Net inflows at UK asset manager Schroders more than trebled to £24.8 billion last year, easily making good a slip in revenue margins over the period.

Buoyed by its full-year results published on Thursday morning, Schroders shares had risen by 2.2% to £31 by 12.20 GMT from the previous day's close as investors cheered an 11% year-on-year rise in underlying pre-tax profits to £565.2 million and a 34% leap in divdends for the year to 78p.