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Nikko AM Shenton Emerging Enterprise Discovery Fund (SEED Fund)

The SEED Fund allows investors to access small and medium-sized companies that are hidden gems in the Asia ex-Japan equity sector. This presents plenty of opportunities for investors to invest in such companies that have the potential to grow into stable and matured companies.

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About the Fund

The Nikko AM Shenton Emerging Enterprise Discovery Fund (SEED Fund) invests primarily in the listed equities of small to medium-sized companies in Asia ex-Japan which in the Managers’ opinion are undervalued. Small and medium-sized companies shall mean companies which are included in a market index for small and medium-sized companies, or companies that have a comparable market capitalisation.

What determines the size of a company?

Market capitalisation indicates the value of a company in terms of its size.

Here at Nikko AM, we define small caps as small and medium-sized companies with a comparable market capitalisation of around USD 200 million to USD 5 billion.

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Fund Highlights

Award winning fund^

Long track record of investment in Asia ex-Japan small caps

Active on the ground engagement with management

Invest in small caps with growth potential

^ The Fund has won the Fund Selector Asia Fund Awards for Asia Pacific Equity (Gold) 2023 and 2024.
Past performance of the Fund is not necessarily indicative of its future performance.

Why invest in the Fund?

Watch Grace Yan, Senior Portfolio Manager of Asian Equity, who manages this award winning fund as she shares with us on how investing in stocks of Asia ex-Japan smaller companies can be advantageous to an investors’ portfolio.

What are the benefits of investing in Asia small caps?

1) Upside potential of undervalued and under researched companies

  • Smaller companies have outperformed larger companies 54% of the time since 2000*.
  • Larger opportunity set in small and medium-sized companies compared to large companies. 
  • As such, they represent alpha opportunities if identified with the right investment approach.

Index performance

1Small caps benchmark
2Large caps benchmark
*Source: Bloomberg, Nikko AM, August 2023
Past Performance is not indicative of future performance.

2) Differentiated holdings across sectors

  • Investing in small caps offer diversification from large caps. 
  • Country allocation - large caps have a larger weight in China and small caps have a larger weight in countries like India and Taiwan. 
  • Sector allocation - large caps have a larger weight in Financials and Information Technology whereas small caps have a larger weight in Industrials and Healthcare. 
Asset allocation

Source: MSCI, Nikko AM, 31 October 2023
Reference to any particular sectors or countries are purely for illustrative purposes only and does not constitute a recommendation or to be relied upon as financial advice in any way.
1Small caps benchmark
2Large caps benchmark

3) Agility of small companies to harness change and respond nimbly to risks

  • Given today’s environment where big technology is under scrutiny, small and medium-sized companies will find themselves on a more even playing field with large companies.
  • Small and medium-sized companies may also have the upper hand because they are not restricted by legacy systems or old technology. This means they can exploit smart technology and deliver innovative products with greater personalisation while incurring lower costs.
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How to invest

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If you would like to invest, please get in touch with one of these distributors, or our Client Services Team at SGContactUs@nikkoam.com / (SG Toll-Free) 1-800-535-8025 or (Overseas) +65-6535-8025.

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