Franz Weis

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Franz Weis
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Franz Weis joined Comgest in 2005 and is a Portfolio Manager specialising in European equities. In addition to being the Group’s Chief Investment Officer (CIO), he is also a Managing Director and a member of the Executive Committee. Franz leads the firm's European research efforts and co-leads the management of the majority of Comgest’s European equity strategies. In his role as CIO, Franz oversees the firm’s investment teams and chairs the Investment Committee, which is responsible for applying Comgest’s philosophy on successful long-term investing. He started his career in 1990 at Baillie Gifford & Co. where he worked as a Portfolio Manager before joining F&C Asset Management as a Senior Portfolio Manager and Director of European Equities in 1996. Franz graduated from Heriot-Watt University (Scotland) with a Master’s degree in International Banking and Financial Studies and received the International Bankers in Scotland Prize in 1990.

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Franz Weis is a Trustnet FE fundinfo Alpha Manager who has maintained a consistently high alpha score over a proven track record in rising and falling markets.

Annualised total return over 15.3 years

+10.3%

Cumulative performance (% growth)

	1 year	3 years	5 years	7 years	10 years
Franz Weis	11.5	-3.8	44.6	65.1	170.3
Peer Group Composite	14.6	7.2	33.5	33.8	94.3
Over / Under	-3.1	-11.0	11.1	31.3	76.0

Total return for Franz Weis

Discrete calendar year performance : Franz Weis

Discrete performance

	0-12m	12-24m	24-36m	36-48m	48-60m	60-72m	72-84m	84-96m	96-108m	108-120m

Franz Weis	11.5	8.5	-21.6	33.8	11.2	8.6	5.1	21.6	19.3	14.3
Peer Group Composite	14.6	7.8	-13.6	29.8	-5.5	7.3	-6.6	16.3	16.2	7.2
Over / Under	-3.1	0.7	-8.0	4.0	16.7	1.3	11.7	5.3	3.1	7.1

Performance vs peer group composite: Franz Weis

How a manager matches up against their peers gives you some idea of how talented they are. Very few managers perform equally well in rising and falling markets, so knowing which type of market a manager is capable of performing well within is also important.

Overall markets

Outperformed peer group composite

8 years

out of a possible 10

Overall markets

Underperformed peer group composite

2 years

out of a possible 10

Rising markets

Outperformed peer group composite

6 years

out of a possible 7

Falling markets

Outperformed peer group composite

2 years

out of a possible 3

Funds currently managed

Fund	Sole/Co-managed	Sector	Periods

Comgest Growth Europe Opportunities	Co-managed	IA Europe Including UK	since Aug 07 2009 to present
Comgest Growth Europe	Co-managed	IA Europe Including UK	since Nov 01 2009 to present
Comgest Growth Europe ex UK	Co-managed	IA Europe Excluding UK	since Dec 18 2014 to present
Growth Europe Compounders	Co-managed	FO Equity - Europe inc UK	since Dec 23 2019 to present
Growth Europe Plus	Co-managed	IA Europe Including UK	since Dec 23 2019 to present
Comgest Growth Europe Shariah	Co-managed	IA Europe Including UK	since Mar 10 2020 to present
Comgest Growth Europe Ex UK Compounders	Co-managed	FO Equity - Europe ex UK	since Jul 24 2024 to present