J O Hambro launches Japan fund

Run by Scott McGlashan and Ruth Nash, the fund will focus on large caps in the Topix 100, targeting highest yielders and fastest dividend growers as a route to capital appreciation. The fund has been established to capitalise on the changing attitudes of listed companies towards their shareholders as exemplified through the use of the dividend to signal business confidence. J O Hambro believes that a fund utilising this methodology, should outperform the broader market, especially when their qualitative sector views are applied. This strategy will have a capacity of £2bn and be avai...