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Results for the half year ended 31 March 2020 1 Leadership team - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Results for the half year ended 31 March 2020 1 Leadership team - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Results for the half year ended 31 March 2020 1 Leadership team David Nicol Siobhan Boylan Robin Beer Chief Executive Chief Financial Officer Managing Director of Investment Solutions & Distribution 2 Agenda Agenda 4 6 1
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Leadership team
David Nicol
Chief Executive
Siobhan Boylan
Chief Financial Officer
Robin Beer
Managing Director of Investment Solutions & Distribution
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Agenda Agenda
1 2 3 Highlights and COVID-19 update Financial results Strategic progress 4 Q&A 4 – 6 8 – 18 20 – 24 5 Appendix 25 27 – 41
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H1 2020 highlights
➢ Resilient financial performance ➢ Strong total flows, 2.7% annualised growth rate ➢ Income growth supported by acquisitions, MPS and advice-led services ➢ Swift integration of BDCIIL1 ➢ Strong balance sheet and cash of £144.1m ➢ Capital adequacy ratio of 204% ➢ Dividend held at 4.4p
Interim dividend
4.4p
Discretionary inflows
£1.5bn
Adjusted PBT2
£36.5m
Adjusted diluted EPS3
9.5p
1 Rebranded from Investec Capital & Investments (Ireland) Limited (“ICIIL") 2 See adjusted PBT to statutory PBT reconciliation on page 35 3 See note 8 of the interim results to 31 March 2020
Total funds
£41.4bn
Total income
£175.8m
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Our response to COVID-19 Moved rapidly to a remote business model
Investment in our people Agile processes Resilient systems
- Values-led decision making
- 99% of our people working from home
- Multiple wellbeing initiatives provided to employees
- Daily calls with leadership team; governance and
- versight for real-time decision making
- Increased frequency of engagement with clients, shift to
digital comms
- All employees set up for remote-working
- Robust systems and controls to mitigate risks prior to
COVID-19
Business continuity maintained
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Our brand is recognised and known for trusted advice
Recent client survey1 Feedback from clients…
IFA: “Great catch up with Brewin - our regular market updates are a great way for us to stay informed on the current approach being taken... allows our clients to be in the best possible position in this evolving market” “Thank you very much for all the letters I have
- received. The information is comforting and I really
appreciate it. I’m sure that you are doing your best for me” “It's times like this, that we are glad that we are with Brewin - hopefully your forward planning and investment in technology will make a real difference going forward.”
95% would recommend Brewin Dolphin to a friend
1 Survey of Brewin Dolphin clients, April 2020. Q. “Would you recommend Brewin Dolphin to a close friend?” (Y / N). 2,000 responses
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Financial results Siobhan Boylan
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Strong fund flows despite volatile markets…
34.3 37.5 35.7
H1 2018 H1 2019 H1 2020²
- 5%
Total funds (£bn) Discretionary funds (£bn) Discretionary organic net flows3 (£bn)
1.3 0.8 0.5
H1 2018 H1 2019 H1 2020
7.7% 4.3% 2.5% 39.7 42.4 41.4
H1 2018 H1 2019 H1 2020¹
+7%
- 2%
+9% Annualised growth rate
1 Total funds includes £2.7bn from acquisitions 2 Discretionary funds includes £1.0bn from acquisitions 3 Including transfers
- MSCI PIMFA Private Investor Balanced Index fell by 14.5% and the FTSE 100 Index fell by
23.4% in H1 2020
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4.4 4.4 4.4
H1 2018 H1 2019 H1 2020
…supporting resilient financial results
38.8 35.6 36.5
H1 2018 H1 2019 H1 2020
- 8%
+3% 10.8 9.9 9.5
H1 2018 H1 2019 H1 2020
Adjusted1 PBT (£m) Adjusted1 diluted EPS (p) Interim dividend (p)
- 1. See adjusted PBT to statutory PBT reconciliation on page 35
21.9% Adjusted margin1 24.0%
- 8%
(123.3) (127.6) (138.6)
H1 2018 H1 2019 H1 2020
Total costs1 (£m)
+3% +9% 161.8 162.3 175.8
H1 2018 H1 2019 H1 2020
+8% 0%
Total income (£m)
20.8%
- 4%
Statutory PBT (£m)
34.1 29.7 28.2
H1 2018 H1 2019 H1 2020
- 13%
- 5%
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0.4 0.3 0.3
Direct ➢ Discretionary direct net new flows £0.2bn continue to benefit from growth of integrated service and 1762 from Brewin Dolphin. Irish business adding to organic inflows ➢ H1 2020 includes a one-off outflow from a low margin large institutional client ➢ 60% of new private client business taking advice-led wealth management services Indirect ➢ Indirect channel annualised net new flows of 8.7% with net flows in-line with H1 2019 despite challenging investor sentiment ➢ Defaqto satisfaction survey: Brewin Dolphin, most used DFM
MPS
0.2 0.2 0.4
Positive net flows supported by MPS and 1762
£bn H1 2019 H1 2020 Opening discretionary funds 37.6 40.1 Inflows 1.4 1.5 Outflows (0.4) (0.7) Net new flows 1.0 0.8 Transfers (0.2) (0.3) Net flows including transfers 0.8 0.5 Acquired
- 1.0
Investment performance (0.9) (5.9) Closing discretionary funds 37.5 35.7 Execution only & BPS 4.0 3.9 Advisory 0.9 1.8 Total closing funds 42.4 41.4 MSCI PIMFA Private Investor Balanced Index 1,587 1,423
H1 2019 H1 2020
Direct Intermediaries
Discretionary net flows excl. transfers (£bn)
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➢ Acquisitions have contributed £9.3m to total income; representing 69% of the growth ➢ Increase in direct income driven by higher trading volumes from market volatility in Q2 20 with commission income up £3.3m (excl. acquisitions) ➢ Indirect income driven by strong MPS growth ➢ Financial planning income growth largely due to recent acquisitions (£1.9m) and continued growth from 1762 from Brewin Dolphin ➢ Other income includes £0.5m contribution from our recent acquisition of Mathieson Consulting
H1 2019 H1 2020 Change (%) £m Direct 103.5 111.1 +7 Intermediaries MPS Indirect 32.9 4.2 37.1 33.2 5.2 38.4 +1 +24 +4 Total discretionary 140.6 149.5 +6 Financial planning Other income1 12.6 9.1 16.4 9.9 +30 Total income 162.3 175.8 +8 £bn (quarter end) Average total funds 41.3 45.0 +9 Average discretionary funds 36.5 38.8 +6 Average direct funds 24.2 25.4 +5 Average indirect funds 12.3 13.4 +9 Quarterly average MSCI PIMFA index2 1,536 1,551 +10
62.4 62.1 8.1 9.1 H1 2019 H1 2020 70.5 71.2
Direct fee margin (bps)3
71.1 69.9 H1 2019 H1 2020
Growth driven by integrated services & acquisitions
IM Advice
1 Other income includes interest, report writing, XO, advisory and rental income 2 Average MSCI PIMFA Private Investor Series Balanced Index 3 Revenue margin calculated using funds value as at each quarter’s fee strike date
Intermediaries margin (bps)3
12 Fixed operating costs
➢ Increase of £6.2m resulting from acquisitions: ➢ Staff cost increase of £3.9m ➢ Non-staff cost increase of £2.3m ➢ Non-staff costs (ex. acquisitions) flat compared to H1 2019
Profit share
➢ Profit share 6% higher largely due to acquisitions. H1 2020 discretionary profit share provided for on an accrual basis ➢ Down 4% per capita in H1 2020 compared to H1 2019
Increase in costs largely driven by acquisitions
£m H1 2019 H1 2020 Change (%) Staff costs 63.2 70.2 +11 Non-staff costs 37.8 40.3 +7 Fixed operating costs 101.0 110.5 +9 Profit share 26.6 28.1 +6 Total costs1 127.6 138.6 +9 Headcount 1,768 1,950 +10 Total staff cost / income (%) 55.3 55.9 Non-staff costs / income (%) 23.3 22.9 Total costs / income (%) 78.6 78.8 Profit share / pre profit share profit (%) 43.4 43.0
66.3 70.2 (1.4) 63.2 1.4 2.0 1.1 3.9
H1 2019 Pay inflation Temp staff Hiring Other² BAU Acquisitions H1 2020
+5% BAU
Staff costs (£m)
1 See adjusted PBT to statutory PBT reconciliation on page 35 2 Other increase in cost of sales and holiday pay accrual
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72% 16% 8% 4%
Investing in our infrastructure and technology
H1 2020 capex spend of £17.2m (H1 2019: £5.6m)
Client Engage and custody and settlement system
Technology enhancement (user-experience) Property1 IT hardware
Normal run rate capex c.£10m per year
- Client Engage £2.5m (FY 2019: £4.6m)
- Custody and settlement systems £9.9m
(FY 2019: £5.6m) Amortisation of both projects expected to increase opex by £4m-£5m from FY 2021
1 Property includes office equipment and leasehold improvements
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Strong cash position, cyclical low in H1
229.2 144.1 9.7 13.0 10.8 6.5 32.0 14.1 23.1 3.3 35.4 2.3 13.3 8.2 138.8 43.9 28.1 58.4 46.6 H1 2019 Adjusted EBITDA Capex Working capital Interim dividend M&A Pension funding, interest, tax &
- ther
Placing FY 2019 Adjusted EBITDA Acquisitions (net cash) Capex Working capital Rental payment Final dividend Acquisition costs Pension funding, interest, tax &
- ther
Net share purchases H1 2020
£m
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Balance sheet
£m FY 2019 H1 2020 Goodwill & client relationships Software 104.5 12.7 134.1 27.9 Total intangible assets 117.2 162.0 Fixed assets Defined benefit pension Other non-current assets Right of use assets 10.7 17.4
- 10.9
23.2 3.0 40.9 Total other non-current assets 28.1 78.0 Net cash Working capital Provisions 229.2 (10.2) (4.4) 144.1 8.0 (4.3) Total net current assets 214.6 147.8 Lease liabilities Other non-current liabilities
- (22.2)
(48.8) (20.8) Total non-current liabilities (22.2) (69.6) Net assets 337.7 318.2 Regulatory capital resources Capital adequacy (%) 216.0 291 151.6 204
Movement in intangibles:
- Acquisition of BDCIIL
£35.0m
- Technology/ system development
£15.2m
- Amortisation
(£5.4m) £44.8m Pension scheme investment strategy de-risked in December 2019 Impact of IFRS 16 lease accounting- gross up the balance sheet
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Sufficient regulatory capital supporting outlook
Net assets £318.2m as at 31 March 2020 Capital deductions £166.6m Regulatory capital resources £130.1m
Unaudited reserves £21.5m1
Regulatory capital resources £151.6m Capital adequacy 204% Capital requirement including group risk appetite (150%) £111.5m Surplus capital £27.1m
1Unaudited reserves is profit after tax 2Estimated based on issued number of shares as at 31 March 2020
Capital resources are 204%
- f FCA requirements
Interim dividends
- est. £13m2
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Interim dividend held
3.55 3.65 3.75 3.85 4.25 4.40 4.40 4.40 5.05 6.25 8.25 9.15 10.75 12.00 12.00
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Interim dividend (p) Final dividend (p) Total dividend (p) 8.6 9.9 12.0 13.0 15.0 16.4 16.4 12.00 1.0 0.2 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.0 Dividend cover
Dividend policy is to pay 60-80% of annual adjusted diluted earnings per share
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Updated FY 2020 guidance
Opex
Values-led decision making addressing the cost base in anticipation of potential COVID- 19 impacts in H2 Continued progress on large scale strategic projects. On track for completion in calendar year 2020
1 Majority of costs relate to non-staff costs and realised in H2
Capex
FY 2020 capex of £30-£33m (H1 2020: £17.2m) Operating cost savings of £6-8m in FY 20201
- Close monitoring of impact on
- perations and any change in client
behaviours so we can adapt appropriately
- Have flexibility to take further action
- FY 2020 capex for Client Engage &
custody and settlement system expected to be c.£25m (H1 2020: £12.4m)
- FY 2020 capex of c.£2m for property
(H1 20: £0.9m)
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Strategic progress
Robin Beer
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Well positioned in a challenging environment
Diversified products and services People and culture Infrastructure
- Enhancing range of
propositions
- Broad investment choices
- 1/3 of all UK intermediaries
use our service
- Focus on investment in our
IT and systems infrastructure; resilient and flexible
- New systems enable cost
benefits and support growth ambitions
- Client focused/people-
centric culture
- Responsive leadership team
- Values-led decision making
- Experienced financial
professionals
- Integrated wealth teams
across the UK and Ireland
Strong brand and loyal clients Ability to adapt to a changing environment at pace, with a strong balance sheet and good cash generation
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Core offering
Advice-led
Broadening of our direct propositions and services
Advice Portfolio
Self directed Bespoke Managed Model portfolios Complex needs Non-advised Advised
Mass market <£100k VHNW >£5m Mass affluent £100-250k HNW £1-5m Affluent £250k- £1m
Market opportunity
1762
Financial planning-led (more complex needs)
WealthPilot
Managed portfolio (less complex needs)
BPS
Digital self service
Market definition
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H1 progress: delivering on our strategic objectives
- Broadened 1762 proposition
- Launched user-experience technology for WealthPilot
- BPS opened c.900 new accounts in H1 (total accounts >5700)
Opportunity to service more client needs
- Client Engage: final testing phase, go live by early summer
- Launched new ‘Client Valuation Data Service’ designed to
deliver automated client valuations to intermediaries
- Ireland business, completed end of Oct 19
− Migrated clients, people and systems within 6 months
- Custody and settlement system: on track for calendar H2
completion
Creating better user-experience Opportunity to drive growth and system efficiencies Provide more choice for more clients Further develop our client-centric experience/ proposition Build a platform for growth
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H2 priorities: smooth transition into CEO role
- Successful systems implementation:
− Client Engage − Custody and settlement system
- Prioritisation of innovation and growth:
− Rollout of new user-experience technology for WealthPilot − Review the growth drivers, including continued implementation
- f Ireland’s business plan
- More focus on our ESG initiatives
Close monitoring of changing environment and client behaviour due to COVID-19 and adapting at pace
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Conclusion
✓ Strong balance sheet with good cash generation ✓ Strong and loyal client relationships ✓ Broad range of service offerings to meet changing clients’ needs ✓ Technology investments supporting growth and innovation Well placed to capture growth in challenging markets
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Q&A
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Appendix
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COVID-19 support to charities and communities
- Donations:
- £22,500 to National Emergencies Trust
- €3,000 to Community Foundation for Ireland
- Volunteering days increased from 1 to 5 days per year (for permanent employees)
- Launch of the ‘Brewin Dolphin Community Relief Fund’: £25,000 made available for
employees to apply for £250 donations for small local charities in their communities responding to the Covid-19 crisis
- Donations to office charity partners: 16 offices have selected a charity partner this
year and we have made a donation to each
- Volunteering for charity partners: reaching out to charity partners to offer any sort of
remote volunteering support
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KPIs
Build a platform for growth Adjusted PBT margin3 (%) 22 23 24 22 21 25 Capital adequacy ratio (%) 232 232 234 291 204 Min 150 Provide more choice for more clients Discretionary fund inflows (%) 4 8 7 4 21 5 Net promoter score (-100% / +100%) +45 +48 +44 +51 n/a +462 Further develop
- ur client centric
experience/ proposition Overall client satisfaction (n/10) 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.6 n/a 8.52 Discretionary funds per CF30 (£m) 64 75 80 81 72 100 Maintain a culture we are proud of Employee engagement (%) 78 82 83 87 n/a 772
1 Annualised 2 Benchmark 3 See adjusted PBT to statutory PBT reconciliation on page 35 4 See note 8 of the interim results to 31 March 2020
RG RG RG CS IE IE IE CS
RG IE CS Revenue growth Improved efficiency Capital efficiency and shareholder return
Adjusted EPS4 16.8 19.6 21.7 20.5 9.5 n/a Dividends (p) Dividend payout ratio 13.0 (77%) 15.0 (77%) 16.4 (76%) 16.4 (80%) n/a 60% - 80%
CS
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Continued improvement in quality
38 71 68 4 8 9 41 20 22 17 1 1
2010 H1 2019 H1 2020
Discretionary 51 89 87 16 9 9 33 2 4 Execution
- nly
Advisory
Asset mix % Income profile %
FY 2010 H1 2019 H1 2020 H1 2019 H1 2020 Fees FP income Commissions Other Income FY 2010
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Funds summary
£bn H1 2019 FY 2019 H1 2020 6 month change % 12 month change % Private clients Charities and corporates Direct discretionary Intermediaries MPS Indirect discretionary 20.1 4.7 24.8 9.5 3.2 12.7 21.4 4.9 26.3 10.0 3.8 13.8 18.9 4.3 23.2 8.8 3.7 12.5
- 12
- 12
- 12
- 12
- 3
- 9
- 6
- 9
- 6
- 7
+16
- 2
Discretionary 37.5 40.1 35.7
- 11
- 5
BPS Execution only 0.2 3.8 0.2 3.9 0.2 3.7 Advisory 0.9 0.8 1.8 Total funds 42.4 45.0 41.4
- 8
- 2
MSCI PIMFA Private Investor Balanced Index 1,587 1,665 1,423
- 15
- 10
FTSE 100 Index 7,279 7,408 5,672
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H1 2020 fund flows and transfers
£bn Private clients Charities and corporates Direct discretionary Intermediaries MPS Indirect discretionary Discretionary funds BPS Execution only Advisory Total funds Inflows Outflows Net new flows 0.5 0.2 (0.3) (0.2) 0.2
- 0.7
0.4 0.4 0.8 (0.5) (0.2)
- (0.2)
0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.5 (0.7) 0.8
- 0.1
- (0.3)
- (0.2)
0.1 (0.1)
- 1.7
(1.1) 0.6 Net flows
- 0.1
0.4 0.5 0.5
- 0.1
- 0.6
Annualised growth rate % Inflows Outflows Net new flows +5 +8
- 3
- 8
+2
- +5
+8 +21 +12
- 4
- 4
- 3
+2 +4 +21 +9 +7
- 3
+4 +5
- 15
- 10
+8
- 5
+3 Transfers (0.2)
- (0.2)
(0.1)
- (0.1)
(0.3)
- 0.3
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Fees and commissions
£m H1 2019 H1 2020 Change (%) Fees Commissions 112.2 28.4 115.8 33.7 +3 +19 Discretionary 140.6 149.5 +6 BPS (Fees only) 0.6 0.7 +17 Fees Commissions 2.2 3.1 2.2 3.5
- +13
Execution only 5.3 5.7 +8 Fees Commissions 1.1 0.2 1.6 0.6 +45 +200 Advisory 1.3 2.2 +69 Total fees Total commissions 116.1 31.7 120.3 37.8 +4 +19 Total fees and commissions 147.8 158.1 +7 Financial planning Other income 12.6 1.9 16.4 1.3 +30
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Total income 162.3 175.8 +8
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Total funds and income margin
H1 2019 Average funds1 £bn H1 2020 Average funds1 £bn H1 2019 Income £m H1 2020 Income £m H1 2019 Average margin1 bps H1 2020 Average margin1 bps Discretionary 36.5 38.6 140.6 149.5 77.0 77.9 YoY change 6% 6% 1%
0. 0.BPS 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.7 69.5 71.5 Execution only 3.7 4.1 5.3 5.7 28.6 28.0 YoY change 11% 8% (2%) Advisory 0.9 1.9 1.3 2.2 29.4 26.1 YoY change 111% 69% (11%) Total 41.3 44.8 147.8 158.1 71.5 71.1 YoY change 8% 7% (1%)
1Calculated using funds value as at quarter end fee strike dates. Following the completion of the acquisition on 31st October 2019, BDCIIL contributed
income to the group for five months during H1 20. The revenue margins provided are calculated on the basis that income from BDCIIL was generated for the full six months of the period
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Discretionary funds and income margin
H1 2019 Average funds1 £bn H1 2020 Average funds1 £bn H1 2019 Income £m H1 2020 Income £m Change % H1 2019 Average margin1 bps H1 2020 Average margin1 bps Direct 24.2 25.2 Fees 75.6 78.0 3% 62.4 62.1 YoY change 4% Commissions 27.9 33.1 19% 23.1 26.5 103.5 111.1 7% 85.5 88.6 Intermediaries 9.2 9.5 Fees 32.4 32.6 1% 70.1 68.6 YoY change 3% Commissions 0.5 0.6 20% 1.0 1.3 32.9 33.2 1% 71.1 69.9 MPS 3.1 3.9 Fees 4.2 5.2 24% 27.5 27.2 YoY change 26% Total discretionary 36.5 38.6 Fees 112.2 115.8 3% 61.4 60.3 YoY change 6% Commissions 28.4 33.7 19% 15.6 17.6 140.6 149.5 6% 77.0 77.9
1Calculated using funds value as at quarter end fee strike dates. Following the completion of the acquisition on 31st October 2019, BDCIIL contributed income to the
group for five months during H1 20. The revenue margins provided are calculated on the basis that income from BDCIIL was generated for the full six months of the period
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Statutory PBT reconciliation
£m H1 2019 H1 2020 Change (%) Profit before tax and adjusted items 35.6 36.5 +3 Defined benefit pension scheme past service costs Acquisition costs Incentivisation awards Adjusted items Amortisation of client relationships & brand (1.9) (0.5) (0.2) (2.6) (3.3)
- (2.3)
(0.6) (2.9) (5.4) Statutory profit before tax 29.7 28.2
- 5
Tax (6.9) (6.8) Statutory profit after tax 22.8 21.4
- 6
Statutory diluted earnings per share (p) 8.1 7.1
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Regional network
£bn H1 2019 H1 2020 Change (%) London / South East 12.1 10.9
- 10
Scotland / Northern England 8.4 7.5
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Central and Islands1 5.6 6.1 +9 Midlands and South West 8.2 7.5
- 9
Models 3.2 3.7 +16 Total discretionary funds 37.5 35.7
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1includes Brewin Dolphin Ireland
1.3 2.1 +62
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Brewin Dolphin Ireland - combined business profile
BDI1 BDCIIL1 Combined AuMA (£bn) £1.3bn £2.6bn £3.9bn Clients (#) c.1,600 c.4,400 c.6,000 Revenue (£m) £5.1m £6.1m £11.2m Number of staff 38 49 87
1 Figures as at 31 March 2020, revenue for BDI is for six months, revenue for BDCIIL is for five months (November 2019 – March 2020)
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Complexity of client advice needs
Well positioned with broad spectrum of choice
- Wealth advice service
- Face-to-face delivery
- Advice across all areas of
clients’ financial needs
- Broad range of investment
solutions
- Simplified financial advice
service
- Face-to-face in office & digital
delivery
- Pensions, investment & protection
- Active & passive investment
solutions
- Non advised self select
investment service
- Fully automated delivery
- £2,000 entry point
- GIA, ISA, JISA & Bare Trusts
- Risk rated passive portfolios
- Complex financial advice
service
- Face-to-face delivery
- Advice across all areas of
complex clients’ financial needs
- Broad range of investment
solutions
BPS WealthPilot Wealth Core 1762 “More choice for more people”
“Spectrum of yes”
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Asset allocation (balanced) as at 31 March 2020
Asset class MSCI PIMFA Balanced % BD Balanced % Cash 5.0 4.5 Gilts Corporate bonds UK index linked bonds (O/B) 5.0 10.0 2.5 6.0 8.5 1.5 Bonds 17.5 16.0 UK North America Dev’d Europe ex UK Japan Asia Emerging Overseas 30.0 20.3 4.7 2.3 4.2 1.0 32.5 30.0 22.5 6.0 2.5 4.0 1.0 36.0 Equities 62.5 66.0 Hedge funds / Absolute return (O/B) UK commercial property 10.0 5.0 10.0 3.5 Alternatives 15.0 13.5 Total 100.0 100.0
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Major shareholders as at 1 May 2020
% holding Royal London Asset Management 5.18 Aberforth Partners 5.05 BlackRock 4.66 Kabouter Management 4.44 Janus Henderson 3.91 Vanguard group 3.88 M&G Investment Management 3.86 Kames Capital 3.68 Legal and General Investment Management 3.61 Other1 61.73
1 of which Brewin Dolphin staff and former staff
including Employee Benefit Trust 14.04
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