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FIRST STATE INVESTMENTS

First State’s Nicholas overweights Japan after property price falls

Investment Week | 04 Jul 2011

Andrew Nicholas, manager of First State’s £60m Global Property Securities fund, has moved overweight Japan, following the earthquake and tsunami in March.

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First State unveils Australian Growth fund

First State has launched an offshore Australian Growth fund focusing on large-cap companies, headed up by Naz Ressas.

Investment Week | 21 Jun 2011

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First State launches Worldwide Equity fund for Asante

First State has launched a Worldwide Equity fund for the group’s Asian and global emerging markets team, to be co-managed by Jonathan Asante and Stuart Paul.

Investment Week | 07 Jun 2011

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Agriculture still compelling despite commodities correction

First State's Renzo Casarotto says equity returns from agricultural stocks over the long term should compensate for volatility in the sector.

Investment Week | 17 May 2011

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Your guide to investing in agriculture

Maria Merricks looks at how specialist equity vehicles offer a stable route into this diverse asset class.

Investment Week | 18 Mar 2011

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Sugar miller can realise significant synergies

Renzo Cassarotto and Skye Macpherson, managers of the First State Global Agribusiness fund, talk about their top pick

Investment Week | 14 Mar 2011

First State Latin America fund avoids ‘fashionable’ Brazil on valuation fears

Soaring stock market performance in Latin America makes it hard to find quality companies at reasonable valuations, especially in Brazil, according to First State’s Millar Mathieson.

Investment Week | 04 Mar 2011

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Spotlight on ethical

The range of mandates available within the ethical space can make picking the right fund a challenge. Joanna Faith looks at a selection of different vehicles in this area…

Investment Week | 21 Feb 2011

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Six themes shaping infrastructure in 2011

First State's Peter Meany predicts the big topics which will hit the global listed infrastructure sector this year.

Investment Week | 17 Feb 2011

EM infrastructure build prompts race for profit

Developing countries’ drive to support their domestic economies through investing in infrastructure has sparked a series of fund launches and fresh capital raisings by managers hoping to profit.

Investment Week | 21 Jan 2011

First State sees major value in discounted global property ITs

Global real estate investment trusts trading on huge discounts are offering value but liquidity remains low, said the managers of First State’s Global Property Securities fund.

Investment Week | 17 Jan 2011

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Agribusiness sector offers strong growth potential

First State's Renzo Casarotto says rising food production volumes will drive long-term opportunties in agriculture.

Investment Week | 06 Jan 2011

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Ex-First State CEO Metcalfe joins Nikko

Nikko Asset Management has hired former First State CEO Charlie Metcalfe to lead its business across Europe, the Middle East and US.

Investment Week | 23 Nov 2010

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Asante issues EM bubble warning

First State’s Jonathan Asante has warned emerging markets are heading for a bubble because policymakers have resumed quantitative easing.

Investment Week | 22 Nov 2010

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Collapse of developed world currency is biggest risk to EMs

First State's Jonathan Asante predicts the brutal economic events still to come

Investment Week | 12 Nov 2010

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