1. BAILLIE GIFFORD. INDEPENDENT GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGERS.

    AS A PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE NEVER SHOUTED “ABOUT US”. SO LET’S HAVE A QUIET CHAT.

    Baillie Gifford is unique in the UK in being a large-scale investment business that has remained an independent private partnership. This ownership structure has allowed us to keep our efforts focused entirely on our clients and their investments.

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    From Brexit to Brazil.
    Brazil and the UK might be miles apart, but they do share at least one surprising commonality: a 3% inflation rate. As Sally Greig explains, structural changes in Brazil are starting to have an impact on the country’s changing fortunes.
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    An End to Kidney Failure.
    Many patients with kidney failure face an agonising wait for a donor or a life on dialysis. However, as Julia Angeles writes, new technologies may offer a brighter future.
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    How to Invest in Equities and Stay Sane.
    Investing in equities is a long-term commitment. In this article, we explain why market movements are usually irrelevant and why shareholders should look past immediate events and focus on the long term.
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    Comparing Neighbours - China vs Japan.
    China may indeed be sitting at the bottom of an opportunity curve, but will its ‘new economy’ deliver, or will China go the same way as its neighbour, Japan? Andrew Keiller explains why China won’t be the next Japan.
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    Digitalising India.
    Over recent years, India has created the world’s largest digitalised database of people. As Ewan Markson-Brown explains, this has enabled it to leapfrog other countries in areas such as banking, and should also increase investment opportunities.
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    About Us
    We are patient. Impatient to find out why?
    After over a century of Investment Management we’ve decided to put into words how we go about our business. Patient is one of those words. We’ll let Partner Mark Urquhart take it from here.
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    About Us
    Our Shared Beliefs.
    We believe that our strong core beliefs are as important to our clients as they are to our staff, but what are they?
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    Key Facts
    The facts and nothing but the facts.
    We’ve taken the key facts about our company and made them into easily digestible headlines. If you want an instant guide to the company look no further.
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  3. A lot has happened in the world. But let's focus on the last 109 years.
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    A Future Powered By Artificial Intelligence.
    With the power to transform every trade and every industry, artificial intelligence (AI) is the future that is here today. Investment manager Lawrence Burns reflects on some of the recent developments in the field and speculates on what the brave and wonderful new world of AI might mean for us all.
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    Corporate Citizenship
    Focus on Sponsorship.
    We focus our corporate philanthropy efforts on initiatives where Baillie Gifford’s contribution can make a real difference, as our Focus on Sponsorship brochure illustrates.
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    Forever young.
    Edinburgh International Film Festival’s Youth Events Manager, Janine Koppe, talks about this year’s exciting youth programme.
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    An End to Cancer?
    Investment manager Julia Angeles strikes an optimistic note as she explores some of the recent developments in healthcare, which one day she hopes will bring an end to cancer.
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    Shining a light on our world heritage home.
    Baillie Gifford is proud to call Edinburgh home. And we take every opportunity to show it off to the world in its best light. In this case we did so by supporting the Regent Bridge installation.
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    Cities of Tomorrow.
    Joe Faraday shares his enthusiasm for the importance of cities as growth drivers, explaining how access to world-leading academics and their research has shaped his thinking.
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    Genomics: Reasons for Optimism.
    Julia Angeles, an investment manager in the EAFE Alpha team, considers how scientific developments have led to changes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, and why the current rate of progress is set to accelerate in the coming years. Angeles also explains why she opted to undergo genomic testing.
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    Does Anyone Remember What ‘Investing’ Actually Means?
    Stuart Dunbar discusses the woes of what our industry has become alongside the potential opportunities presented by its somewhat over-evolved state.
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