The company attributed the decline to lower assets under management. Stillwell had $190.5 billion in assets under management as of March 31, down 7.5% from the $205.9 billion the company had under management in first quarter of 2001. Assets declined less than 1% from the $192.2 billion in assets that Stillwell had in the fourth quarter of last year.
While the decline in Stilwell assets was not that sharp, the companys revenues from investment management fees and shareowner servicing fees were off markedly. These revenues declined 27% to $328 million in the first quarter of this year, down from $449 million in the first quarter of 2001.
Stilwell said it was able to offset these declines in assets and revenues through an acquisition and reduced expenses. While Stillwells assets declined in the first quarter due to net redemptions of $4 billion and market depreciation of $3.7 billion, the company was able to partially make up for these declines through Berger Funds acquisition of Enhanced Investment Technologies.
- Stillwell also cut compensation by 29% to $70.8 million in the first quarter of this year, down from $99.3 million in the comparable quarter of a year ago. Furthermore, Stilwell cut its marketing costs by 50% due to the current market environment, the company said, spending $12.1 million on marketing, down from $24.4 million in the first quarter of 2001.
