AGL Energy Limited.

AGL

AGL Energy Ltd. is an integrated renewable energy company, which engages in the provision of natural gas distribution services. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria and currently employs 3,881 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2006-10-12. The firm operates through three segments: Customer Markets, Integrated Energy, and Investments. The Customer Markets segment comprises the Consumer and Large Business customer portfolios responsible for the retailing of electricity, gas, telecommunications (broadband/ mobile/voice), solar and energy products and services to residential, small and large business customers. Its Integrated Energy segment operates a power generation portfolio and other key assets, including coal, gas and renewable generation facilities, natural gas storage and production facilities, and development projects. The Investments segment comprises the Company’s interests in the ActewAGL Retail Partnership, Tilt Renewables, Energy Impact Partners Europe, Solar Analytics Pty Limited, Sunverge Energy Inc, RayGen Resources Pty Ltd, Honey Insurance Pty Ltd and Ovo Energy Australia Pty Ltd.

Altech Batteries Ltd

ATC

Altech Batteries Ltd. is a specialty battery technology company, which engages in commercializing a solid-state sodium alumina battery production facility and developing battery materials for a Lithium-ion battery. The company is headquartered in Subiaco, Western Australia and currently employs 19 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2010-01-27. The company has a joint venture agreement with the German battery institute Fraunhofer IKTS (Fraunhofer) to commercialize the CERENERGY Sodium Chloride Solid State (SCSS) Battery. CERENERGY batteries are an alternative to lithium-ion batteries. Its segments include Silumina Anodes, CERENERGY, and High Purity Alumina (HPA). Its Silumina Anodes project involves combining silicon and graphite and coating this composite product with a nanometer layer of high-purity alumina for inclusion in lithium battery anodes. CERENERGY batteries are fire and explosion-proof, have a life span of more than 15 years and operate in extreme cold and desert climates. The battery technology uses table salt and nickel, which is lithium-free; cobalt-free; graphite-free; and copper-free, eliminating exposure to critical metal price rises and supply chain concerns. The company is also engaged in the construction and operation of a 4,500tpa HPA processing plant.

Arafura Rare Earths Ltd

ARU

Arafura Rare Earths Ltd. engages in the exploration and development of mineral resource properties. The company is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. The company went IPO on 2003-11-05. The firm produces rare earth products from the Nolans Project. The Nolans Project consists of a mine, process plant, including beneficiation, extraction and separation plants, and related infrastructure to be constructed and located at the Nolans site, approximately 135 kilometers north of Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory. Its rare earth products are Neodymium-Praseodymium (NdPr) oxide, and Mixed middle-heavy rare earths (SEG/HRE) oxide. NdPr oxide is the Company's flagship product, which is used by magnet and magnet alloy customers. The Company’s primary products from the Nolans project are rare earths, which are used in catalytic converters in automobiles, consumer electronics, energy efficiency lighting, optics, alloys, advanced ceramics and permanent magnets that enable e-mobility and renewable energy applications.

Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited

AFI

Australian Foundation Investment Company Ltd is a AU-based company operating in industry. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria. Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited is an investment company, which is focused on investing in Australian and New Zealand equities. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with investment returns through access to a stream of franked dividends and growth of capital invested. The company has two portfolios of securities: the investment portfolio and the trading portfolio. The investment portfolio holds securities which the Company intends to retain on a long-term basis and includes a small sub-component over which options may be written and an additional small sub-component of international (non-Australian/New Zealand listed stocks). The trading portfolio consist of securities that are held for short term trading only, including call option contracts written over securities that are held in the specific sub-component of the investment portfolio and on occasion put options and is relatively small in size. Its investment sectors include banks, healthcare, and materials.

Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF

VGS

VGS.AX was created on 2014-11-18 by Vanguard. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on total market equity. Vanguard MSCI International Shares Index ETF seeks to track the return of the MSCI World ex-Australia Index (with net dividends reinvested) in Australian dollars before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.