Interim Management Statement

RNS Number : 5773J
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
18 July 2013
 



18 July 2013

 

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP plc

 

INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT

FOR THE PERIOD TO 17 JULY 2013, INCLUDING REVENUES AND KPIs FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2013 (Q1)

 

·    Good Group performance - revenue up 39 per cent on Q1 last year at £249.7 million, reflecting growth across all business divisions and first time addition of LCH.Clearnet; revenue up 8% on an organic, constant currency basis

 

·    Information Services - revenue up 11 per cent with continued good growth from FTSE (up 8% on organic and constant currency basis)

 

·    Post Trade Services (excluding LCH.Clearnet) - the Group's Italian-based operations reported revenues up by 10 per cent (up 5% on organic and constant currency basis)

 

·    LCH.Clearnet  - £60.7 million total income contribution (excluding unrealised loss) since the Group's completion of the acquisition of a majority stake, effective from 1 May 2013

 

·    Capital Markets - revenue up 11 per cent with growth in both primary and secondary markets (up 9% on organic and constant currency basis)

 

·    Technology Services - revenue up 28 per cent reflecting a strong performance from MillenniumIT (up 18% on organic and constant currency basis)

 

·    Ian Axe to leave his position as CEO of LCH.Clearnet Group; will remain in place to ensure an orderly transition

 

·    LSEG confirmed plans to expand its custody and settlement services through establishment of a new CSD in Luxembourg; a major new customer confirms selection of LSEG for settlement, custody and asset servicing

 

Commenting on performance in the past quarter, Xavier Rolet, Group Chief Executive, said:

 

"The Group has made a positive start to the year.  Our portfolio of complementary global brands continues to perform well and we have seen revenue growth across all of our business divisions.  In particular, we have delivered strong results from FTSE, MillenniumIT and from Capital Markets, reflecting an uplift in admissions and money raised, and improving market sentiment in secondary markets.

 

"We are also pleased to report the first revenue contribution from LCH.Clearnet, which showed year on year top line growth, including strong performance from the SwapClear IRS service as it continues to gain good traction.  Work is underway to drive the synergy benefits from the transaction with LCH.Clearnet.

 

"We remain focused on delivering benefits from recent transactions, developing opportunities and expanding our global footprint.  The Group is well placed to build on the positive start we have made so far this year"

 

 

LCH.Clearnet

 

LCH.Clearnet produced a good performance in clearing fee revenues with an increase in the type and volume of financial instruments cleared. SwapClear maintained its leadership position in the interest rate swap clearing business, with expansion of the service in the US as new customers were added following go-live of mandatory clearing for certain categories of firms under Dodd-Frank.

 

Net treasury income remained broadly flat year-on-year with a reduction in the level of cash collateral partly offset by revenue share movements.

 

Operating costs have increased further as investment continues in people and systems to enhance risk-management and implement regulatory requirements.  Investment in future growth opportunities also continued, including OTC client clearing, in listed product businesses, in energy and commodities clearing in Australia, and with the launch of LCH.Clearnet LLC in the US.

 

Over the past two and half years Ian Axe has implemented a programme of strategic initiatives that has secured the future direction of the LCH.Clearnet business, including leading the successful execution of the sale of majority stake in the business to LSEG. Following the transaction's completion, Ian is to leave his position as CEO of LCH.Clearnet Group Limited, in order to pursue other interests. He will remain in his role to ensure an orderly handover process.

 

Financial Position

  

As expected, the Group increased its net debt in the quarter following completion of the acquisition of a majority stake in LCH.Clearnet and the subsequent subscription to its capital raise.  Operating net debt to EBITDA, following this investment, was consistent with the 2.1x illustrative pro forma guidance given at the time of our Preliminary Results. While credit facility headroom remains comfortable, the Group is at an advanced stage of discussions with its banks to replace existing facilities with a new package of revolving credit facilities, increasing headroom and extending bank commitments out to 2018.  Otherwise, there are no other material changes to the Group's financial position since financial year end. 

 

 

The average £:€ exchange rate weakened by 4 per cent in Q1 compared to the same period last year, from €1.23 to €1.18.  Each €0.05 movement in the average £:€ rate would have changed the Group's operating profit by approximately £9 million in the last financial year.

 

Current Trading and Outlook

 

The Group has made a positive start to the new financial year and remains well placed to develop as markets evolve.  We will continue to focus on delivering benefits from recent transactions, developing opportunities and expanding our more diversified range of products and services.

 

 

Further information is available from:

 

London Stock Exchange Group plc

Victoria Brough - Media

Paul Froud - Investor Relations

+44 (0) 20 7797 1222

+44 (0) 20 7797 3322

 

 

 

Citigate Dewe Rogerson

Patrick Donovan/Grant Ringshaw

+44 (0) 20 7638 9571

 

 

A conference call for analysts and investors will be held  at 8:00 (UK time) on Thursday 18th July.  On the call will be David Warren (CFO) and Paul Froud (Head of Investor Relations).

To access the Telephone conference call dial 0800 694 0257 or +44 (0) 1452 555 566

Conference ID: 18287566

Q1 Revenue Summary

 

Revenues for three months ended 30 June 2013, with comparatives against performance for the same period last year, are shown below.  Growth rates for Q1 performance are also expressed on an organic and constant currency basis.  All figures are unaudited.

 





Organic and


Three months ended*


constant


30 June


currency


2013

2012

Variance

variance1


£m

£m

%

%

Revenue





Capital Markets

75.0

67.5

11%

9%

Post Trade Services

25.1

22.8

10%

5%

LCH.Clearnet

49.0

-

-

-

Information Services

83.9

75.3

11%

7%

Technology Services

15.5

12.1

28%

18%

Other

1.2

1.3

(8%)

(8%)

Total revenue

249.7

179.0

39%

8%






Net treasury income through CCP business




CC&G

16.7

28.5

(41%)

(44%)

LCH.Clearnet

11.7

-

-

-

Other income

2.1

2.0

5%

5%

LCH.Clearnet unrealised gain / (loss)

(1.2)

-

-

-

Total income including unrealised

279.0

209.5

33%

1%

Total income excluding unrealised

280.2

209.5

34%

1%






*LCH.Clearnet - two months ended 30 June 2013




 

 

 

 

1Exchange rates for the relevant period are detailed at the end of this section
 Adjustments to calculate organic growth:

1)    Removal of LCH.Clearnet revenue and income from current year

2)    Removal of FTSE TMX revenue from current year (Information)

3)    Removal of GATElab revenue from current year (Technology)

 

 

More detailed revenues by segment are provided in tables below:

 

Capital Markets

 

 

 


Three months ended


Constant


30 June


currency


2013

2012

Variance

variance

Revenue

£m

£m

%

%

Primary Markets





Annual fees

10.0

9.8

2%

1%

Admission fees

9.5

7.9

20%

20%


19.5

17.7

10%

10%

Secondary Markets





Cash equities UK & Turquoise

24.2

22.4

8%

8%

Cash equities Italy

8.6

8.8

(2%)

(7%)

Derivatives

5.0

5.0

0%

(4%)

Fixed income

15.5

12.1

28%

22%


53.3

48.3

10%

7%

Other

2.2

1.5

47%

-

Total revenue

75.0

67.5

11%

9%

 

 

 

Post Trade Services

 


Three months ended


Constant


30 June


currency


2013

2012

Variance

variance


£m

£m

%

%

Revenue





Clearing

10.1

9.0

12%

7%

Settlement

4.4

3.6

22%

16%

Custody & other

10.6

10.2

4%

(1%)

Total revenue

25.1

22.8

10%

5%

Net treasury income

16.7

28.5

(41%)

(44%)

Total income

41.8

51.3

(19%)

(22%)

 

 

LCH.Clearnet

 


Two months ended


Constant


30 June


currency


2013

2012

Variance

variance


£m

£m

%

%

OTC





SwapClear

14.9

-

-

-

ForexClear / CDSClear

2.7

-

-

-


17.6

-

-

-

Non-OTC





Fixed income

5.4

-

-

-

Commodities

4.4

-

-

-

Listed derivatives

12.4

-

-

-

Cash equities

6.2

-

-

-


28.4

-

-

-

Total Clearing fee revenue

46.0

-

-

-

Other revenue

3.0

-

-

-

Total revenue

49.0

-

-

-

Net treasury income

11.7

-

-

-

Unrealised gain / (loss)

(1.2)




Total income including unrealised

59.5




Total income excluding unrealised

60.7

-

-

-

 

 

Information Services

Information Services









Organic and


Three months ended


constant


30 June


currency


2013

2012

Variance

variance1


£m

£m

%

%

Revenue





FTSE

41.7

33.0

26%

18%

Real time data

22.4

23.7

(5%)

(7%)

Other information services

19.8

18.6

6%

5%

Total revenue

83.9

75.3

11%

7%

 

 

Note:

Adjustments to calculate organic growth:

1)    Removal of FTSE TMX revenue from current year

 

 

Technology Services

 





Organic and


Three months ended


constant


30 June


currency


2013

2012

Variance

variance1


£m

£m

%

%

Revenue





MillenniumIT

7.4

4.9

51%

42%

Technology

8.1

7.2

13%

1%

Total revenue

15.5

12.1

28%

18%

 

 

Note:

Adjustments to calculate organic growth:

1)   Removal of GATElab revenue from current year

 

 

 

Basis of Preparation

 

Results for Borsa Italiana and LCH.Clearnet for the periods ended 30 June 2013 have been translated into Sterling using the average monthly exchange rate for the period of €1.18: £1.  Constant currency growth rates have been calculated by translating prior period results at the average exchange rate for the current period.

 

Average €:£ rate 3 months ended 30 June 2013

Closing €:£ rate at 30 June 2013

Average €:£ rate 3 months ended 30 June 2012

Closing €:£ rate at 30 June 2012





€1.18

€1.18

€1.23

€1.24

 

 

Appendix

 

 

Capital Markets - Primary Markets










Three months ended


30 June

Variance


2013


2012

%

New Issues





UK Main Market, PSM & SFM

12


7

71%

UK AIM

18


20

(10%)

Borsa Italiana

3


2

50%

Total

33


29

14%






Company Numbers (as at period end)





UK Main Market, PSM & SFM

1,365


1,416

(4%)

UK AIM

1,085


1,114

(3%)

Borsa Italiana

283


290

(2%)

Total

2,733


2,820

(3%)






Market Capitalisation (as at period end)





UK Main Market (£bn)

2,088


1,855

13%

UK AIM (£bn)

62


61

2%

Borsa Italiana (€bn)

354


327

8%

Borsa Italiana (£bn)

300


264

14%

Total (£bn)

2,450


2,180

12%






Money Raised (£bn)





UK New

1.9


0.3

533%

UK Further

3.9


1.7

129%

Borsa Italiana new and further

0.3


0.3

0%

Total (£bn)

6.1


2.3

165%

 

 

Capital Markets - Secondary Markets










Three months ended


30 June

Variance

Equity

2013


2012

%

Totals for period





UK value traded (£bn)

275


268

3%

Borsa Italiana (no of trades m)

14.3


15.3

(7%)

Turquoise value traded (€bn)

175.1


110.2

59%






SETS Yield (basis points)

0.66


0.67

(1%)






Average daily





UK value traded (£bn)

4.4


4.5

(2%)

Borsa Italiana (no of trades '000)

227


246

(8%)

Turquoise value traded (€bn)

2.74


1.75

57%






Derivatives (contracts m)





Turquoise

3.7


7.5

(51%)

IDEM

8.1


12.3

(34%)

Total

11.8


19.8

(40%)






Fixed Income





MTS cash and Bondvision (€bn)

807


564

43%

MTS money markets (€bn term adjusted)

19,491


15,739

24%

MOT number of trades (m)

1.75


1.32

33%

 

 

 

 

Post Trade Services











Three months ended

 


30 June

Variance

 


2013


2012

%

 

CC&G Clearing (m)





 

Equity clearing (no of trades)

15.2


16.0

(5%)

 

Derivative clearing (no of contracts)

8.1


12.3

(34%)

 

Total

23.3


28.3

(18%)

 

Open interest (contracts as at period end)

3.9


4.5

(13%)

 

Initial margin held (average €bn)

12.4


9.7

28%

 






 

Monte Titoli





 

Pre Settlement instructions (trades m)

7.0


6.9

1%

 

Settlement instructions (trades m)

7.4


6.3

17%

 

Total Settlement

14.4


13.2

9%

 

Custody assets under management (average €tn)

3.28


3.17

3%

 

 






LCH.Clearnet



Three months ended


30 June

Variance


2013


2012

%






OTC derivatives





SwapClear





IRS notional outstanding ($trn)

391.0


305.0

28%

IRS notional cleared ($trn)

127.2


90.2

41%

SwapClear members

83


64

30%

CDSClear





Notional cleared (€bn)

42.1


11.8

257%

Open interest (€bn)

13.2


9.4

40%

CDSClear members

11


9

22%

ForexClear





Notional value cleared ($bn)

263.3


29.1

805%

ForexClear members

15


13

15%

Non-OTC





Fixed income - Nominal value (€trn)

18.6


17.5

6%

Commodities (lots m)

34.3


33.7

2%

Listed derivatives (contracts m)

42.6


50.0

(15%)

Cash equities trades (m)

89.9


95.5

(6%)






Average cash collateral (€bn)

41.5


47.5

(13%)

 

 

Information Services











As at



30 June

Variance


2013


2012

%

UK Terminals





Professional - UK

33,000


36,000

(8%)

Professional - International

48,000


52,000

(8%)

Total

81,000


88,000

(8%)






Borsa Italiana Professional Terminals

138,000


143,000

(3%)

FTSE





ETFs assets under management benchmarked ($bn)

163


55

196%

 

Total Income - Quarterly

 





FY 2013






FY 2014

£ millions




Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

FY 2013


Q1












Annual Fees




9.8

9.4

9.6

9.7

38.5


10.0

Admission Fees




7.9

6.6

10.5

7.3

32.3


9.5

Cash equities UK & Turquoise




22.4

20.5

19.8

23.3

86.0


24.2

Cash equities Italy




8.8

7.5

7.0

9.4

32.7


8.6

Derivatives




5.0

4.6

4.6

4.9

19.1


5.0

Fixed Income




12.1

11.9

13.0

14.8

51.8


15.5

Other




1.5

1.7

1.8

2.1

7.1


2.2

Capital Markets




67.5

62.2

66.3

71.5

267.5


75.0












Clearing




9.0

8.7

8.0

10.4

36.1


10.1

Settlement




3.6

3.4

3.8

4.6

15.5


4.4

Custody & other




10.2

9.7

10.0

10.3

40.2


10.6

Post Trade Services




22.8

21.8

21.8

25.3

91.8


25.1











2 months

OTC - SwapClear




-

-

-

-

-


14.9

OTC - ForexClear / CDSClear




-

-

-

-

-


2.7

Fixed income




-

-

-

-

-


5.4

Commodities




-

-

-

-

-


4.4

Listed derivatives




-

-

-

-

-


12.4

Cash equities




-

-

-

-

-


6.2

Other




-

-

-

-

-


3.0

LCH.Clearnet




-

-

-

-

-


49.0












FTSE




33.0

31.8

32.9

36.4

134.1


41.7

Real time data




23.7

21.6

24.7

26.9

96.9


22.4

Other information




18.6

18.9

18.4

19.4

75.3


19.8

Information Services




75.3

72.3

76.0

82.7

306.3


83.9












MillenniumIT




4.9

6.5

6.7

8.8

26.9


7.4

Technology




7.2

7.0

7.0

8.0

29.2


8.1

Technology Services




12.1

13.5

13.7

16.8

56.1


15.5












Other




1.3

1.0

1.3

1.2

4.7


1.2












Total Revenue




179.0

170.8

179.1

197.5

726.4


249.7

Net treasury income through CCP:











CC&G




28.5

39.6

27.8

20.9

116.7


16.7

LCH.Clearnet




-

-

-

-

-


11.7

Other income




2.0

3.8

2.0

2.0

9.8


2.1

LCH.Clearnet unrealised gain / (loss)




-

-

-

-

-


(1.2)

Total income including unrealised




209.5

214.2

208.9

220.4

852.9


279.0

Total income excluding unrealised




209.5

214.2

208.9

220.4

852.9


280.2

 

 

Note: Minor rounding differences may mean quarterly and other segmental figures may differ slightly

 

 

LCH.Clearnet Quarterly income

 

 

LCH.Clearnet majority stake was acquired with effect from  May 2013; quarterly income below is shown for historical trend analysis.

LCH.Clearnet report in Euro; the average exchange rate for each quarterly period used to convert to £ sterling is shown in the table.

 

 

 

LCH.Clearnet - historic




FY 2013






FY 2014

£ millions




Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

FY 2013


Q1

OTC










3  months

OTC - SwapClear




11.8

12.5

13.0

18.2

55.5


22.1

OTC - ForexClear / CDSClear




2.3

2.6

3.8

3.9

12.6


4.1





14.1

15.2

16.8

22.1

68.1


26.2

Non-OTC











Fixed income




8.1

7.5

7.7

8.1

31.5


7.8

Commodities




2.8

2.9

3.1

3.1

11.9


5.5

Listed derivatives




18.0

18.6

18.6

19.1

74.4


18.9

Cash equities




8.5

7.2

6.7

8.7

31.1


8.9





37.4

36.3

36.1

39.1

148.9


41.1

Total Clearing fee revenue




51.5

51.4

52.9

61.2

217.0


67.3

Other




8.8

9.8

6.9

0.3

25.8


3.5

Total revenue




60.2

61.3

59.8

61.5

242.8


70.8












Net treasury income




18.2

17.5

16.7

17.0

69.5


18.0

Unrealised gain / (loss)




(0.4)

6.3

(2.5)

(0.3)

3.1


(0.8)

Total income including unrealised




78.0

85.2

74.0

78.1

315.4


87.9

Total income excluding unrealised




78.5

78.8

76.5

78.5

312.3


88.7












GBP / EUR




1.23

1.26

1.24

1.17



1.18

 

Note: Minor rounding differences may mean quarterly and other segmental figures may differ slightly


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