Following a recent Morningstar Analyst Ratings Meeting, we have moved the Fidelity Japan fund to a Morningstar Analyst Rating™ of Neutral. The fund’s rating was previously Under Review due to a change in management. Management of the fund has passed to a proven Japanese equity manager in Hiroyuki Ito, and we are satisfied that in terms of what he looks for in a company and how he builds the portfolio, his approach is very close to that used previously in successfully running the GS Japan portfolio fund. He aims to find out-of-favour stocks with superior long-term earnings potential and his long experience in the region enables him to add value from company meetings. At Fidelity, Ito is backed by a large and reasonably experienced analyst team, who enjoy excellent access to senior company management. However, Ito will need time to get to know the analysts strengths and weaknesses and individual styles while they will need to adapt their research to meet the stock criteria he is looking for. Given the very different team set-up, we need time to see how effectively he can utilise the Fidelity in-house resources. The fund is therefore rated Neutral at this time.
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