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Wealth manager Quilter, which was recently spun out of Old Mutual, nudged up its final dividend after it posted a fall in adjusted earnings that it said nevertheless beat market expectations.
Adjusted pre-tax profit for the year through December fell 7.7% to £168 million.
Quilter declared a final dividend of 3.6p per share, up from 3.5p year-on-year, though at 4.6p, its dividend for the full year was lower than the previous year's 5.2p.
Statutory pre-tax profit, which included one-off gains and losses, increased to £86 million, up from £45 million, and assets under management climbed 7% to £117.8 billion.
'Now with significant progress made on our transformation, we are wholly focussed on driving growth and efficiency through even better customer outcomes,' chief executive Paul Feeney said.