Colonial First State Global Asset Management - First State Investments

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

  • February 04, 2020

    Royal Vopak completes divestment of oil terminal in Algeciras

    Royal Vopak completed the earlier announced divestment of its oil terminal in Algeciras to First State Investments. This divestment is the finalization of the sale of three terminals (Amsterdam, Hambu...

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  • November 06, 2019

    HRADF receives 10 bids for Athens Airport stake

    Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has received 10 bids from interested parties in acquiring the 30% stake in Athens International Airport.  The Greek government owns a 55% st...

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  • October 25, 2019

    First State Investments completes acquisition of Patriot Rail and Ports

    First State Investments (FSI) announced that it has completed its acquisition of 100% of the equity of Patriot Rail and Ports from SteelRiver Infrastructure Partners, an independent investment manager...

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  • October 11, 2019

    Royal Vopak divest oil terminal in Algeciras

    Royal Vopak has concluded the discussions with the minority shareholder in Vopak Terminal Algeciras and has acquired the 20% of the shares held by Vilma Oil. Vopak has an agreement with First Sta...

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  • October 03, 2019

    Vopak completes divestment of terminals in Amsterdam and Hamburg

    Royal Vopak has completed the announced divestment of its terminals in Amsterdam and Hamburg to First State Investments.  The total agreed transaction value of the terminals in Amsterdam and Ham...

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  • October 01, 2019

    First State issues debt to finance Patriot Rail and Ports acquisition

    First State Investments issues debt to finance Patriot Rail and Ports acquisition from Steel River Infrastructure Partners. The acquisition will be financed with a USD 325 million first-lien credit f...

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  • September 20, 2019

    First State Investments launches third fund

    First State Investments (First State) has launched its third infrastructure fund, European Diversified Infrastructure Fund (EDIF III), after the success of its EDIF I and EDIF II funds. ...

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  • September 06, 2019

    First State Investments to Acquire Patriot Rail and Ports Business from SteelRiver Infrastructure Partners

    First State Investments (FSI) has reached an agreement with SteelRiver Infrastructure Partners to acquire 100% of the equity of Patriot Rail and Ports, which operates a portfolio of 12 short line frei...

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  • August 06, 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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  • August 05, 2019

    MUFJ completes takeover of Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM)

    Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (Trust Bank), a consolidated subsidiary of MUFG, today announced the completion of its acquisition of shares of nine subsidiaries of Colonial First State G...

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