1. Multi Asset Growth Fund

    Multi Asset Growth Fund

  2. Overview

    The Multi Asset Growth Fund aims to achieve (after deduction of costs): an annualised return over rolling five-year periods that is 3.5% more than UK Base Rate, a positive return over rolling three-year periods and annualised volatility of returns over rolling five-year periods that is below 10%. There is no guarantee that a positive return will be achieved over rolling three-year periods, or any time period, and capital may be at risk.

    The manager believes this is an appropriate benchmark given the investment policy of the Fund and the approach taken by the manager when investing.

    Our investment approach embraces the concept of diversification by investing actively across a very broad range of asset classes to deliver capital growth with low volatility.

    Performance & Portfolio

    Performance & Portfolio

    Periodic Performance

    All figures to 29/02/2024

    6 Months

    1 Year

    3 Years

    5 Years

    Class B-Acc 2.9%0.2%-3.0%0.0%

    Figures for 3 and 5 years are shown as the annualised rate of return. This is the average yearly return over the specified period.


    Annual Discrete Performance to 31 December each year

    Annual percentage return (Updated Quarterly)

    31/12/2018
    31/12/2019

    31/12/2019
    31/12/2020

    31/12/2020
    31/12/2021

    31/12/2021
    31/12/2022

    31/12/2022
    31/12/2023

    Class B-Acc 12.2%3.0%7.9%-17.4%3.7%
    Index* 0.8%0.2%0.1%1.5%4.8%
    Target Benchmark** 4.3%3.7%3.6%5.0%8.2%

    Please bear in mind that past performance is not a guide to future performance.
    The value of your investment may go down as well as up, and you may not get back the amount you invested.

    Source: FE, Revolution. Total return net of charges, in sterling.
    Share class returns calculated using 10am prices, while the Index is calculated close-to-close.
    *UK Base Rate.
    **To outperform the UK Base Rate (as stated in sterling) by at least 3.5% per annum measured over rolling five year periods.

    Top Ten Holdings - 29/02/2024

    Fund %
    1 Baillie Gifford Worldwide Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund 8.5%
    2 Baillie Gifford Emerging Markets Leading Companies Fund 5.8%
    3 Baillie Gifford Emerging Markets Bond Fund 4.2%
    4 Plutus CLO Fund 4.2%
    5 Aegon ABS Opportunity Fund Acc 3.6%
    6 Terna 3.5%
    7 Galene Fund 3.3%
    8 Baillie Gifford Global Income Growth Fund 3.0%
    9 Baillie Gifford US High Yield Credit 2.7%
    10 iShares MSCI EM UCITS ETF 2.5%
    Total 41.2%
    Asset Allocation - Exposure 29/02/2024

    Fund %

    • 1 Infrastructure 22.27
    • 2 Listed Equities 16.92
    • 3 Structured Finance 13.39
    • 4 Property 11.45
    • 5 Emerging Market Bonds Hard Currency 9.11
    • 6 Government Bonds 7.96
    • 7 Commodities 4.99
    • 8 Cash and Equivalents 4.94
    • 9 Emerging Market Bonds Local Currency 4.19
    • 10 High Yield Credit 2.72
    • 11 Investment Grade Bonds 1.99
    • 12 Active Rates and Currency -3.62
    • Total 96.32

    As the Fund invests in overseas securities, changes in the rates of exchange may cause the value of your investment (and any income it may pay) to go down or up.
    Cash and Equivalents includes the net unrealised profit or loss of open currency positions in the Fund.
    The information contained on this page is intended as a guide only and should not be relied upon when making investment decisions. All holdings information is unaudited. Source Baillie Gifford & Co.
    Please note that totals may not add due to rounding.

    Meet the Managers

    James Squires

    James is Head of the Multi Asset Team and a member of the Investment Risk Committee. He became a Partner in 2018. James joined Baillie Gifford in 2006, initially working in our North American Equity and Fixed Income Teams. He has been a CFA Charterholder since 2010 and graduated BA in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Oxford in 2005.

    Felix Amoako-Kwarteng

    Felix joined Baillie Gifford in 2011 and is an Investment Manager in the Multi Asset Team. He is a CFA Charterholder. Felix graduated BComm in Accounting from University of Cape Coast, Ghana in 2008 and MSc in Investment Analysis from the University of Stirling in 2010.

    Scott Lothian

    Scott joined Baillie Gifford in 2015 and is an Investment Manager in the Multi Asset Team. Prior to joining Baillie Gifford, he worked for Schroders in London, BEA Union in Hong Kong and Towers Watson. Scott graduated BSc in Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics from Heriot-Watt University in 1999. He is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

    Nicoleta Dumitru

    Nicoleta joined Baillie Gifford in 2013 and is an Investment Manager in the Multi Asset Team. In 2018, she joined the Multi Asset Income Portfolio Construction Group (PCG). Nicoleta graduated BSc (Hons) in Management and Marketing from the University of Manchester in 2013.  

    Documents

    You can access any literature about the Fund here, either by downloading or requesting a copy by post (where available).

    To download any document you will need Adobe Reader. Please note that we can now provide you with Braille and audio transcriptions of our literature on request. It may take up to 10 days for the transcription to be completed dependent on the size of the document.

    Complaints

    In the first instance, clients should contact their normal Client Contact with any concerns. Alternatively, or for those clients who do not have a direct client contact assigned, complaints can be emailed to Baillie Gifford’s Compliance Department at: InstitutionalComplaints@bailliegifford.com. A summary document which contains details on Baillie Gifford’s complaints management policy is available upon request. All material complaints are recorded in an in-house incident management system and are escalated to, and dealt with by, members of staff of suitable seniority, independent of the area from which the matter arose.