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Paul Blankenhagen
Principal Global Investors (Ir
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Manager profile
Paul is a portfolio manager at Principal Global Equities. He is a co-portfolio manager for the international core and international all country portfolios. Paul is also active in research with an emphasis on the international banking industry. He joined the firm in 1992 and has been a member of the international equity team since 1995. Paul was named a portfolio manager for international core in 2000. He received an MBA from Drake University and a bachelor's degree in finance from Iowa State University. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Iowa.
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Manager career performance
Discrete calendar year performance : Paul Blankenhagen

Manager career performance
Discrete performance
  0-12m 12-24m 24-36m 36-48m 48-60m 60-72m 72-84m 84-96m 96-108m 108-120m
Paul Blankenhagen 19.4 11.6 5.0 -1.9 8.7 10.3 15.5 -7.3 16.9 19.6
Peer Group Composite 14.8 9.9 5.0 1.8 10.4 6.1 12.1 -9.4 14.7 19.0
Over / Under 4.6 1.7 0.0 -3.7 -1.7 4.2 3.4 2.1 2.2 0.6
Performance vs peer group composite: Paul Blankenhagen
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.
 
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Outperformed peer group composite
8 years
out of a possible 10
 
Overall markets
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2 years
out of a possible 10
 
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Outperformed peer group composite
7 years
out of a possible 9
 
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Funds currently managed
Fund Sole/Co-managed Sector Periods
Principal GIF European Equity Co-managed FO Equity - Europe inc UK since Feb 28 2014 to present
Funds managed previously
Fund Periods
No previously managed funds
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