US-based asset manager Columbia Threadneedle Investments is to give clients of UBS Global Wealth Management exclusive access for the first three months to a new fund focussed on Japanese equities.
The fund will be managed by Daisuke Nomoto, Columbia Threadneedle’s global head of Japanese equities.
The strategy aims to generate alpha from stock selection across the whole market cap spectrum.
Nomoto has 30 years’ experience and leads a team of five portfolio managers with an average of 20 years of investment experience.
Jansen Phee, head of funds investment solutions at UBS Global Wealth Management, said: “Working in partnership, we are pleased to bring our clients exclusive access to a strategy that has proven long-term outperformance in Japanese Equities. This is a testimonial to the strength and uniqueness of UBS’s shelf of products and offerings we offer to our clients in our region.”
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