Fiducian reports strong growth and increased dividend
Fiducian Portfolio Services Limited one of Australia’s non-aligned wealth management organisations, is pleased to report an unaudited consolidated profit after income tax of $5.306m for the 2007 financial year, up 47.6% on $3.593m in 2006.
The consequential earnings before interest, tax, amortisation and depreciation were $8.328m compared to $5.906m last year.
The Directors declared a fully franked final dividend of 6.0 cents per share payable on 12 September 2007. This brings the total dividend payable for the 2007 financial year to 7.0 cents fully franked per share.
Business performance – solid performance due to Fiducian business model:
According to Fiducian Portfolio Services Limited, its unique business model which captures the value chain of financial planning, portfolio administration, funds management and support systems continues to deliver strong profitability.
At 30 June 2007 funds under administration in the Fiducian Investment Service and the Fiducian Superannuation Service were $387.7m (up 30%) and $893.3m (up 29%), respectively. Fiducian continues to provide administration of the high quality, with efficiency and accuracy a key reason for continued adviser support.
Funds management–top performance, with a 10 year track record:
Fiducian Funds continue to be a top performer in comparison to other funds within their respective asset classes. In particular the long term performance of its funds remains appealing to investors.
They especially highlight the excellent long term performance of its Fiducian Growth and Balanced Funds, both of which now have a 10 year performance record under the same management team.
The Fiducian Growth Fund ranks number 1 if compared with all other funds ranked by Mercer in its 10 year survey of the performance of all diversified funds to end June 2007. This fund also ranks 2nd on this survey for the 5 years ended June 2007.
The Investment Committee and Investment Team continue to deliver and achieve results that benefit its investors. The long term performance of the Fiducian Funds maintains its attractiveness to investors, thereby delivering the objectives for which these funds were designed.
Future outlook–healthy profit growth to continue:
Healthy profit growth is expected in the coming years as management continues to focus on expanding the distribution network, lifting funds under administration and controlling expenditure.
The focus for the next financial year will be to expand the revenue base by further utilizing all segments of Fiducian’s business model as a provider, not only to its own distribution network, but also to other external parties.
It is Fiducian vision to assist other dealer groups and investors by selectively offering its proven platform administration, its user friendly financial planning software and some top performing funds, so that they may also benefit as they have.
The management team is focused and working hard to deliver on these initiatives that should reward shareholders.
26-Jul-2007