CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 

The Board of Trustees and Shareholders
Putnam Global Equity Fund

We consent to the use of our report dated December 16, 2014, included herein, with respect to the financial statements of Putnam Global Equity Fund, and to the references to our firm under the captions Financial Highlights in the prospectus and Auditor and Financial Statements in the Statement of Additional Information.

/s/ KPMG LLP 

Boston, Massachusetts 

February 23, 2015