Japanese Equity Specialist, Ortus Advisors

Andrew Jackson

Japanese Equity Specialist

Ortus Advisors

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Mkt not liking the Analog Devices read for auto and industrial, nor Allegro's disappointing margins.</li>
<li>Market swiftly digesting WD's Sandisk sell down, but Kioxia will be a lot more to swallow.</li>
<li>Nintendo looks ready to bounce ahead of Zelda's 40th anniversary this w/e which could see a raft of new content announced.</li>
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Mkt not liking the Analog Devices read for auto and industrial, nor Allegro's disappointing margins.
Market swiftly digesting WD's Sandisk sell down, but Kioxia will be a lot more to swallow.
Nintendo looks ready to bounce ahead of Zelda's 40th anniversary this w/e which could see a raft of new content announced.


Japan Morning Connection: Tech and AI up but Power and Industrial Semi's Sag on Numbers

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Japan is widely owned but lightly held: 88% of global funds now hold Japan—well ahead of Asian peers—yet average weights remain near 15-year lows and structurally underweight vs. ACWI.</li>
<li>Allocations are shallow and skewed: 75% of global funds hold less than 6.3% in Japan; exposures above 10% are rare and concentrated in Value and Yield strategies.</li>
<li>Tech &amp; Industrials dominate; ownership is fragmented: Japan exposure is concentrated in Tech/Industrials, with few consensus stocks beyond Sony and Keyence, and a long tail of lightly held names.</li>
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Japan is widely owned but lightly held: 88% of global funds now hold Japan—well ahead of Asian peers—yet average weights remain near 15-year lows and structurally underweight vs. ACWI.
Allocations are shallow and skewed: 75% of global funds hold less than 6.3% in Japan; exposures above 10% are rare and concentrated in Value and Yield strategies.
Tech &amp; Industrials dominate; ownership is fragmented: Japan exposure is concentrated in Tech/Industrials, with few consensus stocks beyond Sony and Keyence, and a long tail of lightly held names.


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<li>Japanese SPE laggards set to rebound with the NKY semi index -13% MTD.</li>
<li>Jensen Huang sees physical AI as the next big leg of growth.</li>
<li>Japan set to help fund 10 new nuclear plants in the US as the Govt scrambles for elec capacity.</li>
</ul>


Japanese SPE laggards set to rebound with the NKY semi index -13% MTD.
Jensen Huang sees physical AI as the next big leg of growth.
Japan set to help fund 10 new nuclear plants in the US as the Govt scrambles for elec capacity.


Japan Morning Connection: NVDA Beats and Rises as Much as +6% After Hours Pulling Markets Higher

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<li>Takaichi loosening the investment spigots for nuclear and renewable will help the likes of JSW and Renova.</li>
<li>The European Commission banning ZTE and Huawei from telco networks will be a boon for NEC.</li>
<li>TSMC signalling 12 new leading edge fabs helps semi-caps outperforming, setting strong stage for Japan to start.</li>
</ul>


Takaichi loosening the investment spigots for nuclear and renewable will help the likes of JSW and Renova.
The European Commission banning ZTE and Huawei from telco networks will be a boon for NEC.
TSMC signalling 12 new leading edge fabs helps semi-caps outperforming, setting strong stage for Japan to start.


Japan Morning Connection: Risk-On Mood Accelerates on AI and Tech Dip Buying

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<li>Apple misses in China but its iPhone is nonetheless on track for its best quarter ever.</li>
<li>Western Digital highlights AI's insatiable demand for memory. Disco down but not out, while Lasertec looks too much.</li>
<li>Renesas closes -4% yesterday but comments that AI/data center demand is on the rise should help this re-bucket.</li>
</ul>


Apple misses in China but its iPhone is nonetheless on track for its best quarter ever.
Western Digital highlights AI's insatiable demand for memory. Disco down but not out, while Lasertec looks too much.
Renesas closes -4% yesterday but comments that AI/data center demand is on the rise should help this re-bucket.


Japan Morning Connection: Strong Mega-Tech Numbers AH Will Boost the Mood After Meta and MSFT Drag

Japan

Hitachi, Ltd. manufactures communications and electronic equipment, heavy electrical and industrial machinery, and consumer electronics.  The Company's diverse product line ranges from nuclear power systems to kitchen appliances. Hitachi also operates subsidiaries in the wire and cable, metal, and chemical industries.

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