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BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust - Philosophy and process driving outperformance

BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust’s (BRGE) shareholders benefit from the input from two of BlackRock’s investment teams. The trust has two co-managers: Stefan Gries, since June 2017, covering developed European markets (c 90% of the portfolio); and Sam Vecht, since the fund’s launch in September 2004, covering emerging European markets (c 10% of the portfolio). BRGE has a clearly defined investment philosophy and process, which has resulted in a very commendable performance track record. Its NAV total returns rank first out of eight funds in the AIC Europe sector over the last one, three, five and 10 years, and have also outpaced the performance of the broad European stock market over these periods.
Underlying
BlackRock Greater Euro Inv Tst

BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust is an investment trust company. Co.'s principal activity is portfolio investment. Co. invests in a focused portfolio constructed from a combination of the securities of large, mid and small capitalization European companies, together with some investment in the developing markets of Europe. Co.'s investment manager is BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited. As of Aug 31 2017, Co. had total investments of £334.7 million.

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Edison Investment Research
Edison Investment Research

Edison is an investment research and advisory company, with offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East and AsiaPac. The heart of Edison is our world renowned equity research platform and deep multi-sector expertise. At Edison Investment Research, our research is widely read by international investors, advisors and stakeholders. Edison Advisors leverages our core research platform to provide differentiated services including investor relations and strategic consulting.

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Pedro Fonseca

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