To achieve long-term capital growth through investment primarily (meaning at least two thirds of the Sub-Fund’s assets) in a portfolio of equity and up to one-third of the Sub-Fund’s assets in a portfolio of equity-related securities of companies located or listed in Japan or delivering a preponderant part of their income in Japan.
General information
Total net assets (million)
$ 4.14
Lipper sector
UK Offshore - Japan
Index
Topix
Fund domicile
Dublin
Fund type
ICVC
Fund manager
Ewan Markson-Brown
Alternate
Paul Markham
Base currency
USD
Currencies available
EUR, USD
Key dates
Fund launch
29 Jan 1988
Close of financial year
31 Dec
BNY Mellon Asset Management Company
Newton Investment Management: Newton pursues a distinctive global thematic investment approach and provides added value from extensive proprietary research.
DE, PE, NL, IT, UK, FR, CH, NO, CL, BE, JER, ES, TW, GIB, AT
Shareclass USD A
General
Share class launch date
10 Dec 2001
Minimum investment
$ 5,000
Annual management charge
2.00%
Maximum initial charge
5.00%
Codes
ISIN
IE0004121442
Bloomberg
MELJAA1 ID
Sedol
0412144
Valoren
CH1337211
WKN
798142
Registered for sale in:
DE, NL, IT, GUE, PT, UK, FR, CH, NO, JER, HK, ES, TW, GIB, IRL
Shareclass USD C
General
Share class launch date
19 Dec 2001
Minimum investment
$ 5,000,000
Annual management charge
1.00%
Maximum initial charge
5.00%
Codes
ISIN
IE0004124016
Bloomberg
MELJAC1 ID
Sedol
0412401
Valoren
CH1337652
WKN
798144
Registered for sale in:
DE, NL, IT, GUE, UK, FR, CH, NO, JER, HK, ES, GIB, IRL
Fund Specific Important Information
Active money is calculated against the FTSE Japan Index.
Performance record over 5 years
Source: Lipper as at 31 May 2010. Total Return, including annual charges but excluding initial charges, income reinvested gross of tax. Performance history is given in Fund - USD A share class currency.
-36.43
BNY Mellon Japan Equity Fund
-1.66
Topix
Performanceto
Annualised
1 month
3 months
6 months
YTD
1 year
3 years
5 years
3 years
5 years
Source: Lipper as at 31 May 2010. Total Return, including annual charges but excluding initial charges, income reinvested gross of tax. Performance history is given in share class currency.
Fund - USD A share class
-10.92
-6.20
-3.08
-6.26
-1.17
-41.22
-36.43
-16.22
-8.66
Fund - USD C share class
-10.85
-5.97
-2.31
-5.77
0.73
-38.45
-32.09
-14.92
-7.44
Topix
-7.88
-3.05
0.05
0.10
4.40
-29.18
-1.66
-10.85
-0.33
Sector average
-8.14
-2.74
0.82
0.07
5.96
-31.59
-8.93
-12.07
-2.02
Fund - EUR A share class
-3.53
3.66
18.57
9.83
13.41
-35.70
-36.24
-13.68
-8.60
Topix
-0.17
7.83
22.42
17.04
20.43
-22.33
-1.05
-8.07
-0.21
Sector average
-0.45
8.17
23.37
17.01
22.23
-24.98
-8.36
-9.32
-1.90
Ranking of fund in sector
128
128
123
127
125
101
87
101
87
No. of funds in sector
130
130
129
129
127
115
90
115
90
Quartile rank
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Statutory performance data updated quarterly
From
31 Mar 09
31 Mar 08
30 Mar 07
31 Mar 06
31 Mar 05
To
31 Mar 10
31 Mar 09
31 Mar 08
30 Mar 07
31 Mar 06
Source: Lipper as at 31 May 2010. Total Return, including annual charges but excluding initial charges, income reinvested gross of tax.
Performance history is given in Fund - USD A share class currency.
Fund
32.6%
-39.7%
-16.8%
-12.4%
19.7%
Calendar Performance
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
Source: Lipper as at 31 May 2010. Total Return, including annual charges but excluding initial charges, income reinvested gross of tax. Performance history is given in Fund - USD A share class currency.
Fund
-2.71
-28.81
-11.45
-9.44
14.53
Index
4.79
-26.82
-5.19
2.05
26.08
Quartile Rank
4
2
4
4
4
Asset allocation
Asset allocation - industry
Holdings and Risk
Top 10 holdings
%
INPEX Holdings Inc
7.6
Makita Corp
6.7
T&D Holdings Inc
6.5
Nissan Motor Co Ltd
6.3
Rohm Co Ltd
6.3
Nomura Holdings Inc
6.2
Panasonic Corp
4.6
Mitsubishi Corp
4.4
Fuji Machine Manufacturing Co
3.9
Okuma Corp
3.7
Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time without notice, are for information purposes only and should not be construed as investment recommendations.
