Schroders says merger with Nuveen gets positive client feedback
Schroders PLC on Thursday said its takeover by Nuveen LLC is expected to complete in the fourth quarter, and the asset manager has received "constructive engagement and feedback" from clients about the merger.
Back in February, London-based Schroders accepted a £9.9 billion cash takeover offer from Pantheon LLC, an acquisition vehicle of Chicago-based asset manager Nuveen, which is in turn owned by Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America.
The takeover offer is 590 pence per share in cash, plus up to 22p in permitted dividends. The stock was quoted at 588.00p about midday in London on Thursday.
Schroders is financial services provider that operates three divisions: Public Markets, Schroders Capital and Wealth Management.
Its update about the agreed takeover by Nuveen, which also was approved by Schroders shareholders in April, came as the company released its half-year results on Thursday.
Schroders declared an interim dividend of 7.0p per share, which together with the 15.0 final payout declared with its annual results in February provides the full permitted 22p return to shareholders prior to the takeover.
It reported pretax profit of £396.8 million for the six months that ended June 30, doubled from £196.9 million a year before. Net operating income was £1.46 billion, up 20% from £1.21 billion a year before.
Assets under management including joint ventures and associates was £867.8 billion on June 30, up from £776.6 billion a year before and also up from £823.7 billion on January 1.
Net new business including JVs and associates was negative £4.2 billion in the half-year, compared to negative £1.0 billion a year before. The negative net flows all were in the Asset Management division, which saw negative net new business of £10.8 billion. Schroders said this was primarily due to the loss of a "low-margin" institutional mandate.
The Wealth Management business scored £2.5 billion in positive net new business and JVs and associates added £4.1 billion more.
Acquisitions and closures removed another £6.8 billion from NAV, but Schroders booked £55.1 billion in positive investment returns during the half year, resulting in the higher AuM at the end of June.
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