** Shares of Australia's COG Financial Services Ltd COG.AX
rise as much as 3.41% to A$1.820, their highest since Aug 18
** The financial broker posts FY net profit after tax and
amortisation attributable of A$25.1 mln ($17.45 mln), up 29%
from previous year urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASXbPv9XK
** Says FY revenue from continuing operations grew to A$321
mln from A$271.7 mln a year ago
** Co declares final dividend of 4.8 Australian cents per
share
** COG shares up 17.33% YTD, as of last close
($1 = 1.4384 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Nausheen Thusoo)
((Nausheen.Thusoo@thomsonreuters.com;))