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Comgest Growth Japan U Acc GBP
Sector:

IA Japan
Benchmark:

TSE TOPIX

Discrete calendar year performance

Discrete calendar year performance
Investment	31/03/20 to 31/03/21	31/03/21 to 31/03/22	31/03/22 to 31/03/23	31/03/23 to 31/03/24	31/03/24 to 31/03/25
Comgest Growth Japan U Acc GBP	39.13%	-15.08%	-6.07%	5.39%	-7.16%
IA Japan	31.84%	-4.35%	0.72%	18.23%	-2.15%
TSE TOPIX	41.69%	1.62%	5.37%	40.85%	-1.92%

Trailing returns

(*annualised)

Trailing returns
Investment	3 months	6 months	1 year	3 years*	5 years*
Comgest Growth Japan U Acc GBP	-6.00%	-0.29%	2.93%	0.80%	0.16%
IA Japan	-3.09%	3.65%	3.37%	7.02%	6.72%
TSE TOPIX	-3.58%	0.84%	0.77%	14.15%	15.14%

Overview

Fund Objective: The objective of the Sub-Fund (\"the Fund\") is to increase the value of the Fund (capital appreciation) over the long term. The Fund intends to achieve this objective through investment in a portfolio of high-quality, long-term growth companies. The Fund will invest at least two-thirds of its assets in securities issued by companies listed or traded on regulated markets that have their headquarters in, or principally carry out their activities in Japan or in securities issued or guaranteed by the Japanese government.

Manager name	Comgest Asset Management International Limited
Manager start date	01 January 2008
Manager Biography	Chantana Ward joined Comgest in 1999 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Japanese equities. She is also a non-executive member of the Board of Partners. Chantana co-leads portfolios within Comgest’s Asia ex Japan, Asia including Japan and Japanese equity strategies, and has been an important contributor to the development of these strategies. Based in Paris, she travels regularly to Japan to research companies and spend time with the Tokyo-based team members. Chantana holds an MSc in Finance from Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business in New York, a dual diploma with The American University of Paris.

Investment style:	Growth
Region (geographical)	Japan

Benchmark	TSE TOPIX
Sector	IA Japan
FE fundinfo Rating	1 of 5

Fees & charges

Fees and Charges

Fees and Charges
Charge	Who receives this?	What is it?	Amount
Initial charge:	The fund manager	Charges applied by the fund management company for investing in their fund. Please note that Investment Managers may charge each time you buy new units or shares in a fund or trust. Where Investment Managers would have an entry charge, we will negotiate to have it waived so you will not be charged.	0.00%
Ongoing Charges:	The fund manager	The annual charge paid to a fund manager to cover the costs of running the fund. It is an estimate based on the actual amount charged in the previous year.	0.94%
Performance Fee:	The fund manager	A performance fee joins up the interest of the fund manager and their investors. A performance fee is taken when the fund beats pre-set conditions.	N/A
Typical transaction cost:	The fund manager	The costs of dealing within a fund, which the Investment Manager must pay to continue managing the assets. This includes where the Manager decides to sell one stock and buy another. The costs will vary from one fund to another based on how often the Investment Manager trades and the costs applied when trading.	0.188%*
Dealing commission:	Halifax	The cost of buying or selling some or all of your investment.	£9.50 (per online trade)

*This is an indication based on the market average. The fund’s actual transaction cost will be shown before you place a trade.
Account charges are not included
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Breakdown

Asset Allocation

Fund size: 104,454,751,421.00 GBP

Chart date: April 28, 2025

Top 10 Holdings

Top 10 Holdings
Security	Weight
Sony group corporation	4.12%
Fast retailing co., ltd.	3.95%
Pan pacific intl hldgs corp	3.90%
Mitsubishi heavy industries	3.81%
Dai-ichi life hldgs inc	3.77%

Sectors

Sectors
Sectors	Weight
Information Technology	22.18%
Consumer Discretionary	19.15%
Industrials	16.23%
Financials	14.35%
Health Care	9.74%
Consumer Staples	8.23%
Communications	5.43%
Materials	2.96%
Real Estate	1.73%

World regions

World regions
Country	Weight
Japan	100.00%

ESG

What is ESG?

ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance and is an approach for evaluating to what extent a company works towards social goals. For investors this can be used in order to understand how their funds and the assets they are made up of work towards these goals and use that information to help make sustainable investment choices.

Comgest Growth Japan U Acc GBP