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The Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT) has announced that its chair, Fiona McBain, along with non-executive director Paola Subacchi, will depart after its June AGM. Subject to shareholder voting at the AGM, Justin Dowley, the company's current senior independent director, will succee

CodeClan has announced that students from its Youth Academy will be starting their paid internships at a collective of Scottish companies and universities that have partnered with the programme.

Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford released annual results for its US Growth Trust, which has £785 million AUM, showing a -45% return over the past financial year.

The historic Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, managed by Baillie Gifford, has seen its net asset value drop by 13.1% in the 12 months to the end of March. The £14 billion fund also suffered a 9.5% drop in its share price, compared with a 12.8% increase for its benchmark FTSE All-world Index

CodeClan, Scotland’s national digital skills academy, has partnered with Baillie Gifford to launch CodeClan Youth Academy, an 8-week programme based in Edinburgh and sponsored by the investment manager that includes a 4-week coding bootcamp at CodeClan, followed by a 4-week paid internship at

Baillie Gifford, the global investment management partnership, has appointed Ross Mathison as a portfolio manager of its Global Income Growth Fund and Responsible Global Equity Income Fund. Mr Mathison joined existing managers James Dow and Toby Ross on the funds on January 1.

Seven social enterprises that took part in Social Investment Scotland’s (SIS) ambitions leadership programme have been awarded a share of £35,000 grant funding to support continued growth and drive greater impact. Four Square, operators of the Edinburgh Furniture Initiative that works to

The Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust plc, a trust managed by Baillie Gifford, has seen its Net Asset Value (NA) rise by 16% in the six months to 30 September 2021. This figure compares to a 9% increase in the FTSE All-World index.

Baillie Gifford, the global investment management partnership, has lowered the annual management fee on the Baillie Gifford UK Equity Alpha Fund B class shares, with effect from 1 October 2021. The annual management fee has been reduced from 0.55% to 0.47%. The £1bn UK Equity Alpha Fund aims t

Baillie Gifford, the global investment management partnership, has lowered the annual management fee on the Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust, with effect from 1 September 2021. The annual management fee is now as follows: 0.70% on the first £100m of net assets, 0.55% on the next £900m of

The Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC, a company managed by Baillie Gifford, has raised a further c.£200 million by issuing two long-term, fixed-rate, senior, unsecured private placement notes. The first is a 15-year note for £100m with a fixed coupon of 2.03%, the second, a 25-year

Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc has posted strong full-year results with the company's share price and net asset value returning 63.0% and 62.8% respectively. This compares with a total return of 22.4% for the S&P 500 Index.

Three UK investment management firms, Standard Life Aberdeen, Baillie Gifford and Stewart Investors, have collaborated with the charity Future Asset and the not-for-profit organisation Breaking Through Careers to develop an investment management podcast series. The series will break down industry ja

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust plc has posted strong results for the year ended April 30 2021 with Net Asset Value (NAV) per share reaching 37.7% compared to a total return of 25.9% for the FTSE All-Share Index. The company's share price total return for the same period was 53.7%

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc, a fund managed by Baillie Gifford, has posted a 24.9% increase in net asset value (NAV) per share for the six months to 30 April 2021. At the same time, the companies comparative index increased by 30.3% and the share price rose by 24.5%.