James SalterPortfolio Manager

James spent his early career managing Japanese equities initially at Foreign & Colonial before stints at Martin Currie and Schroders. He joined Polar Capital as a founding partner in 2001, where he subsequently worked for 19 years before founding Zennor Asset Management in 2020.

  • Degree in classics from Reading University. Masters in Japan Area Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies.
  • CFA
  • 5 years
    36 years
David MitchinsonPortfolio Manager

David started his career at Framlington in 1998, managing a Japan fund before joining JPMorgan and moving to Tokyo in 2004. On leaving JPMorgan in 2013, he spent just over two and a half years with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, returning to the UK with TT International in 2016. He joined Zennor in 2020.

  • MSc Economics, St Catherine's College, Cambridge University
  • CFA
  • 5 years
    26 years

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Key facts

US$754.7m
Fund size
40
Holdings
Morningstar categoryEAA Fund Japan Large-Cap Equity
Launch date08 February 2021
Fund typeLuxembourg Domiciled UCITS
Dividend frequencyAnnually
Country of registrationAustria, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
SFDR disclosureArticle 8

Fund objective

The investment objective is to achieve long-term capital growth and generate excess returns against the broad Japanese market by mainly investing in companies listed, domiciled and operating in Japan.

Source: Citibank Europe plc, Luxembourg Branch as at 31/01/2025.