UK

United Kingdom

Institutional investor

Client Login
Contact us

You are viewing this site as an Institutional investor in the UK. You can change this at any time. If you confirm these details are correct, we'll save this information.

The details you select will be saved for 90 days.

01. Your location

UK

Select region

Select country

UK
Austria
Belgium
Channel Islands
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland

Country not listed?

02. Your user type

User type not listed?

Search

View all investment strategies
Investment style
High growth
Concentrated portfolios of fast-growth companies, typically holding between 25 and 50 stocks.
Flexible growth
Portfolios containing a mix of firms focused on disruption, steady compounding and timely capital allocation.
Core growth
Large, diverse portfolios of growth-focused holdings built with benchmarks and reduced volatility in mind.
Fixed income 
Targeting company and government bonds with a focus on long-term outcomes.
Equity income and multi-asset income
Seeking both dependable income and long-term capital growth.
Investment style
Equities
Global equities
Emerging markets equities
Private companies
Asia equities
China equities
Japan equities
Europe equities
UK equities
US equities
Multi-asset and Fixed Income
Balanced and multi-asset
Fixed income 
Investment style
Integrated
Considering environmental, social and governance matters among other factors that may affect returns.
ESG focus
Investing in assets that have sustainability characteristics relating to environmental and/or social matters.
Impact
Backing companies that have the potential to make a positive measurable change and create long-term growth.
Funds
Insights
Our clients

About us
Careers

Client Login
Contact us

Home
Insights
EWIT: manager insights

Video

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust: manager insights

February 2024 / 11 min

Speaker

Douglas Brodie

Overview

Douglas Brodie, lead manager of the Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, provides an update on recent performance, observations on the market environment and why the team is optimistic about future returns.

View PDF transcript (1MB)

Share

About the speaker

Douglas Brodie

Douglas joined Baillie Gifford in 2001 and became a partner in 2015. He is head of the Discovery Team and has led the strategy since its inception. He is also manager of the Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust. He graduated BSc in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Durham in 1997 and attained a DPhil in Molecular Immunology from the University of Oxford in 2001.

Related insights

Pacific Horizon Investment Trust: manager insights
Roddy Snell on the investment landscape in China, ‘silicon intensity’ and positioning the portfolio to maximise future growth opportunities.
November 2024
Video|5 minutes
Upfront: episode eight
We discuss market volatility, Diploma’s business model and the Strategic Bond Fund.
October 2024
30 minutes
Wise: Money Without Borders
Co-founder and CEO of digital payments platform Wise explains how a customer-centric approach is helping revolutionise global money movement.
October 2024
37 minutes

Related funds

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust
The Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc aims for capital growth from a global portfolio of initially immature entrepreneurial companies, typically with a market capitalisation of less than $5bn at time of initial investment, which are believed to offer long-term growth potential.

Learn about Baillie Gifford

Strategies
Funds
Insights
About us
Careers
Our clients
Actual investors
Philanthropy
Media hub
Client login

Legal

Help and support

Product and regulatory data
Fraudulent activity
Accessibility
Important disclosures

Legal

Legal and regulatory
Manage cookies
Terms of use
Modern slavery statement
Privacy notices

Stay in touch via social media

Have a question?

© Copyright Baillie Gifford & Co. All rights reserved. 2024