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Brooks Macdonald Group PLC

12 January 2023

12 January 2023

BROOKS MACDONALD GROUP PLC

Quarterly Announcement of Funds under Management and Half Year Trading Update

Notice of Half Year results

"FUM up 4.5% to GBP16.2 billion with net flows at an annualised 4.0% for the quarter"

Brooks Macdonald Group plc ("Brooks Macdonald" or "the Group") today publishes an u pdate on its Funds under Management ("FUM") for its second quarter ended 31 December 2022, together with a Trading Update for the half year .

FUM update

For the quarter ended 31 December 2022, the Group's FUM was up 4.5% with net inflows of GBP0.2 billion (an annualised rate of 4.0%), reflecting continued momentum in new business, and positive investment performance of GBP0.5 billion, leading to a closing FUM of GBP16.2 billion (30 September 2022: GBP15.5 billion).

Highlights for the quarter included:

-- Within UKIM, Platform MPS (including BM Investment Solutions) continued to gain market share, recording strong net flows in the period (annualised rate of 52.5%), and has a robust pipeline;

-- UK BPS experienced net outflows in the quarter due primarily to continued economic uncertainty making clients more cautious and therefore taking longer to commit funds;

-- The Group completed two acquisitions in the quarter - Integrity Wealth Solutions and Adroit Financial Planning - demonstrating its ability to identify and integrate high quality businesses that build capability and broaden the offering;

-- Investment performance for the quarter was 3.5%, in line with the benchmark MSCI PIMFA Private Investor Balanced Index.

Trading update

The Group traded solidly in the first half, despite the difficult prevailing macroeconomic environment and market conditions, and underlying profit and underlying profit margin (year to date and full year forecast) are running in line with current market expectations.

Andrew Shepherd, CEO of Brooks Macdonald commented:

"I am pleased to report that we have delivered c.GBP350m of positive net flows so far this financial year, demonstrating the continuing demand from our clients and intermediaries for high quality investment management, despite the challenging macroeconomic environment and difficult market conditions. It has been a solid half year for the Group, with positive organic growth and two acquisitions completed in the period, underlining our continued progress towards our strategic ambitions. We remain in a strong position to take advantage of the great opportunities ahead for Brooks Macdonald."

Analysis of fund flows by service over the period

 
                             Quarter to 31 December 2022 (GBPm) 
                        Opening     Organic      Investment     Closing    Organic    Total 
                          FUM       net new      performance      FUM      net new     mvmt 
                        1 Oct 22    business    in the period    31 Dec    business 
                                                                   22 
                      ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 BPS                       8,344        (82)              297     8,559      (1.0)%     2.6% 
                      ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 MPS Custody                 948           2               25       975        0.2%     2.8% 
 MPS Platform              2,262         297               73     2,632       13.1%    16.4% 
                      ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 MPS total                 3,210         299               98     3,607        9.3%    12.4% 
                      ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 UKIM discretionary       11,554         217              395    12,166        1.9%     5.3% 
                      ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 Funds - DCF                 407        (17)               14       404      (4.2)%   (0.7)% 
 Funds - Other             1,404        (24)               29     1,409      (1.7)%     0.4% 
                      ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 Funds total               1,811        (41)               43     1,813      (2.3)%     0.1% 
                      ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 UKIM total               13,365         176              438    13,979        1.3%     4.6% 
                      ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 International             2,159        (20)              108     2,247      (0.9)%     4.1% 
                      ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 Total                    15,524         156              546    16,226        1.0%     4.5% 
                      ----------  ----------  ---------------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 
 Total investment performance                                                           3.5% 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------- 
 MSCI PIMFA Private Investor Balanced Index(1)                                          3.5% 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------- 
 
 
                           Six months to 31 December 2022 (GBPm) 
                       Opening     Organic net new     Total    Closing    Organic    Total 
                         FUM           business         Inv.      FUM      net new     mvmt 
                                                        Perf.              business 
                      --------  --------------------  -------  --------  ----------  ------- 
                        1 Jul     Q1     Q2    Total            31 Dec 
                          22                                       22 
                      --------  ------  -----  -----  -------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 BPS                     8,581     (6)   (82)   (88)       66     8,559      (1.0)%   (0.3)% 
                      --------  ------  -----  -----  -------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 MPS Custody               960     (3)      2    (1)       16       975      (0.1)%     1.6% 
 MPS Platform            2,053     243    297    540       39     2,632       26.3%    28.2% 
                      --------  ------  -----  -----  -------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 MPS total               3,013     240    299    539       55     3,607       17.9%    19.7% 
                      --------  ------  -----  -----  -------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 UKIM discretionary     11,594     234    217    451      121    12,166        3.9%     4.9% 
                      --------  ------  -----  -----  -------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 Funds - DCF               439    (14)   (17)   (31)      (4)       404      (7.1)%   (8.0)% 
 Funds - Other           1,418    (20)   (24)   (44)       35     1,409      (3.1)%   (0.6)% 
                      --------  ------  -----  -----  -------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 Funds total             1,857    (34)   (41)   (75)       31     1,813      (4.0)%   (2.4)% 
                      --------  ------  -----  -----  -------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 UKIM total             13,451     200    176    376      152    13,979        2.8%     3.9% 
                      --------  ------  -----  -----  -------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 International           2,216     (9)   (20)   (29)       60     2,247      (1.3)%     1.4% 
                      --------  ------  -----  -----  -------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 Total                  15,667     191    156    347      212    16,226        2.2%     3.6% 
                      --------  ------  -----  -----  -------  --------  ----------  ------- 
 
Total investment performance                                                            1.4% 
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MSCI PIMFA Private Investor Balanced Index(1)                                         (0.3)% 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------  ------------------- 
 

(1) Capital-only index.

Notice of Half Year results

The Group intends to issue its preliminary statement of half year results for the period ended 31 December 2022 on Thursday 2 March 2023.

An analyst meeting will be held at 9.30am on Thursday, 2 March 2023. Please contact Katherine Bell at FTI Consulting on 07976 870961 or e-mail brooksmacdonald@fticonsulting.com for further details.

Enquiries to:

 
 Brooks Macdonald Group plc                             www.brooksmacdonald.com 
  Andrew Shepherd, CEO                                            020 7659 3492 
  Ben Thorpe, Chief Financial Officer 
 Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and 
  Broker) 
  Paul Shackleton / Andrew Buchanan / John 
  Welch                                                           020 7418 8900 
 FTI Consulting                               brooksmacdonald@fticonsulting.com 
  Edward Berry / Laura Ewart / Katherine                   07703 330199 / 07711 
  Bell                                                    387085 / 07976 870961 
 

Notes to editors

Brooks Macdonald Group plc, through its various subsidiaries, provides leading investment management services in the UK and internationally. The Group, which was founded in 1991 and began trading on AIM in 2005, had discretionary Funds under Management of GBP16.2 billion as at 31 December 2022.

Brooks Macdonald offers a range of investment management services to private high net worth individuals, pension funds, institutions, charities and trusts. The Group also provides financial planning as well as international investment management, and acts as fund manager to a range of onshore and international funds.

The Group has fifteen offices across the UK and Crown Dependencies including London, Birmingham, Cheltenham, East Anglia, Exeter, Leeds, Manchester, Nuneaton, Southampton, Tunbridge Wells, Scotland, Wales, Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man.

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