Atlantis Japan Growth Fund

Impressive outperformance continues

11 January 2021

Atlantis Japan Growth Fund (AJG) invests in a diversified portfolio of listed Japanese equities, with the aim of realising long-term capital growth. It has a bias towards growth stocks. Lead adviser Taeko Setaishi believes several trends accelerated by the coronavirus crisis and new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s structural reform agenda have the potential to generate new investment opportunities and productivity gains, which will benefit companies in many sectors. AJG’s performance has been positive in absolute terms and it has outperformed its benchmark over one, three, five and 10 years. The fund has also outperformed the UK market over all these periods. AJG pays a quarterly dividend of 1% of NAV. MORE »

Outperformance with a c 4% yield

17 July 2020

Atlantis Japan Growth Fund (AJG) aims to realise long-term capital growth through investment in a diversified portfolio of listed Japanese equities. It has a bias towards growth stocks and focuses on companies that have the potential to benefit from changing trends within Japan’s domestic economy. AJG has an all-cap strategy but in recent years it has focused on small-cap stocks. Performance, which is benchmarked against the TOPIX index, has been strong. AJG’s NAV has outperformed over the last one, three, five and 10 years. The fund has also outperformed the UK market over all these periods. Under a new dividend policy, shareholders receive a quarterly dividend of 1% of NAV (4% pa). MORE »

New dividend policy will pay out 4% of NAV pa

10 October 2019

Atlantis Japan Growth Fund’s (AJG) lead adviser since May 2016 is Taeko Setaishi of Atlantis Investment Research Corporation; during her tenure AJG has outperformed the benchmark Tokyo Price Index (TOPIX) in both NAV and share price terms. Over time, AJG’s board has simplified the company’s structure. Recently it announced it will no longer offer a six-monthly redemption facility; instead it will pay a quarterly dividend based on the fund’s NAV, which will be paid out of revenue and capital. The board believes that this could broaden AJG’s appeal for investors seeking Japanese equity exposure. MORE »

Plenty of attractive investment opportunities

3 April 2019

Atlantis Japan Growth Fund (AJG) is advised by Atlantis Investment Research Corporation (AIRC). Lead adviser Taeko Setaishi says that although consensus Japanese corporate earnings growth is being revised downwards, she is still able to identify primarily smaller-cap companies with promising growth prospects that are trading on attractive valuations. As an example, Setaishi highlights changing dynamics within the Japanese economy, which are generating growth in the widely diverse services sector. AJG’s portfolio is trading on higher valuation multiples than the TOPIX index, but has meaningfully higher forecast earnings growth and a superior return on equity, which have contributed to the fund’s medium- and long-term outperformance versus the benchmark. MORE »

Continuing to find attractive growth opportunities

5 September 2018

Atlantis Japan Growth Fund (AJG) is advised by Atlantis Investment Research Corporation (AIRC). Lead portfolio adviser Taeko Setaishi aims to generate long-term capital growth from a portfolio of primarily smaller-capitalisation Japanese equities. AIRC’s philosophy is that over the long term, a company’s share price performance is driven by its earnings growth, especially for smaller companies. Setaishi notes that Japanese equities have experienced negative investor fund flows in 2018, which has had a large impact on the Japanese stock market. However, while overall economic growth in the country remains modest, the adviser is continuing to find companies with attractive fundamentals that are trading on reasonable valuations, particularly in small and mid-caps. While recent performance has been more challenging, AJG has outperformed its benchmark TOPIX index over the last one, three, five and 10 years. MORE »