About the speakers
Karen is an investment manager in the Japanese Equities Team. She is a co-manager of the Japanese Income Growth Strategy. She joined Baillie Gifford in 2012. Karen graduated BSc (Hons) in Economics with Japanese from the University of Birmingham in 2011.
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The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust aims to pursue long-term capital growth principally through investment in medium to smaller-sized Japanese companies, which are believed to have above average prospects for growth.
Japanese Fund
The Japanese Fund aims to outperform (after deduction of costs) the TOPIX, as stated in sterling, by at least 1.5 per cent per annum over rolling five-year periods.Worldwide Japanese Fund
The Worldwide Japanese Fund aims to maximise total return principally through investment in equity securities which are listed, traded or dealt on Regulated Markets in Japan.