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Thorney Technologies reported a sharply reduced half-year profit amid challenging market conditions but extended its share buyback to support shareholder value.

Metrics Income Opportunities Trust reported a marginal decline in profit and distributions for the half-year ended 31 December 2025, while net tangible assets per unit edged higher. The Fund declared a new distribution payable in February 2026, maintaining its focus on monthly income and capital preservation.

Pacific Current Group reports a 56% drop in underlying NPAT for 1H26 but raises its interim dividend and advances strategic portfolio moves including share buy-backs and debt repayment.

Pacific Current Group reported a net loss for the half-year ending December 2025, driven by significant non-cash impairments and disposals, while repaying its senior secured debt and declaring a fully franked interim dividend.

Sequoia Financial Group reported a 75.9% jump in operating profit for 1H FY26 despite a net loss after non-operating charges, prompting a cautious dividend cut amid regulatory challenges.

Global Masters Fund Limited reported a half-year net loss despite a modest increase in operating revenue, impacted by currency fluctuations and portfolio underperformance. No dividend was declared as the fund focuses on long-term capital growth.

WAM Active Limited has successfully closed an oversubscribed entitlement offer, raising $70.7 million and increasing its asset base by over 84%, enhancing liquidity and market presence.

Argo Global Listed Infrastructure Limited has reported a sharp 72% decline in half-year profit for the period ending December 2025, driven by unrealised fair value losses on its investment portfolio. Despite this, the company has declared a higher fully franked interim dividend of 4.5 cents per share.

Perpetual Equity Investment Company Limited reported a robust net profit increase for the first half of 2026 and maintained its fully franked interim dividend, reinforcing its commitment to reliable shareholder income amid market uncertainties.

Deal headlines and big drill hits shared the stage with a brutal sell-off in a handful of tiny raisings. The week’s biggest winners were backed by clear news; the biggest losers showed what happens when buyers vanish after a halt.

Big gains hit wealth platforms while Zip swung the other way as early optimism didn’t stick. Dividends and buy-backs kept coming, but investors still punished stocks where the next step looks unclear.

Cadence Capital Limited has reported a remarkable turnaround with a 508% surge in profit after tax for the half-year ended December 2025, alongside a fully franked interim dividend declaration.