Baillie Gifford

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%.

Baillie Gifford's Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has recorded its strongest ever single year return. Announcing its results for the year to 31 March 2021, Baillie Gifford said that the increase in single year return builds on the strong long term share price total returns over five and ten years

Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford has invested £72 million ($100m) into Blockchain.com, the UK’s biggest cryptocurrency company, signalling a new stamp of approval for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Scottish mortgage veteran James Anderson has announced that he will step down as joint manager of the £15 billion Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust and retire from Baillie Gifford. He will retire on April 30 next year.

The Scottish Government has published plans to increase the value of private investment flowing into Scotland and make the country a global centre of ethical finance. The Global Capital Investment Plan contains 30 measures to increase the availability of private capital to businesses and projects wh

Baillie Gifford's investments in Tesla have made a huge $29 billion (£21bn) for investors including pension funds and charities, according to new figures released to The Guardian.

Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford announced yesterday that it has cut its stake in Tesla to 4.25% in an attempt to prevent its clients being over-exposed to the company.

M&G Real Estate and its property developer partner Qmile Group have secured a 280,000 sq ft pre-let with Baillie Gifford for its £350 million Haymarket Edinburgh development. Baillie Gifford has agreed to take the accommodation on a 20-year lease and will relocate to its new head office in

Edinburgh-based investment firm Baillie Gifford is to take over management of the £227 million Witan Pacific Investment Trust. Baillie Gifford has said it will focus the Trust's holdings predominantly on Chinese stocks. 

Finance provider Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has launched a programme of support for Scotland’s social enterprise community with Baillie Gifford. The scheme aims to help organisations recover from the impact of COVID-19 and develop strategies for future growth. The Ambitions for Recovery

The Scottish Professional Football League Trust (SPFL Trust) has received the single biggest personal donation in Scottish football history as James Anderson, a fund manager and partner with Baillie Gifford, has gifted the charity £3,125,000 inclusive of gift aid.

Baillie Gifford has confirmed that it has reassessed its plans to move staff into its new building in Edinburgh. The fund manager previously signed a deal to pre-let 60,000 sq ft building at 20 West Register Street in St Andrew Square.

After almost four decades at the firm, Baillie Gifford’s joint senior partner Charles Plowden will retire on 30 April 2021. Following his retirement, Malcolm MacColl will become joint senior partner.

Baillie Gifford has become the headline sponsor of Edinburgh Science Learning, the education arm of educational charity Edinburgh Science who also produces the world’s first and Europe’s biggest science festival.