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Saturday, 2 August 2008
Prudential's 1H Results
Prudential released its 1st half results recently. Its business performance in Asia is not as good as 2007.Some Facts (1H 2008 compared with 1H 2007):
- New business APE growth: 14% (2008), 48% (2007). Reason given by Pru: "What's your number?" and variable annuity product were introduced in Taiwan in 2007, contributed to spectacular growth
- New business profit increased by 15% to £336 mil
- Taiwan sales declined by 36% to £97 mil APE
- NB growth in other countries: Indonesia (96%), China (>50%), India (45%), Vietnam (39%)
- IFRS operating profit before tax increased by 28% to £102 mil
Source: Prudential
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