Articles On Australian Ethical Investment (ASX:AEF)

I like to keep an eye on substantial shareholder notices. This is because these notices give you an idea of which shares large investors, asset managers, and investment funds are buying or selling. Two notices that have caught my eye today...

After a poor start to the day, in early afternoon trade the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is on course to record a decent gain. At the time of writing the benchmark index is up 0.35% to 5,963.4 points. Four shares that have failed to fo...

Australian Ethical (ASX: AEF) shares have dropped 6% after the company gave an FY20 update. What is Australian Ethical? Australian Ethical describes itself as Australia’s leading ethical investment manager. It was formed in 1986 to provide...

Want to know which stocks the fund managers have been putting their money in (and out) of? We’ve been keeping track so you don’t have to. Trading Places is Stockhead’s recap of substantial holder movements among ASX small caps in the last f...

The rebalancing to the ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) has been announced this morning. Why is this happening? Every quarter the S&P Dow Jones changes which businesses will be added and removed from the various indices. The idea is that the growing...

ASX shares took a bit of a tumble today. The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) dropped by around 3%. I’ve got my eyes on some high quality ASX shares if the COVID-19 selloff gets worse. Only time will tell whether this is the start of anoth...

Australian companies are falling behind international peers in reporting on environmental sustainability, according to a new report. While almost two thirds of global companies have a policy flagging an intention to reduce emissions, only o...

Yet more data is emerging showing how resilient socially and environmentally conscious investments were in the third quarter as stock pickers went from manic in February to panic in March. Globally, investors sank $36bn into ESG (environmen...

Magellan (ASX: MFG) has announced its funds under management (FUM) for May 2020. It has also announced a new exchange-traded fund (ETF). What is Magellan? Magellan is a funds management business that largely invests in international shares...

Working age Australians have typically had a laissez-faire approach to their superannuation, but COVID-19 could change this. This week Russell Investments revealed the results of a survey of 3,000 working age Australians (without financial...

Want to know which stocks the fund managers have been putting their money in (and out) of? We’ve been keeping track so you don’t have to. Trading Places is Stockhead’s recap of substantial holder movements among ASX small caps in the last f...

It has been years in the making, but increasingly, the green vote is making itself heard in the corporate sector with more companies starting to pay greater attention to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. The latest example...

Superannuation returns have taken a hit this year but the impact hasn’t been as severe as the GFC, and some funds actually performed positively in April. The rise of major market indexes throughout the fourth month of 2020, such as the ASX’...

Want to know which stocks the fund managers have been putting their money in (and out) of? We’ve keen keeping track so you don’t have to. Trading Places is Stockhead’s recap of substantial holder movements among ASX small caps in the last f...

May could see the start of another crash for ASX shares. It remains to be seen whether investors can remain confident. There were some pretty dire economic numbers out of the US overnight. The latest week of additional unemployment applica...

Do you have $1,000 to invest? I think you should choose one of the eight ASX shares I’m going to name in this article. The coronavirus worries have caused the share market to fall heavily compared to where it was in the middle of February...

Australians have already been approved for $3.8 billion of superannuation by the Australian Taxation Office. What does it mean for ASX shares? Under the COVID-19 superannuation early access scheme Aussies are able to withdraw up to $10,000...

Want to know which stocks the fund managers have been putting their money in (and out) of? We’ve keen keeping track so you don’t have to. Trading Places is Stockhead’s recap of substantial holder movements among ASX small caps in the last f...

I believe it’s a great idea to keep a watchlist of shares. This is a list which should contain companies you are following and may be interested in buying in the future. It can also contain companies you already own, or those new to your p...

When you first start out investing, you might seek the high risk, high reward returns from growth shares. After all, you have time on your side if things don’t go to plan. But as you enter retirement, I think it is best to focus on investm...

The share market is suffering during this period of volatility because of the coronavirus. If you’re lucky enough to have $5,000 to invest right now then it could be an opportune time to put some money to work. There are some shares that h...

The Australian federal government has announced its second stimulus package worth an extra $66 billion to help the economy through the coronavirus outbreak. Here are some of the highlights: More support for smaller businesses with employee...

With the pace of news flow and levels of volatility across asset classes, it’s hard for investors to keep up amid the COVID-19 crisis. Stocks are crashing, and yesterday the Australian dollar briefly fell to its lowest level since 2002. But...

If you don’t end up buying shares during this period I think you’ll end up regretting it. Cast your mind back to the GFC. If you were too young to remember it, just imagine what it was like. To some people it seemed like the end of capital...

Are you worried about the share market? You don’t have to be that worried, there are plenty of reasons to be positive about the share market. Investors have been heavily selling off shares indiscriminately for almost a month now. At some p...

The share market is dropping heavily week after week. Shares are a lot cheaper now than they were a week ago. Countries across the world are telling their citizens to limit contact with other people. How are you supposed to make money when...

The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is down another 6% today after last week’s rollercoaster. The opportunities are getting better and better each as investors fear what’s going to happen next. The thing is that most businesses will survi...

The share prices on the ASX that we’re being presented with are now a lot lower than they were a month ago. The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) alone is down 27.5% since 21 February 2020. Plenty of ASX shares are down more than that. Just...

The ASX has fallen over 5% with investors fleeing the share market for safety into…something else. I’m not sure where else you’d want to put your money with gold prices so high and interest rates so low. Perhaps capital protection is worth...

The ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) fell by 3.5% this week, which is pretty painful when you consider it fell around 10% in the previous week. Toilet paper is in high demand and plenty of investors are headed for the exits. But I think it could be...

I think there are opportunities on the ASX today, which is why I was active again. At the start of the week I invested in small cap focused listed investment company (LIC) WAM Microcap Limited (ASX: WMI). Today I saw another opportunity an...

The ASX is throwing up a lot of opportunities thanks to the coronavirus sell-off. The central banks across the world are cutting interest rates. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and US Federal Reserve both cut interest rates this week....

The shift towards ethical investing has recently become a much more prevalent concept in financial markets. Earlier this year, no less an authority than Larry Fink — head of $US7 trillion fund manager Blackrock — flagged a fundamental shift...

I bought some shares today. Trading rules don’t allow me to say which shares I bought, but which shares I bought is less important to me than the fact that I actually invested in something to take advantage of the lower prices. Thankfully,...

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO)(ASX: XJO) and ALL ORDINARIES (Index: ^AXAO) (ASX: XAO) indices finished lower on Wednesday. Here’s a short recap of the Australian market: S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) lower 2.31% t...

The share price of Australian Ethical Investment Limited (ASX: AEF) is down 0.2% after the ethically-focused fund manager reported large profit growth in its half-year result to 31 December 2019. Australian Ethical’s HY20 result The ethica...

I’ve been keeping a close eye on what substantial shareholders have been doing recently. Substantial shareholders are shareholders that hold 5% or more of a company’s shares. These tend to be large investors, asset managers, and investment...

Australia is one of the richest countries in the world. However, diversification is not utilised by a lot of ASX investors. Most people have a lot of their wealth tied up in one or a handful of properties plus banks. Arguably, the bank sha...

The S&P/ASX 200 index has bounced back from yesterday’s selloff and is storming higher this afternoon. At the time of writing the index is up 0.45% to 6,954.4 points. Four shares that are climbing more than most today are listed below....

The Australian Ethical Investment Limited (ASX: AEF) share price was one of the worst performers on the All Ordinaries on Monday. The ethical fund manager’s shares crashed 13% lower to $4.20. Its shareholders will be hoping for better on T...

Australian Ethical Investment (ASX:AEF) shareholders have seen spectacular growth this financial year, netting a return of over 200 per cent. The company’s funds under management (FUM) in the December quarter reached $3.87 billion. This is...

If you’re going to invest in individual shares I think it’s best to go for the most promising growth shares or perhaps the most defensive. Here are three ASX shares that I think would help diversify a portfolio whilst providing strong grow...

Ethical investing is continuing to gain traction, especially in an era where individuals are having to seriously question their attitudes towards hot-button issues such as climate change, the treatment of asylum seekers, and many other hum...

The Australian Ethical Investment Limited (ASX: AEF) share price is up 7% today to close at $4.74 per share, just shy of its 52-week high of $4.75. Overall, the fund is up 173% within the last 12 months and up 99% within the last 3 months....

Diversification is one of the key parts to an investment strategy with ASX shares. Mitigating risk whilst still attaining high investment returns is one of the best things you can do for your portfolio. Being focused too much on one sector...

Climate change is certainly making headlines at the moment with the long-running drought, the ongoing fires in New South Wales and now there are fires going on in east Victoria. It’s easy to see a lot of businesses that are suffering with...

In afternoon trade the S&P/ASX 200 index is on course to end the week on a high. At the time of writing the benchmark index is up 0.15% to 6,805.3 points. Four shares that have failed to follow the market higher today are listed below....

Cleantech stocks continue to outperform the wider market, notwithstanding a go-slow on climate and energy policy from the federal government. The Deloitte Australia Clean Tech Index, an index of 93 ASX-listed cleantech companies, rose 7.8 p...

The financial sector is made up of main three sub sector groups. The first one includes the diversified financials group that deals with the capital markets like asset management, diversified financial services, consumer finance and mortgag...

Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX: MFG) shares are up 3 per cent to $50.58 today after the international equities manager revealed its funds under management have grown to $97.7 billion as at November 29 2019. This compares to $93.5 billio...