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Nomura Funds Ireland – Japan Small Cap Equity Fund

Overview

The Nomura Japan Small Cap Equity Fund aims to identify undervalued but highly competitive companies for long-term outperformance through rigorous, bottom-up fundamental analysis. With one of the largest Japan small-cap teams, we seek to identify investment opportunities by utilising our extensive research capabilities based in Tokyo.

Approach 

  • 100% bottom-up approach – identify undervalued companies relative to their intrinsic value, seeking companies with strong businesses, showing signs of positive change in fundamentals and governance, and expected to improve capital efficiency from changes in attitude towards shareholder returns.
  • Diversified portfolio of 100-200 holdings.
  • Focus on the competitiveness of companies and assessing the stability of long-term growth opportunities, high ROIC(return on invested capital), and ability to maintain or improve ROE(Return on Equity) through appropriate capital policies.

Reasons to Invest 

  • Unique investment opportunity – Many smaller companies in Japan have unique competitive advantages and growth drivers with limited sensitivity to economic fluctuations, and have the potential to raise their capital efficiency by improving governance.
  • Opportunity in market inefficiency – Due to lack of research and institutional ownership, Japanese small caps are generally misunderstood. Our Portfolio Managers are able to exploit these inefficiencies with their own research, visiting companies extensively.
  • Seasoned, on-the-ground team – One of the largest local internal research team of Portfolio Managers and analysts dedicated to small-caps in Japan.

Awards and Ratings 

 

Potential Significant Risks

By focusing its investments in Japan, the fund will have greater exposure to the market, political and economic risks of that country than if it was more diversified across a number of countries. Shares of smaller companies may be more difficult to buy and sell than those of larger companies.

Investment Objective

To achieve long-term capital growth through investment in an actively managed portfolio of Equity and Equity-Related Securities of small capitalisation companies in Japan.

Fund Size

USD 123.6 million (as at 31.08.2024)

Investment Manager

Nomura Asset Management U.K. Ltd.

Lead Fund Manager

Makoto Ito, CMA,
Senior Portfolio Manager

Launch Date

07.02.2020

Base Currency

JPY

Universe Sector

Morningstar Universe: EAA Fund Japan Small/Mid-Cap Equity

IA: Japan

Benchmark

Russell/Nomura Small Cap Index (dividends reinvested)

Domicile

Ireland (Nomura Funds Ireland plc)

Lead ISINs

F JPY: IE00BJCW7L63

For additional share class information, please contact us.

 

Fund Monthly Factsheet
Class F JPY

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