Q1 2025 MLP SE Earnings Call Transcript

May 15, 2025 / 12:00PM GMT

Key Points

Positve
  • MLP SE (WBO:MLP) achieved new all-time highs in revenue and earnings, driven by growth across all competence fields: life and health, wealth, and property and casualty.
  • The company successfully countered negative external factors, such as the macroeconomic downturn and increased market volatility, showcasing its strategic resilience.
  • Assets under management remained stable at EUR62.8 billion despite market fluctuations, indicating strong client trust and effective management.
  • MLP SE's digital strategy, particularly the use of artificial intelligence, is enhancing client services and operational efficiency.
  • The company confirmed its midterm EBIT forecast of EUR142 million to EUR150 million by 2028, reflecting confidence in its growth potential and business model.
Negative
  • The interest rate business saw a decline due to recent ECB decisions, impacting performance-based compensation in wealth management.
  • Deutschland Immobilien segmental EBIT remained negative, with uncertainty about reaching breakeven this year.
  • Commission expenses in the banking business increased by 20% year-on-year, outpacing sales growth, due to a new incentive program.
  • The real estate development segment is still working on older projects, which may delay profitability improvements.
  • Performance fees were minimal at 0.4% for the first quarter, indicating limited contribution from this revenue stream.
Operator

This conference will be recorded.

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the MLP SE conference call regarding the publication of the results for the first quarter 2025.

(Operator Instructions)

Let me now turn the floor over to your host, Pascal Locher.

Pascal LÃ;cher
MLP SE - Head, Investor Relations

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Thank you very much, and welcome to MLP's conference call to our result for the first quarter of 2025. With me today, our CFO, Ben Uglow. He will guide you through the presentation. And of course, we are happy to take your questions after the presentation. So please go ahead.

Reinhard Loose
MLP SE - Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Executive Board

Thank you, Pascal. And good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. First of all, allow me to present the key effects from the first three months of the financial year 2025. My peers, once again, made a good start with the year and has continued successful course of the previous quarters.

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