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First Sentier launches ESG debt strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
First Sentier Investors is leveraging MUFG Bank's strengths in ESG financing for a new private debt capability that will initially focus on providing loans to the renewable energy sector. Officially launching today, First Sentier's sustainable ...

Wholesale funds recover losses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... State Street Global Advisors recorded 4.9% FUM growth followed by Victoria Funds Management (2.4%) and First Sentier Investors recording a slight decrease (2.8%). "While initially in 2020 stock markets worldwide experienced significant COVID-19 triggered ...

First Sentier funds appoint new RE

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... ownership, Colonial First State believed it was an appropriate time to retire as the RE of the funds," First Sentier Investors managing director Australia and New Zealand Liz Hastilow said. "First Sentier Investors' strong investment and client servicing ...

Careful portfolio rebalances needed: First Sentier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... income mean investors will need to carefully rebalance their equities and bonds mix in 2021, according to First Sentier Investors. In its 2021 outlook, the multi-asset solutions team said that although financial markets have stabilised in several regions ...

First Sentier launches infrastructure fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
First Sentier Investors has launched a new US-listed infrastructure fund that is managed locally. The First Sentier American Listed Infrastructure Fund (FLIAX) aims to achieve income and capital growth by investing in a diversified portfolio of up to ...

Macquarie IM the nation's largest manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... manages the largest amount of domestic investments, taking up over half of its portfolio at $86.2 billion. First Sentier Investors ($85.3bn) comes second in terms of locally managed assets, followed by IFM ($80.3bn). Overall, the exchange-traded products ...

Northern Trust wins First Sentier mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
The $219 billion global manager has appointed Northern Trust for middle-office outsourcing services, after it separated from Commonwealth Bank. First Sentier Investors' middle-office functions were handled by CBA subsidiary Colonial First State ...

First Sentier hires from AMP Capital

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
First Sentier Investors has named its investor relations director in its direct infrastructure team, hiring from AMP Capital. Celine Kabashima spent eight years at AMP Capital and was most recently senior investment specialist for infrastructure debt ...

Asset managers want action on modern-day slavery

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... (IAST) APAC, a newly-formed coalition that includes Aware Super, AustralianSuper, HESTA, Christian Super, First Sentier Investors and Fidelity International, is raising more awareness about the perils of modern-day slavery that lurks behind supply chains. ...

Investors take charge in C-suite equality

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... by 2030. Aberdeen Standard Investments, BlackRock Australia, Ellerston Capital, Fidelity International, First Sentier Investors, IFM Investors, Pendal Group and WaveStone Capital will engage with ASX200 companies to encourage them to sign up to HESTA's ...