Comgest Growth Japan Fund

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Comgest Growth Japan GBP U Acc

Category Japan Large-Cap Growth Equity

This fund can be held in an Investment ISA, SIPP and Investment Account

Last buy/sell price

£11.99

arrow-down£-0.18 (-1.48%)

Fund Code

CGJUA

BYYLQ19

IE00BYYLQ199

Prices updated as at 11 Dec 2025

Prices in GBP

Investment objective

The investment objective of the Fund is to create a professionally managed portfolio consisting of what, in the opinion of the Investment Manager, are high quality long-term growth companies having their headquarters or carrying out their predominant activities in Japan. In pursuit of the Investment Objective, the Investment Manager intends investing in shares or equity linked securities including depositary receipts, preferred stock, convertible bonds and debentures which are convertible into equity securities issued by companies having their headquarters or carrying out their predominant activities in Japan which are listed or traded on Regulated Markets.

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Company name

Comgest Asset Management Intl Ltd

Fund launch date

19 May 2000

Domicile

Ireland

UCITS

Yes

Lead manager

Chantana Ward

Lead manager start date

01 Jan 2008

Lead fund manager biography

Chantana Ward joined Comgest in 1999 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Japanese equities. She is also a non-executive member of the Board of Partners. Chantana co-leads portfolios within Comgest’s Asia ex Japan, Asia including Japan and Japanese equity strategies, and has been an important contributor to the development of these strategies. Based in Paris, she travels regularly to Japan to research companies and spend time with the Tokyo-based team members. Chantana holds an MSc in Finance from Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business in New York, a dual diploma with The American University of Paris.

Lead manager

Richard Kaye

Lead manager start date

30 Apr 2013

Lead fund manager biography

Richard Kaye joined Comgest in 2009 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Japanese equities. He is also a member of the Comgest Group's Investment Committee. With a wealth of experience in Japanese equities, Richard became co-lead of Comgest’s Japan equity strategy upon joining the Group. He started his career in 1994 as an Analyst with the Industrial Bank of Japan and then joined Merrill Lynch in the same role in 1996. In 2005 he moved to the Wellington Management Company in Boston as a Portfolio Manager of Japanese TMT stocks. Richard graduated from Oxford University (UK) where he majored in Oriental Studies.

Head office

6th Floor, 2 Grand Canal Square

Dublin

Ireland

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