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MLP SE — Interim / Quarterly Report 2014
May 15, 2014
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Interim / Quarterly Report
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Financial results Q1 2014
Reinhard Loose, CFO
15th May 2014
- Highlights Q1 2014
- Key financial figures Q1 2014
- New business, consultants and clients
- Outlook and summary
- Questions and Answers
Highlights Q1 2014
- Total revenue increases by 3 percent to € 119.8 million, EBIT rises by 10 percent to € 4.4 million
- Positive early indicators for future revenue development despite the continuingly difficult market environment
- 20 percent increase in new clients (Q1 2014: 6,000, Q1 2013: 5,000)
- 15 percent more new business in old-age provision (Q1 2014: € 630 million, Q1 2013: € 550 million)
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Positive start with the expanded real-estate product offering
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Highlights Q1 2014
- Key financial figures Q1 2014
- New business, consultants and clients
- Outlook and summary
- Questions and Answers
Total revenue: € 119.8 million
Total revenue in Q1
[in € million]
Old-age provision, wealth management and nonlife insurance slightly above the previous year
Revenue
[in € million]
| Q1 2013 | Q1 2014 | Δ in % |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Old-age provision | 38.9 | 40.1 | 3 |
| Wealth management | 31.7 | 32.6 | 3 |
| Health insurance | 13.9 | 11.4 | -18 |
| Non-life insurance | 18.2 | 18.8 | 3 |
| Loans and mortgages* | 2.9 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Other commissions and fees | 0.7 | 1.3 | 86 |
| Interest income | 5.9 | 5.8 | -2 |
* excluding MLP Hyp
MLP benefits from broad-based business model
Revenue from commissions and fees Q1 2014: € 107.1 million (€ 106.4 million)
EBIT rises by 10 percent to € 4.4 million
Income Statement
[in € million]
| Q1 2013 | Q1 2014 |
|---|---|
| 116.4 | 119.8 |
| 4.0 | 4.4 |
| 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 |
| -1.0 | -1.0 |
| 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 0.03 | 0.03 |
- Administration costs of € 63.5 million in Q1 slightly above the previous year due to one-off exceptional costs.
- Around € 0.6 million of the previously announced € 6 million for one-off investments for the future incurred in Q1.
Strong balance sheet
MLP Group
| [in € million] |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2013 | 31/03/2014 | ||
| Intangible assets | 155.3 | 156.3 | |
| Financial investments | 146.1 | 180.7 | |
| Cash or cash equivalents | 46.4 | 35.9 | |
| Other receivables and other assets |
109.2 | 98.2 | |
| Shareholders' equity | 374.5 | 376.9 | |
| Equity ratio | 24.4% | 23.5% | |
| Other liabilities | 106.6 | 85.7 | |
| Total | 1,536.9 | 1,605.9 |
• Core capital ratio of 13.8% still at a high level – but decreased due to Basel III requirements (Dec. 31, 2013: 16.3%).
- Highlights Q1 2014
- Key financial figures Q1 2014
- New business, consultants and clients
- Outlook and summary
- Questions and Answers
New business in old-age provision rises by 15 percent to € 630 million
Assets under Management Premium sum: old-age provision
[in € billion] [in € million]
New client acquisition up 20 percent on previous year
Consultants New clients (gross)
- Highlights Q1 2013
- Key financial figures Q1 2013
- New business, consultants and clients
- Outlook and summary
- Questions and Answers
Base scenario still sees rise in EBIT to € 65 million in 2014
Outlook
| 2014 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue Old-age Provision | + | 0 |
| Revenue Health Insurance | + | + |
| Revenue Wealth Management | + | + |
positive: +, neutral: 0, negative: -
Forecast base scenario: EBIT of around € 65 million in 2014 and a slight increase in 2015
Significant increase in earnings expected in all scenarios
Outlook
| Environment | Assumptions | EBIT | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Scenario |
Significant improvement in the market environment |
• Hesitancy towards capital market-related provision products largely disappears • Health insurance develops very positively throughout the market • New areas of potential through real estate brokerage • Disappearance of the negative unisex effect from 2013 |
~ € 75 m |
| Base Scenario |
Initial improvement in the framework conditions |
• Opportunities for products with minor capital market component (long term care pension, occupational disability, occupational provision) • Slight improvement for capital market-related provision products – especially through new guarantee concepts • Reduction of uncertainties in health insurance • New areas of potential through real estate brokerage • Disappearance of the negative unisex effect from 2013 |
~ € 65 m |
| Lower Scenario |
Continued hesitancy on the part of clients |
• Critical public debate, such as a reduction of the guaranteed interest rate for life insurance and pension insurance policies, leads to similar hesitancy as witnessed in 2013 • Reduction of uncertainties in health insurance • New areas of potential through real estate brokerage • Disappearance of the negative unisex effect from 2013 |
~ € 50 m |
Administration costs 2014: ~ € 255 million
Summary
- MLP continues to benefit from the new breadth of the business model
- Framework conditions remain challenging particularly in health insurance and old-age provision
- First signs of pick-up in old-age provision as well as revenue growth in wealth management and in non-life insurance
- Good start with the extended real estate product offering introduced in March
- As is usual in the MLP business model, it is particularly the second half-year that plays a crucial role in the full-year results
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Outlook for 2014 reiterated
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Highlights Q1 2014
- Key financial figures Q1 2014
- New business, consultants and clients
- Outlook and summary
- Questions and Answers
Contact
MLP Corporate Communications Alte Heerstr. 40 69168 Wiesloch Germany
- Jan Berg, Head of Corporate Communications
- Andreas Herzog, Teamhead Investor Relations and Financial Communications
Tel.: +49 (0) 6222 308 8310
Fax: +49 (0) 6222 308 1131
[email protected] www.mlp-ag.com