MoneyAM Fund Centre

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Fund Objective

To achieve capital growth, through investment in Japan.

Fund Managers

Paul Smith

Paul is a portfolio manager for our Japan long/short strategy and is co-manager of our Japan long-only strategy. He joined Martin Currie in 2016 following the acquisition of the business assets and investment management team of PK Investment management (‘PKIM’). Paul joined PKIM in 2002 from Balfour Capital Limited where he spent two years co-managing a Japanese long/short equity fund. Prior to this, he worked for eight years as a senior analyst at HSBC Securities Japan Limited in Tokyo and three years for HSBC Securities as Vice President Japanese Equity Sales in New York. Paul started his career as a manager of Japan Equity Sales at Nomura International Limited. He has a BSc in Business Administration from the University of Bath, and an MBA from Keio University, Japan. Paul is also a member of the Japanese Financial Analyst Association (CMA) and is a CFA® charterholder.

Christopher Taylor

Christopher is a portfolio manager for our Japan strategy and is co-manager of our Japan long-only strategy. He joined Martin Currie in 2016 following the acquisition of the business assets and investment management team of PK Investment management (‘PKIM’). Chris held the role of senior advisor at PKIM from 2014. Prior to this, Christopher was joint manager for the PCE Investors Kuromatsu Fund, a Japan long/short equity fund, and for other pan-Asian investments. He also has extensive sell-side experience in the Japanese and Asian markets having worked at UBS Hong Kong and ING Baring Securities and started his investment career as an analyst and later pan-Asian portfolio manager at Royal Insurance. Christopher holds an MSc in Financial Economics, an MPhil in Modern Chinese Studies and BA in Oriental Studies, all from the University of Oxford, and an MSc in Operational Research & Computer Science from the University of Essex.