Our history
Investing for our
shareholders since 1946
In 2021, we marked 75 years of investing on behalf of our shareholders. Over this time, Argo has consistently applied its long-term investment approach and focused on providing a low-cost, reliable exposure to the Australian share market which delivers sustainable dividend income. This approach has attracted investors of all ages and stages in life and today, we have more than 90,000 shareholders.
From a boutique investment firm founded in Adelaide in 1946 with £10,000 and a small group of South Australian clients, Argo has grown to be one the ASX’s top 100 companies.
Chartered Accountant Alf Adamson and lawyer Kevin Ward founded Argo Investments in Adelaide to provide a simple means of investment for clients of their respective firms. As Argo’s first Managing Director, Adamson laid the foundations of Argo’s conservative and long-term investment approach. This philosophy has been maintained over time and has proven resilient through various economic cycles and disruptive events since 1946.