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First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Limited

Hong Kong, Hong KongSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 281553

Filed as FIRST SENTIER INVESTORS (HONG KONG) LIMITED

First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, registered since 2015, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 21, 2026.

11 years
registered since 2015
$32,874,051,381
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Limited compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Limited reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Limited located?

First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Limited's principal office is in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, according to its Form ADV.

Is First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Limited registered with the SEC or a state?

First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2015. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 281553.

How much does First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Limited manage?

First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Limited reports $32,874,051,381 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 21, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Limited's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Limited: Regulatory assets under management: $46,384,111,724 in the October 2021 data and $32,874,051,381 in the October 2026 data, down 29%. Total employees: 96 in October 2021 and 87 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Limited serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (10); state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (7); corporations or other businesses not listed above (6).

Does First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Limited report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/281553

What changed in First Sentier Investors (Hong Kong) Limited's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: No longer lists the business name Stewart Investors. Added the business name First Sentier Group. Regulatory assets under management went from $23,934,850,160 to $32,874,051,381 (+37%).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$32,874,051,381

$32,874,051,381 as of October 2026, filing dated September 21, 2026.

Discretionary: $32,874,051,381.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 10 Assets $23,304,258,147 (71%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 5 Assets $3,243,781,965 (10%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 7 Assets $3,410,920,684 (10%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 6 Assets $2,915,090,585 (9%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
FIRST SENTIER GROUP, FIRST SENTIER INVESTORS, FSSA INVESTMENT MANAGERS, IGNEO INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS, RQI INVESTORS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2015 (11 years)
Employees
Total: 87. Performing investment advisory functions: 11.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$46.4B 2021 $45.6B 2022 $37.2B 2023 $24.5B 2024 $23.9B 2025 $32.9B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$32,874,051,38187September 21, 2026
October 2025$23,934,850,16090July 8, 2025
October 2024$24,453,921,637100September 20, 2024
October 2023$37,208,292,527108March 30, 2023
October 2022$45,560,255,846101March 28, 2022
October 2021$46,384,111,72496March 28, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $46,384,111,724 in the October 2021 data and $32,874,051,381 in the October 2026 data, down 29%.

Total employees: 96 in October 2021 and 87 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • No longer lists the business name Stewart Investors.
    • Added the business name First Sentier Group.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $23,934,850,160 to $32,874,051,381 (+37%).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
firstsentiergroup.comfirstsentierinvestors.comfssaim.comigneoip.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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