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Praveen Kumar provides an update on recent performance and explains why he remains optimistic.

Optimism for the future of growth investing from four of Baillie Gifford’s investment trusts.

The new generation of companies that’s quietly captured key technology niches.

Praveen Kumar on the lesser-known players thriving in the shadow of the country’s big brands.

Praveen Kumar discovers the lesser-known businesses creating premium products in Japan.

Company director Lisa Yamai is changing attitudes by proving a young female leader can boost performance.

Praveen Kumar, investment manager of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC gives an update on the performance of Shin Nippon over the past year and shares the team’s views on the long-term outlook for Japanese smaller companies.

The smaller companies trust has thrived by seeking out Japan’s disruptive innovators.

Gojo’s founder explains his plan to serve 100 million of the world’s poorest people.

Praveen Kumar, manager of the Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Investment Trust, discusses how to approach high-growth investing in a country that has a low-growth economy, the economy in question being that of Japan. Praveen explains that as fundamentally bottom-up, long-term stock pickers, we try to ignore short-term trends and predictions, and focus on finding smaller cap Japanese companies with huge potential over the long term.

Praveen Kumar, investment manager of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC gives an update on the performance of Shin Nippon over the past year and shares the team’s views on the long-term outlook for Japanese smaller companies.

Praveen Kumar, manager of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon, sees Covid-19’s acceleration of digital trends in Japan – changes in both corporate and consumer behaviour – persisting beyond the pandemic.

Praveen Kumar, investment manager of Japanese Smaller Companies Fund and Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC, explains how Covid-19 will accelerate changes in the behaviour and working practices of corporate Japan and why this should result in numerous growth opportunities for fast-growing, nimble and disruptive smaller business.