First quarter trading update

Rathbones Group PLC
09 May 2024
 

 


                                  Rathbones Group Plc                                 

first quarter trading update

Rathbones Group Plc ("Rathbones" or the "Group") announces a trading update for the three months ended 31 March 2024

Paul Stockton, Group Chief Executive Officer of Rathbones, said:

"Rathbones has made a positive start to 2024, with operating income 13.6% higher than the first quarter of 2023 on a like-for-like basis, and 89.8% higher incorporating Investec Wealth & Investment ("IW&I"). Total funds under management and administration ("FUMA") increased by 2.1% in the quarter (Q1 2023: 1.1%) to £107.6 billion. Despite outflows remaining elevated overall, Rathbones Investment Management ("RIM") continued to deliver strong gross inflows in discretionary & managed services, achieving an annualised net organic growth rate of 2.8% (Q1 2023: 2.6%).

"The integration of IW&I is progressing well with run-rate synergies now £10.6 million, up from the £8.0 million reported at 31 December 2023. Work to combine the Group's offices in locations where both Rathbones and IW&I have offices is also progressing well, with Birmingham, Cheltenham, Exeter, and Glasgow colleagues already working in combined premises and others, including our London head office, to follow during this year. We also remain on track to launch our digital Client Lifecycle Management system in June this year.

"While economic uncertainty and headwinds remain in the UK and abroad, Rathbones is well-equipped to navigate challenging market conditions. We remain confident in our integration and synergy targets and are well-positioned to take advantage of the future benefits of the Group's scale."

Financial highlights:

- Total FUMA reached £107.6 billion at the end of the first quarter (31 December 2023: £105.3 billion) comprising:

- Market and investment performance added £2.8 billion to Group FUMA in the quarter.

- Total net flows in wealth management were negative in the quarter as positive inflows in Rathbones were offset by outflows in IW&I:

- Net inflows into our multi-asset fund range totalled £0.1 billion in the quarter. Net outflows in RAM single strategy funds of £0.2 billion were resilient against the wider asset management industry backdrop.

- Underlying net operating income totalled £223.6 million for the three months ended 31 March 2024 (31 March 2023: £117.8 million), representing growth of 13.6% relative to 2023, excluding the contribution of £89.8 million from IW&I during the period.  

- We continue to expect underlying operating margin for full year 2024 to be mid-20% and to incur non-underlying costs in line with those stated at the year-end.

- The final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2023 of 24 pence per share will be paid on 14 May 2024, subject to shareholder approval at the Annual General Meeting on 9 May 2024.

Operational highlights:

- In March 2024, we confirmed a new tenant for our London office, 8 Finsbury Circus. Rathbones' London-based employees will move to 30 Gresham Street later this year where they will work alongside their IW&I colleagues. The assignment of the lease is a key milestone in the integration process and has been achieved ahead of plan.

- In April 2024, the Trustees of Rathbones' two defined benefit pension schemes entered into an agreement with Canada Life to fully insure the benefits of members of both schemes in a "Buy-In" arrangement. The arrangement involved a total cash contribution of £3.7 million by the Group to effect the insurance contract purchases, and a write-down of scheme assets by £10.1 million, both taken through reserves.

The Buy-In of members' benefits removes the future obligation on the Group to fund these benefits and substantially de-risks the Group's balance sheet. We expect the associated capital benefit to be reported by the end of this financial year, subject to regulatory approval.

 

Additional disclosures:

- The transaction to combine with IW&I, which resulted in Investec Plc ("Investec") holding an economic interest of 41.25% of Rathbones' issued share capital currently necessitates that Investec reports its share of Rathbones' profit, as an associated undertaking, in its results which will be announced later this month. To support this reporting requirement, Rathbones announces the following unaudited results for the three months ended 31 March 2024:

AGM and Interim results dates:

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting ("AGM") will be held today, 9 May, at 11:00am at our London head office at 8 Finsbury Circus, London EC2M 7AZ. This year, the board has made arrangements to enable members to attend and participate in the meeting electronically should they wish to do so. Instructions on how to attend and participate electronically are set out in the Notice of AGM.

Interim results

The interim results for the six months to 30 June 2024 will be announced on 31 July 2024.



 

detailed financial information

Net operating income


3 months ended 31 March


2024

Group

 

2024

IW&I

 

2024

Rathbones

2023

Rathbones

Change

Investment Management

(£m)

(£m)

(£m)

(£m)

(%)

- Fees

141.2

67.3

73.9

69.5

6.3

- Commissions

25.0

10.6

14.4

12.5

15.2

- Net interest income

15.9

1.8

14.1

8.6

64.0

- Fees from advisory services & other income1

21.9

10.1

11.8

11.2

5.4


204.0

89.8

114.2

101.8

12.2

Rathbones Asset Management

19.6

-

19.6

16.0

22.5

Net operating income

223.6

89.8

133.8

117.8

13.6







MSCI PIMFA Private Investor Balanced Index on principal charging dates2


1,815

1,853

1,698

9.1

 

1.  Including income from trust, tax, financial planning services, Vision Independent Financial Planning, Saunderson House and interest on client money deposits of £6.9 million (mainly recognised in IW&I).  

2.  The principal charging dates for Rathbones Investment Management clients are 5 April, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December. Rathbones Asset Management income accrues on daily levels of funds under management. The principal charging dates for IW&I are 29 February, 31 May, 31 August and 30 November. Until the IW&I business is fully integrated in the first quarter of 2025, its existing quarterly billing date schedule will be maintained. IW&I FUMA at 29 February were £41.9 billion.

 

Funds under management and administration

(i) Breakdown of FUMA and flows by service level

Quarter ended 5 April 20242

Opening FUMA
(£m)

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Inflows

(£m)

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Outflows

(£m)

Net Flows
(£m)

Transfers3
(£m)

SHL Migrated Assets

(£m)

Market & Investment Performance (£m)

Closing FUMA
(£m)

Ann Net Growth4
(%)

Rathbones Investment Management

48,763

1,276

(1,033)

243

19

439

959

50,423

2.0

Bespoke portfolios

45,008

1,127

(958)

169

(141)

174

889

46,099

1.5

Managed via in-house funds

3,755

149

(75)

74

160

265

70

4,324

7.9

Multi-asset funds5

2,545

322

(211)

111

84

-

186

2,926

17.4

Rathbones discretionary & managed

51,308

1,598

(1,244)

354

103

439

1,145

53,349

2.8

Non-discretionary service

752

5

(13)

(8)

(8)

-

(7)

729

(4.3)

Investec W&I

42,267

855

(1,434)

(579)

(183)

1,166

42,671

(5.5)

Saunderson House6

1,590

17

(58)

(41)

-

(440)

10

1,119

(10.3)

Total wealth management

95,917

2,475

(2,749)

(274)

(88)

(1)

2,314

97,868

(1.1)

Single-strategy funds

6,677

393

(572)

(179)

-

-

406

6,904

(10.7)

Execution only

2,746

86

(194)

(108)

88

1

95

2,822

(15.7)

Total group

105,340

2,954

(3,515)

(561)

-

-

2,815

107,594

(2.1)

 

(ii) Breakdown of Investment Management FUMA and flows by channel

Quarter ended 5 April 20242

Opening FUMA
(£m)

 

 

Gross Inflows

(£m)

 

 

Gross Outflows

(£m)

Net Flows
(£m)

Transfers3  
(£m)

SHL Migrated Assets

(£m)

Market & Investment Performance (£m)

Closing FUMA
(£m)

Ann Net Growth4
(%)

Total direct

34,416

807

(760)

47

(50)

-

714

35,127

0.5

Total financial adviser linked

14,347

469

(273)

196

69

439

245

15,296

5.5

Total discretionary service

48,763

1,276

(1,033)

243

19

439

959

50,423

2.0

Execution only

2,746

86

(194)

(108)

88

1

95

2,822

(15.7)

Non-discretionary service

752

5

(13)

(8)

(8)

-

(7)

729

(4.3)

Total Investment Management

52,261

1,367

(1,240)

127

99

440

1,047

53,974

1.0

Investec W&I

42,267

855

(1,434)

(579)

(183)

1,166

42,671

(5.5)

Total Investment Management for enlarged group

94,528

2,222

(2,674)

(452)

(84)

440

2,213

96,645

(1.9)

 

(iii) Total Group FUMA

 

Quarter ended 5 April 20242

Opening FUMA
(£m)

 

 

Gross Inflows

(£m)

 

 

Gross Outflows

(£m)

Net Flows
(£m)

Transfers3 
(£m)

SHL Migrated Assets

(£m)

Market & Investment Performance (£m)

Closing FUMA
(£m)

Ann Net Growth4
(%)

Rathbones Investment Management

52,261

1,367

(1,240)

127

99

440

1,047

53,974

1.0

Rathbones Asset Management

13,770

1,285

(1,033)

252

84

-

870

14,976

7.3

Investec W&I

42,267

855

(1,434)

(579)

(183)

-

1,166

42,671

(5.5)

Saunderson House6

1,590

17

(58)

(41)

-

(440)

10

1,119

(10.3)

Total

109,888

3,524

(3,765)

(241)

-

-

3,093

112,740

(0.9)

Group eliminations7

(4,548)

(570)

250

(320)

-

-

(278)

(5,146)

28.1

Total

105,340

2,954

(3,515)

(561)

-

-

2,815

107,594

(2.1)











3.  Transfers represent client FUMA which has transferred from one service to another and other intra-group movements. These are excluded from net inflows.

4.  Annualised net growth in flows calculated as net flows/opening FUMA.

5.  Net inflows into multi-asset funds include direct flows and flows into managed solutions via in-house funds.

6.  Total funds under advice by Saunderson House, including those clients transferred to fellow group companies totalled £4.3 billion at 31 March 2024 (31 March 2023: £4.2 billion).

7.  Group eliminations represent RAM funds which are held within portfolios managed by RIM (£4.8 billion), IW&I (£0.2 billion) teams and Saunderson House (£0.1 billion) teams.  Consequently, after excluding the RAM funds, the FUMA of each entity is £49.2 billion in RIM, £42.4 billion within IW&I and £1.0 billion within Saunderson House.

 

 

For further information contact:

Rathbones Group Plc

Paul Stockton, Group Chief Executive Officer
Iain Hooley, Group Chief Financial Officer
Shelly Patel, Head of Investor Relations

Tel: 020 7399 0071
Email: shelly.patel@rathbones.com

Camarco

Ed Gascoigne-Pees
Julia Tilley
Tel: 020 3757 4984
Email: ed.gascoigne-pees@camarco.co.uk

 

Rathbones Group Plc

Rathbones provides 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 for everyone's tomorrow has been with us from the beginning and continues to lead us forward.

Rathbones has over 3,500 employees in 23 locations across the UK and Channel Islands; its headquarters is 8 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7AZ.

www.rathbones.com

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