Meeting between President Obama and Prime Minister Modi shows investors need to look at India

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Australian Ethical is investing in renewable power generation companies working in India Prime Minister Narendra Modi is looking at renewable energy to bring 300 million people out of energy poverty,

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What does the price of oil have to do with solar?

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Since breaking the psychological US$100 level in September, Brent crude oil has fallen 34%. Strangely, the Ardour Solar Index has also fallen the same amount over this same period. What

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Aussie launching world first ocean power project with Australian Ethical funding

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Australian Ethical Investment announced yesterday that they are investing in Atlantis Resources’ new tidal stream energy project based in Scotland to the tune of 9%[1] of the capital raising required for the initiative.

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Nathan Lim updates Australian Ethical’s global energy policy assessment

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Australia Headlines Western Australia’s energy market is broken – wholesale electricity prices ($180 per megawatt hour) cost more than unsubsidised solar and wind, more than double rates in Eastern Australia

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Trash to treasure, three companies making it big from garbage

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Would you withdraw money from an ATM and then bin it? Have you bought batteries from the shops and then immediately throw them away? As absurd as this sounds, we

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Why coal is struggling (and will continue to do so)

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Since peaking in January 2011, the price of thermal coal has fallen 51% (Chart 1). Like any commodity, price is driven by the simple dynamics of supply and demand and

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Australian Ethical appoints Mason Willoughby-Thomas CFA as portfolio manager for the $277mn Australian Ethical Larger Companies Trust

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CIO David Macri steps down as PM of Larger Companies Trust to focus on strategic development of the current business and its offering “I am delighted to move Mason up to full control

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China research trip confirmed investment downgrade by Australian Ethical

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“Four cities, five days, 14 companies: we made the most of our trip to China and it confirmed our concerns and reaffirmed our decision to downgrade our economic assessment for

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Australian Ethical’s Smaller Companies Trust participating in a limited number of IPOs

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Australian Ethical’s Smaller Companies Trust has participated in the frenzy of recent IPO activity on the ASX. While AE fund manager, Andy Gracey, sees some quality he is also wary of

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‘Creeping slowdown’ in US, China to hit Australia

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The creeping slowdown in both the US and China has broad ramifications for Australia and global equity markets, a leading fund manager warns. Australian Ethical international equities portfolio manager Nathan

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