Interim Management Statement

RNS Number : 3053Y
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
23 January 2014
 



23 January 2014

 

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP plc

 

INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT

FOR THE PERIOD TO 22 JANUARY 2014, INCLUDING REVENUES AND KPIs FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013 (Q3)

 

·    Strong financial performance  -  Q3 total income1 up 48 per cent at £308.9 million and 9 months year-to-date up 38 per cent, to £876.0 million

 

·    Growth in Q3 and year-to-date revenues driven by organic increases in all segments, as well as inclusion of LCH.Clearnet revenues; on an organic constant currency basis, Q3 revenues up 13 per cent

 

·    Capital Markets Q3 revenues up 21 per cent, with good growth in primary markets as the number of new issues nearly doubled; secondary markets benefitted from improvements in cash equity and fixed income trading volumes

 

·    Post Trade Services (Italy) Q3 revenues up 14 per cent, with growth in clearing volumes and within settlement and custody

 

·    LCH.Clearnet Q3 total income up 3 per cent on pro forma basis - further year-on-year growth in OTC clearing

 

·    Information Services Q3 revenues up 16 per cent, reflecting good performances from FTSE and a number of other services, and with contribution from the fixed income JV indices business launched last year

 

·    Technology Services revenues up 17 per cent, driven by growth from MillenniumIT

 

·    Good progress being made on integration with LCH.Clearnet - detailed work programmes underway to restructure and drive cost and operational efficiencies

 

1 includes a £6.9m gain from sale of shares in non-core asset

 

Commenting on performance in Q3, Xavier Rolet, Chief Executive, said:

 

"The Group continued to make good progress, delivering further revenue growth in the past quarter.  All of our main business segments have recorded good performances, both through organic development and as a result of successful additions to the Group's portfolio of businesses.

 

"Significant focus remains on the integration of LCH.Clearnet, with a number of detailed programmes underway to achieve the widespread benefits of the transaction.  We are also focused on developing further growth opportunities across the Group, building on our increasingly diverse world class assets and working in partnership with our customers to deliver service and product innovation."

 

Financial Position

 

Following normal course interim dividend and bond coupon payments, the Group's financial position is broadly unchanged from the position reported at 30 September 2013. As at 31 December, 2013, the Group had committed facility headroom of circa £400 million available for general corporate purposes.

 

The euro strengthened  against sterling compared with the same period last year. To illustrate our exposure to movements in this exchange rate, a €0.05 change in the average euro:sterling rate would have resulted in a change to total income of c£7 million for Q3.

 

Board and Management

 

As announced earlier in January, Sherry Coutu and Joanna Shields joined the LSEG Board as Non-Executive Directors with immediate effect.  These new appointments bring broad international management experience and, in particular, deep knowledge of the information technology sector, reflecting the Group's continued focus on delivering innovative technology solutions to its customers around the world, as well as its on-going commitment to supporting entrepreneurs and SMEs to find appropriate and sustainable financing solutions.

 

Suneel Bakhshi, as previously announced, starts as LCH.Clearnet as Group CEO, on 3 February. He joins from Citigroup and brings substantial experience in risk management and process change in complex organisations.  Suneel will help drive the integration process, work to achieve operational efficiencies and ensure the business meets EMIR and other regulatory requirements for clearing houses.

 

Current trading and outlook

 

The Group has made good progress in Q3 and year-to-date.  As we start the fourth quarter there are positive signs in our primary markets, with expectations of continuing capital raising activity, while in secondary markets, both UK and Italian cash equity trading  and Italian derivative trading is running ahead of the same period last year.  In turn, any improvements in trading will feed through to our Post Trade operations.

 

With a broad, well diversified and increasingly international range of businesses, the Group is well positioned to develop further.  In the meantime, we remain focused on delivering the synergy benefits from the transaction with LCH.Clearnet, with detailed work programmes underway to control costs, restructure and deliver operational efficiencies.

 

Further information is available from:

 

London Stock Exchange Group plc

Gavin Sullivan - 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 8:30 (UK time) on Thursday 23rd January.  On the call will be David Warren (CFO) and Paul Froud (Head of Investor Relations).

To access the Telephone conference call dial 0800 279 7058 or +44 (0) 1452 580 111

Conference ID: 34486460

Q3 Revenue Summary

 

Revenues for three months and nine months ended 31 December 2013, with comparatives against performance for the same period last year, are provided below.  Growth rates for both Q3 and year to date performance are also expressed on an organic and constant currency basis.  All figures are unaudited.

 





Organic and




Organic and


Three months ended


constant


Nine months ended


constant


31 December


currency


31 December


currency


2013

2012

Variance

variance1


2013

2012

Variance

variance1


£m

£m

%

%


£m

£m

%

%

Revenue










Capital Markets

80.1

66.3

21%

19%


225.3

196.0

15%

12%

Post Trade Services

24.9

21.8

14%

10%


73.1

66.5

10%

4%

LCH.Clearnet 2

61.2

-

-

-


172.3

-

-

-

Information Services

88.4

76.0

16%

9%


256.7

223.6

15%

6%

Technology Services

16.0

13.7

17%

13%


45.4

39.3

16%

9%

Other

1.4

1.3

8%

8%


3.4

3.5

(3%)

(3%)

Total revenue

272.0

179.1

52%

13%


776.2

528.9

47%

9%











Net treasury income through CCP business









CC&G

10.4

27.8

(63%)

(64%)


38.5

95.8

(60%)

(62%)

LCH.Clearnet

17.6

-

-

-


48.1

-

-

-

Other income 3

8.9

2.0

345%

345%


13.2

7.8

69%

69%

LCH.Clearnet unrealised gain / (loss)

(0.9)

-

-

-


(2.9)

-

-

-

Total income including unrealised

308.0

208.9

-

-


873.1

632.5

-

-

Total income excluding unrealised

308.9

208.9

48%

5%


876.0

632.5

38%

(1%)

 

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

1)    Removal of EuroTLX revenue (Capital Markets - Fixed Income)

2)    Removal of FTSE TMX revenue (Information Services)

3)    Removal of GATElab revenue (Technology Services)

4)    Removal of LCH.Clearnet revenue

2LCH.Clearnet represents three months ended 31 December 2013 and eight months ended 31 December 2013

3Other income includes a gain of £6.9m from disposal of shares in a non-core asset

 

More detailed revenues by segment are provided in tables below:

 

Capital Markets

 





Organic and





Organic and


Three months ended


constant


Nine months ended


constant


31 December


currency


31 December


currency


2013

2012

Variance

variance1


2013

2012

Variance

variance1

Revenue

£m

£m

%

%


£m

£m

%

%

Primary Markets










Annual fees

10.2

9.6

6% 

5% 


30.6

28.8

6%

4% 

Admission fees

12.8

10.5

22% 

22% 


29.8

25.0

19%

19% 


23.0

20.1

14% 

14% 


60.4

53.8

12%

11% 

Secondary Markets










Cash equities UK & Turquoise

21.7

19.8

10% 

10% 


68.1

62.7

9%

9% 

Cash equities Italy

9.0

7.0

29% 

23% 


26.2

23.3

12%

7% 

Derivatives

4.5

4.6

(2%)

(6%)


14.2

14.1

1%

(4%)

Fixed income

20.4

13.0

57% 

29% 


50.5

37.0

36%

22% 


55.6

44.4

25% 

22% 


159.0

137.1

16%

13% 

Other

1.5

1.8

(17%)

(21%)


5.9

5.1

16%

11% 

Total revenue

80.1

66.3

21% 

19% 


225.3

196.0

15%

12% 

 

Post Trade Services

 


Three months ended


Constant


Nine months ended


Constant


31 December


currency


31 December


currency


2013

2012

Variance

variance


2013

2012

Variance

variance


£m

£m

%

%


£m

£m

%

%

Revenue










Clearing

10.1

8.0

26% 

22% 


29.2

25.7

14% 

8% 

Settlement

4.2

3.8

11% 

5% 


12.1

10.9

11% 

5% 

Custody & other

10.6

10.0

6% 

2% 


31.8

29.9

6% 

1% 

Total revenue

24.9

21.8

14% 

10% 


73.1

66.5

10% 

4% 

Net treasury income

10.4

27.8

(63%)

(64%)


38.5

95.8

(60%)

(62%)

Total income

35.3

49.6

(29%)

(32%)


111.6

162.3

(31%)

(35%)

 

LCH.Clearnet

 


Three months ended


Constant


Eight months ended


Constant


31 December


currency



currency


2013

2012

Variance

variance


2013

2012

Variance

variance

Revenue

£m

£m

%

%


£m

£m

%

%

OTC


Pro forma



Pro forma

SwapClear

24.5 

13.0 

89% 

83% 


65.7 

33.4

97% 

89% 

ForexClear / CDSClear

4.0 

3.8 

6% 

3% 


10.7 

8.0

34% 

29% 


28.5 

16.8 

70% 

65% 


76.4 

41.4

85% 

77% 

Non-OTC










Fixed income

7.0 

7.7 

(9%)

(11%)


20.8 

20.7

0% 

(4%)

Commodities

9.3 

3.1 

196% 

187% 


22.8 

8.0

183% 

172% 

Listed derivatives

11.5 

18.6 

(38%)

(40%)


35.1 

49.4

(29%)

(32%)

Cash equities

8.7 

6.7 

30% 

26% 


23.1 

19.5

19% 

14% 


36.5 

36.1 

1% 

(2%)


101.8 

97.7

4% 

0% 

Total Clearing fee revenue

65.0 

52.9 

23%

19% 


178.2 

139.0

28% 

23% 

Other revenue

(3.8)

6.9 

(155%)

(153%)


(5.9)

22.5

(126%)

(125%)

Total revenue

61.2 

59.8 

2% 

(1%)


172.3 

161.5

7% 

2% 

Net treasury income

17.6 

16.7 

5% 

2% 


48.1 

46.1

4% 

0% 

Unrealised gain / (loss)

(0.9)

(2.5)

- 



(2.9)

2.9

- 


Total income including unrealised

77.9 

74.0 

- 



217.5 

210.6

- 


Total income excluding unrealised

78.8 

76.5 

3% 

0% 


220.4 

207.6

6% 

2% 

 

Information Services





Organic and





Organic and


Three months ended


constant


Nine months ended


constant


31 December


currency


31 December


currency


2013

2012

Variance

variance1


2013

2012

Variance

variance1


£m

£m

%

%


£m

£m

%

%

Revenue










FTSE

44.2

32.9

34% 

26% 


128.1

97.7

31% 

22% 

Real time data

23.0

24.7

(7%)

(8%)


67.5

70.0

(4%)

(5%)

Other information services

21.2

18.4

15% 

14% 


61.1

55.9

9% 

8% 

Total revenue

88.4

76.0

16% 

9% 


256.7

223.6

15% 

6% 

 

Technology Services

 





Organic and





Organic and


Three months ended


constant


Nine months ended


constant


31 December


currency


31 December


currency


2013

2012

Variance

variance1


2013

2012

Variance

variance1


£m

£m

%

%


£m

£m

%

%

Revenue










MillenniumIT

7.9

6.7

18%

22%


21.0

18.1

16%

15%

Technology

8.1

7.0

16%

6%


24.4

21.2

15%

3%

Total revenue

16.0

13.7

17%

13%


45.4

39.3

16%

9%

 

Basis of Preparation

 

Results for Borsa Italiana and LCH.Clearnet for the period ended 31 December 2013 have been translated into Sterling using the average monthly exchange rate for the period of €1.19: £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 31 December 2013

Closing €:£ rate at 31 December 2013

Average €:£ rate 9 months ended 31 December 2013

Average €:£ rate 3 months ended 31 December 2012

Closing €:£ rate at 31 December 2012

Average €:£ rate 9 months ended 31 December 2012







€ 1.19

€ 1.20

€ 1.18

€ 1.24

€ 1.23

€ 1.25

 

Appendix

 

Capital Markets - Primary Markets




















Three months ended



Nine months ended



31 December

Variance


31 December

Variance


2013


2012

%


2013


2012

%

New Issues










UK Main Market, PSM & SFM

21


17

24% 


42


31

35%

UK AIM

33


16

106% 


85


59

44%

Borsa Italiana

9


0

-


15


4

275%

Total

63


33

91% 


142


94

51%











Company Numbers (as at period end)










UK Main Market, PSM & SFM

1,359


1,384

(2%)






UK AIM

1,087


1,096

(1%)






Borsa Italiana

290


287

1% 






Total

2,736


2,767

(1%)
















Market Capitalisation (as at period end)










UK Main Market (£bn)

2,307


1,973

17% 






UK AIM (£bn)

76


61

25% 






Borsa Italiana (€bn)

447


365

22% 






Borsa Italiana (£bn)

372


298

25% 






Total (£bn)

2,755


2,332

18% 
















Money Raised (£bn)










UK New

7.3


3.9

87% 


11.0


7.7

43%

UK Further

2.8


2.1

33% 


13.1


4.6

185%

Borsa Italiana new and further

0.9


0.1

800% 


1.9


1.5

27%

Total (£bn)

11.0


6.1

80% 


26.0


13.8

88%

 

Capital Markets - Secondary Markets




















Three months ended



Nine months ended



31 December

Variance


31 December

Variance

Equity

2013


2012

%


2013


2012

%

Totals for period










UK value traded (£bn)

237


229

3% 


766


737

4% 

Borsa Italiana (no of trades m)

14.7


11.5

28% 


41.4


40.2

3% 

Turquoise value traded (€bn)

168.3


85.2

98% 


508.4


285.9

78% 











SETS Yield (basis points)

0.68


0.69

(1%)


0.66


0.68

(3%)











Average daily










UK value traded (£bn)

3.7


3.6

3% 


4.0


3.9

3% 

Borsa Italiana (no of trades '000)

237


186

27% 


218


214

2% 

Turquoise value traded (€bn)

2.63


1.33

98% 


2.62


1.49

76% 











Derivatives (contracts m)










LSE Derivatives

4.8


6.4

(25%)


13.6


19.8

(31%)

IDEM

8.6


7.2

19% 


24.3


27.7

(12%)

Total

13.4


13.6

(1%)


37.9


47.5

(20%)











Fixed Income










MTS cash and Bondvision (€bn)

908


570

59% 


2,416


1,673

44% 

MTS money markets (€bn term adjusted)

17,114


17,351

(1%)


52,552


50,328

4% 

MOT number of trades (m)

1.46


1.87

(22%)


4.32


4.55

(5%)

 

Post Trade Services











Three months ended



Nine months ended



31 December

Variance


31 December

Variance


2013


2012

%


2013


2012

%

CC&G Clearing (m)










Equity clearing (no of trades)

15.3


12.2

25%


43.5


42.3

3% 

Derivative clearing (no of contracts)

8.6


7.2

19%


24.2


27.7

(13%)

Total

23.9


19.4

23%


67.7


70.0

(3%)

Open interest (contracts as at period end)

3.9


3.3

18%


-


-


Initial margin held (average €bn)

12.4


9.5

31%


12.1


10.1

20% 











Monte Titoli










Pre Settlement instructions (trades m)

7.5


7.2

4%


20.8


21.0

(1%)

Settlement instructions (trades m)

7.6


7.0

9%


21.2


19.6

8% 

Total Settlement

15.1


14.2

6%


42.0


40.6

3% 

Custody assets under management (average €tn)

3.34


3.26

3%


3.31


3.21

3% 

 

LCH.Clearnet











Three months ended



Nine months ended



31 December

Variance


31 December

Variance


2013


2012

%


2013


2012

%

OTC derivatives










SwapClear










IRS notional outstanding ($trn)

426


340

25% 


426


340

25% 

IRS notional cleared ($trn)

120


106

13% 


361


300

20% 

SwapClear members

103


72

43% 


103


72

43% 

CDSClear










Open interest (€bn)

23.0


12.0

92% 


23.0


12.0

92% 

Notional cleared (€bn)

25.4


26.5

(4%)


134.9


45.0

200% 

CDSClear members

11


8

38% 


11


8

38% 

ForexClear










Notional value cleared ($bn)

203


209

(3%)


642


445

44% 

ForexClear members

20


14

43% 


20


14

43% 

Non-OTC










Fixed income - Nominal value (€trn)

17.5


17.6

(1%)


54.4


53.2

2% 

Commodities (lots m)

30.3


29.7

2%


93.3


85.2

10% 

Listed derivatives (contracts m)

44.6


45.9

(3%)


128.2


146.5

(12%)

Cash equities trades (m)

88.5


73.4

21% 


266.8


247.1

8% 











Average cash collateral (€bn)

37.6


41.2

(9%)


39.3


46.2

(15%)

 

Information Services





 


As at


 


31 December

Variance

 


2013


2012

%

 

UK Terminals





 

Professional - UK

32,000


34,000

(6%)

 

Professional - International

48,000


51,000

(6%)

 

Total

80,000


85,000

(6%)

 






 

Borsa Italiana Professional Terminals

131,000


139,000

(6%)

 

FTSE





 

ETFs assets under management benchmarked ($bn)

186


71

162% 

 

 

Total Income - Quarterly


FY 2013






FY 2014





£ millions

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

FY 2013


Q1

Q2

Q3


9 mths













Annual Fees

9.8

9.4

9.6

9.7

38.5


10.0 

10.3 

10.2 


30.5 

Admission Fees

7.9

6.6

10.5

7.3

32.3


9.5 

7.6 

12.8 


29.9 

Cash equities UK & Turquoise

22.4

20.5

19.8

23.3

86.0


24.2 

22.2 

21.7 


68.1 

Cash equities Italy

8.8

7.5

7.0

9.4

32.7


8.6 

8.6 

9.0 


26.2 

Derivatives

5.0

4.6

4.6

4.9

19.1


5.0 

4.7 

4.5 


14.2 

Fixed Income

12.1

11.9

13.0

14.8

51.8


15.5 

14.5 

20.4 


50.4 

Other

1.5

1.7

1.8

2.1

7.1


2.2 

2.3v

1.5 


6.0 

Capital Markets

67.5

62.2

66.3

71.5

267.5


75.0 

70.2 

80.1 


225.3 













Clearing

9.0

8.7

8.0

10.4

36.1


10.1 

9.0 

10.1 


29.2 

Settlement

3.6

3.4

3.8

4.6

15.5


4.4 

3.4 

4.2 


12.0 

Custody & other

10.2

9.7

10.0

10.3

40.2


10.6 

10.6 

10.6 


31.8 

Post Trade Services

22.8

21.8

21.8

25.3

91.8


25.1 

23.0 

24.9 


73.0 








2 months





OTC - SwapClear

-

-

-

-

-


14.9 

26.3 

24.5 


65.7 

OTC - ForexClear / CDSClear

-

-

-

-

-


2.7 

4.0 

4.0 


10.7 

Fixed income

-

-

-

-

-


5.4 

8.4 

7.0 


20.8 

Commodities

-

-

-

-

-


4.4 

9.1 

9.3 


22.8 

Listed derivatives

-

-

-

-

-


12.4 

11.2 

11.5 


35.1 

Cash equities

-

-

-

-

-


6.2 

8.2 

8.7 


23.1 

Other

-

-

-

-

-


3.0 

(5.0)

(3.8)


(5.8)

LCH.Clearnet

-

-

-

-

-


49.0 

62.2 

61.2 


172.4 













FTSE

33.0

31.8

32.9

36.4

134.1


41.7 

42.2 

44.2 


128.1 

Real time data

23.7

21.6

24.7

26.9

96.9


22.4 

22.1 

23.0 


67.5 

Other information

18.6

18.9

18.4

19.4

75.3


19.8 

20.1 

21.2 


61.1 

Information Services

75.3

72.3

76.0

82.7

306.3


83.9 

84.4 

88.4 


256.7 













MillenniumIT

4.9

6.5

6.7

8.8

26.9


7.4 

5.7 

7.9 


21.0 

Technology

7.2

7.0

7.0

8.0

29.2


8.1 

8.2 

8.1 


24.4 

Technology Services

12.1

13.5

13.7

16.8

56.1


15.5 

13.9 

16.0 


45.4 













Other

1.3

1.0

1.3

1.2

4.7


1.2 

0.8 

1.4


3.4













Total Revenue

179.0

170.8

179.1

197.5

726.4


249.7 

254.5 

272.0


776.2

Net treasury income through CCP:












CC&G

28.5

39.6

27.8

20.9

116.7


16.7 

11.4 

10.4


38.5

LCH.Clearnet

-

-

-

-

-


11.7 

18.8 

17.6


48.1

Other income

2.0

3.8

2.0

2.0

9.8


2.1 

2.2 

8.9


13.2

LCH.Clearnet unrealised gain / (loss)

-

-

-

-

-


(1.2)

(0.8)

(0.9)


(2.9)

Total income including unrealised

209.5

214.2

208.9

220.4

852.9


279.0 

286.1 

308.0


873.1

Total income excluding unrealised

209.5

214.2

208.9

220.4

852.9


280.2 

286.9 

308.9


876.0

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


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