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Foresight Group Holdings Ltd on Thursday said full-year earnings will be in line with market expectations as it reported record fundraising and higher assets and funds under management. Foresight is an investment manager, offering institutional and retail investors access to private and listed real assets in the UK, Europe and Australia and to small and medium enterprises in the UK and Ireland. Assets under management and funds under management increased by 6.1% and 4.2% to £14.0 billion and £10.0 billion respectively in the financial year ended March from £13.2 billion and £9.6 billion the year prior. Record annual fundraising of £630 million was achieved in ‘higher margin’ retail vehicles, a 7.3% year-on-year increase from £587 million, while gross inflows for the year totalled £95 million. Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners II SCS has €595 million commitments approved to date, making good progress towards achieving its €1.25 billion target, the firm said. But Foresight Capital Management continued to experience headwinds, the firm added. Strong realisations in Australia contributed ‘material’ performance fees to the group, whilst decreasing AUM by £250 million. Foresight Group expects financial 2026 core earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation pre-share based payments to be in line with market expectations of £65.2 million to £70.2 million compared to £62.2 million the year prior. Over financial 2027 and 2028, the firm expects to utilise the remaining £40.4 million of the current £50 million share buyback programme. Executive Chair Bernard Fairman said it was another period of ‘profitable and resilient growth’, driven by both ‘successful fundraising and strong performance across our long duration products.’ He said the group is ‘well positioned for further profitable growth’, while noting ‘our current valuation remains disappointing’. Shares in Foresight Group fell 3.5% to 361.50 pence in London on Thursday morning. Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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