Australian Ethical (ASX:AEF)
$5B Funds Under Management (FUM) Announcement
Situation
Australia’s first sustainable investment and super fund manager, Australian Ethical, flew by $5 billion in FUM after experiencing exponential growth, all while maintaining above-market returns for investors. This is despite a commonly-held myth that ethical fund managers are not also commercially successful.
Solution
Third Hemisphere authored and implemented a media campaign that tied the milestone achievement to an argument dispelling the myth that ethical fund managers are somehow commercially less capable. The release was mass-distributed to mainstream and trade press for maximum coverage.
Results
Australian Ethical’s milestone and key messaging was covered extensively and repeatedly across Australia’s leading national and state-wide newspapers, and was syndicated by both News Limited and Nine/Fairfax. It was also widely covered by key trade and investor publications.Â
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This campaign paved the way for Australian Ethical to drive broader awareness of its exceptional investment performance, on top of being Australia’s most recognised ethical funds manager.Â