Asia Investment Finance Group Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended December 31, 2017. The board of directors of the company announced that based on the information currently available to the group, the group expects to continue to record a loss in the financial results for the year ended December 31, 2017. The board considered that the continuing loss for the year is mainly attributable to the increase on human resources expenses as the operations and businesses of asset management company and stockbroker company were at fully started up in the current year and the continuing substantial administrative expenses incurred to maintain other existing businesses and to procure new investment opportunities; the increase in the recognition of share based payment expense, which was non-cash in nature, of approximately HKD 14 million recorded for the grant of share options referred to the company's announcement dated May 23, 2017; and share of loss from associated company due to the expansion of insurance brokerage business.