XXXXX | Japan Equity Engagement Fund

Effective 4th August 2026, the fund's name was updated to reflect the firm's rebranding from Neuberger Berman or NB to Neuberger. No other changes have been made to the fund.

This is a marketing communication in respect of the Neuberger Japan Equity Engagement Fund. Please refer to the fund prospectus and offering documents, including the Key Information Document (“KID”) or Key Investor Information Document (“KIID”) as applicable, before making any final investment decisions. Investors should note that by making an investment they will own shares in the fund, and not the underlying assets.

This Fund meets the requirements of Article 8 of the SFDR, further information is available in the Fund's documents section below.

Why Invest

Aims to outperform the benchmark by investing in quality SMID-cap Japanese equity “hidden gem” stocks, and to support their sustainable growth through engagement of financially material issues

Inefficient and Undervalued Market Provides Opportunities

Japan is a highly inefficient market with undervalued and under-researched opportunities, with SMID-cap companies’ prospects for long-term value creation often overlooked

Proprietary Scoring Process to Find “Hidden Gem” Companies

Our unique proprietary scoring model based on fundamentals, valuation, ESG and engagement potential aims to identify “hidden gem” companies

Shareholder Value Creation through Engagement

We engage companies on financially material issues such as capital management and ESG, corporate governance and sustainability topics to help companies achieve long-term sustainable growth

Fund Facts

Key Risks

Market Risk: The risk of a change in the value of a position as a result of underlying market factors, including among other things, the overall performance of companies and the market perception of the global economy.

Liquidity Risk: The risk that the fund may be unable to sell an investment readily at its fair market value. In extreme market conditions this can affect the fund’s ability to meet redemption requests upon demand.

Concentration Risk: The fund's investments may be concentrated in a small number of investments and its performance may therefore be more variable than the performance of a more diversified fund.

Counterparty Risk: The risk that a counterparty will not fulfil its payment obligation for a trade, contract or other transaction, on the due date.

Derivatives Risk: The Fund is permitted to use certain types of financial derivative instruments (including certain complex instruments). This may increase the Fund’s leverage significantly which may cause large variations in the value of your share. (Investors should note that the Fund may achieve its investment objective by investing principally in Financial Derivative Instruments (FDI)). Certain investment risks apply in relation to the use of FDI. The use of leverage can amplify both gains and losses, which may result in a significant or a total loss of the fund’s value in adverse market conditions.

Operational Risk: The risk of direct or indirect loss resulting from inadequate or failed processes, people and systems including those relating to the safekeeping of assets or from external events.

Currency Risk: Investors who subscribe in a currency other than the base currency of the fund are exposed to currency risk. Fluctuations in exchange rates may affect the return on investment. Where past performance is shown it is based on the share class to which this webpage relates. If the currency of this share class is different from your local currency, then you should be aware that due to exchange rate fluctuations the performance shown may increase or decrease if converted into your local currency.

Sustainable Risk: The fund may focus on investments in companies that relate to certain sustainable development themes and demonstrate adherence to environmental, social and corporate governance practices. This may mean the universe of securities from which the fund can invest in may be smaller than that of other funds and may underperform the market as a result.

 

For full information on the risks please refer to the fund prospectus and offering documents, including the KID or KIID, as applicable.

Performance & Exposures

Past performance does not predict future returns.

Fund performance is representative of the share class specified in the Fund Facts section and has been calculated to account for the deduction of fees. Fund performance does not take account of any commission or costs incurred by investors when subscribing for or redeeming shares. Investors who subscribe in a currency other than the base currency of the Fund should note that returns may increase or decrease as a result of currency fluctuations. The fees and charges paid by the Fund will reduce the return on your investment. Where a benchmark is shown, the benchmark shown is provided in the base currency of the fund and therefore may not be a fair representative comparison to the hedged share classes denominated in other currencies. The difference in the currency exposure and currency fluctuations in an unhedged benchmark may cause an unintended differential in any performance or risk comparison. The Fund is actively managed, which means that the investments are selected at the discretion of the investment manager. The Benchmark is used for performance comparison purposes. The fund's investment policy restricts the extent to which the fund's holdings may deviate from the benchmark, but the fund is not exclusively limited to the securities of the benchmark.

Returns & Distributions

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Stewardship & Sustainability

The ongoing charge figure (incl. management fee) is based on the annual expenses for the period ending 31 December 2025.

The fund’s benchmark name shown here may be abbreviated. Please refer to the supplement for the full benchmark name.

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Documents

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Fund Literature - 16 documents

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