Key Highlights

  • J100 tracks the TOPIX 100 Total Return index and provides exposure concentrated entirely in Japanese equities, having been admitted to ASX trading on 25 November 2025.
  • As a recently listed fund, net Assets and units outstanding were both recorded at $0.00 and zero respectively in the latest disclosure, a reporting position consistent with the fund's short trading history.
  • Industrials and Financial Services are the two largest sector allocations, at 23.76 percent and 21.95 percent respectively, both broadly in line with the Equity Japan category averages.
  • The fund's top ten holdings account for 34.75 percent of total assets across 100 companies, led by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Toyota Motor Corp.

The Global X Japan TOPIX 100 ETF (ASX:J100) aims to provide investors with a return that tracks the performance of the TOPIX 100 Total Return Index, giving exposure to one hundred of the largest companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The fund was admitted to ASX trading on 25 November 2025, making it one of the more recently listed vehicles within the Equity Japan category, and is benchmarked against the TOPIX TR JPY index.

Sector Composition and Geographic Exposure

J100's sector allocation is led by Industrials at 23.76 percent, close to the category average of 26.14 percent, followed by Financial Services at 21.95 percent, above the category's 17.84 percent. Technology exposure of 19.30 percent sits marginally below the category average of 21.63 percent, while Communication Services at 10.44 percent is above the category figure of 7.52 percent. Consumer Cyclical, at 10.95 percent, trails the category average of 11.72 percent by a narrow margin.

Geographic exposure is entirely concentrated in Japan at 100.00 percent, matching the category average. The fund held 99.82 percent of assets in equities and 0.18 percent in cash, with no bond or other allocations reported.

Holdings, Returns and Distributions

The portfolio's top ten holdings account for 34.75 percent of total assets across 100 companies. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is the largest position at 5.77 percent, followed by Toyota Motor Corp at 3.92 percent and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group at 3.78 percent. Hitachi, Sony Group, Recruit Holdings, Tokyo Electron, Mizuho Financial Group, Advantest Corp and SoftBank Group complete the remaining top ten names.

Total return data available for the fund showed a one-month gain of 1.80 percent, with three-month and six-month figures both recorded at 4.58 percent; one-year and three-year figures were not yet available given the fund's listing date in late November 2025. The fund declared a final distribution of $1.138 per unit, with an ex-date of 2 July 2026 and payment date of 16 July 2026.

Conclusion

J100 offers investors index-based access to Japan's largest listed companies through the TOPIX 100 benchmark, with a sector profile that closely tracks the broader Equity Japan category. As a fund admitted to trading in late 2025, several standard fund metrics, including net assets, units outstanding, Beta and standard deviation, were not yet fully established at the time of the most recent disclosure, a characteristic that distinguishes it from the more established, longer-listed Japanese equity funds examined alongside it.