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Japan Equity Income

Large cap Japan equity portfolio that offers above-average dividend income and defensive characteristics.

Strategy Description

In a Japanese investment landscape that features scarcity of income yield in public equities, Japan Equity Income aims to generate sustainable and above-average dividend income streams via investments in high quality Japanese companies. 

The portfolio is composed of large-cap defensive equities with a heavy tilt towards defensive sectors such as Healthcare and Communication Services. As such, Japan Equity Income features lower sensitivity (low beta) to the broad global equity indices and its low volatility profile enables strong downside protection. Non-U.S. equities account for 60% of the portfolio.

Portfolio construction is based on quantitative scoring of our Japanese equity universe with a focus on Value, Quality, Safety, Payout, Technical and Sentiment metrics, as well as ESG traits. In particular, the Quality and Safety metrics ensure that stock selection is geared towards low-risk companies that exhibit high levels of profitability and low financial leverage.

This strategy can also be accessed in a Global ExposureHong Kong ExposureUS ExposureEurope Exposure and a UK Exposure

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Portfolio Performance

2022YTD
Portfolio (%)1.2223.99
Annualized ReturnStandard DeviationDividend Yield
Portfolio21.46%13.98%3.6%

Allocation Breakdown

Asset Class


Equity99.54%
Fixed Income0
Commodities0
Cash0.46%

Geo


America0
Greater Europe0
Developed Asia100%
Emerging Asia0
Central/Latin America0

Sector


Financials 13.36%
Industrials15.17%
Consumer Discretionary13.48%
Real Estate
Consumer Staples
Materials 4.69%
Healthcare8.48%
Utilities
Technology13.07%
Energy14.82%
Communications16.94%

Top Holdings

Asset ClassWeight (%)
1. Inpex Corp5.54%
2. Mitsubishi Corp5.28%
3. Mitsui & Co Ltd5.08%
4. Honda Motor Co Ltd4.92%
5. ITOCHU Corp4.74%
6. ENEOS Holdings Inc4.73%
7. Tosoh Corp4.67%
8. SoftBank Corp4.61%
9. Japan Post Bank Co Ltd4.55%
10. Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd4.49%