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Fund:

Barings Europe Select Trust I Acc GBP
Sector:

IA European Smaller Companies
Benchmark:

MSCI Europe ex UK Small Cap

Discrete calendar year performance

Discrete calendar year performance
Investment	31/03/20 to 31/03/21	31/03/21 to 31/03/22	31/03/22 to 31/03/23	31/03/23 to 31/03/24	31/03/24 to 31/03/25
Barings Europe Select Trust I Acc GBP	N/A%	-4.29%	-1.12%	5.76%	-3.38%
IA European Smaller Companies	57.67%	1.16%	-4.65%	5.38%	-0.35%
MSCI Europe ex UK Small Cap	61.87%	3.54%	-5.06%	9.26%	1.93%

Trailing returns

(*annualised)

Trailing returns
Investment	3 months	6 months	1 year	3 years*	5 years*
Barings Europe Select Trust I Acc GBP	-2.76%	1.35%	-0.50%	2.15%	N/A%
IA European Smaller Companies	-0.45%	2.27%	2.30%	1.91%	7.99%
MSCI Europe ex UK Small Cap	0.12%	1.92%	2.97%	2.90%	9.98%

Overview

Fund Objective: The Trust aims to provide a total return, including both capital growth and dividend income (after fees have been deducted), in excess of the EMIX Smaller European Companies Ex UK (Total Net Return) Index over a rolling five year period by investing in equity and equity related securities in Europe excluding the United Kingdom.

Manager name	Barings Fund Managers Limited
Manager start date	31 October 2016
Manager Biography	Colin is an Investment Manager and co-manager across our Small Cap strategies. He joined Barings in March 2010 from GLG, where he was responsible for their UK Small Company Fund. Previously, he worked at HSBC Halbis, Scottish Widows and General Accident. Colin has a BA (Hons) in Financial Studies & Computer Science, an MSc in Investment Analysis from Stirling University, and an MBA from Edinburgh Business School. He is a member of the CFA UK.

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.	0.81%
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.	0%
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: 449,495,576.24 GBX

Chart date: April 29, 2025

Top 10 Holdings

Top 10 Holdings
Security	Weight
Asr nederland n.v.	2.23%
Lottomatica ord	2.23%
Hera s.p.a.	1.99%
Avolta ag	1.92%
Scout24 se	1.86%
Bankinter sociedad anonima	1.82%
Wienerberger ag	1.80%
Finecobank banca fineco spa	1.76%
Cts eventim ag & co. kgaa	1.72%
Aryzta ag	1.63%

Sectors

Sectors
Sectors	Weight
Industrials	25.70%
Financials	18.60%
Consumer Discretionary	13.10%
Health Care	8.60%
Materials	8.10%
Consumer Staples	6.20%
Information Technology	5.60%
Communications	4.80%
Money Market	3.50%
Energy	3.10%

World regions

World regions
Country	Weight
Sweden	14.00%
Italy	13.20%
Switzerland	12.90%
France	11.90%
Germany	11.40%
Netherlands	10.60%
Others	7.90%
Denmark	4.90%
Spain	4.90%
Finland	4.80%

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.

Barings Europe Select Trust I Acc GBP