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UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION for the six months ended 31 December 2019
Contents 02 Basis of preparation ENDURING VALUE CREATED These unaudited summary financial results for the six months ended 31 December 2019 have been prepared in accordance with: 03 • International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), including IAS 34: Interim financial reporting; ABOUT RMI • The requirements of the Companies Act, 71 of 2008, as amended; 04 • The SAICA Financial Reporting Guide as issued by the Accounting Practices Committee; INVESTMENT OVERVIEW • The Financial Reporting Pronouncements as issued by the Financial Reporting Standards Council; and 07 • The Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited. PERFORMANCE The accounting policies applied are consistent with those applied in the previous financial period, except for changes required by the mandatory adoption of new 11 and revised IFRS. During the six months ended 31 December 2019, the group adopted IFRS 16: Leases, which replaced IAS 17: Leases. The implementation RMI’S STRATEGY of IFRS 16 resulted in the recognition of a right-of-use asset and corresponding 12 lease liability on the statement of financial position. More detail is provided in the financial review section of this report. OUTLOOK AND ENDURING Schalk Human MCom (Acc) CA (SA) prepared these consolidated financial VALUE CREATION results under the supervision of Herman Bosman LLM CFA. The board of directors takes full responsibility for the preparation of this announcement and for 14 correctly extracting the financial information for inclusion in the announcement. CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION The summary consolidated financial statements for the six months ended 31 December 2019 contained in this booklet have not been audited. 15 Normalised earnings presented in these summary financial results constitute pro PORTFOLIO REVIEW forma financial information. The pro forma financial information is the responsibility of RMI’s board of directors and is presented for illustrative Discovery 15 purposes. As a result of its nature, pro forma financial information may not fairly Hastings 16 present RMI’s financial position, changes in equity, results of operations or Momentum Metropolitan 17 cash flows. OUTsurance 18 The forward-looking information has not been commented or reported on by the group’s external auditor. 19 FINANCIAL REVIEW 36 ADMINISTRATION
01 Artwork used in this announcement RMI approached Khayelitsha-born furniture designer Bonga Jwambi to create a timber bench in RMI’s colours. 31-year-old Bonga uses plastic strapping, palette wood and nylon rope as materials to form the base of his output, and he has developed an admired ability to take these overlooked waste materials and translate them into clean-lined, contemporary designs, worthy of a place in the modern home. His creations speak to RMI’s ongoing sustainability journey. UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
02 Enduring value created for the six months ended 31 December 2019 Compound Normalised Dividend shareholders’ earnings return since listing in 2011 16.9% R1 804 45 cents per annum million per share (2018: R2 094 million) (2018: 45 cents per share) ((14%) to 117.8 cents per share) (14%) Unchanged
About RMI 03 RMI is a JSE-listed investment holding company with a proud track record of investing in disruptive and 25.0% Discovery Limited (Discovery) entrepreneurial financial services businesses. The group’s long-term performance has been achieved by partnering with exceptional 29.8% Hastings Group Holdings plc (Hastings) management teams. RMI positions itself as a value-adding, stable and aspirational shareholder. 27.3% Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited (Momentum Metropolitan) RMI is a strategic, active manager of a R47 billion financial services portfolio 89.1% OUTsurance Holdings Limited (OUTsurance) RMI’s effective interest in these group entities is different from the actual interest due to consolidation RMI Investment Managers Group 100% adjustments in respect of treasury shares. Proprietary Limited See page 19. (RMI Investment Managers) 100% AlphaCode Proprietary Limited (AlphaCode), with its next-generation investments: • Entersekt • Guidepost • Luno • Merchant Capital • Prodigy Finance UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
04 Investment overview RMI’s significant investments as at 31 December 2019 Listed or unlisted JSE-listed LSE-listed JSE-listed Unlisted MARKET CAPITALISATION/ R79.4 R21.9 R32.7 R23.1 IMPLIED VALUE (100%) billion billion billion billion RMI’S INTEREST 25.0% 29.8% 27.3% 89.1% RMI’S RANKING AS SHAREHOLDER 1st 1st 1st 1st MARKET VALUE/IMPLIED R19.9 R6.5 R8.8 R20.5 VALUE OF RMI’S INTEREST billion billion billion billion SHARE OF RMI PORTFOLIO BASED ON VALUE 35% 12% 16% 37% NORMALISED EARNINGS FOR THE SIX R2 117 R596 R1 772 R1 103 MONTHS (100%) million million million million
RMI’s investments continued 05 Listed investments Discovery is a pioneering market Hastings is a UK-listed, fast- Momentum Metropolitan is an leader with uniquely-positioned growing, agile, digitally-focused insurance-based financial services businesses in the healthcare, long- general short-term insurance provider group which is listed on the and short-term insurance, wellness to the UK car, van, bike and home JSE Limited. and financial services industries. It is insurance market. It has strong The core businesses of Momentum listed on the JSE Limited. relationships with all the major price Metropolitan offer long- and comparison websites, a cost- It operates in South Africa, the United short-term insurance, asset effective digital marketing model and Kingdom (UK), China, Singapore, management, savings, investment, a focus on client retention. Australia, Japan, Europe and the healthcare administration and USA through various business lines. Hastings provides refreshingly employee benefits. These product straightforward products and and service solutions are provided to Its innovative Shared-Value business services. It has 2.9 million live client all market segments through the model incentivises people to be policies and is a multi-award-winning Momentum and Metropolitan healthier and enhances and protects business. operating brands. their lives. This delivers superior actuarial dynamics for the insurer and Refer to page 16 for further Refer to page 17 for further a healthier society. information on Hastings’ performance information on Momentum in the past year. Metropolitan’s performance in the Refer to page 15 for further past six months. information on Discovery’s performance in the past six months. UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
06 Unlisted investments OUTsurance provides short- and RMI Investment Managers’ affiliate AlphaCode identifies, partners and long-term insurance products in model enables the company to grows extraordinary next-generation South Africa, Australia and Namibia. access a differentiated part of the financial services entrepreneurs. Its Investment products are offered by investment management industry by investments to date are: OUTvest. investing in and partnering with • Entersekt, a leader in independent investment managers. authentication app security and OUTsurance’s mission is to provide payments-enablement technology, world-class value-for-money RMI Investment Managers has taken offering a highly scalable solution insurance products backed by minority equity stakes in boutique set, with a track record of success industry-leading client service. investment managers which span the across multiple continents; Premiums are calculated according asset class spectrum across active, • Guidepost, a high-touch health to a client’s unique risk profile. Clients passive, traditional and alternative. and insuretech innovator that is who remain claim-free receive a cash While the team is predominantly poised for international growth; OUTbonus, the first such reward focused on the execution of the • Luno, who makes it safe and easy system in South Africa. growth initiatives at each affiliate, they to buy, store and learn about Refer to page 18 for further continue to look for opportunities that digital currencies like Bitcoin and information on OUTsurance’s will complement the existing suite of Ethereum. Luno has more than performance in the past six months. managers as the group builds its 2 million clients in 40 countries; share of the South African investment • Merchant Capital, a provider of management market. alternative sources of working Royal Investment Managers is a capital for small and medium joint venture between RMI Investment enterprises in South Africa; and Managers and Royal Bafokeng • Prodigy, an international fintech Holdings (RBH). It acquires equity platform that offers loans to stakes in either existing or new asset postgraduate students attending management firms with a strong and top universities. unrelenting focus on diversity. AlphaCode is actively seeking to fund new and dynamic, sustainable and scalable business models in the financial services industry. AlphaCode is committed to building a pipeline of next-generation financial services businesses and has launched a number of structured learning and mentorship programmes geared for different stages of business maturity to build this pipeline.
Performance 07 RMI is committed to creating long-term value for its stakeholders by investing in and remaining influential in businesses that can deliver capital growth and a steady dividend flow. By being a shareholder of influence, RMI can enable sustainable growth and bring and hold businesses together. RMI invests with a view to long-term involvement. Its investment decisions are influenced by the external environment. EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT The macroeconomic environment within which RMI’s investee companies operate experienced significant challenges during the reporting period: SA government President Ramaphosa recognised the economic challenges SA currently face in his State of the Nation address to under pressure Parliament, including unreliable energy provision, the precarious fiscal position and, more broadly, the weak GDP growth environment, while placing more emphasis on the role of the private sector to help solve these challenges. The impact of the President’s proposal on confidence and economic prospects remains to be seen. Ratings going All three major credit rating agencies have SA’s credit rating on a negative outlook. If Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s down budget is not viewed as providing a credible fiscal consolidation trajectory over the medium term, ratings downgrades could follow. This will raise the cost of funding in SA, dealing a further blow to depressed business and consumer confidence. Slow or no Three of the four quarters of 2019 experienced a GDP decline. Load shedding affected both factories and trade economic growth negatively. Moody’s lowered its outlook for real GDP growth to 0.7% in 2020, from a previous forecast of 1%. They anticipate growth to marginally pick up in 2021 to 0.9% and cited lacklustre private sector demand and a lack of action to contain state spending as key risks. Unemployment The unemployment rate remained at 29.1% in the fourth quarter of 2019. concerns Inflation up but Consumer inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), accelerated to a seven-month high of 4.5% in subdued January 2020. In the short term, inflation is expected to remain subdued. Market volatility The JSE was in part lifted by higher gold and resource mining shares. The gold price reached a multi-year high due to an increase in safe-haven demand as non-China Coronavirus cases rose. However, gold price gains were capped by a stronger dollar. The sharp rise in resource shares was more than offset by a fall in the industrials and financial indices. The softer local bourse was in line with the weaker performance of global equity markets. UK growth also GDP growth also stalled in the UK during the fourth quarter of 2019. The weak performance was driven by ongoing slowing Brexit uncertainty and a slowdown in international trade. Consumer spending increased at the weakest rate in four years and manufacturing output fell sharply, especially in the car industry. A slowdown in international trade amid the US-China trade war also weighed heavily on UK growth. Impact of the Fears regarding the impact that Covid-19 could have on economic growth reflected in the markets and emerging Coronavirus market currencies, including the Rand. Climate change The effects of global warming and changes to the planet have affected the group’s investees more in the past year than ever before, from raging bushfires in Australia and drought in South Africa to health crises. The World Economic Forum has now emphasised the importance of global leaders addressing climate change urgently. This external environment remains volatile and poses significant downside risk. Consumers are under pressure, which makes growing the underlying investments in the group challenging. UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
Performance continued effect. Including the risk mix effect, Hastings decreased by 6%. The devastating bushfires 08 OVERVIEW OF RESULTS experienced overall earned premium in Australia severely impacted the claims RMI’s group consolidated normalised deflation of 2%. Live client policies increased ratio performance for the six-month period. earnings decreased by 14% to R1.8 billion by 5% to 2.85 million, driven by higher At 31 December 2019, Youi’s gross claims for the six months ended 31 December retention rates. Claims increased by 8% due exposure was R352 million with an 2019. This result is mainly attributable to the to increased policy volumes and claims expected R146 million in reinsurance significant increase in spend on new inflation of between 7% and 8%. The claims recoveries resulting in a net estimated loss strategic initiatives at Discovery and ratio of 82.6% (post-Ogden) was of R206 million. In South Africa, OUTsurance OUTsurance and an increase in the claims significantly higher than the 75% claims ratio experienced two catastrophe events during ratio of the short-term insurance operations in the prior year and above the long-term the period under review with a combined at OUTsurance following the Australian target of between 75% and 79%. net cost of R84 million, compared to none bushfires and also at Hastings. in the comparative period. OUTsurance also Momentum Metropolitan recorded a 10% incurred R20 million more in net claims It is important to note that: increase in diluted normalised earnings to related to power surge and dip claims due • Sporadic and, most notably, natural R1.8 billion for the six-month period under to load shedding. As a result, the group’s catastrophe-linked claims spikes are an review and a 12% increase in diluted overall claims ratio increased from 51.6% inevitable part of a short-term insurance normalised earnings per share, reflecting the to 53.4%. business; and positive impact of the R2 billion share • RMI is pleased with the investments in buy-back programme that was completed in RMI Investment Managers is now in its strategic initiatives at Discovery and November 2018. This growth was fifth year of operations, with its financial OUTsurance, which are all showing signs supported by a resilient performance in the performance tracking in line with of market traction and success. core South African life insurance businesses, management’s expectations of investments Discovery’s normalised earnings decreased underpinned by disciplined expense in affiliates at such an early stage of by 11% for the six months ended management and steady underwriting development. 31 December 2019. All of Discovery’s results. Guardrisk delivered an excellent The six-month period to December was established and emerging businesses, with performance which, together with the sale characterised by high volatility in the local the exception of VitalityLife, produced robust of loss-making operations in the rest of market that further precipitated risk aversion operating results. VitalityLife’s earnings were Africa, contributed to the overall growth in among investors. The JSE All Share Index negatively impacted by the strategic normalised earnings. The diluted embedded was flat during the period, but portfolio decision to mitigate its exposure to further value per share increased by 7% to R28.56, returns among local equity managers interest rate declines in the UK. In addition, which represents an annualised return on ranged between -13% to 25%, reflecting the the group invested R1 billion in new embedded value per share of 10.6%. The high volatility experienced. Managers who initiatives, an increase of 81% over the prior group’s main life insurance entity were overweight gold and platinum stocks period. Of this spend, 53% was dedicated strengthened its regulatory solvency position had a very successful six-month period, to Discovery Bank, which is expected to to 2.2 times the Solvency Capital while those who had overweight positions in remain the dominant investment going Requirement (SCR), which is higher than the financials and REITs underperformed. South forward. New business annualised premium target range of 1.7 to 2.1 times the SCR. African equities, helped by the precious income increased by 17% to R11.1 billion. The dividend increased by 14% to 40 cents metal rally, outperformed emerging market Performance of cash and capital metrics per ordinary and the dividend cover of equities by 5.5% as geopolitical risks remained within guidance, with the group 3.0 times remains at the upper end of the lowered investors’ appetite for riskier assets. financial leverage ratio at 24.3% and the target range of 2.0 to 3.0 times. Momentum Notwithstanding the challenging political and cash buffer at R2.5 billion. Metropolitan also maintained its Level 1 macroeconomic conditions, the affiliate B-BBEE status. RMI included normalised earnings of managers remained focused on delivering R170 million from Hastings for the six The highlights at OUTsurance for the good investment performance for their months to 31 December 2019, 51% lower six-month period were the continued growth clients while continuing to strengthen their than the R348 million in the comparative recovery at Youi, the successful continuation businesses through a more diversified client period. Hastings announced its of the expansion of OUTsurance Business base and bolstering their investment and 31 December 2019 year-end results on and strong OUTsurance Personal growth operational capabilities. 27 February 2020, which reflected a 52% within a difficult economic climate. Overall Royal Investment Managers is a joint decline in normalised earnings in Sterling group gross written premiums increased by venture between RMI Investment Managers terms. Gross written premiums were in line 6% to R8.6 billion and annualised new and RBH. The portfolio performed in line with the prior year, with volume growth premium written increased by 15% to with expectations during the period under offset by a change in the risk mix. Earned R2.1 billion. Normalised earnings, including review. premium inflation for Hastings’ financial year OUTsurance’s stake in Hastings, decreased amounted to 1% excluding the risk mix by 12% to R1.2 billion. Excluding its share in Hastings, OUTsurance’s normalised earnings
The net funding and holding company costs increased by 14% to R365 million. SOURCES OF NORMALISED EARNINGS 09 This increase is mainly attributable to a fair RMI regards normalised earnings as the appropriate basis to evaluate business performance value gain on an interest rate swap included as it eliminates the impact of non-recurring items and accounting anomalies. The total in the comparative period which did not reported normalised earnings of RMI’s investee companies for the six months under review are recur in the current period. This interest rate listed in the table below: swap was entered into to fix the interest rate Six months ended on the GBP-denominated funding. RMI also 31 December Year ended channelled its enterprise and supplier 30 June development spend into its AlphaCode R MILLION 2019 2018 % change 2019 initiative as part of its overall commitment to an enhanced transformation strategy. The Discovery 2 117 2 376 (11) 5 035 net funding and holding company costs Hastings 596 1 223 (51) 1 941 incurred in the six-month period under Momentum Metropolitan 1 772 1 618 10 3 074 review are more in line with the R360 million OUTsurance (excluding incurred in the second half of the 2019 Hastings) 1 103 1 172 (6) 2 390 financial year. – OUTsurance (including Hastings) 1 169 1 329 (12) 2 634 – Hastings included in OUTsurance (66) (157) 58 (244) Other1 (5) (12) 58 (22) 1. Other includes RMI Investment Managers and AlphaCode investments. A reconciliation of the adjustments made to derive normalised earnings is presented on page 22. RMI’s consolidated normalised earnings for the period under review is listed in the table below: Six months ended 31 December Year ended 30 June R MILLION 2019 2018 % change 2019 Discovery 527 597 (12) 1 261 Hastings 170 348 (51) 552 Momentum Metropolitan 479 429 12 825 OUTsurance (excluding Hastings) 998 1 052 (5) 2 145 – OUTsurance (including Hastings) 1 058 1 193 (11) 2 364 – Hastings included in OUTsurance (60) (141) 57 (219) Other1 (5) (12) 58 (22) Funding and holding company costs (365) (320) (14) (680) Normalised earnings 1 804 2 094 (14) 4 081 Normalised earnings per share (cents) 117.8 137.2 (14) 266.9 1. Other includes RMI Investment Managers and AlphaCode investments. UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
Performance continued 10 MARKET VALUE OF INVESTMENTS DIVIDEND POLICY During the 2019 calendar year, RMI’s share price decreased by 15% (2018: decreased by It is RMI’s objective to provide shareholders 21%), compared to a 7% decrease in the life insurance index and a 2% decrease in the with a consistent annual dividend flow. RMI’s non-life insurance index. RMI has delivered a total annually compounded return to dividend policy is to pay out all normal shareholders of 16.9% since its listing in March 2011. dividends received from underlying investments after servicing any funding The individual investment performances during the 2019 calendar year are outlined below: commitments at holding company level and • Discovery’s share price decreased by 25% (2018: decreased by 14%). considering its debt capacity and investment • Hastings’ share price decreased by 4% in Pound Sterling terms (2018: decreased by 42%) pipeline. The intention is however to, where and by 3% in Rand terms (2018: decreased by 36%). possible, target dividend growth in line with • Momentum Metropolitan’s share price increased by 27% (2018: decreased by 18%). CPI. This policy seeks to achieve a sound • On a “look-through” basis, based on share prices as at 31 December 2019, the value balance between providing an attractive attributed to RMI’s unlisted investments decreased by 15% (2018: decreased by 15%) to yield to shareholders, achieving sustained R22.1 billion (2018: R26 billion). These unlisted investments include OUTsurance (excluding growth and maintaining an optimal capital OUTsurance’s 49% stake in the group’s holding in Hastings) (89.1% held), RMI Investment structure, while remaining agile. Given RMI’s Managers and the AlphaCode investments. active investment strategy, this policy will be assessed on a regular basis. As at 31 December As at 30 June R MILLION 2019 2018 % change 2019 INTERIM DIVIDEND Market value of listed PAYMENT investments 34 832 39 577 (12) 38 726 The board believes RMI is adequately capitalised and that the company will be Discovery 19 881 26 335 (25) 24 575 able to meet its obligations in the Hastings (RMI’s effective foreseeable future after payment of the holding) 6 192 6 372 (3) 6 543 interim dividend declared below. – 29.8% holding 6 541 6 731 (3) 6 912 The board resolved to declare an interim dividend of 45.0 cents (2018: 45.0 cents) – Attributable to non- per ordinary share. The interim dividend per controlling interest in ordinary share is covered 2.6 times (2018: OUTsurance (349) (359) 3 (369) 3.0 times) by the normalised earnings of Momentum Metropolitan 8 759 6 870 27 7 608 117.8 cents (2018: 137.2 cents) per share. Market value of unlisted Shareholders are referred to the dividend investments 22 117 26 036 (15) 22 948 declaration on page 14 regarding the RMI Investment Managers applicability of Dividend Withholding Tax to and AlphaCode 1 568 836 88 1 035 the ordinary dividend. Implied market value of RMI’s stake in OUTsurance EVENTS AFTER THE (excluding Hastings) 20 549 25 200 (18) 21 913 REPORTING PERIOD The directors are not aware of any material Gross market value of adjusting or non-adjusting events relating to portfolio 56 949 65 613 (13) 61 674 the six months ended 31 December 2019 Net liabilities of holding that occurred between the date of the company (9 708) (9 794) 1 (9 638) statement of financial position and the date RMI market capitalisation 47 241 55 819 (15) 52 036 of this report. RMI closing share price (cents) 3 084 3 644 (15) 3 397
RMI’s strategy 11 The investment team continues to investigate potential investment opportunities, both locally and globally, that conform to RMI’s investment philosophy and generate superior returns for shareholders. In addition to optimising its existing portfolio, RMI plans to diversify and modernise its investment portfolio through opportunities across a wide spectrum of scale and life cycles of financial services businesses. OPTIMISE DIVERSIFY MODERNISE RMI focuses on continuously improving RMI is constantly evaluating RMI is aware of renewal in its industries the value of its investee companies to opportunities to expand the services and and will acquire proven businesses or create better enduring value for its reach of its existing investee companies invest in start-ups with special shareholders. and to add new investments, thereby opportunities and drivers, which can creating more enduring value. create new enduring value. MAJOR MILESTONES OVER MAJOR MILESTONES OVER MAJOR MILESTONES OVER PAST FIVE YEARS PAST FIVE YEARS PAST FIVE YEARS • Increased shareholding in OUTsurance • Started RMI Investments Managers • AlphaCode has established itself as a and Momentum Metropolitan (via the and invested in 12 affiliates; centre of fintech excellence in South share buy-back programme of • Created a debt programme; Africa and a source of innovation and Momentum Metropolitan); • Invested in Hastings; next-generation thinking for the broader RMI portfolio; • Explored new products and strategic • Supported Discovery in diversifying projects to diversify revenue streams into short-term insurance and • Invested in five next-generation for OUTsurance; banking; and businesses; • Ongoing strategic dialogue with • RMI continues to evaluate later-stage, • Pipeline of potential future investment Discovery, Momentum Metropolitan capital-lite business models with opportunities created; and and Hastings; organic growth potential. • Ongoing substantial investment by • Sold RMB Structured Insurance; and Discovery, Hastings, Momentum Metropolitan and OUTsurance in latest • RMI Investment Managers is technology. partnering its boutique investment managers in a supportive but non-interfering manner. UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
Outlook and future value creation continued 12 Outlook and enduring value creation Discovery has set a bold ambition for 2023 Hastings will be looking to build on its In pursuit of its Reset and Grow strategy, of being a leading financial services operational highlights of its 2019 financial Momentum Metropolitan made great organisation globally, positively influencing year: strides in several important aspects: 100 million lives, with 10 million directly • Pricing discipline has remained a priority • Embedding a culture of financial discipline insured, and being a powerful force for and it continued to increase rates during with a commitment to disciplined financial social good. Achieving this ambition will 2019 ahead of the market, alongside management by carefully managing the require continued execution of market- continued development of enhanced risk discretionary and overhead expense specific strategies: selection and pricing capabilities; levels; • South Africa: a disruptive composite • The 2020 reinsurance programme was • Effective deployment of capital and model, with market-leading businesses placed successfully with strong demand; maintaining a strong balance sheet. The and a successful entry into banking; • Client retention increased by five financial position and sustainability of the • United Kingdom: a differentiated offering percentage points over the last year, group have been strengthened through through a composite Vitality Shared-Value reflecting the benefits of the new pricing the share buy-back, a prudent dividend model; models and operational initiatives policy and investments in technology; • Ping An Health: the leading health insurer implemented. The successful transition to • Scaling its short-term business by in China with over 50 million clients; and new repair service and mobility providers concluding the acquisition of Alexander • Vitality Group: a sophisticated global supported improved client service; Forbes Insurance; behaviour-change platform linked to • A next-generation anti-fraud platform has • Delivering innovative products and financial services. been able to detect sophisticated types improving client service; of policy and claims fraud through using • New Initiatives performing in line with The globalisation of Discovery’s Vitality social network analytics and new data expectations with the share of losses on Shared-Value model is being enabled by point connections, with a 96% increase in new initiatives reducing; and Vitality1, the globally unified systems the number of fraud cases identified; and • Retaining its Level 1 B-BBEE status. platform. Vitality1 is live in nine markets after • A continued focus on digital investments 18 months of operating, touching two million Momentum Metropolitan will continue to and strategic initiatives has contributed members and creating efficiencies in rolling focus on its Reset and Grow strategy, a towards an 18% reduction in client out in new markets. Every day the platform roadmap that has served it well up to now. service calls. logs more than four million workouts and It will continue to invest carefully in new allocates more than 35 000 rewards. The board and management of Hastings are revenue generating opportunities and in confident in the group’s profitable growth improved ways of work, while maintaining a Discovery is well positioned for growth over opportunities and its ability to deliver on its clear focus on running the core South its planning horizon to 2023, with the capital vision to become the best and biggest African life insurance operations optimally. plan intact. Key priority areas are: digital insurance provider, with growth in the Consumers are under strain from the • Execute on VitalityLife’s stated plans to right market conditions. This will be driven continued slow growth in disposable income manage in the low interest rate by its competitive advantages of agile and uncertain economic environment. This environment, stabilise experience pricing, anti-fraud capabilities and digital could have a moderating impact on the variances and return to robust profit in distribution. Consumer switching is set to group’s operational performance in the the 2021 financial year; continue and digital channels, including second half of the 2020 financial year. • Achieve significant traction in new price comparison websites in particular, Momentum Metropolitan remains cautiously initiatives, most notably Discovery Bank, continue to grow at the expense of more optimistic that it will successfully deliver on and ensure short-term new business traditional distribution models. This plays to its Reset and Grow target of normalised thresholds are achieved for each initiative; Hastings’ core strategy of providing good headline earnings between R3.6 billion and • Ensure the established businesses retain value products in an accessible way for R4.0 billion in the 2021 financial year. their insurgency; and clients, enabled by digital technology. • Capitalise on emerging businesses’ Trading in 2020 has started in line with OUTsurance’s medium-term strategic focus unique attributes and positioning to expectations. Hastings remains focused on is to expand its insurance product range achieve scale and materiality. pricing discipline, targeting a 75% – 79% and widen the distribution footprint to loss ratio on written business, supported include multiple sales and service channels. by advanced risk selection and claims During the six months under review, it initiatives. Hastings does not expect any continued to expand the size and capability material impact on its operations following of its tied-agency force. A new motor the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. warranty offering was added to bolster the
comprehensive motor product. OUTsurance RMI Investment Managers will ensure that science and entrepreneurship through the entered into a partnership arrangement with its reputation as a trusted, value-adding but AlphaCode Explore learnership. 13 Shoprite Holdings Limited. This partnership non-interfering shareholder of choice for the will allow it to distribute long-term and independent asset management industry As part of the mandate of investing in short-term insurance products to the various remains a core philosophy. disruptive, innovative financial services client bases of the Shoprite group’s businesses, AlphaCode grew its investment operating brands and will commence with The asset raising environment remains portfolio by deploying additional equity the distribution of a funeral insurance difficult. Low economic growth and the funding into one of its existing investee product during the second quarter of 2020. resultant job losses have put most pension companies, Entersekt. Entersekt is a During the six months under review, both funds into annual deficits. As the size of the provider of multi-factor authentication OUTsurance and Youi continued to roll out institutional asset pool has remained services to financial services companies innovative digital service features, in line with stagnant, growth for the group’s affiliates globally. Entersekt has partnered with global the group’s strategic priority of digitising has had to come at the expense of other payments giant, Mastercard, to rapidly service delivery. managers. South African investors have deploy its technology. The follow-on capital continued to support retail Collective was provided to fund further research and Growth in the OUTsurance Personal Investment Schemes (CIS) portfolios development in the business and expand its operation is expected to be maintained throughout 2019. Total net flow into CIS regional presence in Europe and North within the current range unless there is a portfolios was R123 billion in 2019. The America. real improvement in the South African group’s affiliates have grown their retail economy in the near term. Product assets by 22% during the same period, For and on behalf of the board. expansion, face-to-face distribution and albeit off a low base. Investors’ return distribution partnerships will play an expectations for local equities remained important future role in supporting the subdued. Flows into CIS equity and growth of this segment. multi-asset portfolios (excluding income) were negative for the year (R30 billion), JJ Durand HL Bosman OUTsurance Business is a key growth whereas CIS fixed income and money Chairman Chief executive officer catalyst and will benefit from the continued market portfolios received R151 billion investment to expand distribution capacity Sandton during 2019. The CIS multi-asset income and build on the success achieved to date. 12 March 2020 category received the largest net inflows of Youi is expected to continue to improve its all the categories with R70.5 billion. The fact organic growth trajectory, aided by the that the largest beneficiaries in this category expansion of the product range, coupled are not bank or insurance-linked businesses with the new distribution partnership with was another confirmation that independent Blue Zebra Insurance, a young managing boutiques have a role to play in the fixed general agent equipped with leading income market. technology and a large independent broker The team and its partners in Momentum footprint. Metropolitan and RBH remain excited and The bushfires continued to rage subsequent committed to working with the group’s to 31 December 2019, albeit at a lower affiliates to support their growth to scale severity. The estimated net loss for bushfire while playing a meaningful part in transforming claims subsequent to 31 December 2019 is the investment management industry. A$4 million. In addition to the continued AlphaCode is building on the bushfire exposure, a net loss of entrepreneurial legacy record of financial A$9.5 million was incurred in January 2020 innovation in RMI. AlphaCode identifies, relating to hailstorms which will impact partners and grows the next-generation of second half earnings. Youi’s reinsurance financial services entrepreneurs through protection for the remainder of the financial incubation, acceleration, collaboration and year remains adequate. The group will investment. The flagship initiative, review the terms of its reinsurance AlphaCode Incubate, has identified and arrangements, where possible, specifically in supported 40 black-owned next-generation relation to natural catastrophe events financial services businesses over the past resulting from the effects of climate change. four years and provided more than Reinsurance treaties only covered seven R50 million in grant capital to these days of claim events in respect of the recent businesses. AlphaCode also trained Australian bushfires. 38 students on the fundamentals of data UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
Outlook and future value creation continued 14 Cash dividend declaration Notice is hereby given that a gross interim cash dividend of 45.0 cents per ordinary share, payable out of income reserves, was declared on 12 March 2020 in respect of the six months ended 31 December 2019. The dividend will be subject to Dividend Withholding Tax at a rate of 20%, which will result in a net dividend of 36.0 cents per ordinary share for those shareholders who are not exempt. The company’s tax reference number is 9469/826/16/9. Its issued share capital at the declaration date comprises 1 531 807 770 ordinary shares. Shareholders’ attention is drawn to the following important dates: • Last day to trade in order to participate in this dividend Tuesday, 31 March 2020 • Shares commence trading ex-dividend on Wednesday, 1 April 2020 • The record date for the dividend payment will be Friday, 3 April 2020 • Dividend payment date Monday, 6 April 2020 No dematerialisation or rematerialisation of share certificates may be done between Wednesday, 1 April 2020 and Friday, 3 April 2020 (both days inclusive). By order of the RMI board. Schalk Human Company secretary Sandton 12 March 2020 Investor call Herman Bosman (chief executive officer) invites you to join him in a conversation about RMI's performance for the six months ended 31 December 2019. He will be joined by Jan Hofmeyr, chief financial officer and Marthinus Visser, chief executive officer of OUTsurance. This investor call will take place on Thursday, 12 March 2020 at 13:00 (SAST). Participants can register for the conference by navigating to http://www.diamondpass.net/2845908. Please note that registered participants will receive their dial in number upon registration.
VALUE CREATED Portfolio review 15 MARKET CAPITALISATION R79.4 billion WHY RMI INVESTS IN DISCOVERY Discovery Life remains well capitalised with an above-target SCR coverage of 172% • Visionary, ambitious leadership and generated cash in line with plan. • Diversified earnings base and In response to the environment, VitalityLife 2018: R105.2 billion continuous investment in new implemented the interest rate hedge, initiatives adapted the legal structure of the business, (25%) • Globally recognised business model • Excellent growth optimised its capital position and deferred • Ease of international expansion the Part VII transfer of the VitalityLife back • Innovative new product pipeline book written on the Prudential Assurance Company’s license by three years. The impact of low interest rates is expected to HOW DISCOVERY remain a feature of the profits for the NORMALISED PERFORMED DURING remainder of the year. EARNINGS THE SIX MONTHS Ping An Health had a remarkable period, with total revenue growing by 56% to R2 117 • Core new business annualised premium income increased by 5% to R9.5 billion; R11.1 billion and new business premium • Normalised profit from operations before growing over 27% to R5.5 billion. It million investment in new initiatives increased by 5% to R4.6 billion; exceeded its written premium target of R21 billion for the 2019 calendar year. Discovery’s share of after-tax operating profit • Normalised earnings decreased by 11% grew by 467% to R68 million. to R2.1 billion; • Gross inflows under management 2018: R2 376 million increased by 11% to R74.8 billion; (11%) • Embedded value increased by 8% to R73.2 billion, with an annualised return on embedded value of 8%; and • The interim dividend for the six months remained unchanged at 101.0 cents per share. DIVIDENDS As at 18 February 2020, Discovery Bank PAID had 78 000 clients with 180 000 accounts, nearly half of which had never held a RMI included R527 million of 101 cents Discovery card before; deposits had grown strongly to R1.2 billion; total credit card Discovery’s earnings in per share spend was R2.6 billion and total credit limits granted was R2.5 billion – with over R1 billion in credit facility used. Early member its normalised earnings engagement is positive and the client base (2018: R597 million). is exhibiting appealing spend, credit, arrears and deposit behaviour, better than the 2018: 101 cents per share performance of the previous Discovery card For a detailed review of Discovery’s and considerably better than the market. Unchanged performance, RMI’s shareholders are referred to www.discovery.co.za. UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
16 VALUE CREATED MARKET CAPITALISATION £1 181 million Hastings remains highly cash generative. WHY RMI INVESTS IN HASTINGS Net debt has remained stable in 2019, with • Entrepreneurial leadership funding secured by the long-term fixed rate 2018: £1 229 million • Geographic diversification bonds issued in 2018. Hastings’ (4%) • Strong foothold in the price underwriting business, AICL, is well comparison website market in the UK capitalised and its Solvency II capital ratio of • Constant innovation 151% continues to track the target range of • Growth trajectory 140%-160%. • Good fit with OUTsurance Hastings remains supportive of the Financial Conduct Authority’s Market Pricing Study HOW HASTINGS and has provided input and insight NORMALISED PERFORMED DURING throughout the process. The study is well EARNINGS progressed and conclusions are expected THE LAST YEAR to be available during the first quarter of for the year £71.5 Hastings has a 31 December year-end. The 2020. Hastings is well placed to respond latest published results are for the year to the conclusions which aim to further ended 31 December 2019. All the numbers protect clients. and commentary below relate to the year ended 31 December 2019. • Gross written premiums remained stable Hastings is supportive of the whiplash reforms and is working with the Motor million at £961.6 million (2018: £958.3 million); Insurance Bureau, which is aiming to introduce the reforms by April 2020. 2018: £148.5 million • Sustained increase in clients, with live client policies up by 5% to 2.85 million (2018: 2.71 million); • Further growth in home insurance, (52%) reflecting a 27% increase to 209 000 policies; • Loss ratio of 81.6% (pre-Ogden rate RMI included change) for the year ended 31 December 2019, above the target range of between R170 million of DIVIDENDS 75% and 79% (2018: 75%). The increase Hastings’ earnings in PAID in the loss ratio is due to claims inflation exceeding premium inflation; normalised earnings for for the year • Free cash generation of £141.0 million (2018: £167.7 million); and the six months ended 31 December 2019 10.0 pence • Final dividend of 5.5 pence per share (2018: 9.0 pence per share). The total dividend for the financial year ended (2018: R348 million). per share 31 December 2019 is 10.0 pence per share (2018: 13.5 pence per share). 2018: 13.5 pence per share For a detailed review (26%) of Hastings’s performance, RMI shareholders are referred to www.hastingsplc.com.
VALUE CREATED 17 MARKET CAPITALISATION R32.7 billion Momentum Corporate’s new business WHY RMI INVESTS IN volumes reduced by 51% to R4.8 billion due MOMENTUM METROPOLITAN 2018: R25.7 billion to the R5 billion single premium with-profit • Well-known and trusted brands annuity transaction recorded in the prior +27% • High level of cash generation period not recurring. The value of new • Traditionally produced a high dividend business deteriorated from R198 million to yield -R12 million in the first half of the year, • New management with a revitalised driven by the lower new business volumes strategy and a change in new business mix towards • Established business which provides lower margin products, both within stability to the RMI portfolio FundsAtWork and the group risk portfolio. NORMALISED The lumpy nature of new business flows in EARNINGS this market causes volatility in the new HOW MOMENTUM business volumes and value of new R1 772 METROPOLITAN PERFORMED DURING business. The acquisition of the Alexander Forbes million THE SIX MONTHS • New business volumes decreased by 9% Insurance business was concluded on 31 January 2020. The successful migration to R26.2 billion, due to lower new and integration of this business into business volumes in Momentum Momentum Short-term Insurance will be a Corporate; key focus area over the next two years. The 2018: R1 618 million desired end state is a single, fully integrated • The value of new business decreased by 52% to R160 million, also as a result of business operating under one insurance +10% Momentum Corporate; • The South African retail operations license. delivered growth in new business volumes and value of new business of 13% and 24% respectively; • The embedded value per share increased RMI included DIVIDENDS by 7% to R28.56, with an annualised R479 million of PAID return on embedded value per share of 10.6%; Momentum 40 cents • Momentum Metropolitan’s normalised earnings increased by 10% to Metropolitan’s earnings in its normalised per share R1.8 billion; • Diluted normalised earnings per share increased by 12%, benefitting from the earnings impact of the share buy-back programme (2018: R429 million). completed in November 2018; 2018: 35 cents per share • The interim dividend of 40 cents per ordinary share is at the upper limit of the +14% For a detailed review of Momentum dividend cover range; and Metropolitan’s performance, • Momentum Metropolitan maintained its RMI’s shareholders are referred to Level 1 B-BBEE rating. www.momentummetropolitan.co.za. UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
Portfolio review continued 18 VALUE CREATED NET ASSET VALUE WHY RMI INVESTS IN OUTSURANCE Personal cost-to-income ratio has levelled off following a period of material investment R10 • Dynamic management team • Market leader in direct insurance in new business growth. The continued investment in OUTsurance Business is the primary contributor to the higher cost-to- billion • Well-loved and easily recognised brand income ratio. • World-class technology and claims handling processes Youi continues to experience an incremental 2018: R10.8 billion • High level of cash generation and recovery in revenue growth with gross dividend-paying capabilities (7%) written premium growing by 6% in Australian • Preferred employer, thereby attracting Dollar and 4% in Rand terms. The improved talented people growth is attributed to increased marketing spend and improved operational execution. Premium inflation adjustments on the motor HOW OUTSURANCE book registered below general inflation PERFORMED DURING whereas the home book experienced a THE SIX MONTHS recovery in inflation. Youi’s claims ratio NORMALISED • Group normalised earnings decreased by increased from 56.2% to 57.9%. EARNINGS 12% to R1.2 billion, caused mainly by an On 25 September 2019 OUTsurance agreed R1 169 increase in the claims ratio resulting from to transfer the New Zealand insurance the Australian bushfires and two natural portfolio business to Tower Insurance catastrophe events in South Africa; million Limited, New Zealand’s third largest general • Annualised new business premiums insurer for consideration of N$12.6 million. written increased by 15% to R2.1 billion; Following a regulatory approval by the • Gross written premiums increased by 6% Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the transfer to R8.6 billion, of which the Australasian was effected on 31 December 2019. The operations contributed 45%; sale provides an opportunity for Youi to • The claims ratio increased to 53.4%; unlock value on favourable terms and, going 2018: R1 329 million forward, will allow the Youi group to focus (12%) • The cost-to-income ratio increased from 27.3% to 28.1%; and on its Australian business where the greater scale and diversity of the market offers more • Despite the lower operating earnings growth opportunities for a challenger brand. generated by the group, the strong capital position of the operating entities OUTsurance Life increased gross written supports the unchanged interim dividend premiums by 10%, with headline earnings of 24.7 cents per share. decreasing by 4% to R78 million. Since June 2019, the embedded value increased by 4% NORMAL Considering the large natural perils claims and the investment made to expand the to R1.2 billion. Growth in the underwritten life DIVIDENDS PAID segment remained slow as the difficult tied-agency force, OUTsurance’s South African operations delivered a satisfactory operating and financial performance for the economic conditions impacted new business volumes. The funeral segment, which was 24.7 cents per share launched in June 2018, gained more traction six months under review, with headline through a traditional inbound advertising and earnings down by less than 1% to a call centre distribution strategy. R862 million. Gross written premium increased by 8%, supported by improved growth from both the Personal and RMI included Business segments. The claims ratio R1 058 million of 2018: 24.7 cents per share increased from 49.5% to 51.9% as a result of increased exposure to natural OUTsurance’s earnings catastrophe events in the six months under review. The cost-to-income ratio increased in its normalised Unchanged from 22.8% to 23.2%. The OUTsurance earnings (2018: R1 193 million). For a detailed review of OUTsurance’s performance, RMI’s shareholders are referred to www.outsurance.co.za.
Financial review 19 EFFECTIVE INTEREST RMI’s effective interest in the group entities is different from the actual holdings as a result of the following consolidation adjustments: • Treasury shares held by group entities; • Shares held by consolidated share incentive trusts; • “Deemed” treasury shares arising from B-BBEE transactions entered into; and • “Deemed” treasury shares held by policyholders and mutual funds managed by them. The effective interest held by RMI can be compared to the actual interest in the statutory issued share capital of the companies as follows: As at 31 December 2019 As at 31 December 2018 R MILLION Effective Actual Effective Actual Discovery 25.1% 25.0% 25.1% 25.0% Hastings 29.8% 29.8% 29.9% 29.9% Momentum Metropolitan 27.7% 27.3% 27.6% 27.3% OUTsurance 90.7% 89.1% 90.3% 89.1% RMI Investment Managers 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% Merchant Capital 25.9% 25.9% 25.1% 25.1% Entersekt 29.6% 29.6% 25.1% 25.1% Guidepost 25.1% 25.1% – – The group’s interests in Prodigy Finance and Luno are treated as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, as the sizes of these shareholdings do not enable the group to exercise significant influence, which is the criterion for classifying an investment as an investment in associate. UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
20 Summary consolidated income statement Six months ended 31 December Restated Year ended Restated 30 June 2019 2018 2019 R MILLION Unaudited Unaudited % change Audited Earned premiums net of reinsurance 7 939 7 467 6 15 012 Commission and other income 26 15 73 35 Investment income 141 111 27 211 Interest income on financial assets using the effective interest rate method 241 313 (23) 587 Net fair value (losses)/gains on financial assets (90) (49) 84 33 Net income 8 257 7 857 5 15 878 Net claims paid (4 011) (3 603) 11 (7 143) Provision for cash bonuses (243) (227) 7 (451) Fair value adjustment to investment contracts and insurance contract provisions 12 (24) >100 (122) Fair value adjustment to financial liabilities (74) (104) (29) (169) Acquisition, marketing and administration expenses (2 341) (2 111) 11 (4 415) Profit before finance costs, results of associates and taxation 1 600 1 788 (11) 3 578 Finance costs (346) (379) (9) (729) Share of after-taxation results of associates 984 1 139 (14) 2 612 Profit before taxation 2 238 2 548 (12) 5 461 Taxation (495) (547) (10) (1 096) Profit for the period from continuing operations 1 743 2 001 (13) 4 365 Profit for the period from discontinued operation 104 2 >100 9 Profit for the period 1 847 2 003 (8) 4 374 Attributable to: Equity holders of the company 1 679 1 851 (9) 4 047 Non-controlling interests 168 152 11 327 Profit for the period 1 847 2 003 (8) 4 374
Summary consolidated statement of comprehensive income 21 Six months ended 31 December Year ended 30 June 2019 2018 2019 R MILLION Unaudited Unaudited % change Audited Profit for the period 1 847 2 003 (8) 4 374 Other comprehensive income for the period Items that may subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss – Fair value (losses)/gains on other comprehensive income financial instruments (19) (5) 53 – Deferred tax on fair value (losses)/gains on other comprehensive income financial instruments 1 2 (12) – Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations (16) 20 (78) Share of comprehensive income/(loss) of associates 126 5 (82) – Items that may subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss, after taxation 122 41 (59) – Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss, after taxation 4 (36) (23) Other comprehensive income/(loss) for the period 92 22 >100 (119) Total comprehensive income for the period 1 939 2 025 (4) 4 255 Attributable to: Equity holders of the company 1 773 1 872 (5) 3 949 Non-controlling interests 166 153 8 306 Total comprehensive income for the period 1 939 2 025 (4) 4 255 UNAUDITED SUMMARY RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019
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