Overview
Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust aims to achieve capital growth over the long term from a diversified portfolio of European securities.
Performance & Portfolio
Periodic Performance
All figures to 31/03/2024 1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Share Price 7.4% -24.6% 33.7% 56.5% NAV 5.9% -11.5% 36.8% 62.8% Index* 13.8% 28.5% 59.4% 125.5% Performance figures appear in GBP. The value of your investment may go down as well as up, and you may not get back the amount you invested.
NAV is calculated with borrowings deducted at fair value for 1, 3 and 5 years and par value for 10 years.
*FTSE Europe ex UK Index.
Performance source: Morningstar and relevant underlying index provider, total return.
Please bear in mind that past performance is not a guide to future performance.
Discrete Performance
Annual Performance to 31 March each year 31/03/2019
31/03/202031/03/2020
31/03/202131/03/2021
31/03/202231/03/2022
31/03/202331/03/2023
31/03/2024Share Price 2.0% 73.9% -20.2% -12.0% 7.4% NAV -7.0% 66.1% -14.2% -2.6% 5.9% Index* -8.0% 34.9% 3.9% 8.7% 13.8% Performance figures appear in GBP. The value of your investment may go down as well as up, and you may not get back the amount you invested.
NAV is calculated with borrowings deducted at fair value for 1, 3 and 5 years and par value for 10 years.
*FTSE Europe ex UK Index.
Performance source: Morningstar and relevant underlying index provider, total return.
Please bear in mind that past performance is not a guide to future performance.31/03/2024Relative to FTSE All-Share Index, total return. Source: Baillie Gifford & Co, FTSE.Holdings - 31/03/2024
Fund % 1 Ryanair 4.9% 2 Topicus.com 4.8% 3 ASML 4.3% 4 Schibsted 4.3% 5 Prosus 4.0% 6 Adyen 3.9% 7 Northvolt 3.5% 8 Atlas Copco 3.5% 9 Kingspan Group 3.0% 10 Allegro.eu 2.9% Total 39.0% Insights
View all Insights.Meet the Managers
Stephen Paice
Stephen is Head of the European Equity Team. He is a co-manager of the Baillie Gifford European Fund and also a member of the Global Stewardship Portfolio Construction Group. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2005 and spent time in the US, UK Smaller Companies and Japanese Equities Teams. Stephen graduated BSc in Financial Mathematics in 2005.
Chris Davies
Chris joined Baillie Gifford in 2012 and is an Investment Manager in the Europe Team. He graduated BA (Hons) in Music from the University of Oxford in 2009 and went on to gain an MMus in Music Performance from the Royal Welsh School of Music and Drama in 2010 and an MSc in Music, Mind and Brain from Goldsmiths College in 2011.
Documents
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Annual Reports
Bulletins and Factsheets
Corporate Governance
Interim Reports
Investment Intelligence
Investor Disclosure Document
Other Fund Literature
Philosophy and Process Documents
Portfolio Voting Disclosure
RNS Announcements
Sustainability-related Disclosures
PRIIPs Key Information Document
Disclaimers
FTSE Disclaimer
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