Schroders presenteert cijfers over het eerste halfjaar 2020

Schroders heeft vandaag de cijfers over het eerste halfjaar 2020 bekendgemaakt. Voor het afgelopen halfjaar tot 30 juni komt dit neer op het volgende:

Peter Harrison, Group Chief Executive, commented: “We have delivered a robust performance in the first half of 2020, despite the extraordinary period of market volatility and continuing social and economic uncertainty. 

Throughout this challenging period, our primary focus has been on our clients and I am proud of how our people have responded. Through their efforts, and aided by the investments we have made in technology, our diversified business model has continued to perform well, enabling us to generate £38.1 billion of positive net new business. We saw client demand for Solutions strategies as well as momentum across Wealth Management. Assets under management grew by 5% to £525.8 billion.

ESG is of critical importance. We recognise that we have a responsibility not only to our clients and shareholders, but also to wider society and the communities in which we operate. As an active investor in many companies, we continue to be engaged in supporting them through this challenging period. Through directors’ contributions and employees’ donations, we have collectively raised around £4 million for charities dedicated to supporting those most affected by Covid-19. We have not furloughed any employees, enacted any related redundancy programmes or sought any government assistance globally.

We have declared an unchanged interim dividend and continue to maintain a strong capital position, allowing us to invest in the future growth of the business. We are mindful of short-term risks, but believe that we will continue to generate value over the long term for our clients and our shareholders.”

Het volledige Engelstalige persbericht is als pdf meegestuurd en is hier online te lezen.