Earnings Release • Feb 13, 2020
Earnings Release
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Paris, 13 February 2020
With €25.8 billion in assets under management as at 31 December 2019, Tikehau Capital exceeded its target to reach €25 billion in assets under management at yearend and confirms its positioning as a leading European player in the alternative asset management sector.
The strong increase of €3.8 billion (+17%) in assets under management recorded in 2019 primarily reflects record net new money of €4.6 billion for the Group, an amount 24% greater than the amount raised in 20181 , which was a very strong year. Distributions made over the year amounted to -€1.4 billion (primarily across private debt strategies) and market effects had a positive impact of €0.7 billion2 .
At the end of December 2019, the Group's assets under management were divided between €23.7 billion for the asset management activities and €2.1 billion for the direct investment activities.
1 Based on published data. Pro forma from the acquisitions of Sofidy and ACE, the net new money in 2019 was 10% greater than that of 2018.
2 The figures shown have been rounded for presentation purposes, which in some cases may result in rounding differences.
As at 31 December 2019, assets under management of Tikehau Capital's asset management activities amounted to €23.7 billion, an increase of €3.3 billion over the year (+16%), including +€1.5bn in the fourth quarter (+7%). This performance is the result of very strong sales momentum on existing funds and the successful launch of new products.
After a very strong year in 2018, particularly marked by the large fundraising of the fourth generation of Direct Lending funds, net new money for the asset management activity has been buoyant across all the Group's activities, reaching €4.1 billion. Private Equity and Real Estate activities continued to grow, representing approximately 63% of the asset management activities' net new money during the financial year. This contributes to the rebalancing of Tikehau Capital's business mix towards more remunerative strategies in terms of management fees.
Net new money accelerated sharply in the second half of the year, reaching €2.9 billion in the second half, including €1.6 billion in the fourth quarter.
In 2019, Tikehau Capital launched new initiatives to extend its product offer and enlarge its investor client base, in particular with the launch of two funds able to invest across several asset classes:
Total assets under management of private debt activities amounted to €8.6 billion at end-December, i.e. a year-on-year growth of more than €300 million (+4%) on a high comparative basis. This growth results primarily from solid net new money of €1.2 billion and also from distributions of -€1.0 billion and positive market effects of around +€140 million.
It should be noted that the €400 million fund raised with private clients of Fideuram – Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking was recognised in private debt activities at end-2019.
Assets under management of Tikehau Capital's real estate activity amounted to €9.2 billion at end-December 2019, rising sharply since the beginning of the year (+€1.6 billion, i.e. +21% over the year). In the fourth quarter alone, the increase in assets under management reached +€780 million (+10%).
This very solid organic growth was driven by the strong sales performance of all the Group's funds (Sofidy in particular), which is reflected in record net new money of +€1.6 billion over the financial year.
With more than €8 billion raised in the French SCPI market, 2019 was a record year for this market segment, driven by growing retail investor appetite for this asset class. As a leading independent player in this growing market, Sofidy delivered strong performance with assets under management up nearly 22% year-on-year, reaching more than €6.2 billion at end-December 2019 (versus €5.1 billion as at 31 December 2018). This strong growth was supported by the
SCPIs Immorente3 and Efimmo 13 , and also by the success of the €217 million capital increase of the listed property company Selectirente.
Positive market effects within the Group's real estate strategies offset distributions made during the year. In particular, Tikehau Capital announced at end-2019 the disposal, to a Blackstone-managed fund, of a portfolio of 22 industrial assets leased by Elis and owned by a fund managed within Tikehau Capital's asset management activity and which delivered an overall multiple close to two for its investors.
Thanks to the successful launch of its private equity activity for third-party investors at the beginning of 2018, assets under management increased within two years from €100 million (at end-December 2017) to €2.0 billion at end-December 2019.
Assets under management of this activity grew by approximately €770 million (+67%) over 2019 and by more than €140 million (+5%) in the fourth quarter. This growth in assets under management was driven by net new money of €920 million over the year, linked to continued fundraising by the Group's first private equity funds launched in 2018, the growth of ACE Management, in addition to the launch of new funds during 2019.
3 These funds are offered for sale in France only and cannot be offered for sale to "US persons" within the meaning of US regulations.
of medium-sized European players in energy transition. This is a perfect fit with Tikehau Capital's voluntary ESG policy, which considers equity investment as particularly relevant for an effective and long-term support of companies committed to energy transition.
2019 also marked the first closing of the first French private equity fund mainly dedicated to cybersecurity (managed by ACE Management), for €80 million.
The assets under management for the second generation of the cross-asset fund dedicated to special situations, which was launched in the course of the second half 2019, are recognized within private equity activities at end-2019.
The Group's activities in fixed income, flexible and equity management, which were previously grouped as "Liquid Strategies" are now included within a business line called "Capital Markets Strategies". The Group thus intends to continue broadening its product line notably by offering its clients new funds exposed to capital markets but without daily liquidity.
At end-December 2019, the assets under management of Capital Markets Strategies stood at €3.8 billion, an increase of more than €570 million (+15%) over the year.
Assets under management from the direct investment activities amounted to
€2.1 billion at end-December 2019, an increase of approximately €500 million yearon-year. This change takes into account in particular the increase in consolidated cash and cash equivalents following the Group's €715 million capital increase completed on 25 June 2019 and the successful placement of a €500 million bond issue in the fourth quarter followed by an early redemption of €300 million of bank debt (with a two-year maturity extension).
The Group also actively rotated its investment portfolio through the disposal of several listed and unlisted stakes during the second half of 2019. As such, the Group:
In line with its strategy, these transactions enabled the Group to crystallize the value creation embedded in its past investments, further rebalance its portfolio towards investments in its own funds and achieve a very solid financial position with a strong cash surplus at end-December 2019.
With €25.8 billion of assets under management at end-December, 2019 was a year of strong growth for Tikehau Capital, which confirms its position as a key player in the alternative asset management sector in Europe.
The Group's sales momentum was robust across all its strategies, with a growing contribution from private equity and real estate activities, as expected. Tikehau Capital also continued to innovate in order to broaden its range of funds and to diversify its investor client types, particularly towards private investors seeking access to alternative assets.
The success recorded by the Group in 2019 demonstrates the relevance of its differentiating model which is based on substantial shareholder's equity, which fosters the growth of its asset management activity, while ensuring strong alignment of interests between management, shareholders and investor-clients.
Tikehau Capital thus confirms its 2022 targets to achieve more than €35 billion in assets under management for the Group and to generate more than €100 million in operating income from its asset management activity.
| Assets under management as at 31/12/2019 |
Change compared to 31/12/2018 |
Change compared to 30/09/2019 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amounts (€ bn) |
Weight (%) |
In % | In € bn | In % | In € bn | |
| Private debt | 8.6 | 33% | +4% | +0.3 | +1% | +0.1 |
| Real Estate | 9.2 | 36% | +21% | +1.6 | +10% | +0.8 |
| Capital Markets Strategies | 3.8 | 15% | +15% | +0.5 | +9% | +0.3 |
| Private Equity (a) | 2.0 | 8% | +67% | +0.8 | +5% | +0.1 |
| Asset management activities | 23.7 | 92% | +16% | +3.3 | +7% | +1.5 |
| Investment activities* (b) | 2.1 | 8% | +31% | +0.5 | = | = |
| Total assets under management |
25.8 | 100% | +17% | +3.8 | +6% | +1.5 |
| Total Private Equity (a+b) | 4.1 | 16% | +46% | +1.3 | +2% | +0.1 |
* For its own account.
4 The figures shown are the Group's best estimates for end-December 2019 and may change slightly. They have been rounded for presentation purposes, which in some cases may result in rounding differences.
| Financial Year 2019 (€ bn) |
Net new money |
Distributions | Market effects6 |
Growth in assets under management |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private debt | +1.2 | (1.0) | +0.1 | +0.3 |
| Real Estate | +1.6 | (0.2) | +0.2 | +1.6 |
| Capital Markets Strategies | +0.3 | - | +0.2 | +0.5 |
| Private Equity | +0.9 | (0.1) | - | +0.8 |
| Total asset management | +4.1 | (1.3) | +0.5 | +3.3 |
| Q4 2019 (€ bn) | Net new money |
Distributions | Market effects7 |
Growth in assets under management |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private debt | +0.4 | (0.3) | - | +0.1 |
| Real Estate | +0.8 | (0.2) | +0.2 | +0.8 |
| Capital Markets Strategies | +0.2 | - | +0.1 | +0.3 |
| Private Equity | +0.2 | - | (0.1) | +0.1 |
| Total asset management | +1.6 | (0.4) | +0.2 | +1.5 |
Tikehau Capital is an asset management and investment group with €25.8 billion of assets under management (as at 31 December 2019) and shareholders' equity of €3.1 billion (as at 30 June 2019). The Group invests in various asset classes (private debt, real estate, private equity, capital markets strategies), including through its asset management subsidiaries, on behalf of institutional and private investors. Controlled by its managers, alongside leading institutional partners, Tikehau Capital employs more than 500 staff (as at 30 September 2019) in its Paris, London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Luxemburg, Madrid, Milan, New York, Seoul, Singapore and Tokyo offices.
Tikehau Capital is listed on the regulated market of Euronext Paris, Compartment A (ISIN code: FR0013230612; Ticker: TKO.FP).
Tikehau Capital: Julien Sanson – +33 1 40 06 18 40 France - Image 7: Florence Coupry – +33 1 53 70 74 70 UK - Finsbury: Arnaud Salla & Charles O'Brien – +44 207 251 3801 [email protected]
Louis Igonet – +33 1 40 06 11 11 [email protected]
5 The figures shown are the Group's best estimates for end-December 2019 and may change slightly. They have been rounded for presentation purposes, which in some cases may result in rounding differences.
6 Including insignificant scope effects.
This document is not an offer of securities for sale or investment advisory services. This document contains general information only and is not intended to represent general or specific investment advice. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results and targets are not guaranteed.
Certain statements and forecasted data are based on current expectations, current market and economic conditions, estimates, projections, opinions and beliefs of Tikehau Capital and/or its affiliates. Due to various risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those reflected or contemplated in such forward-looking statements or in any of the case studies or forecasts. All references to Tikehau Capital's advisory activities in the U.S. or with respect to U.S. persons relates to Tikehau Capital North America.
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