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Perpetual fourth quarter inflow

By · 15 Jul 2014
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15 Jul 2014 · 2 min read
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Recommendation

Perpetual Limited - PPT
Buy
below 50.00
Hold
up to 70.00
Sell
above 70.00
Buy Hold Sell Meter
BUY at $48.38
Current price
$23.83 at 16:40 (24 April 2024)

Price at review
$48.38 at (15 July 2014)

Max Portfolio Weighting
7%

Business Risk
Medium

Share Price Risk
Medium-High
All Prices are in AUD ($)

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.

 

 

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