OREANDA-NEWS. July 17, 2015. Leaving dividend concerns behind: The trading update gives a solid set of figures for the full year despite difficult market conditions in Q4. Profit after tax came in at ?6.5m and, as expected, an unchanged full year dividend of 24p is once again covered by earnings.

Emerging equity markets have been weak since the last update in April, but a combination of new business and good performance has kept funds under management at \\$4.2bn. There is mixed news on new business. On the key issue of the dividend earnings have covered the rate each quarter this year and for the full year cover was 1.1 times.