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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.
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