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Storebrand ASA — Earnings Release 2017
Oct 25, 2017
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Earnings Release
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Storebrand 3Q 2017
25 Oct 2017
Odd Arild Grefstad – CEO Lars Aa. Løddesøl – CFO
Storebrand celebrates 250 years in 2017
Highlights 3Q 2017
Operating profit
High organic growth and strong solvency
Storebrand acquires Skagen Fondene and Silver
1Result before amortisation and write-downs. 2 Growth figures are from YTD 2016 to YTD 2017. 3 Including transitional rules.
Our strategy
| Manage the guaranteed 1 balance sheet |
Continued growth in Savings 2 and Insurance |
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| >150% SII margin | Capital-light and profitable growth | |||||||
| Cost reductions through automation and outsourcing Manage for future capital release and increased dividend capacity |
Market leading asset gatherer with strong Insurance offering Continued retail growth with low capital requirements |
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| Lower capital requirements and higher quality of earnings |
We work hard to reach our vision: Recommended by our customers
Building a well diversified savings business positioned to grow in an attractive market
Storebrand acquires SKAGEN AS
- Scandinavian investment management company, established in 1993
- Around 140.500 unit holders and approx. NOK 80 billion under management
- Diversified client base and international footprint: 11 offices in 5 countries, with marketing permission for an additional 8
- Award winning portfolio managers with world class funds
- An active investor with a value-based investment philosophy that has been applied consistently since start
- ESG factors incorporated in the investment process since 2002 3rd place in Morningstar's Sustainability Rating in 2016
Home markets Offices Marketing approval
AUM by Market Area
Client mix – all Markets
International
Home markets Offices Marketing approval
The transaction has clear strategic and financial benefits
Strategic benefits positioning Storebrand + SKAGEN for continued growth
Complementary strengths and customer base
Combined no. 2 market position in attractive retail market
European institutional distribution
Scalable platform for growth
Financial benefits supporting cash generation and shareholder values
Increased scale in Asset Management
New revenue stream from assets without guarantees
Synergies in operations and administration
Cash generation for increased long term dividend capacity
Storebrand is growing by building a well-diversified savings business
Aging population and reduced state pensions increases savings Individualisation of savings and pension market
Consolidation in European asset management industry
Strengthened position in attractive growth market with long term value creation
Attractive operational and administrative synergies
Strategic benefits
Pension and savings is becoming one market and represent key growth opportunities for the Group
Storebrand's main channels for assets under management (NOK bn)
SKAGEN and Storebrand strong combined no 2 position in fast growing retail savings market
Market share AuM mutual funds Norway Q2 2017 (%)
1 Market for retail savings: Mutual funds, pension certificates, individual unit linked solutions. Source: Storebrand estimates. Strategic benefits
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Complementary businesses strengthening the customer offering and competitive position
- Product Offering
- meet savings needs of both institutions and individuals
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Holistic advisor approach ensuring client value and long term satisfaction
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philosophy with strong track record
- Focused and independent team
Increased operational leverage by building additional scale
Future of asset management requires sufficient scale and a broad product offering
Strategic benefits
Broad customer offering to meet all saving needs
Beta1 Factor Funds Alternatives Alpha1 Smart beta Low carbon ESG Enhanced Nordic ESG index Real Estate SKAGEN World ESG index Emerging ESG index Private Equity Private Debt Storebrand Asset classes cover institutional, wholesale, workplace and retail need for savings ALM Pension Decumulation Risk strategies Preservation Delphi
Independent asset management boutiques
Strategic benefits
Delivering customer value key focus whilst harvesting synergies from new combined cost base
| Key focus and principles for integration |
• Keep SKAGEN legal set up, brand and investment independence • Key focus to deliver excellent investment performance for clients from day 1 • Offer combined value proposition to relevant clients Group CEO Odd Arild Grefstad Chairman of the Board • Implementation team led by EVP Asset Management Jan Erik Saugestad • • Øyvind Schanke continues as SKAGEN CEO with strong management team |
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| Financial impact | First phase cost synergies to reduce combined cost base by NOK 50 million • • Key areas: leverage administrative and operational scale • Structured approach for development of distribution capabilities |
Transaction structure – acquisition of 91% of outstanding shares
1) Net profit and net revenue excluding contribution from fees paid out based on fund performing above their respective benchmarks ("Performance fees")
Storebrand welcomes new customers from Silver
Using own web-based solutions and existing product infrastructure
Key focus on customer service in onboarding process
Non guaranteed pension savings builds scale in strategic core
AuM (NOKbn)
Storebrand acquires Silvers insurance portfolio
| Customers & portfolio |
• 21 000 policies to be transferred to Storebrand Livsforsikring AS • NOK 8,5bn paid up polices with investment choice (no financial guarantees) • NOK 1,5bn risk products |
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| Purchase price | • NOK 520m financed by liquidity in Storebrand Livsforsikring AS Total liquidity in Storebrand Livsforsikring as of 3Q 2017 NOK 18.1bn • |
| Financial effects | • NOK ~60m in annual pre tax administration results expected • NOK ~45m negative non recurring result effect in 2018 • NOK 300m deferred tax asset expected in 2018 due to tax loss carried forward in Silver AS 1 percentage point initial reduction in solvency • |
| Other terms | • Closing expected in January 2018 The agreement with the administration board presupposes that no more than 20% • of Silver's customers object to the solution by the deadline set by Silver and public approvals. |
Key figures
5.2% 5.4% 5.3%
Q1 2017
Q2 2017
Q3 2016
Q4 2016
1Result before amortisation, write-downs.
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2Earnings per share after tax adjusted for amortisation of intangible assets.
3 Customer buffers in Benco not included. In addition there are unallocated investment results of NOK 4.3 billion in Norwegian guaranteed that will be allocated at year end. 4Solidity capital/customer buffers does not include provisions for future longevity reserves.
Q3 2017
Storebrand Group Solvency movement from Q2 2017 to Q3 2017
SII position and sensitivities Storebrand Group
Small changes in value of transitional measures
1The estimated solvency position of Storebrand Group is calculated using the current Storebrand implementation of the Solvency II Standard model with the company's interpretation of the transition rules from the NFSA. Output is sensitive to changes in financial markets, development of reserves, changes in assumptions and improvements of the calculation framework in the economic capital model as well as changes in the Solvency II legislation and national interpretation of transition rules.
Storebrand Group
| 3Q | 01.01-30.09 | Full year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Fee and administration income |
1 103 | 1 040 | 3 201 | 3 097 |
4 235 | |
| Insurance result | 320 | 238 | 885 | 694 | 945 | |
| Operational cost |
-826 | -811 | -2 462 | -2 330 |
-3 191 | |
| Operating profit | 596 | 468 | 1 624 | 1 461 | 1 989 | |
| Financial items and risk result life | 177 | 209 | 698 | 540 | 924 | |
| Result before amortisation | 773 | 676 | 2 322 |
2 001 |
2 913 | |
| Amortisation and write-downs of intangible assets |
-101 | -101 | -299 | -311 | -406 | |
| Result before tax |
672 | 576 | 2 023 | 1 690 | 2 506 | |
| Tax | 27 | -135 | -111 | -224 | -364 | |
| Profit after tax |
698 | 441 | 1 912 |
1 466 | 2 143 |
1 The result includes special items. Please see storebrand.com/ir for a complete overview.
Storebrand Group
| 3Q | 01.01-30.09 | Full year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Fee and administration income |
1 103 | 1 040 | 3 201 | 3 097 |
4 235 | |
| Insurance result | 320 | 238 | 885 | 694 | 945 | |
| Operational cost |
-826 | -8112 | -2 462 | -2 330 |
-3 191 | |
| Operating profit | 596 | 468 | 1 624 | 1 461 | 1 989 | |
| Financial items and risk result life | 177 | 209 | 698 | 540 | 924 | |
| Profit before amortisation | 773 | 676 | 2 322 |
2 001 |
2 913 |
Profit per line of business
| 3Q | 01.01-30.09 | Full year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Savings - non-guaranteed |
314 | 236 | 872 | 742 | 1 063 | |
| Insurance | 221 | 161 | 576 | 432 | 575 | |
| Guaranteed pension |
244 | 126 | 735 | 378 | 870 | |
| Other profit |
-5 | 154 | 140 | 449 | 405 | |
| Profit before amortisation | 773 | 676 | 2 322 |
2 001 |
2 913 |
Savings (non-guaranteed) - continued growth
| NOK million | 3Q | 01.01-30.09 | Full year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | ||
| Fee and administration income |
763 | 681 | 2 210 |
2 014 | 2 758 | |
| Operational cost |
-445 | -442 | -1 342 | -1 274 | -1 700 | |
| Operating profit | 318 | 239 | 868 | 739 | 1 058 | |
| Financial items and risk result life | -4 | -3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |
| Profit before amortisation |
314 | 236 | 872 | 742 | 1 063 |
Profit per product line
| 3Q | 01.01-30.09 | Full year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 |
| Unit linked Norway |
82 | 56 | 220 | 178 | 242 |
| Unit linked Sweden |
53 | 43 | 182 | 120 | 175 |
| Asset Management segment | 132 | 107 | 353 | 340 | 518 |
| Retail banking | 46 | 29 | 117 | 103 | 127 |
| Profit before amortisation |
314 | 236 | 872 | 742 | 1 063 |
Savings (non-guaranteed) - strong growth in assets and retail lending
1Excluding transfers. Growth from YTD 2016 to YTD 2017.
2 Growth figures from YTD 2016 to YTD 2017.
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Insurance
| 3Q | 01.01-30.09 | Full year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 |
| Insurance premiums f.o.a. | 993 | 962 | 2 904 |
2 871 | 3 828 |
| Claims f.o.a. | -674 | -724 | -2 019 |
-2 177 |
-2 883 |
| Operational cost | -175 | -152 | -519 | -435 | -602 |
| Operating profit | 145 | 87 | 366 | 259 | 342 |
| Financial result | 76 | 74 | 209 | 173 | 233 |
| Profit before amortisation | 221 | 161 | 576 | 432 | 575 |
Profit per product line
| 3Q | 01.01-30.09 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 |
| P&C & Individual life |
80 | 63 | 247 | 245 | 293 |
| Health & Group life | 116 | 41 | 263 | 96 | 149 |
| Pension related disability insurance Nordic |
24 | 57 | 66 | 91 | 133 |
| Profit before amortisation |
221 | 161 | 576 | 432 | 575 |
Insurance - Lagging growth, strong combined ratio
Guaranteed pension - strong quarter but long term run off
| 3Q | 01.01-30.09 | Full year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| 380 | 403 | 1 108 |
1 190 |
1 566 | |
| -212 | -257 | -649 | -721 | -981 | |
| 169 | 146 | 459 | 469 | 585 | |
| 9 | -18 | 49 | -24 | -37 | |
| 66 | -2 | 227 | -67 | 322 | |
| 244 | 126 | 735 | 378 | 870 | |
Profit per product line
| 3Q | 01.01-30.09 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 |
| Defined benefit (fee based) |
83 | 82 | 222 | 278 | 340 |
| Paid-up policies, Norway | 38 | 9 | 94 | 33 | 46 |
| Individual life and pension, Norway | 20 | 2 | 36 | 6 | 147 |
| Guaranteed products, Sweden |
104 | 32 | 383 | 60 | 336 |
| Profit before amortisation | 244 | 126 | 735 | 378 | 870 |
Guaranteed pension - reserves in long term decline and robust buffer situation
Other1
| 3Q | 01.01-30.09 | Full year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Fee and administration income |
19 | 31 | 63 | 102 | 145 | |
| Operational cost |
-53 | -35 | -132 | -108 | -141 | |
| Operating profit | -35 | -4 | -69 | -6 | 4 | |
| Financial items and risk result life | 30 | 158 | 209 | 456 | 401 | |
| Profit before amortisation |
-5 | 154 | 140 | 449 | 405 |
Profit per product line
| 3Q | 01.01-30.09 | Full year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 |
| Corporate Banking |
20 | 34 | 38 | 69 | 76 |
| BenCo | 8 | 7 | 18 | 43 | 44 |
| Holding company costs and net financial results in company portfolios |
-33 | 113 | 84 | 337 | 285 |
| Profit before amortisation | -5 | 154 | 140 | 449 | 405 |
1Excluding eliminations. For more information on eliminations, see Supplementary Information.
Appendix
Storebrand Life Insurance asset allocation
Note: The graph shows the asset allocation for all products with an interest rate guarantee in Storebrand Life Insurance Norwegian operations. Category bonds includes loans on life insurance balance sheet.
SPP asset allocation
Note: The graph shows the asset allocation for all products with an interest rate guarantee in SPP.
Key figures SKAGEN and Storebrand Asset Management
| Key figures 2016 (NOKm) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined | |||
| AUM (NOKbn) | 577 | 83 | 660 |
| AUM external (NOKbn) | 136 | 83 | 219 |
| Revenue | 1,082 | 1,000 | 2,082 |
| Distribution cost | -98 | -229 | -327 |
| Personnel cost | -217 | -381 | -598 |
| Other Operating expenses | -223 | -183 | -406 |
| EBITDA | 545 | 207 | 752 |
| Net profit | 349 | 148 | 497 |
| Employees | 162 | 169 | 331 |
Growth in Savings continues, Insurance growth paused by changes in distribution
Investor Relations contacts
Lars Aa Løddesøl Kjetil R. Krøkje Group CFO Head of IR
[email protected] [email protected] +47 9348 0151 +47 9341 2155
This document contains Alternative Performance Measures as defined by the European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA). An overview of APMs used in financial reporting is available on storebrand.com/ir.