Nippon India Japan Equity Fund
The fund seeks to provide long term capital appreciation to investors by primarily investing in equity and equity related securities of companies listed on the recognized stock exchanges of Japan and the secondary objective is to generate consistent returns by investing in debt and money market securities of India.
Growthvine rating: 2/5 — ranked #40 of 62 in category.
Fund basics
| Category | Equity: Global |
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| NAV | ₹28.47 (as of 2026-10-01) |
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| AUM | ₹353 Cr |
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| Expense ratio | 2.08% |
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| Riskometer | Very High |
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| Fund manager | Kinjal Desai |
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| Exit load | 1% for redemption within 365 days |
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Performance & risk
| 5-year annualised return | 10.22% |
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| Sharpe ratio | 0.99 |
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| Standard deviation | 14.29% |
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| Max drawdown | −30.92% |
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| Alpha | 0 |
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| Beta | 0 |
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Market cap allocation
| Large cap | 0.0% |
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| Mid cap | 0.0% |
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| Small cap | 100.0% |
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Concentration
| Top 5 holdings | 19.2% |
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| Top 10 holdings | 35.8% |
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| Total holdings | 30 |
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Top holdings
- Triparty Repo — 8.7%
- Recruit Holdings Co Ltd — 5.0%
- Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha — 3.8%
- Kao Corporation — 3.5%
- Bridgestone Corp — 3.5%
- Nomura Holdings Inc — 3.4%
- Hitachi Ltd — 3.4%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc — 3.3%
- Itochu Corporation — 3.3%
- Terumo Corp — 3.3%
Top sectors
- Global Equity — 91.2%
- Cash — 8.8%
Calendar-year track record
| Year | Return | Quartile | Category rank |
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| 2026 (partial) | 26.4% | Q2 | #16 of 60 |
| 2025 | 19.8% | Q3 | #45 of 60 |
| 2024 | 9.3% | Q3 | #43 of 61 |
| 2023 | 18.7% | Q3 | #34 of 60 |
| 2022 | −15.3% | Q3 | #27 of 51 |