Baillie Gifford Japanese Smaller Companies B Acc

Category Japan Small/Mid-Cap Equity

This fund can be held in an Investment ISA, SIPP and Investment Account

Last buy/sell price

3,407.00p

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Fund Code

BFSBA

0601492

GB0006014921

Prices updated as at 12 Nov 2024

Prices in GBX

Investment objective

The sub-Fund aims to outperform (after deduction of costs) the MSCI Japan Small Cap Index, as stated in Sterling, by at least 1.5% per annum over rolling five-year periods. The sub-Fund will invest at least 90% in shares of smaller Japanese companies, being those which are listed, incorporated, domiciled or conducting a significant portion of their business in Japan. The sub-Fund will be actively managed and will generally invest in smaller companies in any sector, being a company that has either a market capitalisation or turnover of less than ¥150 billion at the time of initial purchase.

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Company name

Baillie Gifford & Co Limited.

Fund launch date

01 Apr 1983

Domicile

United Kingdom

UCITS

Yes

Fund manager

Praveen Kumar

Manager start date

01 Feb 2023

Fund manager biography

Praveen Kumar joined Baillie Gifford in 2008 and is a portfolio manager in the Japanese Equities Team. He is the lead manager for the Manager’s Japanese Smaller Companies Strategy and a member of the Manager’s International Smaller Companies Portfolio Construction Group. Mr. Kumar graduated BEng in Computer Science from Bangalore University in 2001 and gained an MBA from the University of Cambridge in 2008.

Head office

Calton Square

1 Greenside Row

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

EH1 3AN

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Baillie Gifford Japanese Smaller Companies Fund