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Leader in active quantitative equities across Australian equities, global equities, emerging markets and global small companies.
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At Stewart Investors, we believe in putting people first. Our investment world-view is of a series of partnerships – with each other, with our clients, with the companies we invest in, the people who buy their goods and services, and with the wider society in which we all live and work.
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The investment world conflates what ‘absolute return’ and ‘total return’ actually mean – and throwing in the latest buzzword ‘unconstrained’ has only made things worse. our infographic cheat sheet demystifies some common terms used to describe fixed income investment approaches.
Our investment team, based locally in Australia, are experts in their fields and communicate their ideas through our proprietary technology platform, the Investment Opinion Network (ION).
Learn about investing in fixed income today. first sentier investors' on-the-ground teams share investment ideas uncovered in developed and emerging markets.
Uk fixed income and currency market update. here, our fixed income team outline the key issues that are influencing investor sentiment.
Asia is projected to become the oldest region in the world – by the 2030s, it will be home to around 60% of the world’s elderly. jamie grant, head of emerging markets debt and asian fixed income at cfsgam, explains why these demographic shifts are expected to have a significant impa...
Diversification is key to adding value in a low interest rate world – and there is a place for both active and enhanced passive exposures to fixed income.
2022 was a year of extremes for fixed income markets. before thinking about the year ahead, it’s perhaps worth summarising the key themes that drove local and international fixed income markets in the past 12 months.
Find out how our seven fixed income investment specialists can help diversity your portfolio and and deliver a higher yield than bank deposits alone.
As we head into 2020, we should re-examine the role that bonds play in an investment portfolio. head of australian fixed income, stephen cooper, shares three ways that bonds can add value in a diversified portfolio of assets, and the scope for capital appreciation.
Developments associated with coronavirus have dominated attention and affected sentiment towards financial markets worldwide. in this update, jamie grant, head of emerging markets and asian fixed income, explains why the disease has attracted so much attention and outlines some of t...
or… why there is nothing passive about managing a passive fund!
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Podcast: Our take on 'whatever it takes' - spotlight on cash and credit
We consider ESG risks to be factors that may place business value at risk. Companies at risk are identified using both external providers and our own internally driven research, which is based on a systematic and extensive company meeting program.
Over a career spanning three decades, head of short term investments and global credit tony togher has invested ahead of change in fixed income markets. he shares his analysis of relative value in markets today and the importance of managing liquidity, return and volatility.
Benchmark relative. absolute return. total return? global unconstrained? here our global fixed income team demystify some of the common language used to describe approaches to fixed income investing – explaining the differences – and how they can be applied to various ...
Australian sovereign bond yields have typically traded above their global counterparts, particularly those in the us. but with economic growth in australia lagging the us, we have seen a reversal in this historical relativity. the spread between 10-year sovereign bond yields has moved materially ...
Declining cash rates and investors’ healthy appetite for risk saw high yield credit spreads fall sharply in 2019, resulting in favourable returns from the asset class. In this update, Matt Philo and Jason Epstein, Co-Heads of High Yield, outline some of the factors that might affect sentiment i...
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A diverse range of global, regional and sector based equity, multi-asset and fixed income investment strategies and funds
It’s no secret that fixed income markets have experienced a tough couple of years. significant increases in cash rates and inflation expectations over this period have pushed bond yields higher and, in turn, prices lower.
In a low-rate world, generating income is more difficult than ever. with bond markets changing daily and cash rates close to zero, cash and fixed income can no longer do the heavy lifting for income-focused investors. against this backdrop, how can investors use equiti...
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Access a global opportunity set with the on-the-ground research and skill of specialist emerging markets investors.
They say a rising tide lifts all boats. this certainly appeared to be the case for emerging market debt in 2019. central banks around the world offered a little help, providing the liquidity and easy monetary conditions required to boost sentiment and support valuations. jamie grant, head of emer...
Our Short Term Investments and Global Credit team is supported by our global credit research analyst community. For nearly 20 years, the team has delivered actively managed credit portfolios, spanning both investment grade and high yield corporate credit markets.
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.
The ongoing coronavirus (covid-19) outbreak has morphed from a health crisis to an economic crisis, forcing governments to balance keeping their people safe with limiting the severity of the economic downturn including a raft of extraordinary fiscal support measures. a by-product of this sizeable...
Fortunately it’s possible to anticipate the future return profile of short-dated global credit with a reasonable degree of confidence. doing so is certainly less complicated than predicting economic conditions and movements in interest rates and, in turn, forecasting possible returns from aggrega...
Global investment manager, First Sentier Investors, today announced changes to its investment capabilities within Australia.
Because of their income characteristics, it is possible to anticipate the future return profile of global credit securities with a reasonable degree of confidence. doing so is certainly less complicated than predicting movements in interest rates in an effort to earn capital gains.
Why a flexible investment approach may make all the difference when simply being invested is no longer enough.
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.
The Coronavirus crisis and its economic and financial market impacts echo several other fear-induced episodes that First Sentier Investors has seen in his 35 years in the investment business. See how the Coronavirus has affected debt markets, yields and market sentiment.
We have seen a steady stream of Green Bonds come to market in the Australian corporate and semi government space, but issuance has so far been lacking in the sovereign sector. This is set to change in mid-2024, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers recently announcing the Government’s plan to establish a G...
The Realindex Australian Share Value-Class A Fund is a real achiever that, since its inception in 2008, has delivered long-term outperformance compared to its benchmark for investors.
With the United States just weeks away from a Presidential election, the stakes are high for a country that has been grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, social unrest and an economic crisis.
As shareholders question ESG practices more than ever before, we spoke to our clients about how they are thinking about ESG when managing their funds. From reducing emissions to corporate culture and ESG risk assessments, the conversation highlighted the industry’s approach is not uniform but we ...
A static investment approach is unlikely to deliver on investors' long term return objectives in markets ahead. Our Multi-Asset Solutions team explore 5 considerations key to asset allocation in 2021.
Find out more about our short term investment cash funds today. they aim to provide a regular income from investments in money market securities.
Shares, bonds, and alternative asset classes tend to dominate media attention and headlines, but there's a forgotten asset class that underpins most investors’ portfolios: cash. record low interest rates around the world saw cash fall out of favour with investors in recent years, but prospective ...
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Video: A lesson in extreme asset allocation
Our Multi-Asset Solutions team look at geopolitical tensions, populism, the fundamentals and how this impacts portfolio positioning across growth and defensive assets as we enter 2020.
Podcast: A lesson in extreme asset allocation
There’s a reasonable chance of achieving your investment objective over the long term by sticking to the plan. Not so fast! Here's why it's time to review your approach to asset allocation with volatile times ahead.
The Realindex Australian Share Value-Class A Fund is a real achiever that, since its inception in 2008, has delivered long-term outperformance compared to its benchmark for investors.
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