Wealth manager Brooks Macdonald (BM) has seen a fall in pre-tax profits this year, while revenues and funds under management and advice (FUMA) increased.
In the firm's full-year results today (4 September), it reported that underlying profit before tax had reduced by 4.6% to £28.9m. During the six months to the end of June 2025, the firm managed to somewhat curtail negative flows, with net outflows for H2 down to £100m from £300m in H1. This took the full-year net outflows to around £400m total. Total FUMA, however, increased by 17.3% to £19.2bn, up from £16.4bn at the end of June 2024. Of this total, funds under management (FUM) were £16.6bn and advised only assets hit £2.6bn. Higher financial planning income following acquisitio...
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