JF SMARTINVEST (09636) 2026 Mid-term Performance Report: Practicing AI Technology's Comprehensive Strategy, Building a Closed Loop for Investment Advisory Services

On August 31, JF SMARTINVEST (09636) released its interim performance report for the first half of 2026. In the first half of 2026, JF SMARTINVEST adhered to the principles of rational investment, value investing, and long-term investment, while promoting a diversified product strategy, resulting in stable overall revenue and demonstrating strong resilience in growth. In the first half of the year, the company invested approximately 167 million yuan in research and development, an increase of 13.7% year-on-year, with 657 R&D personnel; 28 software copyrights and patents were obtained in areas such as new product features, big data, and artificial intelligence. On the technological front, the company insists on "AI + Investment Advisory" for innovation empowerment. AI technology not only fully supports investment advisory products such as Stock Navigator, Super Investor, and Decision Master, but also launched the self-developed AI native product system "Jiu Fang Ling Xi." In terms of investment research, the company relies on its Jiu Fang Financial Research Institute to strengthen its on-the-ground research capabilities, establishing a new quantitative research team to empower the competitiveness of diverse business products with professional content. JF SMARTINVEST adheres to the "Buyer Investment Advisory" philosophy. In the first half of 2026, the company deepened its diversified product matrix, using a tiered service model to meet the personalized and diverse investment needs of more investors. Among these, the stock learning terminal product Jiu Fang Zhitou AI Stock Machine has gone through iterative upgrades and entered a scalable development stage, achieving net sales of 38,000 units in the first half of the year. During this period, the content of the AI Stock Machine continued to enrich, with over 360 self-developed premium courses and more than 1,100 live broadcast sessions, reaching a total viewership of over 3.2 million. In terms of overseas expansion, JF SMARTINVEST continues to explore international markets, deepening the integration of onshore investment advisory experience with its licensed operations in Hong Kong. In the first half of the year, the company completed the strategic acquisition of Fangde Securities and Fangde Capital, and upgraded Fangde Securities' Type 1, Type 4, and Fangde Capital's Type 9 licenses, steadily advancing the globalization and diversification of its business structure. Looking ahead, the company will firmly practice an all-encompassing AI technology strategy, upgrade product features, enrich the product matrix, deepen overseas business layout, and optimize the overall traffic operation system as its four strategic directions, committed to creating a sustainable financial technology brand that makes investment and wealth management simpler and more professional, enhancing the sense of happiness in investment and wealth management.