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01 Mar 2024

Scottish Mortgage’s Lawrence Burns talks to Brandtech Group CEO David Jones

In the latest episode of the Scottish Mortgage Invest in Progress podcast, Lawrence Burns speaks to digital marketing company Brandtech’s CEO about how his company connects content, data and media to help global brands navigate the complexities of marketing in the digital age. Capital at risk. Listen to the podcast.

16 Feb 2024

Stock spotlight: Ashtead

Jonathan Mills from Metropolis Capital talks about his conviction in the equipment rental firm, Ashtead, which supplies a wide range of plant and commercial equipment to companies in the UK, US and Canada. Filmed in December 2023.

09 Feb 2024

Scottish Mortgage’s Lawrence Burns talks to Climeworks CEO Christoph Gebald

In the latest episode of the Scottish Mortgage Invest in Progress podcast, deputy manager Lawrence Burns speaks to Climeworks CEO Christoph about why he thinks the carbon removal industry could be as big by 2050 as oil and gas is today. Capital at risk. Listen to the podcast below.

02 Feb 2024

Five years of change in Japan – a message from the manager

It has been five years since we launched the AVI Japan Opportunity Trust (AJOT). In Japan, five years is the blink of an eye, Japanese companies tend to think in decades or generations. However, a lot has happened in five years. It all started in 2012 with Shinzo Abe’s economic legacy, coined Abenomics. The first […]

20 Dec 2023

The Big Question – Will higher-for-longer rates change stock picking?

Interview with Sunil Thakor of Sands Capital, Andy Headley of Veritas and Metropolis Capital’s Jonathan Mills. Alliance Trust stock pickers – Sunil Thakor of Sands, Andy Headley of Veritas and Metropolis’s Jonathan Mills – discuss how a prolonged period of high interest rates will impact businesses and whether this will change their stock picking approach.

19 Dec 2023

Introduction to Henderson High Income Trust

In this video, Henderson High Income Trust (HHI) portfolio manager, David Smith, introduces the trust, explains what’s unique about its strategy and discusses the trust’s track record.

15 Dec 2023

HelloFresh: changing how people eat forever

Scottish Mortgage’s Lawrence Burns speaks to Dominik Richter, co-founder and chief executive at HelloFresh, about streamlining the journey from farm to front-door, reducing food waste and providing hassle-free meal options for consumers. As with any investment, your capital is at risk. With its innovative approach to reducing the pain of meal planning and grocery shopping, […]

24 Nov 2023

Scottish Mortgage investor webinar: your questions answered

What two questions should an investor ask themselves if a company’s share price goes up? Join Scottish Mortgage’s decision-makers as they answer this and the questions put to them by its shareholders. “We believe that the value created by a small number of exceptional companies over the long run is the way to make money. […]

24 Oct 2023

The Big Question: Is generative AI game changing?

Alliance Trust Stock Pickers Kishore Rao, from Sustainable Growth Advisers, and Heather Peirce, from Black Creek Investment Management, give their perspectives on the AI debate. Filmed: August 2023 previous story | next story