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Baillie Gifford Worldwide China A Class B - Accumulation (GBP)

Sell:696.57p Buy:696.57p Change: 7.95p (1.15%)
Prices as at 21 February 2025
Sell:696.57p
Buy:696.57p
Change: 7.95p (1.15%)
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Prices as at 21 February 2025
Sell:696.57p
Buy:696.57p
Change: 7.95p (1.15%)
Prices as at 21 February 2025
You can buy or sell holdings in this fund through a Stocks and Shares ISA, Lifetime ISA, SIPP or Fund and Share Account
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Our view on this Fund

This fund does not feature on the Wealth Shortlist of funds our analysts believe have the potential to outperform their peers over the long term. This is not a recommendation to sell; however, if you are thinking of adding to your investments, we believe the Wealth Shortlist is a good place to start. View funds on the Wealth Shortlist »

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Performance Analysis

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Investment Philosophy

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Process and Portfolio Construction

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Fund Track Record

21/02/20 to 21/02/21 21/02/21 to 21/02/22 21/02/22 to 21/02/23 21/02/23 to 21/02/24 21/02/24 to 21/02/25
Annual return n/a n/a n/a -39.81% 19.63%

Please remember past performance is not a guide to future returns. Where no data is shown, figures are not available. This information is provided to help you choose your own investments, remember they can fall as well as rise in value so you may not get back the original amount invested.

Information about the fund

Fund manager biography

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Manager Name: Linda Lin
Manager start date: 1 February 2024
Manager located in: Edinburgh

Linda joined Baillie Gifford in September 2014 and is an Investment Manager and member of the China A-Share Team. After five years in Edinburgh, she relocated to Baillie Gifford's Shanghai office in December 2019 as Head of the Investment Team. Prior to joining Baillie Gifford, Linda spent four years as a global equity analyst with Aubrey Capital and two years in real estate investment in China. She graduated BComm in Accounting and Finance from the University of Auckland, New Zealand in 2007 and MSc in Finance and Investment from the University of Edinburgh in 2011. Linda is a native mandarin speaker.

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Manager Name: John MacDougall
Manager start date: 20 January 2022
Manager located in: Edinburgh

John is an Investment Manager and member of the Long Term Global Growth (LTGG) and China A-share Teams. He has been a Partner in the firm since 2016. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2000 and after a year in the North American department John joined the Japanese team where, from 2007 onwards, he managed the Shin Nippon Investment Trust which invests in high growth, small and medium sized companies. In 2011 John moved to the Global Discovery team which focuses on identifying rapidly growing, innovation led, smaller businesses from around the world. During this period, he had a particular focus on unearthing new investment opportunities in Emerging Markets, and Asia in particular. He joined the LTGG team in 2015. John spent two years in Shanghai as Chairman of Baillie Gifford's China office before returning to Edinburgh in January 2022. John graduated MA in Ancient & Modern History from the University of Oxford in 2000.

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Manager Name: Sophie Earnshaw
Manager start date: 25 February 2019
Manager located in: Edinburgh

Sophie joined Baillie Gifford in 2010 and is an Investment Manager in the Emerging Markets and China A-share Teams. She has also been Co-Manager of the China Fund and a member of the International All Cap Portfolio Construction Group since 2014. Sophie is a CFA Charter holder. She graduated MA in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh in 2008 and MPhil in Eighteenth Century and Romantic Literature from the University of Cambridge in 2009.

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