David Schwimmer
Chief Executive Officer
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London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) Q1 2026 Earnings Call
London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE: LSEG) Q1 2026 earnings conference call, held 2026-04-23. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.
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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:05.157 Good morning and welcome to the LSEG First Quarter Results 2026 Investor and 00:00:05.157 -- 00:00:10.322 Analyst Call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. 00:00:10.322 -- 00:00:14.247 Later, we will conduct a question and answer session through the phone lines and instructions 00:00:14.247 -- 00:00:18.832 will follow at that time. I would like to remind all participants that this call is being 00:00:18.832 -- 00:00:20.253 recorded. 00:00:20.253 -- 00:00:25.399 I will now hand over to David Schwimmer, Chief Executive Officer, to open the presentation. 00:00:25.399 -- 00:00:27.880 Please go ahead. 00:00:34.355 -- 00:00:38.739 Good morning and welcome to our first quarter results. 00:00:38.739 -- 00:00:44.242 I'm joined by our CFO, Matt, and our head of IR, Peregrine Riviere. 00:00:44.344 -- 00:00:49.488 Q1 was a record quarter for the group and a perfect example of the value of our 00:00:49.488 -- 00:00:55.113 model. Our leading multi-asset class trading venues have been critical sources of liquidity, 00:00:55.113 -- 00:00:59.957 price discovery, and risk management. While customer engagement with our trusted data 00:00:59.957 -- 00:01:04.240 to inform their decision-making has reached new highs. 00:01:04.240 -- 00:01:08.967 This is reflected in revenue growth of almost 10%, the highest since the acquisition 00:01:08.967 -- 00:01:11.710 of Refinitiv five years ago. 00:01:11.710 -- 00:01:15.656 This strong start puts us in an excellent position to deliver on our financial targets 00:01:15.656 -- 00:01:20.623 for the year. And as you will have seen from this morning's announcement, we expect revenue 00:01:20.623 -- 00:01:26.328 growth to be in the upper half of the 6.5% to 7.5% guidance range. 00:01:26.491 -- 00:01...