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SuMI Trust
Japanese asset manager Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group has launched two new Japanese equities UCITS funds. 

The Sakigake High Alpha - Japan Thematic Growth and the FGS - Japan Strategic Growth, are now available for international institutional investors.  

The Sakigake High Alpha - Japan Thematic Growth will adopt a mixture of thematic top-down and fundamental research bottom-up approach to stock selection. It invests in selected large and mid-cap Japanese companies, with strong mid-term earnings growth, which benefit from social and industrial changes in the country. The fund is managed by Katsunori Ogawa, chief portfolio manager, and Yoshiaki Segawa, senior portfolio manager, both based in Tokyo.

The FGS - Japan Strategic Growth fund comprises Japanese companies which serve the product and services markets, such as the industrials and materials sectors. The portfolio comprises a selection of between 30 and 50, with the aim to achieve sustainable long-term growth. Nagato Kimura is the chief portfolio manager for this strategy and he is based in Tokyo.