INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
The investment objective of the Japanese Smaller Companies Fund is to seek long-term capital appreciation by investing at least two-thirds of its total assets in smaller Japanese companies. For this purpose, companies falling within the bottom 25% of their relevant market by way of market capitalisation are considered to be smaller companies. The Fund may invest in OTC markets. Such markets are geographically de-centralised and may be operated and regulated differently from other markets and accordingly may be subject to slightly more risks.
ABOUT THIS FUND
- Positioned to benefit from a recovery in Japan’s economy and improving corporate governance to generate long-term capital appreciation
- High-conviction strategy leveraging more than 40 years’ experience in Japanese equities
- Invests in the smallest 25% of listed Japanese companies by market capitalisation, which the team believes are set to benefit most from a domestic recovery
RATINGS AND AWARDS
S&P assigns a Principal Stability Fund Rating (PSFR) for money market funds within a range from AAAm (highest) to Dm (lowest), where AAAm indicates S&P's opinion of a fund's extremely strong capacity to maintain principal stability and to limit exposure to principal losses due to credit risk and Dm indicates a failure to maintain principal stability resulting in a realized or unrealized loss of principal. Ratings do not eliminate risk and should not be used as the sole basis for evaluating an investment product. Please see Ratings Criteria at disclosure.spglobal.com/ratings/en/regulatory/ratings-criteria for further information. A fee was paid for the use of this data.
RATINGS AND AWARDS
S&P assigns a Principal Stability Fund Rating (PSFR) for money market funds within a range from AAAm (highest) to Dm (lowest), where AAAm indicates S&P's opinion of a fund's extremely strong capacity to maintain principal stability and to limit exposure to principal losses due to credit risk and Dm indicates a failure to maintain principal stability resulting in a realized or unrealized loss of principal. Ratings do not eliminate risk and should not be used as the sole basis for evaluating an investment product. Please see Ratings Criteria at disclosure.spglobal.com/ratings/en/regulatory/ratings-criteria for further information. A fee was paid for the use of this data.
