Fundnote launches $1.83M Japan value equity fund with NVI
What's the deal? FundnoteDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a Tokyo-based independent asset manager, has started operating its fundnote NVI Japan Value Fund, which raised an initial US$2.23M (≈$1.83 million). The public investment trust began trading on October 8, 2026, and now also accepts recurring investments.
How it works: The fund invests in Japanese listed equities judged undervalued on metrics such as PER, PBR, or dividend yield, then screens for company quality and medium- to long-term earnings power. It aims to keep its equity allocation high.
Who's running it? Fundnote has delegated part of the mandate to Nippon Value Investors (NVI)Dealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a firm founded in 2005 by three partners who left a major asset manager. NVI has run a Japanese value equity strategy since 2006.
Why now? According to representative director Yoshihiko Ito, the new fund brings a program previously offered only to overseas investors — mainly in Europe and the US — to Japanese investors for the first time. "We want to be useful for medium- to long-term asset building," Ito said (translated from Japanese).
The details: The trust carries no purchase fee, a trust fee of 1.98% per year including tax, and a 0.3% retention charge on redemptions. Minimum purchase is US$7.69K, or US$76.9 for recurring plans. Investors must open a Fundnote account to buy in.
The signal: A small launch, but a notable one: NVI is porting a 20-year, foreign-investor-only value strategy into a domestic retail product, a sign of growing appetite among Japanese savers for active, conviction-led equity investing over benchmark tracking.
Read more: prtimes.jp
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