First State Investments

THE BIG QUESTION

RADAR ALERT

SECTOR ANALYSIS: PROPERTY

Architas' Caspar Rock has restructured the Asian equities portion of his £64m Multi-Manager Growth fund to smooth returns.

First State's global resources team says analysts are significantly underestimating earnings for the sector.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW

First State's head of global resources David Whitten is leaving to take a career break after 13 years at the group.

First State has launched an onshore version of its Global Agribusiness fund, managed from Australia by global resources specialists Renzo Casarotto and Skye Macpherson.

First State Investments has added a Global Agribusiness fund to its Dublin-domiciled range.

First State's Peter Meany believes utility stocks are beginning to look attractive again, following months of underperformance.