Mount Logan Capital Inc. (NEO: MLC) (“Mount Logan,” “our,” “we,” or
the “Company”) announces its financial results for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2022. All amounts are stated in
United States dollars, unless otherwise indicated.
Business Highlights
- Successfully launched our new retail
fund in third quarter 2022 with a niche opportunistic investment
strategy, named Opportunistic Credit Interval Fund (“OCIF”).
- Entered a strategic arrangement to
provide sub-advisory services to a recently launched fund in the
United States that provides credit-related investment opportunities
to retail investors, further growing our asset management fee
base.
- Closed on an additional reinsurance
agreement of up to $100.0 million of premium of multi-year
guaranteed annuities (“MYGA”) policies during the third quarter
2022 and subsequently raised an incremental $7.5 million in debt to
support further growth in our insurance segment.
Financial Results Highlights
Third Quarter 2022 Compared With Third Quarter
2021:
- Basic earnings per share for the three
months ended September 30, 2022 was $0.88, an increase from $0.03
for the three months ended September 30, 2021.
- Total revenue for the three months
ended September 30, 2022 was $6.4 million in the insurance segment,
primarily driven by an improvement in net investment income
relative to the prior period, as well as new premium growth from
the Company’s reinsurance of MYGA .
- Total revenue for the three months
ended September 30, 2022 was $1.7 million in the asset management
segment, a decrease from $3.2 million or (45)% for the three months
ended September 30, 2021, which decrease was due, in part, to our
on-going transition away from interest bearing assets held within
our asset management segment and focus on growing fee-based revenue
streams
Year-to-Date 2022 Compared With Year-to-Date
2021:
- Total revenue for the nine months ended
September 30, 2022 was $6.7 million in the asset management
segment, an increase from $6.3 million or 6.7% for the nine months
ended September 30, 2021.
- Total revenue for the nine months ended
September 30, 2022 was $(2.3) million in the insurance segment,
primarily driven by mark-to-market movement as a result of
increases in market interest rates, partially offset by new premium
growth.
- Basic earnings per share for the nine
months ended September 30, 2022 was $0.55, an increase from $0.03
for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
For the third quarter ended September 30, 2022, the
Company recorded net income of $19.6 million or $0.88 per basic
earnings per share and $0.87 per diluted earnings per share.
Ted Goldthorpe, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of Mount Logan noted, “Despite a challenging market
backdrop this quarter, we continued to progress on our business
plan. Through the third quarter of 2022, asset management revenues
and attributable AUM remain ahead of the prior year. The insurance
segment benefited from the higher yield of its investments and a
reduction in its reserves during the quarter. We remain focused on
growing both the asset management and insurance segments to drive
long-term value for our shareholders. We look forward to continuing
the progress made as we move into 2023.”
Result of Operations by SegmentThe
Company considers its business within two operating segments: asset
management and insurance.
|
Q3 |
|
|
Q2 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
YTD |
|
|
YTD |
|
|
Change |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
(%) |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
(%) |
|
Total
revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset management |
$ |
1,748 |
|
|
$ |
2,340 |
|
|
|
-25 |
% |
|
$ |
6,706 |
|
|
$ |
6,292 |
|
|
|
7 |
% |
Insurance |
|
6,364 |
|
|
|
3,413 |
|
|
|
86 |
% |
|
|
(2,249 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
NM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset management |
|
3,010 |
|
|
|
3,096 |
|
|
|
-3 |
% |
|
|
8,925 |
|
|
|
6,257 |
|
|
|
43 |
% |
Insurance |
|
(14,337 |
) |
|
|
(6,490 |
) |
|
|
-121 |
% |
|
|
(16,761 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
NM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
before income taxes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset management |
|
(1,262 |
) |
|
|
(756 |
) |
|
|
-67 |
% |
|
|
(2,219 |
) |
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
-6440 |
% |
Insurance |
|
20,701 |
|
|
|
9,903 |
|
|
|
109 |
% |
|
|
14,512 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
NM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset managementTotal revenue of
$1.7 million in the third quarter of 2022 represents a decrease of
$0.6 million quarter-over-quarter, partially due to a reduction in
interest and dividend income, reduced asset management fees due to
a reduction in fees earned from temporary NAV compression, as well
as incremental operating costs resulting from the Company’s
investment in its growing retail platform. Year-to-date total
revenue of $6.7 million represents an increase of $0.4 million
year-over-year primarily related to the increase in management and
servicing fees. Total expenses of $3.0 million in the third quarter
of fiscal 2022 represents a decrease of $0.1 million
quarter-over-quarter primarily related to the decrease in
professional fees partially offset by the increase in interest and
other credit facility expenses from increased borrowing and the
higher interest rate of new borrowings. Year-to-date total expenses
of $8.9 million represents an increase of $2.6 million
year-over-year primarily related to increases in professional fees,
acquisition integration costs and interest and credit facility
expenses from increased average borrowings. Net loss of $(1.3)
million in the third quarter of fiscal 2022 was primarily driven by
the decrease in management and servicing fees.
InsuranceAnalysis of the insurance
segment to the same period in the prior year is not relevant given
the acquisition of Ability Insurance Company closed in the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2021.
Total revenue of $6.4 million in the third quarter
of 2022 represents an increase of $3.0 million
quarter-over-quarter. The revenue increase is primarily due to an
improvement in net investment income relative to the prior period,
as well as new premium growth as a result of the Company's
reinsurance of MYGA. Total expenses of $(14.3) million and $(16.8)
million for the three months and nine months ended September 30,
2022, respectively, were primarily driven by changes in actuarially
determined balances.
Our interim consolidated financial statements for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and related
management’s discussion and analysis will be available on the
Company’s website at www.mountlogancapital.ca and on SEDAR
(www.sedar.com).
Dividend DeclarationThe Board of
Directors of the Company (the "Board") declared a cash dividend in
the amount of C$0.02 per common share to be paid on December 21,
2022 to shareholders of record on November 21, 2022. This is the
sixteenth consecutive dividend Mount Logan has paid to its
shareholders since closing its plan of arrangement in the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2018. This dividend is designated by the Company
as an eligible dividend for the purpose of the Income Tax Act
(Canada) and any similar provincial or territorial legislation. An
enhanced dividend tax credit applies to eligible dividends paid to
Canadian residents.
The declaration and payment by the Company of any
future cash dividends, including the amount thereof, will be at the
discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company and will depend
on, among other things, the financial condition, capital
requirements and earnings of the Company.
Outlook for 2022The Company's
financial results in the balance of 2022 are expected to benefit
from the addition of new investment advisory agreements that have
been entered into during 2022, which have increased our assets
under management, and the prior launch of reinsurance of multi-year
guaranteed annuity policies in the insurance segment. We continue
to assess strategic transactions that will grow our asset
management and insurance segments.
Conference CallWe will hold a
conference call on Friday, November 11, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern
Time to discuss our third quarter 2022 financial results.
Shareholders, prospective shareholders, and analysts are welcome to
listen to the call. To join the call, please use the dial-in
information below. A recording of the conference call will be
available on our Company’s website www.mountlogancapital.ca in the
Investor Relations section under Events.
Dial-in Toll Free: |
1-833-950-0062 |
International Dial-in Toll Free: |
1-929-526-1599 |
Access
Code: |
978715 |
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About Mount Logan Capital
Inc.Mount Logan Capital Inc. is an alternative asset
management and insurance solutions company that is focused on
public and private debt securities in the North American market and
the reinsurance of annuity products primarily through its
wholly-owned subsidiaries Mount Logan Management LLC and Ability
Insurance Company. The Company also actively sources, evaluates,
underwrites, manages, monitors and primarily invests in loans, debt
securities, and other credit-oriented instruments that present
attractive risk-adjusted returns and present low risk of principal
impairment through the credit cycle.
Ability is a Nebraska domiciled insurer and
reinsurer of long-term care policies acquired by Mount Logan in the
fourthquarter of fiscal 2021. Ability is unique in the insurance
industry in that its long-term care portfolio’s morbidity risk
hasbeen largely re-insured to third parties, and Ability is no
longer insuring or re-insuring new long-term care risk.
Non-IFRS Financial MeasuresThis
news release makes reference to certain non-IFRS financial
measures. These measures are not recognized measures under IFRS, do
not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and may not be
comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.
Rather, these measures are provided as additional information to
complement IFRS financial measures by providing further
understanding of the Company’s results of operations from
management's perspective. The Company’s definitions of non-IFRS
measures used in this news release may not be the same as the
definitions for such measures used by other companies in their
reporting. Non-IFRS measures have limitations as analytical tools
and should not be considered in isolation nor as a substitute for
analysis of the Company’s financial information reported under
IFRS. The Company believes that securities analysts, investors and
other interested parties frequently use non-IFRS financial measures
in the evaluation of issuers. The Company’s management also uses
non-IFRS financial measures in order to facilitate operating
performance comparisons from period to period.
Cautionary Statement Regarding
Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains
forward-looking statements and information within the meaning of
applicable securities legislation. Forward-looking statements can
be identified by the expressions "seeks", "expects", "believes",
"estimates", "will", "target" and similar expressions. The
forward-looking statements are not historical facts but reflect the
current expectations of the Company regarding future results or
events and are based on information currently available to it.
Certain material factors and assumptions were applied in providing
these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements
discussed in this release include, but are not limited to,
statements relating to the Company’s continued transition to an
asset management and insurance platform business and the entering
into of further strategic transactions to diversify the Company’s
business and further grow recurring management fee and other
income; the Company’s plans to focus Ability's business on the
reinsurance of annuity products; the Company’s business strategy,
model, approach and future activities; portfolio composition and
size, asset management activities and related income, capital
raising activities, future credit opportunities of the Company,
portfolio realizations, the protection of stakeholder value and the
expansion of the Company’s loan portfolio. All forward-looking
statements in this press release are qualified by these cautionary
statements. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in
forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions;
however, the Company can give no assurance that the actual results
or developments will be realized by certain specified dates or at
all. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events
to differ materially from current expectations, including that the
Company has a limited operating history with respect to an asset
management oriented business model; Ability may not generate
recurring asset management fees or strategically benefit the
Company as expected; the expected synergies by combining the
business of Mount Logan with the business of Ability may not be
realized as expected; the risk that the Company may not be
successful in integrating the business of Ability without
significant use of the Company’s resources and management’s
attention; the risk that Ability may require a significant
investment of capital and other resources in order to expand and
grow the business; the Company does not have a record of operating
an insurance solutions business and is subject to all the risks and
uncertainties associated with a broadening of the Company’s
business and the matters discussed under "Risks Factors" in the
most recently filed annual information form and management
discussion and analysis for the Company. Readers, therefore, should
not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements.
Further, a forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on
which such statement is made. The Company undertakes no obligation
to publicly update any such statement or to reflect new information
or the occurrence of future events or circumstances except as
required by securities laws. These forward-looking statements are
made as of the date of this press release.
This press release is not, and under no
circumstances is it to be construed as, a prospectus or an
advertisement and the communication of this release is not, and
under no circumstances is it to be construed as, an offer to sell
or an offer to purchase any securities in the Company or in any
fund or other investment vehicle. This press release is not
intended for U.S. persons. The Company’s shares are not and will
not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the Company is not and will not be registered under
the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”). U.S.
persons are not permitted to purchase the Company’s shares absent
an applicable exemption from registration under each of these Acts.
In addition, the number of investors in the United States, or which
are U.S. persons or purchasing for the account or benefit of U.S.
persons, will be limited to such number as is required to comply
with an available exemption from the registration requirements of
the 1940 Act.
For additional information, please contact:
Jason RoosChief Financial
OfficerJason.Roos@mountlogancapital.ca
Mount Logan Capital Inc.365 Bay Street, Suite
800Toronto, ON M5H 2V1
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position(in
thousands of United States dollars)
As at |
September 30, 2022 |
|
|
December 31, 2021 |
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
Asset Management: |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
$ |
6,275 |
|
|
$ |
14,433 |
|
Restricted cash |
|
52 |
|
|
|
135 |
|
Due from
affiliates |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Investments |
|
26,121 |
|
|
|
35,209 |
|
Intangible assets |
|
21,463 |
|
|
|
22,060 |
|
Other assets |
|
4,685 |
|
|
|
4,180 |
|
Total assets — asset management |
|
58,596 |
|
|
|
76,017 |
|
Insurance: |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and
cash equivalents |
|
40,933 |
|
|
|
29,733 |
|
Investments |
|
833,603 |
|
|
|
881,170 |
|
Reinsurance assets |
|
243,959 |
|
|
|
329,902 |
|
Intangible assets |
|
4,707 |
|
|
|
2,504 |
|
Goodwill |
|
55,015 |
|
|
|
55,015 |
|
Other assets |
|
40,761 |
|
|
|
18,970 |
|
Total assets — insurance |
|
1,218,978 |
|
|
|
1,317,294 |
|
Total assets |
$ |
1,277,574 |
|
|
$ |
1,393,311 |
|
LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
Asset Management |
|
|
|
|
|
Due to
affiliates |
$ |
578 |
|
|
$ |
3,852 |
|
Debt
obligations |
|
45,996 |
|
|
|
42,708 |
|
Contingent value rights |
|
2,969 |
|
|
|
4,169 |
|
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
|
1,329 |
|
|
|
3,916 |
|
Total liabilities — asset management |
|
50,872 |
|
|
|
54,645 |
|
Insurance |
|
|
|
|
|
Debt
obligations |
|
2,250 |
|
|
|
2,250 |
|
Insurance contract liabilities |
|
808,318 |
|
|
|
942,865 |
|
Investment contract liabilities |
|
73,456 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Funds
held under reinsurance contracts |
|
225,343 |
|
|
|
291,296 |
|
Reinsurance liabilities |
|
10,606 |
|
|
|
10,528 |
|
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
|
10,363 |
|
|
|
6,421 |
|
Total liabilities — insurance |
|
1,130,336 |
|
|
|
1,253,360 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
1,181,208 |
|
|
|
1,308,005 |
|
EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
Common
shares |
|
108,055 |
|
|
|
108,055 |
|
Warrants |
|
1,129 |
|
|
|
1,129 |
|
Contributed surplus |
|
7,240 |
|
|
|
7,240 |
|
Surplus
(Deficit) |
|
1,800 |
|
|
|
(9,260 |
) |
Cumulative translation adjustment |
|
(21,858 |
) |
|
|
(21,858 |
) |
Total equity |
|
96,366 |
|
|
|
85,306 |
|
Total liabilities and equity |
$ |
1,277,574 |
|
|
$ |
1,393,311 |
|
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(loss)(in thousands of United States dollars, except per
share amounts)
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
|
September 30, 2022 |
|
|
September 30, 2021 |
|
|
September 30, 2022 |
|
|
September 30, 2021 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
REVENUE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset management |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Management and servicing fees |
$ |
980 |
|
|
$ |
1,902 |
|
|
$ |
4,822 |
|
|
$ |
3,052 |
|
Interest
income |
|
311 |
|
|
|
795 |
|
|
|
951 |
|
|
|
2,254 |
|
Dividend
income |
|
— |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
276 |
|
|
|
152 |
|
Net gains (losses) from investment activities |
|
457 |
|
|
|
473 |
|
|
|
657 |
|
|
|
834 |
|
Total revenue — asset management |
|
1,748 |
|
|
|
3,185 |
|
|
|
6,706 |
|
|
|
6,292 |
|
Insurance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Premium
income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross premiums |
|
26,114 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
74,892 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Premiums ceded to reinsurers |
|
(16,747 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
(50,137 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Net premiums |
|
9,367 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
24,755 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Net
investment income |
|
15,527 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
38,358 |
|
|
|
|
Net
gains (losses) from investment activities |
|
(31,596 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
(118,166 |
) |
|
|
|
Realized
and unrealized gains (losses) on embedded derivative — funds
withheld |
|
11,898 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
48,959 |
|
|
|
|
Other income |
|
1,168 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,845 |
|
|
|
|
Total revenue — insurance |
|
6,364 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(2,249 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Total revenue |
|
8,112 |
|
|
|
3,185 |
|
|
|
4,457 |
|
|
|
6,292 |
|
EXPENSES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset management |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administration fees |
|
358 |
|
|
|
278 |
|
|
|
983 |
|
|
|
822 |
|
Transaction costs |
|
— |
|
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,005 |
|
Amortization of intangible assets |
|
199 |
|
|
|
202 |
|
|
|
597 |
|
|
|
588 |
|
Interest
and other credit facility expenses |
|
867 |
|
|
|
965 |
|
|
|
2,394 |
|
|
|
1,517 |
|
General, administrative and other |
|
1,586 |
|
|
|
1,167 |
|
|
|
4,951 |
|
|
|
2,325 |
|
Total expenses — asset management |
|
3,010 |
|
|
|
3,112 |
|
|
|
8,925 |
|
|
|
6,257 |
|
Insurance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Policy
benefits and claims: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross claims and benefits |
|
24,720 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
79,521 |
|
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) in insurance contract liabilities |
|
(59,020 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
(134,547 |
) |
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) in investment contract liabilities |
|
324 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
888 |
|
|
|
|
Benefits and expenses ceded to reinsurers |
|
(23,010 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
(72,538 |
) |
|
|
|
(Increase) decrease in reinsurance assets |
|
37,728 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
96,449 |
|
|
|
|
Net policy benefits and claims |
|
(19,258 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(30,227 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Administration fees |
|
1,745 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,634 |
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
56 |
|
|
|
|
Insurance expenses |
|
1,414 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,851 |
|
|
|
|
Other expenses |
|
1,762 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,925 |
|
|
|
|
Total expenses — insurance |
|
(14,337 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(16,761 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Total expenses |
|
(11,327 |
) |
|
|
3,112 |
|
|
|
(7,836 |
) |
|
|
6,257 |
|
Income (loss) before taxes |
|
19,439 |
|
|
|
73 |
|
|
|
12,293 |
|
|
|
35 |
|
Income tax (expense) benefit — asset management |
|
149 |
|
|
|
406 |
|
|
|
(195 |
) |
|
|
509 |
|
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income
(loss) |
$ |
19,588 |
|
|
$ |
479 |
|
|
$ |
12,098 |
|
|
$ |
544 |
|
Earnings per share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic |
$ |
0.88 |
|
|
$ |
0.03 |
|
|
$ |
0.55 |
|
|
$ |
0.03 |
|
Diluted |
$ |
0.87 |
|
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
|
$ |
0.54 |
|
|
$ |
0.03 |
|
Dividends per common
share — USD |
$ |
0.02 |
|
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
Dividends per common
share — CAD |
$ |
0.02 |
|
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
|
$ |
0.06 |
|
|
$ |
0.06 |
|
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