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Associate Global Partners lifted funds under management 20% to $1.672 billion in FY2026, powered by $172 million of net inflows and stronger WCM performance. The funds platform remains loss-making, but adjusted losses narrowed and post-year-end inflows began strongly.

Euroz Hartleys has appointed Alan Logan as CEO and unveiled a reshaped board as it prepares to complete the BMO transaction and focus on private wealth. Jay Hughes will return as chairman, while two current advisers will join the board as executive directors.

Resimac Group delivered a stronger FY26, with normalised NPAT up 26% to $49.9 million and total assets under management reaching a record $16.5 billion. The result supports higher ordinary dividends, but the lender is still managing asset finance run-off, ASIC hardship proceedings and longer-term funding risks.

Zip Co will ask shareholders to approve a five-for-one share consolidation at its 19 November AGM, reducing its ordinary shares from about 1.246 billion to 249.2 million on an indicative basis. The move is designed to reshape the company’s capital structure, not alter the underlying value of investors’ holdings.

Australian Finance Group used its 2026 AGM to highlight a stronger, less volume-dependent earnings base after statutory profit rose 39% in FY26. AFG Securities’ loan book has since reached $7.3 billion, while recent investments are expected to add $13 million to FY27 EBITDA under stated assumptions.

Clime Investment Management lifted FY26 net profit by 57% and nearly tripled net tangible assets after selling, closing or transferring several businesses. But KPMG qualified its audit opinion over evidence supporting millions of dollars in CAM-related revenue and receivables.

Kelly Partners Group Holdings has secured conditional ASX approval to delist, clearing a regulatory milestone in its proposed move to Nasdaq. The plan still depends on shareholder approval and the US listing process, with no effective delisting date set.

Fiducian Group delivered double-digit growth in underlying profit and lifted its fully franked dividend, despite a one-off $7.95 million ASIC penalty dragging statutory earnings lower. The wealth manager is also betting on AI-enabled adviser productivity and expansion of its external platform business.

Benjamin Hornigold will pay shareholders a fully franked special dividend of 6.2 cents per share on 18 November, following litigation updates and executed deeds of settlement. The distribution is worth more than its headline cash amount to eligible Australian shareholders because it carries full franking credits.

AMP’s Platforms business delivered A$1.5 billion in third-quarter net cashflows, up 20% year on year, while total wealth AUM reached A$168 billion. The update also showed improving superannuation flows, stronger New Zealand inflows and a buyback now halfway complete, although AMP Bank continued to shrink.

Netwealth has pushed total funds under administration to a record $139.2 billion, with managed accounts driving a quarterly surge in funds under management. But the company has lowered FY27 net-flow guidance and flagged fresh investment in loss-making acquisition Paradino, while defending First Guardian-related class action proceedings.

Plato Income Maximiser matched its benchmark with a 7.2% portfolio return in FY26 while maintaining its highest monthly dividend rate since listing. Profit after tax fell to A$41.8 million as investment gains dropped sharply from the prior year.