Revenue for the second quarter of 2019 was $535.9 million, a decrease of $56.5 million, or (10%), from the second quarter of 2018. The decrease was primarily driven by a decrease in management fees due to lower gross fee margins and a decrease in average AUM, during the second quarter of 2019, compared to the same period in 2018.
Total operating expenses for the second quarter of 2019 were $417.4 million, an increase of $0.3 million compared to operating expenses in the second quarter of 2018. The increase was primarily driven by the impairment of certain mutual fund investment management agreements offset by a decrease in distribution expenses due to lower average AUM during the quarter ended June 30, 2019, compared to the same period in the prior year.
Operating income for the second quarter of 2019 was $118.5 million, a decrease of $56.8 million, or (32%), compared to the second quarter of 2018. The Group’s operating margin was 22.1% in the second quarter of 2019 compared to 30.0% in the second quarter of 2018.
Net income attributable to JHG in the second quarter of 2019 was $109.4 million, a decrease of $31.2 million, or (22%), compared to the same period in 2018, due to the factors impacting revenue and operating expense discussed above. In addition, investment gains (losses), net increased $21.4 million from the second quarter of 2018, primarily due to fair value adjustments in relation to the Group’s consolidated VIEs, other seeded investment products and mutual fund awards recognized in the second quarter of 2019.
The Group’s ordinary dividend in respect of the second quarter of 2019 totaled $0.36 per share.
Investment Performance of Assets Under Management
The following table is a summary of investment performance as of June 30, 2019:
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Percentage of assets under management outperforming benchmark | | 1 year | | 3 years | | 5 years | |
Equities | | 73 | % | 74 | % | 83 | % |
Fixed Income | | 61 | % | 90 | % | 89 | % |
Quantitative Equities | | 32 | % | 11 | % | 39 | % |
Multi-Asset | | 90 | % | 91 | % | 92 | % |
Alternatives | | 39 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % |
Total Group | | 66 | % | 72 | % | 80 | % |
Assets Under Management
The Group’s AUM as of June 30, 2019, was $359.8 billion, an increase of $31.3 billion, or 9.5%, from December 31, 2018, driven primarily by positive market movements of $48.9 billion, partially offset by net redemptions of $17.2 billion.
JHG’s non-USD AUM is primarily denominated in Great British pound (“GBP”), euro (“EUR”) and Australian dollar (“AUD”). During the three months ended June 30 2019, the U.S. dollar (“USD”) strengthened against the GBP and the AUD, and weakened against the EUR, resulting in a $0.4 billion decrease to AUM. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the USD strengthened against the GBP, the AUD and the EUR, resulting in a $1.7 billion decrease to AUM. As of June 30, 2019, approximately 32% of the Group’s AUM was non-USD denominated, resulting in a net unfavorable currency effect, particularly in products exposed to GBP.
VelocityShares exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”) and certain index products are not included within AUM as JHG is not the named adviser or subadviser to ETNs or index products. VelocityShares ETN assets totaled $2.6 billion and $2.2 billion as of June 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively. VelocityShares index product assets not included within AUM totaled $2.5 billion and $1.7 billion as of June 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively.