Financial

Stockbroking and financial-services group Bell Financial Group (ASX:BFG) continues benefiting from stronger market activity following a record first-half FY26 performance. The company provides retail and institutional broking, corporate advisory and related financial services, with earnings influenced by trading conditions, investor participation and corporate activity.

MA Credit Income Trust (ASX:MA1) provides investors with exposure to a diversified portfolio of credit and private-debt investments, with the objective of generating regular income distributions. Managed within the MA Financial group, the trust focuses on credit opportunities while balancing income generation with credit-risk …

Buy-now-pay-later company Zip Co (ASX:ZIP) continues building its position in the digital payments sector following a record FY26 result that highlighted strong earnings growth and accelerating US operations. The company has focused on shifting towards sustainable profitability while expanding its customer base and merchant …

Non-major lender BNK Banking Corporation (ASX:BBC) continues operating within Australia’s competitive banking and mortgage-lending sector, with performance linked to loan growth, funding conditions and profitability. As a smaller financial institution, the company’s outlook depends on its ability to grow sustainably while managing margins and …

Boutique funds-management group Microequities Asset Management (ASX:MAM) continues managing a portfolio of high-conviction Australian small and micro-cap investment strategies. The company’s financial performance is closely linked to funds under management, market performance and investor appetite for smaller companies.

CLNE is a passive, index-tracking fund from VanEck that holds a concentrated basket of roughly thirty of the largest and most liquid companies involved in clean-energy production and the associated technology and equipment. Its exposure spans solar and wind developers, hydrogen and biofuel players, …

DRIV is a passive, thematicEquityfund that tracks anindexof global companies exposed to electric vehicles and future mobility. The basket reaches well beyond vehicle makers to include battery and component producers, lithium and critical-minerals miners, semiconductor and sensor suppliers, and firms developing autonomous-driving and charging …