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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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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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is recognised as a Responsible Investment Leader 2021 by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). This acknowledges our commitment to responsible investing; our explicit consideration of environmental, social and governance factors in investment decision making, our strong and collaborative stewardship; and our transparency in reporting activity, including the societal and environmental outcomes being achieved.

Stewart Investors Global Emerging Markets Leaders Sustainability

The Global Emerging Markets Sustainability All-Cap strategy launched in February 2009. Due to capacity constraints of the All-Cap strategy and strong demand and desire to offer clients an emerging markets solution, we launched the Global Emerging Markets Leaders Sustainability strategy in April 2020. This strategy is now available to Australian clients. It invests in 25-60 high-quality emerging markets companies that we consider to be particularly well positioned to benefit from and contribute to sustainable development.

Leaders simply means that the strategy is focused on companies with a market cap value of at least USD1 billion.

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Strategy highlights: a focus on quality and sustainability

  • Companies must contribute to sustainable development and make a net-positive impact to a more sustainable future 

  • We invest in high-quality companies with exceptional cultures, strong franchises and resilient financials

  • Our investable universe includes emerging markets companies globally and is based on economic activity rather than index country listings

  • We avoid companies linked to harmful activities and engage and vote for positive change 

  • Our approach is long-term, bottom-up, high conviction and benchmark agnostic

  • We focus on capital preservation as well as capital growth – we define risk as the permanent loss of client capital 

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Stewart Investors Global Emerging Markets Leaders Sustainability Fund is recognised as a Responsible Investment Leader 2021 by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA).

This acknowledges our commitment to responsible investing; our explicit consideration of environmental, social and environmental factors in investment decision making, our strong and collaborative stewardship; and our transparency in reporting activity, including the societal and environmental outcomes being achieved. 

Stewardship

Careful, considered and responsible management of our clients’ funds.

Quality

Investing in quality companies with sound growth prospects and strong management teams.

Experience

Applying the same investment philosophy since 1988.

Responsible Investment Leader 2021

Stewart Investors has been awarded Responsible Investment Leader 2021 status by RIAA

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Stewart Investors has been recognised as a Responsible Investment Leader 2021 by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA).

This acknowledges our commitment to responsible investing; our explicit consideration of environmental, social and governance factors in investment decision making, our strong and collaborative stewardship; and our transparency in reporting activity, including the societal and environmental outcomes being achieved.

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This interactive tool tells the sustainable development stories of the companies we invest in across our strategies, and the contribution companies are making towards climate solutions, human development or the Sustainable Development Goals. The tool can filter, tap and switch between views in order to explore the different ways in which we believe the companies are making the world a better place.

Explore how the companies in our strategies are contributing to sustainable development here.

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Updates including portfolio changes and proxy voting for Global Emerging Markets Leaders Sustainability and more

We provide regular strategy updates including portfolio changes and proxy voting, and links to our investment rationales, latest articles, statements, webcasts and videos which explore our thinking on sustainable investment, including the challenges and issues we grapple with in our search for high-quality companies.

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On 16 September 2019, Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) rebranded to First Sentier Investors. Any content produced prior to this date that references CFSGAM or Colonial First State Asset Management (Australia) Limited should be read as references to First Sentier Investors or First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd.

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