Founded in 1908, Baillie Gifford is one of the UK's leading independently owned investment management firms.  Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and with $110 billion U.S. in assets under management, it is owned and run by 30 of its senior executives who operate as a partnership, a structure which has endured for almost a century and which provides stability for clients and motivation for employees. 

The portfolio managers at Baillie Gifford are active managers that maintain a strong focus on individual companies while building portfolios from the bottom up. Their investment philosophy is to invest in well managed companies with strong prospects for growth and sustainable competitive advantages. 

Baillie Gifford believes that share prices will ultimately follow a company’s ability to grow their earnings. By focusing their efforts on companies with above-average growth in earnings and cash flow, they have been able to generate strong long-term performance for their investors.

• Active bottom-up management style focused on growth
• Stable firm with low personnel turnover
• A well-developed and successful investment approach.

For more information, visit the Baillie Gifford Web site.