Financial service group FBD has said it continued to trade strongly in the second half of the year and was "on course to deliver a full-year operating earnings performance somewhat ahead of the market's expectation".
The year to date performance in equity markets has impacted positively on FBD's short-term fluctuations in investment returns and consequently on pre-tax profit, the company said today in a statement to the Irish Stock Exchange.
The group’s preliminary results are scheduled to be announced on March 7.