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  • Trip report: Putting the Philippines on the map

    Stewart Investors visits one of Asia’ fastest-growing economies to check on its progress at first hand and to meet some of the companies that are contributing to and benefiting from its development.

    02 September 2025
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  • Executive pay: What’s in a number?

    Examining differing approaches to executive pay allows us to assess whether the interests and time horizons of a company’s senior leaders are aligned with the interests of its long-term shareholders.

    29 September 2025
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  • Business built on trust: India

    When we invest on behalf of our clients, who entrust us with their savings, we strive to embody both qualities. These qualities also guide our analysis of companies and their management teams.  

    28 April 2025
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  • Asia Pacific Leaders: Thoughts

    Analyst and Senior Portfolio Manager David Gait gives his thoughts on the Asia Pacific Leaders strategy highlighting investment ideas and portfolio activity.

    16 March 2025
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  • Asia Pacific All Cap: Thoughts

    Analyst and Senior Portfolio Manager David Gait gives his thoughts on the Asia Pacific All Cap strategy highlighting investment ideas and portfolio activity.

    15 March 2025
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  • How we select companies

    We are frequently asked how we narrow down a universe of 15,000 Asian and emerging market companies to about 50 in our portfolio. This question is especially relevant now that we invest globally, expanding our universe to 65,000 companies, making the challenge even greater.

    01 March 2025
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  • China is not one thing

    Investment Analyst Tyler Thomas reflects on his trip to China and the companies he met with.

    07 February 2025
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  • Innovation, Italian Style

    Despite Italy's challenging macroeconomic indicators, such as political instability and low fertility rates, the country remains a hub of innovation and dynamic businesses.

    04 February 2025
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  • From Sweden, With Love

    Our trip to Stockholm in September reaffirmed our conviction in the treasures Sweden offers to the world – ideas, products, and people.

    19 November 2024
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  • Biodiversity and our approach to it

    Biodiversity is the term commonly used to refer to the variety of living species on Earth, including plants, animals, bacteria and fungi. It is not a marketable good or product, nor a service; it is the living web that connects the tangible and intangible elements of healthy ecosystems.

    29 October 2024
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  • The dangers of a short-term view

    Stewart Investors focus on long-term investments in high-quality companies for sustainable growth. Short-term market fluctuations are less informative than long-term trends, as shown by Infineon's performance.

    29 October 2024
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  • Biodiversity and how we select companies

    Our investment approach favours companies that provide products and services that meet basic needs, solve difficult problems and seek to do more with less. A result of our investment philosophy means that we avoid companies that have a significant negative impact on the natural environment.

    29 October 2024
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  • Client letter: Why change a name?

    We have decided to remove the word ‘Sustainability’ from the Stewart Investors fund names. Why? Three and a half slow-burning thoughts have combined to make it the right time.

    23 September 2024
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  • Realising the potential of Access to Diagnostics

    Access to affordable diagnostics is crucial for healthcare, but it's a challenge in poorer countries. The Access to Medicines Foundation incentivises diagnostic companies and Stewart Investors partners with them to analyse investments.

    06 September 2024
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  • Biodiversity and the importance of stewardship

    Like many other environmental and social risks, biodiversity risks and impacts can be hard to assess as they are either hidden from the outside or occur deep in company supply chains.

    04 September 2024
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  • India: There is order in chaos

    The political chaos and the steady news flow emanating from India’s sensationalist media is often perceived as a risk. We disagree. It is no different to what we see in any other democratic society.

    28 August 2024
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  • Uncovering quality in China through bottom-up stock picking

    Over the last twelve months, our Asia and Global Emerging Markets portfolios have been increasing their exposure to Chinese equities. As bottom-up stockpickers, we have become more optimistic about the potential returns from owning what we believe to be some of China’s best businesses at very reasonable valuations.

    19 August 2024
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  • Biodiversity Q&A

    In this piece we answer some of the frequently asked questions about biodiversity and our approach.

    15 August 2024
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  • Finding gems in Ohio

    In Ohio, the blend of hard work, good business sense, independent thinking and the ability to take risks when appropriate, has delivered a group of companies that are well worth stopping for.

    16 July 2024
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  • A + I equals more than NVDA

    OpenAI released GPT-4, the sophisticated Large Language Model (LLM) behind ChatGPT, one year ago. Over that year, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has never been out of the news and the market cap of US tech stocks has risen by 50%

    27 March 2024
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  • The Sustainable 6

    We thought it could be useful to showcase a selection of companies we’re referring to as the Sustainable 6. This is just one selection we think reflects the variety, quality, and excellent sustainability positioning of all the companies we invest in for clients.

    27 March 2024
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  • P&I Interview: Delivering returns through stewardship

    Sashi Reddy and Sujaya Desai speak to Pensions & Investments about the importance of stewardship, and how we look for management teams who have the intention and ability to leave businesses in much better shape than they found them in.

    19 October 2023
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  • Why stewardship matters

    Prioritising long-term growth over short-term gains takes confidence and vision from high-quality management. Great stewardship through long-term decision making benefits businesses in myriad ways but it doesn’t manifest the same way in every company.

    04 September 2023
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  • Why India: Investing in the Indian subcontinent

    The Indian subcontinent has been a fantastic investment destination over the last few decades. Investment returns in the subcontinent have been primarily driven by India since she liberalised her economy in 1991.

    16 January 2023
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  • Why India: Home to high-quality companies

    India is home to many high-quality companies. Our past decades of investing in the Indian subcontinent has demonstrated that exceptional businesses managed by competent, conservative stewards deliver disproportionately better returns through cycles.

    15 January 2023
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  • Why accounting choices matter

    Commuters on the London Underground would be familiar with the warning to “mind the gap”. The investment industry is in dire need of a similar warning but with an extra A – “Mind the GAAP”.

    30 November 2022
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  • Tackling climate change in emerging markets

    As the human effects of climate change continue to intensify around the world, asset owners and managers are rightly grappling with their responsibilities to help avoid catastrophe.

    13 October 2022
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  • Spotlight on sustainability: Watsco

    Sashi Reddy discusses Watsco, the largest distributor of HVACR (heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration) products in North America.

    02 October 2022
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  • The importance of diversity

    How do the Stewart Investors team seek to address diversity? Sashi Reddy discusses the investment team’s approach, and why fostering diversity of thought is not just important but crucial in implementing the team’s investment philosophy for the long term.

    15 August 2022
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  • Climate Report: The race to zero

    Welcome to our climate report. In the report we share a baseline of our climate change-related risks, opportunities and impacts, from which our progress towards zero-carbon portfolios and operations can be assessed in the years ahead.

    23 June 2022
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  • The problem with ESG scores

    Some ESG data can be useful in certain circumstances, but can an over reliance on simplistic ESG scores be a dangerous strategy?

    06 April 2022
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  • Trip Report: US

    The emergence of trends that will likely shape the next decade, including cloud computing, automation, connectivity and artificial intelligence (AI), has created some appealing honeypots for investors to dip their paws into. These companies are often well positioned in the face of broad sustainability tailwinds and characterised by steady growth streams, so one can understand the allure.

    05 April 2022
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  • Proxy Voting Policy and Guidelines

    We believe judgement is a better guide to voting than a rules-based approach. Our voting policy is based on a parsimonious set of principles and key considerations that in our judgement are likely to be applicable to all companies in the vast majority of circumstances.

    16 March 2022
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  • How big is big enough?

    Today’s technology giants may have many admirable qualities, but should we question their ongoing contribution to sustainable development?

    06 January 2022
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  • Company Interview: Watsco Inc

    Heating and air conditioning usage account for a large percentage of the energy consumed in the average American home. By installing energy-efficient HVACR systems, Watsco, Inc. are assisting home owners to reduce their environmental footprint and tackle climate change.

    09 December 2021
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  • The Power of Story

    In a recent essay, Santa Fe economist Brian Arthur challenges economists to describe the world in more than algebraic terms. He believes they should extend their vocabulary (and minds) to include verbs, alongside their highly prized nouns, to allow the underlying processes, context and organic nature of complex systems to be described in full technicolour.

    14 October 2021
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  • Diversity statement

    Diversity is an integral part of sustainable development and is important to us as investors, employers and as members of society.

    09 September 2021
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  • Emerging markets’ new generation of tech firms

    Over the last decade, the role and prominence of technology companies in emerging markets has increased markedly. Emerging markets economies have proven themselves capable of producing truly world-leading tech firms. And as smartphone penetration has surged, the positive impact of technology on daily life in emerging markets has been very significant.

    01 June 2021
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  • Why do Payable Days matter?

    ‘Payable Days’ is the number of days a company takes to pay its suppliers. Investors often learn in ‘Finance 101’ courses that the longer a company takes to pay its suppliers the stronger its bargaining power is with them. Consequently, this is considered as key evidence of a strong franchise. We beg to differ.

    15 February 2021
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