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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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Leader in active quantitative equities across Australian equities, global equities, emerging markets and global small companies.
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Podcast: debt markets from a global perspective
2018 was a challenging year for all emerging market assets, including hard-currency debt. losses from higher us treasury yields and higher em risk premia outweighed the running yield and resulted in negative returns for the asset class. helene williamson, head of global emerging<...
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 significa...
Global credit markets have been challenged in 2018 and spreads have widened. asian issuers have not been immune from this volatility. following another default by a chinese issuer, our asian fixed income and emerging markets debt team take stock of where markets...
emerging markets are usually seen as a risky asset class. recent headlines of protests, currency devaluations and governance blow-ups have done little to dispel these impressions.
Learn about investing in fixed income today. first sentier investors' on-the-ground teams share investment ideas uncovered in developed and emerging markets.
Government fiscal and debt metrics are strong but pro-growth fiscal policy risks deterioration. at the point they are forced into using fiscal buffers, the market will have repriced the risk sharply.
Why a flexible investment approach may make all the difference when simply being invested is no longer enough.
This timeline highlights some of the market events during the last few weeks and how our experienced team has navigated the market volatility. We also highlight what to look out for in the weeks ahead and highlight some positives amongst all the negative news.
Our multi-asset solutions team delve into the key drivers of investment markets over the last six months and outline the changes we've made to our portfolio to navigate markets ahead.
Despite the significant volatility in financial markets that was such a defining feature of 2022, credit fundamentals remain broadly supportive; particularly in the us and europe. interest coverage ratios – which measure how comfortably companies can service their debt repayment obl...
We recently travelled to Sub-Saharan Africa to undertake bottomup research on a number of high yield sovereign credits, namely: Kenya, Zambia and Angola. Research trips, such as these, form a vital part of our investment process; particularly for countries where idiosyncrasies are the dominan...
In this article we look at how Lebanon’s bond default and potential restructure is becoming a challenge; a result of three “crises” overlapping, and how the complexity of the political circumstances make the situation all the more challenging.
On the anniversary of Lehman's collapse and as Typhoon #10 approached Hong Kong, Martin Lau spent time reflecting on the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis and here discusses if lessons learned are enough to steer us clear of another global financial crisis.
First state stewart asia believe the best companies can typically be found among the leading consumer, financial or industrial companies in the less developed parts of the world. here the team reflect on some investments made in emerging markets, including india, brazil, south afric...
Head of Global Property Securities Stephen Hayes: Global city populations continue to grow, driven by urbanisation. The provision of housing for growing populations is a major challenge for many countries and cities. Adequate housing is a factor that influences a city’s mobility of labour, social...
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 as...
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.'
Despite the extraordinary events since its launch in June 2007 – including the Global Financial Crisis, volatile commodity prices, and political upheaval in many parts of the world – the strategy has delivered strong, consistent returns through a focus on valuation, quality and active management.
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 objective-based strategies w...
In our last naa review published in december 2019, we discussed the impacts on global markets caused by escalating geopolitical tensions. since then, the us and china agreed upon a phase one trade deal and the uk general election placed boris johnson in power, allowing the uk to officially...
As we approach the midpoint of 2021, infrastructure is at an inflection point. different markets are emerging from covid-19 at their own pace, while long-term challenges like decarbonisation are more urgent than ever. in a recent client update, our global listed infrastructure team ...
Australia currently has a unique opportunity to set up a framework that can support investment aligned with the nation’s sustainability goals, by means of the Australian Sustainable Finance Strategy (“the Strategy”).
We recently reviewed the neutral asset allocation (naa) for the first sentier multi-asset real return fund; an exercise that is undertaken twice a year. this note summarises the key drivers of investment markets over the most recent six month period and outlines the changes made to the ...
We recently reviewed the neutral asset allocation (naa) for the first sentier multi-asset real return fund; an exercise that is undertaken twice a year. this note summarises the key drivers of investment markets over the most recent six-month period and outlines the changes made to the naa...
Learn how our global credit income strategy can help generate diversified investments. we go the extra mile to navigate risks and opportunities in global markets.
Insulation from the effects of inflation is a key objective for many investors and global listed infrastructure has delivered returns in excess of inflation over the long term. But passively investing in this asset class does not guarantee a hedge to inflation
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fssa india webcast focus on the india subcontinent markets and asia pacific equities
Despite China being the first country to face the challenges of Covid, early optimism around its control over the virus seems to have waned. As Chinese cities and provinces continue to battle against new variants and local surges, consumer spending is down and the economy is starting to slow. On ...
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