Fund Type: | Single | Discretionary/Quantitative: | Discretionary |
Strategy: | Equity Long | FUM (millions): | AU$62.5m |
Style: | Growth | Fund Inception Date: | Since 01 August 2018 |
Geographic Mandate: | Global | Latest Return Date: | March 2024 |
Fund Domicile: | Australia | Investor Type: | Wholesale & Retail |
Status: | Open | Reporting Status: | Current |
Manager: | Nikko Asset Management Australia | Total FUM for all funds: | US$10,995m |
Manager Overview:
Nikko AM Australia offers investors the benefits of extensive global resources combined with the local expertise and long-standing experience of our Sydney based investment teams, with a history dating back to 1987. The company manages assets for retail and institutional clients across Australia.
Nikko AM Australia is owned by Tokyo-based Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd., one of Asia's largest asset managers, providing high-conviction, active fund management across a range of Equity, Fixed Income and Multi-Asset strategies. Established in 1959, Nikko Asset Management has offices across 11 countries and enjoys one of the largest distributor networks in the Asian region, serving both retail and institutional clients. The firm's extensive footprint across the Asia-Pacific region includes local offices in Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, and provides an extraordinary depth of expertise in the local issues that drive investment performance globally. In addition, they gain valuable insights from affiliates in China, India and Malaysia. Offices in New York and London provide support to investors in the US, Europe and the Middle East, as well as expertise in global markets. Nikko Asset Management Australia offers investors the benefits of a large organisational infrastructure with extensive global resources, combined with the local expertise and experience of Australian investment managers based in Sydney. |
Fund/Strategy Overview:
The Nikko AM ARK Global Disruptive Innovation Fund gains exposure to global equities that are relevant to the investment theme of disruptive innovation by investing in the Nikko AM ARK Disruptive Innovation Fund (Underlying Fund), a sub-fund of the Nikko AM Global Umbrella Fund. The Underlying Fund is an open-ended investment company (Company) established under Luxembourg law as a 'societe d'investissement a capital variable' (SICAV). ARK Investment Management LLC (ARK), a strategic partner of the Nikko AM Group is the sub-advisor for this strategy.
ARK believes that innovation is key to growth. ARK seeks to capture long-term outperformance and capital appreciation created by disruptive innovation. ARK believes disruptive innovation is key to long-term growth of company revenues and profits. ARK aim to identify large-scale investment opportunities resulting from technological innovations such as robotics, big data, machine learning, blockchain technology, cloud computing, energy storage and DNA sequencing. |
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Nikko AM Global Share Fund |
Minimum Investment: | Minimum Additional Investment: | Minimum Term: | Investment Frequency: |
AU$10,000 | AU$1,000 | Daily | |
Regular Savings Option: | Regular Savings Min. Amount : | Regular Savings Max. Amount : | Regular Savings Freq.: |
Yes | AU$250 | Monthly | |
Redemption Notice: | Redemption Frequency: | Notes: | |
1 Days | Daily |
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Distributions: | Distribution Frequency: | Last Distribution Date: | Last Distribution Amount: |
No | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Offshore/Onshore: | Fund Structure: | Share Classes: | Trustee/Responsible Entity: |
Onshore | Unit Trust | AU$ | Nikko Asset Management Australia Limited |
Administrator: | Prime Broker: | Custodian: | Legal: |
BNP Paribas Securities Services | N/A | BNP Paribas Securities Services | Internal & External Legal Panel |
Management Fee: | Performance Fee: | High Water Mark: | Hurdle: |
1.3% | 0% | N/A | N/A |
Buy Spread: | Sell spread: | Early Redemption Fee: | Fees Notes: |
0.200% | 0.200% | No |
Latest Return Date: | Latest Result: | Fund Inception Date: | Annualised Return: |
March 2024 | -2.11% | 01 August 2018 | 2.05% |
Latest 3 Months: | Latest 6 Months: | Latest 12 Months: | Latest 2 Years p.a.: |
0.43% | 24.07% | 27.17% | -5.71% |
Latest 3 Years p.a.: | Latest 4 Years p.a.: | Latest 5 Years p.a.: | Latest 7 Years p.a.: |
-20.50% | 1.76% | 2.85% | N/A |
% Positive Months (S.I.): | Average Return: | Average +ve Return: | Average -ve Return: |
51.47% | 0.69% | 9.06% | -8.18% |
Best Month: | Worst Month: | Up Capture Ratio (S.I.): | Down Capture Ratio (S.I.): |
24.12% | -22.65% | 217.95% | 169.17% |
Largest Drawdown (S.I.): | Longest Drawdown (S.I.): | Current Drawdown (%): | Current Drawdown (Months): |
-73.55% | 38 months | -55.98% | 38 months |
Annualised Standard Deviation (S.I.): | Downside Deviation (S.I.): | Sortino Ratio (S.I.): | - |
35.61% | 22.87% | 0.02 | - |
Sharpe Ratio (12 months): | Sharpe Ratio (3 years): | Sharpe Ratio (5 years): | Sharpe Ratio (S.I.): |
0.70 | -0.45 | 0.22 | 0.19 |
Please note, Sharpe and Sortino ratios are calculated using the Australian Risk Free Rate |
AFM's Quintile Rankings show performance and Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) of Nikko AM ARK Global Disruptive Innovation Fund compared to a peer group of funds with a similar strategy and geographic mandate. Each green square places a fund in one quintile (or 20%) of its peer group - five indicating that the fund is in the top (best) quintile for the corresponding KPI.
As a reference point the equivalent "quintile" performance of the peer group's underlying market index is also indicated by the red dot.
Lonsec: | Investment Grade, February 2020 |
SQM: | Superior: 4 stars, January 2020 |
Historical Performance (all figures shown here are net of fees unless otherwise stated)
Year | Jan % | Feb % | Mar % | Apr % | May % | Jun % | Jul % | Aug % | Sep % | Oct % | Nov % | Dec % | YTD % |
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2024 | -9.28 | 13.09 | -2.11 | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | 0.43 |
2023 | 22.82 | 3.59 | 2.87 | -9.04 | 14.52 | 6.54 | 12.58 | -9.43 | -9.42 | -9.36 | 24.12 | 9.81 | 65.73 |
2022 | -17.91 | -9.17 | -8.21 | -22.65 | -7.58 | -5.90 | 9.16 | -5.18 | -4.13 | 2.47 | -5.78 | -17.11 | -63.44 |
2021 | 10.76 | -6.51 | -6.30 | -1.05 | -7.10 | 19.19 | -6.65 | 3.22 | -7.43 | 5.17 | -8.40 | -12.29 | -19.88 |
2020 | 8.53 | 4.86 | -12.08 | 15.62 | 12.59 | 8.12 | 8.19 | 13.87 | -0.37 | 1.16 | 17.39 | 7.22 | 120.08 |
2019 | 11.09 | 10.24 | 0.65 | 2.12 | -12.26 | 15.77 | 2.85 | -6.19 | -3.37 | 0.24 | 15.33 | -4.07 | 32.20 |
2018 | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | N/R | 0.54 | -5.41 | -8.70 | 0.79 | -9.62 | -20.90 |
Historical Financial Year Performance (all figures shown here are are percentage per month net of fees unless otherwise stated)
Year | Jul % | Aug % | Sep % | Oct % | Nov % | Dec % | Jan % | Feb % | Mar % | Apr % | May % | Jun % | FYTD % |
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2023/2024 | 12.58 | -9.43 | -9.42 | -9.36 | 24.12 | 9.81 | -9.28 | 13.09 | -2.11 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 14.59 |
2022/2023 | 9.16 | -5.18 | -4.13 | 2.47 | -5.78 | -17.11 | 22.82 | 3.59 | 2.87 | -9.04 | 14.52 | 6.54 | 15.35 |
2021/2022 | -6.65 | 3.22 | -7.43 | 5.17 | -8.40 | -12.29 | -17.91 | -9.17 | -8.21 | -22.65 | -7.58 | -5.90 | -65.30 |
2020/2021 | 8.19 | 13.87 | -0.37 | 1.16 | 17.39 | 7.22 | 10.76 | -6.51 | -6.30 | -1.05 | -7.10 | 19.19 | 66.14 |
2019/2020 | 2.85 | -6.19 | -3.37 | 0.24 | 15.33 | -4.07 | 8.53 | 4.86 | -12.08 | 15.62 | 12.59 | 8.12 | 45.60 |
2018/2019 | N/A | 0.54 | -5.41 | -8.70 | 0.79 | -9.62 | 11.09 | 10.24 | 0.65 | 2.12 | -12.26 | 15.77 | 1.14 |