First State Investments - Colonial First State Global Asset Management

Company description

First State Investments (‘FSI’, known as Colonial First State Global Asset Management in Australia, ‘CFSGAM’) is a global asset management business with experience across a range of asset classes and specialist investment sectors.

As at 31 December 2014 FSI managed US$156.9 billion of assets on behalf of investors worldwide. The Group has been actively investing in, and managing, infrastructure investments on behalf of institutional clients since 1994. Across the infrastructure business, we have circa US$9 billion of funds under management, with the current unlisted portfolio comprising 15 investments.

Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) is the largest manager of Australian-sourced funds and is the consolidated asset management division of Commonwealth Bank, with a company history which goes back more than 20 years.

Company details

City:
Sydney
Address:
Colonial First State Global Asset Management Darling Park, Tower 1 201 Sussex Street GPO Box 3892 Sydney NSW 2001

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Company updates

  • September 16, 2020

    FSI enters deal to acquire 40% stake in Terra-Gen from ECP

    First State Investments (FSI), a leading global investor in infrastructure, has entered a deal with Energy Capital Partners (ECP), a leading power and renewables private equity investor, for the...

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  • April 14, 2020

    First State invests in 13 MW Rialto Bioenergy Facility in Southern California

    First State Investments (FSI) has acquired a 49% stake in Anaergia's Rialto Bioenergy Facility (RBF) located in the USA. Terms were not disclosed. The RBF is a resource recovery facility under constr...

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  • April 06, 2020

    First State Investments buys 45.1% interest in MVV Energie

    First State Investments, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG and RheinEnergie AG have signed an agreement on the sale of 45.1% share in MVV Energie AG. First State Investments will acquire the...

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  • March 18, 2020

    Christian Super invests EUR15m in EDIF III

    Australian superannuation fund Christian Super has invested EUR15 million (US$16.47 million) in the European Diversified Infrastructure Fund (EDIF III) managed by First State Investments (Fi...

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  • September 20, 2019

    Snam to acquire 49.07% of the share capital of OLT, and take joint control of the terminal with First State Investments

    Snam and the Iren Group have signed an agreement related to Snam’s acquisition of the 49.07% stake in the share capital of OLT (Offshore LNG Toscana), the company which has built and manages the...

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  • September 02, 2019

    Equitix, Kansai invest in Electricity North West

    Consortium led by Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc. and Equitix join First State Investments and J. P. Morgan Asset Management as owners of Electricity North West. The new consortium takes a 50% share in...

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  • August 07, 2019

    EDIF II fund closes hard cap at EUR2.61 billion

    The European Diversified Infrastructure Fund II (EDIF II), managed by First State Investments, has reached a final close of EUR2.61 billion (US$2.9 billion) after it has secured additional funding of...

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  • July 19, 2019

    First State enters agreement with Uniper for OLT Offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) Toscana acquisition

    Australian fund First State Investments has entered into an agreement with Uniper for the acquisition of a 48.2% stake in the OLT Offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) Toscana. First State I...

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  • May 09, 2017

    First State raises €700m for First State European Diversified Infrastructure Fund II

    First State Investments has announced its European Diversified Infrastructure Fund II completed its first fundraising series reaching its target of €700 million (US$767 million) from gl...

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  • October 11, 2016

    Colonial First State Global Asset Management strengthens iglobal unlisted infrastructure team

    Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has strengthened its global unlisted infrastructure investments team with with both an Australian and a US-based appointment.

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