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Overview
The Worldwide Discovery Fund aims to produce attractive long-term returns, mainly through capital growth. The Fund will invest primarily in equities which are listed, traded or dealt in on Regulated Markets worldwide and which will typically be stocks of smaller or younger companies that the Investment Manager considers to have strong future growth prospects.
PLEASE NOTE, THIS FUND IS CURRENTLY CLOSED TO NEW INVESTORS.
Performance & Portfolio
Select currencyCumulative Performance 31/03/2021Rebased to 100 at the start date of this chart.
B USD Acc share class launched on 30 September 2019.Unfortunately we were unable to load the chart. Please try again later.Top Ten Holdings - 31/03/2021
Fund % 1 Ocado 6.1% 2 Zillow 5.0% 3 Tesla Inc 4.5% 4 MarketAxess 3.9% 5 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 3.6% 6 Chegg 3.1% 7 Teladoc 2.9% 8 Appian 2.8% 9 STAAR Surgical 2.8% 10 Zai Lab 2.6% Total 37.3% Fund % 1 Ocado 6.1% 2 Zillow 5.0% 3 Tesla Inc 4.5% 4 MarketAxess 3.9% 5 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 3.6% 6 Chegg 3.1% 7 Teladoc 2.9% 8 Appian 2.8% 9 STAAR Surgical 2.8% 10 Zai Lab 2.6% Total 37.3% Geographic Analysis of Total Assets 31/03/2021As the Fund invests in overseas securities, changes in the rates of exchange may cause the value of your investment (and any income it may pay) to go down or up.
The information contained on this page is intended as a guide only and should not be relied upon when making investment decisions. All holdings information is unaudited. Source Baillie Gifford & Co.
Please note that totals may not add due to rounding.Unfortunately we were unable to load the chart. Please try again later.Insights
April 2021The Future of Mobility - Part 1.
A wave of revolutionary new technologies is set to transform the way we travel from A to B. In this short series, Thaiha Nguyen, a Baillie Gifford investment manager, takes an in-depth look at the business of personal transport on the brink of change.
Read moreApril 2021The Future of Mobility - Part 2.
A wave of revolutionary new technologies is set to transform the way we travel from A to B. In this short series, Thaiha Nguyen, a Baillie Gifford investment manager, takes an in-depth look at the business of personal transport on the brink of change.
Read moreApril 2021The Future of Mobility - Part 3.
A wave of revolutionary new technologies is set to transform the way we travel from A to B. In this short series, Thaiha Nguyen, a Baillie Gifford investment manager, takes an in-depth look at the business of personal transport on the brink of change.
Read moreApril 2021The Future of Mobility - Part 4.
A wave of revolutionary new technologies is set to transform the way we travel from A to B. In this short series, Thaiha Nguyen, a Baillie Gifford investment manager, takes an in-depth look at the business of personal transport on the brink of change.
Read moreMarch 2021The Rise of ESG.
The logic of long-term investing means that companies harming the planet and its people will ultimately be losers.
Read moreMarch 2021Humans, a Growth Species.
On the back of humanity's innate ability to innovate, invent and improve, Hamish Maxwell is reminded of why growth investing yields such promise over the long-term.
Read moreDecember 2020Innovation: Why it’s Crucial for Sustainability.
Lee Qian, Investment Manager in Baillie Gifford’s Positive Change Strategy, tells us why we should harness innovation and economic growth to create a more prosperous, sustainable and inclusive world.
Read moreNovember 2020STOPCOVID Webinar.
This webinar, moderated by Mark Urquhart, head of our Long Term Global Growth Team, includes an update from the STOPCOVID team based at Edinburgh University. STOPCOVID is a global initiative to harness and progress medical science across sectors to improve treatments and end the pandemic. We hear from Kev Dhaliwal, Professor of Molecular Imaging and Healthcare Technology and Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine.
WatchNovember 2020The S in ESG.
The complexity of assessing societal impact shouldn’t deter investors from looking at a company from every angle, argues Marianne Harper Gow.
Read moreSeptember 2020Scale as a Service.
Companies become more efficient as they grow. In the past, that involved big capital outlays and was bad news for challengers. However, as Gary Robinson explains, entrepreneurs can now rent the essential tools from cloud platforms, enabling them to compete more easily.
Read moreManagers
Douglas Brodie
Douglas joined Baillie Gifford in 2001 and is Head of the Global Discovery Team. Douglas became a Partner in 2015 and is a CFA Charterholder. He graduated BSc in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry from the University of Durham in 1997 and attained a DPhil in Molecular Immunology from the University of Oxford in 2001.
How to Invest
You can invest in a range of our funds via a number of fund platforms and supermarkets. Certain share classes are available for investment via a number of platforms. Please see the links opposite.
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FUND PLATFORMS/SUPERMARKETS
Documents
You can access any literature about the Fund here, either by downloading or requesting a copy by post (where available). Please note that, due to current government restrictions, we have a limited number of staff in our office. As a result, if posting instructions to us, there may be a delay in processing these due to these current restrictions.
To download any document you will need Adobe Reader. Please note that we can now provide you with Braille and audio transcriptions of our literature on request. It may take up to 10 days for the transcription to be completed dependent on the size of the document.
Annual Reports
Application Forms
Fund Factsheets
Fund Ratings Reports
Important Disclosures
Interim Reports
Key Investor Information Documents
MIFID II Ex-Ante Disclosures
Philosophy and Process Documents
Prospectus
Quarterly Investor Updates
Further Information
BAILLIE GIFFORD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (EUROPE) LIMITED: REGISTERED OFFICE
Baillie Gifford Investment Management (Europe) Limited is authorised and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland (No. C182354). Registered office: 4/5 School House Lane East, Dublin 2, D02 N279. Registered in Ireland (No. 625892).COMPLAINTS CONTACT DETAILS
In the first instance, clients should contact their normal Client Contact with any concerns. Alternatively, or for those clients who do not have a direct client contact assigned, complaints can be emailed to Baillie Gifford’s Compliance Department at: [email protected]. A summary document which contains details on Baillie Gifford’s complaints management policy is available upon request. All material complaints are recorded in an in-house incident management system and are escalated to, and dealt with by, members of staff of suitable seniority, independent of the area from which the matter arose.
