Funds Under Management 31 March 25, Trading Update
FuM flat at $9.9bn at 31 March 2025; net outflows of $212m offset by market gains of $218m.
- Funds under Management $9.9 billion (prior $9.9 billion)
- Emerging Markets FuM $3,218 million (prior $3,283 million)
- Karpus Investment Management FuM $3,938 million (prior $3,947 million)
- International Equity FuM $2,170 million (prior $2,091 million)
- Net flows ($212 million)
- Estimated FuM at 15 April 2025 $9.7 billion
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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 as at 31 March 2025. The numbers that follow are unaudited.
Funds under Management (FuM) remained unchanged at $9.9 billion as at 31 March 2025 as compared to 31 December 2024. Estimated FuM as at 15 April 2025 was $9.7 billion. A breakdown by strategy follows:
FuM ($ million)
| Dec-24 Actual | Net flows | Market & investment performance | Mar-25 (estimate) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerging Markets | 3,283 | (170) | 105 | 3,218 |
| Karpus Investment Management | 3,947 | (53) | 44 | 3,938 |
| International Equity | 2,091 | (9) | 87 | 2,170 |
| Opportunistic Value | 286 | - | 10 | 296 |
| Listed Private Equity* | 188 | 20 | (7) | 201 |
| Other** | 151 | - | (21) | 130 |
| 9,946 | (212) | 218 | 9,953 |
* The Listed Private Equity strategy is to buy high quality private equity funds at discounts in closed-end fund structures traded in listed markets. It was recategorized from Emerging Markets as of Dec-24
** Includes Frontier and alternatives
IM Performance
For the rolling three months ending 31 March 2025, Emerging Markets, Opportunistic Value, US Equity and Tax-sensitive Fixed Income outperformed their benchmarks, while International Equity, Taxable Fixed Income and Listed Private Equity underperformed.
Flows
The Listed Private Equity strategy attracted new inflows of $20 million over the quarter, while Emerging Markets had outflows of $170 million as risk assets were hit by uncertainty relating to US tariff policy. We are redoubling our marketing efforts as closed-end fund discounts are wide and we see opportunities to expand Group investment sales outside of the US with international distribution partners.
Dividend
The interim dividend of 11 pence per share was paid on 3 April 2025.
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