Increases MYGA Volumes Quarter-over-Quarter, Increases Insurance Net Investment Income Year-over-Year, Successfully Transitions to IFRS 17
Declares Quarterly Distribution of C$0.02 Per Common Share in the Second Quarter of 2023, Marking the Fifteenth Consecutive Quarter of a Shareholder Distribution
TORONTO, May 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mount Logan Capital Inc. (NEO: MLC) (the "Company" or "Mount Logan") announced today its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. All amounts are stated in United States dollars, unless otherwise indicated. The financial results have been adjusted for the adoption of IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts ("IFRS 17") which became effective January 1, 2023. IFRS 17 is effective for years beginning as of January 1, 2023, and has been applied retrospectively with a transition date of January 1, 2022. IFRS 17 does not impact the underlying economics of the business, nor does it impact the Company's business strategies.
First Quarter 2023 Highlights
¹The yield is calculated based on the net investment income divided by the average of investments in financial assets for the current and prior period, and then is annualized.
Subsequent Events
Management Commentary
Selected Financial Highlights
Results of Operations by Segment
($ in Thousands)
Three Months Ended | |||||||||||
March 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | March 31, 2022 | |||||||||
Reported Results (1) | |||||||||||
Asset management | |||||||||||
Revenue | $ | 1,814 | $ | 2,713 | $ | 2,618 | |||||
Expenses | 5,728 | 4,194 | 2,819 | ||||||||
Net income (loss) - asset management | (3,914 | ) | (1,481 | ) | (201 | ) | |||||
Insurance | |||||||||||
Revenue (5) | 10,186 | 17,406 | (14,801 | ) | |||||||
Expenses | 35,459 | 11,024 | (38,011 | ) | |||||||
Net income (loss) - insurance | (25,273 | ) | 6,382 | 23,210 | |||||||
Income before income taxes | (29,187 | ) | 4,901 | $ | 23,009 | ||||||
Provision for income taxes | (265 | ) | (235 | ) | $ | (84 | ) | ||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (29,452 | ) | $ | 4,666 | $ | 22,925 | ||||
Basic EPS | $ | (1.33 | ) | $ | 0.21 | $ | 1.03 | ||||
Diluted EPS | $ | (1.33 | ) | $ | 0.21 | $ | 1.03 | ||||
Adjusting Items | |||||||||||
Asset management | |||||||||||
Transaction costs (2) | (158 | ) | (185 | ) | ? | ||||||
Acquisition integration costs (3) | (375 | ) | (500 | ) | (375 | ) | |||||
Non-cash items (4) | (140 | ) | 38 | (199 | ) | ||||||
Impact of adjusting items on expenses | (673 | ) | (647 | ) | (574 | ) | |||||
Adjusted Results | |||||||||||
Asset management | |||||||||||
Revenue | $ | 1,814 | $ | 2,713 | $ | 2,618 | |||||
Expenses | 5,055 | 3,547 | 2,245 | ||||||||
Net income (loss) - asset management | (3,241 | ) | (834 | ) | 373 | ||||||
Income before income taxes | (28,514 | ) | 5,548 | 23,583 | |||||||
Provision for income taxes | (265 | ) | (235 | ) | (84 | ) | |||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (28,779 | ) | $ | 5,313 | $ | 23,499 | ||||
Basic EPS | $ | (1.30 | ) | $ | 0.24 | $ | 1.06 | ||||
Diluted EPS | $ | (1.30 | ) | $ | 0.24 | $ | 1.06 | ||||
(1) Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to conform with the current year's presentation, including the reclassification of "Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)" to "Revenue".
(2) Transaction costs are related to business acquisitions and strategic initiatives transacted by the Company.
(3) Acquisition integration costs are consulting and administration services fees related to integrating a business into the Company. Acquisition integration costs are recorded in general, administrative and other expenses.
(4) Non-cash items include amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets and impairment of goodwill, if any
(5) Insurance Revenue item is presented net of insurance service expenses and net expenses from reinsurance contracts held.
Asset Management
Total Revenue ? Asset Management
($ in Thousands)
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, 2023 | March 31, 2022 | |||||||
Management and servicing fees | $ | 1,593 | $ | 1,978 | ||||
Interest income | 268 | 310 | ||||||
Dividend income | 56 | 121 | ||||||
Net gains (losses) from investment activities | (103 | ) | 209 | |||||
Total revenue ? asset management | $ | 1,814 | $ | 2,618 | ||||
Fee Related Earnings ("FRE")
Fee related earnings ("FRE") is a non-IFRS financial measure used to assess the asset management segment's generation of profits from revenues that are measured and received on a recurring basis and are not dependent on future realization events. The Company calculates FRE, and reconciles FRE to net income from its asset management activities, as follows:
($ in Thousands)
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, 2023 | March 31, 2022 | |||||||
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) | $ | (29,452 | ) | $ | 22,925 | |||
Adjustment to net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss): | ||||||||
Total revenue - insurance (1) | (10,186 | ) | 14,801 | |||||
Total expenses - insurance | 35,459 | (38,011 | ) | |||||
Net income - asset management (2) | (4,179 | ) | (285 | ) | ||||
Adjustments to non-fee generating asset management business and other recurring revenue stream: | ||||||||
Management fee from Ability | 823 | 482 | ||||||
Interest income | ? | (42 | ) | |||||
Dividend income | (56 | ) | (121 | ) | ||||
Net gains (losses) from investment activities | 103 | (208 | ) | |||||
Administration fees | 174 | 207 | ||||||
Transaction costs | 158 | ? | ||||||
Amortization of intangible assets | 140 | 199 | ||||||
Interest and other credit facility expenses | 1,254 | 761 | ||||||
General, administrative and other | 3,013 | 987 | ||||||
Fee Related Earnings | $ | 1,430 | $ | 1,980 | ||||
(1) Includes add-back of management fees paid to ML Management. On October 29, 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of Ability and ML Management has been engaged as an investment adviser for a portion of Ability's assets.
(2) Represents net for asset income management operating segment.
Insurance
Total Revenue - Insurance
($ in Thousands)
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, 2023 | March 31, 2022 | |||||||
Insurance service result | $ | (4,961 | ) | $ | (6,117 | ) | ||
Net investment income | 20,222 | 10,852 | ||||||
Net gains (losses) from investment activities | 2,609 | (37,101 | ) | |||||
Realized and unrealized (gains) losses on embedded derivative ? funds withheld | (7,684 | ) | 16,732 | |||||
Other income | - | 833 | ||||||
Total revenue ? net of insurance services expenses and net expenses from reinsurance | $ | 10,186 | $ | (14,801 | ) |
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of March 31, 2023, the asset management segment of the Company had $54.0 million (par value) of borrowings outstanding, of which $26.5 million had a fixed rate and $27.5 million had a floating rate. This balance was comprised of $29.5 million of outstanding borrowings under a credit facility of a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, $15.0 million of seller notes due 2031 from the acquisition of Ability, $7.5 million borrowed by Lind Bridge L.P., a limited partnership of which the Company is, directly and indirectly, the sole limited partner and sole general partner due 2029, and $4.0 million of seller notes from the acquisition of certain assets from Capitala Investment Advisors, LLC due 2025. Additionally, in the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the insurance segment of the Company had $2.25 million (par value) of surplus debenture from Sentinel Security Life Insurance Company due in the second quarter 2023. Liquid assets, including high-quality assets that are marketable, can be pledged as security for borrowings, and can be converted to cash in a time frame that meets liquidity and funding requirements. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the total liquid assets of the Company were as follows:
($ in Thousands)
As at | March 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 55,589 | $ | 65,898 | ||||
Investments | 543,275 | 692,693 | ||||||
Management fee receivable | 1,385 | 1,385 | ||||||
Receivable for investments sold | 17,174 | 1,249 | ||||||
Accrued interest and dividend receivable | 250 | 16,157 | ||||||
Total liquid assets | $ | 617,673 | $ | 777,382 |
The Company defines working capital as the sum of cash, restricted cash, investments that mature within one year of the reporting date, management fees receivable, receivables for investments sold, accrued interest and dividend receivables, and premium receivables, less the sum of debt obligations, payables for investments purchased, amounts due to affiliates, reinsurance liabilities, and other liabilities that are payable within one year of the reporting date.
As of March 31, 2023, the Company has working capital of $179.6 million, reflecting current assets of $199.7 million, offset by current liabilities of $20.1 million, as compared with working capital of $163.9 million as at December 31, 2022, reflecting current assets of $196.6 million, offset by current liabilities of $32.7 million. The increase in working capital is primarily driven by increased cash in the insurance segment as a result of premium growth through the reinsurance of MYGA.
Interest Rate Risk
The Company holds certain debt investments with fixed interest rates that exposes it to fair value interest rate risk. The Company also holds debt investments with variable interest rates that exposes it to cash flow interest rate risk and is partially mitigated with those debt investments subject to an interest rate floor. The Company also holds a debt obligation subject to variable interest rates, which partially mitigates it to cash flow interest rate risk.
The following table summarizes the potential annualized impact on net income of hypothetical base rate changes in interest rates on our debt investments and debt obligations assuming a parallel shift in the yield curve, with all other variables remaining constant.
($ in Thousands)
As at | March 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||||
50 basis point increase (1) | $ | (560 | ) | $ | (2,843 | ) | ||
50 basis point decrease (1) | 560 | 2,843 | ||||||
(1) Losses are presented in brackets and gains are presented as positive numbers.
Actual results may differ significantly from these sensitivity analyzes. As such, the sensitivities should only be viewed as directional estimates of the underlying sensitivities for the respective factors based on the assumptions outlined above.
Conference Call
The Company will hold a conference call on Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the first quarter 2023 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: 1-833-470-1428
International Dial-in: 1-404-975-4839
Access Code: 612276
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 ("ML Management") and Ability Insurance Company ("Ability"). 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 Insurance is a Nebraska domiciled insurer and reinsurer of long-term care policies acquired by Mount Logan in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021. Ability is unique in the insurance industry in that its long-term care portfolio's morbidity risk has been largely re-insured to third parties, and Ability is no longer insuring or re-insuring new long-term care risk.
Non-IFRS Financial Measures
This press 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 press 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 Statements
This 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 and increasing Ability's assets; the Company's plans to focus Ability's business on the reinsurance of annuity products; the closing of the previously announced acquisition of Ovation; the potential benefits of combining Mount Logan's and Ovation's platform including an increase in fee-related earnings as a result of the acquisition, the transition of Ovation personnel to Mount Logan;; 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; the expansion of the Company's loan portfolio; the risk that changes to IFRS, including the adoption of IFRS 17, could have a material impact on the Company's financial results and access to capital; and the expansion of Mount Logan's capabilities. 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, increase its assets 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 continuing to integrate 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; the risk that the acquisition of Ovation may not be completed; the risk that the expected synergies of the acquisition of Ovation may not be realized as expected; the risk that the Company may not be successful in integrating the business of Ovation without significant use of the Company's resources and management's attention 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.
Contacts:
Mount Logan Capital Inc.
365 Bay Street, Suite 800
Toronto, ON M5H 2V1
[email protected]
Jason Roos
Chief Financial Officer
[email protected]
MOUNT LOGAN CAPITAL INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION (in thousands of United States dollars, except share and per share amounts) | ||||||||||
As at | Notes | March 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||||
Asset Management: | ||||||||||
Cash | $ | 886 | $ | 1,525 | ||||||
Restricted cash | 53 | 53 | ||||||||
Due from affiliates | ? | 12 | ||||||||
Investments | 6 | 27,992 | 30,605 | |||||||
Intangible assets | 9 | 21,361 | 21,501 | |||||||
Other assets | 15 | 4,378 | 4,792 | |||||||
Total assets ? asset management | 54,670 | 58,488 | ||||||||
Insurance: | ||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 54,703 | 64,373 | ||||||||
Investments in financial assets | 6 | 904,793 | 884,627 | |||||||
Reinsurance contract assets | 13 | 471,788 | 449,326 | |||||||
Intangible assets | 9 | 2,444 | 2,444 | |||||||
Goodwill | 9 | 55,015 | 55,015 | |||||||
Other assets | 15 | 27,753 | 23,353 | |||||||
Total assets ? insurance | 1,516,496 | 1,479,138 | ||||||||
Total assets | $ | 1,571,166 | $ | 1,537,626 | ||||||
LIABILITIES | ||||||||||
Asset Management | ||||||||||
Due to affiliates | 10 | $ | 3,227 | $ | 1,110 | |||||
Debt obligations | 12 | 53,019 | 53,172 | |||||||
Contingent value rights | 11 | 515 | 3,003 | |||||||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 15 | 3,018 | 2,583 | |||||||
Total liabilities ? asset management | 59,779 | 59,868 | ||||||||
Insurance | ||||||||||
Debt obligations | 12 | 2,250 | 2,250 | |||||||
Insurance contract liabilities | 13 | 1,128,167 | 1,077,685 | |||||||
Investment contract liabilities | 14 | 112,594 | 89,358 | |||||||
Funds held under reinsurance contracts | 236,750 | 231,839 | ||||||||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 15 | 10,182 | 25,404 | |||||||
Total liabilities ? insurance | 1,489,943 | 1,426,536 | ||||||||
Total liabilities | 1,549,722 | 1,486,404 | ||||||||
EQUITY | ||||||||||
Common shares | 11 | 108,055 | 108,055 | |||||||
Warrants | 11 | 1,129 | 1,129 | |||||||
Contributed surplus | 7,240 | 7,240 | ||||||||
Surplus (Deficit) | (73,122 | ) | (43,344 | ) | ||||||
Cumulative translation adjustment | (21,858 | ) | (21,858 | ) | ||||||
Total equity | 21,444 | 51,222 | ||||||||
Total liabilities and equity | $ | 1,571,166 | $ | 1,537,626 |
MOUNT LOGAN CAPITAL INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (in thousands of United States dollars, except share and per share amounts) | ||||||||||
Three months ended | ||||||||||
Notes | March 31, 2023 | March 31, 2022 | ||||||||
REVENUE | ||||||||||
Asset management | ||||||||||
Management and servicing fees | 7 | $ | 1,593 | $ | 1,978 | |||||
Interest income | 268 | 310 | ||||||||
Dividend income | 56 | 121 | ||||||||
Net gains (losses) from investment activities | 4 | (103 | ) | 209 | ||||||
Total revenue ? asset management | 1,814 | 2,618 | ||||||||
Insurance | ||||||||||
Insurance revenue | 21,805 | 23,987 | ||||||||
Insurance service expenses | (21,686 | ) | (23,516 | ) | ||||||
Net expenses from reinsurance contracts held | 8 | (5,080 | ) | (6,589 | ) | |||||
Insurance service result | (4,961 | ) | (6,117 | ) | ||||||
Net investment income | 5 | 20,222 | 10,852 | |||||||
Net gains (losses) from investment activities | 4 | 2,609 | (37,101 | ) | ||||||
Realized and unrealized (gains) losses on embedded derivative ? funds withheld | (7,684 | ) | 16,732 | |||||||
Other income | ? | 833 | ||||||||
Total revenue, net of insurance service expenses and net expenses from reinsurance contracts held ? insurance | 10,186 | (14,801 | ) | |||||||
Total revenue | 12,000 | (12,183 | ) | |||||||
EXPENSES | ||||||||||
Asset management | ||||||||||
Administration fees | 10 | 379 | 284 | |||||||
Transaction costs | 158 | ? | ||||||||
Amortization of intangible assets | 9 | 140 | 199 | |||||||
Interest and other credit facility expenses | 12 | 1,254 | 761 | |||||||
General, administrative and other | 3,797 | 1,575 | ||||||||
Total expenses ? asset management | 5,728 | 2,819 | ||||||||
Insurance | ||||||||||
Net insurance finance (income) expenses | 13 | 24,484 | (40,448 | ) | ||||||
Increase (decrease) in investment contract liabilities | 14 | 1,412 | ? | |||||||
(Increase) decrease in reinsurance assets | 5,525 | ? | ||||||||
Administration fees | 2,160 | 1,911 | ||||||||
Other expenses | 1,878 | 526 | ||||||||
Total expenses ? insurance | 35,459 | (38,011 | ) | |||||||
Total expenses | 41,187 | (35,192 | ) | |||||||
Income (loss) before taxes | (29,187 | ) | 23,009 | |||||||
Income tax (expense) benefit ? asset management | 16 | (265 | ) | (84 | ) | |||||
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) | $ | (29,452 | ) | $ | 22,925 | |||||
Earnings per share | ||||||||||
Basic | $ | (1.33 | ) | $ | 1.03 | |||||
Diluted | $ | (1.33 | ) | $ | 1.03 | |||||
Dividends per common share ? USD | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.02 | ||||||
Dividends per common share ? CAD | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.02 |
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