Skandia increases Japan holdings for global fund

27 April 2012 | By Joanne Ellul

Portfolio manager Francois Zagame has moved to a 1% overweight position in the fund. He has been adding to Japan since February.

Zagame says: “I expect the weakening yen to lead to the relative outperformance of Japanese equities against other equities in the next three to six months.”

Peter Lowman, chief investment officer of Investment Quorum, says: “Investors need to be aware that while the market is going up, you could be looking at a loss in currency terms, so investors should hedge back into sterling.”

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