Intermediate Capital Icg: Q1 Trading Statement For The Period To 30 June 2020

 
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   21 July 2020 
 
   Q1 Trading Statement for the period to 30 June 2020 
 
 
 
   Highlights 
 
 
   -- Continued AUM growth: total AUM up 1% on 31 March 2020 to EUR45.6bn, with 
      third party fee earning AUM 1.4% higher at EUR36.4bn over the same 
      period 
 
   -- Existing portfolios performing well: positive indications of a recovery 
      in valuations, with resumption in realisation activity at pre-Covid-19 
      valuations 
 
   -- Investment activity rebounding as Covid-19 restrictions ease: EUR2.4bn of 
      deals in exclusivity, good indicator of investment pace and future 
      fundraising pipeline 
 
   -- Fundraising momentum continues, in line with expectations: EUR1.2bn of 
      new money raised in the first quarter, with good visibility for the 
      coming months 
 
   -- Robust financial position: well-capitalised balance sheet, with GBP1.1bn 
      of available liquidity 
 
 
 
   Benoit Durteste, CEO, said: 
 
   "I want to thank all our employees and those of our portfolio companies 
for their dedication and commitment during these challenging times. 
People are fundamental to ICG's success and their health is of upmost 
importance. 
 
   "The start of the financial year has been encouraging. Our portfolios 
are showing signs of improved performance, noticeably better than 
expected at year-end, indicating a recovery of valuations from their end 
of March lows. We have also seen an early rebound in investment activity 
as lockdown measures have eased and business activity resumes. This 
bodes well for next year's fundraising prospects. 
 
   "We are approaching this market from a position of strength. Our 
diversified strategies and global capabilities are more relevant than 
ever in today's markets. Our business is in a resilient position, with 
long-term fee streams, diversified portfolios and well-capitalised 
balance sheet. We are therefore well-placed for significant long-term 
growth and value creation." 
 
   Business review 
 
   Total AUM increased 1% over the three months to 30 June 2020 to 
EUR45.6bn, including our EUR2.3bn balance sheet investment portfolio. We 
have made an encouraging start to the fundraising year, with EUR1.2bn of 
new money raised despite the longer onboarding process in place since 
the start of the pandemic. We saw further inflows for our Senior Debt 
Partners strategy, net inflows across our Capital Market strategies, and 
raised EUR0.2bn for our Asia Pacific strategy. In addition, we priced a 
EUR0.4bn European CLO in March which closed in the current quarter. 
 
   We have good visibility on fundraising for the coming months, and 
overall our expectations remain that fundraising will be slower in the 
current financial year given disruption caused by Covid-19 and the 
natural fundraising cycle for our larger funds. Once Senior Debt 
Partners is fully raised we will not have any larger funds in the market 
during the current financial year. We continue to make good progress 
with our new Sale and Leaseback and Infrastructure Equity strategies, 
raising EUR0.5bn and EUR0.3bn of third party money respectively to date. 
 
   Third party AUM by strategic asset class at 30 June 2020 was as follows: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                                                                                      Total 
               Corporate Investments  Capital Market Investments  Real Asset Investments  Secondary Investments   Third Party AUM 
                        EURm                     EURm                      EURm                    EURm                EURm 
-------------  ---------------------  --------------------------  ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------- 
At 31 March 
 2020                         20,689                      13,831                   4,944                  3,365            42,829 
-------------  ---------------------  --------------------------  ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------- 
Additions                        665                         501                      70                      -             1,236 
-------------  ---------------------  --------------------------  ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------- 
Realisations                   (378)                        (50)                   (106)                   (25)             (559) 
-------------  ---------------------  --------------------------  ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------- 
FX and other                    (40)                           1                    (83)                   (99)             (221) 
-------------  ---------------------  --------------------------  ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------- 
At 30 June 
 2020                         20,936                      14,283                   4,825                  3,241            43,285 
-------------  ---------------------  --------------------------  ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------- 
Fee earning 
 AUM - at 30 
 June 2020                    15,780                      13,711                   3,709                  3,163            36,363 
-------------  ---------------------  --------------------------  ----------------------  ---------------------  ---------------- 
 
 
   Our strong origination capability means we can continue to source 
attractive investments for our funds, while maintaining our rigorous and 
disciplined investment approach. The total amount of capital deployed on 
behalf of our direct investment funds was EUR411m in the quarter (three 
months to 30 June 2019: EUR1,049m), with a further EUR2.4bn of deals in 
exclusivity. This compares to EUR5.9bn deployed across the whole of the 
last financial year. 
 
   The direct investment funds are investing as follows, based on 
third-party funds raised at 30 June 2020: 
 
 
 
 
Strategic                  % invested at  % invested at   Assets in fund at  Deals completed 
asset class   Fund          30 June 2020   31 March 2020     30 June 2020         in Q1 
------------  -----------  -------------  --------------  -----------------  --------------- 
Corporate     ICG Europe 
 Investments   Fund VII              53%             52%                  8                0 
              Europe 
Corporate      Mid-Market 
 Investments   Fund                   7%              7%                  1                0 
              North 
               American 
               Private 
Corporate      Debt Fund 
 Investments   II                    31%             26%                  8                1 
              Senior Debt 
Corporate      Partners 
 Investments   IV(1)                 17%             16%                  4                0 
              Asia 
Corporate      Pacific 
 Investments   Fund III              93%             93%                  8                0 
              ICG Longbow 
               Real 
Real Asset     Estate 
 Investments   Fund V                63%             61%                 15                1 
              Strategic 
Secondary      Equity 
 Investments   III                   32%             30%                  3                0 
------------  -----------  -------------  --------------  -----------------  --------------- 
 
 
   (1) Co-mingled fund, excluding mandates and undrawn commitments 
 
   85% of our AUM is in closed-end funds where outflows only occur with the 
realisation of the underlying portfolio companies. Realisation activity 
slowed materially in the quarter, and we currently expect it to remain 
subdued for the remainder of the current financial year.  That said, we 
will capitalise on attractive opportunities to realise assets that 
underpin the performance of our funds and return capital to the balance 
sheet. 
 
   The balance sheet investment portfolio was GBP2.1bn at 30 June 2020 (31 
March 2020: GBP2.2bn). As the balance sheet invests solely to support 
our fund management activities, its portfolio will fluctuate in size 
depending on the deal activity, and performance, of the funds in which 
it invests. 
 
   The balance sheet remains well funded with unutilised cash and debt 
facilities of GBP1,055.8m at 30 June 2020 (31 March 2020: GBP1,216.5m) 
and no material refinancing requirements in the next 12 months. 
 
   Enquiries 
 
   Analyst / Investor enquiries: 
 
   Ian Stanlake, Investor Relations, ICG                                                                              [phone] 
 
 
 
 
   Media enquiries: 
 
   Alicia Wyllie, Corporate Communications, ICG 
[phone] 
 
   Neil Bennett, Sam Turvey, Maitland                                                                                [phone] 
 
 
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   About ICG 
 
   ICG is a global alternative asset manager with over 30 years' history. 
 
   We manage EUR45.6bn of assets in private debt, credit and equity, 
principally in closed-end funds. We provide capital to help companies 
grow through private and public markets, developing long-term 
relationships with our business partners to deliver value for 
shareholders, clients and employees. 
 
   We operate across four asset classes -- corporate, capital market, real 
asset and secondary investments. In addition to growing existing 
strategies, we are committed to innovation and pioneering new strategies 
across these asset classes where the market opportunity exists. 
 
   ICG is listed on the London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: ICP). Further 
details are available at: www.icgam.com. You can follow ICG on LinkedIn 
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