Corporate Full Year 2018: Sharp improvement in annual results

Sharp improvement in annual results

Accounting net income of €855m, up 25.5% vs. 2017

Successful integration of Pioneer

An acquisition that strengthens Amundi’s business model and its European leadership position

A transaction that creates significant value: total synergies raised to €175m, vs €150m originally announced

Successful integration of Pioneer An acquisition that strengthens Amundi’s business model and its European leadership position A transaction that creates significant value: total synergies raised to €175m, vs €150m originally announced

FY 2018

Annual results in line with stated targets, despite an unfavourable environment

  • Increase in accounting net income1 (to €855m) of +25.5% vs. 2017 and in accounting EPS of +19.8%
  • Adjusted net income2 of €946m, up 9% vs 2017 excluding extraordinary financial revenues3 (vs. a target of +7%3)
  • Net asset management revenues almost stable (-0.7% vs. 2017), despite market conditions
  • A cost/income ratio2 of 51.5%, an improvement of 0.9 pt

 

Strong net inflows4 (+€42bn), driven mainly by MLT assets5 (+€36bn)

In Q4 2018

Quarterly adjusted net income remains high (€225m)

  • Compared with an exceptionally high Q4
  • Excluding financial revenues6, adjusted net income was stable compared with Q4 2017
  • A cost/income ratio2 of 52.5%, thanks to lower costs

 

Net outflows of -€6.5bn with a resilient Retail activity (+€0.5bn)

Integration of Pioneer - A successful transaction:

  • Bolsters Amundi’s business model in three dimensions: distribution, expertise and talent
  • Executed in record time (18 months)
  • Creates significant value:
    • 2018 adjusted EPS2 up 36% vs. 2016 (> accretion target of 30%7)
    • Total cost synergies raised from €150m to €175m
    • Faster-than-anticipated phasing of synergies

Dividend

Dividend proposed at the General Meeting: €2.90 per share (+16% vs. 2017)

Amundi’s Board of Directors, chaired by Xavier Musca, convened on 12 February 2019 to approve the financial statements for 2018

  1. After integration costs and amortisation of distribution contracts
  2. Before integration costs and amortisation of distribution contracts
  3. Growth rate calculated based on 2017 adjusted and combined net income excluding the exceptionally high level of financial income
  4. Inflows include assets under management, under advisory and assets sold, and take into account 100% of the Asian JVs’ inflows and assets under management. For Wafa in Morocco, assets are reported on a proportional consolidation basis
  5. MLT : Medium Long-term assets: excluding treasury products
  6. Financial revenues in Q4 2017 included capital gains on disposals, and Mark to Market was negative in Q4 2018 due to the decline in the markets
  7. Accretion target announced on 12/12/2016, including the full-year effect of synergies and excluding integration costs and amortisation of distribution contracts
  8. Comparison with combined 2017 data: 12 months Amundi + 12 months Pioneer
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About Amundi

Amundi, the leading European asset manager, ranking among the top 10 global players1, offers its 100 million clients - retail, institutional and corporate - a complete range of savings and investment solutions in active and passive management, in traditional or real assets. This offering is enhanced with IT tools and services to cover the entire savings value chain. A subsidiary of the Crédit Agricole group and listed on the stock exchange, Amundi currently manages more than €2.3 trillion of assets2.

With its six international investment hubs3, financial and extra-financial research capabilities and long-standing commitment to responsible investment, Amundi is a key player in the asset management landscape.

Amundi clients benefit from the expertise and advice of 5,600 employees in 35 countries.

Amundi, a trusted partner, working every day in the interest of its clients and society

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Footnotes

  1. Source: IPE "Top 500 Asset Managers" published in June 2024 based on assets under management as of 31/12/2023
  2. Amundi data as at 31/03/2025
  3. Paris, London, Dublin, Milan, Tokyo and San Antonio (via our strategic partnership with Victory Capital)