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Equity markets in 2025 unfolded in ways few investors would describe as familiar. David Walsh’s latest paper explores this extraordinary period in global equity markets, focusing on what sat beneath the headline volatility and why outcomes diverged so sharply from historical experience.
Dr Joanna Nash, Senior Quant Portfolio Manager and Head of Portfolio Management and Dr David Walsh, Head of Investments share the key drivers of recent outperformance and how AI is enhancing the investment process.
This article focuses on three of the PAIs related to Biodiversity Areas, Emissions to Water, and Hazardous and Radioactive Waste. Each PAI provides details about the measures, some of the challenges related to them, and how investors may use the information they provide.
The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) for the European Union Mandates the disclosure of the Principal Adverse Impacts (PAI) that investment decisions have on sustainability factors.
The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) requires asset managers to report on up to 20 Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) indicators. PAIs are the negative impacts caused by a firm or an asset on the environment and society.
In 2025, First Sentier Group published our inaugural integrated Climate and Nature Report — an important milestone in our responsible investment journey.
Diversity is a business issue as well as an ethical one. There is a raft of research demonstrating that gender diversity contributes to better business and economic outcomes.
Our 2026 outlook explores the trends driving progress and how First Sentier Group’s asset class specialists are thinking about where they can unlock opportunity in a changing world.
Global investment manager, First Sentier Investors, today announced changes to its investment capabilities within Australia.
This paper outlines the responsible investing approach adopted by various First Sentier Investors investment teams across the globe. It involves a holistic way of thinking that addresses multiple impacts across multiple environmental, social and governance (ESG) measures. We believe it can lead to better long‑term financial and sustainability outcomes, across more measures, than more traditional frameworks.
For over twenty years, the global listed infrastructure asset class (GLI) has consistently generated dividend yields in the 3%-4% range. As valuation multiples have declined in the past few years, dividend yields have expanded into the upper half of this range.
AI and data centres are reshaping electricity demand, creating both powerful growth opportunities and complex challenges for utilities. In this video interview, Rebecca Sherlock, Portfolio Manager Global Listed Infrastructure, speaks with Brian Van Abel, CFO of Xcel Energy, on how they are responding to this shift.
Rebecca Sherlock, Portfolio Manager Global Listed Infrastructure, sat down for a fireside chat with Brian Savoy, Chief Financial Officer of Duke Energy, one of the largest regulated utilities in the United States.
We are entering a new era. The year 2024 will be unpredictable and clouded by many uncertainties. It will be marked by geopolitical risks, the ongoing taming of the inflation beast, and how the US Presidential election will impact markets.
Climate change and global warming pose systemic risks to society and the global economy. It impacts the availability of resources, the price and structure of the energy market, the vulnerability of infrastructure and the valuation of companies.
Important information two fund ranges ("the Funds") for sale: the First State Investments ICVC and the First State Global Umbrella Fund plc
Airports have seen phenomenal traffic growth as people prioritise travel and experiences in the face of cost‑of‑living pressures.
Investors, regulators and markets have an obligation to address modern slavery risks as a key aspect of their ESG obligations.
Our responsible investment strategy is founded on a strong governance framework. A key part of good governance are policies which set clear expectations for our people. Transparency is also an important component of good governance as it allows our clients and other stakeholders to hold us accountable.
Each investment team has developed a climate change statement and carbon footprint report. We provide a combined footprint for all listed equity portfolios and individual listed equity team carbon footprints.
