Will Dee McGrath’s Appointment Reshape ASX’s (ASX:ASX) Technology and Governance Narrative?

• ASX Limited has appointed Dee McGrath as a new non-executive director to its Board, effective 4 December 2025, continuing its Board renewal alongside recent additions Anne Loveridge AM and John Cincotta.
• With more than 30 years in global business, technology, and financial services, including leadership roles at MUFG, IBM, Visa and NAB, McGrath’s experience in large-scale transformations and regulatory change could influence how ASX approaches technology modernisation and governance in coming years.
• We’ll now examine how McGrath’s deep technology and financial-services experience could shape ASX’s existing investment narrative and future priorities.

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ASX Investment Narrative Recap

To own ASX, you need to believe its core markets, data and clearing businesses can keep growing despite rising costs, regulatory scrutiny and intense technology change. Dee McGrath’s appointment strengthens the Board’s technology and financial-services depth, but does not materially change the near term execution risk around CHESS replacement and broader modernisation, which remains the key catalyst and the biggest operational risk.

The recent full year 2025 result, with revenue of A$1,117.0 million and net income of A$502.6 million, underpins the current investment narrative of solid profitability but only moderate growth. Set against that, the Board renewal program that now includes McGrath, Anne Loveridge AM and Wayne Byres points to a clear focus on risk, governance and technology oversight as ASX works through its multi year upgrade agenda.

Yet investors should also be aware that rising technology and regulatory costs could still pressure margins if...

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ASX's narrative projects A$1.3 billion revenue and A$547.2 million earnings by 2028. This requires 4.9% yearly revenue growth and about A$44.6 million earnings increase from A$502.6 million today.

Uncover how ASX's forecasts yield a A$64.72 fair value, a 13% upside to its current price.

Exploring Other Perspectives

Five fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community range widely from A$14.48 to A$1,398.50, showing how far opinions on ASX can spread. Set against ongoing technology modernisation and CHESS execution risk, this dispersion underlines why you may want to compare several views before deciding how ASX might fit into your portfolio.

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