Noah Holdings (NOAH) Misses Q3 EPS by 1c, Revenue Beats, Names New CFO

Noah Holdings (NYSE: NOAH) reported Q3 EPS of $0.34, $0.01 worse than the analyst estimate of $0.35. Revenue for the quarter came in at $62.9 million versus the consensus estimate of $60.8 million.

APPOINTMENT OF NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

The Company appointed Ms. Ching Tao as its Chief Financial Officer replacing Ms. Chia-Yue Chang, effective November 7, 2014. Ms. Chang will continue her role as executive director of the Company. Ms. Tao has more than 18 years of experience in investment and finance management. Prior to joining the Company, she served as the Chief Financial Officer of Charter Group Holdings Ltd., a high-end, large-scale Chinese department store operator from 2011 to 2014. Ms. Tao worked at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong, New York and Beijing from 1996 to 2011 and most recently was an Executive Director of the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs Gao Hua Securities Company Ltd. in Beijing. Ms. Tao received an MBA from Columbia Business School in 1996.

Ms. Jingbo Wang, Co-founder, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are very pleased to welcome Ms. Tao to the management team. She brings to the Company more than 18 years of financial and investment industry experience and has a proven track record of leading and enhancing companies' financial strategies."

Ms. Wang commented, "Our business maintained strong growth momentum and good performance in the third quarter. In the next 5 to 10 years, wealth management demand will have tremendous potential to grow. We will continue to benefit from our end-to-end and asset light business model, established comprehensive service platform, highly selective asset management strategy with our core capabilities of seeking high quality assets and risk management to further grow market share and improve profitability."

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