Australian Ethical Investment Ltd · ASX:AEF
Australian Ethical Investment — Shareholder Meeting (October 2021)
42 slides from Australian Ethical Investment's shareholder meeting presentation, Oct 28, 2021
Slide 1: 2021 AGM Speeches and Presentation Slides
etical’” | A§ ASX Code: AEF Thursday, 28 October 2021 Australian Ethical Investment Ltd — 2021 AGM Speeches and Presentation Slides ASX ANNOUNCEMENT The Chair and Managing Director's speeches to the Company's 2021 AGM are attached. Also attached are the presentation slides and details of the proxies
Slide 2: Chairman's Address
Australian Ethical Investment Ltd – 2021 AGM Chairman’s Address For personal use only
Slide 3: Chairman's speech: ESG leadership and thanks
etical” | AS that | would particularly like to highlight. In November 2020, Morningstar named Australian Ethical as one of only six global leaders for Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) commitment. We were the only Australian asset manager to achieve this rating at that point. Since then one o
Slide 4: Managing Director's Address
Australian Ethical Investment Ltd – 2021 AGM Managing Director’s Address For personal use only
Slide 5: Managing Director's speech: inflection point and climate action
etical” | AS But this will come to nothing if not backed by true vision, leadership and the conviction that climate action first movers will ultimately reap the benefit from their leadership. All of this considered, | don’t think it's an exaggeration to say that we're at an inflection point in the h
Slide 6: Managing Director's speech: customer experience and brand
etical” | AS The compelling customer experience feeds through to our advocates for a better world pillar, where we are mobilising our network to help us create a better future. We refer to this as people power advocacy and it complements the virtuous cycle created by ethical investing by growing pub
Slide 7: Managing Director's speech: channels and growth
etical” | AS In terms of our impact, our scale and our customer reach, | have already mentioned our brand program, and our extended product ambitions. We are confident these aspects alone will significantly support our growth potential. But channel breadth and reach are now also playing a more mater
Slide 8: Managing Director's speech: FUM and netflows update
etical” | AS We're also seeing these dividends play out in our ongoing financial performance because pleasingly the positive momentum from the last financial year is carrying over into the new financial year. FUM for the September quarter was up 8% to reach $6.54 billion with netflows up 88% compare
Slide 9: Annual General Meeting
Australian Ethical Annual General Meeting John McMurdo, Managing Director & CEO 28 October 2021
Slide 10: Our 'why'
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Slide 11: UN Climate Change Conference
UN Climate Change conference 200 nations 1 planet enaler | AS GLASBOW
Slide 12: Climate headlines
REUTERS EU turns to finance to achieve climate neutral continent FINANCIAL TIMES Why the IEA is ‘calling time’ on the fossil fuel industry Get Gian US rejoins Paris climate accord with warning: this year’s talks are ‘last, best hope’
Slide 13: Race to Zero
Race to Zero * 733 cities * 31regions * 3,000 + businesses | * 173 investors | * 622 higher education WHRIGI 10 LERO institutions* | Australian Ethical Ag *https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/race-to-zero-net-zero-emissions-climatey 5
Slide 14: Inflection point in the history of humanity
_— | Inflection point in the history of humanity
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Slide 17: Compelling client experience
Compelling client experience
Slide 18: Customers
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Slide 19: Super Statement
Australian Ethical Ag Super Statement To 30 June 2021 Hi Jonathan, $307,625 Australian Ethical AL
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Slide 21: Advocates for a better world
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Slide 22: Brand
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Slide 23: Customer quotes
“lam passionate about leaving the \ world a better place for the “The amount of next generation, wT ™ damage we are and | realised | doing to the could act on this earth. It is my by moving my biggest fear my super to a truly kids will inherit a ethical fund.” planet on which “The realisation that o
Slide 24: Advocacy campaign: 70% of Aussies want real action on climate
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Slide 25: Social media engagement
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Slide 26: Principled investment leadership
Principled investment leadership
Slide 27: FY21 investment highlights
FY21 investment _ highlights Ss —performance “ee ontinues ( d, after fees for the 1 year period e funds in their respective Mercer surveys Australian Ethical AS (S) $2.9m ©) 43.1% 1 year performance for Australian Shares Fund which also outperformed its benchmark across all time periods* in performa
Slide 28: High Conviction Fund, High Growth Fund, High Conviction ETF
High Conviction Fund High Growth Fund High Conviction ETF
Slide 29: Impactful business
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Slide 30: Investing in...
Investing in... Yy Upgrading our technology platform ( < > Expanding our adviser-facing team i — Exploring different customer channels Australian Ethical AL
Slide 31: Our culture
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Slide 33: Employee culture survey results
9% of our employees feel they can be themselves at work 3% would recommend AE as a great place to work 1% are motivated to go beyond what they would in a similar role elsewhere* Australian Ethical AS *As reported in the Culture Amp Survey, June 2021
Slide 34: FUM update as at September 2021
FUM update as at 30 September 2021 _ 30 June 2021 30 September 2021 ana | AS
Slide 35: Australian Ethical Foundation
Australian Ethical Foundation The Australian Ethical Foundation aims to unearth & fund the most effective charities and solutions addressing climate change. “Foundation ~Y “A ~Y ) — —); . $1.8m 10% of AEI profits >S6m chighlights allocated for impact allocated to not-for- allocated to not-for- ) ini
Slide 36: 2040 net zero target for our investment portfolio
2040 net zero target for our investment portfolio: Bringing forward the 2050 target we set in 2015 Australian | AS
Slide 37: The best is yet to come
For personal use only The best is yet to come
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Slide 39: Summary of FY highlights
Summary of FY 21 highlights 1, FY21 Financial highlights (all financial results and metrics relate to year ended 30 June 2021 with comparatives relating to year ended 30 June 2020) $1.03 billion record net flows (up 56%) $587 million operating revenue (up 18%) $11.3 million NPAT attributable to shar
Slide 40: Summary of FY highlights (continued)
Summary of FY 21 highlights (continued) 19. Best ESG Trailblazer, Money Magazine, Best of the Best 2021 20. Australian Ethical Australian Shares Fund - Winner Responsible Investments 2021, Money Management, Fund Manager of the Year 21. Australian Ethical Australian Shares Fund - Winner ESG Australia
Slide 41: References and disclaimer
References and disclaimer Australian Ethical Super's Australian Shares option ranks no.1 out of 50 over 1 year, 3 years, 5 years, 7 years and 10 years according to the SuperRatings Fund Crediting Rate Survey — SR50 Australian Shares Index as at 30 June 2021. Balanced Accumulation Option ranks no.1 o
Slide 42: Proxies received
Australian Ethical Proxies received Resolution 34,466,096 32,340,629 35,837,900 32,289,669 2,331,182 1,415,127 1,415,094 2,177,609 Against 229,617 4,080,066 601,348 3,065,873 497,331 57,325 38,805 70,925
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