Capstone Financial Group, Inc. provided earnings guidance for the first quarter of 2014. For the quarter, the company expects that it has exceeded expectations and achieved underlying profitability in the first quarter 2014, as company investments delivered better than expected results and lower than expected operating expenses. The company also estimates that it has exceeded expectations for the first quarter 2014, delivering record underlying profits in its second full quarter of operations.

This was due to: Strong performance in higher margin business categories; Better than expected cost management; company's non-IFRS operating income for the first quarter 2014 now expected to be considerably higher.