Intermediate Capital Group Plc raises $22bn in the last twelve months

Intermediate Capital Group Plc (LON:ICG) has announced its Q3 update for the nine months ended 31 December 2024.

Highlights

Strong fundraising of $7.2bn in the quarter resulting in $22bn raised in the last twelve months, more than twice as much as raised in calendar 2023 and supporting long-term growth in client capital and management fees
Client commitments included $1.8bn to Strategic Equity and $1.8bn to Europe IX. Europe IX expected to be activated and fee-earning by March 2025
AUM of $107bn (+5.1% q-o-q¹); fee-earning AUM of $71bn (+2.8% q-o-q¹); AUM not yet earning fees of $20bn
Investment environment remains in line with recent quarters
Balance sheet investment portfolio during the quarter generated positive NIR in all asset classes and net cash realisations
AAA ESG rating awarded by MSCI for the fourth consecutive year, membership of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (Europe) for the second consecutive year
Shareholder seminar on ICG Strategic Equity to be held online on 5 March 2025 at 5pm GMTSonia Baxendale joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in January 2025²

PERFORMANCE REVIEW

AUM
		Growth¹
	31 December 2024	Last three months	Year-on-year	Last five years (CAGR)
AUM	$107bn	5.1%	27.5%	19.3%
Fee-earning AUM	$71bn	2.8%	8.1%	14.7%

1 On a constant currency basis Note: historical AUM has not been updated to reflect AUM policy change effective March 2024. This does not impact fee-earning AUM

Business activity

$bn	Fundraising		Deployment¹		Realisations^1,2
$bn	Q3 FY25	LTM	Q3 FY25	LTM	Q3 FY25	LTM
Structured and Private Equity	5.3	10.1	1.0	7.4	0.2	1.0
Private Debt	0.2	6.6	1.2	3.3	1.7	4.4
Real Assets	0.7	1.5	0.8	2.0	0.5	1.4
Credit	1.0	3.6
Total	7.2	21.8	3.0	12.7	2.4	6.8

1 Direct investment funds; 2 Realisations of fee-earning AUM

PERIOD IN REVIEW

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AUM and FY25 fundraising

At 31 December 2024, AUM stood at $107bn and fee-earning AUM at $71bn. The bridge between AUM and fee-earning AUM is as follows:

$m	Structured and Private Equity	Private Debt	Real Assets	Credit	Seed investments	Total
Fee-earning AUM	31,932	14,353	7,401	17,451	—	71,137
AUM not yet earning fees	4,449	13,956	751	356	—	19,512
Fee-exempt AUM	8,365	1,318	3,035	—	—	12,718
Balance sheet investment portfolio¹	2,329	148	458	(183)	452	3,204
AUM	47,075	29,775	11,645	17,624	452	106,571
1 Includes elimination of $634m (£507m) within Credit due to how the balance sheet investment portfolio accounts for and invests into CLO’s managed by ICG and its affiliates

At 31 December 2024 we had $30bn of AUM available to deploy in new investments (“dry powder”), of which $20bn was not yet earning fees.

The stronger US Dollar at 31 December 2024 compared to 30 September 2024 impacted the US Dollar value of our non-US Dollar (predominantly Euro) funds. We receive management fees in the fund currency.

AUM

AUM ($m)	Structured and Private Equity	Private Debt	Real Assets	Credit	Seed investments	Total
At 1 October 2024	43,453	31,906	12,266	18,106	527	106,258
Fundraising	5,350	181	680	1,029		7,240
Other additions	8	155	219	3		385
Realisations	(168)	(848)	(427)	(852)		(2,295)
Market and other movements	(1,518)	(1,612)	(1,082)	(688)		(4,900)
Balance sheet movement	(50)	(7)	(11)	26	(75)	(117)
At 31 December 2024	47,075	29,775	11,645	17,624	452	106,571
Change $m	3,622	(2,131)	(621)	(482)	(75)	313
Change %	8%	(7%)	(5%)	(3%)	(14%)	—%
Change % (constant exchange rate)	13%	(2%)	2%	2%	(8%)	5%

Fee-earning AUM

Fee-earning AUM ($m)	Structured and Private Equity	Private Debt	Real Assets	Credit	Total
At 1 October 2024	31,184	15,685	7,731	17,957	72,557
Funds raised: fees on committed capital	1,941	—	543	—	2,484
Deployment of funds: fees on invested capital	52	1,148	309	1,064	2,573
Total additions	1,993	1,148	852	1,064	5,057
Realisations	(159)	(1,683)	(529)	(872)	(3,243)
Net additions / (realisations)	1,834	(535)	323	192	1,814
FX and other	(1,086)	(797)	(653)	(698)	(3,234)
At 31 December 2024	31,932	14,353	7,401	17,451	71,137
Change $m	748	(1,332)	(330)	(506)	(1,420)
Change %	2%	(9%)	(4%)	(3%)	(2%)
Change % (constant exchange rate)	7%	(4%)	2%	2%	3%

FY25 fundraising

At 31 December 2024, funds that were actively fundraising included Strategic Equity V; Europe Mid-Market II; Europe IX; Core Private Equity; European Infrastructure II; and various Real Estate strategies. We anticipate having final closes for Strategic Equity V and Europe Mid-Market II before the end of FY25, although the size and timing of such closes remains dependent on market conditions.

Balance sheet

The balance sheet investment portfolio generated positive NIR across all asset classes and net cash realisations during the quarter. We remain confident our balance sheet will continue to deliver in line with our guidance. At 31 December 2024 it was valued at £3,067m:

£m	30 September 2024	31 December 2024
Structured and Private Equity	1,778	1,861
Private Debt	116	119
Real Assets	350	365
Credit	319	361
Seed investments	394	361
Balance sheet investment portfolio	2,957	3,067

At 31 December 2024 the Group had total available liquidity of £1.1bn (H1 FY25: £0.9bn)

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

	Average rate		Period end
	Q3 FY24	Q3 FY25	30 September 2024	31 December 2024
GBP:EUR	1.1539	1.1992	1.2012	1.2086
GBP:USD	1.2503	1.2717	1.3375	1.2516
EUR:USD	1.0835	1.0740	1.1135	1.0356

COMPANY TIMETABLE

Shareholder seminar (online): Intermediate Capital Group Strategic Equity	5 March 2025, 5pm GMT Register here
Full year results announcement	21 May 2025

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