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

2003

2007

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

7.1

50.000

5.6

4.9

5

3.1

1.7

0.1

0.2

0.5

0.9

0

0.000

0

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

1H

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%

  1. 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

  1. 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
    1. Adjusted operating profit excludesone-off IPO related costs relating to FY17 & FY18
    2. 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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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

Year

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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

FY 20

FY 19

FY 18

FY 17

FY 16

FY 15

FY 14

FY 13

FY 12

FY 11

FY 10

FY 09

FY 08

FY 07

FY 06

FY 05

FY 04

FY 03

FY 02

FY 01 FY 00

FY 2017

FY 2018

FY 2019

1H 20

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