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Franz Weis

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Comgest Asset Management Inter
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Manager profile
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.
Total return for Franz Weis
Discrete calendar year performance : Franz Weis

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
Franz Weis 13.1 15.0 -19.1 22.0 16.7 1.3 15.2 16.6 24.3 9.1
Peer Group Composite 12.6 16.5 -14.7 21.6 -0.9 1.0 1.9 18.2 17.1 2.1
Over / Under 0.5 -1.5 -4.4 0.4 17.6 0.3 13.3 -1.6 7.2 7.0
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.
 
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Outperformed peer group composite
7 years
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Overall markets
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Underperformed peer group composite
3 years
out of a possible 10
 
Rising markets
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Outperformed peer group composite
6 years
out of a possible 8
 
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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
Funds managed previously
Fund Periods
Comgest Europe since Nov 01 2009 to fund close
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