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icetana AI has signed a five-year, $675,480 plus GST Antara Core contract with Millennium Services Group for deployment to one of Australia’s largest retail property groups. The deal is the third Antara Core sale in three months and is expected to add $135,096 to annual recurring revenue from 1 November 2026.

Argo Investments delivered an 8.7% portfolio return and record fully franked dividends in FY2026, while flagging a shift to quarterly distributions from January. The listed investment company intends to pay 40 cents per share across its first four quarterly dividends, subject to Board declarations.

Austco Healthcare delivered record FY26 revenue and statutory profit, with stronger margins, cash generation and a modest recovery in contracted orders entering the new financial year. The company is pairing that momentum with further reseller consolidation, including the $2.88 million acquisition of Medical Communications Systems.

Data#3 delivered another record year, lifting gross sales 12.7% to $3.4 billion and profit before tax 14% to $78.8 million. The result came with a higher dividend and stronger recurring sales, but weaker Services performance, lower margins and softer operating cash flow leave FY27 with a clear execution challenge.

WAM Global’s portfolio earnings grew 18% in FY2026, but valuation compression and currency losses left the investment portfolio down about 4.2% in Australian-dollar terms. The listed investment company declared a 13.2 cents per share fully franked full-year dividend, backed by a stated 5.2 years of dividend coverage.

NoviqTech is seeking shareholder approval to acquire software and source code used by its Carbon Central and Fuel Central platforms from an entity associated with former director Freddy El Turk. Until the vote, the company has only an interim licence, creating a clear continuity risk if approval is not secured.

Ceretas has completed the third milestone of its government-backed CUREator+ program, unlocking a final $692,578 non-dilutive funding tranche. The work delivered functional prototypes of proprietary neuronavigation software and a lift assist device intended to simplify operation of its next-generation Alzheimer’s ultrasound system.

Infratil has raised FY27 earnings guidance as data-centre demand accelerates across CDC and Longroad, with AI infrastructure now representing 73% of its NZ$22 billion asset base. The company is also sharpening its strategy around scaled growth platforms, contracted cash flows and selective new investments.

Netwealth will acquire AI advice platform Paradino for up to $29 million and invest a further $10 million to scale the business. The deal extends Netwealth beyond platform administration into advice production, while Paradino remains loss-making and separately reported.

InFocus Group Holdings has completed a $465,000 placement, including a $15,000 upsizing, to fund new products and services with a focus on gaming technology. The filing also leaves a discrepancy between the 93 million placement shares announced and the 90 million shares covered by its cleansing notice.

Imagion Biosystems has signed nanoComposix to resume GMP-aligned manufacturing of the MagSense nanoparticle core, a move designed to support its FDA-cleared HER2 breast cancer programme without the fixed cost of an in-house facility. The agreement improves manufacturing readiness, but its value, duration and production commitments remain undisclosed.

Blackpearl Group more than doubled annual recurring revenue to NZ$26.8 million in FY26, but the growth came alongside an NZ$17.8 million loss and a formal material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The company says cost reductions, faster cash conversion and its refinanced BNZ facility can support the next phase.