Record Half-Year Revenue and Earnings
Group net revenue rose 7.6% to $695 million and adjusted group NPAT increased 11.6% to $357 million, delivering the highest half-year revenue and earnings for SGX.
Strong Underlying Revenue Growth (Ex-Treasury Income)
Net revenue excluding treasury income grew 10% year-on-year and 8% half-on-half, supporting management's medium-term organic growth ambition of 6%–8% CAGR (ex-TI).
Margin Expansion with Controlled Expense Growth
Adjusted expenses increased a modest 3.8% while adjusted operating profit margin and adjusted NPAT margin improved by 1.4 and 1.8 percentage points respectively, reflecting revenue leverage and cost discipline.
Equities-Cash Momentum and Market Liquidity
Equities-cash revenue grew 16% (up $31 million); Stock exchange SDAV rose 20% to SGD 1.51 billion (highest in 5 years). STI delivered a 23% one-year return and small- & mid-cap SDAV surged >2x, contributing nearly half of overall SDAV growth.
FX Franchise Significant Growth
SGX FX net revenue increased 8% with record average daily value of USD 180 billion; ADV rose 32% YoY and the OTC FX business has CAGR of 39% since inception, underpinning a material future EBITDA contribution.
FICC and Commodities Strength
FICC revenue grew $20 million or 12% (26% of total revenue). Total commodities volume rose 24% with iron ore delivering record half-year volume and broad growth across dairy, petrochemical, freight and rubber contracts.
Derivatives Resilience and Growth
Overall derivatives DAV grew 8% YoY from a high base; highest half-year DDAV of 1.35 million contracts and FX & rates derivatives DDAV grew 18% YoY. Equity derivatives volume remained comparable at 91 million contracts.
Platform, Data and Connectivity Upside
Platform & other revenue increased 7% ($8 million) driven by higher colocation sales and data/connectivity repricing; ongoing market/data platform modernization expected to expand product and data offerings.
Strong Balance Sheet and Capital Return
Moody's reaffirmed AA2 rating; leverage ratio improved to 0.8x. Interim dividend set at $0.11 per share (H1 total $0.2175), over 20% YoY growth, with a committed incremental $0.025 per quarter through FY '28.
Market Development and Strategic Initiatives
IPO pipeline expanded (>30 companies, 18 of prior 30 listed), nearly SGD 3 billion raised in H1 IPOs; strategic initiatives include Global Listing Board with NASDAQ, a China secondary-listing pathway, launch of regulated crypto perpetual futures, 20-year JGB futures and T+1 night trading for rubber.