- Category
- Japan Large-Cap Equity
- Total Assets
- 3.31B
- Expenses
- 1.17%
- Inception Date
- Aug 03, 2012
Japan Large-Cap Equity funds invest principally in the equities of large-cap Japanese companies. Equities in the top 70% of the capitalisation of the Japanese market are defined as large-cap. These funds invest at least 75% of total assets in equities, and invest at least 75% of equity assets in Japanese equities.
Contact Information
- Address
- 10 Fenchurch Avenue London, EC3M 5AG, United Kingdom
- Phone
- +44 (0)800 390 390
- Fax
- -
Top Executives
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Name
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Title
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Since
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Until
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Biography
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl | Manager | 2019 | - | Carl Vine joined M&G in 2019 as Co-Head of Asian Investment, with 22 years of investment experience, and was appointed to the management teams of the Japan and wider Asian strategies. Carl co-founded Oxford-based Port Meadow Capital Management, a boutique investment firm, in 2014. Prior to that, he worked as a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for SAC Capital Advisors in Hong Kong and was the Asian-based member of their global investment committee. Before that, Carl was a Managing Director at UBS in Hong Kong, where he invested proprietary capital across Asia and Japan, and a Principal for TPG-Axon Capital. He began his career with Prudential Portfolio Managers in London, before relocating to Tokyo to open Prudential’s Japan office. Carl holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Politics, Philosophy & Economics from Oxford University. |
| Shane | 2019 | 2019 | Shane Kelly joined M&G in December 2017, and has been co-managing one of M&G’s value strategies since July 2019. He previously worked at Alphinity Investment Management (Sydney, Australia) as a research analyst responsible for coverage of the construction materials and healthcare sectors, as well as all quantitative research. Prior to joining Alphinity, Shane worked for Alliance Bernstein (Sydney, Australia) between 2007 and 2010 as a risk manager and a quantitative analyst. Shane previously worked at M&G between 1999-2007, when he was a member of the Portfolio Construction and Risk team, and prior to that head of the Equities Performance team. He has a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration from Victoria University of Wellington and a Masters of Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia. | |
| Johan | Portfolio Manager | 2015 | 2019 | Johan du Preez has managed the M&G Japan Fund and the M&G Japan Smaller Companies Fund since joining the M&G Equity team in 2015. He began his investment career in 1998 as an analyst with Prudential Portfolio Managers, South Africa (PPMSA). In the following year, he became a senior portfolio manager and shortly afterwards, a director of PPMSA. In 2004 Johan transferred to Prudential’s asset management business in Asia, where he specialised in Japanese equity as an investment director. He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a B Econ Sc in mathematical statistics and actuarial science in 1992 and from the University of Cape Town with a M Com in economics in 2003. He is a CFA charterholder. |
| John | 2015 | 2019 | ||
| Dean | Portfolio Manager | 2006 | 2015 | Dean Cashman joined Eastspring Investments, the Asian asset management business of Prudential plc, as a Portfolio Manager, in November 2004. He is part of the Equity team and is the Team Leader for the Japan Equity focus team as well as the Lead Portfolio Manager for the Japan ‘Focused Value’ strategies. He is also jointly responsible for the Japan ‘Value’ strategies. Prior to joining Eastspring Investments, Dean worked for BT Fund Managers (Sydney) as the Head of Japanese equities. Dean has over 30 years of financial industry experience. Dean holds a Bachelor of Economics from University of Queensland, Australia (1987). |
| Vaughn | Manager | 2004 | 2006 | Ex-manager of M&G Japan fund |
| Kenichi | Senior Portfolio Manager | 2001 | 2004 | Kenichi Ura graduated from Yokohama National University department of Technology (architecture). Between 1990 and 1999, he worked with Baring Asset Management, before joining Prudential Portfolio Managers as a senior Fund Manager of Japanese Equities. |
| Serina | Manager | 1998 | 2001 | Ex- manager of M&G Japan fund |
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