Baillie Gifford appoints 8 new partners from May 1
Edinburgh-based global investment management partnership Baillie Gifford has announced it will appoint eight new partners from May 1, 2022, and that four partners — James Anderson,…
Edinburgh-based global investment management partnership Baillie Gifford has announced it will appoint eight new partners from May 1, 2022, and that four partners — James Anderson,…
The £228 million Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust plc reported that its net asset value total return was -27.0% and its share price total return was -37.1%…
A number of high flying funds and investment trusts managed by Edinburgh investment giant Baillie Gifford came back down to earth with a bang in…
By Mark McSherry — As prominent international fund manager James Anderson prepares to leave Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford after almost 40 years, he has written…
ISA investors have kept faith in Baillie Gifford and its flagship fund Scottish Mortgage despite the turbulent start to 2022 for stock markets and the…
Baillie Gifford has ranked first in the 2022 FE fundinfo Alpha Manager List with a total of 13 of its fund managers making the prestigious…
Baillie Gifford investment trust Scottish American Investment Company (SAINTS) saw its assets top £1 billion at the end of the year to December 31, 2021, as…
Edinburgh-based asset management giant Baillie Gifford survived a downturn in its fortunes in the final quarter of 2021 to cling on to top spot in…
By Mark McSherry Shares of the tech-focused £1.1 billion Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc rose as much as 5% after the closed-end fund company…
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust plc, Baillie Gifford’s flagship fund, announced on Thursday it has raised a further $400 million of long-term borrowings. In a new private…
Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford has appointed Ross Mathison as a portfolio manager of its Global Income Growth Fund and Responsible Global Equity Income Fund,…
Baillie Gifford’s £1 billion Schiehallion Fund was the best performing investment trust of 2021 with a price total return of 103.3% as private equity trusts dominated…
Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford has dominated AJ Bell’s “Most Popular Funds And Shares Of 2021” report. Baillie Gifford American, Baillie Gifford Positive Change, Baillie…
US asset management giant Vanguard has selected Edinburgh-based investment group Baillie Gifford — and its portfolio managers Sophie Earnshaw and Mike Gush — to co-manage…
The £373 million Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust reported on Friday its net asset value (NAV) per share increased 2.8% in the six months to October 31, 2021,…
The £600 million Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust said on Wednesday it will be seeking shareholder approval to increase its permitted investments in unlisted companies from…
Patrick Keefe has been named the winner of the £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2021 for Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the…
The shortlist for this year’s £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction has been announced at the Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Festival of Literature. The…
The £265 million Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust plc has described Beijing’s crackdown on internet companies as “remarkably sensible.” The Baillie Gifford fund said the market…
Edinburgh investment giants abrdn and Baillie Gifford are among 125 firms that have been endorsed under the UK’s tougher stewardship and best practice code to…
Edinburgh-based asset management giant Baillie Gifford has won the top prize at the FTAdviser Investment 100 Club Awards for a fifth year running. The judging…
Baillie Gifford’s £3.3 billion Monks Investment Trust plc said on Friday the fund’s net asset value (NAV) total return was 55.5% for the year to April 30, 2021, compared…
Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford announced it will re-open its £6.2 billion Diversified Growth Fund to new investors and lower the fund’s annual management fees, with effect…
Boutique fund manager Crux Asset Management Ltd has announced the appointment of Baillie Gifford Asia investment specialist Ewan Markson-Brown to lead a Crux expansion into…
The £370 million Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust is to ask its shareholders at its August 5 AGM for the authority to invest up to 10%…
The £1 billion Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc announced the appointment of leading Scottish tech and media entrepreneur Chris van der Kuyl and Google…
Baillie Gifford star fund manager James Anderson has joined the board of Heart of Midlothian Football Club. Last June, Anderson donated an initial £3.1 million to…
Latest data from fund research giant Morningstar shows that smaller companies funds maintained their 2021 winning streak in April, with European funds “leading the charge.”…
Edinburgh asset management giant Baillie Gifford has invested $100 million in Blockchain.com — the largest single investment yet made in the crypto wallet provider that…
Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford has toppled London-based Schroders from the number one position in the prestigious annual rankings of UK fund management brands by Broadridge. Schroders…
Baillie Gifford’s Schiehallion Fund is targeting a $500 million-plus raise through a C-share issue. The fund is dedicated to making investments in “later stage private businesses…
By Mark McSherry Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford said on Friday that star fund manager James Anderson will leave the firm on April 30, 2022,…
The market value of Dublin and San Francisco-headquartered digital payments giant Stripe has soared to $95 billion with a round of funding that took it…
Baillie Gifford has claimed the top spot in FundCalibre’s seventh annual Fund Management Equity Index, pushing three-times winner Morgan Stanley into second place. Each year,…
By Mark McSherry The £808 million Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc said on Monday its share price and net asset value (NAV) returned 50.8% and…
Edinburgh’s office market proved resilient in 2020 with take-up nearing 500,000 sq. ft. and demand remaining strong, according to analysis from Knight Frank. The commercial…
Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford has appointed Josie Bentley as a co-manager of its top-performing £2.3 billion Baillie Gifford European Fund, joining existing managers Stephen…
Fund research giant Morningstar has announced that Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford’s £17.5 billion flagship fund Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust was its best-performing trust of 2020, having achieved…
Funds managed by Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford have dominated the list of top 10 performing portfolios for 2020, according to data from FE Analytics. Four…
Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford said it has launched a UK open-ended investment company (OEIC) version of its successful Dublin-registered Health Innovation fund “to invest in…
The £200 million Keystone Investment Trust plc said on Monday it has decided to appoint Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford to manage the trust using…
Baillie Gifford’s £3 billion Monks Investment Trust plc said on Tuesday it produced a net asset value (NAV) total return of 26.8% compared to an increase of 10.2% for the…
Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford continued its record-breaking year in the third quarter thanks to the strong performance of its funds. BlackRock and Baillie Gifford…
The £1 billion Baillie Gifford Japan Trust plc said on Wednesday its net asset value total return rose 6.8% compared to the 0.1% fall in…
Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford has opened an office in Shanghai and has registered as a Private Securities Fund Manager (PFM) in China. These two…
Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford on Thursday officially added its new £236 million China Growth Trust plc to the £44.6 billion its funds have invested in…
Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc said on Thursday its share price and net asset value returned 46.5% and 44.2% respectively for the financial year…
By Mark McSherry Baillie Gifford, Tesla’s largest outside shareholder, said on Wednesday it has been forced to trim its position in the electric vehicle maker…
By Mark McSherry Edinburgh asset management giant Baillie Gifford and other major shareholders of Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group Holding have swapped billions of dollars…
Morningstar’s latest fund flow numbers show Edinburgh investment giant Baillie Gifford was the most popular asset management firm in July, attracting £991 million of new…
Morningstar analysts have downgraded Baillie Gifford’s high-flying Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust plc — which has returned 58% so far this year — from a gold…
Baillie Gifford said on Thursday its £2.5 billion Monks Investment Trust plc raised £100 million of long-term debt, a move that takes the closed-end fund’s…
Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford said it has completed its first ever “value assessment” of its UK authorised funds. “Our conclusion is that value has…
Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford is to move its headquarters from Calton Hill at the east end of Princes Street to a new £350 million…
Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford is to take over the management of the £215 million Witan Pacific Investment Trust plc and change the fund’s investment…
Edinburgh-based fund management giant Baillie Gifford has confirmed that it will not after all expand by moving staff into a new landmark building in Edinburgh….
Baillie Gifford fund manager James Anderson has donated an initial £3.1 million to the SPFL Trust charity to help Scottish football and its communities recover…
The £800 million Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc said on Monday its net asset value per share increased 16.4% and its share price rose 21.7%…
The SPFL said on Monday it held a “positive initial discussion” with Baillie Gifford fund manager James Anderson about his “extremely generous” offer in a…
Baillie Gifford’s James Anderson, co-manager of the £9 billion Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, took a swipe at American investment guru Warren Buffett’s “value” investment style…
Baillie Gifford’s flagship fund, the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust plc, has soared above a record £10 billion stock market valuation this week — with its…
Edinburgh-based fund management giant Baillie Gifford said on Friday its joint senior partner Charles Plowden will retire on April 30, 2021, after almost four decades…
Edinburgh-based fund management giant Baillie Gifford is planning to launch a fund using artificial intelligence (AI). Baillie Gifford joint senior partner Charles Plowden told an…
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction will hold its first ever US event at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday, September 22. American-Ukrainian author Serhii…
The Women’s Tour of Scotland announced that Edinburgh investment giant Baillie Gifford will be its new lead partner as the list of teams that will…
An investment of around £200 million by Edinburgh-based fund management giant Baillie Gifford in online ticketing firm Trainline has paid off immediately. Baillie Gifford committed…
The chair of Baillie Gifford’s flagship £8 billion fund, the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust plc, has warned shareholders they should not rely too much on…
Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford has opened its first client office in mainland Europe — in Frankfurt — as part of plans for continued growth…
Edinburgh-based investment giant Baillie Gifford has introduced a new parental leave policy which offers up to 52 weeks leave to any employee becoming a parent,…
Edinburgh-based fund management giant Baillie Gifford on Thursday announced the appointment of two new partners, effective May 1, 2019, and the retirement of three partners….