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Specialist in Asia Pacific, Japan, China, India and South East Asia and Global Emerging Market equities.

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Stewart Investors manage investment portfolios on behalf of our clients over the long term and have held shares in some companies for over 20 years. They launched their first investment strategy in 1988.

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Our philosophy is very simple. We are constantly searching for high quality businesses and when we acquire them, we will work relentlessly with them to create long-term sustainable value through innovation, ESG-led and proactive asset management.

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Multi-Asset Solutions

We invest for purpose

Markets are constantly moving – and when conditions change investors must rethink their asset allocation.

Our flexible and dynamic approach draws on a global opportunity set to meet the multiple, often competing objectives of our clients. The goal is to tie all investment decisions to the ultimate objective of the portfolio.

Time has shown that asset allocation decisions are the dominant driver of overall portfolio returns and multi-asset investing provides risk and return benefits that are not typically achievable by investing in a single asset class. 

Why invest in the First Sentier Real Return Strategy

 

We believe that holding a large number of asset categories doesn’t provide real diversification in today’s markets. To solve this challenge we have developed the First Sentier Real Return Strategy, an objective-based approach to investing that combines the benefits of long-term asset allocation with dynamic short-term tilts to enhance returns and abate risks.

  • Unlike traditional multi-asset portfolios, there is no requirement to allocate to any particular investment type. We only invest in opportunities that offer the best risk-reward for investors, blending a combination of assets together  across the full spectrum of equities, bonds, currencies and commodities that have the highest likelihood of delivering on the performance target while also considering sequencing risks.

  • By dynamically shifting exposures, we aim to take advantage of short-term investment opportunities as they arise. History has shown that being dynamic, making well-timed changes to the investment mix, can have significant positive influence on long-term performance.

Our asset allocation moves with markets

The foundation of our portfolios, our neutral asset allocation, takes a long term view on economies, markets and expected returns across asset classes. While neutral asset allocation alone will be the dominant driver of returns, there is also opportunity to mitigate portfolio risks and generate additional returns as market conditions change. We supplement our long term neutral asset allocation with dynamic asset allocation, which exploits shorter-term market inefficiencies. 

How our portfolio works

Neutral asset allocation

Neutral asset allocation

The ‘neutral’ asset allocation is the mix of investments that we believe has the highest likelihood of achieving a given portfolio’s long-term objectives based on fundamentals. The first step in our investment process is determining the economic outlook, both globally and for individual countries.

Using current valuations as a starting point, key economic variables including GDP growth, inflation, risk free rates, and long-term bond yields enable us to calculate expected returns for various asset classes. 

Meet the team

Epco van der Lende

Co-Head of Multi-Asset Solutions

Kej Somaia

Co-Head of Multi-Asset Solutions

Jan Baars

Senior Portfolio Manager

Andrew Harman

Senior Portfolio Manager

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