Baillie Gifford legend joins Tricapital Angels of Melrose
Melrose-based investment syndicate Tricapital Angels said it has recruited Richard Burns, former Joint Senior Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Baillie Gifford, to its board…
Melrose-based investment syndicate Tricapital Angels said it has recruited Richard Burns, former Joint Senior Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Baillie Gifford, to its board…
The £960 million Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust (USA) said it has received a requisition notice from Saba Capital Management, the New York-based activist hedge…
Baillie Gifford’s $2.4 billion Schiehallion Fund investment trust company announced the appointments of Graeme Proudfoot and Wendy Colquhoun as non-executive directors of the company with…
Edinburgh investment group Baillie Gifford has confirmed it is offering “a voluntary exit programme to UK-based staff, giving them the option to leave on enhanced…
Edinburgh asset manager Baillie Gifford has outlined the scale of its successful investment in Bending Spoons as the Italian technology company makes its market debut…
Baillie Gifford’s £2.9 billion Monks Investment Trust plc said its net asset value (NAV) total return was 29.3% in the year to April 30, 2026,…
The £275 million Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust plc said its net asset value (NAV) total return was 15.6% for the year to April 30,…
Edinburgh investment group Baillie Gifford said it has launched the Baillie Gifford Enhanced Yield Fund (BAGEY) with BNY — delivering what it called “the first…
Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford said it has launched its $2.7 million Islamic Global Equities Fund. Baillie Gifford said the fund is built for professional…
(Updates with details of first day trading in final paragraph) By Mark McSherry Edinburgh-based investment group Baillie Gifford on Friday outlined the success of the…
Edinburgh-based investment group Baillie Gifford, which has assets under management of around $260 billion, has announced the launch of its first actively managed Exchange-Traded Fund…
The £340 million Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust plc (BGEU) said on Friday its net asset value per share (NAV) total return over the six…
Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc (EWIT) said on Friday that Gabriel Gliksberg, a nominee of controversial New York hedge fund Saba Capital, has been appointed…
Baillie Gifford’s $1.8 billion Schiehallion Fund investment trust company said its ordinary share net asset value (NAV) returned 32.6% and its share price returned 64.8%…
The £200 million Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust plc investment trust said its net asset value total return was 34% and share price total return was…
The £480 million Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon plc investment trust said its net asset value per share increased 5.4% and its share price rose 14.4%…
The £380 million Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust plc (BGEU) announced that Joe Faraday will succeed Stephen Paice and Chris Davies as the investment trust…
EY announced that its Edinburgh office is relocating to new premises in Haymarket later this year, as part of the firm’s continued investment in its…
The £890 million Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc said its share price and net asset value (NAV) returned 18% and 14.1% respectively for the…
The chair of the Baillie Gifford-managed £830 million Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc (EWIT) said New York activist hedge fund Saba Capital Management is “on…
Baillie Gifford’s £850 million Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc (EWIT) has challenged New York hedge fund Saba Capital Management to provide “full transparency and clarity”…
Baillie Gifford’s £850 million Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc (EWIT) has warned shareholders they need to vote as soon as possible against New York hedge…
Four big funds run by Edinburgh investment giant Baillie Gifford have announced a major “upwards adjustment in the valuation” of their holdings in Elon Musk’s…
Funds run by Edinburgh asset management giant Baillie Gifford that are invested in SpaceX have seen their share prices rise this week amid a report…
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) confirmed on Wednesday the $1.6 billion Schiehallion Fund Limited’s move of its listing to the Close-Ended Investment Funds (CEIF) segment…
The £400 million Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust plc said its net asset value per share (NAV) total return was 5.5% over the year to…
Baillie Gifford’s £3 billion Monks Investment Trust plc said the fund produced a net asset value (NAV) total return of +29.2% for the six months…
Two large investment trust companies run by Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford said on Tuesday that New York activist hedge fund Saba Capital Management is blocking a…
The £300 million Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust plc said on Friday its net asset value (NAV) per share total return was 16.2% compared to…
New York activist hedge fund Saba Capital Management has made a fresh attempt to replace the entire board of the £850 million Edinburgh Worldwide Investment…
The 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction has been won by How to End a Story: Collected Diaries by Helen Garner. The winner was announced…
The £900 million Baillie Gifford Japan Trust said its net asset value (NAV) total return per share was 20.5% in the year to August 31,…
The £800 million Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc has narrowly survived a new attack from New York activist hedge fund Saba Capital Management. The…
Baillie Gifford has announced that Spencer Adair, a manager of the £2.8 billion Monks Investment Trust plc, will retire on March 31, 2026, after 26 years at the…
Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford has confirmed reports that it is considering making redundancies in an effort to “stay resilient.” Fewer than 50 staff may…
Baillie Gifford announced it has joined the Independent Investment Management Initiative (IIMI) in the UK — a group for “investment boutiques” — saying that “industrialisation…
Baillie Gifford’s £1 billion investment trust company Scottish American Investment Company (SAINTS) on Tuesday announced the appointment of Angus Macpherson as chairman designate and non-executive director…
By Mark McSherry The £780 million Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc said its share price and net asset value (NAV) returned 24.5% and 22.1% respectively…
Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford said its board has concluded that all 32 funds in its UK-authorised range “delivered value to investors based on a holistic assessment…
Baillie Gifford’s £2.7 billion Monks Investment Trust plc reported that it trailed the FTSE World Index in the year to April 30, 2025, after the fund…
By Mark McSherry The £300 million Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust plc said the fund’s net asset value (NAV) total return was 7.1% for the…
The £430m Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon plc investment trust announced that Brian Lum, deputy portfolio manager, has been appointed as the company’s lead portfolio manager and takes…
By Mark McSherry The co-manager of Baillie Gifford’s flagship investment trust, the £13 billion Scottish Mortgage fund, has said that “most companies simply do not…
By Mark McSherry Baillie Gifford’s £2.6 billion Monks Investment Trust plc said it is adjusting its portfolio “to ensure the Trust remains well-positioned for growth despite US…
Edinburgh asset management group Baillie Gifford has been among the investors in a $152 million Series F funding round by Culver City, California-based Altruist, a “modern”…
The £450 million Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon investment trust said the company’s net asset value per share declined by 5.1% and its share price by…
The £160 million Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust plc said its net asset value (NAV) total return was 35.4% in the year to January 31, 2025,…
Baillie Gifford’s $1.3 billion Schiehallion Fund said its net asset value (NAV) returned 12.9% and its share price returned 51% in the year to January 31,…
Baillie Gifford’s £800 million Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust has become the latest closed-end fund company to defeat New York activist hedge fund Saba Capital Management….
Baillie Gifford’s £1 billion investment trust company Scottish American Investment Company (SAINTS) reported that its net asset value (NAV) total return of 6.1% “significantly lagged”…
Edinburgh-based investment group Baillie Gifford has welcomed the overwhelming shareholder votes at two of its investment trusts to defeat New York activist hedge fund Saba…
Baillie Gifford’s Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust announced that requisitioned resolutions put forward by New York activist hedge fund Saba Capital Managemen were defeated on a…
Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc announced that its shareholders have decisively voted against all the requisitioned resolutions from New York activist hedge fund Saba…
Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc — one of the seven investment trust companies currently under attack from New York activist hedge fund Saba Capital Management…
Two more investment trusts run by Baillie Gifford have urged shareholders to reject all proposals by New York hedge fund Saba Capital Management to remove the funds’…
By Mark McSherry Baillie Gifford’s £2.8 billion Monks Investment Trust plc said on Wednesday it reported a net asset value (NAV) total return of +6.3% for…
By Mark McSherry The £1.8 billion global Baillie Gifford Positive Change Fund announced it is adopting the Sustainability Impact Label under the Financial Conduct Authority’s Sustainability Disclosure…
By Mark McSherry The £310 million Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust showed more evidence of an ongoing recovery under managers Iain McCombie and Milena Mileva…
By Mark McSherry Lisbon-based Tekever, which provides “drone-based Intelligence-as-a-Service,” announced that it raised €70 million in a funding round led by Edinburgh-based investment firm Baillie Gifford and…
Question 7 by Australian writer Richard Flanagan has been named winner of the £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024. Flanagan is currently trekking in…
The board of the £160 million Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust plc announced the introduction of a performance related conditional tender offer for 100% of its…
By Mark McSherry The £890 million Baillie Gifford Japan Trust plc said its net asset value (NAV) total return was 10% and “as market sentiment continued…
Pensions & Investment Research Consultants Ltd (PIRC), the UK-based corporate governance and proxy voting consultancy, has announced big changes to its leadership team. The changes will…
Edinburgh asset management giant Baillie Gifford has written to investors in its Baillie Gifford Health Innovation Fund to inform them of the fund’s closure after…
Edinburgh investment giant Baillie Gifford announced that Rachel Clarke, Richard Flanagan, Annie Jacobsen, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Sue Prideaux and David Van Reybrouck are the six authors…
By Mark McSherry The board of Baillie Gifford’s $1.2 billion Schiehallion Fund Limited gave its backing on Friday to the fund’s chair Linda Yueh after…
The longlist for the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction has been announced. The winning author will receive £50,000, with the other shortlisted authors receiving…
By Mark McSherry The £680 million Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc said its share price and net asset value (NAV) returned 32.9% and 16.2%…
By Mark McSherry Edinburgh investment giant Baillie Gifford has announced that Andrew Telfer, one of its three managing partners, will retire on March 31, 2025,…
By Mark McSherry Baillie Gifford’s £1 billion investment trust Scottish American Investment Company (SAINTS) said its net asset value (NAV) total return was 5.5% for the…