Capital Group Japan Eq (LUX) Zd
This fund can be held in a Dealing accountStocks and shares ISALifetime ISAJISASIPPand can be used with Regular investment
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Management
| Name of company | Capital International Management Company Sàrl |
| Phone | - |
| Website | - |
| Address | Luxembourg avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Kennedy Luxembourg |
Fund
| Domicile | LUX |
| Legal structure | SICAV |
| UCITS | Yes |
| Inception date | 25/04/2013 |
Managers
| Fund manager | Akira Horiguchi |
| Manager start date | 01/02/2008 |
| Biography | Akira Horiguchi is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. Akira has 31 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 25 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, Akira was an equity investment analyst and covered Japan as a small- and mid-cap generalist. Prior to this, Akira was an investment manager of Japanese equities with Gartmore Investment Management Japan Ltd. Before that, he worked with MeesPierson Capital Management Japan Ltd. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Tokyo University. He is also a chartered member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan. Akira is based in Tokyo. |
| Fund manager | Akira Shiraishi |
| Manager start date | 01/04/2020 |
| Biography | Akira Shiraishi is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, his coverage included Asian health care companies, Japanese real estate, J-REITs, construction, home building and building materials, imaging, semiconductor & semiconductor equipment companies; Korean small-caps and U.S. semiconductor equipment companies and Japanese small- and mid-cap companies as a generalist. Prior to joining Capital, Akira was a portfolio manager and research analyst covering Japanese equities at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Before that, he was an interest rates derivatives trader at UBS Securities. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Lake Forest College as a Grew Scholar, graduating magna cum laude. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Akira is based in Los Angeles. |
| Fund manager | Elad Lachovitzki |
| Manager start date | 01/04/2025 |
| Biography | Elad Lachovitzki is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. As an equity investment analyst, he has research responsibility for Japan, Australia and New Zealand as a small- to mid-cap industry generalist. He has 17 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for seven years. Prior to joining Capital, Elad worked as an international small-cap healthcare analyst at Fidelity Management & Research. Before that, he was an equity sales associate at JPMorgan Securities Tokyo. He holds a bachelor's degree in financial accounting and Asian studies from the University of Western Australia. Elad is based in Tokyo. |
| Fund manager | Kohei Higashi |
| Manager start date | 01/04/2022 |
| Biography | Kohei Higashi is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 29 years of investment experience and has been with Capital Group for 22 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, he covered Japanese consumer electronics, leisure products, textile & apparel, photographic products, office electronics, as well as Asian and European automobile manufacturers. Prior to joining Capital, he was a senior crude oil trader at Mitsubishi Corp. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree from the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Kohei is based in Los Angeles. |
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