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Avantis Global Small Cap Value Active ETF delivered a 19.59% net return in its first reported period, comfortably ahead of its MSCI World Small Cap Value Index benchmark. The newly ASX-quoted fund finished with $19.687 million in net assets, but paid no distribution and offers no comparative year.

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity Active ETF delivered a A$2.001 million audited profit in its first reporting period, with A$14.598 million in net assets at 30 June 2026. Its 20.29% return was positive, but fell 3.03 percentage points short of the MSCI Emerging Markets IMI Index.

Platinum Asia Fund Complex ETF delivered a 31.2% return for the year ended 30 June 2026, while net assets climbed to $280.9 million after the PAI scheme of arrangement. The result was strong in absolute terms but trailed its Asian equity benchmark by 6.7 percentage points.

Janus Henderson Global Sustainable Equity Fund increased net assets to A$56.4 million in the year to 30 June 2026, but operating profit fell to A$3.7 million as investment gains more than halved. Distributions rose sharply, while the fund’s parent changed hands at year-end without a material reported impact.

Perpetual Diversified Income Fund lifted operating profit 38% to $169.9 million and grew net assets to $3.255 billion in the year to 30 June 2026. The fund also launched its Class E Active ETF, ASX:DIFF, while KPMG issued an unqualified audit opinion.

Barrow Hanley Global Share Fund grew net assets attributable to unitholders to A$2.78 billion in the year to 30 June 2026, even as operating profit fell to A$374.7 million. Distributions more than doubled to A$483.1 million, reflecting a larger and more active fund rather than a straightforward improvement in underlying earnings.

Franklin Templeton Australia is reshaping the FRGG Active ETF, replacing its concentrated global growth strategy with Putnam’s broader core equity approach and cutting management fees by one-third. The fund is expected to adopt the ticker FTPG in October, subject to approval, but the transition may bring tax and distribution consequences for investors.

JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF reported a sharp fall in operating profit as fair-value losses overwhelmed higher distribution income. The fund will also switch its underlying ETF from NYSE Arca to a London-listed vehicle, while keeping its stated investment objective and total management fees and costs unchanged.

Vanguard’s audited FY2026 report records positive returns across its international equity range, led by a 35.83% total return for VAE. The report also shows the broader International Shares Index Fund grew to $56.65 billion in net assets, while PwC issued an unmodified audit opinion.

JPMorgan US 100Q Equity Premium Income ETF (ASX:JPH) lifted operating profit to A$15.678 million for the year ended 30 June 2026, while net assets rose to A$106.991 million. The fund is also preparing to move its underlying exposure from a Nasdaq-listed ETF to an Irish UCITS vehicle traded in London, with total management fees and costs unchanged at 0.40% a year.

JPMorgan US 100Q Equity Premium Income ETF lifted operating profit to A$15.678 million as net assets grew to A$106.991 million. The fund is now preparing to move its underlying investment from a Nasdaq-listed ETF to a London-listed UCITS vehicle, with total management fees and costs unchanged at 0.40% a year.

JPMorgan Global Select Equity Fund (ASX:JHL) reported an operating profit of A$39.058 million for the year ended 30 June 2026, while net assets attributable to unitholders rose 37% to A$578.268 million. Distributions increased sharply, although the fund remains almost entirely exposed to one underlying global equity ETF and significant currency movements.