Perpetual fourth quarter inflow
Recommendation
Perpetual has announced its fourth consecutive quarterly net inflow of funds, thanks mainly to 'two significant gains in the institutional channel into several equities strategies', which contributed to $0.3bn of institutional inflows offset by a net retail outflow of $0.1bn. The intermediary channel was neutral.
Funds under management (FUM) in the three months to 30 June were also affected by:
- an increase of $0.2bn due to asset appreciation;
- a decrease of $1.3bn due to distributions (some of which is expected to be reinvested in coming months); and
- a decrease of $0.3bn due to the sale of the New Zealand business of The Trust Company.
Overall, FUM averaged $31.2bn during the quarter and ended up at $29.8bn (due to the distributions, which happened at the end).
While it's slightly disappointing to see the retail channel produce another net outflow, after a couple of flat quarters, the overall performance continues to head in the right direction. The stock is up slightly since FUM's up for fund managers on 26 Jun 14 (Buy – $47.02). BUY.
Note: Our model Growth and Income portfolios hold shares in Perpetual.