Asia Financial (00662) announces profitable growth, expecting annual net profit attributable to shareholders to increase by more than 50% year-on-year.

ASIA FINANCIAL (00662) announced that it is expected that for the financial year ending December 31, 2025, the attributable net profit to the company's shareholders of the Group will increase by over 50% compared to the audited profit of approximately 647 million Hong Kong dollars for the same period in 2024. The profit growth is mainly attributed to the sale of the equity interest in Hong Kong Life and the recovery of global stock markets, which led to an increase in both realized and unrealized profits of the Group's investment securities portfolio.