Sparx Group Co., Ltd. · TSE:8739

Sparx — SPARX Asset Management — Q1 FY2006 Earnings Presentation

23 slides from Sparx's earnings presentation, Aug 8, 2005

  1. Slide 1: 2006 2005

    2006 3 1 2005 8 8

  2. Slide 2: © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd.

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 2

  3. Slide 3: © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd.

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 2006 3 1 3

  4. Slide 4: SPARX International (Hong Kong) Limited

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 2006 3 1 2 SPARX International (Hong Kong) Limited 783 6 +39.1 4

  5. Slide 5: AUM and TOPIX

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 1 2005 3 2006 3 1 1 (AUM) 7,122 7,556 8,946 +23.2% 2,980 14,277 2,689 -9.8% 1,337 6,487 1,798 +34.5% 1,643 7,790 890 -45.8% 1,645 7,670 810 -50.7% 892 4,264 344 -61.4% 115 129 159 +38.3% TOPIX 1,189 1,182 1,177 -1.0% 5

  6. Slide 6: AUM by product

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. AUM) 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 6 9 12 3 6 673 685 727 839 851 9.1% 1,292 1,327 1,338 1,398 1,468 15.8% 604 576 621 890 984 10.6% 3,024 2,734 2,870 3,132 3,346 35.9% 1,957 1,970 2,121 2,195 2,575 27.6% 6 6 5 86 89 1.0% 7,560 7,301 7,684 8,542 9,314 100.0% ( %) 58

  7. Slide 7: AUM changes April to June 2005

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 2005 3 2005 6 2005.3 8,542 884 +563 +772 -321 208 2005.6 9,314 -2,000 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 2005 3 2005 6 2,739 91 -159 54 2,725 395 96 -1 12 503 267 0 -1 3 270 2,876 231 -72 64 3,099 1,517 112 -86 57 1,600 704 351 - 16 1,072 43 - - -0 43 8,542 884 -

  8. Slide 8: Revenue and AUM

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 2005 3 2006 3 1 1 1,782 7,962 2,355 +32.2% 0.85 0.88 0.87 +0.02 1,516 6,626 1,908 +25.8% 1,122 6,011 229 -79.6% AUM 55.8 55.0 55.5 -0.3% 76 303 104 +37.0% 2,980 14,277 2,689 -9.8% 8

  9. Slide 9: © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd.

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 2005 3 2006 3 1 12 7,556 8,946 0.88 0.87 6,649 7,783 3,508 3,943 3,141 3,840 127 156 9

  10. Slide 10: © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd.

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 2005 3 2006 3 1 1 7,122 7,556 8,946 +23.2% 1,046 4,484 89 -91.5% 0 931 39 +4972.1% 1 44 - - 66 220 0 -99.3% 7 32 3 -61.1% - 297 84 - - - 12 - 1,122 6,011 229 -79.6% 10

  11. Slide 11: TOPIX performance

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 1 TOPIX TOPIX 11 22.96 22.96 TOPIX TOPIX 24.55 24.55 TOPIX TOPIX FY2004 FY2004 TOPIX 36.11 36.11 TOPIX FY2003 FY2003 103.33 103.33 11

  12. Slide 12: © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd.

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 45.0% 42.2 40.0% 35.0% 30.0% 25.0% 21.0 20.0% 18.1 16.7 15.0% 10.0% 5.0% 1.9 0.0% 4 -6 7 -9 10 - 12 1 -3 12

  13. Slide 13: © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd.

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 2005 3 ( ) 45.0% 30 39.8 40.0% 26.08 25 35.0% 30.0% 20 17.78 25.0% 21.6 19.2 15 20.0% 18.0 11.22 15.0% 10 10.0% 5.03 5 5.0% 1.4 0.0% 0 4 -6 7 -9 10 - 12 1 -3 13

  14. Slide 14: © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd.

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 2005 3 2006 3 1 1 231 1,599 392 +69.0% 22 172 42 +91.2% 71 295 71 -0.5% 542 2,453 649 +19.7% 200 - 250 +25.0% 79 288 73 -7.7% 88 371 108 +22.5% 136 374 115 -15.6% 36 166 57 +56.7% 125 766 287 +128.1% 1,337 6,487 1,798 +34.5% 14

  15. Slide 15: © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd.

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 4 42 16 12 8 7 5 4 98 (-1) (+9) (-1) (+1) (+3) (+11) 0 0 11 3 0 0 0 0 14 (+2) (+2) 0 0 7 4 3 2 3 0 19 (-1) (-1) 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 8 (+1) (-1) 1 8 2 3 3 0 0 0 17 (Cosmo Investment Management Co., Ltd.) 5 50 40 24 15 9 9 4 156 (-1) (+8) (+2) (+1) (-1) (-1) (+1) (+3

  16. Slide 16: Fund performance versus TOPIX and JASDAQ

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 2005 6 ( Lev.2) Lev.1 14.8 14.5 19.9 6.3 9.1 46.1 -1.5 7.9 1.3 -4.0 -2.1 19.7 16.3 6.6 18.6 10.3 11.2 26.4 JASDAQ TOPIX TOPIX TOPIX TOPIX TOPIX 97 5 97 4 97 8 2000 6 99 7 2003 2 ( ) 24.8% 26.1% 12.3% 6.2% 24.0% 18.4% 16

  17. Slide 17: Fund performance history

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 1. 100 SPARX Overseas, Ltd. SPARX Investment & Research, USA, Inc. 2. 2 ( Lev2) 1 ( Lev1) 2001 3 2002 3 2003 3 2004 3 2005 3 -25.25 -0.22 -25.58 78.05 5.55% -34.98 -10.21 -16.85 69.05 4.17 / Lev2 -4.20 9.68 -6.41 37.92 0.91% / Lev1 2.02 (10 ) 7.09 -7.30 29.30 3

  18. Slide 18: Comparison with the Mercer Japanese Equity Universe Performance

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. Comparison with the Mercer Japanese Equity Universe Performance before fees for periods ended March 2005 Rates of Return(%) 38 25 12 -1 -14 3 Months (%) 1 Year (%) 2 Years (%pa) 3 Years (%pa) 5 Years (%pa) SPARX 5.0 (12) 5.5 (20) 37.1 (1) 11.8 (3) 0.8 (7) 2.7 (

  19. Slide 19: © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd.

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 19

  20. Slide 20: Global Gateway

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. • Global Gateway • SPARX INVESTMENT WAY” • 20

  21. Slide 21: Strategy and M&A

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 2005 3 1) 2) • • 1 SPARX SPARX 4 1 SPARX SPARX Global Global Strategies Strategies International International (Hong (SPARX Fund Services, Inc. (Hong Kong) Kong) Ltd. Ltd. ( 2 LBO, MBO 2 3 “SPARX “SPARX Way” Way” Asia Pacific Fund of Cosmo Investment Funds Mana

  22. Slide 22: SPARX International (Hong Kong) and Cosmo Investment Management

    © 2005 SPARX Asset Management Co.,Ltd. 1 • ¾ SPARX International (Hong Kong) Limited 2 • ¾ ¾ 3 • ¾ Cosmo Investment Management Co., Ltd ¾ SPARX Korea Long-Short Fund 4 • ¾ ) • ¾ A 22

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