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Henderson 2014 underlying pre-tax profit rises 13 percent

LONDON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Asset manager Henderson said on Wednesday that underlying profit rose 13 percent last year, beating analysts' expectations, and assets under management rose 8 percent.

Underlying pretax profit from continuing operations rose to 187.8 million pounds ($291.17 million), Henderson said in a trading statement, against expectations for 180.6 million, according to a poll provided by the company.

Assets under management at Dec (Shanghai: 600875.SS - news) 31 were 81.2 billion pounds, compared with 80.6 billion pounds forecast, with net inflows for the year of 7.1 billion pounds.

Henderson said it would pay a final dividend of 6.4 pence per share and a total dividend of 9 pence. ($1 = 0.6450 pounds) (Reporting by Carolyn Cohn; editing by Sinead Cruise)