Latest Investment Performance News

WCM Global Growth Limited has announced an increased fully franked dividend for Q3 FY2025, alongside a progressive dividend policy forecasting steady growth through FY2026. The company’s strong investment performance underpins this confident outlook.

QBE Insurance Group reported robust 8% gross written premium growth in 1Q25, driven by strong momentum in North America and International markets, while managing significant catastrophe claims. The insurer reaffirmed its full-year outlook despite ongoing market challenges.

Omni Bridgeway reports robust investment performance for FY25, highlighted by record proceeds and a landmark Fund 9 transaction that strengthens its balance sheet and strategic position.

NAOS Small Cap Opportunities Company Limited reveals that BSA Limited, a significant investee, was not selected for the new NBN Field Services Contract, potentially impacting NAOS’s investment returns.

WAM Active has delivered a remarkable 32.5% investment portfolio growth in 2024, significantly outperforming key market indices and declaring a fully franked interim dividend of 3.0 cents per share.

Challenger Limited reported a robust 28% increase in statutory net profit after tax to $72 million for 1H25, alongside a 12% rise in normalised net profit and a higher interim dividend. Despite a 12% decline in total life sales, the company’s assets under management grew 12% to $131 billion, reflecting strong operational momentum.

Microequities Asset Management Group Limited has reported a robust 46.4% increase in profit after tax for the half-year ended December 2024, alongside a record $650 million in Funds Under Management and a raised interim dividend.

Touch Ventures Limited reported a substantial $24.9 million net loss for 2024, driven by impairments in legacy investments, while strategically pivoting with new stakes in Tixel and Reshop and welcoming Gannet Capital as a major shareholder.

GQG Partners delivered robust full-year 2024 results, marked by a 26.9% increase in funds under management and nearly 47% growth in net revenue, underpinned by strong investment performance and strategic initiatives including Private Capital Solutions and a new Abu Dhabi office.

GQG Partners reported a stellar 2024 with net inflows doubling to US$20.2 billion and funds under management climbing nearly 27%, underpinning strong revenue and earnings growth. The firm also expanded its dividend payout range, signaling confidence in future capital management.

Regal Asian Investments Limited has reported a significant half-year loss of $23.6 million, reversing last year’s profit, while announcing an increased fully franked interim dividend of 6.0 cents per share and expanding its on-market share buy-back program.

Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) reported a 91.2% surge in net profit to $778 million for the half year ended December 2024, driven by robust insurance margins and higher investment income. The company also declared a 12-cent interim dividend, signaling confidence in its financial outlook.