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Innovative, Indispensable, Ignored: the case for Japan Small Cap Growth

Tuesday 17 November
2-2.45pm GMT

Join Brian Lum, lead manager of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Investment Trust, for a 45-minute webinar on the opportunities in Japan’s smaller companies.

Brian will discuss why Shin Nippon’s long-term, growth-focused approach is well placed, including:

  • Exposure to AI, digitalisation and infrastructure renewal
  • Why smaller companies may be primed for renewed attention
  • Recent performance and portfolio positioning
  • Insights from four research trips and 100+ company meetings

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Please note, as with any investment capital is at risk. 

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Brian Lum
Investment manager

Brian is an investment manager in the Japanese Equities Team. He is the lead manager of the Shin Nippon Investment Trust and co-manager of the Japanese Smaller Companies Fund. Brian has also been a member of the International Growth Portfolio Construction Group since 2015. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2006. Brian is a CFA Charterholder and graduated with an MSc and BA (Hons) in Physics from the University of Cambridge in 2006.
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