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Baillie Gifford. Non-Professional Investor.

WE HAVE A PROUD RECORD OF INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE, CLIENT SERVICE AND LONGEVITY THIS IS YEAR 111.

Successful active management is not easy; it requires dedication, independent thought and a long-term perspective. Attributes we believe are underpinned by our partnership structure which enables us to focus entirely on our clients and their investments.
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Sponsorship

Off The Page.

At Baillie Gifford, we love authors. Our literary sponsorship programme is evidence of the importance we place on the work of great writers. This support is a crucial strand of the relationships we nurture with experts and academics – something that distinguishes us from many of our competitors.

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Press

Business Insider's interview with Andrew Telfer.

Andrew Telfer discusses how Baillie Gifford’s culture helps the firm spot companies on the road to success and then provides them with long-term support.

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Moore’s Law Was Just the Beginning.

In an interview with Barron’s, James Anderson explains how the work of scientists, economists and research organisations frame his investment strategy, and help him to identify companies with the potential for ‘greatness at an extreme scale’.

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All the best stories are true.

Britain’s most influential prize for non-fiction, The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction delivered its first US event at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday, September 22.

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Andrew Telfer's Reading List.

Andrew Telfer, joint senior partner at Baillie Gifford, told Business Insider about five books he found helpful to his leadership strategy.

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Governance & Sustainability.

How we govern ourselves and support society.

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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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Actual investors think in decades.

Not quarters.

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Mutual Funds

Take your time choosing a fund. You'll want to hold on to it for years.

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Baillie Gifford – coronavirus update

At Baillie Gifford we are watching unfolding events concerning Coronavirus closely and following the advice of health authorities. Our primary aims are two-fold: firstly, to ensure the health and wellbeing of our staff and others, and secondly to continue to serve our clients well during these unprecedented times. Our thoughts are with everyone who is affected by the spread of the virus, and we know that with schools closing and travel severely restricted many people are juggling home and work responsibilities. Please be reassured that though our working patterns have hugely changed, we are continuing to focus on clients and in all material respects are functioning relatively normally.

The firm has well-tested contingency plans which we have put into action. Given the most up to date UK government advice, virtually all of our staff are now working from home and we have stopped receiving visitors to our Edinburgh office. The firm has technology, systems and policies in place to ensure that we remain fully functional while working in dispersed locations, and should this situation persist for an extended period we are fully capable of continuing business as usual. Clients’ investments are being managed as normal by our investment team and our client service and other staff are available via email and telephone, as well as on networks such as MS Teams and Zoom. We continue to research stocks and have the capability to make transactions to facilitate client cashflows and business-as-usual investment decisions. Business travel has completely stopped for the time being and we are looking to hold external meetings by video and conference call wherever possible.

Most overseas offices in Europe and the Americas have also closed and staff are working from home. On a brighter note, our Shanghai office has re-opened, as Coronavirus spread there has slowed.

It is important during times of extreme market volatility to remember that investing is a long-term activity. History indicates that acting hastily in the midst of a crisis is typically unhelpful, and we would encourage all investors to step back and maintain perspective. When we invest on behalf of clients, it is with a five-year view of the opportunities that a company has to grow. Clearly, many such companies will be impacted in the near term by the abrupt economic slowdown which is unfolding, and stock markets have factored this heavily into prices. However, our view is that such selling has been relatively indiscriminate and driven by fear rather than long-term fundamentals. Companies with growing opportunities, competitive advantages and strong balance sheets are not only well placed to survive short-term pressures, but should resume their positive trends when the current crisis is over. We have therefore made few changes to client portfolios during this period of uncertainty, and are considering opportunities to add to holdings in companies we admire at depressed prices. In recent years there has been a growing focus amongst investors and the public on the benefits of companies acting responsibly towards all stakeholders, including employees and customers as well as shareholders. We will learn much about their commitment to such concepts in coming weeks.

Baillie Gifford itself has no short-term pressures. We have no outside shareholders, and the Partners in the firm are committed to seeing through the current challenges without making any material changes to our own firm. We will continue to put staff and client interests foremost, even as we adapt to our new, temporary, reality. If you have any specific concerns, please get in touch with your usual contacts here at Baillie Gifford or with your financial adviser.

Baillie Gifford & Co
24 March 2020

WE HAVE A PROUD RECORD OF INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE, CLIENT SERVICE AND LONGEVITY THIS IS YEAR 111.

Successful active management is not easy; it requires dedication, independent thought and a long-term perspective. Attributes we believe are underpinned by our partnership structure which enables us to focus entirely on our clients and their investments.