Funds Benchmark
Funds in our coverage with Mizuho Financial Group Inc among their ten largest positions, with about £3.0B of those funds’ assets in it. FE fundinfo data, to 31 Oct 2026.
| 5Y | Volatility | Quartile | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nippon Growth (UCITS) FundEric Sturdza Investments | Active | 7.31% | n/a | Pro | Pro | 0.25% | £266.8M | Free account |
| Templeton Japan FundFranklin Templeton | Active | 6.53% | +3.4% | Pro | Pro | 2.43% | £375.7M | Free account |
| Japan Equity ESG FundFidelity | Active | 6.04% | +15.9% | Pro | Pro | 1.92% | £242.4M | Free account |
| Japanese Equity FundMorgan Stanley Investment Management | Active | 5.93% | +18.9% | Pro | Pro | 1.63% | £285.3M | Free account |
| Japan Value FundFidelity | Active | 5.42% | +16.7% | Pro | Pro | 1.04% | £3.1B | Free account |
| Goldman Sachs Japan Equity Partners PortfolioGoldman Sachs Asset Management | Active | 5.27% | +9.8% | Pro | Pro | 1.64% | £2.0B | Free account |
| Japanese Sustainable Equity FundAberdeen Group plc | Active | 4.90% | +15.4% | Pro | Pro | 1.67% | £455.2M | Free account |
| Lazard Japanese Strategic Equity FundLazard Asset Management | Active | 4.80% | +18.3% | Pro | Pro | 1.55% | £1.6B | Free account |
| SPARX Japan FundSPARX | Active | 4.78% | +19.5% | Pro | Pro | 1.06% | £583.3M | Free account |
| Invesco Japanese Equity Advantage FundInvesco | Active | 4.50% | +23.5% | Pro | Pro | 1.72% | £330.4M | Free account |
| UBS MSCI Japan SelectionUBS | Passive | 4.41% | +12.8% | Pro | Pro | 0.06% | £866.4M | Free account |
| iMGP Japan Opportunities FundiM Global Partner | Active | 4.18% | +18.9% | Pro | Pro | 2.06% | £392.8M | Free account |
| Japan Dynamic FundEastspring Investments | Active | 4.00% | +31.1% | Pro | Pro | 1.75% | £2.4B | Free account |
| Japan (JPY)UBS | Active | 3.86% | n/a | Pro | Pro | 0.11% | £91.6M | Free account |
| Robeco Asia-Pacific EquitiesRobeco | Active | 3.81% | +18.3% | Pro | Pro | 1.00% | £1.7B | Free account |
| Goldman Sachs Japan Equity PortfolioGoldman Sachs Asset Management | Active | 3.81% | +8.6% | Pro | Pro | 1.70% | £1.1B | Free account |
| Liontrust Japan Equity FundLiontrust | Active | 3.66% | +22.8% | Pro | Pro | 1.12% | £75.2M | Free account |
| Japan Equity ValueEdmond de Rothschild | Active | 3.64% | +17.9% | Pro | Pro | n/a | £825.4M | Free account |
| Goldman Sachs Japan Equity (Former NN)Goldman Sachs Asset Management | Active | 3.63% | +12.4% | Pro | Pro | 1.60% | £235.7M | Free account |
| Japan EquityBNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT | Active | 3.59% | +33.6% | Pro | Pro | 1.96% | £442.5M | Free account |
| DWS Invest CROCI JapanDWS | Active | 3.40% | +18.3% | Pro | Pro | 0.61% | £70.0M | Free account |
| JK Japan FundJK Investment Management | Active | 3.35% | +20.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.87% | £176.2M | Free account |
| GlobalAccess Japan FundBarclays Multi-Manager Fund | Active | 3.30% | +18.8% | Pro | Pro | 0.98% | £136.6M | Free account |
| iShares MSCI Japan CTB Enhanced ESG UCITS ETFBlackRock | Passive | 3.28% | +15.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.18% | £2.0B | Free account |
| Fidelity Japan Equity Research Enhanced UCITS ETFFidelity | Passive | 3.07% | +25.5% | Pro | Pro | 0.25% | n/a | Free account |
| Japan Flexible Equity FundBlackRock | Active | 3.01% | −0.8% | Pro | Pro | 1.81% | £905.1M | Free account |
| Legal & General Future World ESG Tilted and Optimised Japan Index FundLegal & General | Passive | 3.00% | +29.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.15% | £180.4M | Free account |
| New Capital Japan Equity FundEFG | Active | 2.86% | +19.1% | Pro | Pro | 1.71% | £57.9M | Free account |
| Amundi MSCI Japan ESG Broad TransitionAmundi | Passive | 2.83% | +15.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.08% | £1.3B | Free account |
| UBS MSCI Japan Universal UCITS ETFUBS | Passive | 2.81% | +12.9% | Pro | Pro | 0.15% | £9.1M | Free account |
| DWS Concept Nissay Japan Value EquityDWS | Active | 2.80% | +21.7% | Pro | Pro | 1.79% | £56.2M | Free account |
| M&G Japan FundM&G Investments | Active | 2.70% | +17.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.85% | £5.4B | Free account |
| M&G (Lux) Japan FundM&G Investments | Active | 2.70% | +16.7% | Pro | Pro | 1.69% | £1.5B | Free account |
| MSCI Japan Min TEBNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT | Passive | 2.58% | +27.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.70% | £2.2B | Free account |
| Russell Investments Japan Equity FundRussell Investments | Active | 2.58% | +14.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.97% | £63.5M | Free account |
| Xtrackers MSCI Japan Screened UCITS ETFDWS | Passive | 2.50% | +15.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.15% | £385.7M | Free account |
| State Street SPDR MSCI Japan UCITS ETFSPDR ETFs | Passive | 2.46% | +30.0% | Pro | Pro | 0.12% | n/a | Free account |
| iShares Japan Equity ESG Screened and Optimised Index Fund (UK)BlackRock | Passive | 2.43% | +25.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.09% | £1.4B | Free account |
| State Street Japan Screened Index Equity FundState Street Global Advisors | Passive | 2.43% | +15.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.29% | £142.6M | Free account |
| UBS Core MSCI Japan UCITS ETFUBS | Passive | 2.40% | +33.1% | Pro | Pro | 0.15% | £6.1B | Free account |
| Fidelity Index Japan FundFidelity | Passive | 2.40% | +13.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.10% | £1.9B | Free account |
| UBS MSCI JapanUBS | Passive | 2.40% | +28.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.03% | £119.5M | Free account |
| WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity FundWisdomTree | Not classified | 2.39% | +39.8% | Pro | Pro | 0.48% | n/a | Free account |
| Japan Equity SystematicEdmond de Rothschild | Active | 2.37% | +18.9% | Pro | Pro | n/a | £863.4M | Free account |
| iShares Japan Index FundBlackRock | Passive | 2.36% | +28.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.02% | £1.7B | Free account |
| BlackRock Japan Equity 1 FundBlackRock | Not classified | 2.36% | +16.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.05% | £1.6B | Free account |
| Japan IndexPictet | Passive | 2.36% | +14.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.44% | £314.4M | Free account |
| Vanguard Japan Stock Index FundVanguard | Passive | 2.33% | +15.0% | Pro | Pro | 0.16% | £3.8B | Free account |
| Amundi Prime JapanAmundi | Passive | 2.27% | +16.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.05% | £3.4B | Free account |
| Fidelity Japan Equity FundFidelity | Active | 2.25% | +19.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.70% | £38.7M | 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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