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Leases
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Right-of-Use Assets and Lease Liability [Abstract]  
Leases 37      Leases
Right-of-use asset
2025
2024
$m
$m
As at 1 January
59.9
40.6
Additions during the year
30.2
37.9
Incentive of right-of-use asset
0.1
(8.4)
Adjustment to initial recognition of right of use asset
1.2
Depreciation charged to income statement
(1.3)
(10.7)
Impairment of right of use asset
(12.0)
(0.7)
As at 31 December
76.9
59.9
Lease liability
2025
2024
$m
$m
As at 1 January
77.5
52.6
Additions during the year
29.0
37.9
Interest expense charged to income statement
5.3
3.5
Payment of lease liabilities
(18.0)
(15.0)
Foreign exchange revaluation
3.5
(1.5)
Lease incentive
As at 31 December
97.3
77.5
Lease liability
2025
2024
$m
$m
Current liability
9.9
10.5
Non-current liability
87.4
67.0
As at 31 December
97.3
77.5
Right-of-use assets relate to leasehold buildings. Other operating lease expenses, including service
charges, utilities, property insurance and maintenance, amounted to $13.3m (2024: $10.7m). Operating
lease expenses for short-term leases amounted to $2.6m (2024: $1.5m).
In 2025, the Group added the 2nd floor to the lease at 155 Bishopsgate, London. The overall 
liability for Bishopsgate, London is $42.4m (2024: $36.6m). In 2025 the Group did not recognize an
impairment on the leases (2024: $0.7m). In the prior year, impairment losses were recognized over 190
South LaSalle, Chicago ($0.3m), Clark Plaza, New Jersey ($0.1m), Patterson Avenue, Virginia ($0.1m),
and 150 Martingale, Chicago ($0.1m). 
The weighted average incremental borrowing rate applied to lease liabilities recognized in the
statement of financial position as at 31 December 2025 is 6.60% (2024: 6.45%).
The Group has the following leases that have the option of extension at the end of the lease term:
Asia Square Towers, Singapore – three years;
ICBC Tower, Hong Kong – three years;
45th Street, New York – five years;
88 Philip Street, Sydney -  three years
37      Leases continued
The contractual maturities of lease liabilities as at 31 December are as follows:
Lease liability
2025
2024
$m
$m
1 year
13.1
14.0
1 to 5 years
75.0
52.9
More than 5 years
39.5
37.4
127.6
104.3
Less: future interest expense
(30.3)
(26.8)
97.3
77.5