The Norway-based fund team bucks the trend and outperforms many peers in the offshore Equity - Emerging Markets sector over one, three and five years with focus on large caps and family-owned companies.
Wealth managers considering whether it is the right time to buy back into European equities are starting to take a closer look at European offerings that have been out of the spotlight in recent years.
BlackRock's Continental European Income fund was launched in May last year at a time when Europe was the last place many investors wanted to be, but this was part of the appeal, according to fund manager Alice Gaskell.
After building up a $5bn emerging markets strategy at Barings, James Syme and Paul Wimborne left in February 2011 to join boutique fund manager JO Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM).