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This excerpt taken from the C 10-K filed Feb 28, 2005. Assets Under Management
Assets under management (AUMs) fell to $514 billion as of December 31, 2004, down $7 billion or 1% from $521 billion in 2003, primarily reflecting the termination of the contract to manage $36 billion of assets for St. Paul Travelers, and the net outflows of U.S. Retail Money Market Funds of $4 billion. The decline in assets was partially offset by the positive market action/other of $19 billion (which includes the impact of FX and the addition of $3 billion in assets from the acquisition of KorAm) and net flows, excluding U.S. Retail Money Market funds, of $10 billion. Retail and Private Bank client assets were $239 billion as of December 31, 2004, up $8 billion or 3% from $231 billion in 2003. Institutional client assets of $202 billion as of December 31, 2004 were up $17 billion or 9% compared to a year ago. Retirement Services assets of $14 billion as of December 31, 2004, increased $2 billion or 17% from 2003. The decline in Other assets of $34 billion reflects the termination of the St. Paul Travelers contract. Revenues, net of interest expense, increased $191 million or 12% to $1.824 billion in 2004. This compared to $1.633 billion in 2003, which was down $65 million or 4% from 2002. The increase in 2004 primarily reflects the impact of positive market action, including the impact of FX, the cumulative impact of positive net flows and the absence of impairments of Argentina GPNs of $9 million. These increases were partially offset by the termination of the contract to manage assets for St. Paul Travelers, a change in the presentation of certain revenue sharing arrangements which decreased both revenue and expense by $16 million, and the impact of outflows of U.S. Retail 39 Money Market funds. The decrease in 2003 was primarily due to the impact of reduced fee revenues in CAM, the impact of increased insurance costs on fees earned in a retirement services business in Argentina, the loss on sale of the El Salvador retirement services business, outflows of U.S. Retail Money Market funds, and the impairment of the Argentina GPNs. Partially offsetting these declines were the cumulative impact of positive net flows, lower capital funding costs in Mexico, higher performance fees in CAI Institutional, the absence of a prior-year pesification loss in Argentina, and an increase related to certain assets consolidated under FIN 46-R. These consolidated assets incurred FX movements on the euro, creating $17 million in gains in 2003 (offset in minority interest). Operating expenses of $1.416 billion in 2004 increased $268 million or 23% from 2003 primarily driven by higher expenses related to legal matters and the reserve established related to the expected resolution of the previously disclosed SEC investigation of transfer agent matters, as well as higher employee compensation expenses, partially offset by the absence of the DAC impairment in Argentina of $42 million and the impact of a change in the presentation of certain fee-sharing arrangements which decreased both revenue and expense by $16 million. Operating expenses of $1.148 billion in 2003 decreased $41 million or 3% from 2002. The decrease in 2003 primarily reflected expense management, the change in presentation of certain fee-sharing arrangements, and the absence of 2002 first quarter restructuring charges in Argentina (LARS), for which the remaining reserve was released in 2003, partially offset by the DAC impairment in Argentina of $42 million and the impact of higher expenses related to legal matters of $24 million. Minority interest, after-tax, of $10 million in 2004 decreased $2 million from 2003. The $11 million increase from 2002 to 2003 is primarily due to the impact of consolidating certain assets under FIN 46-R. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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