Allied Group Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended December 31, 2019. For the period, the company expects that the profit attributable to the owners of the Company ("Attributable Profit") for the year ended 31st December, 2019 will show a significant increase by around 50% from the year ended 31st December 2018. The estimated increase in Attributable Profit for the year ended 31st December, 2019 is mainly attributable to (i) gain on the financial instruments of SHK group, (ii) gain on disposal of an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, Yu Ming Investment Management Limited, the details of which were set out in the announcement of the completion of the disposal of subsidiary ("Completion Announcement") issued by the Company on 25th July, 2019 and the various announcements referred in the Completion Announcement and (iii) increase in share of profits of associates of the Group.