Atlantis Japan Growth Fund Ld
14 September 2007
14th September 2007
ATLANTIS JAPAN GROWTH FUND LIMITED
INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT (UNAUDITED)
For the period 30.04.07 - 31.07.07
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES
The Company aims to achieve long term capital growth through investment wholly
or mainly in listed Japanese equities.
The Investment Manager follows a stock-driven investment approach. The Company's
portfolio is invested in companies quoted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the
regional stock markets of Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka and Sapporo and the Japanese
over-the-counter market. The above include the Ambitious market (Sapporo),
Mothers (Tokyo), Centrex (Nagoya), Hercules (Osaka) and Q Board (Fukuoka).
Investment may also be made in companies listed elsewhere but controlled from
Japan or with a material exposure to the Japanese economy. The Company may also
invest in securities which are neither listed nor traded on the Japanese
over-the-counter market provided that immediately after any such investment is
made the Company does not have more than 10 per cent of its Net Asset Value so
invested. The Company may borrow money with a view to enhancing the capital
returns. The Company may hedge its exposure to Japanese yen.
INVESTMENT MANAGER AND INVESTMENT ADVISER
Atlantis Fund Management (Guernsey) Limited is the Investment Manager of the
Company. Atlantis Investment Management Limited acts as Investment Manager as
its Investment Adviser. Atlantis Investment Research Corporation, established in
Tokyo, through Edwin Merner, advises the Investment Adviser on the day-to-day
conduct of the Company's investment business.
PERFORMANCE
At 31 July 2007
31/07/07 30/04/07 3 Months 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
Net Asset Value $22.19 $22.84 -2.8% -9.5% 17.8% 121.0% 184.9%
Mid Share Price $20.25 $24.31 -16.7% -19.9% 7.1% 125.0% 163.6%
Premium/Discount -8.7% 6.4%
Fund Size* 453.5m 466.8m
Source: Bloomberg, in US$
For the period under review, the Fund's NAV was down 2.8%. This compares with
an increase of 0.7% for the large cap-dominated Topix index, an increase of 2.8%
for the Tokyo Second Market, -6.1% for the MOTHERS Market and a loss of 9.9% for
the Osaka Hercules Market. Since inception, the Fund is still up 123.7%, well
ahead of the Topix, down 11.3% over the same time frame, and the Tokyo Second
Market Index, up 62.0%.
At the end of the period under review, the manager borrowed an additional Y1
billion ($8.4 million), which increased total borrowings to Y7.5 billion ($62.9
million). The Fund is around 11.8% geared on a net basis and cash stands at
2.11%. Note the gearing will increase as the recently borrowed money is
invested.
The Fund has no foreign exchange hedges at this time and none are currently
planned. At the end of the quarter, the yen rallied against the US$, ending the
quarter at Y119.125 compared with Y119.575 at the end of April, a gain of
0.37%. A strong yen has a positive impact on the dollar NAV of the Fund and vice
versa.
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Source: Atlantis
All figures in US$
Top Ten Holdings at 31 July 2007
Company % of net
assets
TOYOTA TSUSHO 2.55
YUSEN AIR & SEA 2.06
AREALINK CO 1.77
SUMITOMO TST & BANK 1.75
MAXVALU TOKAI CO 1.67
FUKUOKA REIT INV 1.41
ART CORP 1.32
SUMITOMO RUBBER I 1.30
SAKAI MOVING SERVICE 1.28
NIPPON HOTEL FUND 1.27
Total 16.38
Source: Atlantis
31/07/2007 30/04/2007
$m
Assets and Gearing
Total Net Assets
Cash 9.5 1.0
Borrowings 62.9 54.4
Source: Atlantis, in US$
Breakdown by Market
Market No of holdings
TSE1 100
TSE2 33
JASDAQ 58
OTHER 64
TOTAL 255
Source:
Atlantis
Fund Detail
No. shares outstanding: 20,435,627
Changes to share capital - there are no changes
Prices available from:
Bloomberg - AJG LN
Lipper - 60000517
ISIN - GB0000623560
SEDOL - 0062356 (UK)
SEDOL - 0063230 (Guernsey)
Financial Times - FT Managed Funds Services
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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