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  • Japan: Land of Hidden Gems
    In the most recent data, Japan’s economy shrank less than forecasted during the first quarter of the year. With the vaccination program on high gear, are we finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel for Japan?
  • Japan: Automation and precision manufacturing
    Japan is among the leading countries for automation – Japanese companies make more than 50% of all industrial robots and computer-controlled systems globally. We own companies like Keyence, which makes sensors, laser markers and machine vision systems.
  • Japan Equities February 2021
    Looking back over 2020, a challenging year for many reasons, there were two key investment decisions that helped the performance of the FSSA Japan Equity strategy. Firstly, in the early days of the pandemic we started to identify companies that might benefit from the acceleration of secular investment trends.
  • Japan: Net cash and strong balance sheets
    The FSSA Investment Management investment approach focuses on identifying high-quality companies with strong management teams, dominant franchises and conservative financials.
  • Japan - Client Update - October 2021
    In our last client update in February 2021, we discussed the reasons we resisted the temptation to switch into pure cyclicals and so-called “value” stocks1 — even though we had anticipated a sector rotation in the market (the TOPIX subsequently peaked in March 2021).
  • Japan Equities Update - May 2023
    In the past 12 months, global investors have worried about a “regime change” in the long-term inflation outlook, as well as the heavy rotation away from technology companies after the Covid optimism reversed.
  • Maintaining conviction on Japan equities
    The performance of the FSSA Japan Equity strategy has been under pressure year to date, driven by a violent style and sector rotation from quality growth to financials and cyclical companies.
  • Japan: focusing on the fundamentals
    With global markets declining, led by rising inflation and interest rates, how has Japan fared? Whilst not immune to higher food and energy costs, core inflation in Japan actually remains anaemic.
  • Riding out volatility with quality companies
    There are fundamental differences in Japan’s economy to explain this. First, underlying consumption has stood still in the past decade or so.
  • Japan: Finding the ‘picks and shovels’ in the electric vehicle boom
    Japan is among the leading countries for automation – Japanese companies make more than 50% of all industrial robots and computer-controlled systems globally.
  • End of Year review - Sophia Li
    End of Year review - Sophia Li
  • Japan
    Learn more about investing in Japanese equities with FSSAIM today. Our Japan investment fund strategies aim to achieve sustainable, long term growth.
  • Strong balance sheet paying off for Japanese companies
    At FSSA, our investment approach focuses on identifying high-quality companies with strong management teams, dominant franchises and conservative financials.
  • Tackling the issues of an ageing population with automation and technology services
    With one of the oldest populations in the world, Japan has been planning for a future with fewer workers and more retirees for sometime.
  • Positioning for resilience in volatile times
    FSSA Investment Managers has been investing in Asia and global emerging markets for three decades. We are conservative investors, and resilience during market sell-offs has underpinned our long-term performance.
  • How should investors position themselves during periods of market volatility?
    Fund Manager Q&A
  • Asia Pacific Equities: Fund Manager Q&A
    In response to recent questions from our clients, we had a conversation with Martin Lau, managing partner and lead portfolio manager for the FSSA Asian Equity Plus and FSSA China Growth strategies.
  • Leading medical equipment company in Japan
  • End of Year review - Alistair Thompson
    End of Year review - Alistair Thompson
  • End of Year review - Richard Jones
    End of Year review - Richard Jones
  • Asian Growth Update - January 2021
    In our last client update, written through the depths of Covid-despair, we observed that real life and the world of markets are seldom so intimately entwined.
  • Asia Pacific - Webcast: Positioning for Reflation
    Asia Pacific webcast: Positioning for Reflation
  • The evolution of Chinese & Asian markets – recent developments and implications for investors
    With over 20 years managing money in China I have seen significant changes both in the corporate and investment environment. One of the biggest shifts that has occurred is the fact that China is not short of investment capital.
  • Asia Pacific - a balanced portfolio is key to navigate uncertainty
    Asia Pacific - a balanced portfolio is key to navigate uncertainty
  • Asian Growth Update – May 2022
    Many people seem to think that money management is about predicting the future. But even with the gift of perfect foresight, the subsequent market reaction to news is often far from obvious.
  • Video : Asia Pacific Equities Strategy Client Update
    Video : Asia Pacific Equities Strategy Client Update
  • Asian Growth - Client Update June 2021
    Though Covid hasn’t yet finished with us, the markets have finished with Covid. In real life, there is still plenty of misery to go around, but things have seldom been better for investors. Optimism has served us well, as the money printing presses have rolled to counter the “unprecedented” threat.
  • Asian Growth - Manager Views
    In boom times like today, when cash costs nothing and capitalisation rates are zero, everybody is focused on growth and the future. Revenue is vanity in the sense that entrepreneurs, thank goodness, dare to dream and build businesses.
  • Insights
    Read the latest news and investment insights from FSSAIM's leading investment experts. We're specialists in APAC and Global Emerging Markets investments.
  • Our funds
    Discover our range of APAC & Emerging Markets (EM) funds today. FSSAIM are investment specialists for China, India, Japan and emerging market equities.
  • Finding the silver lining in Asia Pacific markets
    How is the FSSA Asian Growth portfolio positioned in light of the challenging market environment? Firstly, we should note that we are agnostic about indexes.
  • Growing headwinds for Asian equities; but we see grounds for longer-term optimism
    Lee Kuan Yew, although somewhat a polarising figure, perhaps understood state power and the human condition better than anybody. Consequently, Singapore has often been criticised as much as it has been greatly admired. Irrespectively and without question though, the country has gone from strength to strength.
  • Moving forward on ESG
    At FSSA, we are long-term, bottom-up investors with a focus on quality. This mind-set also applies to how we engage with companies on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) matters.
  • Tapping into the rise of the Asian consumer
    As Asian countries become richer, they have been transitioning towards consumption-based economies, translating higher per capita income into increased spending across goods and services.
  • Market outlook: it’s the end of the world, all over again?!
    In the Asian markets, investors have gone from “anything, as long as it’s China” to today’s high levels of fear and disbelief, but that is typical when markets fall significantly.
  • Experience over hope for Asian markets
    Markets will always do their best to push us to act in a short-term and emotional manner, particularly at times when events become somewhat extreme. These days all of us, market participants or not, seem almost entirely focused on uncertainty rather than promise. This is why having a strong philosophy and process is crucial.
  • Riding out the turbulence with our North Star
    As the world continues to lurch from Covid-surges to reflexive and localised lock-downs, everybody is now looking through to a mythical status quo ante bellum – the before-Covid-times, when the world was just hunky-dory.
  • Investing in uncertain times – what experience has taught us
    Every downturn is different – the Global Financial Crisis and the Asian Financial Crisis were primarily debt-related, while SARS and Covid are obviously health-related, with a knock-on effect on growth and consumption.
  • Asia Pacific
    Learn more about investing in Asia Pacific equities with FSSAIM today. Our APAC investment funds are invested for sustainable, long term growth.