Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management (SMDSAM) has launched a Singapore-domiciled fund that will invest in Japanese equities.
The Japan Equity High Conviction Strategy is designed to capitalise on the current investor demand for Japanese equities.
The end of a long period of deflation and negative interest rates combined with corporate governance reforms and a rise in economic growth have made Japan’s equity market a more attractive proposition in the eyes of international institutional investors.
The SMDSAM fund currently has US$200 million in assets under management and is led by portfolio manager Hideyuki Taniuci.
It is only available to accredited investors in Singapore at the moment but SMDSAM is currently in the process of getting authorisation to be distributed to retail investors in Hong Kong.
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