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Paul Bryant

Growth, profitability, opportunity

Tatton, the UK’s largest provider of on-platform discretionary fund management services to IFAs, has released its interim results for the six months to 30 September 2019 and showed successful delivery against nearly all key metrics. We believe the prospects to rapidly scale up AUM and boost profits because of the (already proven) opportunity for operational leverage justify a fair value of 300p / share.

We believe the business is set to maintain its growth and profit trajectory because:

• There is a powerful market trend of IFAs moving more and more of their client assets onto discretionary fund management (DFM) platforms (a £48bn market , up from £5bn in 2011), avoiding the regulatory and risk burden of selecting investments for end-clients themselves;
• Tatton has carved out a market-leading proposition in this space, especially with respect to the two most important criteria advisers use to select a DFM: fees and investment performance;
• It has tried-and-tested methods of winning new clients and capturing a higher share of their AUM;
• Operational leverage should see margins improve further as the business scales;
• The adviser support services business complements the asset management business well and provides deep IFA market insights.

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Underlying
Tatton Asset Management

Tatton Asset Management is engaged in providing a range of services to the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") directly authorized financial adviser ("DA IFA") marketplace encompassing discretionary fund management, regulatory and compliance services and mortgage services. Co.'s discretionary portfolio management ("DFM") service operates on ten United Kingdom adviser WRAP platforms and can be integrated into the growing number of adviser WRAP platforms in the market. Co. provides support services to independent financial advisors ("IFA"s), enabling DA IFA firms to provide compliant and effective investment portfolio management for their platform based clients.

Provider
Equity Development
Equity Development

​Equity Development enables companies to become better understood and supported by investors. Since our launch in 1996 we have consistently focused on helping our clients improve their communication and relationships with both existing and potential shareholders. Our clients have come from a wide variety of sectors and domiciles, are both private and quoted and range in size from micro-cap to $multi-billions. We offer free access to company research notes written by experienced analysts. These notes include detailed forecasts, financial models and a fair value. We host regular Private Investor Forums at which investors have the opportunity to hear company directors present, and to ask questions. These are free to attend. We broadcast live Webinars with company management that include active Q&A. We also make the recordings available online. We arrange face to face meetings between private investors and company management. We are active users of Twitter, commenting daily on company news, share price moves, Directors’ Dealings, Equity Development Research Notes & Events.

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Paul Bryant

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