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Fund:

Janus Henderson European Smaller Companies I Acc
Sector:

IA European Smaller Companies
Benchmark:

MSCI Europe ex UK Small Cap

Discrete calendar year performance

Discrete calendar year performance
Investment	31/12/19 to 31/12/20	31/12/20 to 31/12/21	31/12/21 to 31/12/22	31/12/22 to 31/12/23	31/12/23 to 31/12/24
Janus Henderson European Smaller Companies I Acc	32.59%	12.72%	-11.35%	5.52%	1.51%
IA European Smaller Companies	18.09%	18.52%	-21.08%	7.94%	0.22%
MSCI Europe ex UK Small Cap	11.03%	24.01%	-19.88%	12.44%	3.78%

Trailing returns

(*annualised)

Trailing returns
Investment	3 months	6 months	1 year	3 years*	5 years*
Janus Henderson European Smaller Companies I Acc	6.47%	3.71%	9.39%	5.23%	14.80%
IA European Smaller Companies	3.55%	2.54%	4.94%	2.77%	10.07%
MSCI Europe ex UK Small Cap	5.60%	4.46%	8.65%	4.26%	13.61%

Overview

Fund Objective: The Fund aims to provide capital growth over the long term (5 years or more).

Manager name	Janus Henderson Global Investors Ltd
Manager start date	31 January 2024
Manager Biography	Julia Scheufler is a Portfolio Manager on the European Equities Team at Janus Henderson Investors, a position she has held since 2024. She joined the firm in 2018 as a research analyst and became an associate portfolio manager in 2022. Prior to joining the firm, Julia was a sell-side analyst on the European mid-cap desk at Berenberg from 2016. Before that, she was an investment analyst for a multi-asset investment fund manager. She began her career at Deloitte PCS Limited in 2009.

Investment style:	*None
Region (geographical)	Europe Ex UK

Benchmark	MSCI Europe ex UK Small Cap
Sector	IA European Smaller Companies
FE fundinfo Rating	4 of 5

Fees & charges

Fees and Charges

Fees and Charges
Charge	Who receives this?	What is it?	Amount
Initial charge:	The fund manager	Charges applied by the fund management company for investing in their fund. Please note that Investment Managers may charge each time you buy new units or shares in a fund or trust. Where Investment Managers would have an entry charge, we will negotiate to have it waived so you will not be charged.	0.00%
Ongoing Charges:	The fund manager	The annual charge paid to a fund manager to cover the costs of running the fund. It is an estimate based on the actual amount charged in the previous year.	0.87%
Performance Fee:	The fund manager	A performance fee joins up the interest of the fund manager and their investors. A performance fee is taken when the fund beats pre-set conditions.	N/A
Typical transaction cost:	The fund manager	The costs of dealing within a fund, which the Investment Manager must pay to continue managing the assets. This includes where the Manager decides to sell one stock and buy another. The costs will vary from one fund to another based on how often the Investment Manager trades and the costs applied when trading.	0.188%*
Dealing commission:	Halifax	The cost of buying or selling some or all of your investment.	£9.50 (per online trade)

*This is an indication based on the market average. The fund’s actual transaction cost will be shown before you place a trade.
Account charges are not included
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Breakdown

Asset Allocation

Fund size: 325,596,798.35 GBX

Chart date: March 14, 2025

Top 10 Holdings

Top 10 Holdings
Security	Weight
Alzchem ag	2.72%
Koninklijke heijmans n.v.	2.13%
Van lanschot kempen n.v.	1.99%
Criteo s.a	1.98%
Renewi plc	1.93%
Karnov group ab (publ)	1.93%
Ctp n.v.	1.87%
Ionos group	1.72%
Gaztransport et technigaz	1.69%
Alleima	1.60%

Sectors

Sectors
Sectors	Weight
Industrials	28.50%
Information Technology	15.50%
Financials	13.72%
Consumer Discretionary	10.81%
Communications	10.30%
Materials	8.52%
Health Care	5.03%
Energy	4.26%
Real Estate	1.87%
Consumer Staples	1.49%

World regions

World regions
Country	Weight
Germany	20.48%
Sweden	13.80%
Other	13.30%
France	11.82%
Netherlands	9.67%
Italy	8.66%
Switzerland	6.39%
Norway	5.80%
Belgium	4.26%
Ireland	2.94%

ESG

What is ESG?

ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance and is an approach for evaluating to what extent a company works towards social goals. For investors this can be used in order to understand how their funds and the assets they are made up of work towards these goals and use that information to help make sustainable investment choices.

Janus Henderson European Smaller Companies I Acc