2023年3月4日

愛爾蘭金融科技公司Fenergo表示，隨著業務的持續增長，2022年的收入和營業利潤都有所增長，但與2021年私募股權投資者收購相關的費用也有所增加。在該公司提交的最新賬目中，截至2022年3月31日，芬尼戈的營業利潤為90萬歐元，扭轉了前一年40萬歐元的虧損。然而，一旦將交易費用和其他費用考慮在內，賬目顯示稅前虧損為4000萬歐元。這些費用是與私募股權投資者Astorg和Bridgepoint在2021年7月以6億美元收購Fenergo有關的一次性費用。該交易還引發了名義股份(公司股權激勵計劃的一部分)的加速發行，因為它被視為“退出事件”。今年的收入為1.128億歐元，高於去年同期的9130萬歐元。毛利潤也有所增加，從去年同期的5410萬歐元增至5840萬歐元。fenengo為金融機構開發軟件，幫助他們解決監管合規和管理客戶數據等問題。其客戶包括全球300家最大的銀行和保險公司，包括荷蘭銀行(ABN Amro)、英傑華(Aviva)、中國銀行(Bank of China)、丹麥丹斯克銀行(Danske Bank)、瑞士信貸(Credit Suisse)、瑞銀(UBS)、桑坦德銀行(Santander)和道富銀行(State Street)。該集團的總股本赤字為5510萬歐元，低於2021年的9890萬歐元，2019年的股票回購是大部分赤字結轉的原因。 At the end of the year, the company had cash of €28.4 million, a reduction from the €43.7 million it had at the end of its 2021 financial year. “Traditionally Fenergo was an enterprise software platform… Covid really accelerated our shift to SaaS [software as a service],” said chief executive Marc Murphy. “So underneath the numbers is a massive transformation going on.” That transformation includes an annual increase of about 40 per cent in recurring revenue and subscription, which rose from €41.1 million in 2021 to €56.6 million in 2022. The US is the company’s largest market by sales, accounting for €26.7 million in revenue during the year. Australia generated €23.2 million in revenue. The company employed more than 560 people in 2022, up from 512 a year earlier. But staff costs were lower at €54.2 million, down from €57.5 million in 2021 as Fenergo’s wage bill fell. Management compensation was also cut slightly over the year. The company is expecting further growth, despite the uncertain economic environment. “We’re seeing massive momentum in the business,” said Mr Murphy, noting that, unlike the consumer banking market, the commercial and corporate institutional banking sector where Fenergo operates has been slower to deliver a better digital service for corporate and commercial clients. He pointed to the three pillars driving growth in the business: transformation and digital experience; regulatory certainty, which continues to be the company’s biggest driver; and cost pressures around operational efficiencies and reducing headcount. “Our technology brings the automation of the software,” he said. Fenergo made its first acquisition in the weeks after the period covering the accounts, buying Amsterdam-based Sentinels in May last year. The value of the deal was not disclosed at the time, although the accounts show it was €60.3 million in both cash and stock. That business has now been integrated into the Fenergo operation, with the Sentinels brand transforming into Fenergo Transaction Monitoring from this week. Further acquisitions are on the horizon, Mr Murphy said. Founded in 2008, Fenergo became one of only a handful of Irish tech unicorns when it achieved a $1 billion-plus valuation in 2021, when London-based Bridgepoint and French private equity group Astorg joined together to buy out stakes previously owned by Insight Venture Partners and DXC.