Perpetual has announced a drop in its funds under management (FUM) citing difficult market conditions as the core contributor to the result.
Perpetual informed the market yesterday that its FUM stood at $22.6 billion as at 30 June compared to $23.7 billion at 31 March 2012.
During that period, the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index declined by 5.0 per cent while the S&PASX 300 Industrials Accumulation Index dropped by 0.6 per cent.
"Total average FUM for the six months to 30 June 2012 were $23.4 billion," the company said.
The $1.1 billion decrease in FUM was attributable to a number of reasons, it said.
In a further breakdown of this figure, Perpetual said a decrease in around $800 million comprised of about $550 million of market-related declines and the payment of around $250 million of distributions at the end of June.
The company said the addition of a further $300 million of net outflows including $400 million of net outflows from the equities asset class and $100 million net inflows into cash and fixed interest from the company's institutional channel also contributed to the decrease.
Of the $400 million of equity outflows, around $300 million of net outflows were form the intermediated channel, predominately from the Industrial Share Fund.
"The challenging market environment continues to be the dominant factor affecting fund flows," a Perpetual spokesperson told InvestorDaily.
