The election of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and nomination of new Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda have drawn investor focus back to Japan. Coupled with a weakening Yen, conditions are more favourable for Japanese equities than they have been for some time.
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The fund, managed entirely through a bottom-up approach, has seen inflows from a variety of European and Asian investors. The fund has outperformed the TOPIX by 1.18% annualised since its inception in August 2009, whilst the underlying strategy, managed by the same team has outperformed TOPIX by 6.13% on an annualised basis since its inception in 2000.*
As one of the leading Asian-based managers, Nomura enjoys a good reputation for its capabilities in this area.
Notes:
1) The Nomura Funds Ireland plc Japan Strategic Value Fund was launched on 26th August 2009 (ISIN: IE00B3VTL690, Bloomberg: NOMIRL6 ID)
2) The fund management team is based in Tokyo and manages $3.1bn in total
3) The inception date of the strategy was 25th July 2000
4) The fund offers a variety of share classes (Yen, GBP and US$), including hedged share classes
5) Nomura Asset Management manages some $280bn of AUM overall (as at 31 December 2012)
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