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Intelligent Investor Ethical Share Fund (ASX: INES) swung from a $9.394 million profit to a $6.448 million loss in the year to 30 June 2026, as unrealised investment losses overwhelmed income. Net assets fell to $58.670 million while distributions rose sharply to 26.49 cents per unit, and a proposed change in ownership of its investment manager remains unresolved.

Intelligent Investor Select Value Share Fund (ASX: IISV) swung from a $10.85 million profit to a $2.99 million loss in the year to 30 June 2026, driven by a sharp reversal in unrealised investment gains. The fund paid or accrued a larger distribution while its net assets declined, as the proposed sale of the Intelligent Investor business remained incomplete.

Intelligent Investor Equity Growth Fund returned to a $4.769 million operating profit in the year to 30 June 2026, after recording a $242,000 loss a year earlier. The improvement came with sharply higher distributions, but substantial redemptions reduced net assets and the fund faces an unresolved change of investment-manager ownership.

WT Financial Group has delivered its sixth consecutive year of growth, with EBITDA rising 19.5% to $8.2 million and operating cash flow reaching $10.3 million. The ASX-listed advice network is now shifting from building scale to monetising its B2B platform and Hubco investments, while carrying higher provisions and debt.

AUCyber has added approximately $1.34 million in annual recurring revenue from two Australian university contracts, including a new 12-month deal with the University of New England worth more than $600,000 a year. The cybersecurity provider is also bidding for a separate university engagement valued at about $5.5 million, although that opportunity remains uncontracted.

Colchester Emerging Markets Bond Fund returned 4.96% net for the year, outperforming its benchmark by nearly three percentage points as net assets climbed to $254.7 million. The fund has since added an ETF class to the ASX, opening a new distribution channel for its emerging-markets strategy.

Colchester Global Government Bond Fund delivered returns of 2.32% to 2.48% across its existing classes in FY2026, ahead of its 2.16% benchmark. The audited report also records the launch of an ETF class on the ASX, while profit before finance costs fell sharply as market gains reversed.

Cobalt Blue has secured a US$150,000 contract to deliver key technical work for Glomar Minerals’ planned US polymetallic nodule refinery. The work takes Project Infinity into a formal Preliminary Economic Analysis, although the project remains at an early evaluation stage and its cost estimates carry a wide accuracy range.

Rubicon Water’s technology has been selected as part of a joint venture bid for a major Moroccan irrigation upgrade covering 69,600 hectares. The opportunity could become its largest EMEA contract, but formal execution remains subject to a 15-day appeal period and subsequent commissioning.

Excite Technology Services has secured an additional $3.2 million in work from an Australian Federal Government agency over 24 months. The contract offers a meaningful test of the cybersecurity provider’s post-restructure momentum, although standard government terms leave the scope and value adjustable.

Element 25 has moved its Butcherbird manganese expansion from feasibility into project delivery, targeting mechanical completion and commissioning in the first quarter of calendar 2027. The company also strengthened funding and commercial support, although construction, financing conditions and the absence of FY2026 revenue leave execution as the central test.

Micro-X has secured an eight-month, US$0.75 million contract extension from the US Department of Homeland Security to upgrade its miniature CT baggage scanner for scaled manufacturing. The award advances a technology platform towards possible commercial use, but does not yet represent a product sale or customer deployment.