Richard Aston

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Richard Aston
Chikara Investments LLP
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Richard Aston manages the CC Japan Income and Growth Trust plc. He has 13 years of experience in Japanese equities and 19 years in total. Richard graduated from Cambridge University with an MA in Engineering and a sponsorship from GEC Industrial Controls. He first moved into the finance industry as an Investment Analyst with Sun Life Asset Management (now part of AXA Investment Managers) in 1992. After various roles within the asset management team, Richard was appointed as a Portfolio Manager on the Japanese desk in 1997. In 2000, he was appointed Head of Japanese equities at Chase Asset Management in London. Following the merger of Chase Manhattan, Flemings and JPMorgan, Richard became a member of the JPMorgan Asset Management Japanese Equities based in London and subsequently in Tokyo, where he worked closely with Jonathan Dobson. He was promoted to Managing Director in 2008. In December 2010, Richard returned to London and joined Coupland Cardiff Asset Management LLP.

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Annualised total return over 22.9 years

+1.4%

Cumulative performance (% growth)

	1 year	3 years	5 years	7 years	10 years
Richard Aston	0.5	31.1	59.6	36.5	109.5
Peer Group Composite	3.5	22.7	40.4	31.2	90.7
Over / Under	-3.0	8.4	19.2	5.3	18.8

Total return for Richard Aston

Discrete calendar year performance : Richard Aston

Discrete performance

	0-12m	12-24m	24-36m	36-48m	48-60m	60-72m	72-84m	84-96m	96-108m	108-120m

Richard Aston	0.5	22.3	6.1	2.9	18.2	-9.6	-5.3	20.2	21.6	4.3
Peer Group Composite	3.5	14.5	3.6	-11.7	29.5	-1.9	-4.7	19.3	28.4	-4.8
Over / Under	-3.0	7.8	2.5	14.6	-11.3	-7.7	-0.6	0.9	-6.8	9.1

Performance vs peer group composite: Richard Aston

How a manager matches up against their peers gives you some idea of how talented they are. Very few managers perform equally well in rising and falling markets, so knowing which type of market a manager is capable of performing well within is also important.

Overall markets

Outperformed peer group composite

5 years

out of a possible 10

Overall markets

Underperformed peer group composite

5 years

out of a possible 10

Rising markets

Outperformed peer group composite

3 years

out of a possible 6

Falling markets

Outperformed peer group composite

2 years

out of a possible 4

Funds currently managed

Fund	Sole/Co-managed	Sector	Periods

Chikara Japan Income & Growth	Lead manager	FO Equity - Japan	since Feb 04 2013 to present
Japan Income & Growth Trust PLC	Lead manager	IT Japan	since Dec 15 2015 to present

Funds managed previously

Fund	Periods

JPMorgan SAR Japan	since Apr 01 2000 to Nov 30 2008
JPM Institutional Japan	since Mar 01 2001 to Sep 30 2009
JPM Japan Equity	since May 01 2007 to Nov 01 2010