Lerado Financial Group Company Limited reported audited consolidated earnings results for the year ended December 31, 2017. For the year, the company reported revenue of HKD 224,221,000 against HKD 221,811,000 a year ago. The increase in the consolidated revenue was mainly due to the increase of money lending and finance leasing business, of which the increment was HKD 71.9 million. Loss before taxation was HKD 611,959,000 against HKD 225,280,000 a year ago. Loss for the year was HKD 535,000,000 against HKD 246,457,000 a year ago. Loss for the year attributable to owners of the company was HKD 534,962,000 compared to HKD 246,457,000 a year ago. The decrease was mainly due to the loss on fair value changes of held-for-trading investments of HKD 592.2 million for the year ended 31 December 2017 compared to HKD 78 million a year ago. Loss per basic and diluted share was 23.23 cents against 21.04 cents a year ago.