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This was the first quarterly earnings reported by Apollo with
co-founder Marc Rowan at the helm as chief executive. He
succeeded Leon Black, who left the New York-based firm in March
following a review by law firm Dechert of his ties to late
financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The review found Black paid Epstein $158 million for advice on
tax and estate planning and related services between 2012 and
2017. It cleared Black of any wrongdoing.
Apollo said on Tuesday that first-quarter distributable earnings
- cash used for paying dividends to shareholders - rose to
$293.8 million from $165.1 million a year earlier. This resulted
in a distributable earnings per share of 66 cents per share,
greater than the 58 cents estimated by Wall Street analysts on
average, according to financial data provider Refinitiv.
Apollo peer Blackstone Group Inc reported last month that its
distributable earnings more than doubled in the first quarter,
while Carlyle Group Inc said its after-tax distributable
earnings rose 23% on strong asset sales from its private equity
business. [L1N2MF0ZX] [L1N2MM1QE]
Apollo said it sold $3.7 billion worth of assets in the first
quarter. It exited its entire stake in luxury watch retailer
Watches of Switzerland, as well as U.S. subprime lender OneMain
Holdings Inc. It also sold a 9% stake in French glass bottle
maker Verallia.
The firm also put a lot of capital to work. It deployed some
$24.9 billion in the quarter, $19.1 billion of which want to
credit investments.
In March, Apollo agreed an all-stock merger deal with Athene
Holdings Ltd, bringing in-house the annuities provider that is a
key contributor to revenue generated from lucrative asset
management fees. [L4N2L62U8]
Apollo said its fee-related earnings rose 26% to a record $286.7
million, driven by strong management, advisory and transactions
fees. It reported a net income of $669.7 million under generally
accepted accounting principles (GAAP), also a record.
Apollo said its private equity portfolio appreciated by 22%
during the quarter, while its real estate, principal finance,
and infrastructure funds rose 12%. Its credit funds rose 4% in
aggregate.
Total asset management rose to $461.1 billion from $455.5
billion in the prior quarter, driven by fundraising and the
appreciation of its private equity portfolio. Apollo, which
ended the quarter with $49.7 billion in unspent capital,
declared a dividend of 50 cents per share.
Earlier this month, Apollo agreed to buy the media unit of
Verizon Communications Inc, which owns Yahoo and AOL, for $5
billion.
(Reporting by Chibuike Oguh in New York; Editing by Jacqueline
Wong)
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