** Asset management company's shares COS.AX rise as much
as 7.7% to A$0.700, their best session since Feb. 1
** COS posts https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20220223/pdf/4568sxrj2zc0h2.pdf
profit after income tax expense for half-year attributable of
A$2.6 mln ($1.88 mln) vs A$1.8 mln in the same period last year
** Posts HY revenue of A$22.6 mln vs A$15.7 mln in the same
period last year
** Co declares fully-franked interim dividend of 0.92 AU
cents per share
** Stock hits highest level since Feb. 3
** Company's shares up ~1.6% YTD, as of last close
($1 = 1.3839 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Upasana Singh in Bengaluru)
((Upasana.Singh@thomsonreuters.com))