Jupiter's managed assets rise despite 1.6 bln pounds in outflows
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April 23 (Reuters) -Britain's Jupiter Fund Management JUP.L reported a slight rise in its assets under management for the first quarter on Tuesday, despite net outflows of 1.6 billion pounds ($1.97 billion), as market returns improved.
The company said the outflows included 1.1 billion pounds of redemptions from strategies managed by its Value team, which is headed by outgoing star manager Ben Whitmore.
In January, the fund said Whitmore, who joined the firm in 2006 and manages around 10 billion pounds in assets, would leave the group later this year to launch an independent boutique.
Active asset managers like Jupiter can occasionally lose significant volumes of assets when star managers move on, as many clients grow accustomed to their investment styles and follow them to new firms.
Jupiter's assets under management stood at 52.6 billion pounds by March-end, up from 52.2 billion pounds as of Dec. 31.
The increase in managed assets came after CEO Matthew Beesley said 2024 had started off on a better note with investors opening up to riskier assets.
Excluding the redemptions and 800 million pounds of outflows due to changes in the way Chrysalis Investment Trust is managed, Jupiter clocked underlying net inflows of 300 million pounds.
($1 = 0.8107 pounds)
Reporting by Eva Mathews in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu
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