Fund Manager:
Nikko Asset Management Co.,Ltd.

Research Provider:
Good Bankers

Fund Name:
Nikko Eco Fund

Launch Date:
Aug-99

Screening (except economy):
Environmental values

KEY Characteristics:
As the first eco-fund in Japan, Nikko Eco Fund was launched in August 1999. It is an open-ended investment trust fund that has pursued capital gains through investing specifically in stocks of: 1) companies whose environmental activities are superior and whose growth can be expected; 2) companies who conduct businesses related to environmental issues and whose growth can be expected. Supported by a wide range of investors, it has grown to be a large-scaled fund with its total net assets of approximately 41 billion-yen as of Sep 2006. Research on the environmental activities of these companies is conducted jointly with Good Bankers Co. Ltd., Japan's first independent investment consulting company specializing in SRI.

Asset Value:
39.9 billion Yen

Additional information:
http://www.nikko.jp/GRP/environment_e/environment.html
http://www.nikko.jp/GRP/environment_e/report/pdf/2005/p42_43e.pdf#search=%22Nikko%20eco%20fund%22
http://www.nikko.co.jp/SEC/news_e/2001/n_0110011e.html