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Date: Thursday 28 Aug 2008
LONDON (ShareCast) - Fund manager Henderson Group saw profits and assets under management tumble in what it described as an “extremely hostile” economic environment.
Chief executive Roger Yates, who will be stepping down from the role in November to be succeeded by Head of Equities Andrew Formica, said: “Weaker markets and subdued demand for investment products, particularly from retail investors, put pressure on our fee income.”
Yates also confirmed that the group has written to shareholders notifying them of proposals to relocate to the Republic of Ireland for tax purposes.
Assets under management (AUM) in the first half of 2008 fell to £52.6bn from £59.2bn at the end of the year.
Net outflows from Pearl accounted for £3bn of the fall in AUM, while unfavourable market and foreign exchange rate fluctuations were responsible for £3.1bn of the decline.
Profit before tax and non-recurring items dived to £50.8m from £60.5m the year before. With non-recurring items included, pre-tax profit more than halved to £47m from £101m.
The interim dividend has been increased from 1.66p to 1.85p.
| Currency | UK Pounds |
| Share Price | 53.00p |
| Closing Price Change | 0.000p |
| 52 Week High | 146.75 |
| 52 Week Low | 48.75 |
| Volume | 1,707,470 |
| Shares Issued | 725.19m |
| Market Cap | £384.35m |
| Beta | 1.26 |
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| Strong Buy | 3 |
| Buy | 1 |
| Neutral | 9 |
| Sell | 0 |
| Strong Sell | 2 |
| Total | 15 |

| Latest | Previous | |
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| Interim | Final | |
| Ex-Div | 03-Sep-08 | 07-May-08 |
| Paid | 26-Sep-08 | 30-May-08 |
| Amount | 1.85p | 4.44p |