GAM Holding AG: Update on half-year results 2016

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• Underlying profit before and after tax in H1 2016 expected to decline by approximately 50% compared with H1 2015. Decline mainly driven by a fall in performance fees
• IFRS profit after tax anticipated to decline broadly in line with the decrease in underlying profit after tax

Expected results for the first half of 2016

In accordance with the Group's obligations under the listing rules of the SIX Swiss Exchange (article 53), GAM today provides an update on its expected first-half 2016 results. The underlying profit before tax for the first half of 2016 is likely to decline by approximately 50% from the CHF 101.5 million reported for the first half of 2015.

Performance fees for the first half of 2016 are expected to be lower, at approximately CHF 1 million (CHF 44.1 million for the first half of 2015), a reduction highlighted in GAM's first-quarter interim management statement of 20 April 2016. This estimate is based on recognised performance fees up to 31 May 2016 and uncrystallised performance fees as at 31 May 2016 with June month-end crystallisation dates. Net management fees and commissions are also expected to decline, mainly driven by lower average assets under management and a slight reduction in the average management fee margin. These effects will be partially offset by a reduction in personnel expenses and ongoing cost control.

The IFRS profit after tax for the first half of 2016 is anticipated to decline broadly in line with the decrease in underlying profit after tax. The IFRS profit after tax reported for the first half of 2015 was CHF 80.9 million.     

Update on strategic initiatives

The company continues to control costs in a disciplined manner and the implementation of its new target operating model is on track. As demonstrated by the recently announced acquisition of Taube Hodson Stonex (THS) on 16 May 2016, GAM continues to expand its core investment management capabilities and offerings through strategic and financially compelling acquisitions and the development of new products in areas such as trade finance, absolute return and real estate debt. The company will report its half-year results and update the market on its strategic initiatives as planned on 3 August 2016.

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About GAM

GAM is one of the world's leading independent, pure-play asset managers. It provides active investment solutions and products for institutions, financial intermediaries and private investors, under two brands: GAM and Julius Baer Funds. The core investment business is complemented by private labelling services, which include management company and other support services to third-party institutions. GAM employs over 1,000 people in 11 countries with investment centres in London, Zurich, Hong Kong, New York, Lugano and Milan. The investment managers are supported by an extensive global distribution network.

Headquartered in Zurich, GAM is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and is a component of the Swiss Market Index Mid (SMIM) with the symbol 'GAM'. The Group has assets under management of CHF 114.7 billion (USD 119.8 billion) as at 31 March 2016.

Disclaimer regarding forward-looking statements

This press release by GAM Holding AG ('the Company') includes forward-looking statements that reflect the Company's intentions, beliefs or current expectations and projections about the Company's future results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, performance, prospects, strategies, opportunities and the industry in which it operates. Forward-looking statements involve all matters that are not historical facts. The Company has tried to identify those forward-looking statements by using words such as 'may', 'will', 'would', 'should', 'expect', 'intend', 'estimate', 'anticipate', 'project', 'believe', 'seek', 'plan', 'predict', 'continue' and similar expressions. Such statements are made on the basis of assumptions and expectations which, although the Company believes them to be reasonable at this time, may prove to be erroneous.

These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that could cause the Company's actual results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, performance, prospects or opportunities, as well as those of the markets it serves or intends to serve, to differ materially from those expressed in, or suggested by, these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause those differences include, but are not limited to: changing business or other market conditions, legislative, fiscal and regulatory developments, general economic conditions, and the Company's ability to respond to trends in the financial services industry. Additional factors could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release any update of, or revisions to, any forward-looking statements in this press release and any change in the Company's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which these forward-looking statements are based, except as required by applicable law or regulation.

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GAM Holding AG
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