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Mutual Fund Top Trumps: Eurozone – 10 January 2024

This week FSA presents a quick comparison of two eurozone products: the AB Eurozone Equity Portfolio fund and the Invesco Euro Equity fund.
Source: FE Fundinfo. All relevant fund data converted to US dollars for comparative purposes. Performance, alpha and volatility are annualised over three years with data as reported at the end of last month. Information ratio (IR) aims to measure a portfolio manager’s consistent ability to generate excess returns relative to a benchmark. The higher the IR, the more consistent the manager is.

Based on the popular 80s card game, each week we select an asset class and use FE fundinfo data to compare two funds based on their three-year performance, assets under management, alpha, volatility, ongoing charges and information ratio to decide which is the Top Trump.

This week, the Invesco Euro Equity fund defeats the AB Eurozone Equity Portfolio fund 5-1.

AB Eurozone Equity Portfolio fund

The fund seeks long-term capital growth by investing in stocks across the eurozone that offer compelling long-term return potential and attractive valuations.

Sector breakdown:

  1. Financials (17.24%)
  2. Industrials (13.63%)
  3. Healthcare (10%)
  4. Information Technology (9,9%)
  5. Consumer Discretionary (8.86%)
  6. Materials (8.84)
  7. Consumer Staples (8.72%)
  8. Energy (8.51%)
  9. Communication Services (5.98%)
  10. Utilities (5.57%)

Invesco Euro Equity fund

The objective of the fund is to outperform the MSCI EMU index in the long term. The fund seeks to achieve this through an active allocation to eurozone equities.

Sector breakdown:

  1. Financials (16.7%)
  2. Industrials (14.1%)
  3. Healthcare (12.7%)
  4. Information Technology (10.4%)
  5. Utilities (9.8%)
  6. Energy (9.7%)
  7. Materials (7.8%)
  8. Communication Services (6.7%)
  9. Others (11.2%)
  10. Cash (0.8%)

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