MoneyAM Fund Centre

Quick Stats

Fund Objective

The Fund seeks to provide capital growth by outperforming each of (i) TOPIX Total Return Index (GBP) (“TOPIX”) and (ii) Russell/Nomura Large Cap Value Total Return Index (“RNLCV”), both converted to sterling, in a market cycle of five years. The Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in (i) equities of Japanese companies; or (ii) companies which derive a substantial part of their revenues from activities in Japan. The Investment Manager’s investment process focuses on selecting stocks which it considers to be undervalued based on their Price to Book ratio (which compares a company’s share price with the accounting value of its assets (“PBR”)) relative to TOPIX). The Fund has a “Value” bias, as opposed to funds which have a “Growth” bias (i.e. invest in companies with high PBRs).

Fund Managers

Jeff Atherton

Jeff Atherton is a Senior Portfolio Manager in the Japan Core Alpha team. He has a BA in Economics from the University of Sheffield. Jeff started his career at Sun Life of Canada in 1987 and has been managing Japanese funds for over 25 years. He has held senior positions at Insight Investment, SGAM, TCW and Equitable Life. Jeff went on to spend five years at Stratton Street Capital LLP where he was a partner and co-manager of their Japanese hedge fund strategies. He joined the Japan Core Alpha team in March 2011.

Stephen Harker

Stephen Harker is Head of Japanese Equities and leads the Japan CoreAlpha team. He has a BA in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Warwick and an MA in Economics of Finance from the University of Sheffield. Stephen has over 40 years of industry experience, and has concentrated on the Japanese equity market since April 1984. After a decade managing the Prudential Japanese Trust, he joined TCW London International in 1994. TCW was acquired in 2001 by Société Générale Asset Management (SGAM); SGAM UK was acquired by GLG Partners LP in April 2009; and GLG was in turn acquired by Man Group plc in October 2010. In January 2006, Stephen and the Japan equity team created the Japan CoreAlpha strategy.

Neil Edwards

Neil Edwards is a Senior Portfolio Manager in the Japan Core Alpha team. He has a BA in Economics and an MA in Economics of Money and Finance from the University of Sheffield. He worked as an investment analyst before taking positions in UK equity fund management at CIS Insurance, Halifax Fund Management and Nestle for a total of 15 years. At Halifax he also spent five years managing international bonds and derivatives and a period covering the Japanese equity market. He joined the Japanese equity team at Société Générale Asset Management in February 2005, which was acquired by GLG Partners LP and subsequently by Man Group plc.

Adrian Edwards

Adrian Edwards is a Portfolio Manager in the Japan Core Alpha team. He has a BSc in Business Information Systems from Anglia Ruskin University and is a CFA charter holder. Adrian began his career in fund management at Stratton Street Capital LLP in January 2006 where he rose to the position of Assistant Fund Manager on the firm’s Japanese and Asian synthetic warrant and Japanese equity hedge fund strategies. Adrian joined Man GLG in June 2014.