Most companies avoid putting a number on next year’s dividend. iFAST Corporation Limited (SGX: AIY) put one out anyway. Management guided for a full-year 2026 dividend of S$0.105 per share or higher – that is at least 25% above the S$0.084 paid in 2025. The fintech reports its first-half results (1H2026) on 24 July 2026. It is the first real checkpoint against that number. The first quarter set the baseline. Here is what the July report has to build on.

The Baseline

iFAST started 2026 well with net profit climbing 47.3% year on year (YoY) to S$28.0 million in the first quarter. Assets under administration (AUA) reached a record S$32.64 billion as of 31 March 2026, up 27.1% YoY and 2.1% quarter on quarter. Net inflows came in at S$1.25 billion, 33.2% above the same quarter a year ago. All four geographic markets set record quarterly AUA. Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China each hit new highs – China AUA more than doubled, rising 101.5% YoY...