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City of London Investment Group PLC issued an unaudited trading update for the six months ended 31 December 2024. The company reported Funds under Management (FuM) of $9.9 billion at 31 December 2024, a 2.9% decrease from $10.2 billion at 30 June 2024. Net investment outflows for the Group totalled $564 million during this period.
| Date | 20 Jan 2025 |
| Time | 07:00:02 |
| Category | Trading updates |
| ID | 8431T |
City of London Investment Group PLC
20 January 2025
CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT GROUP PLC
("City of London" or "the Group" or "the Company" or "CLIG")
SIX MONTHS TO 31 DECEMBER 2024 TRADING UPDATE
City of London (LSE: CLIG), a leading specialist asset management group offering a range of institutional and retail products investing primarily in closed-end funds, provides a trading update for its six months ended 31 December 2024. The numbers that follow are unaudited.
Funds under Management (FuM) were $9.9 billion at 31 December 2024, a decrease of 2.9% as compared to $10.2 billion at 30 June 2024. A breakdown by strategy follows:
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FuM ($ million) |
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Jun-24 Actual |
Net flows |
Market & investment performance |
Dec-24 (estimate)
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EM |
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3,568 |
(157) |
60 |
3,471 |
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KIM |
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3,924 |
(138) |
160 |
3,947 |
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INTL |
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2,394 |
(332) |
30 |
2,091 |
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OV |
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251 |
23 |
12 |
286 |
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Other* |
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104 |
40 |
7 |
151 |
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10,241 |
(564) |
269 |
9,946 |
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* Includes Frontier and alternatives
IM Performance
Investment performance for the rolling six months ending 31 December 2024 and calendar year 2024 were both ahead of benchmarks for the majority of CLIM & KIM core strategies. Strategy returns were in the first or second quartile vs peers over the same periods.
Flows
Strong market returns over the six months led to client rebalancing, asset allocation changes, and included a large client drawing down cash management capital for acquisitions. Net investment outflows were $564 million for the Group over the period, led by EM, International Equity and KIM strategies, while OV and alternatives had net inflows of $63 million.
For further information, please visit http://www.clig.co.uk/ or contact:
Tom Griffith, CEO
City of London Investment Group PLC
Tel: 001-610-380-0435
Martin Green, James Hornigold
Zeus Capital Limited
Financial Adviser & Broker
Tel: +44 (0)20 3829 5000