LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - British insurer and asset manager
M&G recorded a 57% fall in first-half operating profit
to 309 million pounds ($403 million) on Wednesday, due to market
moves and client outflows as a result of the coronavirus
pandemic.
Adjusted operating profit was expected to come in at 299
million pounds, according to a company-supplied consensus poll.
Assets under management and administration totalled 339
billion pounds at end-June, against a forecast 329 billion.
M&G saw net outflows in savings and asset management of 4.1
billion pounds in the six months to end-June.
M&G said it would pay an interim dividend of six pence per
share, in line with forecasts.
($1 = 0.7668 pounds)
(Reporting by Carolyn Cohn, editing by Sinead Cruise)