Market-leading returns

Australia's ESG Leaders

Morningstar has named Australian Ethical as one of just six global leaders, out of 40, for our ESG Commitment, the only asset manager in Australia.

The report singles out the Australian Ethical Australian Shares Fund as “setting the ESG standard for Australian domestic-equity strategies”.

^{Source from ‘The Morningstar ESG Commitment Level: Our first assessment of 100-plus strategies and 40 asset managers’ white paper. © 2020 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved.} 

75% less carbon emissions

Our share investments produced 75% less carbon emissions than benchmark*, driven by our unique portfolio construction process.

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Strong performance

Australian Shares fund (wholesale) ranked top quartile over 5 years in FE fundinfo reporting. FE fundinfo Equity – Australia – Financial Express Australian Shares performance report, as at 31 December 2020. 

Balanced option ranked top 2 over 1 and 3 years. SuperRatings Fund Crediting Rate Survey - SR50 Balanced (60-76) Index over 1 and 3 years delivering returns of 7.98% and 8.26% respectively (5 year return is 7.89% p.a and 7 year return is 8.05% p.a).⁺.

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Latest achievements

A suite of ethical products

We offer a variety of product options to meet your clients’ needs.

7 Super options
8 Managed Funds (wholesale or retail)
1 SMA strategy

The world is changing and investors are expecting more from their investments. According to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) 90% of Australians say it’s important that their financial institution invests responsibly and ethically across the board^.

While ethics are personal and complex to navigate, this also presents opportunities for advisers to deepen their engagement with clients by aligning their investments and their values.

Our CIO, David Macri explains why ethical investing makes sense during market downturns as well as over the long term.

Australian Ethical has always gone beyond ESG (environmental, social and governance criteria) with our unique ethical investment process.

Our Ethical Charter has been guiding our investment decisions. It considers positive outcomes first and then looks to avoid unnecessary harm.

When the companies pass our rigorous ethical screening process, our investment team evaluates them against the traditional risk/return investment analysis.

2020 SuperRatings Infinity Award for best sustainable super fund++
Best performing SR50 Australian shares option over 5 years 2015-2020++

2020 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Award: ESG - Australian Equities
2020 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Award: High Performance - Australian Equities

2021 Money Magazine Best of the Best Award: ESG Trailblazer