Brooks Macdonald Group PLC Quarterly Announcement of Funds under Management (3904U)

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Brooks Macdonald Group PLC

24 October 2017

24 October 2017

BROOKS MACDONALD GROUP PLC

Quarterly Announcement of Funds under Management

Brooks Macdonald Group plc (the "Group"), the AIM listed UK investment management group, today announces an update on its funds under management (FUM) for its first quarter ended 30 September 2017.

Funds under Management

Discretionary

As at 30 September 2017 discretionary FUM totalled GBP GBP11.0 billion, an increase of 5.1% over the quarter (30 June 2017: GBP10.5 billion). As a comparison the MSCI WMA balanced index increased by 0.8% over the quarter.

This represents all the discretionary funds managed by the Group (Investment Management, Funds and International) and this growth was a combination of net new business (GBP376m) and performance (GBP155m).

Analysis of discretionary fund flows over the quarter

Our Funds business is in the process of being incorporated into UK Investment Management and accordingly the combined FUM is presented below, whilst splitting out International as a separate segment.

 
 
   GBPm                      IM      BMI     TOTAL 
------------------------  ------  ------  -------- 
 Opening discretionary 
  FUM (June 17)            8,927   1,529   10,456 
------------------------  ------  ------  -------- 
 Net new discretionary 
  business                  329     48       376 
------------------------  ------  ------  -------- 
 Acquisitions                0       0        0 
------------------------  ------  ------  -------- 
 Performance                148      7       155 
------------------------  ------  ------  -------- 
 Closing FUM (September 
  2017)                    9,404   1,584   10,987 
------------------------  ------  ------  -------- 
 Organic Growth            3.7%    3.0%     3.6% 
------------------------  ------  ------  -------- 
 Total growth              5.3%    3.6%     5.1% 
------------------------  ------  ------  -------- 
 

Caroline Connellan, Chief Executive of Brooks Macdonald, commented:

"I am pleased to report that we have seen continued momentum through the first quarter of our new financial year, with strong net new business and portfolio performance, resulting in FUM increasing in all core offerings."

"We are maintaining our focus on capturing the significant growth opportunities open to us while progressing our investment in the business to provide a stronger platform for future growth. Notwithstanding our continued caution around markets and client sentiment, we look forward with confidence."

Enquiries to:

 
 Brooks Macdonald Group plc              www.brooksmacdonald.com 
  Caroline Connellan, Chief Executive              020 7499 6424 
  Simon Jackson, Finance Director 
  Andrew Shepherd, Deputy Chief 
  Executive 
 
 Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser 
  and Broker) 
  Guy Wiehahn / Adrian Haxby                       020 7418 8900 
 MHP Communications 
  Reg Hoare / Simon Hockridge / 
  Charlie Barker                                   020 3128 8100 
 

Notes to editors

Brooks Macdonald Group plc, through its various subsidiaries, provides wealth and investment management services in the UK and internationally. The Group, which was founded in 1991 and began trading on AIM in 2005, had discretionary funds under management (FUM) of GBP11bn as at 30 September 2017.

The Group has eleven offices across the mainland UK and two in the Channel Islands including London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Guernsey, Hale, Hampshire, Jersey, Leamington Spa, Manchester, Taunton, Tunbridge Wells and York.

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