The Australian Securities Exchange today is Australia’s primary securities exchange. It is owned and operated by ASX Limited, with the exchange also commonly referred to as the ASX. While the exchange and the operating companies are separate, they are often considered synonymous due to the complex interrelated nature. Security exchanges in Australia began in the…
Category: Companies listed on Australian Securities Exchange
All about companies listed on Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API)
Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) is a health and beauty company in Australia that is involved in pharmaceutical distribution, retailing and manufacturing. API is Australia’s largest wholesale distributor of pharmaceutical and allied products. The company is involved in retailing through company-owned stores and franchise operations. API is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and operates in…
Australian Ethical Investments
Australian Ethical Investments is an ethical wealth management company based in Sydney. Australian Ethical Investments has $4.05 billion in funds under management and over 57,000 clients (managed fund investors and funded superannuation members) as at 30 June 2020. The company’s flagship Australian Shares Fund has outperformed the average large-cap fund over the medium to long…
The Australian Agricultural Company (AACo)
The Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) (ASX: AAC) is a public-listed Australian company that, as at 2018, owned and operated feedlots and farms covering around seven million hectares (17 million acres) of land in Queensland and the Northern Territory, roughly one percent of Australia’s land mass. As of July 2008 AACo had a staff of 500…
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ)
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly called ANZ, is an Australian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. It is the second largest bank by assets and third largest bank by market capitalisation in Australia. ANZ was established on 1 October 1951, when the Bank of Australasia merged with…
Austal Limited
Austal Limited is an Australian-based global ship building company and defence prime contractor that specialises in the design, construction and support of defence and commercial vessels. Austal’s product range includes naval vessels, high-speed passenger and vehicle ferries and specialist utility vessels such as offshore windfarm and crew transfer vessels. Austal has three major ship building…
AusNet Services (previously SP AusNet)
AusNet Services (previously SP AusNet) is an Australian energy company, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX). AusNet Services is currently owned 31.1% by Singapore Power, 19.9% by State Grid Corporation of China and the other 49% is publicly owned. Singapore Power is wholly owned by Singapore investment…
Aurizon Holdings Limited, formerly QR National
Aurizon Holdings Limited, formerly QR National, is a freight rail transport company in Australia, and the largest of its kind in the nation. Formerly a Queensland Government-owned company, it was privatised and floated on the ASX in November 2010. The company was originally established in 2004–05 when the coal, bulk, and container transport divisions from…
Atlas Arteria
Atlas Arteria (ASX: ALX), formerly known as Macquarie Atlas Roads, is one of the world’s largest developers and operators of private toll roads. Traded as: ASX: ALX Predecessor: Macquarie Infrastructure Group Founded: 2010 Website: www.atlasarteria.com
Arowana International
Arowana International is an operator of small to medium-sized enterprises and a specialist asset manager founded by Kevin Chin in 2007. Arowana has 2 divisions, Operating Companies and Asset Management. Arowana has been listed on Australian Securities Exchange(ASX) and is traded under the code “AWN”. Traded as: ASX:AWN Industry: Investment Founded: 2007 Founder: Kevin Chin…
Aristocrat Leisure Limited
Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an Australian gambling machine manufacturer, which has its administrative centre in the Sydney suburb of North Ryde, although the majority of its research and development is also done at its North Ryde site. It has marketing and development offices in South Africa, Russia and the United States. Aristocrat is the largest…
Ardent Leisure (formerly Macquarie Leisure Trust)
Ardent Leisure (formerly Macquarie Leisure Trust) is an Australian-based leisure company which owns and operates a leisure portfolio of over 100 assets across Australia, New Zealand and the United States. It is most known for its operation of the Dreamworld theme park and the WhiteWater World water park on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Traded…