Funds

Class B shares are for standard direct investment. Multiple currency and currency hedged share classes may also be available.
A share class (Retrocession share class at 1.5% management fee) and C share class (management fee agreed directly with the investment manager) are also available on most funds.
Effective from 03 July 2020, F share classes for Worldwide Funds merged with their respective B share class or became a new B share class where this did not exist before.

Please note all share classes highlighted with * are quoted as a hedged share class.

** EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

The EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is a set of EU rules which aim to make the sustainability profile of funds more comparable and better understood by end-investors. This will focus on pre-defined metrics for assessing the environmental, social and governance (ESG) outcomes of the investment process. The SFDR goes hand in hand with the Sustainable Finance Action Plan which aims to promote sustainable investment across the EU, and a new EU Taxonomy to create a level playing field across the whole EU. The most visible and impactful element in the new SFDR regulation is the classification of funds and mandates in three categories, as laid out by Articles 6, 8 and 9 of the SFDR.

• The Funds classified pursuant to Article 6 of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation integrate sustainability risks into their decision-making process through adopting the Investment Manager’s Governance and Sustainability Principles and Guidelines.
• The Funds classified pursuant to Article 8 of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, aim to promote environmental or social characteristics. In addition to applying the Investment Manager’s overall governance investment guidelines, Article 8 Funds further aim to promote such characteristics consistent with the objectives of each Fund, by employing additional environmental, social and governance criteria in the security selection process, and/or excluding certain categories of companies.
• The Funds classified pursuant to Article 9 of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, have a measurable sustainable investment as an objective while seeking capital growth over the long term. Funds pursuant to Article 9 of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation , aims to invest in companies whose products, behaviour and/or services make a positive social impact.

Product classification under the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation is evolving which requires a detailed understanding of how sustainability objectives interact with investment returns.   It is possible that other Funds not currently included in the lists above will be added in future amendments to the Prospectus.

Source: Baillie Gifford
The fund prices quoted on this page are supplied by Baillie Gifford for information only. The funds operate on a forward pricing basis, namely that the funds deal at the price to be set at the next valuation point.

The information contained in this section of the website relates to Baillie Gifford Worldwide Funds PLC, an investment company with variable capital incorporated with limited liability in Ireland with registered number 490695 and established as an umbrella fund with segregated liability between sub-funds pursuant to the European Communities (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations, 2003 (as amended) (the “Company”).

If you have any questions about the Company or investment in any of its sub-funds, you should consult your stock broker, bank manager, legal adviser, accountant or other financial adviser. The Company’s prospectus should be read in its entirety before making any application for shares. Should you proceed to access the Company’s prospectus, your attention is drawn to the Selling Restrictions within the document.