Man GLG Japan CoreAlpha Equity I H GBP

Investment Process

The CoreAlpha team are based in York but visit Japan regularly. Harker leads the team and his style style is actually quite simple, founded as it is on his significant experience in Japanese equities and a keen study of history. The fund's process is based on the belief that large cap value stocks will outperform over the long term. The CoreAlpha managers believe that there is significant mean reversion in stock markets generally and in Japan particularly. Typically the managers therefore focus on what they consider to be valuation anomalies rather than companies with high growth rates. The preferred valuation methodology is Price to Book which compares the company's market capitalisation to its assets, which has traditionally been a potent metric in Japan. The managers conduct balance sheet analysis to ensure that the companies are financially secure.