Summary
Credit information firm Experian Group met forecasts with a 16 per cent rise in first-half profit, as growing margins were partly offset by real-estate venture FARES, hit by a weaker US mortgage market.
In its first results since it was spun out of conglomerate GUS last month, Experian said it would continue to eye "complementary" acquisitions, keeping to a strategy which has seen it spend pounds 42 million in the first half, acquiring credit bureaux in Canada and Estonia and a bank account validation company.See the full content of this document
Extract
Standalone Experian Margins Growing
Experian, which collects and analyses credit and marketing data, said earnings before inte...
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
