Utmost's AUA hits £116.3bn as it focuses on wealth offering

Following sale of its bulk purchase annuity business

Isabel Baxter
clock • 1 min read

Utmost Group’s assets under administration (AUA) hit £116.3bn at the end of 2025, with the group now looking to grow its wealth business after the sale of its bulk purchase annuity business.

In its 2025 trading and business update, closing AUA for the 2025 financial year stood at £116.3bn, up 12% from its £103.5bn opening AUA. Utmost delivered £9.7bn of inflows in 2025, an increase of 43% on last year. The firm said performance was driven by its "strengthened franchise" following the integration and rebrand of Lombard International, and its "ability to serve the rising demand for advice-based, long-term wealth solutions globally". Utmost generated "strong" inflows throughout 2025, with £4.4bn delivered in H2 25, which it said added to the momentum experienced in the fi...

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