Wealth supervisor and Monetary Planner Evelyn Companions has reported a 6.9% yr on yr rise in Belongings Underneath Administration and Recommendation (AuMA) to £55.6bn for its Q3 (Q3 2022: £52bn).
The group stated that regardless of a “difficult market backdrop” it generated important new enterprise and grew year-on-year working earnings.
Gross inflows of latest property in Q3 ending 30 September have been £1.8 billion, 38% larger than in the identical quarter final yr (Q3 2022: £1.3 billion).
Nevertheless gross outflows rose from £0.8bn to £1.3bn.
Group working earnings in Q3 was £163.6 million, 7.8% forward of the identical interval final yr (Q3 2022: £151.7 million), with will increase in every of its three working divisions: monetary providers, skilled providers and fund options.
Yr-to-date group working earnings for the primary 9 months of 2023 was £490.8 million, 11% forward of the identical interval final yr.
In August the corporate acquired boutique funding supervisor Dart Capital, including £755m of property. The workforce from Liverpool-based Millen Capital additionally joined Evelyn.
New group CEO Paul Geddes stated: “Regardless of tough market circumstances, we continued to generate important new enterprise, with £1.8 billion of gross inflows and £545 million of web inflows in the course of the third quarter. In each instances these are forward of the identical interval final yr. Over the 9 months to finish of September, our web new property have grown at 5.8% of opening property, in comparison with 3.8% over the identical interval final yr.
“Pleasingly, we additionally noticed development in working earnings throughout every of our three enterprise segments, together with continued double-digit development from our fast-growing skilled providers enterprise which has seen working earnings over the primary 9 months of 2023 enhance by 20.4% in comparison with the identical interval final yr.
“Having acquired Leathers LLP and Ashcroft LLP within the first half of the yr, we proceed to discover additional alternatives to broaden our regional skilled providers presence by buying prime quality accountancy and tax recommendation companies.”