Perpetual assets rise despite $1.2bn outflows Perpetual assets rise despite $1.2bn outflows Perpetual managed a sizeable uptick in assets under management over the March quarter, with the group continuing to branch out its operations overseas. A A Perpetual gave its third-quarter business update on Friday, where it revealed its total assets under management (AUM) sat at $95.3 billion at the end of March, rising from $89.2 billion at the end of December. The increase occurred despite $1.2 billion in net outflows during the quarter, overwritten by $6.5 billion coming in from market performance and other movements. Perpetual Asset Management International’s total AUM, which included the recently acquired US groups Trillium Asset Management and Barrow Hanley Global Investors, rose by 8 per cent during the three months to March, to $71.6 billion. Market performance has offset $892 million in net outflows from the international segment, mostly from the institutional channel.