Monks adds tier to management fee structure
The Monks Investment Trust has added another tier to its management fee charging structure to pass on economies of scale gained from its growing size back to investors.
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Baillie Gifford bond fund confronts rates and manager exits
Baillie Gifford bond manager Lesley Dunn has said the team can maintain top-quartile performance despite the exit of two heavyweights from the fixed income team and a rising interest rate environment.
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Baillie Gifford floats first trust in 30 years
Baillie Gifford has announced the initial public offering (IPO) of its US Growth trust.
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Baillie Gifford to launch US patient capital trust
Baillie Gifford has announced its intention to raise £250m by launching a patient capital trust that will target American companies with long-term growth prospects.
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Saints’ unbroken dividend run hits 38 years
The Scottish American Investment Company (Saints) achieved a 2.5% year-on-year increase in its dividend last year, extending its unbroken run of rises to 38 years.
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Baillie Gifford’s Anderson ‘extremely disturbed’ by Kids
James Anderson, manager of the £6.5bn Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, is “extremely disturbed” by Key Information Documents (Kids), saying they focus too much on past investment performance which could mislead investors.
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Baillie Gifford appoints five new partners
Baillie Gifford has announced the appointment of five new partners as four existing partners retire, effective from 1 May 2018.
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Baillie Gifford appoints co-managers to replace bond heavyweights
Baillie Gifford has promoted two staff to co-manager level on two of its bond funds to replace outgoing heavyweights, Stephen Rodger and Donald Phillips.
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Five managers to watch in 2018
As the new year gets underway, Tony Yousefian, senior fund analyst at FundCalibre, identifies five fund managers to watch in 2018.
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Baillie Gifford appoints managers to Edinburgh Worldwide trust
Baillie Gifford has appointed Svetlana Viteva and Luke Ward as deputy managers on the Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust.
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Back into bonds?
Bonds have been an unloved asset class of late as investors’ mad scramble for yield has pushed the cost to unpalatable highs and they sought safety in cash, but does an impeding equity market correction mean that is set to change?
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Monks moves to a premium after strong six months
Holdings in Alibaba, Nvidia and Naspars helped propel the Baillie Gifford managed £1.6bn Monks Investment Trust to almost double the return of its benchmark index for the six months to 31 October, the closed-ended company announced today.
