Overview
JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth and Income (formerly JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies : JPS) aims to produce long-term capital growth through investment in small and medium-sized Japanese companies. Investment is permitted in Japanese quoted companies, other than the largest 200, measured by market capitalisation, emphasising capital growth rather than income. The company has the ability to use borrowing to gear the portfolio and its current policy is to operate within the range of 5% net cash to 15% geared in normal market conditions.
The company pays quarterly dividends without compromising on the objective of achieving capital growth, funded from dividends from investment holdings and capital reserves, equivalent to 1% of its net asset value, set on the last business day of each financial quarter.
You can access the company’s website here
Research History
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09 Oct 2020 9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – October 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over September: Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust – […]
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07 Jul 2020 11 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – July 2020
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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24 Jan 2020 28 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Annual Review – 2019
In this issue The sector at the end of 2019 Performance data Performance by sector and fund Money in and out of the sector Money in and out of existing funds Money coming into existing funds Money going out of existing funds Liquidations, de-listings and trading cancellations Significant rating changes Major news stories Outlook for […]
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06 Dec 2019 7 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – December 2019
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Polar Capital and Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you […]
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05 Jul 2019 8 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – July 2019
Economic & Political Roundup A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of the […]
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18 Jan 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – January 2019
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – January 2019 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of December 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Extract from money raised and returned in December The only new issue […]
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19 Dec 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – December 2018
QuotedData’s economic roundup – December 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any […]
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13 Nov 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – November 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – November 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of October 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Winners and losers in October In what was generally a miserable month for equity markets, Brazil shone […]
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18 Jul 2018 2 min read
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Second Quarter 2018
QUARTERLY INVESTMENT COMPANIES ROUNDUP – SECOND QUARTER 2018 Global equities markets rose in the second quarter of 2018, Markets were volatile, as positive economic data and encouraging company performances played off against geopolitical concerns. Yields from bond markets rose early in the quarter but fell back as investors turned to ‘safer’ investments. The threat of […]
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11 Jul 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of June 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. July Investment Companies Roundup Money raised and returned in June Newcomer to the market, Yew Grove […]
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2 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – July 2018
QuotedData’s Economic round up – July 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or […]
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18 Jan 2018 2 min read
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year – Many commentators, including us, were wary going into 2017. In the event, economic growth and markets surprised on the upside: US markets hit new highs despite three interest rate rises. Perceived low/no growth areas such as Europe and Japan burst into life. Asia’s technology stocks surged. India’s […]
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11 Dec 2017 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – December 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – December 2017 – is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or […]
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12 Jul 2017 3 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – July 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – July 2017 – is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or […]
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15 Mar 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – March 2017
Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of February 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. March Investment Companies Roundup
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07 Dec 2016 1 min read
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – December 2016
QuotedData’s collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from comments made by chairman and managers of investment companies. december-economic-and-political-roundup
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04 Nov 2015 1 min read
QuotedData’s valuation sheet on warrants, subscription shares and zeros – November 2015
We have updated our warrant and subscription shares and ZDP sheet for you with numbers from the morning of 4 November 2015 – you can access it by clicking the link above. Bear in mind that the net asset value numbers that go into calculating the final asset cover may be out of date for […]
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02 Oct 2015 1 min read
QuotedData’s valuation sheet on Warrants, Subscription Shares and Zeros – October 2015
October Warrants and subscription shares We have updated our warrant and subscription shares and ZDP sheet for you with numbers from the afternoon of 2 October 2015 – you can access it by clicking the link above. Bear in mind that the net asset value numbers that go into calculating the final asset cover may be out […]
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02 Sep 2015 1 min read
QuotedData’s valuation sheet on Warrants, Subscription Shares and Zeros – September 2015
September warrants, subscription shares and zeros We have updated our warrant and subscription shares and ZDP sheet for you with numbers from the morning of 2 September 2015 – you can access it by clicking the link above. Bear in mind that the net asset value numbers that go into calculating the final asset cover may be […]
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03 Aug 2015 1 min read
QuotedData’s valuation sheet on Warrants, Subscription Shares and Zeros – August 2015
August warrants, subscription shares and zeros We have updated our warrant and subscription shares and ZDP sheet for you with numbers from the morning of 3 August 2015 – you can access it by clicking the link above. Bear in mind that the net asset value numbers that go into calculating the final asset cover may be […]
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01 Jun 2015 1 min read
QuotedData’s valuation sheet on Warrants, Subscription Shares and Zeros – June 2015
June warrants, subscription shares and zeros We have updated our warrant and subscription shares and ZDP sheet for you with numbers from the morning of 1 June 2015 – you can access it by clicking the link above. Bear in mind that the net asset value numbers that go into calculating the final asset cover may be out […]
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01 May 2015 1 min read
QuotedData’s valuation sheet on Warrants, Subscription Shares and Zeros – May 2015
May warrants, subscription shares and zeros We have updated our warrant and subscription shares and ZDP sheet for you with numbers from the morning of 1 May 2015 – you can access it by clicking the link above. Bear in mind that the net asset value numbers that go into calculating the final asset cover may be […]
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08 Apr 2015 1 min read
Is Japan on the road to recovery? – a look at the sector
A falling population, enormous government debt, low to no growth, persistent deflation; this is not most people’s idea of the recipe for attractive investment returns. While they disagree on the impact of government efforts to kick-start the economy, the investment managers of investment companies specialising in Japan believe many Japanese companies can thrive regardless. Japan
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02 Apr 2015 1 min read
QuotedData’s valuation sheet on Warrants, Subscription Shares and Zeros – April 2015
April warrants, subscription shares and zeros We have updated our warrant and subscription shares and ZDP sheet for you with numbers from the morning of 2 April 2015 – you can access it by clicking the link above. Bear in mind that the net asset value numbers that go into calculating the final asset cover may be out […]
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02 Mar 2015 1 min read
QuotedData’s valuation sheet on Warrants, Subscription Shares and Zeros – March 2015
March warrants, subscription shares and zeros We have updated our warrant and subscription shares and ZDP sheet for you with numbers from the morning of 2 March 2015 – you can access it by clicking the link above. Bear in mind that the net asset value numbers that go into calculating the final asset cover may be out […]
News
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19 Feb 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s other news 19 February 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 19 February 2020 JPMorgan Japan Smaller (JPS) is cutting its management fee – from 1st April 2020, the fee will be charged at 1% on the NAV up to £150m and 0.75% (previously 0.80%) thereafter. Additionally, the £200,000 a year company secretarial fee will be removed from the same date. This is estimated […]
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20 Jun 2019 3 min read
JPMorgan Japan Smaller just fails to match benchmark
JPMorgan Japan Smaller just fails to match benchmark – JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies has released results for the year ended 31 March 2019. The total return on net assets was -7.9%, compared with -7.3% returned by the benchmark. The total return to ordinary shareholders was -8.9%, reflecting a slight widening of the share price discount to net […]
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08 Jun 2017 6 min read
JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies underperformed as investors favour cyclical and value stocks
JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies Trust has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2017. During the period, the Trust’s NAV total return was +20.9% and its share price total return was +25.2%. These both underperfomed the trust’s benchmark which it says provided a total return of +34.6%. The chairman, Alan Clifton, says […]
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08 Feb 2017 1 min read
JPMorgan Japan smaller fees cut
The board of JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies has agreed with the manager to reduce the management fee payable on the trust. The old fee was calculated as 1% of gross assets. The new fee is 1% on the first £150m of net assets and 0.8% on any net assets above the £150m level. The new […]
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07 Feb 2017 1 min read
All trust sectors bar one made money in ’16
UK Smaller Companies was the only investment sector to lose money in 2016 despite a turbulent political and economic landscape, new research has revealed. See more here
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13 Jun 2016 4 min read
A good year for JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies
JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies’ undiluted total return on net assets, net of fees and expenses (or portfolio return) for the year ended 31st March 2016, was 13.9%, versus 6.9% for the benchmark. The company’s diluted return on net assets, which assumes that all of the subscription shares in issue were exercised at the rate of […]
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03 Feb 2016 1 min read
Stalling growth sees investors flock to small-cap trusts
The demand for UK small-cap investment trusts has increased markedly since May, amid slow growth and short term volatility in global markets, suggests data from QuotedData. – See more at: http://www.portfolio-adviser.com/news/1027294/cap-driving-demand-uk-uptick#sthash.PU3pDbt0.dpuf
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17 Nov 2015 3 min read
JPMorgan Japan Smaller outperforms a falling market
JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies has announced results for the six months ended 30 September 2015. In the half year ended 30th September 2015 the total return on the Company’s net assets, net of fees and expenses, was -4.5% compared with -5.7% for the Company’s benchmark, the S&P/Citigroup Japan Extended Market Index (Total Return Net) in […]
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16 Jun 2015 2 min read
JPMorgan Japan Smaller outperforms by large margin
JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies has announced that, for the year ended 31 March 2015, the total return on net assets was 30.9%, well ahead of the return of the Company’s benchmark, the S&P/Citigroup Japan Extended Market Index, which rose by 22.4%. Over the same period, the Company’s share price increased by 35.9%, reflecting a narrowing of the discount […]
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18 Sep 2014 1 min read
JPMorgan Japan Smaller issuing warrants
JPS : JPMorgan Japan Smaller issuing warrants The Board of JP Morgan Japan Smaller Companies has announced that it is considering issuing shareholders with warrants on the basis of 1 warrant for every 5 shares held. The Board will let shareholders have more details soon.