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AMP LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2018

May 9, 2018

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10 May 2018

AMP Limited provides Q1 18 update

  • Cashflows subdued in Australian wealth management (AWM); continued strength in AMP Capital and AMP Bank.

  • AWM assets under management of A$128.3 billion at Q1 18, down 2 per cent from Q4 17, largely due to weaker investment markets.

  • AWM net cash outflow of A$200 million, in line with Q1 17, reflects subdued period of activity in superannuation following non-concessional contribution cap changes in 2017.

  • Strong net cashflows on AMP’s North platform at A$1.2 billion, up 14 per cent on Q1 17.

  • AMP Capital net external cashflows of A$1.6 billion driven by strong cashflows in real assets.

  • AMP Bank’s total loan book up 2 per cent to A$19.8 billion during the quarter.

  • Portfolio review of manage for value businesses continues.

  • In response to ASIC industry reports 499 and 515, AMP continues to review adviser conduct, customer fees, the quality of advice, and the monitoring and supervision of its advisers. We anticipate that this review will lead to further customer remediation costs and associated expenses. We will provide a further update at or before the 1H 18 results.

AMP interim Executive Chairman Mike Wilkins said:

“The past month has been exceptionally difficult for our customers, shareholders, employees and advisers. We recognise there is a lot to be done to restore the public’s confidence in the company, which is a priority for the Board.

“AMP is a well-capitalised company with areas of our business delivering strong growth. AMP Capital saw strong external fund net flows particularly in real assets and AMP Bank continued its loan growth, despite a tighter market. Australian wealth management experienced cashflows in line with Q1 in 2017, as well as a small reduction in AUM following weaker investment markets.

“AMP stands behind its advice business, and the value it creates for customers. However, we have been very disappointed that, in some instances, our customers have not received appropriate levels of service for the fees they have paid. We are working hard to accelerate the remediation for our customers.

“We continue to progress the portfolio review, however we are currently prioritising the performance of the business, board renewal and the appointment of a new CEO.”

AMP Limited 33 Alfred Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 ABN 49 079 354 519

Public Affairs T 02 9257 6127 E [email protected] W AMP.com.au/media AMP_AU

AMP Limited provides Q1 18 update…2

Commentary

Australian wealth management

  • Net cash outflows of A$200 million in Q1 18 in line with Q1 17. Inflows and outflows in Q1 18 were subdued due to reduced activity in superannuation following 2017 non-concessional contribution cap changes and volatile investment markets in the quarter.

  • AMP’s wrap platform, North, continued to perform strongly with cashflows growing 14 per cent to A$1,181 million in Q1 18.

  • Total Australian wealth management AUM at the end of Q1 18 was A$128.3 billion, down 2 per cent from Q4 17 reflecting negative investment markets during the quarter.

  • AMP’s SMSF business, SuperConcepts, added approximately 5,500 funds across administration and software services during Q1 18, supported by the acquisition of MORE Superannuation. The business now supports more than 64,600 SMSFs.

AMP Capital

  • AMP Capital external net cashflows were A$1.6 billion in Q1 18, an increase from A$228 million in Q1 17, driven by flows into real assets (real estate and infrastructure investments), and strong performance by China Life AMP Asset Management (CLAMP).

  • AUM increased from A$187.7 billion at the end of Q4 17 to A$188.1 billion in Q1 18. AUM now includes AMP Capital’s 24.9 per cent share of US-based real estate investment manager PCCP’s AUM.

  • AMP’s partnership with China Life continues to grow; AMP Capital’s share of CLAMP contributed net cashflows of A$462 million in Q1 18.

  • AMP Capital has A$4.5 billion of committed real asset capital available for investment.

AMP Bank

  • Total loan book grew to A$19.8 billion during Q1 18, up 2 per cent on Q4 17, supported by continued growth in loan books for both aligned adviser and mortgage broker channels.

  • • Retail deposit book increased by A$321 million in Q1 18 relative to Q4 17.

Australian wealth protection

  • Australian wealth protection annual premium in-force (API) was down 1 per cent in Q1 18 to A$1,890 million. The small decline was primarily driven by a 1 per cent fall in API for individual lump sum.

New Zealand financial services

  • AMP New Zealand financial services’ net cashflows were A$54 million in Q1 18, up from A$23 million in Q1 17. The increase was mainly driven by lower cash outflows in retail investments.

  • AMP remains one of New Zealand’s largest KiwiSaver providers with net cashflows of A$47 million in Q1 18.

Australian mature

  • Australian mature net cash outflows in Q1 18 were A$323 million, compared to A$335 million in Q1 17, reflecting the run-off nature of the book. AUM declined 2 per cent to A$20.4 billion during the quarter.

AMP Limited provides Q1 18 update…3

Update on industry and regulatory compliance investigations

  • There are a number of reviews being undertaking by ASIC. These include industry reports 499 and 515 on financial advice. AMP is continuing its program of work to review the nature of ongoing service arrangements between its advisers and customers, and the incidence of inappropriate fees and advice, since 1 July 2008.

  • This program is ongoing, however we anticipate that the outcomes will lead to higher customer remediation costs and related expenses, as previously set out in our 2017 annual report. We also expect that enhancements to AMP’s control frameworks, governance and systems will be required.

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  • We expect to provide further clarification at or before the 1H 18 results.

Media enquiries Catherine Woods Mobile: +61 477 320 333

Investor enquiries Howard Marks Phone: +61 2 9257 7109 Mobile: +61 402 438 019

Mark Roberts Mobile: +61 466 328 581

Michael Leonard Phone: +61 2 9257 5207 Mobile: +61 466 773 093

AMP Limited provides Q1 18 update…4

Q1 18 cashflows

Australian wealth management

C ash inflows Cash o utflows Net cas hflows
Cashflows by product (A$m) Q1 18
Q1 17
Q1 18 Q1 17 Q1 18 Q1 17
North1 3,353
3,270
(2,172) (2,232) 1,181 1,038
AMP Flexible Super2 554
949
(849) (1,058) (295) (109)
Summit, Generations and iAccess3 180
228
(595) (575) (415) (347)
Flexible Lifetime Super (superannuation and pension)4 376
421
(664) (801) (288) (380)
Other retail investment and platforms5 137
59
(156) (73) (19) (14)
Total retail on AMP platforms 4,600
4,927
(4,436) (4,739) 164 188
SignatureSuper and AMP Flexible Super - Employer 684
742
(599) (655) 85 87
Other corporate superannuation6 338
386
(440) (475) (102) (89)
Total corporate superannuation 1,022
1,128
(1,039) (1,130) (17) (2)
Total retail and corporate superannuation on AMP platforms 5,622
6,055
(5,475) (5,869) 147 186
External platforms7 321
303
(668) (688) (347) (385)
Total Australian wealth management 5,943
6,358
(6,143) (6,557) (200) (199)




Cash inflow composition (A$m) Q1 18 Q1 17
Member contributions 824 888
Employer contributions 987 988
Total contributions 1,811 1,876
Transfers, rollovers in and other8 4,132 4,482
Total Australian wealth management 5,943 6,358

1 North is an award-winning fully functioning wrap platform which includes guaranteed and non-guaranteed options.

2 AMP Flexible Super is a flexible all in one superannuation and retirement account for individual retail business.

3 Summit and Generations are owned and developed platforms. iAccess is ipac’s badge on Summit.

4 Flexible Lifetime Super (superannuation and pension) was closed to new business from 1 July 2010. A small component of corporate superannuation schemes are included.

5 Other retail investment and platforms include Flexible Lifetime Investments and AMP Personalised Portfolio.

6 Other corporate superannuation comprises CustomSuper, SuperLeader and Business Super.

7 External platforms comprise Asgard, Macquarie, BT Wrap platforms and Challenger annuities.

8 Transfers, rollovers in and other includes the transfer of accumulated member balances into AMP from both internal (e.g. retail superannuation to allocated pension/annuities) and external products.

AUM (A$m) Q4 17
Q1 18 Net cashflow s Q1 18
AUM Superannuation Pension Investment Total net Other AUM
cashflows movements1
North 34,926 496 324 361 1,181 (686) 35,421
AMP Flexible Super 16,342 (61) (234) -
(295)
(85) 15,962
Summit, Generations and iAccess 11,388 (104) (263) (48) (415) (163) 10,810
Flexible Lifetime Super (superannuation and pension) 24,198 (181) (107) -
(288)
(337) 23,573
Other retail investment and platforms 2,545 -
-

(19)
(19) (72) 2,454
Total retail on AMP platforms 89,399 150 (280) 294 164 (1,343) 88,220
SignatureSuper and AMP Flexible Super - Employer 18,510 92 (7) -
85
(232) 18,363
Other corporate superannuation 13,055 (102) -
-

(102)
(162) 12,791
Total corporate superannuation 31,565 (10) (7) -
(17)
(394) 31,154
Total retail and corporate superannuation on AMP
platforms
120,964 140 (287) 294 147 (1,737) 119,374
External platforms 9,425 (73) (96) (178) (347) (164) 8,914
Total Australian wealth management 130,389 67 (383) 116 (200) (1,901) 128,288
Australian wealth management - SuperConcepts2
Assets under administration
23204 (12) 23,192
,

1 Other movements include fees, investment returns, distributions, taxes, and foreign exchange movements.

2 SuperConcepts assets under administration includes AMP SMSF, Multiport, Cavendish, SuperIQ, yourSMSF, Just Super and Ascend administration platforms, but does not include Multiport Annual, SuperConcepts Accountants Outsource and MORE Superannuation.

AMP Limited provides Q1 18 update…5

Q4 17 Q1 18
AUM (A$m) AUM AUM
AUM by product
Superannuation 78,248 77,160
Pension 36,191 35,404
Investment 15,950 15,724
Total 130,389 128,288
AUM by asset class
Cash and fixed interest 30% 30%
Australian equities 31% 31%
International equities 27% 27%
Property 6% 6%
Other 6% 6%
Total 100% 100%
AUM summary (A$b) Q4 17
Q1 18
AUM AUM
ClosingAUM 130.4 128.3
Average AUM 128.9 130.1

AMP Capital

AUM (A$m) Q4 17
Q1 18 Net
cashflows Total Other Q1 18
AUM Cash inflows Cash outflows
net cashflows
movements1 AUM2
External 62,518
3,430
(1,878) 1,552 2,263 66,333
Internal 125,206
7,989
(9,668) (1,679) (1,763) 121,764
Total AMP Capital 187,724
11,419
(11,546) (127) 500 188,097

Q1 18
AUM
188.1
188.7
AUM summary (A$b) Q4 17
Q1 18
AUM AUM
ClosingAUM 187.7 188.1
Average AUM 184.6 188.7

1 Other movements include fees, investment returns, distributions, taxes, foreign exchange movements and AMP Capital’s 24.9% share of PCCP’s AUM. 2 AUM is invested capital. Committed real asset capital is excluded from AUM.

AMP Bank

AMP Bank by product Q4 17 Q1 18
Deposits and loans (A$m) end balance
Other
movements1

end balance
Deposits(super andplatform)2 5,178
(129)

5,049
Deposits(retail)2 6,379
321

6,700
Deposits(other)2 826
(55)

771
Loans 19,445
326

19,771

1 Represents movements in AMP Bank’s deposits and loan books.

2 At 31 Mar 2018, deposits include AMP Bank retail deposits (A$6.7b), AMP Supercash and Super TDs (A$1.8b), North and platform deposits (A$3.2b), internal deposits (A$0.6b) and other wholesale deposits (A$0.2b).

Australian wealth protection

Cashflows by product (A$m) C ash i nflows Cash o utflows Net cas hflows
Q 1 18
Q1 17

Q1 18

Q1 17

Q1 18

Q1 17
Individual risk 358 356
(140)
(124) 218 232
Grouprisk 88 120
(72)
(85) 16 35
Total Australian wealthprotection 446 476
(212)
(209) 234 267
Q1 18
API
1,108
408
374
1,890
Q4 17 Q1 18
Annual Premium In-force – API (A$m) API API
Individual lumpsum 1,124 1,108
Individual incomeprotection 411 408
GroupRisk 376 374
Total 1,911 1,890

AMP Limited provides Q1 18 update…6

New Zealand financial services

Cashflows by product (A$m) C ash i nflows Cash o utflows utflows Net ca shflo ws
Q 1 18
Q1 17 Q1 18 Q1 17 Q1 18 Q1 17
KiwiSaver 150 151 (103) (96) 47 55
Other1 220 231 (213) (263) 7 (32)
Total New Zealand 370 382 (316) (359) 54 23
AUM (A$m) Q4 17 Q1 1 8 Net ca shflows Total Q1 18
AUM Superannuation P ension Investment
Other
c net Other
movements2
ther AUM
ashflows
KiwiSaver 4,623 47 -
-

-
47 86 4,756
Other1 11,094 4 (1) (5)
9
7 187 11,288
Total New Zealand 15,717 51 (1) (5)
9
54 273 16,044

1 Other New Zealand financial services cashflows and AUM includes New Zealand wealth protection, mature and non–KiwiSaver wealth management products. 2 Other movements include fees, investment returns, distributions, taxes, as well as foreign currency movements on New Zealand AUM.

New Zealand wealth protection Q4 17
Q1 18
Risk Insurance Annual Premium In-force – API
(A$m)
API
API
Individual lumpsum 229 237
Individual incomeprotection 42 43
GroupRisk 41 43
Total1 312 323

1 Total API increased by A$11m largely due to the NZ$ appreciation.

Australian mature

Cashflows by product (A$m) C ash i nflows Cash o utflows utflows Net ca shflo ws
Q 1 18
Q1 17 Q1 18 Q1 17 Q1 18 Q1 17
Australian mature 120 129 (443) (464) (323) (335)
AUM (A$m) Q4 17 Q1 1 8 Net ca shflows Total Q1 18
AUM Superannuation P ension Investment
Other
c net Other
movements1
ther AUM
ashflows
Australian mature 20,698 (151) (40) (17)
(115)
(323) (1) 20,374

1 Other movements include fees, investment returns, distributions, taxes, and foreign exchange movements.