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Pacific Current Group finished FY2026 with no financial debt, A$158 million in cash and a strategic review that could lead to a transaction, a sale or delisting. The balance-sheet repair came alongside lower underlying earnings, a statutory loss and a sharp decline in Victory Park valuations.

Investor Centre’s FY2025 report lays bare the financial strain behind its proposed revival: revenue collapsed, cash fell to just $3,320 and liabilities exceeded assets by $3.81 million. The company is now relying on an unsecured Lake Volta Investments facility and a non-binding restructuring plan after its brokerage subsidiary lost its AFSL.

Peak Processing delivered its first positive Group EBITDA quarter in FY2026, but the turnaround remains financially fragile. The ASX-listed THC beverage manufacturer reported a $7.8 million statutory loss, negative operating cash flow and an explicit material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern.

archTIS delivered a sharp step-up in revenue and recurring income after acquiring Spirion, but the stronger top line came with a $16 million loss and a formal warning over its ability to fund operations. The cybersecurity company now has until late October to extend or refinance a key lending facility.

Liberty Group delivered a second consecutive year of profit growth in FY26 as record loan originations lifted financial assets to A$15.2 billion. The result supports a 15-cent fully franked special dividend, although credit provisions and cash flow remain important tests for the lending model.

Heartland Group Holdings (NZX: HGH, ASX: HGH) more than doubled FY2026 net profit as margins widened, asset quality improved and its proposed TSB merger moved towards a shareholder vote. The bank also reported a 16% fall in restated emissions, though much of its climate-risk work remains incomplete or estimate-driven.

The Takeovers Panel has declared unacceptable circumstances at DGR Global after finding that Nicholas Mather, Paul Simpson and associated entities coordinated acquisitions that lifted their combined voting power to 45.43%. Final orders, which could determine the treatment of the transactions and voting rights, have not yet been made.

Perpetual returned to statutory profitability in FY26 and lifted underlying profit and dividends, helped by Corporate Trust and cost savings. But the annual report also exposes the pressure points behind the recovery: $25.1 billion in Asset Management outflows, a $63.5 million TSW impairment and an uncertain Wealth Management sale.

N1 Holdings increased FY26 revenue, profit and Management EBITDA while expanding commercial loan receivables to $239.6 million and committed lending capacity beyond $400 million. The stronger result comes with higher funding exposure, covenant waivers and a property-backed credit book that carries no recognised expected credit loss provision.

La Trobe Financial’s residential mortgage-backed securities program expanded to $20.1 billion of issuance across 23 transactions, while cumulative losses remained at 0.03% of original issuance. The audited FY2026 report also records a further $1.25 billion transaction completed after year-end and highlights the continuing wind-up of older trusts.

La Trobe Financial’s audited FY2026 report points to continued expansion in its residential mortgage-backed securities program, with $20.1 billion issued across 23 transactions and cumulative losses of 0.03% of original issuance. The report also flags growing loan pools, fresh liquidity usage and a $1.25 billion transaction completed after year end.

La Trobe Financial’s securitisation platform expanded to $20.1 billion of cumulative RMBS issuance, with reported losses of just 0.03% of original issuance. Its latest annual report also records $1.25 billion of post-year-end issuance and continued growth in the underlying mortgage pools.