January 2024
Features
Monks Investment Trust: a three-dimensional approach to growth
The nature of growth is changing. Baillie Gifford’s Spencer Adair describes how shifts in the investment landscape are affecting the portfolio and explains how his team aims to benefit from holding three different company types...
12 Jan
12 Jan
Features
Schroders Capital Global Innovation Trust: The journey so far
The recent name change of the trust provides a valuable opportunity to look back on the important steps forward that we have taken and reflect on the prospects that await...
05 Jan
05 Jan
Features
Delivering a steady income in an uncertain world
Bond markets have been anything but boring over the last couple of years! Rhys Davies explains what’s been happening in the high yield bond market, the impact on his portfolios, and how he manages the Invesco Bond Income Plus Limited, employing some of the specific features of the investment trust structure...
05 Jan
05 Jan
December 2023
Features
Discovering the unsung superstars of Japanese technology
Fast growing companies comprising Japan’s ‘third wave’ of industrial innovators have cornered key manufacturing markets. Praveen Kumar, manager of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon, tells Joji Sakurai how they did it...
22 Dec
22 Dec
Features
Beyond the rally: finding lasting growth in Japan
Japan has had its fair share of false-dawn recoveries over the decades, so what’s different this time? Baillie Gifford’s Donald Farquharson explains...
22 Dec
22 Dec
Features
HelloFresh: changing how people eat forever
Scottish Mortgage’s Lawrence Burns speaks to Dominik Richter, co-founder and chief executive at HelloFresh, about streamlining the journey from farm to front-door, reducing food waste and providing hassle-free meal options for consumers...
22 Dec
22 Dec
Features
Growth companies shaping our tomorrow
Citywire’s Richard Lander chats with Baillie Gifford’s Douglas Brodie, manager of the Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, about his approach, businesses in the portfolio, opportunities and emerging themes such as artificial intelligence...
22 Dec
22 Dec
Features
Successfully passing the litmus test
BBGI’s resilient investment strategy has held water in a tough period for infrastructure investors…
22 Dec
22 Dec
Features
Do obesity drugs have short legs?
BBH’s portfolio seems to offer stronger fundamentals than the hype elsewhere would suggest…
15 Dec
15 Dec
Features
Outpacing the herd
RKW continues to unlock value for investors in the small-cap sector, with subdued valuations attracting bargain-hunters…
15 Dec
15 Dec
Features
NVIDIA: Accelerating AI
NVIDIA’s co-founder Jensen Huang is Silicon Valley’s longest-serving chief executive. But his greatest impact may still be ahead of him, as Scottish Mortgage’s Claire Shaw explains
15 Dec
15 Dec
Features
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust: Manager Insights
Baillie Gifford investment manager Roderick Snell discusses why, despite recent performance struggles due to inflation, interest rates and geopolitical tensions, he believes the long-term outlook for investing in Asia remains promising...
15 Dec
15 Dec
Features
On a roll
Higher energy prices, strong balance sheets, and peak rates all look supportive of MCT’s energy holdings…
13 Dec
13 Dec
Features
How Alnylam’s gene-silencing technology nips disease in the bud
A proven success against rare diseases, Alnylam’s technology is now poised to take on the big global killers, as Douglas Brodie, manager of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, tells Linda Geddes...
08 Dec
08 Dec
Features
Innovation Nation
China’s economic resurgence was based on a talent for adapting others’ technologies. Now the country is a seedbed of original ideas. Sophie Earnshaw, joint manager of Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust, highlights some of the breakthroughs...
08 Dec
08 Dec
November 2023
Features
Think inside the box
While private equity can sometimes lack transparency, it’s worth understanding what is going on inside these trusts to drive performance…
17 Nov
17 Nov
Features
Around the world in emerging markets
FEML's unparalleled research team has helped deliver strong outperformance...
17 Nov
17 Nov
Features
Growth waves: supporting companies, spotting opportunities
How can investors contribute to the success of the companies they back? The Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust’s Kirsty Gibson finds answers in the ocean...
17 Nov
17 Nov
Features
Scottish Mortgage investor webinar: your questions answered
What two questions should an investor ask themselves if a company’s share price goes up? In this recent webinar recording, join Scottish Mortgage’s decision-makers as they answer this and the questions put to them by its shareholders...
17 Nov
17 Nov
Features
Asia’s growth opportunities
World-leading companies and domestic growth stories can be found throughout the region…
15 Nov
15 Nov
Features
Why dividend investors should be looking at Asia
Companies in the region offer strong earnings growth and diversification potential...
15 Nov
15 Nov
Features
Why it pays to be active in Asia
ATR’s highly active approach has delivered long-term outperformance for shareholders…
15 Nov
15 Nov
Features
Finding value in Japan
SJG is taking advantage of attractive valuations and corporate reforms…
15 Nov
15 Nov
Features
Paid to wait
UKW’s discount may tighten if it continues to deliver strong total returns…
14 Nov
14 Nov
Features
Aurora: the technology company transforming trucking
Change how you move goods, change the world for the better. Chris Urmson, chief executive and co-founder of Aurora, discusses with Scottish Mortgage Manager Tom Slater what impact driverless trucks will have. Not just on the industry, but transportation at large...
10 Nov
10 Nov
Features
Scottish Mortgage: The valuation process for private companies
When valuing private companies, we don’t let investment managers mark their own homework. From a separate valuation team to independent auditors, multiple layers of independent review and approval form a robust approach that does not include the investment managers...
10 Nov
10 Nov
Features
European Growth Investing: time to go bargain hunting?
In this webinar recording Stephen Paice, co-manager of the Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust, shares where opportunities lie and what trends he sees driving value creation over the next five years and beyond...
03 Nov
03 Nov
Features
The inflation reduction act: one year on
The US’s vast climate change legislation programme is a year old. The team managing the BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust says the Act is driving innovation in new transition technologies...
03 Nov
03 Nov
Features
The right analyst for the job
AIE’s extensive analyst expertise has helped deliver strong outperformance for the trust…
03 Nov
03 Nov
October 2023
Features
Microsoft reloaded: how Satya Nadella revitalised the tech titan
Satya Nadella has restored the Windows maker’s sparkle. Malcolm MacColl, deputy manager of The Monks Investment Trust, tells Leo Kelion how the far-sighted chief executive turned the tech titan around...
27 Oct
27 Oct
Features
China: challenges and opportunities
In this webinar recording, Sophie Earnshaw, co-manager of the Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust, provides insight into the potential investment opportunities in China and reflects on some of the recent challenges...
27 Oct
27 Oct