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ASX Announcements

Change in substantial shareholding for ACL

Change in substantial holding

  • Jan 31, 2025
  • 4 pages

Ceasing to be a substantial shareholder for BVS

Ceasing to be a substantial holder

  • Jan 30, 2025
  • 4 pages

Change in substantial shareholding for CYC

Change in substantial holding

  • Jan 28, 2025
  • 4 pages

Change in substantial shareholding for KYP

Change in substantial holding

  • Jan 24, 2025
  • 4 pages

AEF 2025 Reporting Calendar

Notification of Results/Reporting Date, Notice of Meeting - Other, Dividend - Other, Company Administration - Other

  • Jan 21, 2025
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October 2024

Future Group founder and chief executive Simon Sheikh.

Future Group entertains IPO after strong quarter

Future Group founder Simon Sheikh isn’t sitting on his laurels waiting for sparks to fly.

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

November 2023

Elvira Earthstar divested her $200,000 superannuation balance from industry fund HESTA’s sustainable growth option.

Savers worried large investors are failing to act on climate

The most popular reason investors pulled out of responsible investments was due to greenwashing concerns, and fears their products were not delivering positive outcomes.

  • Lucy Dean

October 2023

Melior co-founders Lucy Steed and Tim King.

Investors find value in championing social good

Impact investing is on the rise as more Australians seek to drive positive change as they reap financial returns.

  • Prashant Mehra
Boral and the broader cement and concrete industry are particularly vulnerable to climate change, investors say.

Greenwash clash as funds hit Boral board over lowered carbon targets

A group of funds led by HESTA and AMP are demanding Boral reinstate its 2030 emissions reduction target. Boral says that would be akin to greenwashing.

  • Hannah Wootton
Maria Loyez is expecting the upcoming hot, dry summer to prompt another spike in demand for sustainable superannuation products.

How to turn your super portfolio green

Forty years after Australian Ethical opened its doors, the $3.5 trillion superannuation sector is scrambling to launch and grow similar ethically invested products. What is on the market and best for investors?

  • Hannah Wootton
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November 2022

Andrew Thorburn.

Andrew Thorburn’s latest industrial accident

What Andrew Thorburn lacks in organisational prowess, he makes up for in mountainous self-delusion.

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  • Michael Roddan
John McMurdo, CEO and MD, Australian Ethical.

AGL stoush may change Australian Ethical’s mind on fossil fuels

The AGL annual general meeting is less than a week away, and the outcomes could prompt a re-evaluation of the company by ethical funds.

  • Lucy Dean

April 2022

Australian Ethical chief executive John McMurdo.

Christian Super to merge with Australian Ethical

The not-for-profit fund will hand over its 30,000 members to the ASX-listed retail ethical fund manager.

  • Michael Roddan

February 2022

All the profit results for February 23, 2022

Results briefing | News and analysis on today’s profit results from Woolworths, WiseTech, APA, Carbon Revolution, Charter Hall Retail, Coronado, Domino’s Pizza, Healius, HT&E, Karoon Energy, McPherson’s, Pilbara Minerals, Scentre, Stockland, Wagners, Worley and Ventia Services.

January 2022

Australian Ethical wants to “democratise access” to ESG, says CEO John McMurdo.

Australian Ethical readies to list first ETF

$7 billion green fund manager Australian Ethical will this week list an exchange traded version of its three-month-old high conviction fund.

  • Updated
  • Aleks Vickovich

December 2021

Head of asset allocation at Australian Ethical John Woods says Main Sequence is uniquely positioned to avoid overpaying for stakes in start-ups.

Super funds holding firm on equities in shakier markets

While the biggest super player in Australia says it is shedding exposure to equities, others are bumping up allocations or already underweight.

  • Ayesha de Kretser
Shadow Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones.

Is Labor offering salvation for sinful industry funds?

The Opposition’s financial services spokesman, Stephen Jones, on Monday pledged to ‘end super fund religious discrimination’.

  • Michael Roddan
More trading activity has shifted to the market close as index rebalancing drives trading volumes,

Why passive activism is the now the biggest game in town

One of the biggest ever days of equity trading reveals how the rise and proliferation of index tracking funds has reshaped the structure of global markets.

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  • Jonathan Shapiro

September 2021

Associate Professor Michele Roberts, Academic Director of the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of New South Wales Business School.

Young guns and venture capital on the same ESG page

The pandemic has elevated ESG issues further to the forefront, and funds are flowing faster to companies leading the charge.

  • Simon Evans
Mike Zimmerman (l) with CSIRO chief Dr Larry Marshall, says he believes it is important for a long-term investment fund like Main Sequence to find backers that had a similar strategy and mission.

Saving the world for a profit lures Australian Ethical to CSIRO VC fund

The superannuation and investment manager has become a major investor in Main Sequence, which makes and backs companies trying to fix big global problems.

  • Paul Smith
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The RIAA report found that climate change was the most prominent sustainable investment theme among its survey respondents.

Ethical investments surge past $1 trillion mark

Ethical investments accounted for 40 per cent of Australia’s professionally managed money last year as assets under management climbed to $1.28 trillion.

  • Alex Gluyas

July 2021

Australian Ethical Investment chief executive John McMurdo said there is no trade off between decarbonisation and growth.

Australian Ethical adds $2b in green investing boom

The ASX-listed superannuation and investment manager finished the financial year with $6.07 billion in funds under management, up from $4.05 billion in June 2020.

  • Aleks Vickovich

June 2021

Immutep CEO Marc Voigt says LAG-3  immunotherapies are now getting noticed by the biotech community.

Investors buoyed by positive data for Immutep’s immunotherapy

In five patients with head and neck cancer, Immutep’s immunotherapy drug, efti, in combination with Keytruda destroyed the cancer cells completely.

  • Yolanda Redrup

May 2021

Australian Ethical chief executive John McMurdo.

Australian Ethical warns on fee cut campaign

Shares in the ethical wealth manager fluctuated wildly after it warned investors profits would fall as it cuts its steep fees.

  • Michael Roddan

April 2021

The sectors that likely saw the most earnings pressure in financial year 2020 included insurance and energy.

Green investing demand jumps 34pc in 12 months

ESG investing has passed the pandemic stress test, with climate change far and away the top priority for investors.

  • Aleks Vickovich

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