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Annual Report 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED: ABN 59 108 437 592 

Five year summary(1) 

Group Results

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

Net Profit Before Tax

Net Profit After Tax
Adjusted Revenue(2)
Adjusted Expenses(2)
Adjusted Net Profit After Tax(2)
Effective Tax Rate

Funds Under Management(3)
Average Funds Under Management

Closing Funds Under Management

Funds Under Management comprises:

- Retail

- Institutional

Average Base Management Fee (per annum)(4)

Funds Management Business(2)
Total Revenue

Total Expenses

Net Profit Before Tax
Net Profit Before Tax and before performance fees(2)
Employee Expenses/ Total Expenses

Cost to Income Ratio (expense/revenue)
Cost to Income Ratio (excluding performance fees)

Assets

Total Assets 

Net Assets 

Net Tangible Assets Per Share

Shareholder Value

Basic Earnings Per Share

Diluted Earnings Per Share
Adjusted Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share(2)
Dividends Per Share

Franking 

Other Information

Number of Employees

Average Number of Employees

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

%

$m

$m

$m

$m

bps

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

%

%
%

$'000

$'000

$

cents

cents

cents

cents

%

30 June 
2019

30 June 
2018

30 June 
2017

30 June 
2016

30 June 
2015

617,387

124,050

493,337

376,947

577,251

104,024

364,225

23.6

75,819

86,718

23,216

63,502

62

561,326

101,537

459,789

376,182

61.8

18.1

21.3

452,598

181,988

270,610

211,791

452,598

101,010

268,897

21.7

59,034

69,509

19,182

50,327

65

338,268

333,805

284,912

82,141

256,127

196,225

338,268

82,141

74,104

259,701

198,357

333,805

74,104

54,603

230,309

174,295

284,912

54,603

196,225

198,357

174,295

23.4

23.6

24.3

45,667

50,597

15,159

35,438

66

39,437

40,495

12,041

28,454

66

30,966

36,381

9,809

26,572

66

428,705

329,188

315,268

255,889

97,275

331,430

291,841

53.4

22.7

25.0

80,908

248,280

226,774

58.5

24.6
26.3

71,483

243,785

196,425

58.8

22.7
26.5

52,589

203,300

160,401

59.4

20.6
24.8

800,291

734,022

3.44

674,943

620,433

2.92

493,981

447,611

2.60

392,379

355,369

2.07

346,678

303,443

1.78

213.1

213.1

205.9

185.2

75

122.0

122.0

154.9

134.5

100

116.9

114.1

114.1

85.6

100

123.5

115.5

115.5

89.3

100

109.2

101.8

101.8

74.9

100

125

125

124

116

108

104

100

96

91

80

(1) Where accounting classifications have changed, or where changes in accounting policy are adopted retrospectively, comparatives have
been  revised  and  may  differ  from  results  previously  reported.  The  above  Consolidated  Statement  of  Profit  or  Loss  and  Consolidated
Statement of Financial Position extracts are derived from the published financial statements. This table includes non-IFRS information as
defined in section 1.4.1 of the Directors’ Report.
Adjustments are made for strategic, non-cash or unrealised items to provide additional meaningful information (refer to section 1.4.1 of
the Directors’ Report and note 2(a) in the financial statements for the breakdown of these items).
As reported in the Group’s funds under management (FUM) announcements published on the Australian Securities Exchange.
Calculated using management fees (excluding services and performance fees) for the relevant year divided by the average of month end
FUM over the same year.

(3)
(4)

(2)

         
         
Contents 

Chairman’s Report 

Chief Executive Officer’s Annual Letter 

Directors’ Report   

Auditor's Independence Declaration  

Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss  

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position   

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity  

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 

Notes to the Financial Statements 

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Basis of preparation 

Results for the Year 

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Segment Information 
Earnings Per Share 
Dividends 
Revenue  
Taxation  
Notes to the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 

Operating Assets and Liabilities 

Receivables 
Property, Plant and Equipment 

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9 
10  Payables 
11  Provisions 

Capital Structure 

12   Financial Assets 
13  Contributed Equity 
14  Share Purchase Plan 

Group Structure 

15  Parent Entity Information 
16  Subsidiaries 

Transactions 

17  Business Combinations 
18 

Intangibles 

Other Items 

19  Related Party Disclosures 
20  Capital and Risk Management 
21  Contingent Assets, Contingent Liabilities and Commitments 
22  Auditor's Remuneration 
23  Subsequent Events 

Directors’ Declaration 

Independent Auditor’s Report 

Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility Report 

Corporate Information 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

Chairman’s Report 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

Dear Investor, 

I am delighted to write to you as a shareholder in Magellan Financial Group Limited (“Magellan”). Magellan’s financial 
results for the year ended 30 June 2019 are more than satisfactory: 

• Magellan’s reported net profit after tax increased by 78% to $376.9 million. Excluding amortisation relating to the
acquisitions of Airlie Funds Management and Frontier Partners, the gains in our Principal Investments portfolio and
the costs associated with capital raisings for our funds, Magellan’s adjusted profit after tax increased by 35% to
$364.2 million.

• Total dividends (interim, final and performance fee dividends) increased by 38% to 185.2 cents per share.
• Net  profit  before  tax  and  before  performance  fees  for  the  Funds  Management  Segment  increased  by  29%  to
$376.2 million. Including performance fees, net profit before tax for the Funds Management Segment increased
by 39% to $459.8 million.

I  encourage  you  to read  the  CEO  report  by  Brett  Cairns  which provides  a  comprehensive  review  of  our  2018/19 
financial results. 

I  am  pleased  to  report  that  the  management  changes  we  announced  in  October  2018,  where  Brett  Cairns  was 
appointed CEO and I assumed the role of Chairman, have occurred seamlessly. Brett is doing an outstanding job as 
CEO and looks after all the key operational functions of Magellan. Brett has an extremely detailed understanding of 
our  business  and  a  vision  for  simplifying  the  way  managed  funds  are  administered  for  investors  in  Australia.    I 
continue to look after the investment functions of Magellan in my role as Chief Investment Officer and remain focused 
on developing the strategy for the group in conjunction with Brett and the Board. I continue to skip to work every 
day and have never been happier or more engaged. I can assure you I am not going anywhere – I love what I do 
at Magellan. 

I would also like to thank our outstanding Directors who act as a key sounding board to Brett and myself. In June 
we announced that Hamish McLennan was appointed Deputy Chairman of Magellan and Robert Fraser was appointed 
Chairman of Magellan Asset Management Limited, the Responsible Entity and main operating subsidiary of Magellan. 
These  appointments  strengthen  the  governance  framework  of  both  Magellan  and  Magellan  Asset  Management 
Limited. I thank both Hamish and Rob for agreeing to take on the additional responsibilities.  

Our job at Magellan is to add value for all our stakeholders. This starts with delivering strong investment performance 
for our clients who have entrusted us to manage money on their behalf. I am proud of the investment performance 
that has been delivered by the Magellan investment team over many years.  

We  also  add  value  by  providing  investment  insight  and  servicing  our  clients  with  unrelenting  focus.  Our  client 
relationship  and  communications  teams  are  second  to  none.  I  would  encourage  you  to  read  our  new  investor 
magazine (2019 INREVIEW) which was sent to our investors recently. This is a first-class publication and I hope you 
enjoy reading it. If you did not receive a copy please contact our office (phone 02 9235 4888) and we would be 
happy to mail one to you.  

It is critical that we retain outstanding people. This involves creating a positive working environment, supporting our 
employees’ career ambitions and having a fair and aligned incentive system.  

If we do these  things we  should be in a position to create  value for our shareholders. It is important for you  as 
shareholders  to  appreciate  that  we  do  not  put  your  interests  first.  We  will  act  in  the  interests  of  our  clients  and 
employees even if it comes at financial cost to our reported profits. We believe this mindset of putting our clients 
and employees first is the best model to create significant long-term shareholder value.  

It is pleasing that since we established Magellan in 2006 we have generated approximately $55 billion in combined 
stakeholder  value  (measured  by  realised  and  unrealised  profits  and  dividends)  for  clients  invested  in  Magellan 
strategies and for Magellan shareholders. We are proud of the value that has been created to date. 

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We believe that to create long-term enduring value, the concept of a partnership with our clients is important. A 
partnership  exists  where  both  parties  in  the  relationship  benefit.  A  very  good  example  of  our  partnership  is  the 
Magellan Global Trust. In October 2017 we completed the initial public offering of the Magellan Global Trust which 
raised $1.57 billion. As part of this raising we offered Magellan shareholders and investors in Magellan funds the 
right to receive Loyalty Units that entitled them to additional units in the Trust worth 6.25% of the value of units 
allotted to them under the Priority Offer. The financial cost of the Loyalty Units and the full expenses of the raising 
totalled $81 million. This cost was borne by Magellan. 

In addition, an investor in the Magellan Global Trust has been able to reinvest distributions back into units in the 
trust at a 5% discount to the net asset value and participate in a unit purchase plan to buy up to $15,000 of units at 
a 5% discount to the net asset value. For a Magellan investor that subscribed for $30,000 of units under the Priority 
Offer for the Magellan Global Trust, subsequently participated in the distribution reinvestment plan and unit purchase 
plan and takes up their full priority entitlement in the upcoming Magellan High Conviction Trust raising, the aggregate 
additional benefit they will have received is $6,566.  

The question you may ask is why Magellan would voluntarily pay these costs when we could probably raise additional 
funds under management without incurring these expenses. The answer to this question is twofold: 

• Treating investors in our funds as partners and providing real tangible benefits is likely to make them more engaged

and loyal investors over the long-term, and may attract more investors into our funds; and

• Every  dollar  we  pay  upfront  to  people  investing  additional  capital  into  our  closed  end  funds  has  resulted  in

materially more than two dollars of shareholder value to date.

We believe that this  partnership approach is  a win-win outcome for investors in our funds  and our shareholders. 
Every time you see Magellan incur an expense related to such activities in the future you should celebrate. The larger 
the expense the greater the quantum of potential shareholder value creation. We have only scratched the tip of an 
iceberg on the potential of our partnership thinking and I would envisage us making more partnership investments 
in the future. While we will expense these costs up front for accounting purposes, you should think of the expense 
as an investment in the future of the business. Importantly the Board excludes these expenses from profits when 
determining the amount of dividends. 

We have today announced a raising for a new closed end trust to be listed on the ASX, the Magellan High Conviction 
Trust. As part of this raising we will have a priority offering to investors in the Magellan Global Trust, the unlisted 
Magellan High Conviction Fund and shareholders in Magellan. Under the priority offering and subject to the terms of 
the offer, eligible investors will have the right to subscribe for up to $50,000 of units in the Magellan High Conviction 
Trust and will receive Loyalty Units worth 7.5% of the value of their application made under the priority offer. In 
addition, we are offering investors subscribing under the general public offer IPO Foundation Units worth 2.5% of 
the value of an application made under the general public offer. The cost of these additional units will be paid for by 
Magellan.  

We  are  addressing  potential  concerns  regarding  conflicted  remuneration  by  proceeding  with  an  offer  structure 
whereby we  do not pay  any fees to  brokers or  advisers to  handle  the offer. This has led us to  proceed with the 
raising without appointing a broker syndicate to whom such fees would ordinarily be paid. We are passing the typical 
offer costs back to investors in the form of IPO Foundation Units. We hope that investors will find the offer attractive. 

We are also developing a new retirement product for the Australian market. We believe with interest rates nearing 
zero and with the ongoing retirement of the “baby boomers” there is a large unmet client need for a new approach 
to investing in the retirement phase. We anticipate making a meaningful upfront contribution of approximately $50 
million.  Beyond  the  initial  upfront amount,  we  don’t  anticipate  that  Magellan  will  need  to  make  additional  capital 
contributions to support the product. We believe we will earn an attractive financial return from this initiative.  

These are just two further examples of our partnership mindset in practice. 

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I  would  like  to  say  thank  you  to  all  our  clients  who  have  entrusted  us  to  manage  money  on  their  behalf,  to  our 
incredible colleagues at Magellan and of course to you as shareholders. I look forward to seeing you at the Annual 
General Meeting in October or at one of our investor evenings next year. The 2020 Investor Evenings will be held at 
the following times: 

• Melbourne Friday, 21 February 2020

• Canberra Monday 24 February 2020

• Brisbane Tuesday 25 February 2020

• Adelaide Wednesday 26 February 2020

• Perth Thursday 27 February 2020

• Auckland Tuesday 3 March 2020

• Sydney Thursday and Friday, 5 and 6 March 2020

We will send you an invitation to apply for tickets to the investor evenings closer to the time. 

Thank you for your ongoing support of Magellan. 

Yours sincerely  

Hamish M Douglass 
Chairman 

13 August 2019

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

Chief Executive Officer’s Annual Letter 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 
Dear Shareholder, 

I am delighted to present this report for Magellan Financial Group Limited (“the Group” or “Magellan”) for the year 
ended 30 June 2019. 

OVERVIEW OF MAGELLAN 
For those who might be new to Magellan this section provides a brief overview of the business. For those who are 
more  familiar  with  Magellan’s  business,  please  feel  free  to  skip  to  the  next  section  “Overview  of  Results”,  which 
provides a detailed discussion of results for the financial year.  

Magellan  is  a  specialist  fund  manager  that  has  four  core  investment  strategies  –  Global  Equities,  Global  Listed 
Infrastructure, Sustainable and Australian Equities (via Airlie Funds Management).  We manage these strategies on 
behalf of retail investors in Australia and New Zealand and institutional investors located around the world.  

The Group’s Funds Management segment is our core business and is the driver of the Group’s revenues, profitability 
and, therefore, dividends paid to shareholders.  

The primary component of the Group’s revenues is the management fees that we earn on the investment strategies 
we manage for our clients. Management fees are based on funds under management (“FUM”) and thus management 
fee revenue will be driven by the Group’s FUM. Changes in FUM itself are driven primarily by investment performance 
and  also  by  client  inflows  and  outflows.  From  time  to  time  we  may  also  earn  performance  fees  if  our  funds  and 
mandates achieve certain performance hurdles. These fees are lumpy and do not occur evenly from period to period. 

Our clients, of course, have a choice as to who manages their money, and so it is crucial we focus on them and 
achieving  the  investment  outcomes  we  aim  to  deliver.  We  have  invested  significantly  in  our  investment  team, 
developed key systems and processes and built scalable operations and risk management frameworks, all aimed to 
deliver for our clients. 

We have also developed a strong distribution team to work with our clients and their advisers. Our distribution team 
prides itself on building long standing relationships and delivering high standards of communication and insightful 
events.  

As a fund manager, our business is heavy in human capital. Although not noted in our balance sheet, people are our 
biggest asset and, as our profit and loss statement shows, they are also our largest expense (apart from payments 
for tax). Payments to employees make up roughly 60% of our adjusted operating expense base. Given the nature 
of our business, we believe it is very important to foster a culture amongst our team where everyone is encouraged 
to think and act like owners of the business. We are pleased our voluntary employee share purchase plan has resulted 
in approximately 65% of employees being Magellan shareholders. 

The remaining 40% of adjusted operating expenses include such things as marketing and distribution costs, funds 
administration costs including custody and registry, legal and professional fees, rent and so on. About half of these 
expenses are variable in nature with some moving in line with changes in FUM (and therefore revenue) and others 
being a function of the number of investors and their activity (statement communications for example). The other 
half of these non-employee related costs result from the day-to-day running of the business, such as office tenancies 
and information technology expenses which tend to be fixed in nature.  

We have focused on developing the business to ensure scalability as the business grows and currently our core cost-
to-income ratio is 21.3% (excluding the positive impact of performance fees).   

Although our business is relatively capital light, we do believe it is essential to maintain a strong balance sheet and 
accordingly Magellan had $609.5 million of net tangible assets as at 30 June 2019. Our liabilities comprise of day-to-
day  payables  and  provisions  for  employee  entitlements  and  tax,  together  with  deferred  lease  incentives  for  our 
offices. We have no borrowings although for funding flexibility, we do maintain a $50 million undrawn debt facility. 
We believe a strong balance sheet that can withstand almost any market condition is important for our clients as 
well as shareholders. 

A  meaningful  portion  of  the  Group’s  capital  is  invested  in  our  strategies  alongside  our  clients  via  our  Principal 
Investments portfolio. This is shown in our accounts under the Principal Investment business segment. Through the 
Principal Investments we invest in our funds (for example the Magellan Global Fund) and are also able to seed new 
strategies and initiatives. The Group earns revenue from these investments through distributions from the funds and, 
if these investments grow over time, we may realise a capital gain (or capital loss, if these investments decline over 

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time). It is important to note that these earnings may fluctuate significantly from period to period and while growing, 
are not a core driver of the business.  

Up  until  1  July  2018,  only  the  realised  gains  or  losses  on  our  Principal  Investments  were  recorded  in  reported 
earnings,  with  anything  unrealised  being  accounted  for  in  Comprehensive  Income.  Since  1  July  2018  accounting 
standards have changed and we are now required to include unrealised gains/losses in the Group’s reported earnings. 

Given the size of our Principal Investments this change will bring some unwanted noise into our reported earnings 
at  various  times  and  as  such  we  will  endeavour  to  be  clear  in  our discussions  and  financial  accounts  as  to  what 
portion of our earnings are derived from the core business and what is the result of investment gains or losses, some 
of which may not yet be realised. 

As at 30 June 2019 the Group has net assets of $734.0 million, of which $124.5 million are classified as intangible. 
These  intangible  assets  arose  following  the  purchases  of  Airlie  Funds  Management  (“Airlie”)  and  Frontier  Group 
(“Frontier”) and comprise values attributed to customer relationships and goodwill. 

Accounting standards dictate that some intangible assets (like customer relationships) are treated as having finite 
useful lives while others (such as goodwill) are deemed to have indefinite useful lives.  

The value of those intangible assets with fixed lives are required to be amortised (i.e. written-off) typically in equal 
yearly amounts over their life, with that amortisation amount being accounted for as an expense against earnings in 
each year. Goodwill, on the other hand, has no fixed useful life and therefore is subject to a yearly impairment test, 
with any recognised impairment also being accounted for as an expense against earnings in that year. 

It is important to note that while these amortisation and impairment expenses (if any) reduce our reported earnings, 
they  are  not  cash  items.  Furthermore,  in  the  case  of  customer  relationships,  the  amortisation  over  set  periods 
implicitly assumes customers leave by those times and are not replaced, an assumption from a management point 
of view we would expect not to be the case.  

Therefore, when reviewing our financial statements and results we believe it is important to consider several different 
measures to gain an overall understanding of the business and its performance. 

Firstly, an analysis of our statutory reported earnings is clearly important, but when doing so it is also important to 
be mindful of the inherent assumptions and assorted items which are included in that measure. 

As such, we also think a metric whereby we make certain adjustments provides additional meaningful information 
about the performance of the business, particularly in comparative analysis. Such adjustments include adding back 
non-cash  items  such  as  amortisation,  because  we  consider  departing  clients  would  be  replaced,  and  unrealised 
gain/losses,  because  they  are  unrealised.  We  also  adjust  for  items  that  relate  to  transaction  costs  of  strategic 
initiatives, for example the Magellan Global Trust (ASX: MGG) offer costs we incurred in the 2018 financial year as 
part of its initial public offering (“IPO”) and funding of the discounts offered on the recent MGG Unit Purchase Plan 
(“UPP”) and Distribution Reinvestment Plan (“DRP”). 

Thirdly, as our business consists of a dominant Funds Management segment and a portfolio of Principal Investments, 
each should be considered separately. Our Principal Investments portfolio can be considered by assessing its value 
per share, whilst the Funds Management segment can be reviewed by considering the net profit before tax of that 
segment, both with and without performance fees (due to their lumpy nature).  

We discuss each of these measures in the analysis below. 

Finally, a word on tax. Our effective tax rate is below the company tax rate (currently 30%) because Magellan has 
the benefit of being declared an Offshore Banking Unit (“OBU”). The benefit of an OBU is that assessable offshore 
income, net of costs, is taxed at a concessional rate of 10%. Our assessable domestic income is still taxed at the 
company tax rate and so our actual overall tax rate will depend on the mix of our offshore and onshore businesses. 
Currently our effective tax rate is 23.6%.    

The  remainder  of  this  report  discusses  the  business  in  more  detail  and  the  Group’s  financial  results  for  the  year 
ended 30 June 2019.   

OVERVIEW OF RESULTS 
We  are  pleased  with  the  results  the  Group  has  achieved  this  year  which  was  characterised  by  a 28%  growth  in 
average FUM to $75.8 billion (average FUM of $59.0 billion for the year ended 30 June 2018), the key driver of the 
Group’s profitability.  

For the year ended 30 June 2019, the Group reported net  profit after tax of $376.9 million, which represents  an 
increase of 78% over the previous corresponding period ($211.8 million for the year ended 30 June 2018). 

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Adjusted for unrealised or non-cash items and costs relating to strategic initiatives, the Group’s net profit after tax 
increased by 35% to $364.2 million for the year ended 30 June 2019 ($268.9 million for the year ended 30 June 
2018). 

Adjusted  financial  measures  in  2019  are  adjusted  for  non-cash  amortisation  expense  of  $4.5  million,  unrealised 
capital  gains  from  the  Principal  Investments  segment  of  $40.1  million  and  costs  related  to  strategic  initiatives  of 
$15.5 million.  

Adjusted earnings per share increased at a slightly slower pace of 33% to 205.9 cents per share (154.9 cents per 
share for the year ended 30 June 2018). 

In the period, the Group earned performance fees before tax of $83.6 million. As we have discussed previously it is 
important to note performance fees can, and usually do, vary significantly from period to period. Whilst this does not 
detract from their value, it can distort near term comparative analysis. 

We therefore draw  shareholders’ attention to the change in profit before tax and performance fees of our Funds 
Management business. This increased 29% to $376.2 million for the year ended 30 June 2019(1) ($291.8 million for 
the year to 30 June 2018).  

Earnings before tax from Principal Investments totalled $53.4 million, of which $12.8 million came from distributions, 
$0.6  million  from  realised  capital  gains  and  $40.1  million  attributed  to  unrealised  capital  gains.  Earnings  from 
distributions and realised capital gains/losses are included in other revenue in the table below.  

The Directors have declared total dividends of 185.2 cents per share for the year ended 30 June 2019. This is an 
increase of 38% over the 2018 financial year. In respect of the six months to June 2019, the Directors have declared 
a total dividend of 111.4 cents per share, franked at 75% (90.0 cents per share, 100% franked, in 2018) which will 
be paid on 29 August 2019. The dividend payment comprises: 
A Final Dividend of 78.0 cents per share; and
A Performance Fee Dividend of 33.4 cents per share.

•
•

The Company’s policy is to pay Interim and Final Dividends of 90% to 95% of the net profit after tax of the Group’s 
Funds Management business excluding performance fees.  Net profit after tax of the Funds Management business 
excludes  amortisation of intangibles and costs related to strategic initiatives. In addition  to the Interim  and Final 
Dividends, the Group will pay an annual Performance Fee Dividend of 90% to 95% of the net crystallised performance 
fees after tax. Any Performance Fee Dividend will be paid annually alongside the Final Dividend. The payment of 
dividends by the Group will be subject to corporate, legal and regulatory considerations. 

As we have previously noted, dividends are likely to be less than 100% franked due to the combination of our high 
payout  ratio  and  our  below  30%  tax  rate.  Although  the  Board  has  a  policy  of  paying  out  franking  credits to  the 
maximum extent possible over time, the level of franking attached to dividends may vary from period to period. 

The following table summarises the Group’s profitability over the past two financial years(2): 

Management and services fees
Performance fees
Other revenue
Adjusted Revenue

Adjusted expenses

Adjusted net profit before tax
Adjusted tax expense

Adjusted net profit after tax
Transaction costs related to strategic initiatives (after tax)(3)
Amortisation expense of intangible assets
Net unrealised change in fair value of financial assets (after tax)
Total non-IFRS adjustments

Profit after tax 

Key Statistics
Diluted earnings per share (cents per share)
Adjusted diluted earnings per share (cents per share)

30 June
2019
$'000
472,486
83,631
21,134
577,251

30 June
2018
$'000
385,775
39,772
27,051
452,598

Change

%
22%
110%
(22%)
28%

(104,024)

(101,010)

473,227
(109,002)

351,588
(82,691)

364,225

268,897

(10,856)
(4,518)
28,095
12,722

(55,702)
(1,404)
-
(57,106)

376,947

211,791

213.1
205.9

122.0
154.9

3%

35%
32%

35%

n/m
n/m
n/m
n/m

78%

75%
33%

Dividends
Interim and Final Dividends (cents per share)
Annual Performance Fee Dividend (cents per share)
Total Dividends (cents per share)
________________ 
(1) Adjusts for the current period performance fee impact on revenue and expenses for the 12 month period. 
(2) Adjusted financial measures are adjusted for non-cash items (amortisation expense and unrealised gains/losses) and transaction costs related to strategic initiatives.  A 

27%
124%
38%

151.8
33.4
185.2

119.6
14.9
134.5

reconciliation to the reported profit and loss statement is outlined in Section 1.4 of the Directors’ Report. 
Includes MGG UPP costs, MGG DRP discount funding costs (current year only) and net offer costs relating to the MGG IPO. 

(3) 

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FUNDS MANAGEMENT SEGMENT 
For the year ended 30 June 2019, the Group’s Funds Management segment profit before tax increased by 39% to 
$459.8  million  ($331.4  million  for  2018).    Excluding  performance  fees,  profit  before  tax grew  by  29%  to  $376.2 
million(4)  ($291.8  million  for  2018).  The  following  table  summarises  the  profitability  of  the  Funds  Management 
business over the past two financial years: 

Revenue
Management fees
Performance fees
Services fees
Interest and other income

Expenses
Employee expense
Fund administration and operational costs
IT and information services expense
Occupancy expense
Marketing expense
US marketing and consulting fees
Other expense

Profit before tax expense

30 June
2019
$'000

30 June
2018
$'000

467,786
83,631
4,700
5,209
561,326

62,770
15,976
6,226
4,298
3,382
-
8,885
101,537
459,789

381,074
39,772
4,701
3,158
428,705

51,935
14,665
4,588
4,276
11,102
4,206
6,503
97,275
331,430

Change

%

23%
110%
0%
65%
31%

21%
9%
36%
1%
(70%)
(100%)
37%
4%
39%

Profit before tax and before performance fees(4)

376,182

291,841

29%

Key Statistics
Average funds under management ($ million)
Average AUD/USD exchange rate
Average number of employees
Employee expenses / total expenses
Cost / income
Cost / income, excl. performance fees(4)

Revenues 

75,819
0.7155
125
61.8%
18.1%
21.3%

59,034
0.7752
116
53.4%
22.7%
25.0%

28%
(8%)
8%

The key driver of revenue is FUM and this is discussed in detail in the next section. Revenues for the 12 months 
ended 30 June 2019 increased by 31% to $561.3 million.  This was driven by a 23% increase in total management 
fees  revenue  as  a  result  of  a  28%  increase  in  average  FUM  over  the  period  attributable  to  strong  investment 
performance and net inflows.  

Over the year, average Retail FUM increased  by 18% and  average Institutional FUM increased by 33%. Average 
Base Management fee for the year was 0.62% compared with 0.65% last year. The reduction in the average Base 
Management fee percentage is largely a result of a change in the mix of FUM, with Airlie contributing for the full 
year, compared with four months in the previous year.  

Performance fees before tax for the year totalled $83.6 million compared with $39.8 million last year. For the current 
year, $42.7 million of performance fees were earned in the first half, and $40.9 million were earned in the second 
half. Although not reflected this  year, performance fees can, and very often  do, vary significantly from  period  to 
period. 

As a result of the acquisition of Frontier, the Group also now receives revenues relating to Frontier’s third-party fund 
manager distribution business (excluding Magellan) which has been included in other revenue. 

Expenses 

In considering the operating expenses of the Funds Management segment we exclude costs such as those associated 
with the IPO of the Magellan Global Trust (ASX: MGG) and funding of the discounts offered on the recent MGG UPP 
and the MGG DRP.   

We view these amounts as investments in building FUM and underpinning our long-term partnership approach, which 
we discuss further in the next section, rather than contributing to day-to-day operating expenses.     

Overall, the Funds Management business operated efficiently with a cost to  income ratio  (excluding  performance 
fees) of 21.3% compared with 25.0% for the 12 months to 30 June 2018.  

Expenses increased by 4% to $101.5 million. This increase in costs was primarily the result of a 21% increase in 
employee expense over the prior corresponding period to $62.8 million (driven mainly by the full year inclusion of 
Airlie and Frontier and deferred staff bonus payments), a 9% increase in fund administration and operational costs 
reflecting an increase in FUM, and  a 36% increase in IT  and information services expense due to some systems 
improvements, data and research subscriptions and the full year adoption of Airlie and Frontier information systems 
costs.  
_______________________ 
(4)  Adjusts for the current period performance fee impact on revenue and expenses for the 12 month period.

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These increases in costs were partially offset by a reduction in US marketing fees and Group marketing expenses. 
US marketing fees paid to Frontier ceased from 1 January 2018 because the Group acquired Frontier and the decline 
in marketing expenses primarily reflects our withdrawal from the partnership with Cricket Australia in March 2018 
and the cessation of marketing initiatives supporting that sponsorship.  

The following table sets out total employee numbers: 

Investment

- Portfolio Managers/Analysts
- Dealers

Distribution & Marketing
Other 
Frontier
Airlie

Total
Average number of employees

30 June
2019

30 June
2018

29
3
32

31
41
12
9

26
3
29

33
38
11
13

125
125

124
116

As at 30 June 2019, the Group had 125 employees. We are pleased with the talent employed across the business 
and the bench strength of the management team and expect future increases in employee numbers resulting from 
organic growth to be modest over time reflecting scalability. Such increases, however, are unlikely to occur evenly 
from one year to the next as the various areas of our business reach resource constraints at different points as we 
grow. 

We expect Funds Management segment expenses for the year ended 30 June 2020 to be in the range of $115-$120 
million. The increase from the current year reflects growth in employee expenses (driven by anticipated new hires, 
deferred bonus payments and remuneration increases), marketing initiatives including increased event investment 
and increases in general costs reflecting FUM and unitholder growth.  

It should be noted that our ultimate expenses for the year will depend on a number of market related variables such 
as foreign exchange rates, FUM levels and unitholder activity. Although we pay close attention to our costs and have 
a cost conscience culture, our current cost to income ratio of 21.3% means incremental changes in expenses will not 
be a material driver of profitability. For example, a $5 million increase in our expenses has roughly the same impact 
on profits as would an annualised revenue reduction of a 1% decline in our FUM (something which can happen from 
day to day merely due to market movements).  

Funds Under Management 
As at 30 June 2019, the Group had FUM of $86.7 billion, split between global equities (74%), infrastructure equities 
(17%) and Australian equities (9%).  This compares with FUM of $69.5 billion at 30 June 2018.  The increase in FUM 
was driven by investment performance of approximately $13.6 billion less cash distributions (net of reinvestment) of 
approximately $0.8 billion and net inflows of $4.4 billion. As we have previously noted, given the size of the Group’s 
FUM, investment performance is the key driver of FUM movement.   

The following table sets out the composition of FUM: 
$billion

Retail
Institutional
Total FUM

Retail
Institutional

FUM subject to Performance Fees (%)

Institutional FUM (%)

- Active
- Enhanced Beta

Breakdown of FUM (A$ billion)

- Global Equities
- Global Listed Infrastructure
- Australian Equities

30 June
2019
23.2
63.5
86.7

30 June
2018
19.2
50.3
69.5

30 June
2017
15.2
35.4
50.6

27%
73%

33%

88%
12%

64.0
15.2
7.5

28%
72%

34%

89%
11%

52.7
10.3
6.5

30%
70%

38%

87%
13%

42.3
8.3
-

Average Base Management fee (bps) per annum
excluding Performance Fees(5)
_____________________ 
(5) Calculated using management fees (excluding services and performance fees) for the relevant period divided by the average of month end FUM over the same period. 

66  

62  

65  

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Retail FUM 

The Group’s retail business is focused on retail investors in Australia and New Zealand which we target through two 
key channels: 
•

Broker advised and financial advisers; and

•

Self-directed retail investors.

At  30  June  2019,  the  Group  had  total  retail  FUM  of  $23.2  billion.  We  experienced  total  net  retail  inflows  of 
$1.5 billion for the 12 months to 30 June 2019 (including the proceeds of the MGG UPP), compared with $1.9 billion 
for the previous financial year which included the proceeds from the MGG IPO of $1.57 billion. 

The Group experienced average monthly retail net inflows of approximately $121 million over the 12 months to 30 
June 2019 (including the proceeds of the MGG UPP), compared with $23 million over the previous corresponding 
period (excluding the proceeds of the MGG IPO).   

We continue  to  see  strong  support  for  our  global  investment  strategies  across  all  three  key  retail  channels,  with 
global  infrastructure  experiencing  solid  inflows  during  the  year.  Our  combined  active  ETF  unitholder  base  grew 
approximately 28% over the year to reach nearly 29,000, and our combined exchange quoted products had total 
FUM of $4.2 billion as at 30 June 2019, with over 63,000 direct unitholders. 

Along  with  the  continued  growth  in  our  retail  business,  we  remain  extremely  focused  on  those  clients  and  their 
advisers for whom we already manage money. Our very experienced retail Distribution team is highly focused on our 
existing  relationships  and  aims  to  support  and  partner  with  our  adviser  network  by  delivering  clear  and  relevant 
information in a timely manner.  

The following table sets out the investment performance of the Magellan Global Fund, the Magellan Infrastructure 
Fund, the Magellan High Conviction Fund and the Airlie Australian Share Fund since their inceptions. 
Investment Performance for the period to 30 June 2019(6)

3 Years

5 Years

1 Year

Since

Inception                   

(7)

Magellan Global Fund

MSCI World NTR Index ($A)

Magellan Infrastructure Fund

Global Listed Infrastructure Benchmark ($A)(8)

%
20.2
12.0

16.5
12.4

% p.a. % p.a. % p.a.
12.3
6.4

16.0
13.1

17.5
14.0

10.6
8.8

12.4
7.8

9.1
6.1

Magellan High Conviction Fund

13.1

17.6

16.2

16.2

Airlie Australian Share Fund
S&P/ASX 200 Accum. Index

3.8
11.5

-
-

-
-

7.4
14.0

Overall, we are pleased with the performance achieved to date, particularly given market conditions. 

Risk  controls  and  portfolio  construction  considerations  are  important  elements  of  Magellan’s  overall  investment 
process, particularly in managing downside risks. This risk focus has been an essential element in navigating recent 
market  conditions  as  Hamish  Douglass  and  the  investment  team  remain  clearly  focused  on  the  core  objective  of 
producing satisfactory returns for our investors over the medium to long-term whilst minimising the risk of permanent 
capital loss.  

Partnership Approach 

Over the years we have noted our belief that it is important in building an enduring business with long-term value 
that we always maintain a mindset of partnership as, at its heart, the owners of a business are, in effect, partners 
with their clients. Partnerships by their  very nature provide  mutual benefits to those involved,  and the long-term 
prospects of our business naturally sink or swim by the value and benefits our products and services provide our 
clients in exchange for the fees we earn. 
______________ 
(6) Calculations are based on exit price with distributions reinvested, after ongoing fees and expenses but excluding individual tax, member fees and entry fees (if applicable).

(7)

Annualised performance is denoted with “p.a.” for the relevant period. 
Inception date for the Magellan Global Fund and Magellan Infrastructure Fund is 1 July 2007, the inception date for Magellan High Conviction Fund is 1 July 2013 and 
the inception date for the Airlie Australian Share Fund is 1 June 2018. 

(8) The Global Listed Infrastructure benchmark is comprised of the following: from inception to 31 December 2014 the benchmark is UBS Developed Infrastructure and

Utilities NTR Index (AUD Hedged) and from 1 January 2015 onwards, the benchmark is the S&P Global Infrastructure NTR Index (AUD Hedged). 

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We consider the successful launch of the Magellan Global Trust (ASX: MGG) in October 2017 to be a case in point. 
We believe there have been real tangible benefits resulting from the offer of Loyalty Units paid for by the owners of 
the business to those who have partnered with the business (i.e. eligible shareholders and fund unitholders), because 
those benefits have been mutual. 

We have ensured this has been extended to the recent UPP offer by MGG. On 8 March 2019 MGG announced that it 
had received applications totalling approximately $277 million under the offer, representing a significant take up of 
around  50%.  In  the  context  of  a  partnership,  Magellan  paid  to  MGG  consideration  equal  to  the  5%  discount 
associated with the offer in order to minimise dilution. The amount of this consideration totalled $14.6 million. 

We intend to be consistent in this approach. Today we announced the intention to undertake an IPO for units in a 
new ASX-listed investment trust, the Magellan High Conviction Trust (“Trust”)(9). The Trust replicates the investment 
strategy  of  our  open-ended  unlisted  Magellan  High  Conviction  Fund,  which  has  developed  an  outstanding  track 
record, and offers investors the ability to invest in this strategy through a closed-ended ASX-listed investment trust. 

Like  the  IPO  of  MGG,  we  have  established  a  priority  offering  for  eligible  shareholders  and  investors  in  MGG  and 
Magellan High Conviction Fund to subscribe for units in the Trust. This priority offering carries with it with a loyalty 
bonus in the form of additional units in the Trust equal to 7.5% of the value of their allotment under the priority 
offer.  

Again, like the IPO of MGG, Magellan is paying for all the costs of the capital raising and the cost of the Loyalty Units. 

We are also addressing potential concerns regarding conflicted remuneration by proceeding with an offer structure 
that does not pay any fees to brokers or advisers to handle the offer. As such, we are proceeding without appointing 
a broker syndicate to whom such fees would ordinarily be paid.  

Furthermore, we are passing these savings back to investors by way of IPO Foundation Units for those who participate 
in the wholesale/general public offer. This will be paid in the form of additional units in the Trust equal to 2.5% of 
their allotment, again paid for by Magellan. 

As with MGG, these strategic initiatives will result in a material one-off expense in the 2020 financial year which will 
be disclosed following the completion of the offer. As noted above, we view these amounts as investments in building 
FUM  and  underpinning  our  long-term  partnership  approach,  and  as  such  will  be  excluded  from  the  Funds 
Management segment when calculating shareholder dividends.      

We are excited by the prospects of continuing to build upon our partnerships within the retail sector which we believe 
will deepen and broaden our relationships and thereby add layers of resilience to our business over time. 

Retirement Income 

We continue to make progress developing a client solution for retirement income; however, we are not finished. This 
is a large and growing area and one that is not easily solved. Any solution requires a number of critical areas to be 
resolved  with  external  parties  (for  example,  regulatory  and  tax)  and  the  timing  of  such  resolutions  is  difficult  to 
determine. Whilst there is a risk we may not be able to satisfactorily resolve these issues, we remain confident that 
a product solution will be available over the next 6-12 months. 

We anticipate establishing and supporting the product with an upfront contribution of around $50 million. This dollar 
value is similar to the amount we seeded the Magellan Global Equities Fund (ASX: MGE) in 2015. We do not anticipate 
to make any additional contributions beyond this initial amount.  

Institutional FUM 
At 30 June 2019, the Group had total institutional FUM of $63.5 billion from more than 140 clients(10).  During the 12 
months to 30 June 2019, we experienced institutional net inflows of $2.9 billion, which compares with net inflows of 
$2.5 billion for the previous financial year.  

Although our institutional clients are located around the world, the Group seeks to implement a targeted approach 
to institutional distribution and therefore most of our institutional clients are based in North America, the UK and 
Australia/NZ. In February 2018, the Group acquired our North American distribution partner, Frontier. We view North 
America as a key market for our institutional distribution activities and we are delighted to have Bill Forsyth, Frontier’s 
founder and Chairman, leading this activity.  

_____________ 
(9) Units in the Magellan High Conviction Trust (the Trust) are to be issued by Magellan Asset Management Limited (“MAM”) (ABN 31 120 593 946, AFS Licence No 304
301).  MAM may vary the terms of, or withdraw the offer for units in the Trust at any time. Nothing in this letter constitutes an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer 
to buy, any financial products. Investors should consider obtaining professional investment advice and should consider the product disclosure statement (PDS) for the
Trust  in  deciding  whether  to  participate  in  the  offer  for  units  in  the  Trust  or  to  continue  to  hold  units  in  Trust.    The  PDS  can  be  found  at
www.magellanhighconvictiontrust.com.au 

(10) The number of clients includes separately managed accounts and institutional investors in local and offshore vehicles.

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We view our institutional business as well diversified by client. The following table and chart set out the percentage 
of management and services fees revenue generated by the top 30 institutional clients and highlights only four clients 
represent more than 2% of total management and services fees revenue.  

Institutional Client Diversity(11) 

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n
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g
a
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a
t
o
T
f
o
%

10%

8%

6%

4%

2%

0%

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

Top 30 Institutional  Clients

Top Institutional Clients
%

5
20

10
26

20
32

30
36

On  31  December  2017  we  closed  our  core  global  equities  strategies  managed  by  Hamish  to  new  institutional 
investors(12).  We do, however, expect to see continued inflows from existing institutional clients that have reserved 
capacity.   

Our  global  listed  infrastructure  strategies  continue  to  see  interest  from  institutional  investors,  and  we  believe 
Magellan  is  well  positioned  to  grow  in  this  space  given  our  unique  approach  to  defining  infrastructure  and  the 
consistent long-term investment outperformance the team has achieved. We believe the theoretical capacity of our 
global listed infrastructure strategies is approximately US$16-17 billion. At 30 June 2019 the Group’s infrastructure 
FUM was US$10.6 billion.  

We  are  also  pleased  with  the  development  of  our  next  generation  of  global  equities  strategies,  the  Sustainable 
strategies, which have been renamed from Low Carbon strategies.  

Our  Global  Sustainable  strategy,  managed  by  Dom  Giuliano,  and  our  US  Sustainable  strategy  managed  by  Alan 
Pullen, have produced excellent results, outpacing their benchmarks. Importantly the Global Sustainable strategy is 
nearing its three year anniversary and we are seeing increasing interest and discussions with a number of potential 
investors. 

We believe both these strategies are well positioned on the back of solid track records and a thoughtful, differentiated 
sustainable investment approach. We estimate the theoretical capacity of the Sustainable strategies is approximately 
US$20 billion. 

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENTS 

The Group’s Principal Investments is a sub-set of the Group’s balance sheet that is invested in Magellan funds, listed 
shares  and  a  small  number  of  unlisted  investments.  It  also  includes  surplus  cash  after  allowing  for  the  Group’s 
working capital requirements. At 30 June 2019, the Group had net Principal Investments of $323.1 million, compared 
with $280.4 million at 30 June 2018. 

Over  time,  we  aim  to  earn  satisfactory  returns  for  shareholders  through  the  sensible  deployment  of  the  Group’s 
capital,  while  maintaining  capital  strength  to  underpin  the  business.    The  Board  has  established  a  pre-tax  return 
hurdle of 10% per annum over the business cycle for the Principal Investments portfolio.   

The Group’s Principal Investments portfolio has returned pre-tax 18.6%, 16.8% and 15.8% per annum over the last 
1, 3 and 5 years respectively.  Excluding the effect of the Group’s previous investment in MFF Capital Investments 
Limited, which was disposed of by way of an in-specie distribution to shareholders in February 2013, the portfolio 
returned pre-tax 11.8% per annum since inception from 1 July 2007.  The inception date of 1 July 2007 has been 
chosen to reflect the first purchase date of the investments in the Magellan Global Fund and Magellan Infrastructure 
Fund. 

______________ 
(11) Management and services fees for the 12 months to 30 June 2019 for separately managed accounts and institutional investors in local and offshore vehicles. Excludes 

Performance fees. 

(12) U.S. mutual fund will remain open with some allocated capacity.

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The following table sets out a summary of the Group’s Principal Investments as at 30 June 2019. 

The Group’s Principal Investments  
$million

Cash
Magellan Unlisted Funds(13)
Listed shares/funds(14)
Other(15)
Total
Deferred tax liability(16)
Net Principal Investments

30 June
2019
4.6
213.4
125.7
3.8
347.5
(24.4)
323.1

30 June
2018
0.4
173.4
100.9
15.1
289.8
(9.4)
280.4

Net Principal Investments per share (cents)(17)

182.5

159.1

CAPITAL MANAGEMENT  

As at 30 June 2019, the Group’s financial position included: 
•

investment assets (cash and cash equivalents and financial assets) of $539.3 million (30 June 2018: $445.6
million). The Group’s cash position at 30 June 2019 was $198.2 million and current receivables were $123.8
million. Dividends of $197.3 million are due to be paid to shareholders on 29 August 2019;
net assets of $734.0 million (30 June 2018: $620.4 million) which includes $124.5 million of intangible assets
following the acquisitions of Airlie and Frontier;
net tangible assets per share of $3.44 (30 June 2018: $2.92); and
total liabilities of $66.3 million which relate predominantly to payables and provisions. The Group has no debt
but has access to a debt facility of $50 million which is currently undrawn.

•

•
•

Although our business is capital light, we continually think about the use of capital balancing the following needs: 
•

maintaining a strong balance sheet in proportion to the scale of our business to ensure the continued support
of our clients;
ensuring flexibility for growth whether that be through new fund launches or strategic opportunities; and
delivering capital efficiency, solid dividends and returns for shareholders.

•
•

As such, our need for and use of capital may vary from time-to-time as we consider new opportunities and seek to 
build diversity and resilience in the business, sensibly, over time. 

A good example of this is today’s launch of the Magellan High Conviction Trust and the broader partnership approach 
discussed above. 

With this in mind, today we also announced the launch of an institutional placement to raise $275 million which will 
strengthen our balance sheet and provide significant flexibility to continue to invest in growth opportunities.  

CLOSING REMARKS 

It has been a pleasure to be the CEO over most of the past financial year and I would like to thank our entire team 
for their dedication and passion. It makes a difference. 

Thanks  also  to  Hamish  and  the  Board for  their  support  during  the  year.  The  changing  of  roles  with  Hamish  has 
worked extremely well and we are all looking forward to another successful year ahead.  

Yours faithfully, 

Brett Cairns 
CEO 

13 August 2019 
____________________ 
(13) Magellan Unlisted Funds as outlined in Note 12 of the Financial Statements.
(14) Listed  shares/funds  include  seed  portfolios  and  Magellan’s  listed  funds  (as  outlined  in  Note  12  of  the  Financial  Statements)  excluding  receivables/payables  (refer  to

footnote 15). 

(15) Other comprises receivable/payables and unlisted funds and shares. 
(16) Net deferred tax liability arising from changes in the fair value of financial assets offset by the deferred tax asset relating to the unused tax loss arising on issuance of

loyalty units to unitholders under the Magellan Global Trust priority offer. 

(17) Based on the aggregate of 177,087,458 ordinary shares on issue at 30 June 2019 (30 June 2018, it is based on 176,211,167 ordinary shares).

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

DIRECTORS’ REPORT 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

The Directors of Magellan Financial Group Limited (the “Company” or “MFG”) present their financial report for the 
Company and its controlled entities which together form the consolidated entity (the “Group”) in respect of the year 
ended 30 June 2019. 

1.

Operations and Activities

Company Overview 

1.1 
The  Company  is  a  listed  public  company  and  incorporated  in  Australia.  The  Group’s  main  operating  company  is 
Magellan  Asset  Management  Limited  (“MAM”).  The  shares  of  the  Company  are  publicly  traded  on  the  Australian 
Securities Exchange under ASX Code: MFG.  

The Company’s principal place of business is Level 36, 19 Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales, 2000. 

Principal Activity 

1.2 
The principal activity of the Group is funds management with the objective of offering international investment funds 
to high net worth and retail investors in Australia and New Zealand, and institutional investors globally.  

Dividends  

1.3 
During the year ended 30 June 2019, dividends amounting to $289,281,000 were paid representing 163.8 cents per 
ordinary share (June 2018: $157,909,000 representing 91.7 cents per ordinary share).  

On  13  August  2019,  the  Directors  declared  a  total  dividend  of  111.4  cents  per  ordinary  share  (75%  franked)  in 
respect of the six months to 30 June 2019 (June 2018: 90.0 cents per ordinary share 100% franked). The dividend 
payments comprise a Final Dividend of 78.0 cents per ordinary share and a Performance Fee Dividend of 33.4 cents 
per share (June 2018: Final Dividend of 75.1 cents per ordinary share and a Performance Fee Dividend of 14.9 cents 
per ordinary share). The amount of the Final and Performance Fee Dividend expected to be paid on 29 August 2019, 
but not recognised as a liability as at 30 June 2019, is approximately $197,275,000 (June 2018: $158,591,000). 

The Company’s policy is to pay Interim and Final Dividends of 90% to 95% of the net profit after tax of the Group’s 
funds management  business  excluding performance fees.  Net  profit after tax of the funds management business 
excludes amortisation of intangibles and costs related to strategic initiatives. In addition  to the Interim  and Final 
Dividends, the Directors will pay an annual Performance Fee Dividend of 90% to 95% of net crystallised performance 
fees after tax. Any Performance Fee Dividend will be paid annually alongside the Final Dividend. The payment of 
dividends by the Group will be subject to corporate, legal and regulatory considerations. 

1.4 

Review of Financial Results and Operations 

1.4.1    Reconciliation of Net Profit After Tax to Adjusted Net Profit After Tax  
The  Group’s  net  profit  after  tax  (“Statutory  net  profit”)  and  earnings  per  share  are  prepared  in  accordance  with 
Australian  Accounting  Standards.  The  Group  also  reports  a  number  of  non-IFRS  financial  measures  including 
‘adjusted revenue’, ‘adjusted net profit after tax’ and ‘adjusted basic and diluted EPS’ which are shown below. Refer 
to section 1.4.2 for further details on non-IFRS financial measures. 

The Group’s statutory net profit after tax for the year ended 30 June 2019 was $376,947,000 up $165,156,000 on 
the prior year. The Group’s adjusted net profit after tax was $364,225,000 (June 2018: $268,897,000) which excludes 
various non-IFRS adjustments as shown on the following page. 

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1.

Operations and Activities (continued)

1.4 

Review of Financial Results and Operations (continued) 

1.4.1    Reconciliation of Net Profit After Tax to Adjusted Net Profit After Tax (continued) 

Management and services fees

Performance fees

Other revenue

Total revenue

Adjust for: net unrealised change in fair value of financial assets

Adjusted revenue

Total expenses
Adjust for: costs related to stategic initiatives(A)
Adjust for: amortisation of intangible assets

Adjusted expenses

Income tax expense

Tax expense on above adjustments

Adjusted income tax expense

30 June 2019

30 June 2018

Statutory

Non-IFRS 

Statutory

Non-IFRS 

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

472,486

472,486

385,775

385,775

83,631

61,270

83,631

61,270

39,772

27,051

39,772

27,051

617,387

617,387

452,598

452,598

(40,136)

577,251

 - 

452,598

(124,050)

(124,050)

(181,988)

(181,988)

 15,508 

4,518

(104,024)

 79,574 

1,404

(101,010)

(116,390)

(116,390)

(58,819)

(58,819)

7,388 

(109,002)

(23,872)

(82,691)

Net Profit after income tax expense for the year 

376,947

211,791

Adjusted Net Profit after income tax expense for the year

364,225

268,897

Basic and diluted earnings per share 

Adjusted basic and diluted earnings per share 

213.1

122.0

205.9

154.9

(A)

Includes MGG UPP costs and MGG DRP discount funding costs (current year only) and net offer costs relating to the MGG IPO.

1.4.2     Non-IFRS Financial Measures 
Non-IFRS financial measures are measures that are not defined or specified under IFRS. The Directors believe non-
IFRS financial measures assist in providing additional meaningful information about the performance of the business 
and period-to-period comparability by adjusting for strategic, non-cash or unrealised items which affect the Group’s 
statutory financial results. 

Non-IFRS  financial  measures  should  be  viewed  in  addition  to,  and  not  as  a  substitute  for,  the  Group’s  statutory 
results. These measures may also differ from non-IFRS measures used by other companies. 

The Group’s non-IFRS financial measures are presented with reference to the Australian Securities & Investments 
Commission (ASIC) Regulatory Guide 230 Disclosing non-IFRS financial information, issued in December 2011. Non-
IFRS financial measures are not subject to audit or review. 

1.4.3     Statement of Financial Position 
The Group is in a strong financial position and at 30 June 2019 reported: 

•

•

Investment  assets  (including  cash  and  cash  equivalents  and  financial  assets)  of  $539,281,000  (June  2018:
$445,634,000) and shareholders’ funds of $734,022,000 (June 2018: $620,433,000); and
NTA per share of $3.44 (June 2018: $2.92).

Refer to the Chief Executive Officer’s Annual Letter on page 6 for further information, including details on the Group’s 
results, strategy and future outlook. 

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1.

Operations and Activities (continued)

Likely Developments and Expected Result of Operations 

1.5 
The Group will continue to pursue its financial objectives which are to increase the profitability of the Group over 
time by increasing the value and performance of funds under management and seeking to grow the value of the 
Group’s investment portfolio. Additional comments on expected results of operations of the Group are included in 
this report in the Chief Executive Officer’s Annual Letter. 

Significant Changes in the State of Affairs 

1.6 
There were no significant changes in the state of affairs of the Group that occurred during the year not otherwise 
disclosed in this report or the financial statements. 

1.7 

Events Subsequent to the End of the Financial Year 

Capital Raising
On  13  August  2019,  the  Group  announced  a  capital  raising  comprising  a  fully  underwritten  $275  million 
Institutional  Share  Placement  (“Placement”)  to  institutional  investors.  The  Placement  will  comprise  an  issue  of 
4.98  million  new  MFG  ordinary  shares  at  a  price  of  $55.20  per  share.  The  new  shares  to  be  issued  under  the 
Placement will represent approximately 2.7% of  MFG’s  expanded issued capital and will rank  equally with  existing 
MFG ordinary shares from the date of  issue. As the new  shares will  be allotted after  the record date for the 2019 
Final and Performance Fee Dividends, the new shares will not carry an entitlement to those dividends. 

Launch of Magellan High Conviction Trust
On 13 August 2019 the Group announced its intention to undertake an initial public offering of the Magellan High 
Conviction  Trust  (“MHCT”),  a  closed  ended  investment  vehicle  to  be  listed  on  the  ASX.  MHCT  will  replicate  the 
Magellan  High  Conviction  Fund  investment  strategy  that  has  returned  16.6%  per  annum  net  of  fees  since 
inception on 1 July 2013 to 31 July 2019. 

The offer will proceed via a priority offer to underlying investors in MFG, MGG and the Magellan High Conviction Fund 
and  a  wholesale/general  public  offer.  Under  the  priority  offer,  eligible  applicants  can  apply  for  up  to  33,334  units 
equivalent to approximately $50,000 and will receive a loyalty reward of additional units (“Loyalty Units”) worth 7.5% 
of the value of the units allotted to them under the priority offer subject to the terms and conditions outlined in the 
PDS. In addition, applicants under the wholesale/general public offer will receive additional units (“IPO Foundation 
Units”) worth 2.5% of the value of the units allotted to them subject to the terms and conditions outlined in the PDS. 

The costs of these Loyalty Units and IPO Foundation Units and all costs related to the offer will be paid for by the 
Group. It is not practicable to estimate the cost to the Group as there is uncertainty as to the size of the offer and 
the MHCT net asset value per unit at the time that the Loyalty Units and IPO Foundation Units are issued. Further 
details of the MHCT raising will be disclosed following the completion of the offer. 

Funds Under Management at 31 July 2019 
On 6 August 2019, the Group reported to the ASX that its funds under management was $89.7 billion as at 31 July 
2019. 

Other than the items above and the dividends disclosed in respect of the six months ended 30 June 2019 discussed 
at section 1.3, the Directors are not aware of any other matter or circumstance not otherwise dealt with in this report 
that  has  significantly  affected  or  may  significantly  affect  the  operations  of  the  Group,  the  result  of  those 
operations or the state of affairs of the Group in subsequent financial periods. 

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2.

Directors and Officers

Directors 

2.1 
The following persons unless otherwise stated were Directors of the Company during the year and up to the date 
of this report:  

Name

Brett Cairns

Hamish Douglass

John Eales

Robert Fraser

Paul Lewis

Hamish McLennan

Karen Phin

Directorship
Chief Executive Officer(A)
Chairman and Chief Investment Officer(B)
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director and Chairman of MAM(C)
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman(D)
Non-Executive Director

Appointed

22 January 2007

21 November 2006

1 July 2017

23 April 2014

20 December 2006

1 March 2016

23 April 2014

(A) On 5 October 2018, Dr Cairns was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Group. Prior to this Dr Cairns held the position of

Executive Chairman.

(B) On 5 October 2018, Mr Douglass was appointed Chairman of the MFG Board. Prior to this Mr Douglass was Chief Executive

Officer of the Group. Mr Douglass remains Chief Investment Officer.
(C) On 5 June 2019, Mr Fraser was appointed Chairman of the MAM Board.
(D) On 5 June 2019, Mr McLennan was appointed Deputy Chairman of the MFG Board.

Secretary 

2.2 
Marcia  Venegas  was  Company  Secretary  from  20  March  2019  to  the  date  of  this  report.  Mrs  Venegas  replaced 
Geoffrey Stirton, who was Company Secretary from 1 July 2018 to 20 March 2019. 

2.3 

Information on Directors and Officers 

Brett Cairns 
Chief Executive Officer 

Brett was formerly co-head of the Capital Markets Group within Structured Finance at Babcock & Brown, which he 
joined in 2002. Brett was a former Managing Director and Head of Debt Capital Markets for Merrill Lynch in Australia 
where he worked from 1994 to 2002. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Brett spent three years with Credit Suisse Financial 
Products,  the  then  derivatives  bank  of  the  Credit  Suisse  group.  Brett  has  a  BE  (Hons),  Master  of  Business 
Administration and a Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Sydney. 

Hamish Douglass 
Chairman and Chief Investment Officer 

Hamish is the co-founder of the Company. He is a former member of the Australian Government’s Foreign Investment 
Review Board (FIRB), the Australian Government’s Financial Literacy Board, former Acting President of the Australian 
Government’s Takeovers Panel and former Co-Head of Global Banking at Deutsche Bank, Australasia. Hamish is a 
Director of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute. He holds a BCom from the University of NSW. 

John Eales AM 
Non-Executive Director and member of the Audit & Risk Committee and the Remuneration & Nominations Committee 

John graduated from the University of Queensland in 1991 before taking to the international rugby stage. He debuted 
for the Wallabies in 1991 and captained the side from 1996 until the end of his Test career in 2001. He has served 
in executive or advisory positions with a number of organisations. John co-founded the Mettle Group in 2003 – a 
corporate consultancy which was acquired by Chandler Macleod in 2007 – and currently sits on the boards of Flight 
Centre  Travel  Group  and  Fuji  Xerox  –  Document  Management  Solutions.  He  is  a  columnist  with The Australian 
newspaper  writing  on  both  business  and  sport  and has  served  as  a  consultant  to  major  Australian  companies, 
including  Westpac.  John  is  the  author  of  two  books,  Learning  from  Legends  Sport  and  Learning  from  Legends 
Business. 

He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1999 for services to the community and rugby. 

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2.

Directors and Officers (continued)

2.3 

Information on Directors and Officers (continued)

Robert Fraser  
Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee and member of the Remuneration & Nominations 
Committee, Chairman of MAM (Responsible Entity and main operating subsidiary of MFG)  

Robert is a company director and corporate adviser with over 30 years of investment banking experience, specialising 
in mergers and takeovers, corporate and financial analysis, capital management and equity capital markets. He is 
presently the Managing Director of TC Corporate Pty Limited, the corporate advisory division of Taylor Collison Limited 
stockbrokers of which he is a Director and principal. Robert has Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws (Hons) 
degrees from the University of Sydney and is also qualified as a licensed business agent and licensed real estate 
agent.  Robert  currently  serves  on  the  Boards  of  ARB  Corporation  Limited  (since  February  2004),  F.F.I.  Holdings 
Limited (since October 2011) and MFF Capital Investments Limited (since May 2019). He was previously a Director 
of a number of other public companies, including Gowing Bros Limited (April 2012 – December 2016). 

Paul Lewis MBE  
Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Remuneration & Nominations Committee and member of the Audit & Risk 
Committee 

Paul was Managing Partner and Chief Executive – Asia for PA Consulting Group, based in Hong Kong from 1992 – 
2004, at the conclusion of which PA had offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, Bangalore, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur 
and Jakarta. Paul led major assignments in financial services – retail banking, life insurance and stock exchanges, 
energy, manufacturing, telecommunications, rail, air, container shipping and government. Paul also served on senior 
advisory panels with ministerial representation in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia, and from 2003 to 2009 was 
a member of British Telecom’s Global Advisory Board. Paul is currently Deputy National Chairman of the Australian 
British Chamber of Commerce, Chair of IPScape Limited, Chair of GWS Giants Foundation, and a board member of 
Volt Bank and Optal  Limited.  He was previously Chair of the NAB Private Advisory Board, NAB  Business Advisory 
Board and British Telecom Global Advisory Board. Paul is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, 
and was awarded an MBE in June 2018. 

Hamish McLennan 
Deputy  Chairman,  Non-Executive  Director  and  member  of  the  Audit  &  Risk  Committee  and  the  Remuneration  & 
Nominations Committee 

Hamish  has  over  30  years’  experience  in  the  media  industry.  He  is  currently  Chairman  of  REA  Group 
Limited (appointed  21  February  2012  and  Chairman  since  10  April  2012),  a  global  online  real  estate  advertising 
company,  and  Chairman  of  HT&E  Limited  (appointed  30  October  2018),  an  Australian  media  and  entertainment 
company.  He  was  previously  Executive  Vice  President,  Office  of  the  Chairman,  News  Corporation,  and  Global 
Chairman & CEO of Young & Rubicam (Y&R) in New York, part of WPP, the world’s largest communications services 
group. Mr McLennan joined Young & Rubicam in 2002 as Chairman and CEO of Y&R Brands Australia/New Zealand, 
one of the largest marketing services groups in Australasia, and led the firm’s global business operations from 2006 
to 2011. He was also previously Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (March 2014 to July 2015) and Chief 
Executive Officer and Managing Director (February 2013 to March 2014) of Australian media company Ten Network 
Holdings Limited. He has previously served on the Boards of Directors for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and 
the US Ad Council. 

Karen Phin 
Non-Executive Director and member of the Audit & Risk Committee and the Remuneration & Nominations Committee 

Karen has over 20 years’ capital markets experience advising a range of top Australian companies on their capital 
management and funding strategies.  Until 2014, Karen was Managing Director and Head of Capital Management 
Advisory at Citigroup in Australia and New Zealand. From 1996 – 2009, she worked at UBS where she was also a 
Managing Director and established and led the Capital Management Group. Prior to joining Citigroup, Karen spent 
12 months at ASIC as a Senior Specialist in the Corporations group. Karen is currently a Non-Executive Director of 
IMF  Bentham  Ltd  (since  August  2017)  and  ARB  Corporation  Limited  (since  June  2019)  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Takeovers Panel and the Ascham School Council of Governors. Karen has a Bachelor of Arts/Law (Honours) from the 
University of Sydney and is a graduate of the AICD. 

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2.

Directors and Officers (continued)

2.3 

Information on Directors and Officers (continued)

Marcia Venegas 
Company Secretary, Chief Risk Officer and Head of Risk, Compliance and Legal 

Marcia  was appointed Company Secretary of the Company on 20 March 2019. Marcia has been the Chief Risk Officer 
of MFG since November 2015. Prior to MFG, Marcia was Chief Compliance Officer at Platinum Asset Management in 
Sydney for five years. Before that, Marcia held senior roles including Chief Compliance Officer at Dodge & Cox in the 
US. Marcia brings more than 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry in Australia and the US, during 
which time she has been responsible for national and international regulatory requirements, the development and 
maintenance  of  governance,  risk  and  compliance  frameworks,  licensing,  proxy  voting,  training  and  liaising  with 
regulators, auditors and clients. Marcia holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wollongong. 

2.4 

Directors’ Meetings 

The number of meetings of the Board and Board Committees, held during the year ended 30 June 2019 and the 
number of those meetings attended by each Director are set out below: 

Board

Audit & Risk                               
Committee 

Remuneration & 

Nominations                   
Committee

B Cairns

H Douglass

J Eales

R Fraser

P Lewis

H McLennan

K Phin

Held

Attended

Held

Attended

Held

Attended

while a Director

while a member

while a member

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

-

-

8

8

8

8

8

-

-

8

8

7

8

8

-

-

2

2

2

2

2

-

-

2

2

2

2

2

2.5 

Directors’ Interests 

No Director has or has had any interest in a contract entered into up to the date of this Directors’ Report with the 
Company or any related entity other than as disclosed in this report.  

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3.

2019 Remuneration Report (Audited)

This Remuneration Report outlines the remuneration arrangements for the Key Management Personnel (“KMP”) of 
the Group for the year ended 30 June 2019. KMP are defined as those persons and corporate entities having authority 
and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling activities of the Group, directly or indirectly. 

In the 2019 financial year, the KMP for the Group included the Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, the Chief 
Executive Officer (“CEO”), the Non-Executive Directors and the Group’s Executives as set out below(A).  
Name

Term as KMP

Position

Non-Executive Directors

John Eales

Robert Fraser

Paul Lewis

Hamish McLennan

Karen Phin

Executive Directors

Brett Cairns

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Chairman

CEO

Hamish Douglass

CEO & Chief Investment Officer

Full Year

Full Year

Full Year

Full Year

Full Year

1 July 2018 to 4 October 2018

5 October 2018 to 30 June 2019

1 July 2018 to 4 October 2018

Chairman & Chief Investment Officer

5 October 2018 to 30 June 2019

Group Executives (Other KMP)

Kirsten Morton

Marcia Venegas

Craig Wright

Chief Financial Officer

Head of Risk, Compliance and Legal/Company Secretary

Head of Governance & Advisory

Full Year

Full Year

Full Year

(A) With senior management changes in the 2019 financial year and the formation of an Executive Committee, the Board reviewed
the composition of the Group Executive KMP and determined that the members of the Executive Committee were the Group
Executive KMP as they had authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Group.

The Remuneration Report has been prepared and audited against the disclosure requirements of the Corporations 
Act 2001. 

Remuneration Philosophy and Principles 

3.1  
The Group’s remuneration philosophy is centred on fair compensation for performance and contribution that achieves 
business outcomes.   It aims to balance short term and long term incentives  appropriately, including  encouraging 
broad based employee ownership in the Group.  Importantly, incentives motivate each employee to achieve agreed 
business objectives which align to long term business outcomes.  

The key drivers of the Group’s remuneration philosophy and principles are: 

•
•
•
•

Promoting staff behaviour that is in the best interest of clients;
Attracting and retaining outstanding staff;
Building a culture that rewards performance while maintaining the Group’s reputation and mitigating risk; and
Encouraging staff to think and act like long-term owners of the Group.

Broadly the Group’s remuneration arrangements for employees comprise the following components: 
•
•
•

A fixed remuneration amount (inclusive of superannuation);
A variable incentive which is determined annually and is subject to some level of deferred payment; and
An offer of voluntary participation in the Group’s Share Purchase Plan (“SPP”), to encourage long term ownership
in the Group.

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3.

2019 Remuneration Report (Audited) (continued)

Variable remuneration 
The Board believes variable incentives should be aimed at areas where employees have a direct influence over the 
business and the outcomes that are aligned to the best interests of the Group’s clients. If these objectives are met, 
the interests of shareholders will be served. The Board does not believe it is appropriate to use measures such as 
earnings per share or the share price performance of the Group in determining annual variable remuneration. Such 
arrangements  could  misalign  the  interests  of  the  employee  with  those  of  the  Group’s  clients  and  ultimately  be 
detrimental to the long-term interests of shareholders. 

With the exception of the Chief Investment Officer and certain portfolio managers, the variable incentive amount is 
discretionary  and  is  determined  by  reference  to  an  employee’s  individual  performance  and  contribution,  and  the 
overall performance of the Group.  Variable remuneration is not determined on a formulaic basis but is an outcome 
of an overall performance appraisal process.  Variable remuneration may be in the range of 0-100% of the fixed 
remuneration amount or higher in exceptional circumstances. 

The Chief Investment Officer’s variable incentive is capped at 200% of his fixed remuneration and is dependent upon 
the performance of the investment strategies, measured over three years, for which he has primary responsibility. 
The  Board  believes  that  aligning  the  basis  of  the  Chief  Investment  Officer’s  variable  incentive  to  investment 
performance  provides  an  important  calibration  with  the  Group’s  clients  and  is  in  the  best  long-term  interest  of 
shareholders. 

The  Lead  Portfolio  Manager  for  the  Group’s  Global  Listed  Infrastructure  strategy  has  a  variable  remuneration 
arrangement  that  is  directly  tied  to  the  net  revenues,  less  certain  allocated  costs,  of  the  Group’s  Global  Listed 
Infrastructure business and the performance of the investment strategies for which he has primary responsibility. 
The Board considers that this arrangement appropriately rewards and aligns his interests with those of the Group’s 
clients and shareholders. 

Certain portfolio managers have variable remuneration arrangements that incorporate two components: 
•

A discretionary component in the range of 0-100% of fixed remuneration or higher in certain circumstances;
and
A performance component in the range of 0-200% of fixed remuneration dependent upon the performance of
the investment strategies for which they are responsible.

•

Variable incentives are paid partly as a current year cash bonus and  partly as  a conditional  deferred cash  bonus 
amount over periods up to three years. 

Share Purchase Plan (SPP) 
The Group does not operate a specific long-term incentive plan. However, the Group offers voluntary participation 
in the SPP as a means to align employees with shareholders, encourage employees to think and act like business 
owners and to create value over the longer term. The Group does not offer share grants to employees as the Board 
does not believe that grants create alignment with shareholders through true ownership, as the employees are not 
required  to  pay  for  shares  through  these  instruments.  The  Group  does  not  grant  share  options  to  Directors  or 
employees  given  the  asymmetric  payoff  structure  of  options  which  again  creates  a  lack  of  alignment  between 
employees and shareholders.  

The Group’s SPP is a subscription for shares by SPP participants at the prevailing market price.  The Group provides 
financial assistance to the SPP participants for up to either 75% or 100% of the subscription value, via a full recourse, 
interest-free loan, and thus the SPP participant bears the full risks and benefits of being a shareholder.  The Board 
believes  the  Group  is  best  placed  to  offer  stable  financing  arrangements  to  establish  and  support  meaningful 
ownership  as  it  would  be  counterproductive  to  a  true  long-term  ownership  position  if  short  term  share  price 
movements were to impact an employee’s own financing of this loan. The full recourse loan is compulsorily repaid 
via dividends paid on associated shares plus 25% of the relevant employees after tax variable incentive. As the loan 
is full recourse, participants are liable to repay the loan irrespective of the performance of the Group’s shares. 

The SPP provides participants with the opportunity to acquire a meaningful ownership interest in the Group  and, 
unlike many option and performance share plans, participants are required to pay for the shares.  The interest-free 
component of the full recourse loan provides real value to SPP participants and is expensed by the Group through 
the Group’s Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss.  

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3.

2019 Remuneration Report (Audited) (continued)

The Board believes promoting meaningful broad based ownership should start at Board level and therefore the Group 
also offers SPP participation to Non-Executive Directors. The Board does not require any minimum share ownership 
thresholds,  however  the  SPP  structure  delivers  a  shareholding  often  many  multiples  of  the  value  of  their  Non-
Executive Director’s fees. Importantly, this also allows Non-Executive Directors to be appropriately invested in the 
Group  at  the  beginning  of  their  tenure  rather  than  waiting  many  years  to  accumulate  a  meaningful  ownership 
position. The Board believes that providing full recourse financial assistance to Non-Executive Directors under the 
SPP  does  not  hinder  their  independence  from  management  and  that  establishing  a  meaningful  ownership  stake 
promotes independent thought and engagement that will be in the long-term interests of the Group’s shareholders. 
The Group’s shareholders must approve the provision of financing to the Non-Executive Directors by way of a vote 
at the Annual General Meeting. 

Further details of the SPP are set out in note 14 to the financial statements. 

3.2 

Remuneration of Non-Executive Directors 

The Board periodically reviews and determines the remuneration of the Non-Executive Directors and may utilise the 
services  of  external  advisors.    The  Board’s  remuneration  policy  is  designed  to  attract  and  retain  appropriately 
experienced, skilled and  qualified  personnel in order to achieve  the Group’s objectives.  The remuneration of the 
Non-Executive Directors is not linked to the performance or earnings of the Group. 

Remuneration and other terms of employment for the Non-Executive Directors are formalised in service agreements 
with the Group. Non-Executive Directors are appointed for a term of three years unless the Non-Executive Director 
is not re-elected by shareholders of the Company. 

The Board believes that Non-Executive Director fees should be modest and that when combined with a meaningful 
ownership  stake,  Non-Executive  Directors’  interests  are  better  aligned  with  the  shareholders  when  considering 
important  strategic  issues  such  as  executive  compensation,  acquisitions,  dividend  policy,  capital  management, 
corporate transactions, development of corporate culture and ethical business practices.   

On that basis, remuneration comprises Directors’ fees (inclusive of superannuation) and the non-cash expense to 
the Group of providing the full recourse, interest-free loans under the SPP described in section 3.1.  Together, these 
form part of the Non-Executive Director Remuneration Cap set out in clause 50(a) of the Constitution, which currently 
stands at $750,000.  

The  following  table  outlines  the  Non-Executive  Directors’  fees  (inclusive  of  superannuation)  for  the  Board  and 
Committees of both the Group and Magellan Asset Management Limited for the year ended 30 June 2019: 

Board (Group) 

Audit & Risk Committee 

Remuneration & Nominations Committee 

Position 
Non-Executive Director 

Chairman 
Member 
Chairman 
Member 

Fees ($) 
70,000 

25,000 
10,000 
- 
- 

The Group has reimbursed or borne expenses incurred by the Non-Executive Directors in the discharge of their duties 
of $731 (June 2018: $1,221). 

No retirement benefits (other than superannuation) are provided to Non-Executive Directors.

Changes to remuneration of Non-Executive Directors from 1 July 2019 

From 1 July 2019, the following changes to Non-Executive Director remuneration will be implemented: 
•

Non-Executive  Directors’  fees  will increase  3%  per  annum.  The  change  represents  the  first  increase  in  Non-
Executive Director fees since the year ended 30 June 2014. The Board determined that a small annual increase
in Non-Executive Director fees is appropriate  given the increasing  size  and complexity of the business whilst
remaining in line with the Group’s philosophy that Non-Executive Director fees should be modest; and

• Mr Fraser’s appointment as Chair to the Magellan Asset Management Limited Board will result in an additional
fee of $25,000 per annum for this role (pro-rata payment from appointment on 5 June 2019 to 30 June 2019).

There will be no additional fee for the Deputy Chair of the Group. 

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for the year ended 30 June 2019

3.

2019 Remuneration Report (Audited) (continued)

3.3 

Remuneration of Executive Directors and Other KMP

The below table provides a summary of Executive Directors and Other KMP remuneration structures for the 2019 
financial year. 

Fixed remuneration 
(incl. of superannuation) 

Brett Cairns 

$1,500,000 

Hamish 
Douglass 

$2,500,000 

Other KMP 

Market-based base salary 

Variable remuneration 

SPP participation 

Not entitled to receive variable 
incentive payments in 2019 

Ability to participate in SPP 

Up to 200% of fixed compensation 
based on the performance of the 
Group’s Global Equity strategy over 
a three year period 

Not entitled to participate in 
SPP as he owns 22.2 million 
shares which provide a material 
alignment with shareholders 

Generally up to 100% of fixed 
remuneration based on individual 
performance / contribution and the 
overall performance of the Group 

Ability to participate in SPP 

Mr Douglass’ remuneration structure 

Mr  Douglass  is  Magellan’s  co-founder,  Chief  Investment  Officer  and  Lead  Portfolio  Manager  of  Magellan’s  Global 
Equities strategies. Previously Mr Douglass also served as CEO and in October 2018 moved to the role of Chairman 
of  the  Group’s  Board  of  Directors,  with  Dr  Cairns  moving  to  the  role  of  CEO  and  assuming  all  operational 
responsibilities. This management change was made to allow Mr Douglass more time to focus on his key roles as 
Chief  Investment  Officer  and  the  Lead  Portfolio  Manager  of  Magellan’s  Global  Equities  strategies.  Mr  Douglass’ 
remuneration remains unchanged and the Board believes it is important for Mr Douglass’ remuneration to continue 
to be tied to the performance of the investment strategies under his control. Mr Douglass is responsible for managing 
$64.0 billion of funds under management (as at 30 June 2019). Focusing on client outcomes and achieving Magellan’s 
investment objectives will ultimately be in shareholders’ interests.  

Mr Douglass’ remuneration outlined below took effect from 1 July 2018 for a minimum of three years. Mr Douglass’ 
remuneration is subject to a maximum total annual remuneration cap of $7,500,000 over this period. 

Mr Douglass’  fixed  remuneration  (inclusive  of  superannuation)  for  the  year  ended  30  June  2019  was  $2,500,000 
(2018: $3,476,832).  

On an annual basis, Mr Douglass is eligible to receive variable compensation being a maximum amount of up to but 
not  exceeding  200%  of  his  fixed  compensation  for  that  financial  year.  Mr  Douglass’  annual  variable  incentive  is 
determined in relation to the performance of the investment strategies under his control over a three year period. 
Importantly, the three year performance period emphasises the Group’s medium to long term focus for its investment 
strategies and the needs of clients.  Achieving superior investment returns for clients over the medium to long term 
will  ultimately  be  in  shareholders’  interests.  Mr  Douglass  does  not  receive  any  of  his  variable  incentive  upfront. 
Instead payment is deferred over the subsequent three financial years which is consistent with the medium term 
focus of Mr Douglass’ variable remuneration arrangements.  

In addition, Mr Douglass’ substantial shareholding in the Group, along with his investments in the Group’s investment 
strategies, creates strong alignment with clients and shareholders. 

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for the year ended 30 June 2019

3.

2019 Remuneration Report (Audited) (continued)

The  Board,  in  consultation  with  Mr  Douglass,  determined  the  performance  metrics  and  underlying  quantitative 
measures that apply for the relevant period for Mr Douglass’ variable remuneration. For the year ending 30 June 
2019, the metrics were: 

Performance 
Metrics 
Ranking of the 
Global Equity 
Strategy
 in Peer Group(A) 
(rolling 3 years as at 
30 June each year) 

Absolute 
Performance 
 (Gross Return) 
of the Global Equity 
Strategy (measured 
in USD) 
(rolling 3 years as at 
30 June each year) 

Relative gross 
investment 
performance of the 
Global Equity 
Strategy against its 
Benchmark Index(B) 
(rolling 3 years as at 
30 June each year) 

Down Market 
Capture of the 
Global Equity 
Strategy (measured 
in USD) against its 
Benchmark Index 
(rolling 3 years as at 
30 June each year) 

Weighting 
25% 

Percentage Paid/Performance Measures 

The percentage paid is in the range of 0% to 100% 
dependent on the ranking quartile band achieved as per the 
below table: 

100% 
50% to 100% 
(sliding scale) 

1st Quartile 
Bottom of 2nd Quartile to top of 2nd 
Quartile 

0% 

3rd and 4th Quartile (bottom 50%) 

25% 

The percentage paid is in the range of 0% to 100% 
dependent on the absolute performance achieved as per the 
below table: 

100% 
50% to 100% 
(sliding scale) 
0% 

12% p.a. or greater 
8% p.a. to 12% p.a. 

Less than 8% p.a. 

2019 outcome 
Mr Douglass received 
100% of this 
component in 2019, 
based on a 1st Quartile 
ranking 

Mr Douglass received 
100% of this 
component in 2019, 
based on absolute 
performance of 19.23% 
p.a.

25% 

The percentage paid is in the range of 0% to 100% 
dependent on pre-determined relative performance 
differences above the Benchmark Index as per the below 
table: 

100% 

50% to 100% 
(sliding scale) 

Achieves Benchmark Index + 2.5% p.a. 
or greater 
Achieves Benchmark Index to 
Benchmark Index + 2.5% p.a. 

Mr Douglass received 
100% of this 
component in 2019, 
based on gross 
investment 
performance of 19.23% 
p.a. against Benchmark 
Index of 14.0% p.a.

0% 

Achieves less than Benchmark Index p.a. 

25% 

The percentage paid is in the range of 0% to 100% 
dependent on the Down Market Capture achieved as per the 
table below: 

100% 

100% to 50% 
(sliding scale) 
0% 

Achieves Down Market Capture less than 
75% 
Achieves Down Market Capture of 75% 
to less than 100% 
Achieves Down Market Capture greater 
or equal to 100% 

Mr Douglass received 
100% of this 
component in 2019, 
based on Down Market 
Capture of 72.92% 

(A)  Ranking determined by reference to Magellan Global Fund’s quartile positioning in Global Equity sector for the 3 year total

(B)

return as set out in the Morningstar Australian Institutional Sector Survey as at June of each year (or if that survey ceases to
be published, an equivalent replacement survey).
The Benchmark Index is the MSCI World Net Total Return (in USD), a free-float adjusted market capitalisation weighted
index designed to measure the equity performance of 24 developed markets. Index results assume the reinvestment of all
distributions of capital gain and net investment income using a tax rate applicable to non-resident institutional investors who
do not benefit from double taxation treaties. The returns are calculated using published index data on a daily basis. Daily
returns are compounded to calculate the monthly and longer term returns.

In respect of the year ended 30 June 2019, Mr Douglass will receive a total variable incentive of $5,000,000 (June 
2018: $3,162,396) payable in 36 equal monthly instalments.  Mr Douglass’ entitlement to variable incentive amounts 
is dependent on him being employed by the Group at the time of the payment and, where relevant, is also subject 
to the termination arrangements described in “Termination arrangements” in Section 3.5. 

Dr Cairns’ remuneration structure 

Dr Cairns’ fixed remuneration is subject to annual review and, for the year ended 30 June 2019, was increased to 
$1,500,000 (inclusive of superannuation) (2018: $1,250,000). For the year ended 30 June 2019, Dr Cairns was not 
entitled to a variable incentive. 

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for the year ended 30 June 2019

3.

2019 Remuneration Report (Audited) (continued)

Changes to Dr Cairns’ remuneration structure from 1 July 2019 

As a result of Dr Cairns’ appointment to the role of Chief Executive Officer in October 2018, the Board determined it 
was appropriate to review Dr Cairns’ remuneration structure. From 1 July 2019, Dr Cairns’ remuneration is outlined 
below: 
Fixed 
remuneration 

Annual base salary will increase to $1,545,000 per annum (inclusive of superannuation) effective 1
July 2019
Fixed remuneration to increase by 3% each year

•

Variable 
remuneration 

SPP 
participation 

Review 

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

•

Eligible to receive variable remuneration of up to 50% of fixed remuneration based on performance
metrics the Board believes are important to the long term success of the business and over which Dr
Cairns has direct influence
Four  performance  metrics  for  the  2020  financial  year  are:  Delivery  of  Key  Strategic  Projects;
Leadership,  People  and  Culture;  Compliance,  Governance  and  Cybersecurity  and  Operational
Effectiveness
The Remuneration and Nominations Committee will determine the amount to be awarded on an annual
basis with regard to the determined performance metrics
The  Board  will,  in  consultation  with  Dr  Cairns,  review  the  performance  metrics  that  will  apply,  and
their respective weightings, from 1 July each year

Subject to approval by shareholders, eligible to participate in a one-off SPP offer of $5,000,000 with a
tenure of 10 years
Subject to approval by shareholders, 100% financial assistance provided by the Group on full recourse
and interest free basis
100% of annual awarded variable remuneration (net of tax) and all dividends earned on SPP shares
will be directed to repayment of the SPP financial assistance

Arrangements relating to Dr Cairns’ remuneration package to be reviewed in 3 years’ time

In considering the appropriate structure for Dr Cairns’ remuneration as CEO, the Board believes it is important for 
incentives to be aligned to the Group’s strategy and aimed at areas where Dr Cairns has a direct influence over the 
outcome.  As  previously  outlined  to  shareholders,  the  key  driver  of  creating  shareholder  value  is  servicing  and 
retaining the Group’s existing clients and the funds the Group already manages on behalf of clients by achieving our 
stated investment objectives. Over time, shareholder value can also be created by additional earnings growth via net 
new client business either via flows into existing products or via the launch of new products.  

As  CEO,  Dr  Cairns  is  not  responsible  for  managing  client  money  and,  therefore,  the  Board  believes  it  would  be 
inappropriate for incentives to be based on investment performance. Dr Cairns is responsible for ensuring the Group 
operates to the highest standard and to ensure operational areas that underpin the Group’s reputation and confidence 
of clients in the Group such as compliance, cybersecurity and fund operations are managed appropriately. Further, 
the Group’s employees are key to the success of the Group and achievement of the Group’s strategy and the ability 
to foster and retain key talent and protect the Group’s cultural values is a priority for the business. Dr Cairns is also 
integral to a number of strategic projects under development that if successful, could create significant shareholder 
value.  Execution  of  these  projects  without  encouraging  undue  risks  is  therefore  also  a  component  of  Dr  Cairns’ 
remuneration.  

Remuneration structure for Other KMP 
Fixed remuneration is structured as a total employment cost package, which may be received as a combination of 
cash, non-cash benefits and superannuation contributions. Fixed remuneration for Other KMP is reviewed annually 
to ensure that it is competitive and reasonable, however there are no guaranteed increases to the fixed remuneration 
amount.   
When considering variable remuneration, the Board’s primary objective is that KMP are motivated to build valuable 
long  term  client  relationships  and  generate  returns  for  investors  in  the  funds  managed  by  the  Group  which  will 
ultimately deliver shareholder wealth over the long term.  

The CEO determines the amount of variable incentive to be paid to Other KMP, subject to review and approval by 
the  Remuneration  and  Nominations  Committee,  taking  into  consideration  the  individual’s  performance  and 
contribution during the year.  The variable compensation of Other KMP is discretionary and may be in the range of 
0 to 100% of fixed remuneration (higher in exceptional circumstances) and comprises a cash bonus amount and a 
conditional deferred cash bonus payable in 36 equal monthly instalments over the course of the next three financial 
years. Entitlement to the deferred cash bonus is dependent on Other KMP being employed by the Group at the time 
of payment.  

The Board believes that the CEO’s and Chairman’s shareholdings and the participation in the Group’s SPP by Other 
KMP closely align their interests with the long term interests of shareholders. 

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for the year ended 30 June 2019

3.

2019 Remuneration Report (Audited) (continued)

Summary of 2019 variable remuneration outcomes 

(a) Variable remuneration outcomes for 2019

The tables below outline the variable remuneration outcomes (as a % of fixed remuneration) for Executive Directors 
and Other KMP for the 2019 financial year and provide an overview of key achievements and business outcomes 
delivered by Other KMP that were considered when determining their variable remuneration for the year.  

Variable 
remuneration 
outcome 
n.a.

KMP 
Brett 
Cairns 

Hamish 
Douglass 

100% 

Kirsten 
Morton 

95% 

Marcia 
Venegas 

80% 

Craig 
Wright 

90% 

Comments 

• No entitlement to receive variable incentive payments in 2019.

• Based  on  agreed  criteria  and  performance  metrics  relating  to  the  performance  of  the

investment strategies under his control over the three year period to 30 June 2019
• The performance metrics and relative weightings of these are outlined in section 3.3

• Completed full integration of Airlie and centralised US operations resulting in lower recurring

cost base for the benefit of shareholders

• Well  progressed  on  rationalisation  initiatives  (primarily  from  recent  acquisitions)  and

simplification of supplier arrangements delivering cost and resource efficiencies

• Procurement  review  of  key  supplier  arrangements  in  investment  operations  delivered

recurring cost savings

• Continued  enhancement  of  operational  processes  across  business  support  and  control
functions with a focus on knowledge transfer, risk and costs to support the Group’s strategic 
initiatives and maximise efficiencies

• Enhanced the Group’s Risk Management Framework including fully integrating Airlie
•
• Streamlined processes to create or increase efficiencies across risk, compliance, legal and

Implemented new compliance and regulatory requirements

company secretarial functions

• Provided risk and compliance advice on strategic initiatives and new products

• Leading  the  project  management  of  strategic  initiatives  across  the  Group,  including  the
initial public offering of the Magellan High Conviction Trust and  other products currently
under development

• Overseeing the Group’s IT infrastructure & security and business continuity planning
• Overseeing the Group’s UCITS investment company based in Ireland
• Overseeing the establishment of a new co-mingled fund in respect of the High Conviction

investment strategy to make that strategy available to institutional investors globally

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3.

2019 Remuneration Report (Audited) (continued)

(b) Split between cash and conditional deferred cash bonus components of 2019 variable remuneration

The below table provides a summary of variable remuneration outcomes for Executive Directors and Other KMP for 
the years ended 30 June 2019 and 30 June 2018.  The table outlines the portion of variable remuneration awarded 
for each financial year that is paid in cash and the portion that is deferred over subsequent financial years.  

Variable incentive outcomes

Cash Bonus (A)

Conditional 
Deferred Cash 
Bonus (B)

Total  variable 
remuneration 
awarded

Fixed 
remuneration 
(incl. 
superannuation)

Total  variable 
remuneration 
awarded 
as % of fixed 
remuneration

$

$

$

$

%

Executive Directors(C)

H Douglass

2019

2018

- 

- 

5,000,000

3,162,396

5,000,000

3,162,396

2,500,000

3,476,832

Group Executives (Other KMP)

K Morton

M Venegas

C Wright

Total KMP(D)

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

312,462

274,500

227,100

181,686

252,207

233,250

127,863

175,500

81,900

99,564

95,418

141,750

440,325

450,000

309,000

281,250

347,625

375,000

463,500

450,000

386,250

375,000

386,250

375,000

791,769

689,436

5,305,181

3,579,210

6,096,950

4,268,646

3,736,000

4,676,832

200%

91%

95%

100%

80%

75%

90%

100%

(A)  Cash Bonus represents the portion of Group Executives’ awarded variable remuneration that is paid in cash after the release of

the Group’s Annual Report.

(B)  Conditional Deferred Cash Bonus represents the portion of Group Executives’ awarded variable remuneration for the financial
year  that  is  deferred  and  is  paid  in  cash  in  36  equal  monthly  instalments  in  future  financial  years,  subject  to  continued
employment with the Group.

(C)  Dr Cairns is not entitled to any variable incentive in 2018 or 2019. 
(D)  Comparative information does not include remuneration details for executives who are no longer KMP in 2019. As a result, the

amount disclosed in the 2018 Remuneration Report differs from the amount above.

The conditional deferred cash bonus payable by the Group to the Executive Directors, Other KMP and employees in 
respect of the year ended 30 June 2019 is $12,643,169 and payable over the years ending 30 June 2020, 30 June 
2021 and 30 June 2022 (June 2018: $9,823,552 and payable over the years ended 30 June 2019, 30 June 2020 and 
30 June 2021). 

Details  of  the  remuneration  paid  to  Executive  Directors  and  Other  KMP  is  provided  in  section  3.4.  Details  of  the 
employment agreements of Executive Directors and Other KMP are described in section 3.5. 

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3.

2019 Remuneration Report (Audited) (continued)

3.4 
The total amount paid or payable to KMP of the Group is detailed below: 

Details of Remuneration 

Short Term Benefits

Leave Benefits

Salary

Cash 
Bonus
(A )

Conditional 
Deferred Cash 
Bonus paid 
(B)

Super-
annuation

Total Cash 
Remuneration
(C )

Short  
term
(D)

Long  
term
(D)

Other 
Benefits
(E )

Total Statutory 
Remuneration
(F )

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

73,059

73,059

88,339

86,758

80,000

80,000

73,059

73,059

73,059

73,059

1,479,469

1,229,951

2,479,469

3,456,783

442,969

429,951

365,719

354,951

365,719

354,951

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 

- 

312,462

274,500

227,100

181,686

252,207

233,250

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1,981,291

927,159

155,250

96,750

62,438

29,250

84,918

37,668

6,941

6,941

8,392

8,242

- 

- 

6,941

6,941

6,941

6,941

20,531

20,049

20,531

20,049

20,531

20,049

20,531

20,049

20,531

20,049

80,000

80,000

96,731

95,000

80,000

80,000

80,000

80,000

80,000

80,000

1,500,000

1,250,000

4,481,291

4,403,991

931,212

821,250

675,788

585,936

723,375

645,918

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(1,911)

23,645

(127,063)

170,963

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(1,141)

7,167

(1,304)

(2,136)

5,763

(586)

8,486

36,389

- 

- 

32,254

- 

21,970

15,986

17,363

22,379

-

-

19,171

23,435

14,324

18,463

-

-

-

-

1,981

5,115

110 

888 

2,858

6,526

101,970

95,986

114,094

117,379

80,000

80,000

99,171

103,435

94,324

98,463

1,498,089

1,273,645

4,354,228

4,574,954

940,538

869,921

674,594

584,688

764,250

651,858

Non-Executive Directors

John Eales

Robert Fraser

Paul Lewis

Hamish McLennan

Karen Phin

Executive Directors

Brett Cairns

H Douglass

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

Group Executives (Other KMP)

K Morton

M Venegas

C Wright

Total KMP( G)

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019
2018

5,520,861

6,212,522

791,769

689,436

2,283,897

1,090,827

131,871

129,310

8,728,398

8,122,095

(125,656)

40,739

199,053

36,389

77,777

92,792

8,721,258

8,450,329

(A)  The cash bonus amount includes the current year cash bonus.
(B)  The conditional deferred cash bonus paid is the deferred components of prior years’ bonuses which have been paid in cash

over the course of the current year.

(C)  The  total  represents  the  cash  amounts  actually  received  by  the  Group  KMP,  as distinct  from  the  accounting  expense.  As  a

result, it does not align to Australian Accounting Standards.

(D)  Comprises annual leave and long service leave entitlements accrued but not taken during the year. Mr Douglass' long service
leave accrual was reduced by $168,400 on 1 July 2018 reflecting Mr Douglass' lower base salary effective 1 July 2018. Ms
Morton's short-term entitlements annual leave also includes an amount of $17,038 for annual leave paid out during the year
ended 30 June 2019 (June 2018: $16,537).

(E)  Other benefits represent the expense of providing interest-free loans to Participants in the Share Purchase Plan (refer to further

details at section 3.1). These are non-cash items.

(F)  No non-monetary benefits or other short term benefits not otherwise disclosed above were paid during the years ended 30

June 2019 and 30 June 2018.

(G)  Comparative information does not include remuneration details for executives who are no longer KMP in 2019. As a result, the

amount disclosed in the 2018 Remuneration Report differs from the amount above.

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for the year ended 30 June 2019 

3.

2019 Remuneration Report (Audited) (continued)

Employment Agreements 

3.5 
The  Executive  Directors  and  Other  KMP  are  engaged  under  employment  agreements  with  Magellan  Asset 
Management Limited (“MAM”), a controlled entity of the Group. 

Hamish Douglass, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer 
Mr  Douglass  is  employed  under  a  contract  with  MAM,  with  effect  from  1  March  2008  and  which  will  continue 
indefinitely until terminated. The terms of the contract are outlined below. 

Fixed and variable compensation  
Mr Douglass is entitled to fixed and variable compensation as outlined in Section 3.3. 

Shareholding requirement 
Mr Douglass’ contract does not specify a shareholding ownership requirement. However as one of the founders of 
the business Mr Douglass and his associates hold 22,212,727 ordinary shares (2018: 22,212,727 ordinary shares).  

Termination arrangements 
Termination arrangements within Mr Douglass’ employment contract are as follows: 

Termination with cause:  The Board may immediately terminate Mr Douglass’ employment agreement with cause. 
Under these circumstances, Mr Douglass will be paid the statutory requirements of any accrued fixed remuneration 
(eg accrued base salary and superannuation) and accrued leave entitlements (eg annual and long service leave) at 
the termination date, after set-off of any loss suffered by the Group from the acts of Mr Douglass which led to his 
termination.   

Termination without cause:  Either the Board or Mr Douglass can terminate Mr Douglass’ employment contract at 
any time by providing not less than 12 months written notice.  Under these circumstances, Mr Douglass will be paid 
the statutory requirements of any accrued fixed remuneration (eg accrued base salary and superannuation), accrued 
leave entitlements (eg annual and long service leave) at the termination date and any other amounts approved by 
the Board in its absolute discretion subject to all applicable laws and regulations. 

Termination due to death or incapacity:  In addition to the statutory requirements of any accrued fixed remuneration 
(eg accrued base salary and superannuation) and accrued leave entitlements (eg annual and long service leave) at 
the termination date, Mr Douglass will be paid: 
•
•

any outstanding variable remuneration attributable to any previous financial year; and
a pro-rata variable remuneration component for the period from 1 July of that year to the termination date.

Dr Brett Cairns, CEO 
The CEO is employed under a contract with MAM, with effect from 1 January 2015 and which will continue indefinitely 
until terminated. 

MAM may terminate the contract at any time by giving not less than three months written notice or providing payment 
in lieu of that notice, or at any time without notice if serious misconduct has occurred.  Dr Cairns may terminate the 
contract at any time by giving three months written notice. In the event of termination of Dr Cairns’ contract, his 
termination payment would comprise any accrued fixed compensation, including superannuation, after set-off of any 
loss  suffered by the Group from the acts of Dr Cairns which led to his termination; and  any amounts of accrued 
annual and long service leave. 

Under the contract, Dr Cairns is restrained from soliciting employees and clients of MAM or any related company of 
MAM for a period of six months after termination of employment. 

Group Executives (Other KMP) 
Other KMP have rolling employment contracts with MAM.  MAM may terminate the contracts at any time by giving 
not less than one month written notice or providing payment in lieu of that notice, or at any time without notice if 
serious misconduct has occurred.  Other KMP may terminate the contract at any time by giving one month written 
notice.  On termination, Other KMP are required to repay any loan amounts outstanding in respect of shares acquired 
under the Group’s SPP in accordance with the SPP terms and conditions. In the event of the termination of an Other 
KMP contract, their termination payment would comprise any accrued fixed compensation, including superannuation, 
after set-off of any loss suffered by MAM from the acts of that Other KMP which led to their termination; and any 
amounts of accrued annual and long service leave. 

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

3.

2019 Remuneration Report (Audited) (continued)

3.6 
The number of ordinary shares held during the year by each KMP is set out below: 

Shareholdings 

Non-Executive Directors

John Eales

Robert Fraser

Paul Lewis

Hamish McLennan

Karen Phin

Executive Directors

Brett Cairns
Hamish Douglass(A )
Group Executives (Other KMP)

Kirsten Morton

Marcia Venegas

Craig Wright

Opening
balance

1 July  
2017

24,262

599,109

Net
Additions/
(disposals)

53,354

- 

Closing
balance
30 June 
2018

77,616

599,109

1,725,000

(225,000)

1,500,000

100,248

89,312

1,024,523

22,203,127

18,896

2,126

18,896

- 

- 

- 

9,600

- 

763 

- 

100,248

89,312

1,024,523

22,212,727

18,896

2,889

18,896

Net
Additions/
(disposals)

Closing
balance
30 June 
2019

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

10,000

- 

- 

- 

- 

77,616

599,109

1,500,000

100,248

89,312

1,034,523

22,212,727

18,896

2,889

18,896

(A)

Prior years restated for ordinary shares disclosed in Appendix 3Y dated 6 August 2019.

The Board does not grant options to KMP or employees of the Group under its remuneration policy. 

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

3.

2019 Remuneration Report (Audited) (continued)

3.7 
The number of units held during the year by each KMP in funds managed by the Group, is set out below: 

Unitholdings in Magellan Funds 

Opening Additions/

Closing Additions/

Closing

balance (disposals)

balance (disposals)

1 July 2017

(A ) 30 June 2018

balance
(A ) 30 June 2019

Magellan Global Fund

Directors
Hamish Douglass(B)
Paul Lewis

Magellan Infrastructure Fund

Directors
Hamish Douglass(B)
Paul Lewis
Magellan High Conviction Fund( C )
Directors
Hamish Douglass(B)
Group Executives (Other KMP)

Craig Wright

Magellan Global Equities Fund

Directors

Brett Cairns
Hamish Douglass(B)
Group Executives (Other KMP)

Marcia Venegas

Craig Wright

Magellan Global Equities Fund (Currency Hedged)

Directors

Brett Cairns
Hamish Douglass(B)
Magellan Infrastructure Fund (Currency Hedged)

Group Executives (Other KMP)

Marcia Venegas
Magellan Global Trust( D)
Directors

Brett Cairns
Hamish Douglass(B)
John Eales

Robert Fraser

Paul Lewis

Hamish McLennan

Karen Phin

Group Executives (Other KMP)

Kirsten Morton

Marcia Venegas

Craig Wright

Airlie Australian Share Fund

Directors

Karen Phin

2,014,953

505,920

38,558

15,954

2,053,512

521,873

121,007

35,253

2,174,518

557,126

101,174

374,782

- 

34,939

101,174

409,721

- 

18,909

101,174

428,629

1,719,489

152,750

1,872,239

1,469,078

3,341,317

- 

94,932

94,932

(56,237)

38,695

40,518

627,069

- 

7,440

732

10,602

3,344

134 

41,250

637,671

3,344

7,574

1,228

55,816

- 

(7,574)

42,478

693,487

3,344

- 

10,000

510,385

178

9,103

10,178

519,488

394

353

10,572

519,841

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

3,508

3,508

45 

3,553

72,198

72,198

12,635

84,833

14,386,425

14,386,425

579,809

14,966,234

217,598

174,283

92,198

72,019

72,198

27,625

10,830

36,101

217,598

174,283

92,198

72,019

72,198

27,625

10,830

36,101

66,701

16,664

12,635

12,628

12,635

7,615

427

(36,101)

284,299

190,947

104,833

84,647

84,833

35,240

11,257

- 

- 

- 

19,049

19,049

Includes the reinvestment of June and December distributions in the years ended 30 June 2018 and 30 June 2019 respectively.

(A) 
(B)  Prior years restated to include units disclosed in the Appendix 3Y dated 6 August 2019. In addition to the above holdings, Mr Douglass selected
the Magellan Global Fund product via his employer superannuation account and currently has holdings of 459,428 units at a value of $982,166
as at 30 June 2019 (June 2018: 450,260 at a value of $821,003).
Includes Class A and Class B units of the Magellan High Conviction Trust.
If KMP were eligible and participated in the Magellan Global Trust Unit Purchase Plan (“UPP”) in the year ended 30 June 2019, additions include
units issued under the UPP offer on 13 March 2019 at $1.5327 per new unit. These units were issued on the same terms as other investors in
the UPP offer.

(D) 

(C) 

Unless specified above, no other KMP held units in Magellan Funds. 

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

3.

2019 Remuneration Report (Audited) (continued)

Loans to KMP 

3.8 
The Group has made full recourse interest-free loans to Non-Executive Directors and Other KMP in connection with 
shares acquired under the Group’s SPP.  As at 30 June 2019, six KMP held a loan (June 2018: seven). The terms and 
conditions of the loans, including repayment terms, are disclosed in note 14 of the financial statements. There are 
no other related party transactions with the KMPs other than those disclosed. 

SPP  Shares

Opening

Loans

Loans

Closing Loan Balance

acquired 

Loan

made

(repaid)

during year

Balance

Face 
value(A)

Carrying
 value(A)

Number

$

$

$

$

$

Directors

John Eales

Robert Fraser

2019

2018

2019

2018

Hamish McLennan 2019

Karen Phin

2018

2019

2018

Group Executives (Other KMP)

K Morton

M Venegas

C Wright

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

-  

976,243

- 

(87,394)

888,850

836,413

53,354

- 

999,987

(23,744)

976,243

901,837

-  

-  

-  

-  

-  

-  

-  

-  

-  

-  

-  

-  

712,311

801,949

916,791

975,431

587,659

661,580

110,305

160,360

25,056

49,166

126,470

170,049

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(160,116)

552,195

546,585

(89,638)

712,311

689,238

(104,747)

812,044

779,054

(58,640)

916,791

864,629

(132,097)

455,562

450,851

(73,921)

587,659

568,623

(67,342)

42,963

42,869

(50,055)

110,305

108,049

(25,056)

(24,110)

-  

-  

25,056

24,946

(61,877)

64,593

64,000

(43,579)

126,470

123,020

(A) The face value represents the loan balance due to be repaid to the Company. The carrying value represents the loan balance

as required by the accounting standards (for further detail, please refer to note 14 of the financial statements)

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

3.

2019 Remuneration Report (Audited) (continued)

3.9 

Link Between Performance and Remuneration Paid by the Group

Total revenue ($'000)

Total expenses ($'000)

Net profit after tax ($'000)

Diluted earnings per share  (cents per share)
Adjusted revenue ($'000)(A )
Adjusted expenses ($'000)(A )
Adjusted net profit after tax ($'000)(A )
Adjusted diluted earnings per share (cents per share)(A )
Total Dividends paid (cents per share)
Closing share price (ASX code: MFG)(B)

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

617,387

124,050

376,947

213.1

577,251

104,024

364,225

205.9

185.2

452,598

181,988

211,791

122.0

452,598

101,010

268,897

154.9

134.5

338,268

82,141

196,225

114.1

338,268

82,141

196,225

114.1

85.6

333,805

74,104

198,357

115.5

333,805

74,104

198,357

115.5

89.3

284,912

54,603

174,295

101.8

284,912

54,603

174,295

101.8

74.9

$        

51.00

$        

23.30

$        

28.84

$        

22.25

$        

17.40

Total KMP remuneration(C ):
- fixed compensation ($)(D)
- variable compensation ($)(E )

Number of KMPs

% growth in net profit after tax
% growth in adjusted net profit after tax

% growth in diluted earnings per share
% growth in adjusted diluted earnings per share

% growth in total KMP remuneration

% growth in dividends paid

5,567,815

8,782,415

6,608,195

4,520,621

3,525,342

3,153,443

4,448,273

3,594,905

4,147,820

3,706,172

8,721,258 13,230,688 10,203,100

8,668,441

7,231,514

10

78%

35%

75%

33%

-34%

38%

12

8%

37%

7%

36%

30%

57%

12

-1%

-1%

-1%

-1%

18%

-4%

10

14%

14%

13%

13%

20%

19%

9

110%

110%

108%

108%

11%

96%

4%
Total KMP remuneration as % of net profit after tax
(A)  Adjusted financial measures are adjusted for non-cash items (amortisation expense and unrealised gains/losses) and transaction 

6%

4%

5%

2%

costs related to strategic initiatives.

(B)  As at 30 June. 
(C)  As reported in historical Annual Reports and has not been adjusted for changes to KMP. 
(D)  Fixed compensation comprises salary, superannuation and leave benefits outlined in Table 3.4. 
(E)  Variable compensation comprises cash bonuses and other benefits outlined in Table 3.4. 

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

4.

Other

Indemnification and Insurance of Directors and Officers 

4.1 
The Group insures the Directors and Officers of the Group in office to the extent permitted by law for losses, liabilities, 
costs  and charges in  defending  any legal proceedings arising out of their conduct while  acting in the capacity of 
Directors and Officers of the Group, other than conduct involving a wilful breach of duty in relation to the Group. 

During the year, the Group paid insurance premiums to insure the Directors and Officers of the Company and its 
subsidiaries  as  permitted  by  the Corporations Act 2001.  The  terms  of  the  contract  prohibit  the  disclosure  of  the 
premiums paid. 

4.2     Auditor 
Ernst & Young continues in office in accordance with section 327 of the Corporation Act 2001. 

Non-audit Services 

4.3  
During the year, Ernst & Young, the Group’s auditor, has performed other services in addition to its statutory duties. 
Details of the amounts paid or payable to the auditor are set out in note 22 to the financial statements.  

The Directors, in accordance with advice received from the Audit & Risk Committee, are satisfied that the provision 
of  those  non-audit  services  during  the  year  did  not  compromise  the  auditor  independence  requirements  of  the 
Corporations Act 2001 for the following reasons: 

•

•

all non-audit services have been reviewed by the Audit & Risk Committee to ensure that they do not impact the
impartiality and objectivity of the auditor; and
none of the services undermine the general principles relating to auditor independence as set out in APES 110
Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants.

  Auditor’s Independence Declaration 

4.4  
A copy of the Auditor’s Independence Declaration as required under section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001 is set 
out on page 36. 

Rounding of Amounts 

4.5  
The Company is of a kind referred to in the ASIC Corporations (Rounding in Financial/Directors’ Reports) Instrument 
2016/191 and amounts in the Directors’ Report have been rounded to the nearest thousand dollars in accordance 
with that Legislative Instrument, or in certain cases, the nearest dollar. 

This report is made in accordance with a resolution of the Directors. 

Hamish M Douglass 
Chairman 

Sydney 
13 August 2019

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Auditor’s independence declaration to the Directors of Magellan 
Financial Group Limited 

As lead auditor for the audit of the financial report of Magellan Financial Group Limited for the 
financial year ended 30 June 2019, I declare to the best of my knowledge and belief, there have been: 

a) no contraventions of the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 in

relation to the audit; and

b) no contraventions of any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit.

This declaration is in respect of Magellan Financial Group Limited and the entities it controlled during 
the financial year. 

Ernst & Young 

Rita Da Silva 
Partner 
13 August 2019 

A member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

Revenue
Management fees
Performance fees
Services fees
Advisory fees
Dividend and distribution income
Interest income
Net change in the fair value of financial assets

- Realised
- Unrealised

Net gain on sale of available-for-sale financial assets
Net foreign exchange gain/(loss)
Total revenue

Expenses
Employee expenses
Non-Executive Director fees
Fund administration and operational costs
Information technology and information services expense
Occupancy expense
Legal and professional fees
Marketing expense
Travel and entertainment expense

US marketing/consulting fee expense
Auditor's remuneration
Depreciation expense
Amortisation expense
Foreign and withholding taxes
Transaction costs related to strategic initiatives
Finance costs
Other expenses
Total expenses

Consolidated Entity
30 June

30 June

2019

$’000

2018

$’000

467,786
83,631
4,700
3,017
12,824
2,907

577
40,136
-
1,809
617,387

62,865
420
16,126
6,226
4,298
3,447
3,382
2,391

-
1,019
416
4,518
139
15,508
425
2,870
124,050

381,074
39,772
4,701
1,224
17,275
2,701

 - 
 - 
4,011
1,840
452,598

52,038
419
14,866
4,588
4,276
2,474
11,102
1,932

4,206
863
494
1,404
137
80,766
300
2,123
181,988

Note

5(a)
5(b)
5(c)

12
12
12

22

18

2(a)
20(c)

Net profit before income tax expense

493,337

270,610

Income tax expense

6(a)

(116,390)

(58,819)

Net profit after income tax for the year

376,947

211,791

Basic earnings per share (cents per share)
Diluted earnings per share (cents per share)

3
3

213.1 cents
213.1 cents

122.0 cents
122.0 cents

The  Consolidated  Statement  of  Profit  or  Loss  is  to  be  read  in  conjunction  with  the  accompanying  notes  to  the 
Financial Statements. 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE 
INCOME 
for the year ended 30 June 2019  

Net profit after income tax for the year

Other comprehensive income
Items previously classified as available-for-sale financial assets:(A)

Net changes in the fair value 
Net (gain)/loss on sale 
Income tax (expense)/benefit on the above items

Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations
Other comprehensive income for the year, net of tax

Note

12
6(a)

Consolidated Entity
30 June
2019
$’000

30 June
2018
$’000

376,947

211,791

-
-
-
1,650
1,650

24,703
(4,011)
(6,312)
933
15,313

Total comprehensive income for the year

378,597

227,104

(A)

Investments in the Principal Investments Portfolio were classified as ‘financial assets at fair value through profit or loss’ (“FVTPL”) on 1 July
2018.  Previously  these  investments  were  classified  as  ‘available-for-sale’  (“AFS”)  financial  assets  held  at  fair  value  through  other
comprehensive income (“FVOCI”). Refer to note 1(c) for further details.

The Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income is to be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes 
to the Financial Statements. 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 
as at 30 June 2019    

Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Financial assets
Receivables
Loans - share purchase plan 
Prepayments
Total current assets

Non-current assets
Financial assets
Loans - share purchase plan 
Property, plant and equipment
Net deferred tax asset
Intangible assets
Total non-current assets
Total assets

Liabilities
Current liabilities
Payables
Provisions
Income tax payable
Total current liabilities

Non-current liabilities
Net deferred tax liability
Deferred lease incentives
Provisions
Total non-current liabilities
Total liabilities
Net assets

Equity
Contributed equity
Available-for-sale reserve
Foreign currency translation reserve
Retained profits
Total equity attributable to members of the Group
Total equity

Note

7(c)
12
8
14

12
14
9
6(d)
18

10
11

6(d)

11

13

Consolidated Entity
30 June

30 June

2019

$’000

2018

$’000

198,188
2,009
123,812
3,616
895
328,520

339,084
7,603
576
-
124,508
471,771
800,291

169,095
1,972
108,622
3,298
1,079
284,066

274,567
9,344
624
1,324
105,018
390,877
674,943

31,793
1,802
19,355
52,950

20,612
1,247
29,702
51,561

9,151
2,114
2,054
13,319
66,269
734,022

243,150
-
2,500
488,372
734,022
734,022

 - 
1,982
967
2,949
54,510
620,433

218,877
55,088
850
345,618
620,433
620,433

The Consolidated Statement of Financial Position is to be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes to the 
Financial Statements. 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY 
for the year ended 30 June 2019    

2019

Equity - 1 July 2018

Adoption of AASB 9
Restated equity - 1 July 2018

Net profit for the year
Other comprehensive income
Total comprehensive income for the year

Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners:

Issue of shares:

- for acquisition of Frontegra Asset Management, Inc.
- under Share Purchase Plan ("SPP")
- transaction costs arising on share issue net of tax

Dividends paid
SPP expense for the year
Total transactions with equity holders in their
capacity as equity owners

Note

1(c)

13(a)
13(a)
13(a)
4
13(a)

Attributable to Equity Holders of the Consolidated Entity

Contributed 
Equity

Foreign 
currency 
translation 
reserve

Retained 
Profits

Available for 
Sale Reserve

Total Equity

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

218,877

850

345,618

55,088

620,433

55,088
400,706

(55,088)

 -  

-

620,433

 -  

218,877

 -  
- 
- 

21,672
2,187
(31)
- 
 445 
24,273

-  

850

-  
1,650
1,650

 376,947 
 -  
 376,947 

 -  
 -  
- 
- 
 -  
- 

-  
-  
-  
(289,281)
-  
(289,281)

- 
-  
- 

 -  
 -  
- 
- 
 -  
- 

376,947
1,650
378,597

21,672
2,187
(31)
(289,281)
 445 
(265,008)

Equity - 30 June 2019

243,150

2,500

488,372

- 

734,022

2018
Equity - 1 July 2017

Net profit for the year
Other comprehensive income
Total comprehensive income for the year

Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners:

Issue of shares:

- for acquisition of Airlie Funds Management Pty Limited
- under SPP
- transaction costs arising on share issue net of tax

Dividends paid
SPP expense for the year
Total transactions with equity holders in their
capacity as equity owners

115,250

(83)

291,736

40,708

447,611

 -  
- 
- 

-  

933
933

211,791
- 
211,791

- 
14,380
14,380

211,791
15,313
227,104

13(a)
13(a)
13(a)
4
13(a)

97,113
6,013
(77)
- 
578
103,627

 -  
 -  
- 
- 
 -  
- 

-  
-  
-  
(157,909)
-  
(157,909)

 -  
 -  
- 
- 
 -  
- 

97,113
6,013
(77)
(157,909)
578
(54,282)

Equity - 30 June 2018

218,877

850

345,618

55,088

620,433

The Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity is to be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes to 
the Financial Statements. 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019    

Cash flows from operating activities
Management and services fees received
Performance fees received
Advisory fees received
Dividends and distributions received
Interest received
Finance costs paid 
Tax paid
Payments to suppliers and employees (inclusive of GST)
Transaction costs related to strategic initiatives paid
Net cash inflows/(outflows) from operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities
Proceeds from sale of financial assets
Purchase of financial assets
Net matured term deposits 
Payments for property, plant and equipment
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
Acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired
Net cash inflows/(outflows) from investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities
Net proceeds from issue of shares
Proceeds from repayment of SPP loans
Dividends paid
Net cash inflows/(outflows) from financing activities

Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Effects of exchange rate movements on cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year

Consolidated Entity
30 June
30 June

2019

$’000

2018

$’000

Note

486,150
80,004
3,217
152
2,439
(425)
(115,794)
(125,734)
(15,218)
314,791

399,854
30,817
 - 
6,285
2,016
(212)
(59,183)
(128,478)
(80,766)
170,333

2,147
(2,628)
(37)
(372)
 4 
(1,632)
(2,518)

19,419
(6,081)
161
(139)
25
(8,668)
4,717

463
208
2,266
2,160
(287,596)
(156,948)
(285,228) (154,219)

27,045
2,048

20,831
2,021

169,095
198,188

146,243
169,095

7(a)

9

7(c)

The Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows is to be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes to the Financial 
Statements. 

41 

  
MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

Overview 

Magellan Financial Group Limited (the “Company” or “MFG”) is a for-profit entity that is incorporated and domiciled 
in Australia. The Company is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ticker code: MFG). The principal activities 
of  the  Company  and  its  subsidiaries  (the  “Group”  or  “Consolidated  Entity”)  are  described  in  note  2  Segment 
Information. This financial report was authorised for issue in accordance with a resolution of the Directors on 13 
August 2019 and the Directors have the power to amend and reissue this financial report. 

1. Basis of Preparation

This general purpose financial report is presented in Australian dollars and has been prepared in accordance with 
the Corporations Act 2001, Australian Accounting Standards (“AASB”) and Interpretations issued by the Australian 
Accounting  Standards  Board  and  other  mandatory  professional  reporting  requirements.  It  also  complies  with 
International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. 

This financial report has been prepared on a going concern basis and under the historical cost convention except for 
financial assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss. All amounts in this financial report are rounded to 
the nearest thousand dollars ($’000) in accordance with ASIC Corporations (Rounding in Financial/Directors’ Reports) 
Instrument 2016/191, unless stated otherwise. 

(a) Accounting Policies
The accounting policies adopted in the preparation of this financial report are contained within the notes to which
they relate. The policies adopted in the preparation of this financial report are consistent with those of the previous
financial year except for the adoption of new standards effective as of 1 July 2018 that are described in note 1(c).
The Group has not early adopted any standard, interpretation or amendment that has been issued but is not yet
effective.

(b) Critical Accounting Estimates and Judgements
In applying the Group’s accounting policies, a number of estimates and assumptions have been made concerning
the future. The Directors base their judgements  and  estimates on historical  experience  and  various other factors
they believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, but which are inherently uncertain and unpredictable. As a
result, actual results could differ from those estimates.

The main areas where a higher degree of judgement or complexity arises, or where assumptions and estimates are 
significant to the financial statements are: 
•
•

Estimation of useful lives and impairment of intangible assets including goodwill - refer to note 18;
Deferred tax asset arising from unused tax loss - refer to note 6(d).

(c) New and Amended Accounting Standards and Interpretations Effective 1 July 2018
The Group applied, for the first time from 1 July 2018, AASB 15: Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“AASB
15”) and AASB 9: Financial Instruments (“AASB 9”) which require restatement of previous financial statements. The
nature and effect of these changes are disclosed below.

•

AASB 15: Revenue from Contracts with Customers
AASB 15 superseded AASB 118 Revenue and AASB 111 Construction Contracts. Although AASB 15 is principles-
based, it is a significant change from the previous revenue requirements and involves more judgements and
estimates as revenue is recognised when control of a good or service transfers to a customer, or on satisfaction
of performance obligations under contracts, which replaces the existing notion of risks and rewards.

There was no impact on the Group upon adoption of AASB 15 on 1 July 2018. The Group’s revenue recognition
of interest income, net change in the fair value of financial assets and foreign  exchange gains/(losses) was
unaffected  as  these  items  are  excluded  from  the  scope  of  AASB  15.  However,  AASB  15  introduced  a  new
concept that variable revenue is recognised to the extent that it is highly probable that there will be no significant
reversal of the amount. This applies to the Group’s management and performance fees as these revenues vary
based on portfolio values and performance returns respectively.

42 

MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

1. Basis of Preparation (continued)

(c) New and Amended Accounting Standards and Interpretations Effective 1 July 2018 (continued)

•

•

AASB 15: Revenue from Contracts with Customers (continued)
Under AASB 15, there was no change in the Group’s recognition of management fees as the fees are based on
net  assets  under  management  at  the  end  of  the  month/quarter  and  any  uncertainty  related  to  the  fees  is
resolved  at  the  end  of  the  same  month/quarter.  Therefore,  management  fee  revenues  continue  to  be
recognised  when  invoiced,  which  corresponds  directly  with  the  delivery  of  performance  obligations  by  the
Group.

The Group’s material performance fee agreements can have a broad range of outcomes and market volatility
remains a key factor of uncertainty. Accordingly, performance fee revenue is not recognised until the uncertainty
is resolved or almost resolved. To assess uncertainty and therefore the potential reversal of performance fee
revenue, additional factors are now considered to determine if a portion of the Group’s performance fee revenue
should be recognised prior to the end of the performance fee measurement period.

AASB 9: Financial Instruments
AASB 9 contains new requirements for the classification, measurement and derecognition of financial assets
and liabilities, replacing the recognition and measurement requirements in AASB 139: Financial Instruments: 
Recognition and Measurement  (“AASB  139”).  Under  the  new  requirements  the  four  previous  categories  of
financial  assets  have  been  replaced  with  two  measurement  categories:  fair  value  and  amortised  cost,  and
financial assets will only be measured at amortised cost where very specific conditions are met. Equity securities
are measured at fair value through profit or loss unless an election is made at initial recognition, to present fair
value changes in comprehensive income. This option is irrevocable and applies only to equity instruments which
are  not  held  for  trading.  AASB  9  also  includes  new  hedge  accounting  requirements  and  an  expected-loss
impairment model that requires credit losses to be recognised on a more timely basis.

The Group adopted AASB 9 on 1 July 2018. At this time, the investments held by the Group in the Principal
Investment  Portfolio  (refer  note  12)  were  classified  as  ‘financial  assets  at  fair  value  through  profit  or  loss’
(“FVTPL”). Previously these investments were classified under AASB 139 as ‘available-for-sale (“AFS”) financial
assets held at fair value through other comprehensive income’ (“FVOCI”). The change in classification arises as
the investments do not meet the AASB 9 criteria for classification at amortised cost because their cash flows do
not  represent  solely  payments  of  principal  and  interest.  Therefore,  the  accumulated  fair  value  of  these
investments in the ‘available-for-sale’ reserve, net of tax, was transferred to retained profits on 1 July 2018.

Financial impacts of adopting AASB 9 as at 1 July 2018

As a consequence of the above, the Group’s retained profits increased by $55,088,000 and the available-for-
sale reserve decreased by the same amount, as shown below:

Equity ($’000) 

Effect on available-
for- sale reserve 
(net of tax) 

Effect on retained 
profits 

Opening balance – AASB 139 
Reclassify investments from available-for-sale to FVTPL 
Opening balance – AASB 9 

55,088 
(55,088) 
- 

345,618 
55,088 
400,706 

In addition, the classification of the ‘available-for-sale’ financial assets into the appropriate AASB 9 categories 
as at 1 July 2018 is shown below: 

Financial assets ($’000) 

FVTPL 

AFS 

Financial assets under AASB 139 
Reclassify investments from available-for-sale to FVTPL 
Opening balance – AASB 9 

- 
274,567 
274,567 

274,567 
(274,567) 
- 

Amortised 
cost 

292,331 
- 
292,331 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

1. Basis of Preparation (continued)

(c) New and Amended Accounting Standards and Interpretations Effective 1 July 2018 (continued)

•

AASB 9: Financial Instruments (continued)

Impact on comparative periods prior to 1 July 2018

In  accordance  with  the  transitional  provisions  of  AASB  9  the  Group  elected  not  to  restate  comparatives.
Accordingly, there was no impact on the profit or loss for the year ended 30 June 2018.

As a consequence of adopting AASB 9 from 1 July 2018 and not restating comparatives,  the net unrealised
change in fair value of financial assets is presented differently in the year ended 30 June 2019 compared with
the prior year ended 30 June 2018. In the year ended 30 June 2019, the net unrealised change in fair value of
financial assets of $40,136,000 was recorded in profit or loss. However, for the year ended 30 June 2018 the
net unrealised gain of $16,681,000 remains in comprehensive income. This presentation difference impacts the
statement of profit or loss, statement of comprehensive income, segment result and net profit used to calculate
earnings per share.

The net realised change in fair value of financial assets is recorded in profit or loss in all periods presented.
However, it is described as ‘net change in the fair value of financial assets – realised’ in the year ended 30 June
2019 and ‘Net gain on sale of available-for-sale financial assets’ in the year ended 30 June 2018.

Other impacts

In  addition,  under  AASB  9,  expected  credit  losses  on  financial  assets  are  recorded  either  on  a  12-month  or
lifetime  basis. The Group applies the simplified  approach and records lifetime  expected  losses on all eligible
financial  assets.  The  revised  methodology  for  calculating  impairment  did  not  have  a  material  impact  on  the
financial statements.

Several other amendments and interpretations apply for the first time in the reporting period commencing 1 July 
2018 but did not result in any adjustments to the amounts recognised in the financial statements or disclosures. 

(d) Accounting Standards and Interpretations Issued But Not Yet Effective

•

AASB 16: Leases (effective 1 July 2019)
AASB  16 Leases  (“AASB  16”)  supersedes  AASB  117 Leases (“AASB  117”).  AASB  16  provides  a  new  lessee
accounting  model  which  requires  lessees  to  recognise  the  right-to-use  assets,  and  liabilities  to  make  lease
payments, for leases with a term of more than 12 months unless the underlying asset is of low value. Expenses
in respect of leases include amortisation of the right-of-use asset and interest expense in respect of the lease
liability.

The Group will adopt AASB 16 from 1 July 2019. The Group will apply the modified retrospective approach on
transition and will reflect any impacts of the change of the new standard on a cumulative basis as an adjustment
to the opening balance of retained earnings at 1 July 2019, the adoption date.

For practical expediency lease contracts identified and ongoing as at 1 July 2019 and which are accounted for
as leases under AASB 117 will continue to be accounted for as lease contacts under AASB 16. The Group will
not restate comparatives in accordance with the transitional provisions of AASB 16.

On adoption of AASB 16, the Group will recognise lease liabilities in relation to leases which had previously been
classified as ‘operating leases’ under the principles of AASB 117. These liabilities will be measured at the present
value  of  the  remaining  lease  payments,  discounted  using  an  estimate  of  the  borrowing  rate.  The  weighted
average borrowing rate applied to the lease liabilities on 1 July 2019 is 4.0%. The lease liability recognised as
at 1 July 2019 will be $19,279,000.

The  associated  right-of-use  assets  for  premises  and  other  leases  will  be  measured  at  the  amount  as  if  the
standard had always been applied, being $15,817,000. After adjusting for amounts currently recorded on the
balance sheet (representing the difference between the cumulative lease expense recognised and cash paid on
these leases), this results in a net impact on retained earnings of approximately $699,000.

44 

MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

1. Basis of Preparation (continued)

(d) Accounting Standards and Interpretations Issued But Not Yet Effective (continued)

•

AASB 16: Leases (effective 1 July 2019) (continued)
In applying AASB 16 for the first time, the Group will use the following practical expedients permitted by the
standard:
• A single discount rate can be applied to a portfolio of leases with reasonably similar characteristics; and
• The accounting for operating leases with a remaining lease term of less than 12 months as at 1 July 2019

as short-term leases.

(e) Foreign Currency Translation
Both the functional and presentation currency of MFG is Australian dollars. Transactions in foreign currencies are
initially  recorded  in  the  functional  currency  by  applying  the  exchange  rate  ruling  at  the  date  of  the  transaction.
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated to Australian dollars at the Reuters
London 4pm exchange rates at reporting date. The fair values of financial assets where denominated in a foreign
currency are translated to Australian dollars using the Reuters London 4pm exchange rates at reporting date. Foreign
currency exchange differences relating to financial assets are included in net changes in fair value in the profit or
loss. All other foreign currency exchange differences are presented separately in the profit or loss as net gains/losses
on foreign exchange.

(f) Goods and Services Tax (“GST”)
Revenue, expenses and assets (with the exception of receivables) are recognised net of the amount of GST, except
when GST incurred on a purchase of goods and services is not recoverable from the taxation authority, in which case
the GST is recognised as part of the cost of that purchase or as an expense. Receivables and payables are stated
inclusive of GST. The net amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority is included in the
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as a receivable or payable. Cash flows are included in the Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows on a gross basis. The GST component of cash flows arising from financing activities which
are recoverable from, or payable to the taxation authority, is presented as operating cash flows.

(g) Expenses
Expenses  are  recognised  in  the  profit  or  loss  on  an  accruals  basis.  Net  rental  payments  for  operating  leases  are
recognised as an expense in the profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease. Directors’ fees
(including superannuation), related employment taxes and sponsorship and advertising are included as an expense
in profit or loss as incurred. Information regarding the Directors’ remuneration is included in sections 3.2 and 3.4 of
the Remuneration Report.

(h) Impairment of Non-Financial Assets
All non-financial assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount may not be recoverable. Where an indicator or objective evidence of impairment exists, an estimate
of the asset’s recoverable amount is made. An impairment loss is recognised in the profit or loss for the amount by
which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. Recoverable amount is the higher of an asset’s
fair value less costs to sell and value in use.

45 

MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

2. Segment Information

The  Group’s  business  activities  are  organised  into  the  following  reportable  operating  segments  for  internal 
management purposes: 

Funds Management 
The funds management segment provides investment funds management to high net worth and retail investors in 
Australia and New Zealand, and institutional investors globally. The funds management activities include: 
•

Acting as Responsible Entity/Trustee (“RE”) and/or Investment Manager (“IM”) for the following funds:

 Magellan Global Fund 
 Magellan Global Fund (Hedged) 
 Magellan Infrastructure Fund 
 Magellan Infrastructure Fund (Unhedged) 
 Magellan High Conviction Fund 
 Magellan Global Equities Fund 
 Magellan Global Equities Fund (Currency Hedged) 
 Magellan Infrastructure Fund (Currency Hedged) 
 Magellan Global Trust 
 Magellan Core Infrastructure Fund 
 Airlie Australian Share Fund 
 Airlie Concentrated Share Fund 

 MFG Global Fund 
 MFG Select Infrastructure Fund 
 MFG Global Sustainable Fund 

 Frontier MFG Global Equity Fund(B) 
 Frontier MFG Global Plus Fund(B) 
 Frontier MFG Core Infrastructure Fund(B) 
 Frontier MFG Select Infrastructure Fund(B) 

Australian fund type 
Unlisted registered fund 
Unlisted registered fund 
Unlisted registered fund 
Unlisted registered fund 
Unlisted registered fund 
ASX Quoted registered fund 
ASX Quoted registered fund 
ASX Quoted registered fund 
ASX Listed Trust - registered fund 
Unlisted unregistered fund 
Unlisted registered fund 
Unlisted unregistered fund 
Irish fund type 
UCITS(A) 
UCITS(A) 
UCITS(A) 
United States fund type 
Open-ended mutual fund 
Open-ended mutual fund 
Open-ended mutual fund 
Open-ended mutual fund 

RE 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
�� 

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�

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IM 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IM 
 
 
 
IM 
 
 
 
 

(A) UCITS are funds authorised under the European Communities (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable

Securities (“UCITS”)) and offered to global institutional clients.

(B) Collectively, the Frontier MFG Funds.

•

•

Investment research and administrative services provider to MFF Capital Investments Limited, and investment
research provider to a mandate; and
Investment Manager or Sub-adviser to other external wholesale client mandates.

Current  tax  liabilities  and  deferred  tax  assets/liabilities  that  arise  from  the  operations  of  the  funds  management 
business are included within the Corporate segment.  

Principal Investments 
The principal investment portfolio is comprised of the Company’s investments in the ASX Quoted Funds/Listed Trust, 
the Unlisted Magellan Funds, the Frontier MFG Funds, MFG Global Sustainable Fund and a select portfolio comprising 
Australian and international listed companies, cash, other investments and net deferred tax assets/liabilities arising 
from changes in fair value of these investments. 

Corporate 
The corporate segment includes interest income on the Company’s SPP loans and cash (including term deposits), 
corporate costs including Non-Executive Directors’ fees relating to the Company’s Board and Committees, all current 
tax  liabilities  and  deferred  tax  assets/liabilities  excluding  those  arising  from  changes  in  the fair  value  of  financial 
assets which are shown in Principal Investments.  

No operating segments have been aggregated to form the above reportable operating segments and inter-segment 
revenues and expenses (where applicable) have been eliminated on consolidation. 

46 

MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

2. Segment Information (continued)

(a) Segment Financial Results

The operating results of the Group’s operating segments, excluding income tax expense, are as follows: 

Funds 
Management 
(A)

Consolidated Entity
Principal 
Investments

Corporate Consolidated 
Entity

30 June 2019

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Segment revenue
Management fees
Performance fees
Services fees
Advisory fees
Dividend and distribution income
Interest income
Net change in the fair value of financial assets

- Realised
- Unrealised

Net foreign exchange gain/(loss)
Total segment revenue

Segment expenses
Employee expense
Employee expense - SPP
Non-Executive Directors' fees
Other expenses

Total segment expenses 
Total segment operating profit before income tax expense

 467,786 
 83,631 
 4,700 
 3,017 

-
 413 

 - 
 - 
 - 
 - 
12,824
 5 

-  
-  
-  
-  
-

 2,489 

 467,786 
 83,631 
 4,700 
 3,017 
12,824
 2,907 

-
-

577
40,136
1,809
        561,326            53,524             2,537          617,387 

577
40,136
(18)

-
-
48

 1,779 

 62,398 
 372 
 252 
 38,515 
        101,537 
        459,789            53,373 

 62,420 
-
 445 
-
 420 
-
 151 
 40,739 
151             2,336          104,024 
201          513,363 

22
73
168
2,073

Other comprehensive income
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations
Other comprehensive income for the year, before tax
Total comprehensive income for the year, before tax

 1,650 
 - 
            1,650 
-   
        461,439            53,373 

-  

 1,650 
                 -                1,650 
201          515,013 

Reconciliation of Segment Operating Profit Before Tax to Net Profit After Tax 

Segment operating profit before income tax expense

Individually significant items and amortisation of intangibles:
Amortisation of intangible assets (B)
Transaction costs related to strategic initiatives

Magellan Global Trust Unit Purchase Plan costs(C)
Magellan Global Trust Dividend Reinvestment Plan discount funding costs(D)
Offer costs relating to Magellan Global Trust IPO(E)
Offer costs of issuing MGG loyalty units(E)
Interim distribution income from Magellan Global Trust (F)

Net profit before income tax expense
Income tax expense
Net profit for the year

Consolidated Entity

30 Jun
2019
$’000

30 Jun
2018
$’000

513,363

351,588

(4,518)

(1,404)

(15,003)
(505)

-

-
-

493,337
(116,390)
376,947

 - 
-

(23,801)

(56,965)
1,192

270,610
(58,819)
211,791

(A)

Includes elimination of income and expense under the transfer pricing agreements between the Company’s controlled entity,
Magellan Asset Management Limited (“MAM”), and US controlled entities within the Funds Management segment.

(B) Relates to amortisation expense on intangible assets acquired in Airlie, Frontier Partners Inc, Frontegra Strategies LLC and

Frontegra Asset Management Inc. (together referred to as “Frontier Group”) (refer to note 18).

(C) Relates primarily to MFG’s payment to Magellan Global Trust (“MGG”) to ensure unitholders who did not participate in the

MGG Unit Purchase Plan (“UPP”) suffer no dilution as a result of the UPP discount.

(D) Relates to MFG’s payment to MGG  (only with respect to the year ended 30 June 2019) to ensure unitholders who do not

participate in the MGG Dividend Reinvestment Plan (“DRP”) suffer no dilution as a result of any DRP discount.

(E)  Relates to net offer costs incurred in relation to the MGG capital raising in the year ended 30 June 2018.
(F) Relates to the distribution declared for the half year ended 31 December 2017 on the MGG loyalty units.

47 

MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

2. Segment Information (continued)

(a) Segment Financial Results (continued)

30 June 2018

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Funds 
Management 
(A)

Consolidated Entity
Principal 
Investments

Corporate Consolidated 
Entity

Segment revenue
Management fees
Performance fees
Services fees
Advisory fees
Dividend and distribution income
Interest income
Net change in the fair value of financial assets

- Realised
- Unrealised

Net gain/(loss) on sale of available-for-sale financial assets
Net foreign exchange gain
Total segment revenue

Segment expenses
Employee expense
Employee expense - SPP
Non-Executive Directors' fees
Other expenses

Total segment expenses 
Total segment operating profit before income tax expense

Other comprehensive income
Net changes in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets
Net (gain)/loss on sale of available-for-sale financial assets 
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations
Other comprehensive income for the year, before tax
Total comprehensive income for the year, before tax

381,074
39,772
4,701
1,224
-
351

 - 
 - 
-
1,583
428,705

51,437
498
250
45,090
97,275
331,430

-
-
933
933
332,363

 - 
 - 
 - 
 - 
16,083
5

-  
-  

3,914
159
20,161

-
-
-
201
201
19,960

24,703
(3,914)
 - 
20,789
40,749

-  
-  
-  
-  
-
2,345

 - 
 - 
97
98
2,540

23
80
169
2,070
2,342
198

-
(97)
-  
(97)
101

381,074
39,772
4,701
1,224
16,083
2,701

-  
-  

4,011
1,840
451,406

51,460
578
419
47,361
99,818
351,588

24,703
(4,011)
933
21,625
373,213

(A)

Includes elimination of income and expense under the transfer pricing agreements between the Company’s controlled entity,
MAM, and US controlled entities within the Funds Management segment.

48 

MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

2. Segment Information (continued)

(b) Segment Assets and Liabilities

The assets and liabilities of the Group’s segments are as follows: 

30 June 2019

Total assets

Total liabilities
Net assets

30 June 2018

Total assets

Total liabilities
Net assets

Funds 
Management

Consolidated Entity
Principal 
Investments

Corporate

Total

$’000

281,204
32,902
248,302

$’000

235,301
24,163
211,138

$’000

351,363
43,580
307,783

$’000

263,238
-
263,238

$’000

$’000

167,724
(10,213)
177,937

800,291
66,269
734,022

$’000

$’000

176,404
30,347
146,057

674,943
54,510
620,433

An operating segment is a distinguishable component of the Group that is engaged in business activities from which 
the Group earns revenues and incurs expenses, whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the Group’s chief 
operating decision maker in order to make decisions about the allocation of resources to the segment and assess its 
performance, and for which discrete financial information is available. The chief operating decision makers have been 
determined as the Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Mr Hamish Douglass and Chief Executive Officer, Dr Brett 
Cairns. 

49 

MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

3. Earnings Per Share (EPS)

Basic EPS is calculated as net profit/(loss) after income tax expense for the year divided by the weighted average 
number of ordinary shares on issue. Diluted EPS is calculated by adjusting the basic EPS to take into account the 
effect of any costs associated with dilutive potential ordinary shares and the weighted average number of additional 
ordinary units that would have been outstanding assuming the conversion of all dilutive potential ordinary shares. 

Basic EPS

Net profit attributable to shareholders ($'000)
Weighted average number of shares for basic EPS ('000)
Basic EPS (cents)

Diluted EPS

Net profit attributable to shareholders ($'000)
Weighted average number of shares for diluted EPS ('000)
Diluted EPS (cents)

Consolidated Entity

30 Jun
2019

30 Jun
2018

376,947
176,865
213.1

211,791
173,553
122.0

376,947
176,865
213.1

211,791
173,553
122.0

50 

  
  
  
  
  
        
        
  
  
  
  
        
        
MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

4. Dividends

During the year ended 30 June 2019
Prior year final dividend paid
Prior year performance dividend paid
Total prior year final and performance fee dividend paid
Interim dividend paid
Total dividends declared and paid during the year

During the year ended 30 June 2018
Prior year final dividend paid
Prior year performance dividend paid
Total prior year final and performance fee dividend paid

Interim dividend paid
Total dividends declared and paid during the year

Total

$’000

132,335
26,256
158,591
130,690

Consolidated Entity

Cents per
Share

Franking

Date Paid

%

75.1
14.9
90.0
73.8

100%  27 August 2018 
100%  27 August 2018 

75%  28 February 2019 

289,281

163.8

71,413
9,808
81,221
76,688

157,909

41.5
5.7
47.2
44.5

91.7

100%  28 August 2017 
100%  28 August 2017 

100%  20 February 2018 

(a) Dividend Declared
On  13  August  2019,  the  Directors  declared  a  total  dividend  of  111.4  cents  per  ordinary  share  (75%  franked)  in
respect of the six months to 30 June 2019 (June 2018: 90.0 cents per ordinary share 100% franked). The dividend
comprises a Final Dividend of 78.0 cents per ordinary share and a Performance Fee Dividend of 33.4 cents per share
(June  2018:  Final  Dividend  of  75.1  cents  per  ordinary  share  and  a  Performance  Fee  Dividend  of  14.9  cents  per
ordinary share).

A dividend payable to shareholders of the Group is only recognised for the amount of any dividend declared by the 
Directors on or before the end of the financial year, but not paid at reporting date. Accordingly, the Final Dividend 
and Performance Fee Dividend totalling approximately $197,275,000 are not recognised as liabilities and will be paid 
on 29 August 2019.  

(b) Imputation Credits

Consolidated Entity

30 June

30 June

2019

$’000

2018

$’000

Total imputation credits available for subsequent reporting periods based on a tax 
rate of 30% (June 2018: 30%)

56,442

62,461

The above amount comprises the balance of the imputation account as at the end of the reporting period, adjusted 
for franking credits that will arise from the payment of income tax liabilities after the end of the year.  

The dividend declared by the Directors on 13 August 2019 will be partially franked out of existing franking credits, 
or out of franking credits arising from the payment of income tax. 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

5. Revenue

Prior to the adoption of AASB 15 on 1 July 2018 (refer to note 1(c)), revenue was recognised in the Consolidated 
Statement of Profit or Loss as it was earned and calculated in accordance with the relevant agreement. 

From 1 July 2018, revenue from contracts with clients is recognised when there is a right to invoice the client at an 
amount that reflects the consideration to which the Group expects to be entitled in exchange for those services. This 
method corresponds directly with the delivery of performance obligations by the Group to its clients. 

(a) Management Fees
Management  fees  are  based  on  a  percentage  of  the  portfolio  value  of  the  fund  or  mandate  and  calculated  in
accordance with the Investment Management Agreement or Constitution.

The management fees received/receivable during the year were:  

Magellan Global Fund

Magellan Global Fund (Hedged)

Magellan Global Equities Fund

Magellan Global Equities Fund (Currency Hedged)

Magellan Global Trust

Magellan lnfrastructure Fund

Magellan lnfrastructure Fund (Unhedged)

Magellan Infrastructure Fund (Currency Hedged)

Magellan High Conviction Fund

Magellan Core Infrastructure Fund

MFG Global Fund

Frontier MFG Funds

MFG Select Infrastructure Fund

The Airlie Concentrated Share Fund

Other funds and mandates

Total management fees 

Consolidated Entity

30 June

30 June

2019

$’000

2018

$’000

134,537

125,788

6,982

16,415

1,110

25,423

16,302

7,526

2,662

8,464

734

18,819

19,265

669

1,028

5,996

13,042

833

15,990

13,706

6,620

1,437

6,960

526

16,443

14,464

434

895

207,850

157,940

467,786

381,074

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

5. Revenue (continued)

(b) Performance Fees
Prior  to  the  adoption  of  AASB  15  on  1  July  2018  (refer  to  note  1(c)),  performance  fees  were  recognised  in  the
Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss only when the Group’s entitlement to the fee became certain, which was at
the end of the relevant performance period.

From 1 July 2018, performance fee arrangements give rise to variable consideration.  An estimate of the variable 
consideration is recorded when it is highly probable that a significant revenue reversal in the amount of cumulative 
revenue recognised will not occur when the associated uncertainty with the variable consideration is subsequently 
resolved. 

Prior to the adoption of AASB 15, performance fees were recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss 
only when the Group’s entitlement to the fee became certain, which was at the end of the relevant performance 
period. 

Performance fees may be earned from funds, mandates and MFF Capital Investments Limited (“MFF”). The Group’s 
entitlement to a performance fee for any given performance period is dependent on outperforming certain hurdles. 
These hurdles may be index relative (including in some cases a fixed percentage above an index), absolute return, 
both absolute return and index relative, or total shareholder return. Performance fees received/receivable for funds 
and mandates during the year were: 

Based on performance relative to both market index and 
absolute return hurdle

Magellan Global Fund

Magellan Global Fund (Hedged)

Magellan Global Equities Fund

Magellan Global Equities Fund (Currency Hedged)

Magellan Global Trust

Magellan lnfrastructure Fund

Magellan lnfrastructure Fund (Unhedged)

Magellan Infrastructure Fund (Currency Hedged)

High watermark
unit price ($)(A)

2.4095

1.6760

3.6622

3.3103

1.6715

1.4295

1.6275

3.1301

Consolidated Entity

30 June

30 June

2019

$’000

13,756

661

1,527

115

1,700

125

19

4

2018

$’000

18,352

692

2,015

101

36

2,910

2,906

357

Based on performance relative to absolute return hurdle

Magellan High Conviction Fund (Class A/B)

1.8711(A)/1.1417(B)

7,240

3,666

Based on total shareholder return

MFF Capital Investments Limited

Based on performance relative to a market index

Other funds and mandates

Total performance fees earned
(A) The high watermark shown as at 30 June 2019 and adjusted for distributions.

-

various

1,000

1,000

57,484

83,631

7,737

39,772

Performance fees are generally subject to either a high-water mark arrangement or a deficit clause, which ensures 
that fees are not earned more than once on the same performance. Some mandates have a cap on the performance 
fee that can be charged in a given measurement period. Amounts in excess of a cap and carried forward to future 
measurement  periods  (“Carried  Forward  Performance  Fees”)  may  be  recognised  as  performance  fees  in  future 
periods subject to various conditions being satisfied, which may or may not occur. At 30 June 2019, the Group has 
a contingent asset in respect of Carried Forward Performance Fees that could range from nil to $7,056,000 (30 June 
2018: nil) (refer to note 21 (b)).  

The Group’s entitlement to future performance fees from Magellan funds is dependent on the unit price of the fund 
exceeding  the  high-water  mark.  The  high-water  mark  is  the  unit  price  at  the  end  of  the  most  recent  calculation 
period for which the Group was entitled to a performance fee, less any intervening income and capital distributions. 
The calculation periods for all Magellan funds (except for MGG) are 6 months in duration ending 30 June and 31 
December each year. The calculation period for MGG is 6 months in duration ending 31 March and 30 September 
each year. 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

5.  Revenue (continued) 

      (c)      Services Fees 

Services fees arise from providing investment research and administrative services. Services fees from MFF, a listed 
investment company, comprised of a fixed quarterly base fee of $1,000,000 which amounted to $4,000,000 in total 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 (30 June 2018: $4,000,000). Additionally, in the year ended 30 June 2019, MAM 
provided research to an institutional mandate and earned services fees of $700,000 (June 2018: $701,000) under a 
fixed fee arrangement. 

(d)   Management, Services and Performance Fees by Geographic Location 
The geographical breakdown of the management, services and performance fees is as follows: 

Australia & New Zealand

United Kingdom & Ireland

United States 

Canada

Asia

Consolidated Entity
30 June

30 June

2019

$’000

353,617

105,444

73,968

5,620

17,468

2018

$’000

283,360

73,850

53,574

5,458

9,305

Total management, services and performance fees

556,117

425,547

(e)     Management, Services and Performance fees by Investor Type 
Fees by type of investor across global equities and infrastructure strategies is as follows:

Management and services fees

- Retail

- Institutional

Performance fees

- Retail

- Institutional

Total management, services and performance fees

Total Retail

Total Institutional

Total management, services and performance fees

(f)      Interest Income 
Interest income is recognised on an accruals basis. 

(g)     Dividend and Distribution Income 
Dividend and distribution income is recognised when it is declared. 

Consolidated Entity
30 June

30 June

2019

$’000

2018

$’000

251,184

221,302

217,006

168,769

48,975

34,656

34,347

5,425

556,117

425,547

300,159

255,958

251,353

174,194

556,117

425,547

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

6.  Taxation 

(a)    Reconciliation of Income Tax Expense 
The income tax expense for the year is reconciled to the accounting net profit as follows:        

Note

6(c)

Net profit before income tax expense

Prima facie income tax expense at 30% (2018: 30%)

Effect of amounts which are non-deductible/(assessable) in calculating
taxable income:
  - effect of concessional tax rate on offshore banking unit (OBU)
  - non-assessable income and non-deductible expenses
  - US state and local taxes (net of tax credits)
  - differences in overseas tax rates
  - over/(under) provision of prior year income tax
  - imputed interest and expense relating to SPP
  - tax effect of franked dividends/distributions received
Income tax expense reported in the Consolidated Statement of 
Profit or Loss
  - changes in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets
  - sale of available-for-sale financial assets recycled through profit or loss

Income tax (expense)/benefit reported in the Consolidated 
Statement of Comprehensive Income

 (b)  Components of Income Tax Expense  
Income tax attributable to net profit from ordinary activities comprises:              

The major components of income tax expense are:
Current income tax expense
Deferred income tax expense/(benefit)
Differences in overseas tax rates
US state and local taxes (net of tax credits)
Over/(under) provision of prior year income tax
Income tax expense reported in the Consolidated Statement of 
Profit or Loss

Consolidated Entity
30 June
2019
$’000

30 June
2018
$’000

493,337
(148,001)

270,610
(81,183)

34,801
(2,278)
(1,242)
257
47
13
13
(116,390)

                  -   

                  -   
                  -   

30 June
2019
$’000

(104,963)
(10,489)
257
(1,242)
47
(116,390)

22,386
595
(830)
50
102
29
32
(58,819)

(7,515)
1,203

(6,312)

30 June
2018
$’000

(81,049)
22,908
50
(830)
102
(58,819)

(c)   Offshore Banking Unit 
MAM, a controlled entity of MFG and a member of the Australian tax consolidated group, was declared an OBU on 
31  July  2013.  Assessable  offshore  banking  (“OB”)  income  derived  from  the  Group’s  OB  funds  management  and 
advisory activities provided to clients outside of Australia and New Zealand, net of costs, is subject to a concessional 
tax rate of 10% and is determined with reference to current Australian tax legislation definitions of assessable OB 
income, exclusive OB deductions and general OB deductions.  

For the year ended 30 June 2019, the Company’s effective tax rate was 23.6% (June 2018: 21.7%), which includes 
tax paid net of tax credits in foreign jurisdictions. This rate is below the Australian company tax rate of 30% primarily 
as a result of MAM’s qualifying OB income, net of costs. The impact of the OBU on income tax expense recognised 
in the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss is summarised at note 6(a). 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

6.   Taxation (continued) 

(d)   Net Deferred Tax (Liability)/Asset 
(i)  Deferred tax (liability)/asset balances comprise:   

Consolidated Entity
30 June
2019
$’000

30 June
2018
$’000

Amounts recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position:
 - Deferred tax liabilities from changes in the fair value of financial assets
 - Deferred tax assets from movements in accruals, provisions and other items
 - Deferred tax assets from costs that are deductible over 5 years
Total net deferred tax (liability) relating to temporary differences

(39,737)
7,412
             7,813 
(24,512)

(26,613)
5,135
5,712
(15,766)

Deferred tax asset relating to unused tax loss arising on issuance of 
loyalty units to unitholders under MGG priority offer

Total net deferred tax (liability)/asset 

15,361

17,090

(9,151)

1,324

(ii)  The reconciliation of movements in the deferred tax asset/(liability) is as follows: 

Opening balance
(i) Movement in temporary differences
  - changes in the fair value of financial assets
  - accruals, provisions and other items
  - costs that are deductible over 5 years
  - acquired deferred tax asset from subsidiaries
(ii) Movement in unused tax loss
  - capital loss on issuance of loyalty units to unitholders under MGG 
    priority offer
Closing balance -  net deferred tax (liability)/asset

Consolidated Entity
30 June
2019
$’000
1,324

30 June
2018
$’000
(15,651)

(13,124)
2,277
2,101

                  -   

(6,312)
106
5,712
379

(1,729)

17,090

(9,151)

1,324

Key Estimate and Judgement 
At 30 June 2019, the Group’s net deferred tax liability of $9,151,000 includes a deferred tax asset of $15,361,000 
(30 June 2018: $17,090,000) relating to the unused capital loss on the issuance of loyalty units to eligible unitholders 
of MGG under the priority offer. At 30 June 2019, the deferred tax asset has been recognised on the basis that it is 
sufficiently probable that the capital loss will be offset against capital gains that are expected to be realised from the 
Principal Investments Portfolio. 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

6.   Taxation (continued) 

(e)   Tax Consolidation 
MFG and its wholly owned Australian subsidiaries formed a  tax consolidated  group for income tax purposes. The 
entities in the tax consolidated group have entered a tax sharing agreement, which limits the joint and several liability 
of the subsidiaries in the case of a default of MFG. The subsidiaries also entered a tax funding agreement whereby 
each will compensate MFG for the amount of tax payable that would be calculated as if the subsidiary was a tax 
paying entity. MFG, as head entity, and the subsidiaries in the tax consolidated group continue to account for their 
own current and deferred tax amounts. The amounts are measured as if each entity in the tax consolidated group 
continues to be a standalone taxpayer in its own right. The current or deferred tax balances are transferred to MFG 
via intercompany balances and recognised as related party tax receivables or payables. 

There is also a US tax consolidated group for income tax purposes which includes several US based entities. 

During the year, income tax liabilities of $104,312,000 (June 2018: $84,149,000) were assumed by MFG. Payments 
totalling $105,957,000 (June 2018: $64,568,000) were made to MFG from the other entities under the tax sharing 
and funding agreement and $17,936,000 (June 2018: $19,581,000) remains receivable as at 30 June 2019. Refer to 
note 19(d)(ii) for the related party tax transactions. 

Accounting Policy for Tax 
Income tax expense/benefit is the tax payable/receivable on the current year’s taxable income based on the current 
income  tax  rate  adjusted  by  changes  in  deferred  tax  assets  and  liabilities.  Taxable  profit  differs  from  net  profit 
reported in the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 
as items of income or expense are taxable or deductible in years other than the current year and in addition some 
items are never taxable or deductible.  

Current Tax 
Current tax assets or liabilities are amounts receivable or payable in relation to income taxes attributable to taxable 
profits  of  the  current  or  prior  financial  years,  less  income  tax  instalments  paid.  The  tax  rates  and  laws  used  to 
calculate current taxes are those that are enacted or substantively enacted as at the reporting date. 

Deferred Tax 
Deferred tax balances arise when there are temporary differences between accounting carrying amounts and the tax 
bases of assets and liabilities in the consolidated entity’s financial report. Deferred tax is not recognised if it arises 
from the initial recognition of goodwill or an asset or liability in a transaction other than a business combination which 
affects  neither  taxable  income  nor  accounting  profit  or  from  investments  in  subsidiaries,  or  foreign  operations  in 
certain circumstances. 

Deferred tax assets are recognised for deductible temporary differences and unused tax losses only if it is probable 
that future taxable amounts will be available to utilise the temporary differences and losses. The carrying amount of 
deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that 
the tax benefit will be realised.  

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset only when there is a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets 
and current tax liabilities and the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities relates to income taxes levied by the 
same taxation authority and for which the tax consolidated group intends either to settle current tax liabilities and 
assets on a net basis, or to realise the assets and settle the liabilities simultaneously, in each future period in which 
significant amounts of deferred tax liabilities or assets are expected to be settled or recovered. 

Deferred  tax  is  measured  using  tax  rates  and  laws  that  have  been  enacted  or  substantively  enacted  for  each 
jurisdiction by the end of reporting date and expected to apply when the temporary differences reverse.  

Current and deferred tax is recognised in the profit or loss, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in 
comprehensive income or directly in equity. In this case, the tax is recognised in comprehensive income or equity 
respectively. 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

7. Notes to the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

(a) Reconciliation of Net Profit after Tax to Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Net profit after income tax expense

Adjusted for:

Net change in fair value of financial assets

- Realised

- Unrealised

Net (gain)/loss on disposal of available-for-sale financial assets

Dividends and distributions reinvested

Depreciation and amortisation expense

Net foreign exchange gain

Imputed interest on loans under SPP

Employee expense on loans under SPP

Net change in fair value of financial assets recorded as dividends and distribution income

(Increase)/decrease in receivables

(Increase)/decrease in prepayments

(Increase) in net deferred tax asset/increase in net deferred tax liability

Increase/(decrease) in payables and provisions

Increase/(decrease) in income tax payable

Effects of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

Net cash inflows from operating activities

(b) Non-Cash Financing and Investing Activities

Issue of MFG shares for acquisition of Frontegra Asset Management Inc.

Issue of MFG shares for acquisition of Airlie Funds Management Pty Limited

Issue of MFG shares under the SPP 

Dividends paid to SPP Participants applied as repayment against SPP loan balance

Imputed interest on SPP loans

Employee expense on SPP loans

Value of units issued to MFG in lieu of distributions for Principal Investments

Consolidated Entity
30 June
30 June

2019

$’000

2018

$’000

376,947

211,791

(577)

(40,136)

-

-

-

(4,011)

(16,242)

4,934

(395)

1,898

(1,809)

(1,840)

(487)

445

(3,238)

(673)

578

 - 

(14,638)

(30,649)

184

35

10,475

(22,908)

9,279

(5,464)

(10,347)

21,957

1

14

314,791

170,333

Consolidated Entity

30 June

30 June

2019

$’000

21,672

-

 1,934 

 1,685 

 487 

 445 

 16,242 

2018

$’000

 - 

97,113

5,439

961

673

578

395

Note

17

14

14

14

(c) Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and short term deposits with a maturity of 90 days or less that are
readily convertible to known amounts of cash and subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

For  the  purposes  of  the  Consolidated  Statement  of  Cash  Flows,  cash  includes  cash  and  cash  equivalents  of 
$198,188,000 (June 2018: $169,095,000). Term deposits with maturity dates greater than 90 days from inception 
date are included in financial assets (refer to note 12).  

58 

MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

8.   Receivables 

Fees receivable comprise management, services and performance fees. From 1 July 2018, these amounts are initially 
recognised  at  the  fair  value  of  the  amounts  due.  An  impairment  analysis  is  performed  at  each  balance  date  to 
measure expected credit losses. Expected credit losses are based on the difference between the contractual cash 
flows due in accordance with the contract and all the cash flows that the Group expects to receive, discounted at an 
approximation of the original effective interest rate. The Group applies the simplified approach for trade receivables 
whereby the loss allowance is based on lifetime expected credit losses at each balance date.   

Prior to the adoption of AASB 9 on 1 July 2018, receivables were initially recognised at fair value and subsequently 
measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any allowance for uncollectible amounts. 

Fees receivable

Distributions receivable from Magellan Funds

Other

Total receivables

Receivables past due were $2,652,000 at 30 June 2019 (June 2018: $1,301,000).  

Consolidated Entity
30 June

30 June

2019

$’000

115,731

7,641

440

2018

$’000

93,272

14,888

462

123,812

108,622

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

9.   Property, Plant and Equipment 

Property, plant and equipment assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment. These assets 
are depreciated on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives and are tested for impairment when there 
is an indication of impairment. Useful life details of the assets are: 

• 
• 
• 

Leasehold improvements 
Furniture and fittings 
Computer equipment  

life of the relevant lease            
3 to 5 years 
3 to 5 years 

An item of property, plant and equipment is derecognised upon disposal of an asset. Any gain or loss on disposal 
(calculated by comparing sale proceeds with the carrying amount) is recognised in the profit or loss in that year. 

Consolidated Entity

30 June 2019

30 June 2018

Leasehold
Improve-

Office
Equipment,

Total

Leasehold
Improve-

Office
Equipment,

Total

ments

Fixture &
Fittings

ments

Fixture &
Fittings

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

At cost
less: accumulated depreciation
Total property, plant & equipment

Movements:

Carrying amount at beginning of year
Additions
Acquisition of subsidiaries
Disposals
Depreciation expense
Net foreign exchange differences
Carrying amount at end of year

391
232
159

58
128

1,719
1,302
417

2,110
1,534
576

566
244

624
372

321
263
58

113
31

(7)
(416)
              -                     3              3 

              -                    -               -                  -   
              -   
(15)
(73)
2
58

(7)
(389)

159

417

576

(27)

1,872
1,306
566

2,193
1,569
624

764
108
122
(10)
(421)
3
566

877
139
122
(25)
(494)
5
624

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

10. Payables

Payables represent liabilities for goods and services received prior to the end of the year and that remain unpaid at 
reporting date. Trade payables are unsecured and are recognised at the amount due to suppliers. Accruals represent 
amounts due for supplies and services received but not invoiced at reporting date. 

Trade payables and accruals

Unsettled trades

Accrued employee entitlements

Taxes payable - GST and Fringe Benefits Tax

Total payables

Employee Entitlements 

Consolidated Entity
30 June

30 June

2019

$’000

9,366

3,843

16,185

2,399

2018

$’000

4,981

 - 

13,403

2,228

31,793

20,612

Employee entitlements comprise wages, salaries, annual leave and bonuses. 

Liabilities  for  wages  and  salaries  and  annual  leave  are  measured  at  the  amounts  expected  to  be  paid  when  the 
liabilities  are  settled  and  include  related  on-costs,  for  example  payroll  tax.  Bonuses  are  recognised  in  respect  of 
employee services up to the end of the reporting period. A liability and an expense are recognised for the employee 
bonus plan where the Group is contractually obliged or where there is past practice that has created a constructive 
obligation to pay the relevant bonuses. The cash bonus is paid within three months of balance date. The conditional 
deferred cash bonus is paid in 12 or 36 equal instalments (depending on the employee) in the following financial 
year or years and payment of the deferred cash bonus is conditional on an eligible employee being employed at the 
time of payment. The deferred cash bonus for each month is expensed in the Consolidated Statement of Profit or 
Loss as incurred. 

Maturities of Financial Liabilities 
At 30 June 2019, the Group’s financial liabilities comprise trade creditors and payables which mature in 1 year or less 
(June 2018: 1 year or less). 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

11. Provisions

Employee entitlements - long service leave 

Onerous lease provision

Total current provisions

Employee entitlements - long service leave 

Other employee entitlements

Onerous lease provision

Provision for make-good

Total non-current provisions

Consolidated Entity

30 June

30 June

2019

$’000

1,472

330

1,802

722

763

538

 31 

2,054

2018

$’000

1,247

 - 

1,247

698

239

 - 

30

967

(i)

(ii)

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

Long service leave

(i)
Liabilities for long service leave are recognised when employees reach a qualifying period of continuous service. Non-
current liabilities are measured as the present value of expected future payments and are expected to be paid after
12 months of reporting date. Current liabilities are measured at the amount expected to be settled within 12 months
of  the  reporting  date. Consideration  is  given  to  expected  future  wage  and  salary  levels,  experience  of  employee
departures and periods of  service and  discounted using high quality corporate  bond rates at reporting date, with
terms to maturity that match, as closely as possible, the estimated future cash outflows.

(ii) Onerous lease provision
An onerous lease provision is recognised when the expected benefits to be derived by the Group from a lease are
lower than the unavoidable costs under the lease. The provision is measured at the present value of the lower of
the expected cost of terminating the lease and the expected net cost of continuing with the lease. The movement
in the total onerous lease provision relates to an additional provision for a premise that is in excess to the Group’s
needs.

(iii) Provision for make-good
A make-good provision is recognised for the present value of the estimated expenditure required to restore office
premises back to the condition at lease inception. A corresponding asset is recognised in leasehold improvements
within property, plant and equipment and is depreciated over the remaining life of the relevant lease.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

12.  Financial Assets 

Current

(i) Financial assets at amortised cost
Term deposits(A)
Total current financial assets

Non-Current
(ii) Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss(B)

Investments in listed shares (by domicile of primary stock exchange)

  - United States

  - Europe and UK
Investments in quoted funds/ASX listed trust (C)

  - Magellan Global Equities Fund

  - Magellan Global Equities Fund (Currency Hedged)

  - Magellan Infrastructure Fund (Currency Hedged)

  - Magellan Global Trust

Total quoted/listed investments

Investments in unlisted funds(C)

  - Magellan Global Fund

  - Magellan Global Fund (Hedged)

  - Magellan High Conviction Fund

  - Magellan W holesale Plus Global Fund

  - Magellan W holesale Plus Infrastructure Fund

  - Frontier MFG Core Infrastructure Fund

  - Frontier MFG Global Plus Fund
  - MFG Global Sustainable Fund (D)

  - Other

Investments in unlisted shares

  - Other

Total unlisted investments

Total non-current financial assets

Consolidated Entity

30 June

30 June

2019

$’000

2018

$’000

2,009

2,009

1,972

1,972

6,285

1,234

79,218

21,632

13,101

4,215

2,714

263

64,413

18,313

11,097

4,086

125,685

100,886

138,191

111,992

921

784

39,398

32,801

9,020

6,330

7,245

10,703

7,532

5,451

6,026

8,839

1,569

               -   

22

81

               -   

175

213,399

173,681

339,084

274,567

(A)  Comprises term deposits held with major Australian banks and pledged against bank guarantees in respect of the Group’s 
future lease obligations. In the event the Group does not meet its lease payments, the banks have the right to apply the 
deposits in settlement of the amount paid by the banks under the guarantees. 

(B)  The Group adopted AASB 9 on 1 July 2018. At this time, the investments held by the Group in the Principal Investments 
portfolio were classified as ‘fair value through profit or loss’. Previously these investments were classified under AASB 139 
as  ‘available-for-sale  (“AFS”)  financial  assets  held  at  fair  value  through  comprehensive  income’.  Refer  to  note  1  (c)  for 
further details. 

(C)  At  30  June  2019  the  Group  held  the  following  investments:  Magellan  Global  Equities  Fund  5.6%  (June  2018:  6.1%), 
Magellan  Global  Equities  Fund  (Currency  Hedged) 21.4%  (June  2018: 27.3%), Magellan  Infrastructure  Fund  (Currency 
Hedged) 3.5% (June 2018: 6.2%), Magellan Global Trust 0.2% (June 2018: 0.2%), Magellan Global Fund 1.3% (June 
2018: 1.2%), Magellan Global Fund (Hedged) 0.2% (June 2018: 0.2%), Magellan High Conviction Fund 6.9% (June 2018: 
7.0%), Magellan Wholesale Plus Global Fund 1.0% (June 2018: 1.0%), Magellan Wholesale Plus Infrastructure Fund 16.7% 
(June 2018: 41.6%), Frontier MFG Core Infrastructure Fund 1.3% (June 2018: 1.1%), Frontier MFG Global Plus Fund 3.5% 
(June 2018: 1.9%) and MFG Global Sustainable Fund 4.7% (June 2018: nil). 

(D)  On 8 February 2019, MFG purchased US$1,000,000 of units in MFG Global Sustainable Fund. 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

12.  Financial Assets (continued) 

The movement in the Group’s financial assets is as follows:     

Current

Opening balance 

Term deposit of acquired subsidiary

Cash placed on term deposit

Matured term deposits

Closing balance

Non-current

Opening balance

Acquisitions

Disposals

Net change in fair value

- Realised
- Unrealised(A)

Net change in fair value recorded as dividend and distribution income

Consolidated Entity

30 June

30 June

2019

$’000

2018

$’000

1,972

               -   

2,151

(2,114)

2,009

1,775

358

2,331

(2,492)

1,972

274,567

263,113

22,713

8,784

(2,147)

(18,022)

577

40,136

4,011

16,681

3,238

               -   

Closing balance
(A)  The net unrealised gain on financial assets was recorded in comprehensive income in the year ended 30 June 2018 (refer 

339,084

274,567

to note 1(c)). 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

12.  Financial Assets (continued) 

Financial Assets Accounting Policies (effective from 1 July 2018) 

Initial Recognition and Measurement  
Financial  assets  are  classified,  at  initial  recognition,  based  on  whether  they  will  be  subsequently  measured  at 
amortised cost or fair value through profit or loss. The classification of financial assets at initial recognition depends 
on the financial asset’s contractual cash flow characteristics and the Group’s business model for managing them. The 
Group initially measures financial assets at their fair value. 

Subsequent Measurement  
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are carried in the statement of financial position at fair value with 
the  net  change  in  fair  value  recognised  in  the  statement  of  profit  or  loss.  The  net  change  in  fair  value  does  not 
include dividend and distribution income. 

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are classified as non-current assets unless management intends 
to dispose of the assets within 12 months of reporting date. 

Financial assets at amortised cost are carried using the effective interest rate method. Gains or losses are recognised 
in profit or loss when the financial asset is derecognised or impaired. The Group assesses on a forward looking basis 
the expected credit losses associated with financial assets at amortised cost. The impairment methodology applied 
depends on whether there has been a significant increase in credit risk. 

Purchases and sales are recognised on trade date, being the date the Group commits to purchase or sell the asset. 
Financial assets are derecognised when the rights to receive cash flows from the financial assets have expired or 
have been transferred and the Group has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership. 

Payments for purchases and proceeds from sale of investment securities are classified as cash flows from investing 
activities. 

Financial Assets Accounting Policies (prior to the adoption of AASB 9 on 1 July 2018) 
Financial  assets at fair  value through profit or loss were  previously classified as  available-for-sale financial assets 
carried at fair value. Changes in the fair value of available-for-sale financial assets were recognised in the available-
for-sale  reserve  and  included  in  other  comprehensive  income  until  the  asset  was  disposed  or  impaired.  When 
available-for-sale financial assets were sold or impaired, cumulative gains recognised in the available-for-sale reserve 
were recognised in profit or loss. Cumulative losses were recognised in the available-for-sale reserve to the extent 
that they reversed  previously  recorded  gains, and when previously recorded  gains had been reversed in full, any 
impairment  loss  below  original  cost  (when  significant  and  prolonged)  was  recognised  in  profit  or  loss.  Previously 
when assessing whether an available-for-sale asset was impaired, the Board considered a number of quantitative 
and  qualitative  factors,  which  included  the  current  market  price  of  the  asset,  research  performed  internally  by 
experienced  equity  analysts,  and,  where  appropriate,  external  research  that  provided  guidance  on  the  long-term 
underlying value of the asset.  

Financial assets at amortised cost were classified as loans and receivables and carried at amortised cost using the 
effective interest rate method.  

Structured Entities 
A structured entity is an entity that has been designed so that voting or similar rights are not the dominant factor in 
deciding who controls the entity and the relevant activities are directed by means of contractual arrangements under 
AASB 12: Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities (“AASB 12”). The Group has assessed whether the funds in which 
it invests (as set out in note 12) and to which it has been appointed Investment Manager or Sub-Adviser, should be 
classified  as  structured  entities.  The  Group  has  considered  the  voting  rights  and  other  similar  rights  afforded  to 
investors in these funds, including the rights to remove the Investment Manager or redeem holdings. The Group has 
concluded that the funds in which it invests are not structured entities under AASB 12. 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

13.  Contributed Equity    

Ordinary  shares  are  issued  by  MFG,  classified  as  equity  and  recognised  at  the  value  of  consideration  received. 
Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares are recognised in equity as a deduction, net of tax. 

Ordinary Shares

Total contributed equity

(a) Ordinary Shares

Opening balance
Shares issued for acquisition of Airlie(i)
Shares issued for acquisition of FAM(ii)
Shares issued under SPP(iii)
SPP expense for year

less: transaction costs arising on share issue net of tax

Closing balance - Ordinary Shares

Consolidated Entity
30 June

30 June

2019

$’000

2018

$’000

243,150

218,877

243,150

218,877

Note

(a)

Note

17

Consolidated Entity

30 June

30 June

30 June

30 June

2019

2018

2019

2018

Number of 
shares
’000

Number of 
shares
’000

$’000

$’000

176,211

172,076

218,877

115,250

 - 

788

88

 - 

 - 

3,857

 - 

97,113

 - 

278

 - 

 - 

21,672

2,187

445

(31)

 - 

6,013

578

(77)

177,087

176,211

243,150

218,877

(i)   In accordance with the sale agreement, the ordinary shares were placed in escrow in the name of the former shareholders. 
The ordinary shares will be released in equal amounts on the anniversary date of issue, being 1 March, over five years until 
2023. 

(ii)  In accordance with the sale agreement, 689,066 of the 787,507 ordinary shares issued were placed in escrow in the name of 
the  former  shareholder.  The  escrowed  shares  will  be  released  in  equal  amounts  on  the  anniversary  date  of  issue,  being  1 
October, over seven years until 2025. 

(iii)  Of  the  177,087,458  ordinary  shares  on  issue  at  30  June  2019,  911,016  ordinary  shares  are  held  by  employees  and  Non-

Executive Directors under the SPP (June 2018: 1,088,300). Refer to note 14 for further details. 

Terms and Conditions 
Ordinary shares are fully paid and entitle the holder to receive dividends declared and proceeds on winding up the 
Company in proportion to the number of and amounts paid up on shares held. Ordinary shares entitle their holder 
to one vote, either in person, or by proxy, at a meeting of the Company. 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

14. Share Purchase Plan

The Group has put in place a Share Purchase Plan (the “Plan” or “SPP”) for its employees and Non-Executive Directors 
(“Participants”).  MFG  provides  financial  assistance  to  Participants  to  invest  in  MFG  shares  in  order  to  align  more 
closely the interests of Participants with the interests of the shareholders of the Group.  

The financial assistance provided to Participants is by way of a full recourse interest free loan (“SPP loan”). The SPP 
loan is secured by the MFG shares issued under the SPP to that Participant. The maximum SPP loan term is 10 years 
and for Non-Executive Director Participants it is 5 years, except where an extension is approved by MFG shareholders. 
Any outstanding balance at the end of the SPP loan term must be repaid by the Participant. A Participant who ceases 
to be employed and has a SPP loan balance must repay the total amount owing under the SPP loan within 3 months 
of cessation, or such longer period determined by the Board.  

The issue price for shares issued under an SPP offer is the fair market value of the shares at the offer date. This is 
calculated using the volume weighted average price of traded shares in the 5 business days prior to the offer date. 
Shares issued under an SPP have the same rights as all other MFG ordinary shares except they are placed in a trading 
lock. Following full repayment of the SPP loan, the holding lock and any security over the shares issued under the 
SPP is released and the Participant shall be entitled to retain his or her shares issued under the SPP.  

Repayment of a SPP loan occurs either by applying an amount equal to 25% of the Participant’s after tax annual 
cash bonus and/or applying dividends received on their shares issued under the SPP. Dividends paid to Participants 
and applied as a repayment of the SPP loans amounted to $1,686,000 for the year ended 30 June 2019 (June 2018: 
$961,000).  

SPP loans to Participants are initially recognised at fair value, which is determined by discounting loans to their net 
present value using the risk-free interest rate at the time the loan is granted and an estimated repayment schedule. 
Following initial recognition, they are carried at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, adjusted for 
changes in the projected repayment schedule. Changes in the carrying value of the SPP loans are recognised within 
interest income in the profit or loss. The cost of providing the benefit to Participants is recognised as an employee 
expense in the profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the expected life of the SPP loan. 

Amounts recognised at 30 June 2019 in respect of the SPP loans are: 

Current - SPP loans due within 1 year

Non-current - SPP loans due later than 1 year and within 10 years

Total SPP loans

SPP interest income

SPP employee expense

Net SPP income/(expense) in the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss

Consolidated Entity
30 June

30 June

2019

$’000

3,616

7,603

2018

$’000

3,298

9,344

11,219

12,642

487

(445)

42

673

(578)

95

Both the change in the carrying value of the SPP loans recorded in interest income and the cost of providing the 
benefit  to  Participants  recorded  in  employee  expense  are  non-cash  items  and  therefore  are  not  reflected  in  the 
Group’s  Consolidated  Statement  of  Cash  Flows.  Over  the  life  of  the  SPP  loans,  the  amounts  credited  to  interest 
income and the amounts recognised as employee expense will exactly offset each other.  

At 30 June 2019, the total value of MFG shares securing the SPP loans to all Participants applying MFG’s closing share 
price of $51.00 was $46,462,000 (June 2018: $25,357,000). Expected credit losses are provided for credit losses 
that result from default events that are possible within the next 12-months. No amounts are past due or permanently 
impaired as the SPP provides that any shortfall between the SPP loan and the value of MFG shares under the SPP is 
recoverable from the Participant. An impairment analysis is performed at each reporting date to measure expected 
credit losses. 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

14. Share Purchase Plan (continued)

The face value of the SPP loans outstanding at 30 June 2019, along with the total number of shares issued under 
the SPP and the share price at which they were issued are: 

Share issue 
price

Total number of 
shares issued
under SPP

30 June

30 June

2019

2018

Consolidated Entity

$10.02

186,200

SPP issue

29 October 2013 tranche

Face value of loans ($)

Estimated weighted average duration of loans

Imputed interest rate

22 September 2014 tranche

$13.23

342,609

Face value of loans ($)

Estimated weighted average duration of loans

Imputed interest rate

13 November 2014 tranche

Face value of loans ($)

Estimated weighted average duration of loans

Imputed interest rate

$13.64

243,155

14 September 2015 tranche

$18.88

265,443

Face value of loans ($)

Estimated weighted average duration of loans

Imputed interest rate

16 September 2016 tranche

$23.51

126,038

Face value of loans ($)

Estimated weighted average duration of loans

Imputed interest rate

18 November 2016 tranche

Face value of loans ($)

Estimated weighted average duration of loans

Imputed interest rate

$20.85

63,948

18 September 2017 tranche

$24.47

202,536

Face value of loans ($)

Estimated weighted average duration of loans

Imputed interest rate

16 November 2017 tranche

Face value of loans ($)

Estimated weighted average duration of loans

Imputed interest rate

13 March 2018 tranche

Face value of loans ($)

Estimated weighted average duration of loans

Imputed interest rate

$24.99

53,354

$24.93

22,061

17 September 2018 tranche

$27.92

88,784

Face value of loans ($)

Estimated weighted average duration of loans

Imputed interest rate

-

-

-

144,000

0.2 years

3.4%

496,000

1,241,000

0.7 years

1.0 years

3.0%

3.0%

1,276,000

1,664,000

0.7 years

1.5 years

2.8%

2.8%

1,027,000

1,869,000

1.3 years

2.4 years

2.2%

2.2%

1,084,000

1,691,000

1.8 years

2.3 years

1.8%

1.8%

812,000

917,000

2.1 years

2.8 years

2.1%

2.1%

3,677,000

4,474,000

3.4 years

4.5 years

2.4%

2.4%

889,000

976,000

2.9 years

3.7 years

2.2%

2.2%

439,000

550,000

3.3 years

4.2 years

2.4%

2.4%

2,208,000

4.6 years

2.3%

-  

-  

- 

Total number of MFG ordinary shares held by Participants at end of year

911,016

1,088,300

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

15.   Parent Entity Information 

Assets
Current assets
Non-current assets
Total Assets

Liabilities

Current liabilities

Non-current liabilities

Total Liabilities

Net Assets

Equity
Contributed equity

Available for sale reserve

Retained profits

Total Equity

Net profit after income tax expense for the year

Comprehensive income after income tax expense for the year

Total comprehensive income for the year

Parent Entity

30 June 
2019

30 June 
2018

$’000

$’000

165,377
497,546
662,923

155,089
408,357
563,446

23,791

20,485

29,435

9,129

44,276

38,564

618,647

524,882

243,525

219,252

               -   

57,983

375,122

247,647

618,647

524,882

358,772

186,300

               -   

14,381

358,772

200,681

The financial information for the parent entity, Magellan Financial Group Limited, has been prepared on the same 
basis  as  the  Group’s  consolidated  financial  statements,  except  for  investments  in  subsidiaries.  Investments  in 
subsidiaries  are  accounted  for  at  cost  less  impairment  expense,  in  the  financial  statements  of  the  parent  entity. 
Dividends received from subsidiaries are recognised in the parent entity’s profit or loss rather than being deducted 
from the carrying amount of the investment. 

Contingent Assets and Liabilities of MFG 

(a) 
At 30 June 2019, MFG has no contingent assets or contingent liabilities (June 2018: nil). 

(b)  Commitments of MFG 
MFG  has  committed  to  pay  an  amount  to  MGG,  at  each  distribution  period  where  a  DRP  is  offered,  to  ensure 
unitholders in MGG suffer no dilution where a MGG unitholder participates in the DRP. Refer to note 21(b) for further 
details.  

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

16.   Subsidiaries  

At 30 June, the Group’s subsidiaries were:  

Country of incorporation/

     % equity interest (a)  
30 June

30 June

Note

Principal place of business

2019

2018

Magellan Asset Management Limited ("MAM")

  - Airlie Funds Management Pty Limited ("Airlie")

MGT Investment Corp Pty Limited ("MGTI")

Magellan Capital Partners Pty Limited

MFG Services LLC ("MFGS")

Frontier North American Holdings Inc. ("FNAH")

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

  - Frontier Partners Inc.

  - Frontegra Strategies LLC

Australia

Australia

Australia

Australia

           100 

           100 

           100 

           100 

United States of America

           100 

United States of America

             80 

United States of America

           100 

United States of America

           100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

100 

80 

100 

100 

  - Frontegra Asset Management Inc.

(f)

United States of America

           100 

             -   

- MFG High Conviction Master Fund GP LLC

United States of America

           100 

             -   

Inset names indicate that shares are held by the company immediately above.  
All material subsidiaries have a 30 June reporting date.  

(a)  The proportion of ownership interest is equal to the proportion of voting power held. 
(b)  Airlie was acquired by MAM on 1 March 2018. 
(c)  A special purpose vehicle formed on 9 August 2017 to subscribe for loyalty units for eligible unitholders of MGG 

under the priority offer. At 30 June 2019, this entity was dormant.  

(d)  A Delaware limited liability company formed on 3 August 2015. MFGS is a service company and provides MAM 

with investment research and distribution services.   

(e)  A Delaware limited liability company formed on 26 January 2018. FNAH is a US holding company of the Frontier 
Group. FNAH is 20% owned  by a former shareholder of the Frontier Group. MFG has a  call option over the 
remaining 20% of the issued share capital of FNAH, the acquirer of the Frontier Group and a controlled entity 
of MFG. The minority shareholder of FNAH, Mr Bill Forsyth, holds a put option over his interest in the issued 
share capital of FNAH. The options can be exercised by either party during the period 1 January 2026 to 31 
March 2026, at an exercise price based on a multiple of annualised average earnings for a specified period. In 
addition to the above, MFG holds a further call option to purchase the remaining 20% of the issued share capital 
of FNAH for $1. This option can be triggered at any time prior to 31 December 2025 in certain circumstances. 
At the date of this report, the Group has no expectation that this call option would be triggered. The Group has 
determined that it has a present ownership interest in the non-controlling interest of FNAH.  

(f)  Frontegra Asset Management Inc. was acquired by FNAH on 1 October 2018.  

Transactions between MAM and foreign entities are subject to transfer pricing arrangements.  

The Group’s investments in other entities are set out in note 12.  

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

16.  Subsidiaries (continued) 

Principles of Consolidation 
The consolidated financial report of the Group comprises the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries. 
Subsidiaries are entities over which the Group has the power to govern the financial and operating policies, is exposed 
to variable returns from its involvement in the entity and has the ability to affect those returns. Assets and liabilities, 
income and expenses of a subsidiary are included from the date the Group gains control until control ceases. On 
consolidation, assets and liabilities and income and expenses of foreign operations are translated at the reporting 
date and date of transaction respectively. Equity and reserve balances are translated at the date of transaction. The 
foreign exchange differences arising on translation are recognised in comprehensive income and accumulated in the 
foreign  currency  translation  reserve.  When  the  foreign  operation  is  disposed,  amounts  in  other  comprehensive 
income relating to that foreign operation are recognised in the consolidated statement of profit or loss. All inter-
entity  assets,  liabilities,  equity,  income,  expenses  and  cash  flows  relating  to  transactions  within  the  Group  are 
eliminated in full on consolidation. When necessary, adjustments  are made to the results of  subsidiaries to  bring 
them into line with the Group’s accounting policies. 

Foreign Subsidiaries 
On  consolidation,  the  assets  and  liabilities  of  foreign  subsidiaries  whose  functional  currency  differs  from  the 
presentation  currency  are  translated  into  Australian  dollars  at  the  rate  of  exchange  at  reporting  date.  Exchange 
differences arising on retranslation are taken directly to the foreign currency translation reserve in equity. On disposal 
of  a  foreign  subsidiary,  the  deferred  cumulative  amount  recognised  in  equity  relating  to  that  particular  foreign 
operation is recognised in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income. 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

17.   Business Combinations 

Business combinations are accounted for using the acquisition method. The cost of an acquisition is measured as the 
aggregate of the fair values (at acquisition date) of assets acquired, equity issued, liabilities incurred or assumed and 
the  amount  of  any  non-controlling  interest  in  the  acquired  entity  at  the  date  of  acquisition.  For  each  business 
combination, the Group elects whether to measure the non-controlling interest in the acquired entity at fair value or 
at  the  proportionate  share  of  the  acquiree’s  identifiable  net  assets.  Transaction  costs  related  to  acquisitions  are 
expensed as incurred to the profit or loss. 

The  excess  of  consideration  paid  and  non-controlling  interest  in  the  acquired  entity  over  the  fair  value  of  the 
identifiable net assets acquired is goodwill. Goodwill and fair value adjustments arising on an acquisition of a foreign 
operation are treated as assets and liabilities of the foreign operation and translated at the closing rate. Goodwill 
arising from business combinations is included in intangible assets (refer to note 18). 

Frontegra Asset Management Inc 
The  Group’s  US  holding  company,  Frontier  North  America  Holdings  Inc  (“FNAH”),  acquired  Frontegra  Asset 
Management  Inc  on  1  October  2018  for  consideration  of  US$19,181,000  (A$26,509,000),  comprising  of  cash  of 
$US3,500,000 (A$4,837,000) and 787,507 MFG ordinary shares amounting to US$15,681,000 (A$21,672,000). The 
fair value of the MFG ordinary shares issued was A$27.52 per share, being the price of MFG ordinary shares on the 
date of acquisition. 

Frontegra Asset Management Inc is part of the Frontier Group, a privately-owned group of companies which MFG 
entered  into  an  agreement  to  acquire  on  5  February  2018  (refer  to  the  30  June  2018  financial  statements  for 
additional information). 

In accordance with the sale agreement, 689,066 of the total ordinary shares issued were placed in escrow (“escrowed 
shares”)  on  1  October  2018.  The  escrowed  shares  will  be  released  in  equal  amounts  over  seven  years  following 
acquisition. As a result, one seventh of the escrowed shares will be released each anniversary date, with the first 
anniversary date being 1 October 2019. The escrowed shares have the same rights as MFG ordinary shares, except 
that the escrowed shares have a trading lock placed on them, preventing them being sold. 

Transaction costs of $22,000 have been expensed as incurred and are included within legal and professional fees in 
the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss. 

The cash outflow for the acquisition of Frontegra Asset Management Inc. net of cash acquired was $1,632,000. 

Frontegra Asset Management Inc. has contributed revenues of $943,000 and net profit after tax of $797,000 to the 
Group for the period since acquisition, being 1 October 2018 to 30 June 2019. 

If the acquisition had occurred from the beginning of the year, the Group’s revenue and net profit after tax for the 
full year ended 30 June 2019 would have been $623,140,000 and $378,298,000 respectively.  

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

17. Business Combinations (continued)

The fair values of the assets and liabilities of Frontegra Asset Management Inc at 1 October 2018 were: 

Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Receivables
Prepayments
Intangibles - customer relationships
Total assets

Liabilities
Payables
Total liabilities
Total identifiable net assets at fair value

Goodwill arising on acquisition
Purchase consideration

$’000

3,205
1,998
27
2,418
7,648

1,337
1,337
6,311

20,198
26,509

Of the $1,998,000 receivables, the acquired trade receivables comprised $1,689,000, representing amounts invoiced 
to clients. At acquisition date, no amounts were expected to be uncollectable. Goodwill of $20,198,000 is attributable 
to expected synergies arising from the acquisition.  

(a) Business Combinations in the Prior Year
During the year ended 30 June 2018, the following companies were acquired:
•
•
•

Frontier Partners Inc on 5 February 2018;
Airlie Funds Management Pty Limited on 1 March 2018; and
Frontegra Strategies LLC on 2 April 2018.

The details of the companies acquired are included in the 30 June 2018 financial statements. 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

18.

Intangibles

30 June 2019

At cost
less: accumulated amortisation and impairment
Total intangible assets

Movement:
Carrying amount at beginning of year
Acquisition of subsidiaries
Amortisation expense
Net foreign exchange differences
Carrying amount at end of year

30 June 2018

At cost
less: accumulated amortisation and impairment
Total intangible assets

Movement:
Carrying amount at beginning of year
Acquisition of subsidiaries
Amortisation expense
Net foreign exchange differences
Carrying amount at end of year

Note

17

Note

Consolidated Entity

Definite lives

Indefinite lives

Customer
Relationships

Goodwill

Total

$’000

25,727
(5,922)
19,805

21,529
2,418
(4,518)
376
19,805

$’000

104,703
-
104,703

83,489
20,198
-
1,016
104,703

$’000

130,430
(5,922)
124,508

105,018
22,616
(4,518)
1,392
124,508

Definite lives

Indefinite lives

Customer
Relationships

Goodwill

Total

$’000

22,933
(1,404)
21,529

 - 
22,601
(1,404)
332
21,529

$’000

83,489
-
83,489

-  
82,994
-
495
83,489

$’000

106,422
(1,404)
105,018

 - 
105,595
(1,404)
827
105,018

Intangible assets comprise goodwill and customer relationships resulting from the acquisition of Airlie and the Frontier 
Group.  

Intangible assets are recognised at fair value at the date of acquisition and subsequently measured at cost less any 
accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. The useful lives of intangible assets are assessed as 
either definite or indefinite.  

Customer relationships 
Customer relationships relate to existing agreements with clients and relationships with unitholders in the case of 
the funds. These assets have been determined to have a definite life, being the expected client attrition profile, which 
is as follows:  
- Customer relationships – Airlie
5 years 
- Customer relationships – Frontier Group   7 years

Customer relationships are recognised at fair value at the date of acquisition and amortised on a straight-line basis 
over the useful lives stated above. Amortisation expense is recognised in the statement of profit or loss. 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

18.

Intangibles (continued)

Goodwill 
Goodwill  represents  the  excess  of  the consideration  paid  for  the business  combination  over  the  fair  value  of  the 
identifiable net assets acquired or liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition. It comprises the value of expected 
synergies arising from the acquisitions and the value of the workforce in place at Airlie and the Frontier Group. 

Goodwill  has  an  indefinite  life  and  is  initially  recognised  at  cost  and  subsequently  measured  at  cost  less  any 
accumulated impairment losses. 

Impairment 
Impairment tests are carried out annually for goodwill (or when circumstances indicate the carrying value may not 
be recoverable). In addition, impairment tests for all assets are performed when there is an indication of impairment. 

All goodwill has been allocated to one cash generating unit (CGU), being the Funds Management segment (FM CGU) 
(refer to note 2). The recoverable amount of the FM CGU has been determined using the value-in-use approach. 
Value-in-use  represents  the  present  value  of  the  CGU’s  estimated  future  pre-tax  cash  flows  of  fee  revenue,  net 
income and operating expenses. 

The estimated future cash flows are based on financial budgets approved by the Directors for a period of one year. 
Cash  flows  beyond  the  approved  budget  period  are  extrapolated  using  a  growth  rate  of  6%  based  on  external 
forecasts of long-term global equity market returns. A pre-tax discount rate of 12% was applied to the cash flow 
projections. 

Based on current economic conditions and the Funds Management segment performance, no reasonably possible 
change in a key assumption used in the determination of the recoverable amount is expected to result in impairment 
of goodwill amounts recognised at 30 June 2019. 

Key Estimate and Judgement 
Judgement is used to assess the recoverable value of goodwill, the estimated useful life of acquired intangibles, in 
the assessment of impairment indicators for acquired intangibles and, where required, in determining the recoverable 
amount. 

The carrying amount of goodwill is based on judgements including the basis of assumptions and forecasts used for 
determining cashflows for the Funds Management CGU, headroom availability and sensitivities of the forecasts to 
reasonably possible changes in assumptions. The Group undertakes an annual assessment to evaluate whether the 
carrying value of goodwill on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position is impaired. The estimation of future 
cash flows and the discount rates applied requires significant judgement. 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

19. Related Party Disclosures

Ultimate Parent Entity

(a)
Magellan Financial Group Limited is the ultimate parent entity.

Transactions with Related Parties

(b)
Interests in subsidiaries are set out in note 16 and transactions with the related parties are set out below.

Key Management Personnel

(c)
The Directors and senior executives considered Key Management Personnel of the Group during the year and up to
the date of this report:

Directors

(i)
The Directors of the Company unless otherwise stated during the year and up to the date of this report were:
Name

Appointed

Brett Cairns

Hamish Douglass

John Eales

Robert Fraser

Paul Lewis

Hamish McLennan

Karen Phin

Directorship
Chief Executive Officer(A)
Chairman and Chief Investment Officer(B)
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director and Chairman of MAM(C)
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman(D)
Non-Executive Director

22 January 2007

21 November 2006

1 July 2017

23 April 2014

20 December 2006

1 March 2016

23 April 2014

(A) On 5 October 2018, Dr Cairns was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Group. Prior to this Dr Cairns held the position of

Executive Chairman.

(B) On 5 October 2018, Mr Douglass was appointed Chairman of the MFG Board. Prior to this Mr Douglass was Chief Executive

Officer of the Group. Mr Douglass remains Chief Investment Officer.
(C) On 5 June 2019, Mr Fraser was appointed Chairman of the MAM Board.
(D) On 5 June 2019, Mr McLennan was appointed Deputy Chairman of the MFG Board.

No Director has or has had any interest in a contract entered into up to the date of this report with the Company or 
any related entity other than as disclosed in this report.  

Other Key Management Personnel (“KMP”)

(ii)
Other Key Management as disclosed below are those whom, the Board deemed, most accurately met the definition
during the financial year:
Kirsten Morton 
Marcia Venegas 
Craig Wright 

Chief Financial Officer 
Head of Risk, Compliance and Legal 
Head of Governance & Advisory 

With senior management changes in the 2019 financial year and the formation of an Executive Committee, the Board 
reviewed the composition of the Group Executive KMP and determined that the members of the Executive Committee 
were the Group Executive KMP as they had authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the 
activities of the Group.  

(iii) Remuneration of KMP
KMP of the Group received the following amounts during the financial year:

Short term benefits

- Salary

- Cash bonus

Post-employment benefits

Long-term benefits
Other benefits

Total remuneration paid to KMP

(A) Comparative information does not include details of payments made to former Other KMP.

Refer to section 3.4 of the Remuneration Report for further details. 

Consolidated Entity

30 June

2019

$

30 June
2018(A)

$

5,520,861

3,075,666

131,871

40,739
(47,879)
8,721,258

6,212,522

1,780,263

129,310

36,389
291,845
8,450,329

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

19. Related Party Disclosures (continued)

Transactions with Other Related Parties

(d)
The following transactions occurred with entities in the Group:

Revenue with Controlled Entities

Dividends

Reimbursed expenses

Expenses with Controlled Entities

Expense reimbursements

Outstanding balances with Controlled Entities

Receivables

- Tax funding agreement - receivable

- Tax funding agreement - received

- Loan receivable

Equity contribution to Controlled Entities

- Cash

- Non-cash

Equity returned from Controlled Entities
- Cash

Transfer Pricing between Controlled Entities

- Service fees

- Recharged expenses

30 June

30 June

2019

$

2018

$

Note

(i)

332,306,213

232,863,638

201,581

200,000

51,509

314,468

(ii)

(ii)

17,935,731

19,581,107

105,956,905

64,567,450

5,344

10,548

4,837,260

59,620,935

21,672,193

111,735,958

97,391

493,980

14,368,631

6,370,251

1,528,736

 345,081 

(i)

(ii)

Dividends  from  controlled  entities  totalling  $332,306,213  comprised  $332,127,844  paid  by  MAM  to  MFG  (June  2018:
$211,878,998),  $178,369  paid  by  MFGS  to  MFG  (June  2018:  $111,145)  and  nil  paid  by  MGTI  to  MFG  (June  2018:
$20,873,495).

During the year ended 30 June 2019, MAM’s and Airlie’s income tax liabilities of $104,311,529 (June 2018: $82,486,575)
were  assumed  by  MFG,  the  head  entity  of  the  tax  consolidated  group.  Payments  totalling  $101,870,170  (June  2018:
$63,319,038) were received by MFG from MAM under the tax funding agreement during the year and $17,394,661 was
receivable by MFG from MAM in respect of amounts arising from the transfer of MAM’s tax liability to MFG (June 2018:
$19,167,536).  Payments  totalling  $4,086,735  were  received  by  MFG  from  Airlie  under  the  tax  funding  agreement  and
$541,070 was receivable by MFG from Airlie in respect of amounts arising from the transfer of Airlie’s tax liability to MFG
(June 2018: $413,571).

All transactions with related parties are conducted on normal commercial terms and conditions. Receivable and 
payable balances at year end are unsecured and settlement occurs in cash.    

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

20. Capital and Risk Management

The Group is subject to liquidity risk, price risk, foreign currency risk, interest rate risk, credit risk and translation risk 
and how these risks could affect the Group’s future financial performance is discussed below. 

Capital Management

(a)
The Group’s approach to capital management remained unchanged during the year, which was to ensure that the
Group continues as a going concern, it has sufficient liquidity to meet its operating requirements, it is able to support
the payment of dividends to shareholders in accordance with the Group’s dividend policy, and it retains the flexibility
to retain capital if required for future business expansion. The Group’s capital consists entirely of shareholder equity.
The Group has access to a $50 million revolving credit facility at 30 June 2019 (June 2018: $50 million) (refer note
20(c) for further detail).

The Directors believe that the Group’s core business, funds management, is scalable over time and the funds under 
management  should  continue  to  grow  without  the  need  to  make  material  additional  capital  investment  into  the 
business. 

MAM and Airlie are subject to regulatory financial requirements by virtue of holding an Australian Financial Services 
Licence (“AFSL”). During the year ended 30 June 2019, both entities satisfied the liquidity requirements under their 
AFSL. MAM maintained the required net tangible assets of 10% of the three year average of MAM’s revenues and 
satisfied  the  requirements  of  cash  and  cash  equivalents  which  is  50%  of  the  required  net  tangible  assets,  in 
accordance with ASIC Regulatory Guide 166.  

Financial Risk Management

(b)
The Board has an approved risk management framework including policies, procedures and limits and uses different
methods to measure and manage different types of risks to which it is exposed. The Group seeks to deal only with
creditworthy counterparties and these assessments are regularly reviewed. Liquidity risk is monitored through the
use of future rolling cash flow forecasts and ageing analysis of receivables.

The investment portfolios of funds managed by MAM and Airlie, which are listed in note 2, are managed on a daily 
basis  in  accordance  with  the  investment  objectives  and  mandates  of  those  funds.  Further  details  of  the  risk 
management objectives and policies of those entities can be found in their Product Disclosure Statement (“PDS”) 
and in the case of the Frontier MFG Funds, in their prospectuses. 

Liquidity Risk

(c)
Liquidity  risk  is  the  risk  that  the  Group  will  encounter  difficulty  in  meeting  obligations  associated  with  financial
liabilities on the due date or will be forced to sell financial assets at a value which is less than they are worth.

The Group manages liquidity risk by maintaining sufficient cash reserves to cover its liabilities. Management monitors 
rolling forecasts of the Group’s liquidity reserve (comprising the undrawn borrowing facility below) and cash and cash 
equivalents on the basis of expected cash flows. The Board of MFG has internal policies with respect of minimum 
liquid assets and cash.  

As at 30 June 2019, the Group had an obligation to settle trade creditors and other payables of $31,793,000 (June 
2018: $20,612,000) within 30 days. In addition, a further obligation of $19,355,000 (June 2018: $29,702,000) is 
payable between 30-150 days for the Group’s tax instalment and final income tax payment. Furthermore, the dividend 
of 111.4 cents per share in respect of the six months ended 30 June 2019, amounting to $197,275,000,  will be paid 
on 29 August 2019 (refer to note 4(a)). 

The  Group  had  cash  of  $198,188,000  (June  2018:  $169,095,000)  and  a  further  $123,812,000  (June  2018: 
$108,622,000) of receivables to cover these liabilities. 

In  addition,  the  Group  has  access  to  a  $50  million  multi-currency  revolving  credit  facility  provided  by  a  major 
Australian bank. This floating rate facility may be drawn in either Australian dollars or United States dollars at any 
time up to 31 January 2021. At 30 June 2019, this facility was undrawn. A facility fee applies on the amount of the 
undrawn facility. For the year ended 30 June 2019, total finance costs of $425,000 (June 2018: $300,000) have been 
expensed to the profit or loss. The facility is subject to annual review and the Group has complied with the financial 
covenants under this facility for the year ended 30 June 2019.

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

20. Capital and Risk Management (continued)

Liquidity Risk (continued)

(c)
At 30 June 2019, the Group reported current assets of $328,520,000 and current liabilities of $52,950,000 resulting
in a net current asset surplus of $275,570,000. After taking into account the final and performance fee dividend for
the year ended 30 June 2019 totalling $197,275,000, this would result in a net current asset surplus of $78,295,000.
Accordingly, the Group has sufficient liquid funds and current assets to meet its current liabilities.

Borrowings are initially recognised by the Group at fair value net of transaction costs incurred. Subsequent to initial 
recognition, borrowings are stated at amortised cost. Borrowings are derecognised from the statement of financial 
position when the obligation specified in the contract is discharged, cancelled or expired. The difference between the 
carrying amount of the financial liability that has been extinguished and the consideration paid, including any non-
cash assets transferred or liabilities assumed, is recognised in the profit or loss as other income or finance costs. 
Finance costs include interest paid or payable on borrowings along with ancillary costs incurred in connection with 
the arrangement of borrowings. Finance costs are expensed as incurred which in the case of the facility fee is the 
period the facility has been provided. 

Price Risk

(d)
Price risk is the risk that the value of investments in the Principal Investment Portfolio (at note 12) and management
and performance fees will increase or decrease as a result of changes in equity prices in local currency (caused by
factors specific to the individual stock or the market as a whole), exchange rate movements, or a combination of
both.

Over the past 10 financial years,  the annual performance  of the MSCI World Net Total  Return Index has ranged 
between +31% and -5% (in USD) and +33% and -1% (in AUD). The past performance of markets is not always a 
reliable guide to future performance, and MFG’s Principal Investments portfolio does not attempt to mirror the global 
indices, but this very wide range of historic movements in the indices provides an indication of the magnitude of 
equity price movements that might reasonably occur within the portfolio.  

An increase of 5% in market prices would have had the following impacts at 30 June: 

Consolidated Entity

30 June

30 June

2019

$’000

11,868

11,868

2018

$’000

9,541

9,541

17,869
17,869

14,919
14,919

5% increase in market prices would result in:

- higher net change in fair value of financial assets
Impact on net profit after tax/other comprehensive income and equity(A)

5% increase in average value of funds under management would result in:

- higher base management fees

Impact on net profit after tax and equity
(A)

Investments  in  the  Principal  Investments  Portfolio  were  classified  as  ‘financial  assets  at  fair  value  through  profit  or  loss’
(“FVTPL”) on 1 July 2018. Previously these investments were classified as ‘available-for-sale’ (“AFS”) financial assets held at
fair value through other comprehensive income (“FVOCI”). Refer to note 1c for further details.

A decrease of 5% in each risk factor above would have an equal but opposite impact on net profit, comprehensive 
income and equity. 

Assumptions and explanatory notes 
• The Group holds an investment in an unlisted fund that invests in unlisted equities. The fair value of this fund is
determined by a Directors’ valuation. The underlying values of the unlisted equities are determined by the fund’s
investment manager with reference to the projected cash flows of those businesses, which may or may not be
correlated  with  changes  in  market  prices  of  listed  equities.  No  assessment  has  been  made  of  the  impact  of
changes in market prices on the fair value of the fund.

• Changes in market prices may impact inflows to, and outflows from, the Group’s funds under management. This

impact has not been estimated.

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

20.  Capital and Risk Management (continued) 

Foreign Currency Risk 

(e) 
Foreign currency risk is the risk that the fair value or cash flows arising from a financial commitment or recognised 
asset or liability will fluctuate due to changes in foreign exchange rates. The Group’s foreign currency risk arises on: 
•  Cash and term deposits denominated in foreign currency;  
• 

Investments  denominated  in  foreign  currency  (refer  note  12)  along  with  their  respective  distributions 
received/receivable and outstanding settlements/payments for purchases or sales of equities; 

•  Management and performance fees receivable denominated in a foreign currency; 
•  Payables denominated in a foreign currency namely supplier invoices and firm commitments; and 
•  Translation of US based foreign subsidiaries. 

The Group’s foreign currency transactions are conducted in the following currencies: Australian dollars, United States 
dollars, Great British pound, Euros and New Zealand dollars. 

If the Australian dollar strengthened by 10% relative to each currency to which the Group had exposure, with all 
other variables held constant, the impact on the net profit after tax would have been:   

Consolidated Entity

Increase/(decrease) in net profit

Increase/(decrease) in equity

USD

GBP

$’000

$’000

Other

$’000

Total

$’000

USD

GBP

$’000

$’000

Other

$’000

Total

$’000

(2,519)

(1,642)

(2,441)

275

(6)

(14)

(706)

2

(13)

(76)

(10)

2

(2,538)

     2,519             6           13       2,538 

(1,732)

     1,642           14 

         76       1,732 

(3,157)

     2,441          706           10       3,157 

279

(275)

(2)

(2)

(279)

30 June 2019

Financial assets and liabilities

Cash and cash equivalents

Investments

Receivables

Payables

30 June 2018

Financial assets and liabilities

Cash and cash equivalents

(714)

(76)

          -   

(790)

        714           76 

          -            790 

Investments

Receivables

Payables

          -              -              -              -   

(1,119)

(6)

(18)

(1,143)

(1,662)

(546)

(1)

(2,209)

     1,662          546 

1      2,209 

130

4

8

142

(130)

(4)

(8)

(142)

A decrease of 10% in the Australian dollar relative to each currency would have an equal but opposite impact. 

The Group also has indirect exposure to foreign currency via its investment in funds. The Magellan and Airlie Funds 
(in  note  12)  are  denominated  in  Australian  dollars  and  the  Frontier  MFG  and  MFG  UCITS  Funds  are  US  dollar 
denominated. The underlying investment portfolios of these funds comprise entities predominantly denominated in 
foreign currencies, and with extensive operating exposure to global currency fluctuations which will drive portfolio 
values.  Changes  in  their  fair  value  are  therefore  influenced  by  movements  in  currencies.  The  sensitivity  analysis 
disclosed above disregards the impact on the foreign currency movement on the underlying portfolios. In addition, 
the Group’s management and performance fees are also indirectly exposed to fluctuations in foreign currency where 
fees are invoiced in a different currency to the underlying investment portfolio. For the year ended 30 June 2019, 
approximately 85% of the Group’s management and performance fees were indirectly exposed to movements in the 
Australian dollar relative to other currencies (June 2018: 87%). 

Interest Rate Risk 

(f) 
Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value of a financial instrument will fluctuate due to changes in market interest 
rates. The Group’s exposure to interest rate risk relates primarily to cash and cash equivalents and also term deposits. 
Term deposits are of relatively short duration and their fair value would not be materially affected by changes in 
interest rates. 

Based on the cash and cash equivalents held by the Group at reporting date, the sensitivity on the Group’s net profit 
and equity of a decrease of 50 basis points in floating interest rates, assuming all other variables remain constant is 
$765,000 for the year ended 30 June 2019 (June 2018: $670,000). An increase of 50 basis points in floating rate 
interest rates would have an equal but opposite impact on net profit and equity. 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

20.  Capital and Risk Management (continued) 

(g)  Credit Risk 
Credit risk represents the loss that would be recognised if counterparties failed to perform as contracted. Market 
prices generally incorporate credit assessments into valuations and risk of loss is implicitly provided for in the carrying 
value of financial assets and liabilities when valued at fair value.  

The Group minimises concentrations of credit risk by ensuring cash balances and term deposits are held with and 
managed by counterparties that are reputable financial intermediaries with acceptable credit ratings determined by 
a  recognised  rating  agency.  In  addition,  credit  limits  are  reviewed  by  management  with  reference  to  the 
counterparty’s latest credit rating. For the year ended 30 June 2019, the Group held cash and term deposits with 
major Australian and international banks. The credit quality of Australian banks counterparties at 30 June 2019 was 
rated by Standard & Poor’s as being AA-, and by Moody’s as being Aa3 (AA- and Aa3 respectively at 30 June 2018). 
The credit quality of the international bank counterparty at 30 June 2019 was rated by Moody’s as A1 (A1 at 30 June 
2018).  

MFG has  also  entered into an International Prime Brokerage Agreement (“IPBA”) with Merrill Lynch International 
(“MLI”), a subsidiary of Bank of America. The services provided by MLI under the IPBA include clearing and settlement 
of transactions, securities lending and acting as custodian for MFG’s investment assets. The IPBA with MLI is in a 
form that is typical of prime brokerage arrangements. MFG has granted MLI a fixed charge over the Company’s right, 
title and interest in the assets held in custody with MLI, as security for the performance of its obligations under the 
IPBA. In the event of MLI becoming insolvent, MFG would rank as an unsecured creditor and, to the extent MLI has 
exercised a right of use over MFG’s securities, MFG may not be able to recover such equivalent securities in full. In 
addition, cash which MLI holds or receives on behalf of MFG is not segregated from MLI’s own cash and may be used 
by  MLI  in  the  course  of  its  business.  In  the  event  of  MLI  becoming  insolvent,  MFG would  rank  as  an  unsecured 
creditor and may not be  able to recover the cash in full. At 30 June 2019  and 2018, MFG held a negligible cash 
balance with MLI. 

The Group also manages credit risk by regularly monitoring SPP loan and receivable balances. Receivable are typically 
paid within 15 to 45 days after being invoiced. No expected credit losses were required to be recognised at 30 June 
2019 (June 2018: nil). The Group also had credit exposure to SPP Participants with loans under the SPP. At 30 June 
2019, the outstanding balance on the loans totalled $11,908,161 (June 2018: $13,527,453). At 30 June 2019, the 
total shortfall was nil (June 2018: $92,000) which represented the difference between the face value of certain SPP 
loans and  the  value  of  MFG  shares  under  the  SPP  for those  loans.  As  the  SPP  loans are full recourse loans,  any 
shortfall between the SPP loan and the value of the MFG shares under the SPP is recoverable from the Participant. 

The  Company  in  its  capacity  as  Trustee  and  Responsible  Entity  of  the  following  registered  managed  investment 
schemes has appointed The Northern Trust Company (“NT”) as custodian of Magellan Global Fund, Magellan Global 
Fund (Hedged), Magellan Infrastructure Fund, Magellan Infrastructure Fund (Unhedged), Magellan High Conviction  
Fund, Magellan Core Infrastructure Fund, Magellan Global Equities Fund, Magellan Global Equities Fund (Currency 
Hedged), Magellan Infrastructure Fund (Currency Hedged), Magellan Global Trust, Airlie Australian Share Fund and 
The Airlie Concentrated Share Fund. The credit quality of NT’s senior debt is rated, as at 30 June 2019 by Standard 
and Poor’s as A+ and by Moody’s as A2 (A+ and A2 respectively at 30 June 2018). In acting as custodian, NT is 
required  to  comply  with  the  relevant  provisions  of  the  Corporations  Act,  applicable  ASIC  regulatory  guides  and 
Regulatory Instruments relating to registered managed investment scheme property arrangements with custodians.  

The Group’s maximum exposure to credit risk is the sum of the carrying amount of all cash and cash equivalents, 
financial assets, receivables and SPP loans recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. 

The Group has four types of financial assets that are subject to the expected credit loss model: 
•  Cash and cash equivalents; 
•  Term deposits carried at amortised cost;  
•  Trade receivables from the provision of services; and 
•  Share purchase plan loans. 

The identified impairment losses for these financial assets was not material. 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

20.  Capital and Risk Management (continued) 

Translation Risk 

(h) 
The financial balances of MFG’s foreign operations are prepared in their local currency, United States dollars. For the 
purposes of preparing the Group’s consolidated financial information, each foreign operation’s financial statements 
are translated into Australian dollars using applicable foreign exchange rates for the reporting period. A translation 
risk  exists  on  translating  the  financial  statements  of  MFG’s  foreign  operations.  As  a  result,  volatility  in  foreign 
exchange rates can impact the Group’s net assets, profit or loss and comprehensive income.  

The Group does not hedge translation risk. 

Fair Value Disclosures 

(i) 
The Group measures its investments in the Principal Investment Portfolio at fair value. To provide an indication about 
the reliability of the inputs used in determining fair value, the Group has classified its investments measured at fair 
value into the following three levels prescribed under the accounting standards. 

•  Level 1: quoted (unadjusted)  prices in active markets for  identical assets or liabilities. The fair value of these 

investments is based on the closing price(A) for the security as quoted on the relevant exchange. 

•  Level 2: valuation techniques using market observable inputs either directly or indirectly. The Group invests in 
unlisted funds which in turn invest in liquid securities quoted on major stock exchanges. The fair value is estimated 
using the redemption price provided by the unlisted fund. 

•  Level  3:  valuation  techniques  using  non-market  observable  inputs.  The  Group  invests  in  unlisted  funds  which 
typically invest in unlisted entities and has an investment in an unlisted company. The fair value is based on a 
Directors’ valuation. 

(A)  Prior to 1 July 2018, the fair value of these investments was based on closing bid prices. The impact of the change was not 

material. 

30 June 2019

Financial assets measured at fair value

  Investments in quoted/listed investments

  Investments in unlisted funds
Total financial assets measured at fair value

30 June 2018

Financial assets measured at fair value

  Investments in quoted/listed investments

  Investments in unlisted funds (i)

  Investments in unlisted shares (ii)
Total financial assets measured at fair value

Consolidated Entity

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Note

$’000

$’000

$’000

Total

$’000

12

12

12

12

12

125,685

            -   

          -   

125,685

            -   

213,377

125,685

213,377

22

22

213,399

339,084

100,886

            -   

          -   

100,886

            -   

173,425

            -   

            -   

81

175

173,506

175

100,886

173,425

256

274,567

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

20. Capital and Risk Management (continued)

Fair Value Disclosures (continued)

(i)
The  fair  values  of  all  other  financial  assets  and  liabilities  approximate  their  carrying  values  in  the  Consolidated
Statement of Financial Position.

Investments in unlisted funds are set out in note 12. With the exception of the unlisted funds – other (discussed
(i)
below), the fair value of investments in unlisted funds is determined with reference to the fund’s redemption price
at reporting date. They are categorised in level 2 as inputs into the redemption unit price are directly observable
from published price quotations.

The investment in the “unlisted funds – other” set out in note 12 comprises an investment in a single private equity 
fund. As there is no active market, the fair value is a Directors’ valuation that is determined with reference to the 
unit  price  of  the  fund.  The  Directors  believe  the  estimated  fair  value  and  the  discount  assumptions  applied  are 
reasonable and appropriate. 

(ii) Unlisted shares comprise a shareholding in an unlisted funds management business. During the year ended 30
June 2019, the investment was sold. In the prior year, as there is no active market for the shares, the Directors have
valued this investment at cost after giving consideration to that company’s most current unaudited net asset position.

There were no transfers between any level during the year ended 30 June 2019 or 2018 and the Group’s policy is to 
recognise transfers into and out of fair value hierarchy levels as at the end of the reporting period. At 30 June 2019, 
the fair value of the level 3 assets is $22,000 (June 2018: $256,000). The decrease in the fair value of level 3 assets 
during the year ended 30 June 2019 is primarily due to the sale of unlisted shares. 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

21. Contingent Assets, Contingent Liabilities and Commitments

Commitments

(a)
Leases where the  lessor retains substantially all the risks  and benefits of ownership of the asset are classified as
operating leases.

The Group has entered into non-cancellable operating leases for its office premises in Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, 
Brisbane, Adelaide) and the United States (Chicago) and has agreements for office equipment. The minimum lease 
payments in relation to non-cancellable operating leases and agreements are as follows:  

Within one year

Later than one year but no later than five years

More than five years

Total 

Consolidated Entity

30 June

30 June

2019

$’000

3,165

12,460

8,454

2018

$’000

2,904

11,541

10,757

24,079

25,202

Contingent Assets and Contingent Liabilities

(b)
In  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  MFG  Subscription  and  Commitment  Deed,  MFG  will  pay  MGG  to  ensure  that
unitholders in MGG who do not to participate in the MGG Dividend Reinvestment Plan (“DRP”) suffer no dilution as
result of any DRP discount. As a result, MFG has a contingent liability where MGG offers a discount to the Net Trust
Value per unit on units issued under the DRP in future periods. The quantum of the contingent liability is determined
at each distribution date of MGG and the amount is currently equal to a 5% discount to MGG’s NAV per unit multiplied
by the number of units participating in the DRP. It is not practical to estimate the future cost to the Group as there
is uncertainty as to the level of participation in the DRP, the NAV per unit and whether the DRP will be offered. For
the year ended 30 June 2019, $505,000 was paid or payable by the Group to MGG in respect of MGG’s interim and
final distributions (June 2018: $414,000).

The Group has contingent assets in respect of performance fees carried forward at 30 June 2019 (refer to note 5(b)). 

Other than the above, the Group has no material contingent assets or contingent liabilities as at 30 June 2019 (June 
2018: nil). 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

22. Auditor’s Remuneration

Amounts received or due and receivable by the auditor’s of the Group: 

Ernst & Young Australia

Audit services

Audit and review of the financial reports:

- Group and controlled entities
- Magellan Funds(A)

Other assurance services(B)

Advisory services

Non-audit services
Taxation(C) 

Total remuneration of Ernst & Young Australia

Network firms of Ernst & Young Australia

Audit services

Audit of the financial report - MFG Investment Fund Plc

Non-audit services
Taxation(C)

Total remuneration of network firms of Ernst & Young Australia

Other audit firms

Audit services

Audit and review of the financial reports

Other assurance services

Non-audit services

Taxation

Total remuneration of other audit firms

Consolidated Entity

30 June

30 June

2019

2018

$

$

219,200

156,700

229,300

239,300

169,700

186,000

-

46,000

618,200

628,000

149,398

186,450

767,598

814,450

66,535

66,535

48,987

48,987

24,339

 - 

90,874

48,987

18,568

51,000

69,568

91,426

160,994

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

Total auditor's remuneration

1,019,466

863,437

(A) The  Magellan  Funds  comprise  Magellan  Global  Fund,  Magellan  Global  Fund  (Hedged),  Magellan  High  Conviction  Fund,
Magellan Global Equities Fund, Magellan Global Equities Fund (Currency Hedged), Magellan Infrastructure Fund, Magellan
Infrastructure  Fund  (Unhedged),  Magellan  Core  Infrastructure  Fund,  Magellan  Infrastructure  Fund  (Currency  Hedged),
Magellan Global Trust, Airlie Australian Share Fund and The Airlie Concentrated Share Fund.

(B) Other assurance services consist of engagements in relation to an audit that are not the direct audit or review of financial
reports.  These  services  include  regulatory  compliance,  accounting  advice,  reviews  of  controls  and  audit  of  ICRs  for  the
Magellan Funds.

(C) Non-audit services consist of income tax return reviews for the Group $15,200 (June 2018: $33,200), tax advisory services
$52,498  (June  2018:  $59,500)  and  income  tax  and  distribution  reviews  for  the  Magellan  Funds  $81,700  (June  2018:
$93,750).

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 

23.  Subsequent Events

Capital Raising
On  13  August  2019,  the  Group  announced  a  capital  raising  comprising  a  fully  underwritten  $275  million 
Institutional  Share  Placement  (“Placement”)  to  institutional  investors.  The  Placement  will  comprise  an  issue  of 
4.98  million  new  MFG  ordinary  shares  at  a  price  of  $55.20  per  share.  The  new  shares  to  be  issued  under  the 
Placement will represent approximately 2.7% of  MFG’s  expanded issued capital and  will rank  equally  with existing 
MFG ordinary shares from the date of issue. As the new shares will be allotted after the record date for the 2019 
Final and Performance Fee Dividends, the new shares will not carry an entitlement to those dividends. 

Launch of Magellan High Conviction Trust
On  13  August  2019  the  Group  announced  its  intention  to  undertake  an  initial  public  offering  of  the  Magellan 
High Conviction  Trust  (“MHCT”),  a  closed  ended  investment  vehicle  to  be  listed  on  the  ASX.  MHCT  will  replicate 
the  Magellan  High  Conviction  Fund  investment  strategy  that  has  returned  16.6%  per  annum  net  of  fees  since 
inception on 1 July 2013 to 31 July 2019. 

The  offer  will  proceed  via  a  priority  offer  to  underlying  investors  in  MFG,  MGG  and  the  Magellan  High  Conviction 
Fund and  a  wholesale/general  public  offer.  Under  the  priority  offer,  eligible  applicants  can  apply  for  up  to  33,334 
units  equivalent to approximately $50,000 and will receive a loyalty reward of additional units (“Loyalty Units”) worth 
7.5% of the value of the units allotted to them under the priority offer subject to the terms and conditions outlined 
in  the  PDS.  In  addition,  applicants  under  the  wholesale/general  public  offer  will   receive  additional  units  (“IPO 
Foundation Units”) worth 2.5% of the value of the units allotted to them subject to the terms and conditions outlined 
in the PDS. 

The costs of these Loyalty Units and IPO Foundation Units and all costs related to the offer will be paid for by the 
Group. It is not practicable to estimate the cost to the Group as there is uncertainty as to the size of the offer and 
the MHCT net asset value per unit at the time that the Loyalty Units and IPO Foundation Units are issued. Further 
details of the MHCT raising will be disclosed following the completion of the offer. 

Funds Under Management at 31 July 2019 
On 6 August 2019, the Group reported to the ASX that its funds under management was $89.7 billion as at 31 July 
2019. 

Other than the above matters and the dividend in respect of the six months ended 30 June 2019 (refer to note 4(a)), 
the  Directors  are  not  aware  of  any  other  matter  or  circumstance  not  otherwise  dealt  with  in  this  financial  report 
that has significantly o r may significantly affect the Group’s operatio ns, the results of those  operations or the 
Group’s state of affairs in future years. 

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DIRECTORS’ DECLARATION 

In the Directors’ opinion, 

a)

the financial statements and notes set out on pages 37 to 86 are in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001,
including:

(i) giving  a  true  and  fair  view  of  the  Consolidated  Entity’s  financial  position  as  at  30  June  2019  and  of  its

performance for the financial year ended on that date; and

(ii) complying with Accounting Standards, the Corporations Regulations 2001, International Financial Reporting

Standards as disclosed in note 1 and other mandatory professional reporting requirements; and

b)

there are reasonable grounds to believe the Company will be able to pay its debts as and when they become
due and payable.

This declaration has been made after receiving the declarations required to be made to the Directors in accordance 
with section 295A of the Corporations Act 2001 for the financial year ended 30 June 2019. 

This declaration is made in accordance with a resolution of the Directors. 

Hamish M Douglass 
Chairman 

13 August 2019 

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Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of Magellan Financial Group Limited 

Report on the Audit of the Financial Report  

Opinion  

We have audited the financial report of Magellan Financial Group Limited (the Company) and 
its subsidiaries (collectively the Group), which comprises the consolidated statement of 
financial position as at 30 June 2019, the consolidated statement of profit or loss, 
consolidated statement of comprehensive income, consolidated statement of changes in 
equity and consolidated statement of cash flows for the year then ended, notes to the 
financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies, and the directors’ 
declaration. 

In our opinion, the accompanying financial report of the Group is in accordance with the 
Corporations Act 2001, including: 

(i)

(ii)

giving a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position of the Group as at 30
June 2019 and of its consolidated financial performance for the year ended on that
date; and

complying with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations
2001.

Basis for Opinion 

We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards.  Our 
responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities 
for the Audit of the Financial Report section of our report. We are independent of the Group in 
accordance with the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 and the 
ethical requirements of the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board’s APES110 
Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (the Code) that are relevant to our audit of the 
financial report in Australia. We have also fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in 
accordance with the Code. 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a 
basis for our opinion.  

Key Audit Matters 

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most 
significance in our audit of the financial report of the current year. These matters were 
addressed in the context of our audit of the financial report as a whole, and in forming our 
opinion thereon, but we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. For each matter 
below, our description of how our audit addressed the matter is provided in that context. 

We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of 
the Financial Report section of our report, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly, 
our audit included the performance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of 
the risks of material misstatement of the financial report. The results of our audit procedures, 

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including the procedures performed to address the matters below, provide the basis for our 
audit opinion on the accompanying financial report.   

1. Management and Performance Fee Revenue

Why significant 

How our audit addressed the key audit matter 

Our procedures included:

•

•

•

•

Assessing the effectiveness of the controls in
relation to the calculation of management,
service and performance fees;
Recalculating management and service fees,
on a sample basis, in accordance with
contractual arrangements;
Assessing the performance fees recognised
for the period to 30 June 2019 from funds
and mandates, on a sample basis, and check-
ing whether they met the relevant recogni-
tion criteria. This included assessing the in-
puts into the calculation model and examining
the methodology applied in accordance with
contractual arrangements; and
Assessing the adequacy of the disclosures in
Note 5 to the financial report in accordance
with Australian Accounting Standards

The Group’s key revenue stream is management, 
service and performance fees earned by Magellan 
Asset Management Limited (MAM), a consolidated 
subsidiary, though the Investment Management 
Agreements in place with third parties and other 
Magellan Funds.  

For the year ended 30 June 2019, management 
fees were $467,786,000 and performance fees 
were $83,631,000 which equates to 75.8% and 
13.5% of total revenue respectively.  

Revenue from management and performance fees 
is earned and calculated in accordance with the 
Investment Management Agreements and 
Constitutions of the funds. Performance fees 
however are dependent on the portfolio 
outperforming certain hurdles and are only 
recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss 
when MAM’s entitlement to the fee is highly 
probable, which is at the end of the relevant 
performance period.  

Due to the quantum of these revenue streams and 
the impact that the variability of market based 
returns can have on the recognition and earning of 
performance fees, this was considered a key audit 
matter.  

Disclosures relating to these revenue streams are 
included in Note 5 to the financial report.  

2.

Investment existence and valuation

Why significant 

How our audit addressed the key audit matter 

The Group has a significant investment portfolio 
consisting of listed equities and investments in 
Magellan Funds. As at 30 June 2019, the value of 
these non-current financial assets, as shown in 
Note 12 to the financial report was 
$339,084,000, which equates to 42.4% of the 
total assets held by the Group.  

As described in Note 12 and Note 20 to the 
financial report, the Group’s investments are 
classified as ‘financial assets at fair value through 
profit or loss’ (“FVTPL”) in line with Australian 
Accounting Standards - AASB 9: Financial 
Instruments.   

Our procedures included: 

•

Assessing the effectiveness of the controls
relating to the recognition and valuation of
investments;

• Obtaining and considering the assurance
reports on the controls of the Group’s
custodians and administrators in relation to
investment management services and
considering the auditor’s qualifications and
objectivity and results of their procedures;
Agreeing all investment holdings, including
cash accounts, to third party confirmations
at 30 June 2019;

•

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Why significant 

How our audit addressed the key audit matter 

Pricing, exchange rates and other market drivers 
can have a significant impact on the value of these 
financial assets and the financial report, therefore 
the valuation of the investment portfolio was a key 
audit matter.  

•

•

Agreeing the fair value of all investments in
the portfolio held at 30 June 2019 to
independent pricing sources for listed
securities. For unlisted funds, we agreed the
investment valuations to statements from
external fund administrators; and
Assessing the adequacy of the disclosures in
Note 12 and Note 20 to the financial report
in accordance with Australian Accounting
Standards.

3. Consolidation and Equity Accounting Considerations

Why significant 

How our audit addressed the key audit matter 

Consolidation is an area of complexity for the 
Group with judgements required on whether it has 
control of, or significant influence over its 
investments in Magellan Funds. 

Investments may be accounted for by 
consolidation, equity accounting, joint ventures or 
as investments at fair value. The determination of 
the appropriate accounting depends upon the 
ability of the Group to exercise control or 
significant influence.  

This matter was considered a key audit matter as 
judgement is required in determining the 
appropriate accounting, particularly due to the 
Group’s practice of seeding funds, resulting in the 
ownership percentage changing over time and 
being dependent on the rate of external investor 
take up.   

The Group’s subsidiaries and interests in other 
entities are disclosed in Note 12 and Note 16 of 
the financial report.  

Our procedures included: 

•

•

•

•

Evaluating the Group’s assessment of control
or significant influence for the investments,
and the accounting treatment and
presentation thereon.
Evaluating the Group’s assessment of their
ability to control or have significant
influence, in line with their accounting policy,
to confirm which entities are required to be
equity accounted, consolidated, or
accounted for as  investments at fair value;
Performing our own independent assessment
of the impact of consolidating or equity
accounting funds to determine if this would
have a material impact on the financial
report; and
Assessing the adequacy of the disclosures in
Note 12 and Note 16 in accordance with
Australian Accounting Standards.

4. Goodwill Impairment Assessment

Why significant 

How our audit addressed the key audit matter 

Goodwill has been recognised as a result of the 
Group’s historical acquisitions, representing the 
excess of the purchase consideration over the fair 
value of assets and liabilities acquired. On 
acquisition date, the goodwill has been allocated 
to the applicable Cash Generating Units (“CGUs”). 

The group has goodwill of $104,703,000 as at 30 
June 2019. 

Our audit procedures included the following: 

•

•

•

Assessing the Group’s determination of the
CGUs to which goodwill is allocated
Assessing the methodology used to calculate
the recoverable amount of each CGUs;
Agreeing the projected cash flows used in the
impairment models to the Board approved
plan of the Group;

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Why significant 

How our audit addressed the key audit matter 

Goodwill must be tested for impairment on at least 
an annual basis. The determination of recoverable 
amount requires judgement on the part of 
management in both identifying and then 
calculating the value of the relevant CGUs. 
Recoverable amounts are based on management’s 
view of variables and market conditions such as 
future price and assets under management growth 
rates, the timing of future operating expenditure, 
and the most appropriate discount and long-term 
growth rates. As such it was considered a key 
audit matter. 

•

•

•

•

•

•

Comparing the Group’s implied growth rate
assumption to comparable companies;
Considering the accuracy of historical cash
flow forecasts;
Assessing the methodology and assumptions
used in the calculation of the discount rate,
including comparison of the rate to market
benchmarks;
Testing the mathematical accuracy of the
impairment model for each CGU;
Considering the Group’s sensitivity analysis
and evaluated whether any reasonable
foreseeable change in assumptions could
lead to a material impairment; and
Assessing the adequacy of the disclosures in
Note 18 in accordance with Australian
Accounting Standards.

Information Other than the Financial Report and Auditor’s Report 

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the 
information in the Company’s Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2019, but does not 
include the financial report and the auditor’s report thereon. 

Our opinion on the financial report does not cover the other information and we do not 
express any form of assurance conclusion thereon, with the exception of the Remuneration 
Report and our related assurance opinion. 

In connection with our audit of the financial report, our responsibility is to read the other 
information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent 
with the financial report or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be 
materially misstated.   

If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement 
of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this 
regard. 

Responsibilities of the Directors’ for the Financial Report 

The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that 
gives a true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the 
Corporations Act 2001 and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to 
enable the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view and is free from 
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. 

In preparing the financial report, the directors are responsible for assessing the Group’s ability 
to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and 
using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the 
Group or cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.  

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Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report 

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a 
whole is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an 
auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, 
but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing 
Standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise 
from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could 
reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of this 
financial report. 

As part of an audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards, we exercise professional 
judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also: 

•

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due
to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and
obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for
one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,
misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit

procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of
expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Group’s internal control.

• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of

accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the directors.

• Conclude on the appropriateness of the directors’ use of the going concern basis of

accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty
exists related to events and conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s
ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we
are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the disclosures in the financial
report or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are
based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However,
future events or conditions may cause the Group to cease to continue as a going concern.

• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial report, including
the disclosures, and whether the financial report represents the underlying transactions
and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

• Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the
entities or business activities within the Group to express an opinion on the financial
report. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the Group
audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.

We communicate with the directors regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and 
timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in 
internal control that we identify during our audit.  

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We also provide the directors with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical 
requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and 
other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where 
applicable, related safeguards. 

From the matters communicated to the directors, we determine those matters that were of 
most significance in the audit of the financial report of the current year and are therefore the 
key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation 
precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we 
determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse 
consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest 
benefits of such communication. 

Report on the Audit of the Remuneration Report 

Opinion on the Remuneration Report 

We have audited the Remuneration Report included in pages 21 to 34 of the Directors' Report 
for the year ended 30 June 2019. 

In our opinion, the Remuneration Report of Magellan Financial Group Limited for the year 
ended 30 June 2019, complies with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. 

Responsibilities 

The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation and presentation of the 
Remuneration Report in accordance with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. Our 
responsibility is to express an opinion on the Remuneration Report, based on our audit 
conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. 

Ernst & Young 

Rita Da Silva 
Partner 

Sydney 
13 August 2019 

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CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY 
REPORT 

Magellan is committed to acting responsibly and ethically in all areas of its business. The Group seeks to engender a 
culture of building trust with everyone who does business with us. 

Responsible Investment 

Magellan is committed to responsible investment and became a signatory to the United Nations supported Principles 
of Responsible Investment (“PRI”) in March 2012.  The PRI is the globally recognised accord for responsible investing. 
Magellan’s Responsible Investment Principles, which is available on our website, outlines and summarises Magellan’s 
approach to responsible investing, ESG integration, engagement and proxy voting.  

Environmental,  Social  and  Governance  (“ESG”)  issues  are  considered  to  be  a  natural  component  of  Magellan’s 
investment process,  as  gaining  a robust  understanding  of  these  issues is  a  key  part to  assessing  the  outlook  for 
future cash flow generation and risks facing investors. Magellan’s investment process seeks to identify high quality 
companies which naturally filters out most companies from sectors that typically come with material ESG issues (eg 
Magellan’s  investment  universe  excludes  most  pro  cyclical  resources,  materials  and  oil  and  gas  companies). 
Magellan’s Investment team’s research reports also include a discussion of climate change risks facing companies if 
material and includes a company’s emissions intensity. Magellan maintains an ESG Policy, which outlines how ESG 
issues are incorporated into Magellan’s investment analysis framework and investment process.  

In September 2016, Magellan launched the first of a series of Sustainable investment strategies that implement a 
proprietary low carbon overlay. Magellan believes it is highly likely that the world will move further towards addressing 
climate change risks by reducing carbon emissions. Climate change is therefore an increasingly important issue for 
global  companies  and  investors,  with  the  potential  to  profoundly  affect  business  models  through  government 
regulation (eg carbon pricing), technology and changes in consumption patterns. These factors directly and indirectly 
impact  the  relative  cost  of  companies’  products  and  services,  customer  demand,  and  pricing  power.  Magellan’s 
Sustainable strategies provide investors with a high quality, absolute-return focused portfolio with materially lower 
carbon factor risk than global markets.  

Magellan considers proxy voting rights as an important power, which if exercised diligently can enhance client returns. 
Magellan believes these should be managed with the same care as any other asset managed on behalf of its clients. 
Magellan maintains a Proxy Voting Policy and a set of Corporate Governance Principles which outline its approach to 
proxy voting and engagement with portfolio companies. These policies and all proxy voting records are available to 
Magellan’s  clients,  however,  given the  concentrated nature  of Magellan’s  portfolios,  proxy  voting  records  are  not 
made publicly available. 

As a long-term investor, Magellan is committed to engaging with portfolio companies on material ESG matters. During 
the year ended 30 June 2019 Magellan engaged with many portfolio companies on a number of material ESG topics. 

Environment 
Magellan understands the importance of mitigating its impact on the environment and is committed to environmental 
sustainability.  Magellan’s  Board  of  Directors  assesses  its  appetite  for  climate-related  issues  under  “environmental 
risk” as part of an annual review of risks impacting the company. Given the nature of Magellan’s business and as a 
services firm of 125 employees, with approximately 82% of employees based in the head office in Sydney, Magellan 
has a relatively small environmental footprint and the Board has determined that this risk is not material to Magellan’s 
operations. Environmental risk is reviewed annually by senior management as part of the firm’s risk management 
framework. 

There are three main areas where Magellan’s environmental footprint lies – premises, energy and travel.  Magellan 
aims to ensure that, where possible, business operations are conducted in an environmentally sustainable way.  For 
example,  Magellan’s  head  office  is  a  4.5  star  NABERS1  rated  office  building.    Magellan  also  continues  to  build 
awareness amongst its employees and focus on areas where it can make an impact including recycling and minimising 
printing.  

__________________________ 
(1) NABERS is a national rating system that measures the environmental performance of Australian buildings, tenancies and homes.  NABERS is managed nationally by the 

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, on behalf of Commonwealth, state and territory governments.

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Magellan is a signatory to the Carbon Disclosure Project’s (“CDP”) climate change program. CDP holds the largest 
global collection of self-reported climate change, water and forest-risk data in an effort to transform the way the 
world does business to prevent dangerous climate change and protect natural resources. 

Greenhouse Gas (“GHG”) emissions by Scope (metric tonnes CO2e) 

Scope 1 
Scope 2 
Total GHG emissions 
Total per employee 
Total per A$ million of revenue 

Calendar Year 
2015 
0 
97 
97 
1.05 
0.3 

Calendar Year 
2016 
0 
124 
124 
1.14 
0.4 

Calendar Year 
2017 
0 
134 
134 
1.29 
0.4 

Calendar Year 
2018 
0 
135 
135 
1.07 
0.3 

As outlined in the table above, Magellan’s GHG emissions are relatively small, particularly on a per employee and per 
A$ million of revenue basis. Magellan’s Scope 1 & 2 emissions intensity for calendar year 2018 of 0.3 tonnes CO2e 
per A$ million dollars of revenue puts Magellan among the lowest emissions intensity companies globally. 

Within Magellan’s Funds Management business, as discussed in the section titled “Responsible Investment”, Magellan 
considers Environmental issues as a natural component of its investment process, particularly where such issues may 
impact the future cash flows of the companies in which it is invested.  Research reports compiled by the Investment 
Team include a discussion of climate change risks facing companies if material and includes a company’s emissions 
intensity. If a material risk is identified, the Investment Team will incorporate cash flow impacts (either to capital 
expenditure or earnings margins) to reflect the cost to the company of addressing or remediating the exposure. In 
general, the majority of Magellan’s investment universe is unlikely to be exposed to material Transition Risks, however 
there are some companies in the Infrastructure, Industrials and Transportation sectors which have a greater exposure 
to Transition Risks. These risks will be incorporated into Magellan’s assessment of future cash flows when Transition 
Risks are assessed likely and material. Magellan aims to engage with portfolio companies where it considers a material 
potential environmental issue has arisen with the objective of enhancing certainty of long-term cash flow generation.  

The development of Magellan’s Sustainable strategies offers investors the opportunity to invest in  a high quality, 
absolute-return focused portfolio with materially lower carbon factor risk than global markets. 

In May 2017, Magellan became a signatory of the PRI’s Montreal Pledge. Under the Pledge, Magellan commits to 
measure and publicly disclose the carbon footprint of its actively managed investment portfolios which are outlined 
in the table below. 

Magellan Global Fund 
Magellan Global Trust 
Magellan High Conviction Fund 
Magellan Infrastructure Fund 
Global Sustainable strategy 
US Sustainable strategy 

Carbon footprint as at 30 June 2019  
(tonnes CO2e per $US million revenue) 
119.2 
35.5 
35.8 
656.8 
27.2 
29.5 

MSCI World Index (as at 29 June 2018) 
Note: portfolio carbon intensities are calculated using the weighted average carbon intensity method. 

198.3 

People 

As a funds management company, Magellan’s people are integral to the success of the Company. Magellan takes an 
active involvement in staff wellbeing, staff engagement and career development.  

Remuneration 

Magellan’s Remuneration Report on page 21 of this Annual Report outlines Magellan’s approach and philosophy to 
employee  compensation.  Our  remuneration  philosophy  is  centred  on  fair  compensation  for  performance  and 
contribution that achieves business outcomes and is underpinned by four principles: 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Promoting staff behaviour that is in the best interest of clients; 
Attracting and retaining outstanding staff; 
Building a culture that rewards performance while maintaining Magellan’s reputation and mitigating risk; and 
Encouraging staff to think and act like long-term owners of the Group 

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Alongside competitive remuneration packages, Magellan promotes staff ownership of the Company and encourages 
staff to think like owners as a way of engaging and retaining staff.  Magellan believes the Company’s voluntary Share 
Purchase Plan (SPP), described in section 3.1 in the Directors’ Report, is a transparent and essential program which 
improves  staff  retention  and  aligns  the  long-term  interests  of  the  staff  with  shareholders  through  a  sense  of 
ownership. As at 30 June 2019, approximately 65% of employees had an individual shareholding in the Company. 

Magellan is focused on ensuring pay equity at the time of hire, however, conducts an annual review of employee 
remuneration  in  the  same  role  and  level  for  pay  inequalities  and  adjusts  compensation  based  on  this  review  if 
required. Variances in compensation should reflect relative performance of employees.  

Engagement and retention 

Magellan implements a number of other initiatives to promote staff engagement and retention. Magellan’s employee 
engagement  strategies  are  based  on  equality  principles  which  are  applied  to  remuneration,  benefits  and  total 
rewards, training and development, health and safety and access to flexible working.  

All  new  starters  have  a  one-on-one  meeting  with  Dr  Brett  Cairns,  Magellan’s  CEO,  to  discuss  Magellan’s  history, 
values and what Magellan stands for. Middle and senior management seek regular feedback from employees and 
Magellan also undertakes annual performance reviews with all employees to discuss performance against a set of 
internal  performance  objectives,  to  identify  development  areas  as  well  as  any  training  requirements.  Based  on 
Magellan’s relatively small size by number of employees (125 employees as at 30 June 2019), Magellan considers 
that these forums are appropriate to receive transparent feedback from employees. 

Magellan  strongly  believes  that  staff  engagement  and  satisfaction  go  well  beyond  direct  financial  compensation. 
Magellan’s annual leave policy encourages staff to take their full statutory requirement over each annual period by 
providing an additional week of leave if they do so.   

Magellan  is  committed  to  providing  a  flexible  and  family  friendly  working  environment.  Magellan  recognises  the 
importance of family friendly working conditions and offers a range of initiatives to support our employees before 
and after the birth/adoption of a child. Our aim is to reduce the impediments parents face in returning to work and 
give employees the flexibility to choose the arrangements which best suit their circumstances.  

Magellan  provides  Paid  Parental  Leave  up  to  12  to  15  weeks  (depending  on  the  length  of  employment),  for  all 
permanent employees who have worked for Magellan for at least 12 months continuously at the time of the birth or 
adoption of their child and who have or will have the responsibility for the care of that child. Employees on Parental 
Leave are eligible for the annual remuneration review, variable incentive and SPP Offer whilst on leave. In addition, 
if an employee returns to work during the period of Paid Parental Leave, Magellan will continue to pay the remaining 
period  of  Paid  Parental  Leave  in  addition  to  their  base  salary  and  other  entitlements. Magellan  offers  a  “Keep  in 
Touch” Program with employees who are on Parental Leave.  

Magellan also offers a Childcare Reimbursement of up to $150 per day for Primary Carers for the first 26 weeks after 
returning to work, when returning to work within 12 months from the commencement of Paid Parental leave. All 
Primary  and  Secondary  Carers  are  entitled  to  a  12  month  subscription  to  Juggle  Street  to  source  local  nanny  or 
babysitting options for their families. 

Magellan understands the importance of family and we have introduced Family Leave for all permanent employees. 
Under Family Leave, if Personal/Sick Leave has been used, employees can apply for Family Leave. Family Leave is 
paid leave so employees can take time out to care for a family member or manage a family situation. The amount 
of Family Leave an employee can take will be reviewed by Magellan management on a case by case basis. 

At Magellan, culture is very important and the Company will continue to monitor retention rates. Under the equality 
principles, we aim to understand the reasons for any resignations via exit interview data.  

Diversity 

Magellan is committed to workplace diversity and recognises the value of attracting and retaining employees with 
different backgrounds, knowledge, experience and abilities. Magellan maintains a Diversity Policy that outlines the 
Group’s commitment to diversity in the workplace and provides a framework to achieve the Group’s diversity goals 
for the business. The Group’s policy is to recruit and manage on the basis of competence and performance regardless 
of age, race, gender, nationality, religion, sexuality, physical ability or cultural background. The policy can be found 
on our website: www.magellangroup.com.au. 

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In the 2019 financial year, the Board reviewed the measurable objectives it has set to achieve improvement in the 
diversity  of  employees.    These  objectives  for  female  representation  are  33%  for  independent  directors,  40%  for 
senior management (classified by Magellan as direct reports to the CEO or Chairman) and 40% for the overall Group. 
The current gender representation across the Group is shown below as at 30 June 2019. 

Organisational gender diversity

0%

20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Non-executive independent directors

20%

80%

KMP

40%

Senior management

Heads of divisions

2

36%

36%

Group

42%

Female Male

60%

64%

64%

58%

Total 
(#)

5

5

11

14

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In 2018, Magellan became a sponsor of Future IM/Pact, an industry initiative that seeks to promote diversity within 
the investment management industry. As part of the initiative, a dedicated website has been established to outline 
what is investment management, how to get started in the industry and current opportunities for industry internships, 
graduate positions and networking events. The website is available at: http://www.future-impact.com.au/. Through 
this initiative, Magellan hopes to promote careers in investment management to a diverse talent pool.  

In 2019, Magellan completed its first Workplace Gender Equality Report. A copy of which can be found under the 
Shareholder Centre on our website: www.magellangroup.com.au 

Health and Safety 

Magellan maintains a Work Health & Safety Policy which outlines the obligations and responsibilities of Magellan and 
its employees with respect to compliance with the Work Health & Safety regulation.  

We  also  undertake  an  annual  Workplace  Conduct  training  to  ensure  that  all  employees  and  the  Board  clearly 
understand what is expected from them in terms of behaviour and conduct and that the workplace remains a safe 
environment for all employees. 

Magellan’s  Workplace  Conduct  Policy  details  our  approach  in  relation  to  harassment  in  the  workplace,  including 
bullying, discrimination, sexual harassment, workplace violence and vilification, and provides procedures for dealing 
with complaints. 

Community 

Magellan believes an  active contribution to community is important. Magellan does not  generally make corporate 
donations  as  the  Group  believes  it  is  appropriate  to  focus  on  delivering  satisfactory  returns  inclusive  of  regular 
dividend payments and allowing shareholders to determine the charities to which they donate.  Instead, Magellan 
prefers to focus its efforts on employee participation in fund raising initiatives. 

Magellan’s efforts over the past financial year include: 

•
•
•
•

Supporter of Rotary Club fund-raising initiative Bobbin Head Cycle Classic
Employee participation in JPMorgan Corporate Challenge
Employee participation in Bloomberg Square Mile
Ticket sales from Magellan’s Investor Evenings in October 2018 donated to REACH and Rural Aid.

_____________ 
(2) Heads of division refers to employees who are responsible for a division or function within the organization. This statistic includes Senior Management, excluding the

Chairman and CEO.

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Magellan  is  also  a  participating  fund  manager  in  the  Future  Generation  Global  Investment  Company.  Future 
Generation  Global  Investment  Company  is  an  ASX  listed  investment  company  that  invests  in  global  equities 
investment strategies managed by prominent, Australian fund managers. Participating fund managers manage the 
capital entirely pro-bono so that 1.0% of net assets each year can be donated to Australian non-profit organisations 
committed  to  young  Australians  affected  by  mental  health  issues.  In  the  2019  financial  year,  this  equated  to 
approximately $770,000 in respect of funds managed by Magellan. Magellan is a foundation member and received 
an initial allocation of ~10% of the assets under management at the time of the IPO of the Future Generation Global 
Investment Company.  

During the year, Magellan became a Core Fund Manager to Hearts & Minds Investments. Hearts & Minds Investments 
is an ASX listed investment company and as a Core Fund Manager, Magellan provides Hearts & Minds Investments 
with  our  top  three  security  recommendations  on  a  quarterly  basis.  Hearts  &  Minds  Investments  foregoes  any 
investment fees and instead makes a donation equal to 1.5% of net assets each year to certain charities.  

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

CORPORATE INFORMATION 

Directors 
Brett Cairns – CEO 
Hamish Douglass – Chairman and Chief Investment Officer 
John Eales 
Robert Fraser – Chairman of MAM 
Paul Lewis 
Hamish McLennan – Deputy Chairman  
Karen Phin 

Company Secretary 
Marcia Venegas 

Registered Office 
Magellan Financial Group Limited 
Level 36, 19 Martin Place 
Sydney NSW 2000 
Telephone: +61 2 9235 4888 
Fax: +61 2 9235 4800 
Email: info@magellangroup.com.au 

Auditor  
Ernst & Young 
200 George Street 
Sydney NSW 2000 

Share Registrar 
Boardroom Pty Limited 
Level 12, 
Grosvenor Place 
225 George Street  
Sydney NSW 2000 
Telephone: +61 2 9290 9600 
Fax: +61 2 9279 0664 
Email: enquiries@boardroomlimited.com.au 

Securities Exchange Listing 
Australian Securities Exchange 
ASX code (ordinary shares): MFG 

Website 
http://www.magellangroup.com.au 

Corporate Governance Statement 
The Corporate Governance Statement for MFG can be found at the Corporate Governance tab at 
http://www.magellangroup.com.au 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION 
AS AT 8 AUGUST 2019 

Distribution of Shareholders 
Analysis of the numbers of shareholders by size of holding at 8 August 2019 is presented below: 

Holding 

1-1,000 
1,001-5,000 
5,001-10,000 
10,001-100,000 
100,001 and over 

Total 

Number of 
Holders 

 13,960  
 5,941  
 676  
685  
 84  

Number of 
Ordinary  
Shares 

5,798,934  
 13,117,107  
4,884,309  
 17,798,321  
 135,488,787  

Percentage 
 of Shares  
on Issue 
% 
3.27 
7.41 
2.76 
10.05 
76.51 

21,346 

177,087,458 

100.00 

Number of holders with less than a marketable 
parcel of Ordinary Shares 

153 

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Twenty Largest Shareholders 
The names of the 20 largest shareholders of the Company as at 8 August 2019 are listed below: 

Number of Ordinary  
Shares 

Holder Name 
HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited 
JP Morgan Nominees Australia Limited 
Midas Touch Investments Pty Ltd 
Magellan Equities Pty Limited 
Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 
National Nominees Limited 
Marsev Pty Limited 
Nota Bene Investments Pty Ltd 
BNP Paribas Noms Pty Ltd 
Mr David Doyle 
Emmanuel Capital Pty Ltd 
Mr Brett William Fisher Paton & Mrs Vicki Anne Paton 
Aljamat Pty Ltd 
Jash Pty Limited 
Merrill Lynch (Australia) Nominees Pty Limited 
PAJ Lewis Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd 
PAJ Lewis Pty Ltd 
Netwealth Investments Limited 
Mr Philip Alan Kenneth Naylor & Mrs Andrea Naylor 
William D Forsyth III and Martha J Forsyth 

26,996,731 
21,235,124 
21,001,577 
16,888,949 
10,264,894 
3,482,271 
2,699,724 
1,561,497 
1,512,991 
1,500,000 
1,500,000 
1,368,762 
1,310,000 
1,130,331 
899,205 
750,000 
750,000 
745,365 
700,000 
689,067 

Percentage 
 of Shares  
on Issue 
15.24 
11.99 
11.86 
9.54 
5.80 
1.97 
1.52 
0.88 
0.85 
0.85 
0.85 
0.77 
0.74 
0.64 
0.51 
0.42 
0.42 
0.42 
0.40 
0.39 

Total shares held by the 20 largest shareholders 

116,986,488 

66.06 

Total ordinary shares on issue 

177,087,458 

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MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED 

SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION 
AS AT 8 AUGUST 2019 

Substantial Shareholders 
The substantial shareholders in the Company’s Register of Substantial Shareholders at 8 August 2019 are listed 
below: 

Shareholder 

Hamish Douglass, Midas Touch Investments Pty Ltd and associates(A) 
Chris Mackay and associates(B) 

(A)    Date of last Appendix 3Y notice lodged on 6 August 2019  
(B)    Date of the last substantial shareholder notice lodged on 22 November 2016 

Number 
of  
Ordinary  
Shares 
  22,212,727 
  18,615,610 

Percentage  
of Shares  
on issue 
% 
12.54 
10.51 

Voting Rights 
Subject to the Company Constitution: 
a)  at  meetings  of  shareholders,  each  shareholder  is  entitled  to  vote  in  person,  by  proxy,  by  attorney  or  by 

representative; 

b)  on a show of hands, each shareholder present in person, by proxy, by attorney or by representative is entitled 

to one vote; and 

c)  on a poll, each shareholder present in person, by proxy, by attorney or by representative is entitled to one 

vote for every share held by the shareholder. 

In the case of joint holdings, only one joint holder may vote. 

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