Latest Liquidity News

HealthCo Healthcare and Wellness REIT has signed binding agreements for new leases covering its remaining 10 Healthscope hospitals, subject to final approvals. The resolution allows HCW to reinstate quarterly distributions while reducing its largest tenant concentration from 57% to 31%.

Buru Energy has formally referred its 100%-owned Rafael Conventional Gas Project to Western Australia’s environmental regulator, with a decision on whether the project requires assessment expected by late 2026. The referral keeps the company’s targets of a final investment decision in the second half of 2027 and first gas in early 2029 in view, subject to approvals.

Vertex Minerals’ Reward Gold Mine produced 679 ounces in its first production year, but the transition came with a A$16.4 million loss, negative operating cash flow and a formal going-concern warning. The company now faces a narrow window to prove its mechanised mining plan can lift production before debt repayments and further funding decisions bite.

Metrics Income Opportunities Trust has released its audited FY2026 accounts, correcting the classification of valuation reductions while reporting an $18.2 million loss and a lower NTA. KPMG issued an unqualified opinion, but ASX has yet to determine when MOT units will resume trading and underlying funds remain closed to applications and redemptions.

Metrics Real Estate Multi-Strategy Fund has released audited FY26 accounts with an unqualified KPMG opinion, reporting $28.2 million in profit after tax and 10.48 cents per unit in distributions. The accounts also expose a $10 million interest-free related-party loan and a temporary halt to applications and redemptions in underlying funds.

Metrics Master Income Trust has lodged its audited FY2026 accounts with an unqualified KPMG opinion, but the report confirms a temporary liquidity restriction at the underlying funds. Profit and net assets both fell year on year, while the Fund remains exposed to valuation movements in a largely Level 3 portfolio.

Xstate Resources has secured preferred tenderer status for a 305 square kilometre block in Queensland’s Taroom Trough, with the company set to initially operate a four-party joint venture. The prospective acreage offers exposure to basin-centred gas, associated liquids and light crude, but the licence remains subject to government processes.

Beetaloo Energy has secured a 25% non-operated interest in a 305 square kilometre Taroom Trough block as part of a four-company joint venture selected as Queensland’s preferred tenderer. The position comes with no upfront consideration, while its initial two-year work program is intended to be funded from existing cash.

Lendlease and Bizzi & Partners have extended the deadline for conditions attached to the proposed sale of Lendlease’s MSG North development rights in Milan. Closing remains uncertain, with Lendlease warning it may need to fund approximately $160 million of project obligations if the transaction fails.

Aeris Environmental’s FY2026 annual report pairs international commercial progress with a $5.03 million operating cash drain, $9.22 million in net liabilities and an auditor-highlighted material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The company says it will need extended related-party loan terms and further funding while converting its technology and chemicals pipeline into recurring revenue.

Altech Batteries reported a $43.4 million FY2026 loss after abandoning its two major German battery projects, while its CERENERGY subsidiary filed for insolvency and a proposed Malaysian asset sale fell through. The company now faces substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.

Cluey has cancelled 3.24 million shares in a small-holder buy-back, cutting its shareholder count from 665 to 195 just days before trading is suspended and the company leaves the ASX. Investors who miss the final trading window will face a potentially illiquid private market for their shares.