RE: Thanks, Wexboy27 Nov 2012 16:40
Jolly - thanks, all agreed.
The company has done a v good job of maintaining reasonable profitability since 2007/08 - far better than a lot of other managers - so they're clearly pretty realistic & flexible in re-sizing the business to adjust to level of AUM. Of course, a rising AUM would really help at this point..! But it gives me confidence they can maintain this record, so I consider most cash/liquidity is surplus & if returned to shareholders it doesn't pose a risk to the underlying business.
Cheers,
Wexboy