Stride lifts annual earnings 16% on expanded portfolio; looks to carve out management unit

Stride lifts annual earnings 16% on expanded portfolio; looks to carve out management unit
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth May 30 (BusinessDesk) - Stride Property said full-year earnings rose 16 percent as an expanding portfolio boosted rental income, and announced plans to spin out its real estate investment management business as a standalone entity.  Distributable profit, the favoured measure of property investors as it strips out unrealised movements in the value of their portfolio, rose to $37.1 million, or 11.22 cents per share, in the 12 months ended March 31 from $32.1 million, or 10.8 cents, a year earlier, Auckland-based Stride, forme...