Nomura Funds Ireland – Global High Conviction Fund
Overview
Equity investors have long felt short-changed by fund managers as so few have proved able to outperform indices on a consistent basis. This has driven many to move to a ‘passive’ approach, turning to index trackers and ETFs.
Conversely, we believe that this secular shift is leading to growing opportunities for focused stock-pickers. However, to take advantage of these opportunities, investors need to focus on both the quality of the underlying assets and their intrinsic value.
Our Global High Conviction team is equipped to drill down on potential opportunities in markets across the world.
Our approach
- Bottom-up focusing on quality stocks trading at discount valuations.
- Only around 20 to 25 high conviction stocks – with very high active share.
- No style bias and low turnover.
- SFDR* Classification: Article 8.
*EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.
Further details of the sustainability strategy are described in the tab “Sustainability-related disclosure”.
Reasons to invest
- Truly active investing.
- Unconstrained** approach – the team are able to invest across global equity markets.
- Large, established team emphasising rigorous stock research.
** Other than certain sustainability-related binding criteria.
Potential significant risks
This Fund holds a limited number of investments. If one of these investments falls in value this can have a greater impact on the Fund’s value than if it held a larger number of investments.
Sustainability information from investee companies and third-party data providers may be incomplete, inaccurate or unavailable. As a result, there is a risk that we may incorrectly assess a security or issuer, resulting in the incorrect inclusion or exclusion of a security in the portfolio.
Investment Objective |
To achieve long-term capital growth through investment in a highly concentrated, actively managed portfolio of global equities. Our approach is bottom-up as we seek to invest in quality companies trading at a discount to intrinsic value. We believe that successful portfolio diversification can be achieved with around 20-25 stocks. |
Fund Size |
USD 89.2 million (as at 31.10.2025) |
Investment Manager |
Nomura Asset Management U.K. Ltd. |
Lead Fund Manager |
Javier Panizo, CFA, Lead Portfolio Manager, |
Launch Date |
21.12.2015 |
Base Currency |
USD |
Universe |
Morningstar category: Global Large-Cap Blend Equity IA Sector: Global |
Benchmark |
MSCI All Countries World |
Domicile |
Ireland (Nomura Funds Ireland plc) |
Lead ISINs |
Institutional ‘I’ USD – IE00BD4DXL75 Institutional ‘I’ GBP – IE00BD4DXN99 Retail ‘A’ USD – IE00BD4DXF16 Retail ‘A’ EUR – IE00BD4DXG23 For additional share class information, please contact us. |
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For a full list of available share class documents including PRIIPs KIDs, please visit our fund documents page.
The lead share class fund literature is shown first in the above list. If any literature is not available in the above list for the share class you are invested in/interested in, please contact [email protected]
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.
Full information on the presented funds, which is relevant for an investment decision, can be found in the fund´s most recent sales prospectus, key information document (PRIIPs KID), key investor information document (UCITS KIID) – as appropriate for your relevant jurisdiction – and annual and semi-annual reports. The UCITS KIIDs are available in English and, for the PRIIPs KIDs, in the official language of the countries in which the fund is registered for distribution. This fund displays higher volatility due to its composition / the techniques used by the fund management, i.e. unit prices can fluctuate upwards or downwards within short periods of time. Performance in the past is no guarantee of future success. There can be no guarantee that the fund´s investment objective will actually be achieved.
A summary of investor rights in English and information on collective redress mechanisms are available at https://www.nomura-asset.co.uk/download/funds/how-to-invest/Summary_of_investor_rights.pdf . Nomura Asset Management U.K. Limited may at any time decide to terminate arrangements it may have made for the marketing of units of a fund in a member state other than its home member state.
