Funds Benchmark
Funds in our coverage with Advantest Corporation among their ten largest positions, with about £1.9B of those funds’ assets in it. FE fundinfo data, to 31 Oct 2026.
| 5Y | Volatility | Quartile | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iShares Nikkei 225 UCITS ETFBlackRock | Passive | 12.20% | +19.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.48% | £513.7M | Free account |
| First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETFFirst Trust | Passive | 9.39% | +15.3% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| UBS MSCI Japan Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETFUBS | Passive | 7.42% | +4.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.12% | £154.8M | Free account |
| Japanese EquityVitruvius | Active | 7.40% | +13.5% | Pro | Pro | 2.56% | £35.9M | Free account |
| Daiwa High Conviction Japanese Equity FundFundsight | Active | 5.73% | +11.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.70% | £111.8M | Free account |
| Japanese Equity SelectionPictet | Active | 5.08% | +17.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.89% | £352.6M | Free account |
| Japan Equity FundJ.P. Morgan Asset Management | Active | 4.70% | +1.1% | Pro | Pro | 1.81% | £3.2B | Free account |
| Tokio Marine Japanese Equity Focus FundTokio Marine Asset Management | Active | 4.54% | +17.9% | Pro | Pro | 0.85% | £194.6M | Free account |
| SMD-AM Japan Equity High Conviction FundSMD-AM Funds | Active | 4.53% | +15.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.50% | £92.5M | Free account |
| Ossiam Bloomberg Japan PAB NRNatixis Investment Managers | Passive | 4.50% | +18.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.19% | £330.2M | Free account |
| Nomura Japan EquitiesCA Indosuez Fund Solutions S.A. | Active | 4.32% | +23.9% | Pro | Pro | 1.04% | £117.6M | Free account |
| Jennison International Opportunities ETFPGIM | Active | 3.88% | −0.1% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| BL Equities JapanBanque de Luxembourg Investments | Active | 3.85% | +7.9% | Pro | Pro | 1.51% | £277.0M | Free account |
| Japanese Sustainable Equity FundAberdeen Group plc | Active | 3.70% | +15.4% | Pro | Pro | 1.67% | £455.2M | Free account |
| BetaPlus Enhanced Japanese Sustainable Equity FundNordea | Active | 3.63% | +13.5% | Pro | Pro | 0.60% | £1.1B | Free account |
| Japanese EquitySchroders | Active | 3.54% | +17.5% | Pro | Pro | 1.03% | £483.8M | Free account |
| iShares MSCI Japan CTB Enhanced ESG UCITS ETFBlackRock | Passive | 3.45% | +15.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.18% | £2.0B | Free account |
| Candriam Sustainable Equity JapanCandriam | Active | 3.32% | +12.9% | Pro | Pro | 1.90% | £386.5M | Free account |
| Comgest Growth Japan CompoundersComgest | Active | 3.30% | +17.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.70% | £35.0M | Free account |
| Legal & General Future World ESG Tilted and Optimised Japan Index FundLegal & General | Passive | 3.30% | +29.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.15% | £180.4M | Free account |
| Swisscanto (LU) Equity Fund Systematic Committed JapanSwisscanto | Active | 3.28% | +17.4% | Pro | Pro | 1.25% | £82.9M | Free account |
| Selection Japan EquityArchitas | Not classified | 3.26% | +23.1% | Pro | Pro | 0.83% | £853.9M | Free account |
| Japan (JPY)UBS | Active | 3.26% | +13.5% | Pro | Pro | 1.58% | £91.6M | Free account |
| Xtrackers MSCI Japan Screened UCITS ETFDWS | Passive | 3.22% | +15.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.15% | £385.7M | Free account |
| Landseer Global Artificial Intelligence FundLandseer Asset Management | Active | 3.16% | +15.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.82% | £1.2B | Free account |
| Amundi MSCI Japan ESG Broad TransitionAmundi | Passive | 3.14% | +15.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.08% | £1.3B | Free account |
| Candriam Equities L Japan EdgeCandriam | Active | 3.08% | n/a | Pro | Pro | n/a | £73.6M | Free account |
| State Street SPDR MSCI Japan UCITS ETFSPDR ETFs | Passive | 3.00% | +30.0% | Pro | Pro | 0.12% | n/a | Free account |
| MSCI Japan Min TEBNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT | Passive | 2.99% | +27.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.70% | £2.2B | Free account |
| State Street Japan Screened Index Equity FundState Street Global Advisors | Passive | 2.97% | +15.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.29% | £142.6M | Free account |
| iShares MSCI Japan ETF | Passive | 2.96% | +27.9% | Pro | Pro | 0.50% | n/a | Free account |
| iShares MSCI Japan UCITS ETFBlackRock | Passive | 2.95% | +15.1% | Pro | Pro | 0.12% | £1.2B | Free account |
| Sustainable Japan Multi-Factor EquityBNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT | Active | 2.93% | +16.4% | Pro | Pro | 1.54% | £57.5M | Free account |
| Japan Flexible Equity FundBlackRock | Active | 2.92% | −0.8% | Pro | Pro | 1.81% | £905.1M | Free account |
| Global X Morningstar Global Technology ETFGlobal X ETFs | Passive | 2.91% | +23.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.45% | n/a | Free account |
| iShares Japan Index FundBlackRock | Passive | 2.91% | +28.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.02% | £1.7B | Free account |
| UBS Core MSCI Japan UCITS ETFUBS | Passive | 2.90% | +33.1% | Pro | Pro | 0.15% | £6.1B | Free account |
| Fidelity Index Japan FundFidelity | Passive | 2.90% | +13.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.10% | £1.9B | Free account |
| BlackRock Japan Equity 1 FundBlackRock | Not classified | 2.90% | +16.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.05% | £1.6B | Free account |
| Japan IndexPictet | Passive | 2.90% | +14.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.44% | £314.4M | Free account |
| UBS MSCI JapanUBS | Passive | 2.90% | +28.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.03% | £119.5M | Free account |
| Vanguard Japan Stock Index FundVanguard | Passive | 2.87% | +15.0% | Pro | Pro | 0.16% | £3.8B | Free account |
| iShares Japan Equity ESG Screened and Optimised Index Fund (UK)BlackRock | Passive | 2.83% | +25.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.09% | £1.4B | Free account |
| Fidelity Japan Equity Research Enhanced UCITS ETFFidelity | Passive | 2.77% | +25.5% | Pro | Pro | 0.25% | n/a | Free account |
| Goldman Sachs Alpha Enhanced Japan Equity Active UCITS ETFGoldman Sachs Asset Management | Active | 2.74% | +42.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.25% | n/a | Free account |
| AZ Equity - JapanAzimut Holding | Active | 2.70% | +16.5% | Pro | Pro | 4.21% | £59.7M | Free account |
| JP Morgan Japan Equity CoreThree Rock Capital Management | Active | 2.66% | +14.3% | Pro | Pro | 1.33% | £463.8M | Free account |
| ACS Japan ESG Insights Equity FundBlackRock | Passive | 2.61% | +12.5% | Pro | Pro | 0.02% | £3.1B | Free account |
| Amundi Prime JapanAmundi | Passive | 2.60% | +16.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.05% | £3.4B | Free account |
| Franklin FTSE Japan ETFFranklin Templeton | Passive | 2.44% | +24.4% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
Weight is the share of each fund in this company. Returns are GBP, to month end. FE quartile compares a fund with its FE sector over the same year. Fund size is in GBP. Source: FE fundinfo. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future returns.
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Counts events recorded in our market events log, not news volume. Information only, not advice.
Source: FE fundinfo. Holdings are each fund’s ten largest positions as reported, so a fund can have more of this company than shown or none at all. Returns are GBP to month end unless stated. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future returns. Capital is at risk. Information only, not advice or a recommendation.
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