Intermediate Capital Group plc : Q1 Trading Statement for the three months ended 30 June 2023

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Fee-earning AUM +2% in the quarter,
positive momentum across ICG platform

 

 

Highlights

  • Total AUM of $82.1bn; fee-earning AUM ($64.1bn) +2% in the quarter, +18% annualised over the last five years1

  • Fundraising of $2.6bn including $1bn for Strategic Equity V; $0.6bn for Europe Mid Market II2; and $0.6bn in Private Debt. Fundraising guidance maintained

  • Senior Debt Partners V, our flagship direct lending strategy, performing strongly: nine transactions totalling ~€2bn signed since December 2022

  • Real Assets franchise building momentum: Infrastructure II activated at €125m third-party AUM, continuing to fundraise (Infrastructure I: €1.5bn total fund size); first seed investment made for Infrastructure Asia; ICG Real Estate announced formation of Metropolitan Last Mile

  • Breadth of ICG platform has supported activity levels in recent quarters, pipeline building in many strategies

  • Many opportunities for further growth lie ahead for ICG: our continued performance and long-term track record reinforce confidence in our ability to successfully execute on them


  • AUM growth on a constant currency basis; 2. Europe Mid Market II is not yet activated or in fee-earning AUM

Unless otherwise stated the financial results discussed herein are on the basis of alternative performance measures (APM) basis unless otherwise stated; see full year results

 


 

Long-term growth

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last five years CAGR1

 

Third-party AUM

19  %

 

Fee-earning AUM

18  %

 

 

 

 

1 On a constant currency basis

 


 

AUM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30 June 2023

31 March 2023

Change1

 

Total AUM

$82.1bn

$80.2bn

2 %

 

Third-party AUM

$78.9bn

$77.0bn

2 %

 

Fee-earning AUM

$64.1bn

$62.8bn

2 %

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 On a constant currency basis

 

 

 


 

Business activity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$bn

Fundraising

 

Deployment1

 

Realisations1,2

 

Q1 FY24

Q1 FY23

LTM

 

Q1 FY24

Q1 FY23

LTM

 

Q1 FY24

Q1 FY23

LTM

 

Structured and Private Equity

1.7

2.7

2.5

 

0.2

0.8

3.7

 

0.1

0.6

1.8

 

Private Debt

0.6

0.5

3.9

 

0.4

1.3

3.6

 

0.4

1.2

1.1

 

Real Assets

0.3

0.5

1.0

 

0.4

0.7

1.4

 

0.1

0.3

0.8

 

Credit

0.9

1.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

2.6

4.6

8.4

 

1.0

2.8

8.7

 

0.6

2.1

3.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Direct investment funds; 2 Realisations of third-party fee-earning AUM

 

AUM

  • Dry powder of $22.5bn, $14.6bn of which is not yet paying fees and will do so when the capital is invested or enters its investment period

  • At 30 June 2023, funds that were fundraising included SDP V and SDP SMAs; Strategic Equity V; North America Credit Partners III; Europe Mid-Market II; Infrastructure II; LP Secondaries I; Life Sciences I; and various Real Estate and Credit strategies

Third-party AUM ($m)

Structured and Private Equity

Private Debt

Real Assets

Credit

Total

At 31 March 2023

27,728

23,641

7,863

17,755

76,987

Additions

1,696

662

324

19

2,701

Realisations

(78)

(186)

(91)

(555)

(910)

FX and other

(156)

(6)

124

139

101

At 30 June 2023

29,190

24,111

8,220

17,358

78,879

Change $m

1,462

470

357

(397)

1,892

Change %

5  %

2 %

5 %

(2) %

2  %

Change % (constant exchange rate)

5  %

1 %

2 %

(3) %

2  %


Fee-earning AUM ($m)

Structured and Private Equity

Private Debt

Real Assets

Credit

Total

At 31 March 2023

23,840

14,249

6,862

17,898

62,849

Funds raised: fees on committed capital

1,009

147

1,156

Deployment of funds: fees on invested capital

47

419

376

121

963

Total additions

1,056

419

523

121

2,119

Realisations

(60)

(425)

(126)

(561)

(1,172)

FX and other

110

94

(100)

214

318

At 30 June 2023

24,946

14,337

7,159

17,672

64,114

Change $m

1,106

88

297

(226)

1,265

Change %

5 %

1 %

4 %

(1) %

2 %

Change % (constant exchange rate)

5 %

—  %

2 %

(2) %

2 %

Balance sheet

  • At 30 June 2023 the balance sheet investment portfolio was valued at £2,894m, broadly flat compared to 31 March 2023 (£2,902m)

£m

30 June 2023

31 March 2023

Structured and Private Equity

1,737

1,751

Private Debt

163

169

Real Assets

304

289

Credit

351

363

Seed investments

339

330

Balance sheet investment portfolio

2,894

2,902

  • During the period, private placements with a value of £51m at 31 March 2023 matured and were repaid from cash resources

  • At 30 June 2023 the Group had total liquidity of £1,081m (FY23: £1,100m), cash of £531m (FY23: £550m) and net financial debt of £919m (FY23: £988m)

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Average rate
Q1 FY24

Average rate
Q1 FY23

Average rate
FY23

30 June 2023 period end

30 June 2022
period end

31 March 2023
year end

GBP:EUR

1.1561

1.1760

1.1560

1.1637

1.1617

1.1375

GBP:USD

1.2570

1.2452

1.2051

1.2703

1.2178

1.2337

EUR:USD

1.0874

1.0588

1.0426

1.0916

1.0483

1.0846

ENQUIRIES

Shareholders / analysts:

 

Chris Hunt, Head of Shareholder Relations, ICG

+44 (0)20 3545 2020

Media:

 

Fiona Laffan, Global Head of Corporate Affairs, ICG

+44 (0)20 3545 1510

This results statement may contain forward looking statements. These statements have been made by the Directors in good faith based on the information available to them up to the time of their approval of this report and should be treated with caution due to the inherent uncertainties, including both economic and business risk factors, underlying such forward looking information.

ABOUT ICG

ICG provides flexible capital solutions to help companies develop and grow. We are a global alternative asset manager with over 30 years' history, operating across four asset classes: Structured and Private Equity, Private Debt, Real Assets, and Credit.

We develop long-term relationships with our business partners to deliver value for shareholders, clients and employees. We are committed to being a net zero asset manager across our operations and relevant investments by 2040.

ICG is listed on the London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: ICP). Further details are available at www.icgam.com.


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