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Overview
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon aims to achieve long-term capital growth principally through investment in small Japanese companies which are believed to have above average prospects for capital growth.
In general, for the small companies that Shin Nippon invests in, we believe that the quality of management teams and their business strategies have more influence rather than macroeconomic factors.
Performance & Portfolio
Periodic Performance
All figures to 30/04/2025 1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Share Price 0.0% -24.6% -30.3% 46.7% NAV -1.7% -14.6% -19.9% 78.2% Index* 7.1% 25.7% 34.2% 106.5%
Discrete Performance
Annual Performance to 31 March each year 31/03/2020
31/03/202131/03/2021
31/03/202231/03/2022
31/03/202331/03/2023
31/03/202431/03/2024
31/03/2025Share Price 68.8% -25.2% -14.0% -20.9% -9.0% NAV 57.7% -22.9% -5.0% -12.4% -13.6% Index* 24.4% -7.7% 5.4% 12.4% 1.4% Please bear in mind that past performance is not a guide to future returns. The value of your investment may go down as well as up, and you may not get back the amount you invested.
NAV is calculated with borrowings deducted at fair value for 1, 3 and 5 years and par value for 10 years.
*MSCI Japan Small Cap Index, total return, in sterling terms.
Performance source: Morningstar and relevant underlying index provider, total return in sterling.
Performance 30/04/2025Performance figures appear in GBP. Please bear in mind that past performance is not a guide to future returns. The value of your investment may go down as well as up, and you may not get back the amount you invested.
Comparative index data is limited to a 5 year period from the current date.
The graph is rebased to 100.
Holdings - 30/04/2025
Fund % 1 Infomart 3.1% 2 GA Technologies 2.9% 3 Cosmos Pharmaceutical 2.9% 4 Tsugami 2.8% 5 Gift Holdings Inc 2.7% 6 Nifco 2.7% 7 Yonex 2.6% 8 KATITAS 2.5% 9 Lifenet Insurance 2.3% 10 JEOL 2.3% Total 26.8% Active share 30/04/2025Relative to MSCI Japan Small Cap Index. Source: Baillie Gifford & Co, MSCI.
Sector analysis of total assets 30/04/2025Fund %
- 1 Industrials 26.30
- 2 Consumer Discretionary 17.43
- 3 Information Technology 16.94
- 4 Communication Services 10.17
- 5 Financials 8.74
- 6 Consumer Staples 6.31
- 7 Health Care 4.77
- 8 Real Estate 2.46
- 9 Materials 1.91
- 10 Net Liquid Assets 4.97
- Total 100.00
As the Fund invests in overseas securities, changes in the rates of exchange may also cause the value of your investment (and any income it may pay) to go down or up.
The information contained on this page is intended as a guide only and should not be relied upon when making investment decisions. All holdings information is unaudited. Source Baillie Gifford & Co.
Please note that totals may not sum due to rounding.
Insights
View all Insights.Meet the Managers
Brian Lum
Brian Lum is an investment manager in the Japanese Equities Team. He is the lead manager of the Shin Nippon Investment Trust and co-manager of the Japanese Smaller Companies Fund and is also a member of the International Growth Portfolio Construction Group. Brian joined Baillie Gifford in 2006. He is a CFA Charterholder and graduated with an MSci and BA (Hons) in Physics from the University of Cambridge in 2006.
Jared Anderson
Jared Anderson is an investment manager in the Japanese Equities Team. He is co-manager of the Japanese Fund and Japanese Smaller Companies Fund, and deputy manager of the Shin Nippon Investment Trust. Jared joined Baillie Gifford in 2016. Prior to joining the firm he spent two years as an Assistant Economist at the Scottish Government. Jared graduated MA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Edinburgh in 2012.
Documents
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To download any document you will need Adobe Reader. Please note that we can now provide you with Braille and audio transcriptions of our literature on request. It may take up to 10 days for the transcription to be completed dependent on the size of the document.
Annual reports
Corporate governance
Factsheets
Fund ratings reports
Interim reports
Investor disclosure document
Portfolio valuation
Portfolio voting disclosure
RNS announcements
Sustainability-related disclosures and climate reports
PRIIPs key information document
Disclaimers
MSCI Disclaimer
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