Japanese Equity Specialist, Ortus Advisors

Andrew Jackson

Japanese Equity Specialist

Ortus Advisors

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Reports that Apple is set to release a touchscreen MacBook should help Nitto Denko.</li>
<li>China AI play Cambricon sees revs and OP surge, pointing to more upside for JP FA plays with Sino-semi exposure.</li>
<li>Luxury back in the spotlight may help Shiseido and Kose rebound off multi-month lows.</li>
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Reports that Apple is set to release a touchscreen MacBook should help Nitto Denko.
China AI play Cambricon sees revs and OP surge, pointing to more upside for JP FA plays with Sino-semi exposure.
Luxury back in the spotlight may help Shiseido and Kose rebound off multi-month lows.


Japan Morning Connection: LDP and Ishin May Sign a Pact to Pave the Way for Japan's First Female PM

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<li>Memory and specifically DRAM and NAND surges as memory makers delay enterprise pricing guidance as supply/demand imbalance grows.</li>
<li>As AMD-Samsung vs NVDA-SK Hynix alliances form, Micronics should be the big winner.</li>
<li>Factory automatic and robotics stocks the next AI winners? Masa thinks so.</li>
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Memory and specifically DRAM and NAND surges as memory makers delay enterprise pricing guidance as supply/demand imbalance grows.
As AMD-Samsung vs NVDA-SK Hynix alliances form, Micronics should be the big winner.
Factory automatic and robotics stocks the next AI winners? Masa thinks so.


Japan Morning Connection: US Govt Rumored to Be Looking at Taking Stake in Wolfspeed

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>Global funds remain structurally underweight Asia, with Japan and China &amp; HK widely held but still below index weight; India stands out as the clearest consensus underweight.</li>
<li>Taiwan Technology dominates sector positioning as the largest regional overweight, while Australian and Asian Financials are structural underweights; rotation shows China sectors and Japan Financials/Industrials gaining traction.</li>
<li>Stock leadership is highly concentrated in TSMC, now owned by 61% of funds; second-tier names stagnate while SK Hynix, BYD, and Sea Ltd attract rising investor participation.</li>
</ul>


Global funds remain structurally underweight Asia, with Japan and China &amp; HK widely held but still below index weight; India stands out as the clearest consensus underweight.
Taiwan Technology dominates sector positioning as the largest regional overweight, while Australian and Asian Financials are structural underweights; rotation shows China sectors and Japan Financials/Industrials gaining traction.
Stock leadership is highly concentrated in TSMC, now owned by 61% of funds; second-tier names stagnate while SK Hynix, BYD, and Sea Ltd attract rising investor participation.


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<li>Late session rally for chips and semi-cap names with the US signalling a softening of export curbs.</li>
<li>ARM numbers after the bell sending stock -10% point to Softbank missing todays upside.</li>
<li>Is Japanese shipbuilding expertise the new bargaining chip against tariffs? </li>
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Late session rally for chips and semi-cap names with the US signalling a softening of export curbs.
ARM numbers after the bell sending stock -10% point to Softbank missing todays upside.
Is Japanese shipbuilding expertise the new bargaining chip against tariffs? 


Japan Morning Connection: Rescinding of US Chip Restrictions to Send JP Semi Plays Higher

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<li>We screen for Japanese companies at the extreme ends of their positioning or momentum ranges among active Japan equity funds.</li>
<li>Low Positioning coupled with Negative Momentum: Nissan Motor Corp and Misumi Group</li>
<li>High Positioning coupled with High Momentum: ASICS Corp and Kyushu Railway</li>
</ul>


We screen for Japanese companies at the extreme ends of their positioning or momentum ranges among active Japan equity funds.
Low Positioning coupled with Negative Momentum: Nissan Motor Corp and Misumi Group
High Positioning coupled with High Momentum: ASICS Corp and Kyushu Railway


Japan

KEYENCE CORPORATION develops, manufactures, and sells sensors and measuring instruments used for factory automation (FA) and high technology hobby products. The Company's products include fiber optic sensors, photoelectric sensors, programmable logic controllers (PLC), laser scan micrometers, bar code readers, and radio-controlled model cars.

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Keyence Corp (6861 JP)

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Andrew Jackson

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Japan Funds: Extreme Stocks

We screen for Japanese companies at the extreme ends of their positioning or momentum ranges among active Japan equity funds.

Steven Holden

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