BlueBay

Impacts Of Changes To Corporation Tax

This report reviews a small sample of UK companies  that disclose the impact of the government’s announced change to corporation tax.

BlueBay Asset Management plc Period End 30 June 2010

BlueBay Asset Management plc Annual Report 2010
Comprehensive disclosure about post balance sheet change in tax rate
UK investment manager BlueBay Asset Management indicates the impact of a 1% reduction in corporation tax rate, which was substantially enacted after its balance sheet date, not only on deferred tax balances but also on the income statement and equity.

BlueBay Asset Management plc Period End 30 June 2009

BlueBay Asset Management plc Annual Report 2009

Fund units purchased for employee benefits reclassified as prepayments
UK investment manager BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay) changes its policy to initially record fund units purchased for the benefit of its employees as prepayments rather than financial assets at fair value through profit or loss that reduces total assets by 9.5% and total liabilities by 28.7%.


Exceptional costs reduce profit by 21.5%
UK investment manager BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay) classifies as exceptional £4.8 million costs which relate to redundancy and relocation of US operations and reduce profit by 21.5%.

BlueBay Asset Management plc Period End 30 June 2009

BlueBay Asset Management plc Annual Report 2009

Fund units purchased for employee benefits reclassified as prepayments
UK investment manager BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay) changes its policy to initially record fund units purchased for the benefit of its employees as prepayments rather than financial assets at fair value through profit or loss that reduces total assets by 9.5% and total liabilities by 28.7%.


Exceptional costs reduce profit by 21.5%
UK investment manager BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay) classifies as exceptional £4.8 million costs which relate to redundancy and relocation of US operations and reduce profit by 21.5%.

BlueBay Asset Management plc Period End 30 June 2008

BlueBay Asset Management Annual Report 2008

No explanation for restating comparative basic eps upwards by 17%
UK investment manager BlueBay Asset Management restates upwards its comparative basic earnings per share (eps) by 4.3p or 17% to 29.3p without repeating explanation, disclosed previously in an announcement and its interim report, that this relates to an error.

BlueBay Asset Management plc Period End 30 June 2007

BlueBay Annual Report 2007

Share-based payments liability reclassified to equity

Following amendments to a share scheme, UK investment manager BlueBay Asset Management reclassifies £12 million liability to equity, resulting in a 16% increase in net assets.