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AJB Aj Bell Plc

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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Aj Bell Plc LSE:AJB London Ordinary Share GB00BFZNLB60 ORD GBP0.000125
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 307.00 307.50 309.50 307.00 307.00 307.00 6,256 08:27:00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Investment Advice 218.23M 68.22M 0.1659 18.51 1.26B

AJ Bell PLC Year-end Trading Update (9319Q)

24/10/2019 7:00am

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AJ Bell PLC

24 October 2019

24 October 2019

AJ Bell plc

Year-end trading update

AJ Bell plc ("AJ Bell" or the "Company"), one of the UK's largest investment platforms, today issues a trading update in respect of its financial year ended 30 September 2019.

Performance overview

Total customer numbers increased by 17% in the year to 232,066, with total assets under administration up 13% to GBP52.3 billion. In comparison, the FTSE All-Share index decreased by 2% over the year.

AJ Bell's growth during the year was driven by the platform business:

   --      Platform customers increased by 34,956 to 218,169, up 19% in the year 
   --      Platform AUA increased by 16% over the year to GBP44.9 billion 

o Advised Platform AUA up 13% to GBP33.8 billion

o D2C Platform AUA up 28% to GBP11.1 billion

-- Underlying platform inflows, representing organic growth in the year, increased to GBP5.4 billion (2018: GBP5.2 billion)

Andy Bell, Chief Executive Officer at AJ Bell, commented:

"Our first full year trading update since the IPO demonstrates the resilience of our business model. During periods of unsettled markets and political uncertainty customers have a greater need for established, trustworthy businesses offering high quality service, at low cost to meet their evolving investment needs. This has enabled us to continue to add customers and assets to the platform.

"Platform customer numbers continued to grow strongly, up 19% over the year and platform assets under administration increased 16%, despite a 2% fall in the FTSE All-Share. Underlying platform inflows remained robust at GBP5.4 billion and transfers from defined benefit pensions added a further GBP0.9 billion.

"The long-term growth drivers of the platform market remain strong with customers increasingly looking to take control of their long-term savings with flexible, low-cost, online solutions. This, coupled with our strong customer retention rate, positions us well to achieve our organic growth ambitions."

Notice of annual results

AJ Bell will be announcing its full results for the year ended 30 September 2019 on 5 December 2019.

 
  Year ended                              Advised   D2C Platform         Total   Non-platform          Total 
   30 September 2019                     Platform     GBPbillion      Platform     GBPbillion     GBPbillion 
                                       GBPbillion                   GBPbillion 
 
 Opening AUA                                 29.9            8.7          38.6            7.5           46.1 
-----------------------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 Underlying inflows(1)                        3.4            2.0           5.4            0.1            5.5 
 Outflows(2)                                (1.6)          (0.6)         (2.2)          (0.5)          (2.7) 
-----------------------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Underlying net inflows/(outflows)            1.8            1.4           3.2          (0.4)            2.8 
-----------------------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 DB inflows(3)                                0.9              -           0.9              -            0.9 
 Migration inflows(4)                           -            0.2           0.2              -            0.2 
 
 Total net inflows/(outflows)                 2.7            1.6           4.3          (0.4)            3.9 
-----------------------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 Market and other movements(5)                1.2            0.8           2.0            0.3            2.3 
-----------------------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Closing AUA                                 33.8           11.1          44.9            7.4           52.3 
-----------------------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 Customers                                 98,056        120,113       218,169         13,897        232,066 
 
 
  Year ended                              Advised   D2C Platform         Total   Non-platform          Total 
   30 September 2018                     Platform     GBPbillion      Platform     GBPbillion     GBPbillion 
                                       GBPbillion                   GBPbillion 
 
 Opening AUA                                 24.3            6.6          30.9            8.9           39.8 
-----------------------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 Underlying inflows(1)                        3.3            1.9           5.2            0.2            5.4 
 Outflows(2)                                (1.4)          (0.5)         (1.9)          (0.5)          (2.4) 
-----------------------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Underlying net inflows/(outflows)            1.9            1.4           3.3          (0.3)            3.0 
-----------------------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 DB inflows(3)                                1.8              -           1.8              -            1.8 
 Migration inflows/(outflows)(6)              0.5            0.3           0.8          (1.2)          (0.4) 
 
 Total net inflows/(outflows)                 4.2            1.7           5.9          (1.5)            4.4 
-----------------------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 Market and other movements(5)                1.4            0.4           1.8            0.1            1.9 
-----------------------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Closing AUA                                 29.9            8.7          38.6            7.5           46.1 
-----------------------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 Customers                                 88,658         94,555       183,213         14,699        197,912 
 

(1) Includes transfers-in, subscriptions, contributions and tax relief, excluding inflows from DB pension transfers and bulk migrations

(2) Includes (transfers-out, cash withdrawals, benefits and tax payments)

(3) Inflows from DB pension transfers

(4) AJ Bell plc shares held by employees and former employees of the Company, which were migrated onto the D2C Platform ahead of IPO

(5) Includes (charges, taxes deducted, investment returns and revaluations)

(6) Non-recurring inflows/(outflows) from bulk customer migrations

Contacts:

AJ Bell

   --      Shaun Yates, Head of Investor Relations                          +44 (0) 7522 235 898 

-- Charlie Musson, Head of PR +44 (0) 7834 499 554

Instinctif Partners

Public relations adviser to AJ Bell

-- Ross Gillam +44 (0) 207 457 2020

-- Kaj Sahota +44 (0) 7341 731 189

-- Katie Bairsto +44 (0) 7946 424 651

Historical AUA and customer numbers by quarter

 
 Advised Platform                Qtr to         Qtr to      Qtr to   Qtr to       Qtr to 
                           30 September    31 December    31 March       30           30 
  AUA (GBPbillion)                 2018           2018        2019     June    September 
                                                                       2019         2019 
 
 Opening AUA                       28.4           29.9        28.6     30.9         32.8 
-----------------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  -------  ----------- 
 
 Underlying inflows(1)              0.8            0.8         0.8      0.9          0.9 
 Outflows(2)                      (0.4)          (0.4)       (0.4)    (0.4)        (0.4) 
-----------------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  -------  ----------- 
 Underlying net 
  inflows                           0.4            0.4         0.4      0.5          0.5 
-----------------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  -------  ----------- 
 
 DB inflows(3)                      0.3            0.3         0.2      0.2          0.2 
 Bulk migration                     0.5              -           -        -            - 
  inflows(4) 
 
 Total net inflows                  1.2            0.7         0.6      0.7          0.7 
-----------------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  -------  ----------- 
 
 Market and other 
  movements(5)                      0.3          (2.0)         1.7      1.2          0.3 
 Closing AUA                       29.9           28.6        30.9     32.8         33.8 
                         --------------  -------------  ----------  ------- 
 
 Customers                       88,658         90,865      93,496   96,083       98,056 
 
 
 D2C Platform                    Qtr to         Qtr to      Qtr to    Qtr to       Qtr to 
                           30 September    31 December    31 March        30           30 
  AUA (GBPbillion)                 2018           2018        2019      June    September 
                                                                        2019         2019 
 
 Opening AUA                        8.3            8.7         8.7       9.7         10.6 
-----------------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  --------  ----------- 
 
 Underlying inflows(1)              0.4            0.4         0.5       0.6          0.5 
 Outflows(2)                      (0.1)          (0.2)       (0.1)     (0.1)        (0.2) 
-----------------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  --------  ----------- 
 Underlying net 
  inflows                           0.3            0.2         0.4       0.5          0.3 
-----------------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  --------  ----------- 
 
 Bulk migration                       -            0.2           -         -            - 
  inflows(6) 
 
 Total net inflows                  0.3            0.4         0.4       0.5          0.3 
-----------------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  --------  ----------- 
 
 Market and other 
  movements(5)                      0.1          (0.4)         0.6       0.4          0.2 
-----------------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  --------  ----------- 
 Closing AUA                        8.7            8.7         9.7      10.6         11.1 
-----------------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  --------  ----------- 
 
 Customers                       94,555         99,633     107,426   114,682      120,113 
 
 
 Non-platform                 Qtr to         Qtr to      Qtr to   Qtr to       Qtr to 
                        30 September    31 December    31 March       30           30 
  AUA (GBPbillion)              2018           2018        2019     June    September 
                                                                    2019         2019 
 
 Opening AUA                     8.0            7.5         6.9      7.1          7.3 
--------------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  -------  ----------- 
 
 Inflows(1)                        -              -         0.1        -            - 
 Outflows(2)                   (0.1)          (0.3)       (0.1)        -        (0.1) 
--------------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  -------  ----------- 
 Underlying net 
  outflows                     (0.1)          (0.3)           -        -        (0.1) 
--------------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  -------  ----------- 
 
 Bulk migration                (0.5)              -           -        -            - 
  outflows(4) 
 
 Total net outflows            (0.6)          (0.3)           -        -        (0.1) 
--------------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  -------  ----------- 
 
 Market and other 
  movements(5)                   0.1          (0.3)         0.2      0.2          0.2 
--------------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  -------  ----------- 
 Closing AUA                     7.5            6.9         7.1      7.3          7.4 
--------------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  -------  ----------- 
 
 Customers                    14,699         13,985      13,931   13,879       13,897 
 
 Total closing 
  AUA                           46.1           44.2        47.7     50.7         52.3 
--------------------  --------------  -------------  ----------  -------  ----------- 
 

(1) Includes transfers-in, subscriptions, contributions and tax relief, excluding inflows from DB pension transfers and bulk migrations

(2) Includes (transfers-out, cash withdrawals, benefits and tax payments)

(3) Inflows from DB pension transfers

(4) Non-recurring inflows/(outflows) from bulk customer (migrations)

(5) Includes (charges, taxes deducted, investment returns and revaluations)

(6) (AJ Bell plc shares held by employees and former employees of the Company, which were migrated onto the D2C Platform ahead of IPO)

About AJ Bell:

Established in 1995, AJ Bell is one of the largest investment platforms in the UK.

We operate in both the advised and direct to consumer segments of the platform market and our flagship platform propositions are AJ Bell Investcentre (adviser) and AJ Bell Youinvest (direct-to-consumer).

We offer SIPPs, ISAs and General Investment / Dealing Accounts. We aim to make it easy for our customers to invest by providing them with additional support in the form of various investment solutions and information. We offer a broad investment range including shares and other instruments traded on the major stock exchanges around the world, as well as all mainstream collective investments available in the UK and our own range of AJ Bell funds.

AJ Bell is headquartered in Manchester, UK.

Forward-looking statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties, and actual results and developments may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements. These forward-looking statements are statements regarding AJ Bell's intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, among other things, its results of operations, financial condition, prospects, growth, strategies and the industry in which it operates. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this announcement and AJ Bell does not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this announcement.

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

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