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M&G Japan Smaller Companies Fund Sterling I Acc

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Performance History30/04/2022
Growth of 1,000 (GBP) Advanced Graph
M&G Japan Smaller Companies Fund Sterling I Acc
Fund-16.28.85.426.8-6.2
+/-Cat-2.4-7.2-5.227.06.3
+/-B’mrk-5.5-5.92.228.21.2
 
Category: Japan Small/Mid-Cap Equity
Category Benchmark: MSCI Japan Small Cap NR JPY
Key Stats
NAV
20/05/2022		 GBX 3527.93
Day Change 2.17%
Morningstar Category™ Japan Small/Mid-Cap Equity
IA (formerly IMA) Sector Japanese Smaller Companies
ISIN GB00B7FGLY29
Fund Size (Mil)
20/05/2022		 GBP 117.87
Share Class Size (Mil)
20/05/2022		 GBP 68.50
Max Initial Charge -
Ongoing Charge
27/04/2022		  0.90%
Investment Objective: M&G Japan Smaller Companies Fund Sterling I Acc
The Fund aims to provide a higher total return (the combination of capital growth and income), net of the Ongoing Charge Figure, than that of the Russell/Nomura Mid-Small Cap Index over any five-year period. At least 80% of the Fund is invested in the equity securities and equity related securities of smaller companies that are incorporated, domiciled, or do most of their business, in Japan. Smaller companies are defined as the bottom half in terms of total market capitalisation of all publicly listed companies in Japan. The Fund usually holds a concentrated portfolio of fewer than 50 companies
Returns
Trailing Returns (GBP)20/05/2022
YTD-4.03
3 Years Annualised13.20
5 Years Annualised6.07
10 Years Annualised*13.83
12 Month Yield 0.86
Management
Manager Name
Start Date
Carl Vine
20/09/2019
Inception Date
03/08/2012
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Category Benchmark
Fund BenchmarkMorningstar Benchmark
Russell/Nomura Mid Small TR USDMSCI Japan Small Cap NR JPY
Target Market
Role In Portfolio
Standalone / CoreNot Specific
ComponentNot Specific
OtherNot Specific
Primary Objective
PreservationNot Specific
GrowthYes
IncomeNot Specific
HedgingNot Specific
OtherNot Specific
Portfolio Profile for  M&G Japan Smaller Companies Fund Sterling I Acc30/04/2022
Morningstar Style Box®
Equity Style
Asset Allocation
  % Long% Short% Net Assets
Stock102.530.00102.53
Bond0.000.000.00
Property0.000.000.00
Cash6.098.62-2.53
Other0.000.000.00
Top 5 Regions%
Japan99.27
Middle East0.73
United States0.00
Canada0.00
Latin America0.00
Top 5 Sectors%
Industrials37.53
Consumer Cyclical15.23
Technology12.60
Consumer Defensive10.29
Financial Services9.52
Top 5 HoldingsSector%
Credit Saison Co LtdFinancial ServicesFinancial Services4.25
SPARX Group Co LtdFinancial ServicesFinancial Services4.01
Sanrio Co LtdConsumer CyclicalConsumer Cyclical3.81
Nikon CorpConsumer CyclicalConsumer Cyclical3.56
Kintetsu World Express IncIndustrialsIndustrials3.37
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M&G Japan Smaller Companies Fund Sterling I Acc

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* This share class has performance data calculated prior to the inception date, 2012-08-03. This is based upon a simulated/extended track record, using the track record of M&G Japan Smaller Companies GBP A Acc (ISIN: GB0030939002), and is in accordance with Morningstar’s Extended Performance Methodology paper. To find out more about this, click here.
In order to provide consistency across the report data provided by different Asset Managers, the calculated data points presented are generated using Morningstar’s proprietary calculation methodology which is set out in more detail at(https://www.morningstar.com/research/signature)
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