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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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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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formerly Realindex Investments

Leader in active quantitative equities across Australian equities, global equities, emerging markets and global small companies.

Backed by a unique blend of research, portfolio construction and risk management, focused on uncovering original insights and translating them into investment strategies that are active and systematic, aiming to generate alpha.

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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 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).
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.
Uk fixed income and currency market update. here, our fixed income team outline the key issues that are influencing investor sentiment.
Learn about investing in fixed income today. first sentier investors' on-the-ground teams share investment ideas uncovered in developed and emerging markets.
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.
Updates and thought pieces from our leading investment experts
Podcast: Signed, sealed, delivered
Find out how our seven fixed income investment specialists can help diversity your portfolio and and deliver a higher yield than bank deposits alone.
Podcast: Our take on 'whatever it takes' - spotlight on cash and credit
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.
or… why there is nothing passive about managing a passive fund!
We believe bond market demand in asia represents an opportunity for fixed income investors. there are many factors driving this positivity; asia’s strong growth outlook relative to other parts of the world, its demographics, the diversification within the universe of issuers and com...
Speculation over a downgrade to australia’s s&p sovereign credit rating is ramping up as the 2017 federal budget announcement approaches. will stronger commodities prices, growing export incomes and the upcoming small business tax cuts be sufficient to appease the s&p?
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 establ...
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.
Global investment manager, First Sentier Investors, today announced changes to its investment capabilities within Australia.
People are are at the heart of our success as a leading global asset manager
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.
APRA market communication on capital call expectations – 1 November, 2022
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...
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 ...
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.
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...
The well-established first sentier investors australian small and mid-caps team has extended its small companies long short strategy to retail investors for the first time
In today's economic research note, we break down the headline budget numbers, summarise key policy initiatives and explore their implications for key asset classes.
With the all in yield on high quality australian sustainable loans the highest it has been in a decade, it may now be a good time for investors to consider an allocation to this area of the market.
One of the most significant developments in global bond markets in recent years has been the collapse in term premium.The fact that the term premium is currently negative in Australia, and showing very little sign of heading substantially higher, is likely related to..
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 ...
Our specialist australian equity emerging companies team look for long term capital return by investing in growing australian companies.
Find out more about our short term investment cash funds today. they aim to provide a regular income from investments in money market securities.
Learn more about the emerging market fund which aims to outperform the MSCI Emerging Markets Index over rolling five year periods before fees and taxes.
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.
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.
Leading global investment manager, Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) today announced the completion of its sale from Commonwealth Bank of Australia to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
A diverse range of global, regional and sector based equity, multi-asset and fixed income investment strategies and funds
Property and infrastructure companies are the essential components that underpin our societies. They are the utilities that power our electric grids, they are the offices and homes we live and work in, the logistics centres we utilise, and the tollroads, railroads and airports we move around with.
2020 has been a bumpy ride for many since the Covid-19 outbreak first took hold earlier in the year. Since our last Neutral Asset Allocation (NAA) review, there have been several developments however attention is still dominated by the ongoing pandemic. At least as we near the end of this turbule...
The First Sentier Wholesale Strategic Cash Fund (‘the Fund’) reported a positive return (0.0032 or 0.32%, gross of fees) for the month of October 2022. This result was a welcome development following the low interest rate environment of the last 2 years, which has seen cash as an asset class stru...
Credit portfolios with genuine Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) integration could be a canary in the coal mine for potentially difficult-to-quantify risks and opportunities, including those likely to stem from climate change and the energy transition. While governments globally move a...
In this paper we outline why we believe there’s a case for making a structural allocation to credit markets within a diversified investment portfolio. for some, this might involve a partial reallocation of capital from composite/diversified fixed income exposures in favour of cr...
As the curtain closes on another year of surprises, investors are hoping for smoother sailing next year. But with inflation on the rise and a new Omicron variant in the mix, the outlook is far from clear. Against this backdrop, we asked some of our leading Portfolio Managers what issues will be o...
First Sentier Investors has been managing Global Credit strategies for more than 25 years and has the expertise and know-how to manage portfolios through full credit cycles.
While the wild swings in share, credit, currency, and commodity markets have garnered most of the attention in the months following the COVID-19 outbreak, cash markets in Australia have seen some highly unusual movements that demand further scrutiny.
First Sentier Multi-Asset Real Return Fund Neutral Asset Allocation Review. Read the paper: 'No time to buy: Volatility, tightening and reasons to be optimistic in 2023.'
Global investment manager igneo infrastructure partners (igneo), has reached an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in elliott green power australia (egp) via its australian renewables business, atmos renewables.
Now available on demand: Adviser Roadshow 2023
Property and infrastructure companies are the essential components that underpin our societies. They are the utilities that power our electric grids, they are the offices and homes we live and work in, the logistics centres we utilise, and the tollroads, railroads and airports we move around with.