The board of directors Allied Group Limited announced that, based on the current information available to the management of the Company and a preliminary review and assessment of the latest unaudited consolidated management accounts of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2016, it is expected that the profit attributable to the owners of the Company for the second half of 2016 will show a very substantial increase from the first half of 2016 due to the strong performance of the continuing operations. As a result, the Attributable Profit from continuing operations for the full year ended 31 December 2016 will increase very substantially from HKD 1,659.2 million for the year ended 31st December, 2015. The estimated increase in Attributable Profit from continuing operations in the second half of 2016 compared to the first half is mainly attributable to the stronger performance of the SHK's principal investments, a recovery of credit quality in SHK's consumer finance business; an increased contribution from SHK's structured finance business; and (iv) an increased contribution from TACI, which is driven by gains on disposal of certain of its subsidiaries and a gain arising from the purchase of approximately 90.65% interest in a listed company by TACI at a discount. However, it is worth noting that the Attributable Profit for the whole 2016 year may not vary significantly from that of 2015. For the year ended 31 December 2015, the Group's total Attributable Profit of HKD 2,983.2 million included Attributable Profit arising from a non-recurring gain from the sale of a 70% equity interest in Sun Hung Kai Financial Group Limited and SHKFGL's profit contribution up to the date of sale amounting to HKD 1,324.0 million in aggregate.