 


(24)


7,340 




Unit Trusts


319 


121  


 


648 


420 




Total


155 


7,047  


 


624 


7,760 




 
 
(3)  Annualised rate of net inflows in 2018 excludes the £6.7 billion acquired in relation to Speirs & Jeffrey.
(4)  Includes £2.5 billion (30 September 2018: £2.3 billion) of execution only funds, Greenbank funds of £1.5 billion (30 September 2018: £1.2 billion) and funds managed with a charitable mandate of £6.0 billion (30 September 2018: £5.7 billion).
 
 
 
(iii) Investment Management; Service level breakdown
 




 


30 September 2019
£m


31 December 2018
£m


30 September 2018
£m


Change
9 months
%


Change
12 months
%




Direct


30,311 


26,642 


28,207 


13.8 


7.5 




Financial Adviser linked5


8,567 


7,515 


8,095 


14.0 


5.8 




Total Discretionary


38,878 


34,157 


36,302 


13.8 


7.1 




Non-Discretionary Investment Management


2,721 


3,332 


3,889 


(18.3)


(30.0)




Execution Only


2,466 


2,158 


2,304 


14.3 


7.0 




Gross Investment Management FUMA


44,065 


39,647 


42,495 


11.1 


3.7 




Discretionary wrapped funds6


(1,643)


(1,191)


(1,221)


38.0 


34.6 




 


 


 


 


 


 




Total Investment Management FUMA


42,422 


38,456 


41,274 


10.3 


2.8 




 
(5)  Of the £7.8 billion of financial adviser linked business that we reported in the 2018 report and accounts, £7.5 billion is included in Discretionary and £0.3 billion in Execution Only.
(6)  Discretionary wrapped funds represent funds operated by Unit Trusts, managed by both Investment Management teams and Unit Trusts fund managers.
 
The FTSE 100 Index closed at 7,168 on 16 October 2019, a decrease of 3.2% since 30 September 2019. Investment Management fee income in the fourth quarter is dependent upon the value of funds under management at 31 December 2019.
 
17 October 2019
 
For further information contact:
 
Rathbone Brothers Plc
Tel: 020 7399 0000
Email: shelly.patel@rathbones.com
 
Paul Stockton, Chief Executive
Jennifer Mathias, Group Finance Director
Shelly Patel, Head of Investor Relations
 
Camarco (Communications adviser to Rathbones)
Tel: 020 3757 4984
Email: ed.gascoigne-pees@camarco.co.uk
 
Ed Gascoigne-Pees
Hazel Stevenson
 
Rathbone Brothers Plc
Rathbones provides individual investment and wealth management services for private clients, charities, trustees and professional partners. We have been trusted for generations to manage and preserve our clients' wealth. Our tradition of investing and acting responsibly has been with us from the beginning and continues to lead us forward. Our ambition is to be recognised as the UK's most responsible wealth manager.
Rathbones has over 1,400 staff in 15 UK locations and Jersey; its headquarters is 8 Finsbury Circus, London.
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