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Fund:

M&G European Sustain Paris Aligned I Acc GBP
Sector:

IA Europe Excluding UK
Benchmark:

MSCI Europe ex UK

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
M&G European Sustain Paris Aligned I Acc GBP	6.08%	14.17%	-1.69%	17.65%	4.47%
IA Europe Excluding UK	10.28%	15.76%	-9.02%	14.00%	1.71%
MSCI Europe ex UK	1.43%	23.53%	-12.95%	16.36%	7.21%

Trailing returns

(*annualised)

Trailing returns
Investment	3 months	6 months	1 year	3 years*	5 years*
M&G European Sustain Paris Aligned I Acc GBP	5.35%	2.96%	8.02%	14.43%	14.76%
IA Europe Excluding UK	6.48%	5.41%	5.43%	9.72%	12.85%
MSCI Europe ex UK	7.26%	7.11%	8.59%	10.60%	15.26%

Overview

Fund Objective: The Fund has two aims: To provide a higher total return (capital growth plus income), net of the Ongoing Charge Figure, than that of the MSCI Europe ex UK Index over any five-year period; and To invest in companies that contribute towards the Paris Agreement climate change goal.

Manager name	M&G UK
Manager start date	01 July 2014
Manager Biography	John William Olsen, a Danish national, has been the manager of the Positive Impact strategy since launch in November 2018. Two years later, John William became deputy manager of the Climate Solutions strategy upon launch, and in 2021 of the Better Health and Diversity and Inclusion strategies. John William joined M&G in April 2014, was appointed manager of the Global Select and Pan European Select strategies in July 2014 and, two years later, deputy manager of the Pan European Select Smaller Companies strategy. Prior to joining M&G, he worked for Danske Capital, where from 2002 he had managed non-domestic equity portfolios, including the Global Stock Picking, Global Select and European Select strategies. He joined Danske Capital in 1998 as a fund manager on the domestic Danish equities team, and in 2000 also became a global sector analyst focusing on technology and telecommunications stocks. John William gained a BA in business economics and then an MSc in finance and accounting from Copenhagen Business School.

Investment style:	Concentrated
Region (geographical)	Europe Ex UK

Benchmark	MSCI Europe ex UK
Sector	IA Europe Excluding UK
FE fundinfo Rating	5 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.	0.55%
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: 1,010,000,000.00 GBX

Chart date: March 14, 2025

Top 10 Holdings

Top 10 Holdings
Security	Weight
Sap se	7.20%
Scout 24	5.60%
Aib group public limited company	5.40%
Schneider electric se	5.40%
Novo nordisk a/s	5.00%
Cts eventim ag & co. kgaa	5.00%
Hannover ruck se	4.80%
Siemens aktiengesellschaft	4.00%
Legrand	3.90%
Pandora a/s	3.60%

Sectors

Sectors
Sectors	Weight
Industrials	28.60%
Financials	17.70%
Communications	13.70%
Health Care	10.40%
Consumer Discretionary	9.30%
Information Technology	7.20%
Consumer Staples	5.70%
Materials	4.50%
Utilities	2.00%
Money Market	0.90%

World regions

World regions
Country	Weight
Germany	28.85%
Denmark	20.32%
France	12.88%
Netherlands	8.42%
Ireland	5.42%
Switzerland	4.95%
UK	4.64%
Spain	3.57%
Finland	3.10%
Austria	2.86%

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.

M&G European Sustain Paris Aligned I Acc GBP