{"id":17039,"date":"2021-08-20T05:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T05:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/08\/20\/sun-hung-kai-co-announces-2021-interim-results\/"},"modified":"2021-08-20T05:20:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T05:20:00","slug":"sun-hung-kai-co-announces-2021-interim-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/08\/20\/sun-hung-kai-co-announces-2021-interim-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun Hung Kai &#038; Co. Announces 2021 Interim Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\"><!--<a class=\"format-txt\" href=\"{baseURL}\/View\/{release.id}?_download=1\">View this article in .txt format<\/a>--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Profit&#13;<br \/>\nAttributable to Owners up 287% to HK$2.7 billion <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Backed&#13;<br \/>\nby Significant Gains in Investment Management and Strong&#13;<br \/>\nRecovery in Consumer Finance <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Financial Highlights<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">For the 6-month&#13;<br \/>\n  period ended<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>\u00a030 Jun 2021<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">30 Jun 2020<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>Change<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Revenue (HK$ million) <\/p>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Pre-tax Profit (HK$ million)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>2,096.0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">2,042.9<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>+2.6%<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>3,215.7<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">950.5<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>+238.3%<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Profit&#13;<br \/>\n  Attributable to Owners of the Company (HK$ million)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>2,693.0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">695.2<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>+287.4%<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Basic&#13;<br \/>\n  Earnings per Share (HK Cents)<\/p>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Interim&#13;<br \/>\n  Dividend (HK Cents)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>136.2<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">34.9<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>+290.3%<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>12.0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">12.0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>&#8212;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Book&#13;<br \/>\n  Value per Share (HK$)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>12.8<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">10.4<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>+23.1%<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>HONG&#13;<br \/>\nKONG SAR &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media&#13;<br \/>\nOutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 20 August 2021<b>\u00a0<\/b>&#8211;\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shkco.com\/\">Sun Hung Kai &amp; Co. Limited<\/a> <\/b>(Stock Code:&#13;<br \/>\n86.HK) (&#8220;SHK &amp; Co.&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;, together with its subsidiaries, the&#13;<br \/>\n&#8220;Group&#8221;)<b> <\/b>announces its interim results for the period ended 30 June 2021.&#13;<br \/>\nProfit attributable to owners of the Company increased by 287.4% to HK$2,693.0&#13;<br \/>\nmillion (1H2020: HK$695.2 million); basic earnings per share (&#8220;EPS&#8221;) increased&#13;<br \/>\nby 290.3% to HK136.2 cents (1H2020: HK34.9 cents); book value per share increased&#13;<br \/>\nby 23.1% to HK$12.8 (1H2020: HK$10.4).\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>The Board has&#13;<br \/>\ndeclared an interim dividend of HK12 cents per share for the six months ended 30&#13;<br \/>\nJune 2021, which remained the same level as the first half of 2020. The Board&#13;<br \/>\nwill review dividend policy at year end depending on the evolvement of COVID-19,&#13;<br \/>\nprogress on economic recovery and the overall capital returned via the buy-back&#13;<br \/>\nprogram.\u00a0 During the period, the Company&#13;<br \/>\nrepurchased 550,000 shares for a total consideration of HK$2.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The results&#13;<br \/>\nfor the first half of 2021 represented a very strong performance, despite&#13;<br \/>\ncontinued volatility in the global financial market, prolonged impact from&#13;<br \/>\nCOVID-19 and a changing regulatory environment. Throughout this challenging&#13;<br \/>\nperiod, the Group&#8217;s financial position remained strong and liquid, and we&#13;<br \/>\ncontinued to focus on appropriately containing risk and positioning the business&#13;<br \/>\nfor expansion opportunities,&#8221; said Mr. Lee Seng Huang, the Group Executive&#13;<br \/>\nChairman.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>First half revenue in 2021 was HK$2,096.0 million (1H2020: HK$2,042.9&#13;<br \/>\nmillion), which mainly consisted of interest income from Financing Business amounting&#13;<br \/>\nto HK$1,966.6 million. Pre-tax profit for first half 2021 increased by 238.3%&#13;<br \/>\nto HK$3,215.7 million (1H2020: HK$950.5 million), and was mainly driven by significant&#13;<br \/>\ngains in the Group&#8217;s Investment Management. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Pre-tax profit of Investment Management for the period was&#13;<br \/>\nHK$2,312.2 million (1H2020: HK$436.3 million after re-presentation), increasing&#13;<br \/>\nby 430.0%, due to the strong performance across all asset classes and a total&#13;<br \/>\nrealised gain and interest income of HK$1,611.5 million. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Financing Business also improved and generated pre-tax profit of&#13;<br \/>\nHK$919.4 million (1H2020: HK$607.8 million after re-presentation), up 51.3%,&#13;<br \/>\ncontinuing to be a consistent contributor to the Group&#8217;s pre-tax profit.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Segment Performance<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\"><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td colspan=\"4\" valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"center\"><b><u>Pre-tax Contribution for the<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"center\"><b><u>6-month ended<\/u><\/b><b><u\/><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\"><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td colspan=\"3\" valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\"><b><u>Segment Assets <\/u><\/b><b><u>as<\/u><\/b><b><u> <\/u><\/b><b><u>at<\/u><\/b><b><u>\u00a0 <\/u><\/b><u\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\"><b><i>(HK$ Million)<\/i><\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\"><b>Jun&#13;<br \/>\n  2021<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">Jun&#13;<br \/>\n  2020<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\"><b>Change<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\"><b>Jun <\/b><b>2021<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">Dec&#13;<br \/>\n  2020<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\"><b>FINANCING BUSINESS<i\/><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">Consumer&#13;<br \/>\n  Finance<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\"><b>871.9<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">520.0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">+67.7%<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\"><b>18,477.6 <\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">17,937.0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">Specialty&#13;<br \/>\n  Finance<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\"><b>\u00a0(11.4)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">22.3*<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">N\/A<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\"><b>1,479.4<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">3,153.0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">Mortgage&#13;<br \/>\n  Loans<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\"><b>58.9<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">65.5<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">-10.1%<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\"><b>3,490.9<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">3,117.4<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\"><b>INVESTING BUSINESS<\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">Investment&#13;<br \/>\n  Management<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\"><b>2,312.2<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">436.3*<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">+430.0%<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><b>20,298.97<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">14,603.4<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\"><b>GMS<\/b><b> <\/b><b\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\"><b>(15.9)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">(93.6)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">-83.0%<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\"><b>3,907.2<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">5,272.4<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\">&#13; 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<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13; <\/p>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"TableParagraph\" align=\"right\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n  <\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n <\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">*&#13;<br \/>\nRe-presented following the removal of Strategic Investments segment and&#13;<br \/>\nregrouping its items in the second half of 2020.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Investment&#13;<br \/>\nManagement <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Despite the&#13;<br \/>\ncontinuous challenges and uncertainties of the global financial markets, the&#13;<br \/>\nGroup&#8217;s Investment Management segment has appropriately navigated the evolving&#13;<br \/>\ndynamics in the public markets and completed several successful exits, leading&#13;<br \/>\nto its significant contribution of HK$2,312.2 million to pre-tax profit, a substantial&#13;<br \/>\nincrease of 430.0% from the HK$436.3 million contributed for the first half of&#13;<br \/>\n2020.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>This business&#13;<br \/>\nhas grown to over HK$20.2 billion in assets since it launched and has built out&#13;<br \/>\na well-diversified portfolio consisting of investments in Public Markets, Alternatives&#13;<br \/>\nand Real Assets. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>The Public&#13;<br \/>\nMarkets portfolio consists of an internally managed credit strategy and&#13;<br \/>\ncorporate holdings, which achieved the outstanding performance, with a&#13;<br \/>\nsix-month return of 23.6% and assets of HK$4,500.8 million during the period.&#13;<br \/>\nIn particular, the Corporate Holdings segment delivered a solid portfolio performance&#13;<br \/>\nwith a six-month return of 35.3% and surpassed the performance of S&amp;P 500&#13;<br \/>\nIndex, NASDAQ 100 Index and MSCI World Index over the same period.<b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>The Alternatives portfolio also delivered sound&#13;<br \/>\nreturns, representing a six-month return of 13.7% and HK$13,440.5 million assets in&#13;<br \/>\nthe first half of 2021. Of which, the Private Equity segment recorded strong&#13;<br \/>\ncombined returns of 17.7% in the first half of 2021 mainly contributed by&#13;<br \/>\nsuccessful exits from several flagship investments such as Fairstone Holdings&#13;<br \/>\nInc and other exits in healthcare and TMT sector. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Funds&#13;<br \/>\nManagement<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>In the first&#13;<br \/>\nhalf of 2021, we formally established our Funds Management vehicle &#8211; Sun Hung&#13;<br \/>\nKai Capital Partners with SFC Type 1 &amp; 9 licenses. Four partnerships have&#13;<br \/>\nbeen launched on this platform, namely East Point Asset Management, E15VC,&#13;<br \/>\nActusRayPartners, and Multiple Capital Investment Partners. SHK &amp; Co.&#13;<br \/>\ncommitted total seeding capital of over US$280.0 million, laying solid&#13;<br \/>\nfoundation for the growth and performance generation in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>SHK Latitude Alpha Fund,&#13;<br \/>\nthe previously in-house Fund of Hedge Funds (&#8220;FoHF&#8221;) strategy, was also&#13;<br \/>\nlaunched in July 2021 with SHK &amp; Co.&#8217;s commitment of US$330 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Financing&#13;<br \/>\nBusiness<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>The Group&#8217;s&#13;<br \/>\nFinancing Business division comprises of Consumer Finance, Specialty Finance&#13;<br \/>\nand Mortgage Loans businesses in Hong Kong and Mainland China. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>The Consumer&#13;<br \/>\nFinance business conducted via its&#13;<br \/>\nmajority-owned subsidiary United Asia Finance Limited (&#8220;UAF&#8221;) has been a&#13;<br \/>\nconsistent and resilient income contributor to the Group. UAF&#8217;s pre-tax&#13;<br \/>\ncontribution to the Group amounted to HK$871.9 million, an increase of approximately&#13;<br \/>\n68% compared to the first half of 2020. Revenue increased by 7% and the total&#13;<br \/>\nloan balance at the end of the period, on a gross and net basis (after&#13;<br \/>\nimpairment allowance), increased by 16% and 17%, respectively, year-on-year. Given&#13;<br \/>\nmanagement&#8217;s proven track record of managing all up and down cycles during&#13;<br \/>\nturbulence times over the last two years, it remained cautiously confident that&#13;<br \/>\nUAF can deliver a promising full year performance.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>The Group&#8217;s&#13;<br \/>\nMortgage Loans business is operated by its majority-owned subsidiary Sun Hung&#13;<br \/>\nKai Credit Limited&#13;<br \/>\n(&#8220;SHK Credit&#8221;). SHK Credit also&#13;<br \/>\nentered the next phase of growth and will strive for enhancement in business&#13;<br \/>\nscale, revenue mix, capital and funding structures as well as product and&#13;<br \/>\nservices to our customers as the Hong Kong economy and property market is starting&#13;<br \/>\nto recover in the first half of 2021. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Outlook <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead&#13;<br \/>\nfor the second half of 2021 and potentially a large part of 2022, we expect&#13;<br \/>\nvolatility and challenges to persist as a result of uneven recovery across the&#13;<br \/>\nglobe. The Group is cautiously optimistic about the prospects and development&#13;<br \/>\nof our various business segments and will maintain high levels of liquidity as&#13;<br \/>\nwe navigate these challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Mr Lee added,&#13;<br \/>\n&#8220;The strong performance of our Investment Management business and establishment&#13;<br \/>\nof the Funds Management platform have demonstrated our commitment and execution&#13;<br \/>\nability as we continue with our transformation into the leading alternative&#13;<br \/>\ninvestment platform in Hong Kong. The Group is committed to delivering sustainable&#13;<br \/>\nrisk-adjusted returns over the long term with sound governance and risk controls&#13;<br \/>\nthrough all market conditions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2021-08-20\/91035\/sun-hung-kai-co-announces-2021-interim-results\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Profit&#13; Attributable to Owners up 287% to HK$2.7 billion &#13; &#13; Backed&#13; by Significant Gains in Investment Management and Strong&#13; Recovery in Consumer Finance &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Financial Highlights &#13; &#13; &#13; For the 6-month&#13; period ended &#13; &#13; &#13; \u00a0 &#13; &#13; &#13; \u00a030 Jun 2021 &#13; &#13; &#13; 30 Jun 2020 &#13; &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}