Nomura Funds Ireland – Asia Sustainable Equity Fund
Overview
The Asia Sustainable Equity Fund is a concentrated Asia Pacific ex Japan equity strategy that seeks to deliver strong risk-adjusted returns through investing in companies that the fund believes to contribute or will contribute to solving social or environmental problems.
The fund target to achieve an excess returns of 2%-3% p.a. over the benchmark, measured over a 3-year rolling period, with target tracking error of 3%-10% p.a.
- SFDR* Classification: Article 9
* EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.
Investment style
Our investment style is sector agnostic. We build an actively managed, high-conviction portfolio of 40 to 50 holdings. We focus on companies that the fund believes to provide a high overall positive environmental and/or societal impact (the environment, customers, suppliers, employees, society, and investors).
We consider every investment closely to ensure it is positively aligned with the UN SDGs aligned Impact Goals.
The strategy combines our Total Stakeholder Impact approach and longstanding core Asia ex Japan ‘Country Centric Fundamental Analysis’ investment process.
Our approach
- Each country specialist focuses on his / her respective market of expertise, understanding the country specific dynamics including ESG issues and incorporating these into stock selection decisions.
- A differentiated approach of identifying businesses and companies that the fund believes to contribute or will contribute to solving social or environmental problems based on our proprietary framework forms the initial basis for our stock selection process.
- Fundamental bottom-up analysis, based on material financial and non-financial aspects and combined with our Total Stakeholder Impact approach are core elements of the portfolio construction of 40 to 50 holdings.
Further details of the sustainability strategy are described in the tab “Sustainability-related disclosure”.
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Potential significant risks
Emerging markets or less developed countries may face more political, economic or structural challenges than developed countries.
Investment Objective |
The Asia Sustainable Equity Fund invests in companies that deliver high total positive impact across all stakeholders while providing capital growth over the long term. |
Fund Size |
USD 6.0 million (as at 31.10.2025) |
Investment Manager |
Nomura Asset Management U.K. Ltd. |
Fund Manager |
Shigeto Kasahara, Senior Portfolio Manager Viresh Mehta, Head of Asia ESG |
Launch Date |
31.03.2022 |
Base Currency |
USD |
Universe |
Morningstar category: Asia-Pacific ex-Japan Equity |
Benchmark |
MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Index (Net Total Return) |
Domicile |
Ireland (Nomura Funds Ireland plc) |
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Nomura Funds Ireland plc is an open-ended investment company with variable capital, incorporated in Ireland on 13th April, 2006 under the Act with registration number 418598. The Fund has been authorised by the Central Bank as an UCITS pursuant to the UCITS Regulations. The Fund is structured as an umbrella fund consisting of different Sub-Funds each comprising one or more Classes. The Fund has segregated liability between each of its Sub-Funds.
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