Winner: Arcus Japan
The shortlisted companies are:
Arcus Japan
New Capital Japan Equity
Russell IC Japan Equity
BlackRock Japan Small & Mid Cap Opportunities
iMGP Japan Opportunities
Arcus Japan
Management group: Arcus
Category: Japanese equity
Related benchmark used: TSE Topix
One-year total return: 42.32
Five-year total return: 129.85
Assets/Market capitalisation: £1.4bn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): Mark Pearson
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): March 1, 2016
New Capital Japan Equity
Management group: New Capital
Category: Japanese equity
Related benchmark used: TSE Topix
One-year total return: 34.23
Five-year total return: 117.06
Assets/Market capitalisation: £68.5mn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): Michele Malingamba
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): January 5, 1998
Russell IC Japan Equity
Management group: Russell Investments
Category: Japanese equity
Related benchmark used: TSE Topix
One-year total return: 32.98
Five-year total return: 72.03
Assets/Market capitalisation: £72mn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): Makiko Hakozaki
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): June 20, 1995
BlackRock Japan Small & Mid Cap Opportunities
Management group: BlackRock
Category: Japanese equity
Related benchmark used: TSE Topix
One-year total return: 32.79
Five-year total return: 64.59
Assets/Market capitalisation: £141mn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): Hiroki Takayama
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): May 1, 2014
iMGP Japan Opportunities
Management group: iMGP
Category: Japanese equity
Related benchmark used: TSE Topix
One-year total return: 32.03
Five-year total return: 71.45
Assets/Market capitalisation: £409mn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): Team
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): September 1, 2020