Invesco Pan European Hi Inc E EUR Acc |



by Thomas De fauw

The strategy’s strengths lie in the top-down work and skillful credit selection of capable portfolio managers, earning Invesco Pan European High Income People and Process Pillar ratings of Above Average. Morningstar has enhanced the way we assess alpha opportunity for funds, which is a key component in our Morningstar Medalist Rating calculation. More of this strategy's Medalist Ratings than usual may therefore change with this update, even in the absence of changes to pillar ratings or fund costs. The fund is comanaged by Thomas Moore, Alexandra Ivanova, and Oliver Collin. Moore was named comanager on this strategy in August 2020 and took over the lead in early 2022 when Paul Causer and Paul Read retired. He has no previous experience in managing multi-asset funds, but his background suits this strategy well: Moore was a credit analyst and leader at a sell-side fixed-income team before joining Invesco in 2016 to manage a high-yield fund. Ivanova, the lead manager on Invesco Global Income since January 2022, was named comanager here in August 2021 and chairs the firm’s global asset-allocation group. Collin was appointed in April 2023 to steer the fund’s equity sleeve after Stephanie Butcher stepped off following her promotion to global co-head of investments. Causer and Read’s departure did not change the investment approach. The team continues to invest across the fixed-income spectrum and is willing to back its convictions aggressively. This has been illustrated by material exposure to riskier areas like subordinated financials and corporate high yield. The fund can include up to 30% in equities, but the weighting has not been higher than 22% after a strategy revamp in 2007-08, and since 2019, equity weighting has mostly remained below 20%. The equity sleeve is run separately by Collin, who is the lead manager on Invesco's European equity income strategies. Although the fund sits in the EUR cautious-allocation Morningstar Category, it often looks like a higher-risk fund, as measured by volatility, downside-capture ratio, and other risk measures. While this aggressiveness has ultimately paid off, it can hurt at times, such as in the first quarter of 2020 when the fund's C EUR Acc share class lost 13.4% and underperformed the category average by 5.1 percentage points. Over Causer and Read’s tenure, the fund was among the strongest performers in its category, and the new management is also off to a strong start. |
Morningstar Pillars | |
People | Above Average |
Parent | Average |
Process | Above Average |
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