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Investment strategy

Developed EAFE All Cap

We have three core beliefs: superior profit growth leads to outperformance, fundamental analysis enables exploitation of market inefficiencies and share prices reflect fundamentals over the long term.

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Consistent investment in growing companies

An international growth portfolio, bringing together the best ideas from firmwide research. To perform better than the market, you need to be different from it. We search across the market cap spectrum for a balance of growth, quality and resilience. 

International All Cap Q4 update

The International All Cap Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.

Taking a long-term advantage

We look to invest in businesses that exhibit some combination of sustained, above-average growth and strong competitive advantage, such as superior profit margins or returns on invested capital.  

We believe that stock markets have a recurring tendency to underappreciate the value of long-term compound growth. We aim to take advantage of this by investing with a minimum time horizon of five years in mind.

Embracing different types of growth

The strategy has a proud 30-year track record, following a consistent investment process. 

We invest in an eclectic mix of individual businesses and take great pride in drawing from firmwide research to bring the best ideas to the portfolio. 

The portfolio is tilted towards the lower end of the benchmark’s market cap range. We think this is a fertile hunting ground for focused, well-run growth companies. 

We are long-term in our approach and focused on identifying the structural growth drivers that could deliver strong returns for our clients over the coming decades.
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Philosophy and process

Explore our investment philosophy and the processes around how the team constructs the portfolio.

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Strategy portfolio holdings

A list of the top 10 holdings that the representative portfolio invests in.

All figures up to: 31 December 2024

#CompanyFund %
1United Overseas Bank4.7%
2ASML3.7%
3Auto Trader3.0%
4Atlas Copco A2.9%
5Experian2.7%
6DSV2.6%
7Games Workshop Group2.6%
8Recruit Holdings2.5%
9Investor2.3%
10Lonza Group2.3%

Strategy holdings by sector

All figures up to: 31 December 2024

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Total: 100%

Strategy holdings by region

All figures up to: 31 December 2024

Created with Highcharts 11.4.6Europe (ex UK)Developed Asia PacificUKCash123444.45%31.06%23.36%1.12%

Total: 100%

Please note

The information contained on this page is intended as a guide only and should not be relied upon when making investment decisions. All holdings information is unaudited. Source Baillie Gifford & Co. Please note that totals may not add due to rounding.

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Insights

Key articles, videos and podcasts relating to the strategy:

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International All Cap Q4 update

The International All Cap Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.

  1. Atlas Copco: Stock Story

    Ben Drury explores how a culture of innovation and decentralisation drives success in industrial technology.
    March 2025
    Video3 minutes
  2. ASML: Stock Story

    Paul Taylor explores the cutting-edge semiconductor technology advancing the digital revolution.
    March 2025
    Video3 minutes
  3. A digitally generated image of multi-coloured glowing data points floating on dark waves.

    A long-term manifesto, revisited

    Why exceptional growth companies must be brave enough to ignore short-term market pressures.
    February 2025
    Article10 minutes
  4. International All Cap Q4 update

    The International All Cap Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.
    January 2025
    Video11 minutes
  5. International All Cap Q4 investor letter

    The International All Cap Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.
    January 2025
    Article8 minutes
  6. Saving when sending abroad: a Wise move

    With international payments a profitable afterthought for the banks, it’s been left to a newcomer to build the best way of moving money around the world.
    October 2024
    Article4 minutes
  7. International All Cap Q3 investor letter

    The International All Cap Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments
    October 2024
    Article5 minutes
  8. 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
    Video37 minutes
  9. Mountain surrounded by cloud

    International All Cap Q3 update

    The International All Cap Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.
    October 2024
    Video11 minutes
  10. Investment specialist Thomas Hodges

    Future Stocks: Our best ideas in Europe

    Thomas Hodges uncovers three of Europe’s hidden growth champions: Lonza, Topicus and Soitec.
    September 2024
    Video3 minutes
  11. Wise: Growing global money transfers

    Charting rising cross-border money payments and the opportunity for remittance service Wise.
    August 2024
    Article6 minutes
  12. International All Cap Q2 update

    The International All Cap Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.
    July 2024
    Video10 minutes
  13. Tilting the odds in your favour

    The Magnificent Seven’s reputation goes before them but that’s not enough to save them.
    April 2024
    Article8 minutes
  14. International All Cap Q1 update

    The International All Cap Team reflects on recent performance, portfolio changes and market developments.
    April 2024
    Video21 minutes
  15. International All Cap: inflection points

    Investment specialists give updates on performance, portfolio activity and the grounds long-term optimism.
    February 2024
    Video44 minutes

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How to invest in this strategy

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