Overview
JPMorgan Japanese’s objective is to achieve capital growth from investments in Japanese companies by long term outperformance of the Company’s benchmark index, the Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st Section Index (‘TOPIX’) expressed in sterling terms. In order to achieve its investment objective and to seek to manage risk, the company invests in a diversified portfolio of quoted Japanese companies. The number of investments in the portfolio will normally range between 50 and 100. The average number of holdings in the portfolio has reduced in recent years as the manager has focused on those companies that have strong balance sheets and are not affected by macro-economic issues. The company makes use of both long and short term borrowings to increase returns and focuses on first hand company research and analysis.
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12 Mar 2025 17 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Winds of change
Winds of change After years of incrementally-positive but slow-moving reforms, we are now starting to see real momentum across Japan’s corporate landscape as companies embrace governance changes and capital efficiency improvements. Over the past 12 months, dividend growth has accelerated to its fastest pace in 20 years and buybacks have reached record highs, climbing well […]
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16 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Winds of change
Winds of change After years of what the managers of JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) describe as incrementally-positive but slow-moving reforms, they believe we are now starting to see real momentum across Japan’s corporate landscape as companies embrace governance changes and capital efficiency improvements. Over the past 12 months, dividend growth has accelerated to its […]
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17 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Winds of change
Winds of change After years of incrementally-positive but slow-moving reforms, we are now starting to see real momentum across Japan’s corporate landscape as companies embrace governance changes and capital efficiency improvements. Over the past 12 months, dividend growth has accelerated to its fastest pace in 20 years and buybacks have reached record highs, climbing well […]
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14 Oct 2024 19 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Conviction drives returns
Conviction drives returns Having delivered impressive returns through 2023, Japanese markets have continued to rise this year, although it has not been entirely smooth sailing for the world’s third-largest economy. A tumbling currency and a 41-year high for inflation set the stage for successive interest rate hikes for the first time in almost two decades. […]
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19 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Conviction drives returns
Conviction drives returns Having delivered impressive returns through 2023, Japanese markets have continued to rise this year, although the manager notes that it has not been entirely smooth sailing. A falling yen and a 41-year high for inflation set the stage for successive rate hikes for the first time in almost two decades. The second […]
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19 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Conviction drives returns
Conviction drives returns Having delivered impressive returns through 2023, Japanese markets have continued to rise this year, although it has not been entirely smooth sailing for the world’s third-largest economy. A tumbling yen and a 41-year high for inflation set the stage for successive rate hikes for the first time in almost two decades. The […]
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17 Jan 2024 18 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Are we there yet?
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust Investment companies | Update | 17 January 2024 Are we there yet? Optimism driven by rapidly developing corporate governance reforms, a divergent economy cycle, and still-negative interest rates saw a dramatic rally in benchmark Japanese indices over 2023, with the TOPIX index (the Tokyo Stock Price Index) climbing to its highest […]
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18 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Are we there yet?
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust Investment companies | Update | 17 January 2024 Are we there yet? Optimism driven by rapidly developing corporate governance reforms, a divergent economy cycle, and still-negative interest rates likely contributed to a dramatic rally in benchmark Japanese indices over 2023, with the TOPIX index climbing to its highest level in more […]
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17 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Are we there yet?
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust Investment companies | Update | 17 January 2024 Are we there yet? Optimism driven by rapidly developing corporate governance reforms, a divergent economy cycle, and still-negative interest rates saw a dramatic rally in benchmark Japanese indices over 2023, with the TOPIX index climbing to its highest level in more than 30 […]
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05 May 2023 1 min read
Interview with Nicholas Weindling from JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust
In this week’s show, James Carthew spoke to Nicholas Weindling from JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust. If you were looking for the first part of QuotedData’s show, focused on the roundup of the week’s news, click here. If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us on [email protected]. Additionally, if you […]
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22 Mar 2023 17 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Backing the new Japan
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust Investment companies | Annual overview | 22 March 2023 Backing the new Japan JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) has a large exposure to companies that are focused on the modernisation of the Japanese economy. The portfolio embraces businesses in robotics, ecommerce, digitalisation, healthcare, and renewables. It also backs Japanese brands and […]
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18 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Backing the new Japan
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust Investment companies | Annual overview | 22 March 2023 Backing the new Japan JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) has a large exposure to good quality companies that are at the forefront of the modernisation of the Japanese economy. The portfolio embraces businesses in robotics, ecommerce, digitalisation, healthcare, and renewables. It also […]
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18 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Backing the new Japan
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust Investment companies | Annual overview | 22 March 2023 Backing the new Japan JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) has a large exposure to good quality companies that are at the forefront of the modernisation of the Japanese economy. The portfolio embraces businesses in robotics, ecommerce, digitalisation, healthcare, and renewables. It also […]
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06 Jan 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Trust Weekly News Roundup Show – Review of 2022
In this week’s show, James Carthew spoke to Andrew McHattie from Investment Trust Newsletter. If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us on [email protected]. Additionally, if you would prefer to watch and ask questions live, please join us every Friday at 11am.
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05 Jan 2023 90 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup January 2023
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | January 2023 A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairs and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage […]
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13 Oct 2022 14 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2022
Third quarter of 2022 Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Piling on the misery In the face of rising inflation, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, central bankers have condemned for their relative inaction. However, in the third quarter of 2022, they stepped up a gear. Last month’s economic and political roundup […]
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05 Jul 2022 11 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Unjustified selloff creates opportunities
Unjustified selloff creates opportunities JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) has given back much of its recent outperformance. The managers select companies that they believe are high-quality and offer good growth prospects for JFJ’s portfolio. They say that these types of companies have experienced a sharp and unjustified selloff. They note that the selloff mimics those […]
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11 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Unjustified selloff creates opportunities
Unjustified selloff creates opportunities A sharp selloff in the types of high-quality, growing companies favoured by JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) has meant that the trust has given back much of its recent outperformance. The selloff mimics those of other countries such as the US and UK, but Japan is not afflicted by the high […]
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11 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Unjustified selloff creates opportunities
Unjustified selloff creates opportunities A sharp selloff in the share prices of the types of high-quality, growing companies favoured by JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) has meant that the trust has given back much of its recent outperformance. The selloff mimics those of other countries such as the US and UK, but Japan is not […]
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17 Dec 2021 18 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Bright long-term future
Bright long-term future JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) had an impressive run of both absolute and relative performance going into and during the worst of the pandemic. However, once vaccines became a reality, the share prices of businesses that had struggled during lockdowns surged. These were often the types of company that the managers would […]
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18 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Bright long-term future
Bright long-term future JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) had an impressive run of both absolute and relative (to its benchmark index and to competing trusts) performance going into and during the worst of the pandemic. However, once vaccines became a reality, the share prices of businesses that had struggled during lockdowns surged. These were often […]
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18 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Bright long-term future
Bright long-term future JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) had a good run of both absolute and relative performance going into and during the worst of the pandemic. However, once vaccines became a reality, the share prices of businesses that had struggled during lockdowns surged. These were often the types of company that the managers would […]
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26 Nov 2021 1 min read
JPMorgan Japanese – Investor update playback
QuotedData hosted a webinar with Nicholas Weindling of JPMorgan Asset Management to provide an update on JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ). Nicholas discussed his current thoughts on the Japanese market, the company’s recent performance and the outlook for Japan. Follow the link below to view the update. Let us know if you have any questions […]
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24 May 2021 9 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Medium-term outlook undimmed
Medium-term outlook undimmed JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) performed exceptionally well last year. However, as our last update note warned, in periods of market exuberance, JFJ’s performance may lag its benchmark. Over the past couple of quarters, investors have become more excited about the prospects of post-COVID economic recovery in Japan and globally. As lower […]
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9 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Medium-term outlook undimmed
Medium-term outlook undimmed JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) performed exceptionally well last year. However, as our last update note warned, in periods of market exuberance, JFJ’s performance may lag its benchmark. Over the past couple of quarters, investors appear to have become more excited about the prospects of post-COVID economic recovery in Japan and globally. As […]
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9 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Medium-term outlook undimmed
Medium-term outlook undimmed JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) performed exceptionally well last year. However, as our last update note warned, in periods of market exuberance, JFJ’s performance may lag its benchmark. Over the past couple of quarters, investors have become more excited about the prospects of post-COVID economic recovery in Japan and globally. As lower […]
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18 May 2021 1 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust Update – QD Webinar playback
Watch our webinar below where we were joined by the managers of JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Nicholas Weindling and Miyako Urabe who presented their latest views on the Japanese markets and the economy and answered the audience’s questions. Click here to watch We have compiled a short survey on this event, which we would […]
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18 Feb 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s Round the World Webinar series – Asia day playback
On 10th February 2021, QuotedData hosted the penultimate Round the World webinar from our series. This webinar was focused on Asia and included presentations and Q&As from 4 investment companies’ managers, covering markets across Asia. We would like to thank all of our speakers and attendees for joining us. Click on the links below to watch […]
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09 Dec 2020 10 min read
JP Morgan Japanese Investment Trust – Strength to strength
Strength to strength QuotedData’s initiation note on JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) focused on the trust’s performance record relative to its benchmark and competing trusts. Over the past few months, it has extended this record. In addition, JFJ’s discount has narrowed significantly, further boosting returns to shareholders. JFJ’s managers are optimistic about the future for […]
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10 min read
JP Morgan Japanese Investment Trust – Strength to strength
Strength to strength Our initiation note on JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) focused on the trust’s impressive performance record relative to its benchmark and competing trusts. Over the past few months, it has extended this record. In addition, JFJ’s discount has narrowed significantly, further boosting returns to shareholders. JFJ’s managers are optimistic about the future […]
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11 min read
JP Morgan Japanese Investment Trust – Strength to strength
Strength to strength Our initiation note on JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ), published in September this year, focused on the trust’s impressive performance record relative to its benchmark and competing trusts. Over the past few months, it has extended this record. In addition, JFJ’s discount to NAV has narrowed significantly, further boosting returns to shareholders. […]
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27 Nov 2020 1 min read
Interview with Nicholas Weindling of JPMorgan Japanese
In this week’s show, James Carthew talked to Nicholas Weindling, manager of JPMorgan Japanese Watch it again here If you were looking for QuotedData’s roundup of the week’s news, this is now in the news section – just click here If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us – [email protected]. […]
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09 Oct 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – October 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over September: Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust – […]
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09 Sep 2020 16 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Number one over three years
Number one over three years JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) is the best-performing trust in its peer group over three years by some margin (see page 14). The trust’s performance record has been achieved by following a conviction-driven stock-picking approach that focuses on quality and growth, two aspects that have been in demand in a […]
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16 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Number one for a good reason
Number one for a good reason JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) is the best-performing trust in its peer group over three years by some margin (see page 14). The trust’s remarkable performance record has been achieved by following a conviction-driven stock-picking approach that focuses on quality and growth, two aspects that have been in demand […]
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16 min read
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Number one for a good reason
Number one for a good reason Over three years, JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) is the best-performing trust in its peer group of competing funds by some margin (see page 15). The trust’s remarkable performance record has been achieved by following a conviction-driven stock-picking approach that focuses on quality and growth, two aspects that have […]
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10 Jan 2020 8 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – January 2020
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Polar Capital and Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you […]
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07 Jun 2019 5 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – June 2019
Economic & Political Roundup A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of the […]
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04 Apr 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – April 2019
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – April 2019 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of March 2019. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. JPMorgan Indian, India Capital Growth, Aberdeen New India and Ashoka India Equity Investment […]
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19 Dec 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – December 2018
QuotedData’s economic roundup – December 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any […]
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11 Jun 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – June 2018
QuotedData’s Economic round up – June 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or […]
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12 Jul 2017 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – July 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – July 2017 – is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or […]
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14 Jun 2017 1 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – June 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – June 2017 – is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or […]
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13 Oct 2016 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – October 2016
Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of September 2016. october-investment-companies-roundup
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08 Apr 2015 1 min read
Is Japan on the road to recovery? – a look at the sector
A falling population, enormous government debt, low to no growth, persistent deflation; this is not most people’s idea of the recipe for attractive investment returns. While they disagree on the impact of government efforts to kick-start the economy, the investment managers of investment companies specialising in Japan believe many Japanese companies can thrive regardless. Japan
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04 Apr 2025 5 min read
The Great Wave (of returns) – Is now the time to invest in Japan?
The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a seminal piece of Japanese artwork. Created by Katsushika Hokusai in 1831, it depicts three ships struggling against the seas off the coast of Japan – and has been argued to be one of the most recognisable pieces of art ever made. In some ways it has also, until […]
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27 Dec 2024 5 min read
QuotedData’s review of the year 2024
This is the last of our weekly emails for 2024. We hope that you have been finding them useful. 2024 has been a year of setbacks and shrinkage for the UK investment companies industry, topped by the cynical and self-serving attack on seven trusts by US corporate raider Saba Capital (there will be much more […]
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16 Dec 2024 13 min read
JPMorgan Japanese returns more than double the TOPIX
JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ) has published its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2024, during which it provided NAV and share price total returns of 24.2% and 22.4% respectively, both comfortably outperforming its TOPIX benchmark index, which provided a total return of +10.3%. The managers say that part of the outperformance reflects their success […]
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29 Oct 2024 2 min read
Baillie Gifford Japan convinced it can turn its fortunes around
Baillie Gifford Japan’s results for the 12 months ended 31 August 2024 show it lagging its benchmark TOPIX Index by 4.7 percentage points – the benchmark return was 14.7%, the NAV return was 10.0%, the share price return was even worse at 4.4%. The dividend is being maintained at 10p. 5,515,000 shares or around 6% […]
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25 Oct 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 October 2024 – ALW, JFJ, ATS, ARR, UKW
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 October 2024: As previously indicated, Alliance Witan (ALW) has increased its dividend following the combination of Alliance Trust and Witan Investment Trust to form Alliance Witan. ALW has declared a third interim dividend of 6.73p per share. The total of the first three interim dividends declared for 2024 is 19.97p […]
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11 Oct 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 October 2024 – UIL, JFJ, JSGI, ALW
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 October 2024: Following its announcement on 9 October that it is considering going private (click here to read), and the subsequent announcement that it is acquiring the remainder of Zeta it does not own (click here to read) UTL directors David Shillson, Alison Hill, Peter Durhager and Stuart Bridges have […]
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02 Aug 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 2nd August 2024
Thank you to everyone that listened in today on our YouTube channel. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: Pershing Square Holdings (0:35) JPMorgan Japanese / JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income (4:21) Andrew McHattie Introduction (9:01) Crystal Amber Fund (11:22) Highly concentrated trusts (14:48) Market rotation (17:22) UK small caps v […]
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31 Jul 2024 3 min read
Japan Small Cap Growth & Income to be merged into JPMorgan Japanese
JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ) and Japan Small Cap Growth & Income (JSGI) have announced that the two companies have agreed to a combination where JSGI’s assets will be rolled into JFJ. JSGI shareholders will be entitled to realise up to 25% of their investment in JSGI for cash. The current investment manager of both companies, JPMorgan […]
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26 Jul 2024 5 min read
Western worries, eastern opportunities: funds to capitalise on the unsung opportunities in Asia and the Middle East
This week seems to have been the grand finale of an eventful month for Western politics, culminating with the sudden withdrawal of Biden and the rise of Kamala Harris, which appears to have reinvigorated that contest. Biden’s exit followed an attempt on Trump’s life, the discord resulting from the French election, and the Labour Party […]
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15 Dec 2023 5 min read
QD view – An early Christmas present
An early Christmas present We hope that all of our readers are getting into the festive spirit, and to help with that the gracious team at JPMorgan has given us an early Christmas present. For those who are not yet aware, JPMorgan Asset Management (JPM), which runs numerous investment trusts such as JPMorgan Japan (JFJ) […]
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06 Dec 2023 3 min read
Strong outlook for JPMorgan Japanese but despite underperformance
JPMorgan Japanese announced its annual results for the 12 months to 30 September. NAV total return was 8%, underperforming the benchmark TOPIX index by 6.7%. Share price total return was 6.4% with the discount widening to around 8%. Commenting on the underperformance, chairman Christopher Samuel noted: “After the earlier periods of underperformance, this year’s numbers […]
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10 Nov 2023 4 min read
QD view – Japan: more to play for?
The Japanese market has been the surprise success story of the past 12 months. The Topix has hit multi-decade highs, rising 21% since November last year, fuelled by corporate governance reform and economic revival[1]. Yet the spoils have not been equally shared, with small and mid-cap companies trailing the index heavyweights. Could there be more […]
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04 Aug 2023 4 min read
QD view – the future of growth investing
In the second of our QD views trailing our upcoming investment companies forum, James Carthew sets the scene for our ‘future of growth investing‘ panel. At the end of 2021, most growth-focused funds were sitting at or close to all-time highs, but the start of 2022 saw a savage rotation away from growth towards value. […]
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06 Apr 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 April 2023
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 April 2023: JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ) has a new revolving credit facility of 10bn yen with the capacity to increase this by a further 2bn yen. Diverse Income (DIVI) has reminded shareholders that they can, if they wish, take advantage of its annual redemption facility at the end of May each […]
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13 Jan 2023 4 min read
QD view – Unloved Japan worth a look
A defining feature of 2022 was the strength of the US dollar, which shaped asset class returns for many investors over the year. The slump in the yen grabbed fewer headlines, but has been an important factor for the performance of Japanese equities. Its reversal may drive Japan’s financial markets in the year ahead. At […]
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14 Dec 2022 3 min read
JPMorgan Japanese hurt by focus on growth
JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ) has published its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2022. JFJ underperformed during the first half of its financial year and this continued into the second half, although both relative and absolute performance recovered in the final months of the financial year. Overall, JFJ’s NAV total return for the period […]
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20 May 2022 5 min read
JPMorgan Japanese relative performance hit by growth focus
JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ) has published its interim results for the six-months ended 31 March 2022. The period is one that has seen investors rotate away from the kind of high quality and high growth companies that JFJ focuses on (its manager runs a high conviction, unconstrained approach focused on finding the best investment ideas in […]
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13 Dec 2021 3 min read
JPMorgan Japanese increases dividend for second year running
JPMorgan Japanese increases dividend for second year running – JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ) has posted its annual report for the year to 30 September 2021, during which time it experienced a period of underperformance during the first half of the 2020/21 fiscal year, and then outperformed the benchmark in the second half of the year. Overall, […]
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23 Jul 2021 2 min read
QD view – Eyes on Tokyo
The Tokyo Olympics are underway. The games have been controversial in Japan, largely because of fears that they will accelerate the current wave of COVID-19 cases affecting the country. The opening ceremony played to a near-empty stadium and spectators are barred from events in Tokyo as a state of emergency is in force in the […]
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20 May 2021 3 min read
JPMorgan Japanese performance held back by market rotation
JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ) has announced its interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2021, during which it underperformed its benchmark, which can be primarily attributed to the market rotation in favour of companies expected to benefit from a recovery in economic activity, facilitated by the vaccine rollout. During the period, JFJ provided a […]
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02 Oct 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 2 October 2020
QuotedData’s weekly news show 2 October 2020 Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on youtube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: Jupiter UK Growth’s decision to give up Strategic Equity Capital’s new manager He then handed over to Andrew McHattie, who talked […]
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16 Dec 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 16 December 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 16 December 2019 – Gresham House Energy Storage (GRID) acquired two operational battery storage facilities totalling 50MW from VLC Energy, a joint venture between Low Carbon and VPI Immingham a subsidiary of Vitol Group, for £29.2 million. The facilities comprise a 40MW facility at Glassenbury, Kent, and a 10MW facility at […]
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13 Nov 2018 2 min read
JPMorgan Japanese outperforms the benchmark for the year
JPMorgan Japanese outperforms the benchmark for the year- JPMorgan Japanese had a return on net assets of 26.8%, which outperformed the benchmark by 14.2%. JPMorgan Japanese on 26th March 2018 reached a market capitalisation of £712.7 million which was sufficient enough for it to become a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index on 31st March […]
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14 Nov 2017 2 min read
Stock selection lets down JPMorgan Japanese
Stock selection lets down JPMorgan Japanese – JPMorgan Japanese has released results for the year ended 30 September 2017. Over the year it produced a total return on net assets of +9.7%, lagging its benchmark index by some 2.5%. When the effects of a tightening discount to net assets at which the shares trade is taken […]
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30 Nov 2016 1 min read
Lazard World Trust discount narrows
Lazard World Trust Fund’s net asset value rose 5.9% on a total return basis, compared with the gain of 6.2% of the MSCI All Country World ex-USA Index during the six-month period ended 30 September 2016. The Fund’s share price, as traded on the London Stock Exchange, was up 8.6% (dividends reinvested) as the discount narrowed. […]
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16 Nov 2016 3 min read
JPMorgan Japanese soars on sterling weakness
In the year to 30th September 2016, JPMorgan Japanese’s total return on net assets was 36.0% in sterling terms, compared with the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section (TOPIX) Index (the benchmark), which rose by 31.7%. The returns are calculated on a total return basis in sterling terms and were improved by the movement in the […]
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17 Oct 2016 1 min read
Japan investment trusts lure hungry investors
Japan investment trusts have stormed the charts over the past month, with investors showing renewed confidence in the performance of Japanese corporates. read more here
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11 Nov 2015 3 min read
JPMorgan Japanese – stock selection drives outperformance over TOPIX
JPMorgan Japanese, managed by Nicholas Weindling (Pictured), has announced its final results for the year ended 30 September 2015 during which the companies NAV rose 14.7% (total return in sterling terms), outperforming its benchmark TOPIX index, which returned 6.0%. The share price performance was stronger returning 19.5% during the year. Over three years the Company’s […]
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13 May 2025 1 min read
Investment trust insider on Japan
James Carthew: Two Japanese trusts that will thrive regardless of Trump’s tariffs Fresh from a recent trip to Japan, our columnist highlights two trusts that have generated attractive returns, even when faced with a lacklustre economy. I recently returned from a great holiday exploring Japan. Of course, you can only get a superficial impression of […]
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17 Apr 2025 1 min read
Fidelity Japan opens to bids for potential merger
Tom Aylott, Portfolio Adviser, 17 April 2025: Fidelity Japan will be open to bids for a potential merger from other investment trusts if its upcoming continuation vote is approved, according to a stock exchange announcement this morning (17 April). It received a merger proposal from AVI Japan Opportunities earlier this month but has since been […]
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27 Feb 2025 1 min read
Questor on JPMorgan Japanese
Questor on JPMorgan Japanese – How to buy local knowledge in Warren Buffett’s favourite foreign market With managers based in Tokyo, this Japanese trust continues to outperform Japan is back – just ask Warren Buffett. Much like the nation, many investment trusts focused on Japan have been through periods of difficulty, although few lasted as […]
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12 Aug 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on Japan’s sell-off
Investment trust insider on Japan’s sell-off – James Carthew: Surveying the damage from Japan’s savage selloff How does the land lie after Japan’s worst stock market crash since 1987 and as the US approaches its first rate cut, could the tide be set to turn for growth and small caps? Markets have been behaving oddly […]
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31 Jul 2024 1 min read
JP Morgan Asset Management merges two investment trusts
By Jonathan Jones, Editor, Trustnet, 31 July 2024: JP Morgan Asset Management is to merge two Japanese equity investment trusts, continuing the spate of consolidation in the investment company sector. The £163m JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income trust will be subsumed into JPMorgan Japanese, creating a £1bn investment company.. Shareholders in JPMorgan Japan […]
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Largest Japanese equity investment trust prepares merger to create £1bn portfolio
Eve Maddock-Jones, Investment Week, 31 July 2024: JP Morgan has decided to merge two of its Japanese equity-focused investment trusts into one all-cap portfolio. The respective boards of the Japan Small Cap Growth & Income (JSGI) and Japanese (JFJ) trusts have agreed to a merger, whereby the former’s assets will roll into the latter. Under […]
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JPMorgan to merge beleaguered Japan trusts
Tom Aylott, Portfolio Adviser, 31 JULY 2024: JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income will be merged into the JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust, boosting the portfolio’s assets under management (AUM) to £1bn.. Alexa Henderson, chair of the JPMorgan Japan Small Cap trust, said the board had “considered a number of possible alternatives” to solve this […]
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15 Jul 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on small caps
Investment trust insider on small caps – James Carthew: The world can’t be mean to small-caps forever The dominance of mega-cap tech stocks has exacerbated the underperformance of smaller company funds, but history suggests this should change. Mean reversion, the tendency for asset prices to return to their long-term average, is a wonderful thing. However, […]
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15 Apr 2024 2 min read
Land of the rising Nikkei
By James Carthew, QuotedData,15 April 2024: The Nikkei 225, one of the flagship indices used to measure the performance of the Japanese market, hit a new all-time high in February and has carried on climbing since. That is a big deal because the previous high was set in 1989 and was followed by a prolonged […]
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18 Mar 2024 1 min read
Cheap trusts to add to your ISA for each developed market
By Matteo Anelli, 18 March 2024, Senior reporter, Trustnet: Discount opportunities abound in the investment trusts universe, where 31% of portfolios with at least a five-year track record are now trading at double-digit discounts. But that doesn’t mean that all of them make a great investment opportunity and discerning between the good and the bad […]
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18 Dec 2023 1 min read
Investment trust insider on 2023
Investment trust insider on 2023 – James Carthew: Dramatic 2023 leaves sector radically different The rationalisation of the sector continues. There has been a flurry of announcements over the past couple of weeks: Abrdn Diversified Income and Growth (ADIG) announced a managed wind down; Triple Point Energy Transition (TENT) declared it will begin an orderly […]
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22 Jun 2023 1 min read
Baillie Gifford or JP Morgan: Which investment trust for Japan?
By Jean-Baptiste Andrieux, Reporter, Trustnet, 21 June 2023: Japan is back on investors’ radar after decades of being unloved, with the Nikkei 225 reaching a 33-year high this year. In addition, Japanese equities received Warren Buffett’s seal of approval when he visited Japan in April to announce that Berkshire Hathaway would increase its investment in […]
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22 May 2023 1 min read
Investment trust insider on Japan activists
Investment trust insider on Japan activists – James Carthew: Activists in Japan make the future Last week’s big surprise was the announcement of a proposed merger between Abrdn Japan (AJIT) and Nippon Active Value (NAVF). This is by no means a done deal, shareholders of both trusts will need to approve the proposal, and I […]
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20 Jul 2022 1 min read
Sell-off creates perfect opportunity to buy Japanese funds and trusts
James Crux, Shares Magazine, 14 July 2022: Long-term investors in Japanese shares have endured several false dawns since the country’s Nikkei 225 stock index peaked at above 38,900 points in 1989. At the time of writing, the Nikkei 225 sits at the 26,393 mark, about 15% off its autumn 2021 one-year peak of 30,670 and […]
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17 May 2022 1 min read
Asian trusts succeeding despite China
James Carthew for Investment Week, 16 May 2022: Most Asian funds have had a tough time recently, dragged down by their Chinese exposure. Government intervention in a range of sectors unnerved investors, but now the country has embarked on a new phase of stringent lockdowns in a bid to maintain its zero-Covid policy. Funds dedicated […]
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25 Jan 2022 1 min read
Investment trust insider on Japan
Investment trust insider on Japan – James Carthew: It’s not over for Japan growth but activists are unlocking value Last February I looked at Japan investment trusts and suggested that both the growth-oriented JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ) and value activists Nippon Active Value (NAVF) and AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT) might be attractive. Then we had the […]
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19 Jul 2021 2 min read
Is it time to invest in Japan?
The Olympic games with no fans might not give it a boost, but its ‘cheap’ companies could prove a runaway success By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY, PUBLISHED: 21:51, 17 July 2021 Japan will dominate headlines around the globe for the next three weeks as the Olympic Games kick off this Friday… WHY JAPAN STILL HAS A […]
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16 Feb 2021 1 min read
Investment trust insider on Japan
Investment trust insider on Japan – James Carthew: Japan trusts backing internet winners and streamlining cash sinners Last summer I looked at JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), which was the leading investment trust specialising in the country at the time, and it still is! Fund managers Nicholas Weindling and Miyako Urabe have hit a sweet spot in performance […]
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04 Jan 2021 1 min read
2020’s investment trust winners: time to take profits?
2020’s investment trust winners: time to take profits? December 30, 2020 By Dave Baxter The enormous sell-off that took hold in February and March was swiftly followed by a fierce rally that has come to dominate much of the year. MSCI World index rose by nearly 40 per cent in sterling terms between the start of […]
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14 Jul 2020 2 min read
Investment trust insider on JPMorgan Japanese
Investment trust insider on JPMorgan Japanese – James Carthew: JPMorgan takes a lead in testing Japan The performance of Japan trusts is showing a surprisingly wide dispersion of returns. Over the past year JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ) has delivered 17% growth in net asset value (NAV) and rivals at Aberdeen (AJIT) and Fidelity (FJV) have also posted […]
