Investing in private companies

Japanese Smaller Companies and Shin Nippon’s performance, portfolio positioning and the region’s attractions for growth investors.

Gary Robinson explores the trust’s strategic shifts and generative AI's transformative impact.

Japan's automation revolution and its global leadership in robotics.

The Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc seeks to invest predominantly in listed and unlisted US companies that the Company believes have the potential to grow substantially faster than the average company, and to hold onto them for long periods of time to produce long-term capital growth.

The Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc aims for capital growth from a global portfolio of initially immature entrepreneurial companies, typically with a market capitalisation of less than $5bn at time of initial investment, which are believed to offer long-term growth potential.