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  1. The clean energy election

    Will the US election result affect investors in US renewables? Felix Amoako-Kwarteng finds out.
    October 2024
    Article7 minutes
  2. Small cap strife: big opportunities

    Exploring the transformative potential of small-cap companies such as DexCom, Tesla and Axon.
    November 2024
    Article8 minutes
  3. Private investor forum: growth on sale

    Why it pays to keep faith in the company fundamentals
    October 2024
    Article6 minutes
  4. Do elections matter for stock returns?

    What the past tells us about a new US president’s impact on growth companies.
    October 2024
    Article6 minutes
  5. Why growth investors can’t ignore China

    China’s electric car, battery and other advanced manufacturers are on the rise.
    October 2024
    Podcast3 minutes
  6. All-weather or all talk?

    Testing the Strategic Bond Fund’s claim to be a through-the-cycle credit strategy.
    October 2024
    Article4 minutes
  7. Managed Fund Q3 update

    The Managed Fund team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.
    October 2024
    Video9 minutes
  8. Pink abstract swirls

    Sustainable Income Fund Q3 update

    The Sustainable Income Fund Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.
    October 2024
    Video11 minutes
  9. Managed Fund: navigating the bond landscape

    Explore Managed Fund's approach to bond investment for diversification and potential returns.
    October 2024
    Article4 minutes
  10. Investment specialist Thomas Patchett

    Future Stocks: Our best ideas in Japan

    Thomas Patchett uncovers three companies driving new opportunities in Japan.
    September 2024
    Video3 minutes
  11. Investment specialist Ben James

    Future Stocks: Our best ideas in the US

    Ben James explains why DoorDash, The Trade Desk and CoStar stand out as growth stocks.
    September 2024
    Video3 minutes
  12. Investment specialist Qian Zhang

    Future Stocks: Our best ideas in Asia

    Qian Zhang highlights three Asian companies at the forefront of global structural trends.
    September 2024
    Video3 minutes
  13. Investment specialist Thomas Hodges

    Future Stocks: Our best ideas in Europe

    Thomas Hodges uncovers three of Europe’s hidden growth champions: Lonza, Topicus and Soitec.
    September 2024
    Video3 minutes
  14. Future Stocks: Our best disruptive ideas

    Bill Chater spotlights three companies set to make world-changing breakthroughs.
    September 2024
    Video3 minutes
  15. Future Stocks: Our best balanced ideas

    Lucy Haddow shares three of the most exciting names in Baillie Gifford’s balanced portfolios.
    September 2024
    Video3 minutes
  16. Future Stocks: Our best impact ideas

    Rosie Rankin explains why Nubank, Xylem and Grab can both improve lives and offer investment returns.
    September 2024
    Video3 minutes
  17. Illustration showing a man walking over a composition of wheels. Representing a passage to towards a new world.

    Why technical leaders have an advantage

    How the leaders of Meta, Shopify, Roblox and Spotify’s expertise helps them put AI to use.
    September 2024
    Article6 minutes
  18. Eric Beinhocker: evolutionary economist

    How successful companies harness the power of adaptation.
    September 2024
    Article7 minutes
  19. Ahead of the game: rethinking play’s importance

    Kelly Clancy makes the case for why play is more important than you might think.
    September 2024
    Article4 minutes
  20. USA map showing the four highlighted areas. Boston, Texas, Pittsburgh and Salt Lake City.

    Beyond Silicon Valley

    The US’s new hotbeds of innovation are increasingly based outside California.
    September 2024
    Article7 minutes
  21. Illustrated flat lay, with a large Moutai bottle taking centre stage, larger than the other things around it. Other things include ice cream, old style jars and different types of Moutai bottles.

    Kweichow Moutai: spirit of China

    The fiery spirit that’s a profitable symbol of Chinese culture and luxury.
    September 2024
    Article7 minutes
  22. Illustration showing a skyline of Seoul, South Korea. Includes the Lotte World Tower skyscraper.

    Trip Notes: Seoul and Mumbai

    Lawrence Burns sees great growth firms in action in South Korea and India.
    September 2024
    Article4 minutes
  23. PsiQuantum: the leap to quantum computing

    How PsiQuantum is ushering in a new type of computer that could change the way medicines are invented and make renewables more efficient.
    September 2024
    Article3 minutes
  24. Creo Medical: at the spearhead of surgery

    The Welsh company cutting surgery waiting lists – and costs.
    September 2024
    Article7 minutes
  25. Illustration of semiconductors making up a DNA strand with products floating in background.

    Beyond NVIDIA: investing in semiconductors

    Why some of the leading computer chip makers and companies enabling them have room to grow.
    September 2024
    Article6 minutes
  26. Europe's growth gems

    Exploring the European Growth Trust’s dynamic companies and what sets them apart.
    September 2024
    Video47 minutes
  27. Illustration of Japanese landscape with electrical wires connecting wind farms, solar panels and traditional power plants to homes and businesses

    SWCC Showa: rewiring Japan

    How an ultra-traditional Japanese engineering firm became key to Japan’s power overhaul.
    September 2024
    Article7 minutes
  28. Japan Smaller Companies: manager update

    Japanese Smaller Companies and Shin Nippon’s performance, portfolio positioning and the region’s attractions for growth investors.
    September 2024
    Video35 minutes
  29. China: the new shoots of growth

    Why advanced manufacturing and social context are key to investing in tomorrow’s Chinese giants.
    September 2024
    Article5 minutes
  30. Investment manager Gary Robinson

    Manager Insights: US Growth Trust

    Gary Robinson explores the trust’s strategic shifts and generative AI's transformative impact.
    September 2024
    Video7 minutes
  31. Investment manager Donald Farquharson

    Japan: opportunities in automation

    Japan's automation revolution and its global leadership in robotics.
    September 2024
    Video3 minutes
  32. Investment manager Karen See

    Japan: opportunities in healthcare

    Japan’s innovation medical breakthroughs are combatting ageing.
    September 2024
    Video2 minutes
  33. Investment manager Tolibjon Tursunov

    Japan: opportunities in quality brands

    Behind the success of Japan’s leading quality brands and what opportunities they present.
    September 2024
    Video2 minutes
  34. Investment manager Jared Anderson

    Japan: opportunities in entertainment

    Japan's media giants: Sony and Nintendo's timeless influence.
    September 2024
    Video3 minutes
  35. MercadoLibre: Latin America’s unbanked

    MercadoLibre offers hope to Latin America’s 178 million unbanked population.
    September 2024
    Article5 minutes
  36. Iain McCombie

    Stock story: Diploma

    Iain McCombie explores Diploma's journey to distribution excellence
    September 2024
    Video4 minutes
  37. Spencer Adair, Manager of The Monks Investment Trust

    Monks Investment Trust: manager insights

    Spencer Adair on performance, portfolio updates and aligning with deep structural changes in the years ahead.
    September 2024
    Video12 minutes
  38. Cloud computing concept. Digital cloud solutions on PCB futuristic background.

    The rise of cloud computing

    From data lakes to Databricks, cloud storage will be key to driving progress and future innovation.
    August 2024
    Article12 minutes
  39. Wise: Growing global money transfers

    Charting rising cross-border money payments and the opportunity for remittance service Wise.
    August 2024
    Article6 minutes
  40. Matthew Brett, manager of the Baillie Gifford Japan Trust and co-manager of the Japanese Income Growth Fund.

    Japanese changemakers shaping the future

    The firms taking advantage of four transformational opportunities.
    August 2024
    Podcast3 minutes
  41. Five powerful tailwinds behind EWIT

    Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust focuses on five key growth-supporting tailwinds underpinning future returns.
    August 2024
    Article3 minutes
  42. Starlink: internet for mobile dead zones

    Low-orbit satellites could be the answer for the three billion unable to access the internet.
    August 2024
    Article6 minutes
  43. UK Growth Trust: manager insights

    An update on portfolio performance, turnover and investment opportunities.
    August 2024
    Video7 minutes
  44. The rate cut conundrum: Multi Asset’s LTRE

    Insights on economic growth, inflation trends, and investment opportunities in bonds, equities, and more for the next decade.
    August 2024
    Article7 minutes
  45. Keystone Positive Change Impact Report 2023

    Where innovation meets impact: logging portfolio companies’ progress in shaping a better future.
    August 2024
    ArticleLong read
  46. Extraordinary times and opportunities

    James Budden explains why now is the time for growth, as markets weather exceptional volatility.
    August 2024
    Article6 minutes
  47. A view up through trees at the skyscrapers in Melbourne city centre

    Financing the future

    Discover Baillie Gifford’s role in financing Australia’s first green bonds.
    July 2024
    Article4 minutes
  48. Environment: making sense of the E in ESG

    How companies’ relationships with climate, energy and the environment relate to long-term growth.
    July 2024
    Article8 minutes
  49. Academic collaborations that count

    The experts helping us gain an investment edge when thinking about farming, human rights and AI.
    July 2024
    Article7 minutes
  50. Managed Fund: update webinar

    Investment manager Iain McCombie discusses portfolio positioning and performance.
    July 2024
    Video40 minutes
  51. Positive Change Impact Report 2023

    Where innovation meets impact: logging portfolio companies’ progress in shaping a better future.
    July 2024
    Article3 minutes
  52. Cherry Reynard and Spencer Adair

    Monks Investment Trust: interview with Spencer Adair

    We discuss the importance of long-term investing for outsized returns within the Monks Investment Trust.
    July 2024
    Video12 minutes
  53. Purple line pattern on black background

    Pacific Horizon: capturing growth

    The Pacific Horizon Investment Trust shares its strategic investments in Asia's dynamic markets.
    July 2024
    Video40 minutes
  54. Lessons from a time traveller

    A journey through time uncovers the deep transitions that can reshape our world.
    July 2024
    Article2 minutes
  55. AI: driving a new healthcare paradigm

    Why AI could be key to us living longer and being in better health in the future.
    July 2024
    Article5 minutes
  56. Streamlined for success

    How efficiency drives at Meta, Shopify and Block could fuel their long-term growth.
    July 2024
    Podcast3 minutes
  57. UK Growth Trust: manager update

    Iain McCombie and Milena Mileva on navigating growth investment in volatile markets.
    July 2024
    Video38 minutes
  58. Pink Pattern

    Sustainable Income Fund Q2 update

    The Sustainable Income Fund Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.
    July 2024
    Video10 minutes
  59. Managed Fund Q2 update

    The Managed Fund team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.
    July 2024
    Video11 minutes
  60. Monks’ musings: chips, bricks and clinical care

    Sharing Monks’ methods in overcoming market uncertainties with strategic investments in AI, healthcare and infrastructure.
    June 2024
    Article5 minutes
  61. Managed Fund: Poised for growth

    Did 2022 sound the death knell for the balanced investment approach or is it alive and kicking?
    June 2024
    Article4 minutes
  62. Future growth stars back in focus

    Firms with winning technology and services are getting noticed again, despite the reign of the Magnificent 7.
    June 2024
    Article7 minutes
  63. Stock story: PsiQuantum

    How one company is finally bringing the boundless possibilities of quantum computing into reach of the wider market.
    June 2024
    Video3 minutes
  64. European Fund: inflection points

    Adapting to changing market conditions and focusing on dynamic growth companies in Europe.
    June 2024
    Video24 minutes
  65. fast moving motorway overlooking a city

    Japan: the next opportunity

    Explore Japan's market evolution, digitalization, and investment opportunities in unique growth themes.
    June 2024
    Article9 minutes
  66. Investing in innovation

    We start by asking ‘what if?’ as we search for those companies that will shape the future.
    June 2024
    Article2 minutes
  67. Will Sutcliffe

    Emerging Markets: our philosophy

    Investment manager William Sutcliffe introduces Emerging Markets, reflecting on the exciting opportunities ahead.
    May 2024
    Video4 minutes
  68. The landscape seen from lens in Shanghai, China

    China through a Japanese lens

    Japanese tech dominance is under increasing pressure in China from domestic challengers.
    May 2024
    Article8 minutes
  69. Manager Insights: Shin Nippon

    Praveen Kumar provides an update on recent performance and explains why he remains optimistic.
    May 2024
    Video10 minutes
  70. Japan: the land of the rising yield

    How Japan's changing economy is reshaping the Multi Asset investment landscape.
    May 2024
    Article4 minutes
  71. Stock story: MercadoLibre

    The company on a mission to democratise ecommerce and finance for 650 million people.
    May 2024
    Video3 minutes
  72. People with yellow robes walk down stairs

    Thirty years of emerging markets

    Baillie Gifford’s Will Sutcliffe explains how emerging markets have evolved in the last three decades.
    April 2024
    Article15 minutes
  73. Monks’ musings first quarter 2024

    A winning mix of AI-related tech stocks with companies leading US infrastructure renewal.
    March 2024
    Article5 minutes
  74. Algorithmic alchemy: investing with optimism in AI

    How artificial intelligence creates growth opportunities and ways for us to serve you better.
    April 2024
    Article7 minutes
  75. High-calibre emerging markets firms

    Why it’s a promising time to invest in exceptional emerging markets companies
    April 2024
    Podcast4 minutes
  76. Speeding through a tunnel depicted in deep vibrant colours of red and blue

    Investor Forum: Onboard for growth

    Optimism for the future of growth investing from four of Baillie Gifford’s investment trusts.
    April 2024
    Article6 minutes
  77. Tilting the odds in your favour

    The Magnificent Seven’s reputation goes before them but that’s not enough to save them.
    April 2024
    Article8 minutes
  78. Investing in UK water

    The companies transforming the UK’s water infrastructure.
    April 2024
    Article3 minutes
  79. Five years of health innovation

    Investors take note: technology and innovation are revolutionising treatments and patient care.
    March 2024
    Article10 minutes
  80. Moncler: from mountain to street

    How the outerwear pioneer innovated its way into the fashion elite.
    March 2024
    Article4 minutes
  81. The US building bonanza

    America’s infrastructure upgrade plan vastly exceeds its spending on rebuilding post-war Europe.
    March 2024
    Article4 minutes
  82. Illustration of a dark figure pushing an umbrella against rain, light surrounds the figure within the shelter of the umbrella, creating a face shape where the light meets the dark umbrella

    The founder factor

    Tom Slater on the secret sauce shared by nearly nine out of ten Scottish Mortgage companies.
    March 2024
    Article4 minutes
  83. The fresh face of Japanese finance

    New online services are transforming Japanese financial habits.
    March 2024
    Article4 minutes
  84. Vietnam: Asia’s rising star

    Visiting Saigon, Roderick Snell explores what went right for the pro-business communist country.
    March 2024
    Article5 minutes
  85. AI: intelligence everywhere

    Why AI could be the printing press of intelligence.
    March 2024
    Article5 minutes
  86. Starlink’s Space-based broadband

    How the SpaceX subsidiary is turning internet deserts into online oases.
    March 2024
    Article5 minutes
  87. The money migrators

    How cross-border payments company Remitly takes the tension out of cash transfers.
    March 2024
    Article4 minutes
  88. Novo Nordisk: tipping the scales

    Charting how a century of innovation led to a game-changing weight-loss treatment.
    March 2024
    Article4 minutes
  89. Mathematical equations scripted in chalk on a dark green blackboard

    Lessons from the laws

    Investment managers share some of the economic laws that guide their decision-making.
    March 2024
    Article4 minutes
  90. Remitly: easy global remittance

    The mobile app that busts stress and high charges for workers sending money back home.
    March 2024
    Article4 minutes
  91. Climeworks: digging deeper for climate solutions

    A small holding with a long-term climate goal.
    March 2024
    Article4 minutes
  92. The American Dream made real

    Why the US is a fantastic place to invest in exceptional public and private growth companies.
    February 2024
    Article4 minutes
  93. Positive Conversations 2023

    The Positive Change Team’s ESG and engagement report shows the difference talking can make.
    February 2024
    Article64 minutes
  94. Stock story: Pinduoduo

    The innovative ecommerce company poised to take advantage of China’s large consumer base.
    February 2024
    Video4 minutes
  95. All aboard the growth train

    Why do we prefer growth stocks despite the lure of shorter-term assets?
    February 2024
    Article4 minutes
  96. A new recipe for weight loss

    The huge growth potential of Novo Nordisk’s anti-obesity medicines.
    February 2024
    Podcast27 minutes
  97. Douglas Brodie, lead manager of the Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust

    EWIT: manager insights

    Lead manager Douglas Brodie gives an update on performance with three key reasons for optimism.
    February 2024
    Video11 minutes
  98. Monks’ musings – fourth quarter 2023

    How portfolio companies’ adaptability is boosting the outlook for the Trust.
    January 2024
    Article3 minutes
  99. Moderna: designing drugs on a computer

    Can scientists meet unmet health needs by writing code to help the body heal itself?
    January 2024
    Article4 minutes
  100. The AI paradigm shift

    Being open-minded to what rapid changes brought on by AI could mean for growth stocks.
    January 2024
    Article5 minutes
  101. Niches, anomalies, and things to come

    How can we spot large growth opportunities at the stage when others dismiss them as fads?
    January 2024
    Article5 minutes
  102. Lessons from evolutionary biology

    Why the study of gene fitness can help us spot ambitious growth companies with huge potential.
    January 2024
    Article6 minutes
  103. Enduring good

    What values are important to you? And are they reflected in your investments?
    January 2024
    Article9 minutes
  104. European Growth Trust: manager insights

    An update on performance, portfolio positioning and why we believe our holdings remain both resilient and opportunistic.
    January 2024
    Video8 minutes
  105. The 3 traits of great growth stocks

    Why real-world problem solving, financial discipline and adaptability are critical to growth.
    January 2024
    Podcast29 minutes
  106. Keystone Positive Change: manager insights

    An update on the portfolio and these companies’ important contributions towards a more sustainable future.
    January 2024
    Video7 minutes
  107. Making sense of social

    Considering the S in ESG ranges from supply chain analysis to cybersecurity precautions.
    March 2024
    Article8 minutes
  108. Stock story: SoftBank

    Matthew Brett discusses SoftBank and considers Japan’s exciting technological future.
    December 2023
    Video4 minutes
  109. How Amazon pioneered a new path

    The new wave of companies blending physical and digital processes together.
    December 2023
    Podcast27 minutes
  110. Limiting carbon, not growth

    Sustainability is much too big and important a topic to be confined to only equity investing.
    December 2023
    Article5 minutes
  111. Japan Trust: manager insights

    Your annual update on performance, portfolio changes and the opportunities we’re excited about.
    December 2023
    Video7 minutes
  112. Avoided emissions methodology

    Climate and Environment Analyst Matt Jones considers the potential of emissions avoidance and disruptive innovation.
    December 2023
    Article
  113. HelloFresh: changing how people eat forever

    HelloFresh’s CEO explains the art and science of meal kit delivery at a global scale.
    December 2023
    Article
  114. China: fear or FOMO?

    Ben Buckler on how investors should steer between the twin poles of risk in China.
    December 2023
    Article5 minutes
  115. Why growth, why now?

    Tough times play to the partnership’s strengths: analysing what enables us to adapt and thrive amid rapid change.
    December 2023
    Article17 minutes
  116. South-east Asia’s new export stars

    Unearthing growth companies in Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand.
    December 2023
    Podcast
  117. Spotting the stars amid a surge

    Rising Japanese markets are flattering old-style companies: better to look for long-term growth.
    November 2023
    Article
  118. A view from the frontiers

    How Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust spots potential disruptors in turbulent times.
    November 2023
    Article3 minutes
  119. Aurora: the technology company transforming trucking

    The US’s $800bn trucking industry is on track for a shake up with Aurora’s self-driving technology.
    November 2023
    Article
  120. Emerging markets – why bother?

    Emerging markets have underperformed developed ones recently. So, why should we invest in them?
    November 2023
    Article
  121. A net zero initiative update

    A reflection on Baillie Gifford’s commitment to the climate transition.
    November 2023
    Article
  122. When software meets steel

    The ‘next wave’ of companies, mixing the digital and physical realms.
    Disruption Week 2023
    Article4 minutes
  123. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust: manager insights

    With Asia’s strong financial position, the long-term looks exciting for investors.
    November 2023
    Video6 minutes
  124. Nuclear comeback

    Could smaller reactors and fusion power herald a new atomic age?
    Disruption Week 2023
    Article4 minutes
  125. AI: a long-term perspective

    Why investors must put the rise of ChatGPT and other generative AI in context.
    Disruption Week 2023
    Article4 minutes
  126. Climate change: imagining the future

    The years ahead are uncertain, but we can turn that to our advantage.
    November 2023
    Article4 minutes
  127. Adding value from climate change

    Companies addressing climate change could create huge societal and economic value over time.
    November 2023
    Article2 minutes
  128. Legally bond: finding underestimated resilience

    By keeping an open mind, we hope to find opportunities other credit investors might overlook.
    November 2023
    Article2 minutes
  129. Japan’s new growth opportunities

    Seeking the entrepreneurial firms that could sustain the country’s rally.
    November 2023
    Podcast
  130. SAINTS: the case for dividend growth

    Why we believe pursuing dividend growth rather than yield is the right way to grow capital.
    October 2023
    Article
  131. The hidden costs of software

    A decade ago, software companies were venture-backed and capital-light. That’s no longer true.
    October 2023
    Article
  132. Investing in private companies

    Discover what private company investing is, and why our decades of institutional knowledge of exceptional growth companies gives us an advantage.
    October 2023
    Video24 minutes
  133. Monks’ musings – third quarter 2023

    In adverse markets, our portfolio companies’ operational progress gives us confidence.
    October 2023
    Article6 minutes
  134. Climate futures: preparing for uncertainty

    How can we avoid a hothouse world? Head of Climate Change Caroline Cook discusses with experts.
    October 2023
    Video56 minutes
  135. How do we value private companies?

    Uncover the multiple layers of governance that feed into the valuation of private companies at Baillie Gifford.
    October 2023
    Video10 minutes
  136. Can we mine sustainably?

    Minerals are key to the energy transition. We believe mining responsibly will bring rewards.
    October 2023
    Article2 minutes
  137. Nuclear fusion: SHINE lights the way

    The cancer-fighting firm that aims to lead a clean energy revolution.
    October 2023
    Article5 minutes
  138. ESG: beyond the growing pains

    Why considering environmental, social and governance factors helps us pursue long-term returns.
    September 2023
    Article
  139. Joiners’ mate

    Iain McCombie on how Howdens’ kitchens won the building trade’s trust.
    September 2023
    Article
  140. Finding China’s A-share jewels

    The country’s domestic markets are rich in companies with the know-how to become global leaders.
    September 2023
    Article
  141. Private company investing myths

    Busting three myths that could alter your view about what private company investing is.
    September 2023
    Video7 minutes
  142. How Alnylam nips disease in the bud

    The US-based company’s technology promises to ‘silence’ genetic disorders and target some of the world’s biggest killers.
    September 2023
    Article
  143. China’s urge to innovate

    A nation that once adapted others’ technologies is increasingly leading in innovative products and services.
    September 2023
    Article
  144. China revisited

    Lawrence Burns explores the new landscape of opportunity.
    September 2023
    Article
  145. Harnessing the power within

    Could we use our bodies’ natural electricity to treat illness? Author Sally Adee explains.
    September 2023
    Article
  146. Japan’s secret superstars

    The new generation of companies that’s quietly captured key technology niches.
    September 2023
    Article
  147. NVIDIA’s chief accelerates AI

    How Jensen Huang overcame adversity to play a pivotal role in accelerating progress.
    September 2023
    Article
  148. Innovation’s drumbeat

    Charting how technological progress and prosperity march together.
    September 2023
    Article5 minutes
  149. Surfing to success

    Why the waves hold the key to the pursuit of long-term growth.
    September 2023
    Article
  150. How Microsoft got its mojo back

    By shifting the focus from Windows and embracing AI, the firm has revitalised its fortunes.
    September 2023
    Article
  151. Keystone Positive Change Impact Report

    If impact and investing go together, it is important to understand the difference we make.
    September 2023
    Article4 minutes
  152. Three climate change scenarios

    Considering different ways global warming and a transition to new energy sources might occur.
    September 2023
    Article5 minutes
  153. Disruption Week 2023

    Glimpse a universe of opportunity at Baillie Gifford’s Disruption Week in November 2023.
    September 2023
    Video1 minute
  154. What is private company investing?

    Discover what private company investing is, and why our decades of institutional knowledge of exceptional growth companies gives us an advantage.
    September 2023
    Video8 minutes
  155. UK Growth Trust manager insights

    An update on portfolio performance, turnover and investment opportunities.
    September 2023
    Video7 minutes
  156. US Growth Trust – Manager Insights

    The US Growth Trust marks its fifth birthday with a portfolio update focused on the future.
    September 2023
    Video8 minutes
  157. Stock story: Kering

    Find out what makes luxury fashion conglomerate Kering stand out from the competition.
    August 2023
    Video4 minutes
  158. Manager insights: Monks Investment Trust

    Malcolm MacColl discusses recent performance, portfolio positioning, growth profiles and AI.
    August 2023
    Video7 minutes
  159. Monks’ musings – second quarter 2023

    Amid a scramble for short-term gains, it pays to consider the disruptors investing in future firepower.
    August 2023
    Article5 minutes
  160. Pacific Horizon Trust: webinar

    An update on investing in Asia with a focus on how economic trends relate to the portfolio.
    August 2023
    Video47 minutes
  161. What does Moderna do?

    Learn how the Boston-based life science company is disrupting the drug development industry.
    August 2023
    Video4 minutes
  162. The secrets of enduring growth

    Toby Ross reveals the four signs that a company’s growth might endure for decades.
    August 2023
    Article9 minutes
  163. Change as a growth driver

    We live in changing times. And that will create opportunities for long-term growth investors.
    August 2023
    Article
  164. Growth investing across decades

    Mark Urquhart discusses the science and art of picking growth stocks with enduring potential.
    August 2023
    Podcast27 minutes
  165. Positive Change Impact Report 2022

    If impact and investing go together, it is important to understand the difference we make.
    July 2023
    Article
  166. Stock stories: Climeworks

    Climeworks, the company using innovative technology to capture and store CO2 underground safely, measurably and permanently.
    July 2023
    Video3 minutes
  167. Why now for multi-asset investing

    Who benefits from the new macro environment? Why multi-asset investing remains a viable option.
    July 2023
    Article
  168. Navigating a turbulent Turkey

    Turkey may be volatile, but there’s opportunity in currency forwards and competitive companies
    July 2023
    Article
  169. The real deal in property

    In a challenging environment, discover a European property sector company bucking the trend.
    July 2023
    Article
  170. Eating better to save ourselves

    Tim Spector and Henry Dimbleby on what our diet says about our health and the health of the planet.
    June 2023
    Video60 minutes
  171. What does Northvolt do?

    Learn how the Swedish battery company Northvolt is driving change in the EV industry
    June 2023
    Video3 minutes
  172. Actual investing: the test of time

    Stuart Dunbar reflects on the long-term case for Actual investing.
    June 2023
    Podcast26 minutes
  173. The history of SAINTS

    John Newlands reveals the roots of the SAINTS success story.
    June 2023
    Article
  174. A century and a half of SAINTS

    James Dow reflects on how the trust has changed over the decades, but stuck to its core values.
    May 2023
    Podcast
  175. The history of the European Growth Trust

    How a trust giving investors access to the European market has found grounds for optimism despite volatility.
    May 2023
    Article
  176. SAINTS: 150 years of income

    John Newlands tells the story of the Edinburgh-based company that thrived in good times and bad.
    May 2023
    Article
  177. China A Shares: in conversation

    Investor Sophie Earnshaw explains how we navigate China’s complexity to boost growth potential.
    May 2023
    Video15 minutes
  178. Why the long-term matters

    There’s safety in being one of the crowd but it could stop you from seeing potential rewards.
    May 2023
    Article
  179. Asset allocation: five questions

    The Managed Fund’s asset allocation reflects the view that there are opportunities ahead.
    May 2023
    Article
  180. Climate change innovators

    How Positive Change targets companies at the forefront of tackling carbon emissions.
    April 2023
    Article
  181. The changing face of growth

    By investing in companies at the frontiers of structural shifts we can pursue fantastic returns.
    April 2023
    Article
  182. From Y to Z: Japan’s online powerhouse

    How Yahoo! Japan and Z Holdings' conquest of the country’s internet realm unfolded.
    April 2023
    Article
  183. Transformative investment

    Why time travelling to 2050 helps us invest in companies tackling climate change and inequality.
    April 2023
    Article
  184. The sustainability revolution

    Positive Change’s Kate Fox on thinking about the world in 2050 to spot opportunities today.
    April 2023
    Podcast17 minutes
  185. Keystone Positive Conversations 2022

    We don’t just talk to managements, we listen. A snapshot of Keystone Positive Change’s ESG conversations.
    April 2023
    DocumentLong Read
  186. Rethinking renewables

    Research suggesting faster-than-expected adoption has far-reaching consequences for investors.
    April 2023
    Article
  187. Climeworks: fighting global warming

    Climeworks helps us remove CO₂. We invest in it because we think it can combat climate change.
    March 2023
    Article
  188. Making health insurance manageable

    How Elevance Health uses its scale to smooth a path through the US health system’s maze.
    April 2023
    Article
  189. Faith over fear

    Tom Slater on looking beyond tough times to future opportunities.
    April 2023
    Article
  190. Europe’s new growth stars

    Three companies helping turn the continent from an innovation backwater to a hotspot.
    April 2023
    Article
  191. A tight ship: lessons from Admiral

    How Henry Engelhardt’s entrepreneurial flair helped create the car insurance giant
    April 2023
    Article
  192. Super Mario’s World

    Nintendo’s iconic characters profitably mix familiarity with new forms of gameplay.
    April 2023
    Article
  193. Moderna’s new challenge

    The mRNA technology behind the Covid vaccine is being directed against other diseases.
    April 2023
    Article
  194. Trip Notes: Brazil

    Ed Whitten travels to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo to meet companies seeking social impact.
    April 2023
    Article
  195. AI Superpowers

    Renowned investor Kai-Fu Lee revisits his prophetic book, five years on.
    April 2023
    Article
  196. Indonesia powers a green transition

    The island nation’s natural wealth makes it crucial to a low-carbon future.
    April 2023
    Article
  197. Positive Conversations 2022

    We don’t just talk to managements, we listen. A snapshot of Positive Change’s ESG conversations.
    March 2023
    Article
  198. Webinar: the SAINTS approach

    Co-manager James Dow explains why he believes in the Trust’s focus on sustainable compounding.
    March 2023
    Video41 minutes
  199. Four questions for growth investors

    Investors must find companies with the key qualities needed to thrive in a stormy economy.
    March 2023
    Article
  200. Ocado’s robot revolution

    The UK firm is partnering with leading grocers to deploy its automated warehouses worldwide.
    March 2023
    Article
  201. The history of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust

    How a trust launched to finance the 1900s rubber boom was transformed into a backer of global technological change.
    February 2023
    Article
  202. Why small is big in Japan

    Praveen Kumar on the lesser-known players thriving in the shadow of the country’s big brands.
    February 2023
    Podcast21 minutes
  203. Japan's smaller stars

    Praveen Kumar discovers the lesser-known businesses creating premium products in Japan.
    February 2023
    Article
  204. Nothing lasts forever

    Why international equity markets shouldn’t be forgotten.
    February 2023
    Article
  205. Making sense of the metaverse

    Author Matthew Ball on the next-generation internet and the companies building its foundations.
    February 2023
    Article
  206. Monks Research Agenda 2023

    How can we invest in quality companies in a changing market?
    February 2023
    Article
  207. Re-awakening utilities

    Utility companies which can adapt to climate change and the shift to renewables bring the best chance of returns.
    February 2023
    Article
  208. Local authority investment Q&A

    Actuary Steven Law discusses funding, asset allocation and the effects of inflation for the LGPS.
    January 2023
    Article
  209. Japan: setbacks or permanent change?

    Our investors’ job is to tell the difference between passing phases and deeper behavioural shifts.
    February 2023
    Article
  210. Beauty secrets: sharing Shiseido’s story

    Masahiko Uotani, CEO of the Japanese cosmetics giant, discusses its profitable makeover with Iain Campbell.
    January 2023
    Article
  211. Global Alpha Research Agenda 2023

    How can we invest in quality companies with the potential to generate sustainable returns in a changing market?
    January 2023
    Article
  212. Keystone Positive Change: manager insights

    Investing in quality companies driving change, from carbon capture to healthcare, brings growth opportunities.
    January 2023
    Video7 minutes
  213. Insights: investment research in Japan

    Japan’s cultural landscape is changing, with implications for companies like Shiseido, CyberAgent and PayPay.
    January 2023
    Video10 minutes
  214. What’s next for growth stocks?

    Baillie Gifford’s Dave Bujnowski explores the new engines powering progress.
    January 2023
    Podcast23 minutes
  215. Asia and energy transition

    Exploring the emerging energy opportunities in Asia.
    January 2023
    Article
  216. AI: Frightening or fascinating?

    Investors discuss how AI software could transform healthcare, advertising, manufacturing and more.
    December 2022
    Podcast28 minutes
  217. ASML: advancing chips to new limits

    The Dutch firm driving progress by making it possible to create more intricate computer chips.
    December 2022
    Article
  218. A dose of innovation

    Your money or your health. Marina Record asks if society is ready to pay for health innovation.
    December 2022
    Article
  219. 50 years of European Growth

    The Baillie Gifford-managed Trust tracked half a century of continental turbulence and triumph.
    December 2022
    Article
  220. Japan trip reflections

    Less foreign visitors, more cashless payments. Donald Farquharson reflects on post-Covid Japan.
    November 2022
    Article
  221. Managed Fund: Patient investing

    Many investors are impatient, but change takes time – the best performance could come to those who wait.
    November 2022
    Video42 minutes
  222. The dawn of artificial intelligence

    How AI is disrupting all kinds of industries, creating investment opportunities in its wake.
    November 2022
    Article
  223. Disrupting heart disease

    Rose Nguyen on the companies seeking to overcome the scourge of heart disease.
    November 2022
    Podcast24 minutes
  224. New hopes for curing heart disease

    In the war against killer heart disease, technology is making huge strides in diagnosis and treatment.
    November 2022
    Article
  225. Solving the antimicrobial crisis

    If we don’t tackle the AMR crisis now, it could be the world’s biggest killer by 2050.
    November 2022
    Article
  226. Manager insights: Pacific Horizon

    Pacific Horizon Investment Trust manager Roderick Snell gives updates on the portfolio and investing in Asia.
    November 2022
    Video4 minutes
  227. Finding opportunities in the gloom

    Stock market falls can create rich pickings for the optimistic investor.
    November 2022
    Article
  228. Embracing the unpredictable

    The ‘what if…?’ questions are the most important of all.
    October 2022
    Article
  229. Nintendo: investing in the home of Mario

    Why Fusajiro Yamauchi’s business remains a fascinating opportunity for growth investing.
    October 2022
    Article
  230. A theory of radical change

    Why a ‘deep transition’ may have started to deliver a more sustainable age.
    October 2022
    Article
  231. Rethinking where growth comes from

    Partner Dave Bujnowski offers a radical new perspective on the disruptive ‘engines’ powering today’s growth.
    October 2022
    Article
  232. Inflation: analysing resilience

    Four ways to consider growth companies’ ability to deal with rising prices.
    October 2022
    Article
  233. Tapping global brainpower

    How Baillie Gifford’s mutually beneficial network of academic connections makes us see the world differently.
    September 2022
    Article
  234. Kering: luxury created with risk

    How the group gives its creatives the freedom to spark love-it-hate-it reactions.
    September 2022
    Article
  235. Trust trip notes: Tel Aviv

    Israel is a nursery for innovative startups, sponsoring growth firms in fields from biofood to cyber security.
    September 2022
    Article
  236. Drive: rethinking motivation

    What companies get wrong when trying to get the best out of their workers.
    September 2022
    Article
  237. Snow Peak’s outdoor heiress

    Company director Lisa Yamai is changing attitudes by proving a young female leader can boost performance.
    September 2022
    Article
  238. Investing in a changing China

    President Xi Jinping’s plan to reshape Chinese society means opportunities for innovative little giants.
    September 2022
    Article
  239. Monks: how diversity beats adversity

    Having a varied portfolio allows the trust to navigate volatile periods and focus on the long term.
    September 2022
    Article
  240. Investing in the champions of Europe

    Manufacturing, green tech and services entrepreneurs are enticing investors as they catch up to the US and China.
    September 2022
    Article
  241. Compound interest: the snowball effect

    Companies reinvesting profits to supply outperformance over decades are the market’s unsung heroes.
    September 2022
    Article
  242. UK Growth Trust: home focus

    Companies solving big problems in healthcare, fintech and AI, are proving the UK is an exciting place to invest.
    September 2022
    Article
  243. Growth investing: hunting the outliers

    It’s not about growth or value. It’s about the few companies that drive stock market returns.
    September 2022
    Article
  244. A decade of discovery

    A focus on growth and innovation has led to exciting finds such as Tesla and Ocado.
    September 2022
    Video11 minutes
  245. Introducing: Sustainable Multi Asset

    Lindsey Knight and Scott Lothian discuss the new fund and why it brings opportunities for strong, stable returns.
    September 2022
    Video5 minutes
  246. Small islands, lots of energy

    How Orkney’s renewable energy projects can inform our investment choices.
    September 2022
    Article
  247. Global Discovery webinar

    Douglas Brodie discusses investing in small companies, recent performance amid volatility and opportunities.
    September 2022
    Video47 minutes
  248. UK Growth Trust Manager Insights

    In volatile times, focusing on the fundamental long-term opportunities of our holdings is key.
    September 2022
    Video6 minutes
  249. US Growth Trust: Manager Insights

    Gary Robinson, co-manager of the US Growth Trust, explains why we stay focused on fundamentals in uncertain times.
    August 2022
    Video6 minutes
  250. Keystone Positive Change Impact Report 2021

    The Positive Change Team’s impact report, covering our activity and plans for the future.
    August 2022
    Document
  251. Monks Investment Trust Manager Insights

    Jon Henry discusses changes to the portfolio, the impact of inflation and optimism in periods of volatility.
    August 2022
    Video8 minutes
  252. Managed Fund: Sticking to our knitting

    Growth investing means staying with promising firms. Despite recent underperformance, we’ll continue to do so.
    August 2022
    Video7 minutes
  253. Transforming the future of healthcare

    Supporting companies with the potential to transform the field of healthcare and generate attractive returns.
    August 2022
    Video5 minutes
  254. Sustainable Growth Sustainability Report

    The Sustainable Growth team on climate change, carbon emissions and sustainable growth companies.
    August 2022
    DocumentLong read
  255. Cultivating change in the meat industry

    Demand for meat is growing, but traditional production is costly. Could in vitro agriculture be our panacea?
    July 2022
    Article
  256. Positive Change Impact Report: 5th Year 2021/22

    The Positive Change Team’s latest impact report, covering our activity over the last five years and plans for the future.
    August 2022
    Document
  257. Trust history: Pacific Horizon

    How Baillie Gifford’s Asia-focused investment trust rode the tiger of growth.
    June 2023
    Article
  258. Why are Swedish companies world leaders?

    Sweden tops the charts for original thinking, from family businesses to founder-run companies.
    July 2022
    Podcast22 minutes
  259. A smörgåsbord of innovation.

    Sweden tops the charts for original thinking, from family businesses to founder-run companies.
    July 2022
    Article
  260. Sir Isaac Newton’s folly.

    How the 18th-century mathematician lost a fortune to groupthink.
    July 2022
    Article
  261. China: the Year of the Tiger.

    Despite new regulations, now may be the best time to pounce and hold select Chinese stocks.
    July 2022
    Article
  262. Emerging Markets: Five Questions.

    How does the BG Managed Fund view prospects, ESG and regulation in relation to Emerging Markets?
    July 2022
    Article
  263. Why patience matters

    Endurance and imagination are key ingredients for quality growth investing.
    June 2022
    Article
  264. Actual investing in action.

    In volatile markets, our investment trust managers focus on being on the right side of structural change.
    June 2022
    Article
  265. Revaluation, dislocation and recession.

    Growth stocks have crashed down to earth. Has growth had its day or will it come back stronger?
    June 2022
    Article
  266. Investing in decarbonisation

    Spotting companies with potential in the renewables, energy storage and carbon reduction sectors.
    June 2022
    Article
  267. China’s leapfrog shopping apps

    Smartphone-centric retailers drive innovation.
    June 2022
    Article
  268. Study guides

    Academic partnerships that generate new ideas
    June 2022
    Article
  269. Infinite progress.

    Why new ideas will continue to spur on wealth and wellbeing.
    June 2022
    Article
  270. What makes companies resilient to inflation?

    Baillie Gifford’s Risk Team has been considering how firms can reduce their vulnerability to rising prices.
    July 2022
    Article
  271. The fight for your free time

    Disruptive change within the entertainment world creates a wealth of opportunity.
    June 2022
    Article
  272. China’s energy paradox

    How should you consider the country – carbon culprit or climate saviour?
    June 2022
    Article
  273. Pole position.

    Tyre maker Bridgestone is poised to benefit from next-generation road vehicles.
    June 2022
    Article
  274. Trip Notes: Helsinki.

    European Growth Trust manager Stephen Paice dips a digital toe into Slush’ event for hot start-ups.
    June 2022
    Article
  275. ESG v sustainability

    The questions we should consider to avoid being led astray by ESG risk scores.
    May 2022
    Article
  276. Impact, Ambition and Trust

    If ESG scores are not the answer, how does Global Income Growth Team’s ESG approach measure up?
    May 2022
    Article
  277. MercadoLibre: the Latin liberator

    Lawrence Burns discusses the fintech disrupting Latin America’s banking and retail industries.
    May 2022
    Article
  278. How education escaped from the classroom

    Online courses have upended the economics of education, Thaiha Nguyen explains.
    May 2022
    Podcast21 minutes
  279. The future of education

    For digital learning companies that can balance accessibility and profits, the opportunities are vast.
    May 2022
    Article
  280. India’s data-driven growth stocks.

    Pacific Horizon spots investment opportunities in a smartphone-transformed nation.
    May 2022
    Article
  281. The long view

    The enduring power of Moore’s Law and other factors that might matter in the next decade of investing.
    May 2022
    Document
  282. Shin Nippon Manager Update.

    Praveen Kumar, investment manager of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC gives an update on the performance of Shin Nippon over the past year and shares the team’s views on the long-term outlook for Japanese smaller companies.
    May 2022
    Video4 minutes
  283. Emerging Markets: the possibilist

    Understanding the difference between pessimism and possibility in Emerging Markets.
    May 2022
    Article
  284. Transformational thinking

    Scottish Mortgage’s departing joint manager James Anderson talks to its deputy Lawrence Burns.
    May 2022
    Article
  285. Positive Conversations Keystone 2021.

    Responsible business practices are fundamental to delivering sustainable long-term growth and addressing global challenges.
    May 2022
    Document
  286. Casting the net wider.

    Monks seeks profit and resilience from its diversified growth stocks portfolio.
    April 2022
    Article
  287. Influencers

    James Anderson credits the great minds who shaped his theories about the evolving world.
    April 2022
    Article
  288. Future impacts.

    Four ways Keystone Positive Change’s holdings can benefit the environment and society.
    April 2022
    Article
  289. China’s move to renewable energy

    Solar power and cheap green energy makes for a promising future.
    April 2022
    Article
  290. Buying into private companies.

    Baillie Gifford’s approach to private companies? As we’ve always invested, for the long term.
    April 2022
    Article
  291. Positive Conversations 2021

    Responsible business practices are fundamental to delivering sustainable long-term growth and addressing global challenges.
    April 2022
    Document
  292. Why private companies matter more

    SpaceX, Epic Games and Stripe: the list of the unlisted continues to grow. How can investors benefit?
    March 2022
    Podcast21 minutes
  293. SAINTS: A year in review and looking ahead.

    The Scottish American Investment Company share an update on performance and ESG.
    April 2022
    Video10 minutes
  294. Global Alpha 2022 Research Agenda

    In their Research Agenda for 2022, the investment managers consider the benefits of deep work in helping them find growth opportunities.
    March 2022
    Article
  295. The history of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon

    The smaller companies trust has thrived by seeking out Japan’s disruptive innovators.
    May 2023
    Article
  296. A dream within reach

    New technologies, plummeting costs and our own changing behaviours all promise progress in the energy transition– just don’t expect it to come in a straight line.
    March 2022
    Article
  297. Actual ESG

    Investing in great growth companies to make a big difference.
    February 2022
    Video12 minutes
  298. The value in growth investing.

    One says “growth”. The other says “value”. But that’s not what investors should be focusing on.
    February 2022
    Article
  299. A private companies approach to ESG

    The special considerations at play when we invest in high-growth, late-stage unlisted firms.
    February 2022
    Article
  300. Growth or value: it’s not a black or white choice

    Operational performance is a better indicator of growth than inflation. Malcolm MacColl shares why.
    February 2022
    Podcast19 minutes
  301. Long-term investing and market volatility.

    James Budden on holding your nerve through short-term setbacks and supporting exceptional growth companies.
    February 2022
    Article
  302. Riding Growth Waves Webinar.

    Good investing takes quick reactions as well as a long-term vision.
    February 2022
    Video39 minutes
  303. The university shaping global tech

    Why so many tech founders and CEOs have emerged from the Indian Institutes of Technology.
    January 2022
    Article
  304. Responsible Global Equity Income Fund.

    Toby Ross and Diane Esson reflect on the past three years of the Responsible Global Equity Income Fund.
    January 2022
    Video7 minutes
  305. Edinburgh Worldwide: a global history.

    How an international outlook was built in from the start by the investment trust’s founder Robert Fleming.
    January 2022
    DocumentLong read
  306. Managed Fund, Top Five US Questions.

    Kirsty Gibson answers the key questions investors are asking of the Managed Fund’s US champions.
    February 2022
    Article
  307. Sandpile avalanches and stock prices.

    Equity investing in times of catastrophic change.
    January 2022
    Article
  308. China’s dividend racehorses.

    New opportunities for income investors seeking growth and steady payouts.
    January 2022
    Article
  309. Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust AGM.

    Moritz Sitte, co-manager of the Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust, gives an update on investment philosophy, portfolio activity and positioning, and outlook.
    January 2022
    Video7 minutes
  310. Nurobots: delivering with autonomous vehicles

    Your pizza delivered by a driverless autonomous vehicle? That’s only the beginning for Nuro.
    January 2022
    Article
  311. Japan’s net zero efforts blossom.

    The firms doing pioneering work to produce renewable energy and eco-friendlier transport.
    December 2021
    Article
  312. Diverse and disruptive.

    The Monks Investment Trust’s growth-focused stock picking strategy.
    December 2021
    Article
  313. Glasgow Climate Pact

    For Global Stewardship, climate opportunities go hand in hand with climate challenges
    December 2021
    Article
  314. Making Waves.

    Changing the world starts with investing in companies addressing global challenges.
    December 2021
    Article
  315. The ‘S’ of ESG: intangible value

    ESG experts Marianne Harper Gow, Ed Whitten and Abhi Parajuli talk about the Social aspect of ESG in the context of investing.
    December 2021
    Video41 minutes
  316. Six reasons for Japan optimism.

    Manager Matthew Brett offers six predictions for the Baillie Gifford Japan Trust’s fifth decade.
    December 2021
    Article
  317. Resilience Rewarded.

    Three lessons learned over the High Yield Bond Fund’s 20 years of debt investing.
    November 2021
    Article
  318. Towards Net Zero: Reflections on COP26

    Tim Garratt, Michael Pye and Caroline Cook reflect on the investment implications of arguably the most significant meeting of world leaders this millennium, COP 26.
    November 2021
    Video49 minutes
  319. Japan stocks: investing in growth.

    As the Baillie Gifford Japan Trust turns 40, robotics and cosmetics are on its manager’s mind.
    November 2021
    Article
  320. We need to talk about inflation

    Central banks may find it hard to tackle price rises, requiring fine-tuning to fund strategies.
    November 2021
    Article
  321. The Biological Revolution

    The use of information science to unlock biology is revolutionising our health and wellbeing.
    November 2021
    Article
  322. The real case for China

    Willingness to change gives Chinese firms an innovation advantage.
    November 2021
    Article
  323. How to surf the waves of growth

    Good investing takes quick reactions as well as a long-term vision.
    November 2021
    Article
  324. Managed Fund: Manager Insights.

    Inflationary pressures and ESG opportunities are among matters on the fund managers’ minds.
    November 2021
    Video10 minutes
  325. Joining forces to achieve net zero.

    Baillie Gifford signs up to an asset managers initiative as COP26 begins.
    November 2021
    Article
  326. Mapping Veganville

    Can plant-based foods save the planet? Investment manager Brian Lum explores changing attitudes.
    November 2021
    Article
  327. Healthcare’s biotech revolution

    A convergence of technologies is paving the way for advances in our understanding of biology.
    October 2021
    Article
  328. The future of transport

    Electric cars on the road and flying taxis in the air will change the way people commute and live.
    October 2021
    Article
  329. The switch to sustainable food

    Plant-based proteins, hi-tech tractors and vertical farms are set to disrupt agriculture.
    October 2021
    Article
  330. Digital payments in a cashless future

    Disruptive fintechs are paving the way to a world without physical money.
    October 2021
    Article
  331. China’s Generation Z.

    The under-25s discuss their appetite for social shopping apps and home-grown cosmetics brands.
    October 2021
    Article
  332. Seismic shifts.

    Companies benefiting from explosive change brought on by the pandemic.
    October 2021
    Article
  333. Green hydrogen’s promise.

    Why using renewables to harvest the gas may be the best way for some industries to reach net zero.
    October 2021
    Article
  334. Harnessing growth for the next decade

    Investment manager Malcolm MacColl and Senior Governance and Sustainability Analyst Kieran Murray outline believed growth drivers and the development of Global Alpha’s ESG process.
    October 2021
    Video46 minutes
  335. Highlights Video: Harnessing growth for the next decade

    Watch the highlights from the recent Global Alpha webinar: Harnessing growth for the next decade.
    October 2021
    Video13 minutes
  336. IDEAS Conference 2021.

    With a focus on the future of mobility, the speakers discuss the ideas that will shape the way we live and work, and the companies that will drive disruption and innovation.
    October 2021
    Video0 minute
  337. A conversation about sustainability

    Our long-term investors know that investing sustainably is a plus for value creation.
    October 2021
    Article
  338. China’s gen Z+

    How the digital natives’ wants and needs create opportunities for forward-thinking Chinese companies.
    October 2021
    Document
  339. Lessons from Bessembinder

    What a US academic taught us about the companies that outperform.
    October 2021
    Document
  340. India’s ‘missing’ female workers

    Women dropping out of employment should weigh on investors’ minds.
    October 2021
    Article
  341. Supporting ESG improvers

    Investors can have the most impact by focusing on sustainability laggards, not leaders.
    October 2021
    Article
  342. Misguided metrics

    Why emerging markets firms struggle to get high ESG scores
    October 2021
    Article
  343. Time travel investing

    Evaluating emerging market stocks by taking a mental leap into the future.
    October 2021
    Article
  344. Microfinance for the masses.

    Gojo’s founder explains his plan to serve 100 million of the world’s poorest people.
    October 2021
    Article
  345. Thriving after adversity.

    Why cyclical stocks such as Ryanair and Rio Tinto are comeback kings.
    October 2021
    Article
  346. Long-Term Return Expectations update.

    Decarbonisation and baby boomer spending are set to drive asset prices over the years ahead.
    September 2021
    Article
  347. An appetite for ordered chaos.

    Why loosening control can help companies become more innovative.
    September 2021
    Article
  348. The history of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust

    Launched in Japan's great economic boom, the trust thrived in the lost decades after the bubble burst.
    February 2023
    Article
  349. How do we save a planet? Paulina Sliwinska invests in the companies tackling climate change.
    September 2021
    Article
  350. US Growth Trust Manager Insights.

    Behavioural shifts caused by Covid prompt changes to Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust’s portfolio.
    September 2021
    Video0 minute
  351. Monks Investment Trust Manager Insights.

    Monks Manager Spencer Adair looks beyond the noise of recent months to the longer term.
    September 2021
    Video0 minute
  352. Will the climate crisis response alter asset class returns? The Multi Asset Team investigates.
    September 2021
    Article
  353. sennder’s co-founder explains how its software platform helps truckers carry fuller loads.
    August 2021
    Article
  354. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust plc Manager Insights.

    Investment manager Milena Mileva gives an update on the philosophy, positioning and activity of the Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust portfolio.
    July 2021
    Video8 minutes
  355. Rocket man

    Life on Mars might seem far-fetched, but Scottish Mortgage is prepared to embrace the radical thinkers striving to get us there.
    July 2021
    Article
  356. Why Companies Should Embrace Chaos

    The nimblest firms are often those that don’t fight disorder but embrace it, according to Visa founder Dee Hock.
    July 2021
    Article
  357. Strategy Overview.

    A brief summary of Baillie Gifford’s beliefs, purpose and strategy.
    July 2021
    Document
  358. The history of The Monks Investment Trust

    Historian John Newlands outlines the story of the Monks Investment Trust hard-fought growth.
    April 2023
    Article
  359. Clusters, Computers, and Classic Rock

    Find out why small companies are one of the richest hunting grounds for long-term growth investors.
    June 2021
    Article
  360. Baillie Gifford Managed Fund: can it continue to thrive?

    The Managed Fund was launched in 1987, so has weathered plenty of crises before.
    June 2021
    Article
  361. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Investment Trust Webinar.

    Praveen Kumar, manager of the Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Investment Trust, discusses how to approach high-growth investing in a country that has a low-growth economy, the economy in question being that of Japan. Praveen explains that as fundamentally bottom-up, long-term stock pickers, we try to ignore short-term trends and predictions, and focus on finding smaller cap Japanese companies with huge potential over the long term.
    June 2021
    Video45 minutes
  362. History of Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust

    Historian John Newlands looks back at the origins of the trust and its surprising connections.
    June 2021
    Article
  363. Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust Manager Insights.

    Sophie Earnshaw, co-manager of the Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust, gives an update on the philosophy, positioning and performance of the portfolio since Baillie Gifford took over management of the trust in September 2020.
    June 2021
    Video7 minutes
  364. Positive Change - It's Not Obvious

    Positive Change invests in businesses that can help solve global challenges. But, as Kate Fox explains, the impact that some of the most influential companies have on daily lives is hidden from view.
    May 2021
    Article
  365. The history of Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust

    In our special series on the histories of investment trusts managed by Baillie Gifford, John Newlands looks back at the Edwardian origins of the China-focused trust.
    May 2021
    Article
  366. The responsible approach to ESG investing

    Is our approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues doing more harm than good? Stuart Dunbar, partner at Baillie Gifford, calls for investors to stop counting and start thinking.
    May 2021
    Podcast19 minutes
  367. The Monks Investment Trust PLC Webinar.

    Spencer Adair, newly appointed co-manager of the Monks Investment Trust, explains why the investment approach will not change. He sheds light on the past and current positioning of the portfolio, the fundamental strategy of the team involved, and the core philosophy of Monks that has been largely unchanged throughout the trust’s history.
    May 2021
    Video0 minute
  368. Japanese Fund Update Webinar.

    Investment Specialist Thomas Patchett is joined by Matthew Brett, Investment Manager of the Japanese Fund and Japan Trust, to discuss the last twelve months and the positioning and performance of the fund by exploring some of the main themes coming through in the portfolio.
    May 2021
    Video0 minute
  369. Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust Webinar.

    Richard Lander of Citywire hosts a webinar on the European Growth Trust and is joined by Stephen Paice, co-manager of the trust, who aims to answer the question: Are you investing in the right Europe?
    April 2021
    Video51 minutes
  370. Shin Nippon - Manager Insights.

    Praveen Kumar, investment manager of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC gives an update on the performance of Shin Nippon over the past year and shares the team’s views on the long-term outlook for Japanese smaller companies.
    April 2021
    Video5 minutes
  371. The Baillie Gifford Managed Fund’s UK champions - five burning questions

    The year 2020 felt somewhat surreal for UK investors. Not only was our local economy hit hard by the pandemic, but whole sectors of the stock market came under pressure, including many high-profile firms.
    April 2021
    Document
  372. Injecting optimism into healthcare’s future

    Could the messenger RNA vaccines deployed against Covid, help fight cancer and other diseases? After a year of crisis, Julia Angeles, co-manager of Baillie Gifford’s Health Innovation Fund, looks at the positive signs.
    April 2021
    Document
  373. Playing to win

    The race is on to secure the loyalty of south east Asia’s increasingly prosperous consumers. Ewan Markson-Brown, manager of Pacific Horizon Investment Trust, tells us why Singapore’s Sea Limited is in pole position.
    April 2021
    Document
  374. Breaking the biotech model

    Could the messenger RNA vaccines deployed against Covid, help fight cancer and other diseases? After a year of crisis, Julia Angeles, co-manager of Baillie Gifford’s Health Innovation Fund, looks at the positive signs.
    April 2021
    Podcast15 minutes
  375. Fast forward

    Praveen Kumar, manager of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon, sees Covid-19’s acceleration of digital trends in Japan – changes in both corporate and consumer behaviour – persisting beyond the pandemic.
    April 2021
    Document
  376. Europe's digital ambitions

    European companies have quietly built up some of the world’s largest digital platforms for commerce. The next stage will be anything but quiet, Stephen Paice and Moritz Sitte, joint managers of Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust, tell Heather Farmbrough.
    April 2024
    Document
  377. Japan from a distance

    Banned from travelling during the pandemic, Matthew Brett, manager of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, explains the advantage of perspective.
    April 2021
    Document
  378. Take-off platforms

    Online trading platforms have transformed the way we put our money to work. Iain McCombie, joint manager of the Baillie Gifford UK Growth Fund, tells Faith Glasgow how these companies brought financial power to the people.
    April 2021
    Document
  379. The 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.
    Document
  380. The 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.
    April 2021
    Document
  381. The 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.
    April 2021
    Document
  382. The 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.
    April 2021
    Document
  383. What I've learned In four decades of investing

    His career spanned big changes in investment – and in the fortunes of Baillie Gifford. Charles Plowden, joint senior partner and manager of Monks Investment Trust, looks at the opportunities ahead.
    March 2021
    Podcast17 minutes
  384. What I've learned in four decades of investing

    His career spanned big changes in investment – and in the fortunes of Baillie Gifford. Charles Plowden, joint senior partner and manager of Monks Investment Trust, looks at the opportunities