Results Presentation
Half Year ended 31 March 2020
Presentation team
Alex Scott
Chief Executive Officer
- Joined IntegraFin in 2009
- 1997 - Twelve years in insurance licence provision
- 25 years of insurance experience in the UK and internationally
Jonathan Gunby
Executive Director - IFAL CEO
- Joined IntegraFin in 2011
- 1999 - Twelve years as Director of NMG Holdings
- 30 years of financial services experience in the UK and internationally
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Key messages
Total revenue £53.8m, up 13% compared to 1H19
Profit before tax £27.3m for the period, up 22% compared to 1H19 Operating margin increased to 51% from operating margin of 47% in 1H19 Operating profit £27.2m, up 23% compared to operating profit in 1H19 Cash flow and group balance sheet remain strong, with no debt
Interim dividend of 2.7p declared (1H19: 2.6p) FUD is up 2% since 1H19
Gross inflows of £3.2bn highest ever in the first half of the year (1H19: £2.8bn)
Net inflows of £2.1bn in the first half of the year (1H19: £1.8bn) Client numbers at 187k, up 8% from 1H19
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Impressive long term FUD growth
Growth in Funds Under Direction (£bn) compared to the MSCI World Index
250.000 | 37.8 | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First assets | 35.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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onto platform | • FUD growth remains | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
in 2000 | Transact | First dividend | 33.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
strong despite periods | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
200.000 | moves into | paid yearly | IHP lists on the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
operational | thereafter | London Stock | 30 | of high stock market | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exchange | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
profit during | 27.9 | volatility | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
150.000 | 22.7 | 25 | By asset class | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18.0 | 20 | 13% | Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bonds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
100.000 | 16.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13.6 | 15 | Cash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11.5 | 51% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8.8 | 9.8 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24% | Other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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50.000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FUD | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WORLD Standard (Large+Mid Cap)
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1H20 Gross inflows of £3.2bn, highest ever recorded
£1.7bn
£1.5bn
£1.3bn
£1.1bn
£0.9bn
£0.7bn £0.5bn £0.3bn £0.1bn -£0.1bn
£1.70bn
£1.54bn
£1.44bn | £1.48bn | |
£1.39bn | £1.39bn | |
£1.10bn
£0.93bn | £0.96bn | |
£0.88bn | £0.89bn | |
£0.80bn |
Q1 FY19 | Q2 FY19 | Q3 FY19 | Q4 FY19 | Q1 FY20 | Q2 FY20 |
Gross Net
£m | 1H 2020 |
Opening FUD | 37,799 |
Inflows | 3,234 |
Outflows | (1,172) |
Net inflows | 2,062 |
Market | (4,872) |
movements | |
Other | 1 |
movements(1) | |
Closing FUD | 34,990 |
(1)Includes dividends, | |
interest, fees and tax | |
charges and rebates |
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Regulation
- The Platform market study
- Process began in July 2017
- Policy statement issued last 13 December 2019
- Two pages of rules to speed up transfers
- We have always complied anyway
- Good news - as we are net importers
- No ban on exit fees (this is still under review)
- We have never charged exit fees
- No mention of vertical integration
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Transact is consistently rated top for service
- Transact was rated the top platform in the UK Investment Trends Adviser Technology & Business Report 2020.
- In this year's study, Transact is rated first for overall satisfaction, for overall adviser support services and for overall investment capabilities.
- Transact also once again obtained the highest advocacy rating from its adviser relationships, with the top net promoter score.
- This is the 11thyear running that Transact has been rated top.
- The study is one of the most comprehensive undertaken and is based on the views of 1,466 UK advisory professionals. The fieldwork for this independent research was undertaken in March 2020.
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Total fee income up 13%
97% of total fee income is recurring
1H 2020 | 1H 2019 | Change |
£m | £m |
Annual Fee
Income
Wrapper Fee
Income
Buy
Commissions
Total Fee
Income
Annual basis point charge levied on assets and cash held on the platform
Annual fixed fee levied on all Transact wrappers
Commission levied on the value of buy transactions executed on the platform(1)
47.4 | 41.3 | +15% |
(88%) | (87%) | |
4.8 | 4.4 | +9% |
(9%) | (9%) | |
1.6 | 1.9 | -16% |
(3%) | (4%) | |
53.8 | 47.6 | +13% |
- Buy commission rebate threshold reduced to £400k from 1 March 2020
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Well controlled expenses
£m | 1H 2020 | 1H 2019 |
Staff costs | 18.3 | 18.4 |
Occupancy(1) | 1.0 | 1.8 |
Regulatory and professional fees | 3.5 | 2.5 |
Other costs | 2.2 | 1.9 |
Total expenses | 25.0 | 24.6 |
Depreciation and amortisation(1) | 1.2 | 0.3 |
Total operating expenses | 26.2 | 24.9 |
- Impact of IFRS 16 reduces occupancy costs by £0.8m and increases depreciation and amortisation by £0.9m. This is due to the recognition of office leases as right of use assets, and subsequent amortisation.
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Staff numbers
1H 2020 | 1H 2019 | Change |
IT & technology | 117 | 110 | 6% |
Operational & support | 334 | 361 | -7% |
Sales & marketing | 41 | 43 | -5% |
Total staff | 492 | 514 | -4% |
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- Staff numbers have decreased from natural attrition and efficiency gains delivered through platform development
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P&L and cash flows
Profit & loss
£m | 1H 2020 | 1H 2019 |
FUD (£bn) | 35.0 | 34.4 |
Total fee income | 53.8 | 47.6 |
Cost of sales | (0.4) | (0.5) |
Net revenue | 53.4 | 47.1 |
Staff costs | (18.3) | (18.4) |
Other costs | (7.9) | (6.5) |
Total expenses | (26.2) | (24.9) |
Operating profit | 27.2 | 22.2 |
FUD Y-o-Y growth | 1% | 15% |
Operating margin | 51% | 47% |
Cash flows
£m | 1H 2020 | 1H 2019 |
Operating profit | 27.2 | 22.2 |
Depreciation & amortisation | 1.3 | 0.3 |
Working capital requirements | 0.6 | (3.0) |
Capex | (0.3) | (0.6) |
Tax paid | (8.1) | (3.0) |
Free cash flows | 20.7 | 16.0 |
Net operating cash conversion | 90% | 94% |
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We continue to achieve strong profit growth while also reducing fees
Total fee income
Adjusted operating profit(1,2)
Revenue yield & adjusted operating profit margin
CAGR: 12%
£91.2m | £99.2m | ||
£80.2m | |||
£68.4m | |||
£53.8m | |||
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 1H 20 | |
CAGR: 21% | |||||
£48.6m | |||||
£43.3m | |||||
£37.7m | |||||
£28.7m | £27.2m | ||||
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 1H 20 | |
42.0% | 47.0% | 47.5% | 49.0% | 51.0% | |
33.6bps | 31.7bps | 29.6bps | 28.6bps | 28.0bps | |
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 1H 20 |
- Transact has an impressive record of consistently growing both revenue and operating profit
- Given its scale and operating leverage, Transact has been able to implement a number ofpro-active pricing changes:
- Annual commission charges reduced from 0.29% to 0.28% and from 0.19% to 0.18% (for the respective charging bands) on 1 April 2020
- Buy commission change reducing the commission refund threshold from £500,000 to £400,000, on 1 March 2020
- Adjusted operating profit excludesone-off IPO related costs relating to FY17 & FY18
- FY16 operating profit includes an adjustment of £0.7m for the annualised pro forma impact of the acquisition of IAD
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Group balance sheet remains strong
1H 2020 £m
- Transact operates with a conservative balance sheet position:
- No debt
Non-current assets Loans Intangible assets
Property, plant and equipment Right of use assets Deferred tax assets Deferred acquisition costs
2.2
13.0
2.3
4.7
8.1
52.9
- Policyholder assets and liabilities fully matched
- Second FY19 interim dividend of £17.2m paid in January 20
- The first FY20 dividend of £8.9m is being declared now, to be paid in June 20
- Cash balance of £131.7m as at 1H20 (1H19: £111.8m), before £8.9m dividend, supporting regulatory capital, risk appetite and tax requirements of c. £95m
Current assets
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss Other prepayments and accrued income
Trade and other receivables
Investments and cash held for the benefit of policyholders
Cash and cash equivalents
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables Finance lease liabilities
Liabilities for linked investment contracts Current tax liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Provisions
Finance lease liabilities
Deferred income liability
Deferred tax liabilities
Net assets
83.2
5.1
12.9
3.2
15,410.2
131.7
15,563.1
18.4
2.4
.
15,431.1
36.9
4.8
0.5
95.1
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Strategy
- Remain focused:
- UK only
- Intermediary only
- Maintain high service standards
- Reinvest in business:
- Continue to enhance online functionality
- Continue to enhance proposition by adding new financial planning components for advisers
- Control expenses
- Continue to grow inflows
- Minimise attrition levels
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Summary: Transact enjoys a strong growth profile
penetrationMarket Industry drivers
Growth in UK wealth market
Growth in assets managed by financial advisers Growth in wealth managed by current advisers Increasing penetration of current advisers New advisers joining Transact
Strong growth profile for Transact
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Disclaimer
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The holding company of the Integrated Financial Arrangements Ltd group of companies. |
Appendix 1 - Pension transfers in split by DB/DC
£700m | ||||||||||||
£600m | ||||||||||||
£500m | ||||||||||||
£400m | £512m | £456m | ||||||||||
£480m | DC | |||||||||||
£400m | £469m | |||||||||||
£300m | DB | |||||||||||
£200m | ||||||||||||
£100m | £162m | |||||||||||
£131m | £129m | £133m | ||||||||||
£98m | ||||||||||||
£0m | Q2 2019 | Q3 2019 | Q4 2019 | Q1 2020 | Q2 2020 | |||||||
Quarter | Q2 2019 | Q3 2019 | Q4 2019 | Q1 2020 | Q2 2020 | |||||||
DB as a % | 24.6% | 17.2% | 20.1% | 21.7% | 26.2% | |||||||
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Appendix 2 - Growth in number of clients and advisers
200,000 | 7,000 | |||||||||||
180,000 | 6,000 | |||||||||||
160,000 | ||||||||||||
Investor count | 140,000 | 5,000 | ||||||||||
Adviser count | ||||||||||||
120,000 | 4,000 | |||||||||||
100,000 | ||||||||||||
80,000 | 3,000 | |||||||||||
60,000 | 2,000 | |||||||||||
40,000 | ||||||||||||
20,000 | 1,000 | |||||||||||
0 | 0 | |||||||||||
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 1H 20 |
Count of investors | Count of advisers |
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Appendix 3 - Operational update
- We have further enhanced our pensions proposition by processing transfers more quickly and by extending the functionality of how we facilitate pensions drawdown.
- We released new enhancements to software for our internal and external systems (Transact Online), demonstrating our commitment to continual improvements rather than "big bang"re-platforming.
- We reduced the Transact buy commission rebate threshold to £400k in March.
- New Transact annual commission charging structure effective from 1 April 2020.
- We continue to play a major role in helping set industry standards and protocols with regard to asset transfer.
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Appendix 4 - New charging structure
New Transact annual commission charging structure effective from 1 April 2020
Single or consolidated portfolios of less than £100,000
Cash & investments | |
£0 - £60,000 | |
0.50% | |
>£60,000 and <£100,000 | |
0.28% | |
Single or consolidated portfolios of £100,000 and above
Cash & investments | |
£0 - £600,000 | |
0.28% | |
>£600,000 - £1,200,000 | |
0.18% | |
>£1,200,000 - £5,000,000 | |
0.07% | |
On the remainder | |
0.05% | |
New Transact buy commission charging structure effective from 1 March 2020
Monthly average portfolio | Refund | Effective rate |
value | ||
<£400k | 0% | 0.05% |
£400k+ | 100% | 0.00% |
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Appendix 5 - Pre-Look through position
Direct investment breakdown
ETFs | Shares | FI & Gilts | Structured products |
0% | |||
2% | 2% | 1% | |
Investment trusts | Others | ||
3% | 0% | ||
Cash | Cash (term deposits) | ||
1% | |||
9% | |||
Mutual Funds
82%
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Lookthrough by asset class
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Appendix 6 - FUD by asset class breakdown
Type | Value (£bn) | Percentage of total FUD |
Mutual funds | 28.75 | 82.18% |
Cash (pooled) | 3.21 | 9.19% |
Investment trusts | 1.14 | 3.22% |
ETFs | 0.72 | 2.06% |
Shares | 0.63 | 1.80% |
FI & Gilts | 0.11 | 0.30% |
Structured products | 0.24 | 0.69% |
Cash (term deposits) | 0.15 | 0.42% |
Others | 0.04 | 0.14% |
Total | 34.99 | |
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Appendix 7 - FUD by wrapper split
40
35
£9.27bn | |||||||
30 | £8.48bn | ||||||
£8.05bn | |||||||
25 | £6.89 bn | £8.78bn | |||||
FUD(£bn) | £4.53 bn | £7.08 bn | £1.45bn | ||||
£1.05bn | |||||||
£5.69bn | £8.15bn | ||||||
20 | £7.99bn | ||||||
£1.54bn | |||||||
£6.14 bn | £1.41bn | £0.99bn | |||||
15 | £0.94bn | ||||||
£1.25 bn | |||||||
£5.09 bn | £2.90bn | £0.84 bn | |||||
10 | |||||||
£0.69bn | |||||||
£2.00 bn | £17.13bn | ||||||
£14.70bn | £15.92bn | ||||||
£0.56 bn | |||||||
5 | £11.87 bn | ||||||
£9.07 bn | |||||||
£6.94 bn | |||||||
0 | |||||||
YE 2015 | YE 2016 | YE 2017 | YE 2018 | YE 2019 | 1H 20 | ||
ISAs
GIA
Offshore Bond
Onshore Bond
Pension
Wrappers
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Appendix 8 - Cohort analysis
Inflows breakdown
-Inflows from current investors putting more onto the Platform: 33%
-Inflows from advisers with established relationship putting new investors onto the Platform: 63%
-Inflows from new advisers onto the Platform: 4%
£m
£7,000
£6,000
£5,000
£4,000
£3,000
£2,000
£1,000
£0
Cohort Analysis by Adviser for Inflows Split by FY Year of First
Relationship
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