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SCHRODER JAPAN ALPHA PLUS - Fund overview

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Overview of SCHRODER JAPAN ALPHA PLUS

Originally launched as the Schroder Japan Value fund, this portfolio still seeks out of favour stocks. Nathan Gibbs attempts to add value in all market conditions by identifying under researched companies trading below fair value. Gibbs seeks fundamentally attractive companies, but also looks for a catalyst to an upward re-rating of the share price. Investors should be aware that this is a concentrated portfolio stocks managed with little regard for the composition of the Japanese market.

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Fund summary

Sector  Japan
Product type  UNIT TRUST
Launched  December, 2000
Size  £60m
Yield 0.0%
Charging basis  Income
Dividends paid  30/4, 31/10.
Bid price(inc) 57.24p
Bid price(acc) 57.46p

Fund Charges

Standard Initial charge 3.25%
Initial charge via Bestinvest 0.00%
Additional bid/offer spread 0.46%
Annual management charge 1.50%
Total expense ratio 1.67%
Reduction in yield (10yr) 1.71%

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Portfolio

schroder japan alpha plus asset allocation illustration
Allocation Proportion
Equity 98%
High yield bonds 0%
Quality bonds 0%
Property 0%
Commodities 0%
Hedge 0%
Fund cash 2%
schroder japan alpha plus equity geographic illustration
Allocation Proportion
UK 0%
Europe 0%
Nth America 0%
Japan 100%
Pacific 0%
Other Equity 0%
schroder japan alpha plus equity capitalisation illustration
Allocation Proportion
Large Caps 47%
Mid Caps 37%
Small Caps 16%

Investment process


Although Nathan Gibbs is a member of Schroder's Japan Equity Team he operates with a high degree of autonomy. The investable universe of stocks is reduced to Schroder's Select Equity List of about 350 companies, however the manager may, and regularly does, purchase stocks from outside this list. Screening of the stock universe is generally valuation driven although the manager's sources of idea generation are varied. The manager typically has a short time horizon for his investments and looks for shares with a catalyst for re-rating upwards. He also seeks companies that are growing their earnings and has a pragmatic view of what constitutes 'value' in a stock, although in practice this is often in the form of cash or assets on a company's balance sheet.

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