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At AlbaCore, we focus on the long-term. As one of Europe’s leading alternative credit specialists, we invest in private capital solutions, opportunistic and dislocated credit and structured products.
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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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first state investments has announced some changes to the structure of the first state stewart team which they intend will become effective on 1 july 2015.
first state investments (‘first state’) announces the launch of the first state china a shares fund, a sub-fund of its dublin-domiciled ucits fund. the fund is designed to meet the growing demand from investors for exposure to companies in mainland china,...
Read regular news updates, research papers, investment strategy updates & thought pieces from some of first state investments leading experts.
A diverse range of global, regional and sector based equity, multi-asset and fixed income investment strategies and funds
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This has been an unprecedented time which continues to evolve from a markets and Covid-19 perspective. Please tune in to a panel discussion with FSSA’s lead portfolio managers: Alistair Thompson, Director; Martin Lau, Managing Partner andVinay Agarwal, Director.
This has been an unprecedented time which continues to evolve from a markets and Covid-19 perspective. Please tune in to a panel discussion with FSSA’s lead portfolio managers: Alistair Thompson, Director; Martin Lau, Managing Partner andVinay Agarwal, Director.
Leading global investment manager, first state investments today announced the completion of its sale from commonwealth bank of australia to mitsubishi ufj trust and banking corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of mitsubishi ufj financial group, inc. (mufg), for us$2.7 billion.
It was John Templeton who famously skewered that old bull market hubris: “It’s different this time,” as the four most expensive words in the history of investment. But, it is different this time, isn’t it? Well, yes and no. The combination of all-time low interest rates, massive money printing an...
There have been times, over the last couple of years, when we have felt like a complete muggle. Darker forces (QE and the rise of the machines), have clearly been in the ascendancy.
A worried client asked us recently, “Will Mr. Modi be re-elected, or won’t he? How will the ongoing elections impact the investment case for Indian companies?” We don’t know whether Mr. Modi will be re-elected. But we strongly believe that the results of the election will have little bearing on t...
Over the past six months, global equity markets have remained weighed down by uncertainty. Meanwhile, in Japan, Prime Minister Abe’s announcement that consumption tax is set to rise from 8% to 10% this October has escalated fears of a pending recession.
Learn about investing in the world's fastest-growing markets with FSSA Investment Managers. We invest in high quality equities that can outperform over the long term.
This letter forms the first in a series designed to introduce and explain our approach to sustainability, and the lessons learned so far. we hope that these reflections, drawing on the team’s combined experience, will provide a useful insight.
The pandemic has accelerated certain long-term shifts in consumer behaviour, such as using more online orders for everything from clothing to food. The latest battleground appears to be groceries, but the disrupter emerged from a not-so-new technology — WeChat groups.
Our investment philosophy is to back owners and managers with whom we feel strongly aligned. These owners typically have track records of treating all stakeholders fairly, in both good and bad times.
Leading global investment manager, first sentier investors (fsi), today announced the outcome of a review of its existing investment capabilities against its strategy.
The China equity market includes a myriad of share classes, each with distinct characteristics. ‘Offshore’ Chinese equities are listed on overseas stock exchanges such as New York and Hong Kong and denominated in foreign currencies, while ‘onshore’ Chinese equities are listed on the Shanghai and ...
first sentier investors are the world-leading provider of specialist investment capabilities. discover how we provide research-led active investment management.
David Allen brings with him more than 20 years of global asset management experience where he specialised in building investment businesses and leading investment teams.
It was recently the 10th anniversary of Lehman’s collapse; and in Hong Kong, warning signal ‘Typhoon No. 10’ had been hoisted, as the biggest hurricane-strength storm in recent history battered its way through the territory.
Although financial types everywhere seem to believe that things are absolutely dire, world-ending and the sky is about to fall on our heads, most of humanity have better lives now than in all of history. That is certainly so in the developed world. Prosperity, in our time, has yet again been unde...
Florida is home to world leading infrastructure companies. the us state offers investors exposure to strong demographics, pro-business politics and sensible regulation. sunshine state is more than just a reference to the weather.
Global asset management group focused on providing high quality, long-term investment capabilities to clients. We bring together independent teams of active, specialist investors who share a common commitment to responsible investment principles.
Modern life seems characterised by extremes, with division and discord the defining features. But, we are living in revolutionary times. Sweeping technological change impacts everything, everywhere. It is an age of accelerated disruption.
Though Covid hasn’t yet finished with us, the markets have finished with Covid. In real life, there is still plenty of misery to go around, but things have seldom been better for investors. Optimism has served us well, as the money printing presses have rolled to counter the “unprecedented” threa...
China made headlines for watering down coal reduction targets during COP261, but we think the criticism is unfair. The nation’s own targets set by President Xi Jinping last year — for peak emissions before 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060 — are still ambitious and noteworthy considering China’s...
China’s e-commerce and online services were among the few bright spots against the dismal economic backdrop this year. many companies reported a surge in online sales during covid that has remained elevated even as the number of cases fell and lockdown measures eased. while sales at china’s brick...
The first state japan equity fund invests in a concentrated portfolio of high-quality companies with strong management teams, dominant franchises and conservative financials. as long term, conservative investors, we seek to invest in companies that we believe will have high return o...
This article provides a review of the current markets as well as views on what the fourth quarter could hold. Portfolio performance details are also highlighted, including interest rates and FX, inflation markets, securitized sectors and corporate markets. Bond markets experienced several trend r...
Mutations, it would seem, are not unique to the virus. Starting with some housekeeping, we always end our letters seeking feedback from our regular readers.
All of us have been brutally confronted by a new reality in the last few months. It has certainly been crude, with financial markets swinging around on a riptide of greed and fear, as we the participants have vacillated between elation and despair. It is not surprising. Life and the world of ...
Please find below our initial thoughts on President Biden's US infrastructure plan and its implications for the Global Listed Infrastructure (GLI) and American Listed Infrastructure (ALI) asset classes.
Each year around the Lunar New Year, factories in China switch off production and close up shop for the Spring Festival period. Factory workers who had left their rural hometowns in search of better wages in cities travel home en masse for the celebrations. With three billion trips expected to be...
The attributes we like in a company are a strong management team, an effective board, strong alignment with its majority owners and management, a conservative and introspective culture, a franchise which has pricing power and generates superior returns on capital employed, and the potential to be...
Theoretically, a fast-growing economy bodes well for corporate earnings and stock prices, and vice versa. Because of this, investors often cite Japan’s weak economy and deflationary environment as reasons they have been reluctant to invest in Japan. However, the data suggests that these concerns ...
The latest instalment of our Travel Diary series comes from Andrew Greenup, who recently spent time in Brazil visiting infrastructure companies, assets, regulators and government bodies. Brazil has many social, political and economic challenges. Infrastructure investment is viewed as part of the ...
The japan equity market underwent significant volatility in the first quarter due to the coronavirus pandemic and concerns about its impact on the global economy. the sell-off was indiscriminate and across all sectors, with little differentiation between the higher quality, well-managed co...
In the first three months of this year, 17 new companies have listed on the mainboard exchanges in india, more than in all of 2019 or 2020*. high levels of retail investor participation and continuing inflows for domestic mutual funds have meant that these new issuances have been lapped up...
Investors, regulators and markets have an obligation to address modern slavery risks as a key aspect of their ESG obligations.
In our last client update, written through the depths of covid-despair, we observed that real life and the world of markets are seldom so intimately entwined. with markets swinging violently to the downside on a riptide of fear, it was clear even then that activity was being driven by short-term ...
In 2020, one group of companies has done particularly well – the popular digital technology companies focused on e-commerce, delivery and entertainment, to name a few industries. in emerging markets, they dominate the chinese market; but they can also be found in korea, southeast asia, eas...
This is the third investor letter for the FSSA Emerging Markets Focus Strategy since its launch in November 2017. In this letter, we will discuss our investment approach, process, strategy, positioning, and other matters we think are relevant to investors. As always, should you have any questions...
Looking back over 2020, a challenging year for many reasons, there were two key investment decisions that helped the performance of the fssa japan equity strategy. firstly, in the early days of the pandemic we started to identify companies that might benefit from the acceleration of secula...
2021 will be a year of recovery. This is not surprising given last year’s economic downturn. If vaccines are being rolled out gradually during the year, we believe the economy will recover, especially those sectors that have been hit hard like travel. Hong Kong’s travel sector declined by 99.9% ...
FSSA Investment Managers, Indian equities, Road to Recovery
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