13 Jan 2011 07:00
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Ashmore Group plc
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+0700 13 January, 2011
SECOND QUARTER ASSETS UNDER management statement
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Ashmore Group plc ("Ashmore", the "Group"), a leading specialist emerging markets asset manager, announces today the following interim management statement in respect of the period ended 31 December 2010.
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Assets under Management
Actual | Estimated | ||
Theme | 30 September 2010 (US$billion) | 31 December 2010 (US$billion) | Movement Q1vsQ2 (%) |
External debt | 20.5 | 20.7 | 1 |
Local currency | 7.6 | 7.9 | 4 |
Special situations | 3.4 | 3.3 | -3 |
Equity | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 |
Corporate debt | 0.9 | 1.0 | 10 |
Multi-strategy | 4.9 | 8.0 | 63 |
Other | 4.1 | 5.6 | 37 |
Total | 41.6 | 46.7 | 12 |
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The quarter saw assets under management increase 12% to US$46.7 billion. The drivers of this were net inflows of US$5.2 billion and adverse investment performance of US$0.1 billion. Inflows were highest in the multi-strategy theme, with a final quarter of inflows for the Asia retail focused product, and also in the "Other" theme in the currency hedging/overlay strategy.
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For funds having a performance year ending December 2010 performance fees are estimated to be £10 million which together with the fees previously announced for the August 2010 year end funds and other performance fees recognised in the period give overall H1 performance fees of approximately £60 million.
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Trading conditions are in line with management expectations and the Group remains confident of its prospects for the current year.
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Ashmore will announce its interim results in respect of the six months ended 31 December 2010 at 0700 hours on 24 February 2011.
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For further information, please contact:
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Ashmore Group plc | MHP Communications ashmore@mhpc.com | |
Graeme Dell | Gay Collins | Jennifer Spivey |
Group Finance Director +44 20 3077 6000 | +44 20 3128 8582 +44 7798 626 282 | +44 20 3128 8534 |
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