Overview
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust : BGUK (formerly Baillie Gifford UK Growth Fund and, before that, Schroder UK Growth : SDU) has a principal investment objective that is to maximise capital growth over the long-term from investment primarily in shares of listed UK equities which have the potential to deliver a total return in excess of the FTSE All-Share Index.
The Trust’s portfolio is constructed without any reference to the index and will not replicate it. The majority of the portfolio will be held in listed UK equities and may, if appropriate, include convertible securities and equity related derivatives. The yield on the Trust’s investments is of secondary importance.
We have written some notes that explain what the company is trying to achieve and how it is going about it
A recipe for a rerating – was published on 26 September 2023
Patience will be rewarded – was published on 15 September 2022
Looking way beyond the now – was published on 18 August 2021
Visit the company’s website – click here
You can view our interviews with the company’s Fund Managers below:
19th November 2021: Iain McCombie – Weekly Show
Fundamentals
Price
Research History
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07 Aug 2024
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust - Light at the end of the tunnel
Light at the end of the tunnel As we discuss in the performance section on pages 14 to 23, Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK) has had a challenging three years, but with interest rates falling, this heavily growth-focused trust could be set for a significant period of outperformance (an environment of higher interest rates […]
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07 Aug 2024
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust - Light at the end of the tunnel
Light at the end of the tunnel As we discuss in the performance section on pages 12 to 21, Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK) has had a challenging three years, but with interest rates falling, this heavily growth-focused trust could be set for a significant period of outperformance. This could trigger a substantial narrowing […]
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07 Aug 2024
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust - Light at the end of the tunnel?
Light at the end of the tunnel? As we explore in the performance section on pages 13 to 22, Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK), the most-growth focused fund its peer group (see page 22), has suffered from poor relative performance in recent years, but with interest rates falling, this has the potential to turn […]
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26 Sep 2023
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust - A recipe for a rerating?
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust Investment companies | Annual Overview | 26 September 2023 A recipe for a rerating? A comparison of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK) against its peers suggest that it is the most growth-orientated fund in the group, and so it has likely faced particularly strong headwinds during the last 18 […]
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26 Sep 2023
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust - A recipe for a rerating
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust Investment companies | Annual Overview | 26 September 2023 A recipe for a rerating As the fund with most growth-orientated investment style amongst its peers (see page 21), Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK) has faced particularly strong headwinds during the last 18 months, as investors have either sought sanctuary […]
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26 Sep 2023
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust - A recipe for a rerating
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust Investment companies | Annual Overview | 26 September 2023 A recipe for a rerating As the most growth-orientated fund amongst its peers, Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK) has faced particularly strong headwinds during the last 18 months, as investors have either sought sanctuary in value and defensive stocks, or […]
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14 Sep 2023
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – September 2023
September 2023 Monthly roundup | Investment companies Kindly sponsored by abrdn Winners and losers in August 2023 Share price total returns for investment companies were generally poor over August, with the best performing sector, Debt – Structured Finance, returning just 2.1%, with only a few sectors managing to eke out a positive total return. Funds […]
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02 Jun 2023
Interview with Iain McCombie from Baillie Gifford UK Growth
In this week’s show, Matthew Read spoke to Iain McCombie from Baillie Gifford UK Growth. If you were looking for the first part of QuotedData’s show, focused on the roundup of the week’s news, click here. If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us on [email protected]. Additionally, if you […]
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07 Dec 2022
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup December 2022
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | December 2022 A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairs and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage […]
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13 Oct 2022
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2022
Third quarter of 2022 Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Piling on the misery In the face of rising inflation, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, central bankers have condemned for their relative inaction. However, in the third quarter of 2022, they stepped up a gear. Last month’s economic and political roundup […]
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15 Sep 2022
Baillie Gifford UK Growth - Patience will be rewarded
Patience will be rewarded Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK) has seen a marked fall in its NAV during the last 12 months at a time when inflation expectations have risen, bringing with them interest rate rises and, quite possibly, a recession. The derating of many growth stocks has been severe and BGUK’s managers say […]
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15 Sep 2022
Baillie Gifford UK Growth - Patience will be rewarded
Patience will be rewarded Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK) has seen a marked fall in its net asset value (NAV) during the last 12 months as inflation expectations have risen, bringing with them interest rate rises and, in all likelihood, a recession. The selling-off of many ‘growth’ stocks has been severe and, BGUK’s managers […]
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15 Sep 2022
Baillie Gifford UK Growth - Patience will be rewarded
Patience will be rewarded Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK) has seen a marked fall in its NAV during the last 12 months as inflation expectations have risen, bringing with them interest rate rises and, in all likelihood, a recession. The derating of many growth stocks has been severe and BGUK’s managers say that selling […]
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19 Nov 2021
Interview with Iain McCombie - Baillie Gifford UK
In this week’s show, James Carthew talked to Iain McCombie from Baillie Gifford UK If you were looking for the first part of QuotedData’s show, focused on the roundup of the week’s news, click here. If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us. Additionally, if you would prefer […]
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18 Aug 2021
Baillie Gifford UK Growth - Looking way beyond the now
Looking way beyond the now It is now just over three years since Baillie Gifford, an investment management house famed for its growth-focused investment strategies, took over the management of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK). This move has paid off, with absolute and relative performance versus its peers (in the AIC’s UK All Companies […]
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18 Aug 2021
Baillie Gifford UK Growth - Looking way beyond the now
Looking way beyond the now It is now just over three years since Baillie Gifford, a house famed for its growth investment strategies, took over the management of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK). This move appears to have paid off with absolute and relative performance versus peers improving dramatically, while a marked discount was, […]
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18 Aug 2021
Baillie Gifford UK Growth - Looking way beyond the now
Looking way beyond the now It is now just over three years since Baillie Gifford, a house famed for its growth investment strategies, took over the management of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK). This move has paid off with absolute and relative performance versus peers improving dramatically, while a marked discount was, until recently, […]
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12 Jun 2020
QuotedData’s weekly roundup 12 June 2020
James Carthew’s weekly news roundup show for Friday, 12 June, covers Syncona’s results and the impact that the fall in Autolus’ share price has had on that fund, the possibility of brighter days for Cuban property company CEIBA, and the chance that Edinburgh Investment Trust will cut its dividend. It also includes an interview with Milena […]
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06 Dec 2019
QuotedData’s economic roundup – December 2019
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Polar Capital and Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you […]
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07 Oct 2019
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2019
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford New research Over September, we published notes on India Capital Growth, Jupiter Emerging & Frontier, International Biotechnology Trust, JPMorgan Russian Securities, Civitas Social Housing, Montanaro European Smaller Companies and JLEN Environmental Assets. We also launched a monthly real estate roundup, beginning with reviews of August and September. In […]
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05 Jul 2019
QuotedData’s economic roundup – July 2019
Economic & Political Roundup A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of the […]
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18 Jul 2018
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Second Quarter 2018
QUARTERLY INVESTMENT COMPANIES ROUNDUP – SECOND QUARTER 2018 Global equities markets rose in the second quarter of 2018, Markets were volatile, as positive economic data and encouraging company performances played off against geopolitical concerns. Yields from bond markets rose early in the quarter but fell back as investors turned to ‘safer’ investments. The threat of […]
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11 Jul 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of June 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. July Investment Companies Roundup Money raised and returned in June Newcomer to the market, Yew Grove […]
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11 May 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – May 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – May 2018 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of April 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. India Capital Growth has experience a rebound in performance in the past month, as […]
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18 Apr 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – April 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – April 2018 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of March 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Stock markets have suffered their first meaningful fall for nearly two years. At the quarter end, […]
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10 Jan 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – January 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – January 2018 – is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or […]
News
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13 Apr 2018
New Fund Manager for Schroder UK Growth
New Fund Manager for Schroder UK Growth – The Board of Schroder UK Growth Fund (SDU) announced that it has terminated Schroder Unit Trusts Limited as its AIFM and has appoint Baillie Gifford & Co Limited as the company’s new manager, company secretary and administrator. The board says that the Company’s long-term investment performance is considerably […]
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12 Dec 2017
Baillie Gifford-favourite Alnylam completes key US filing
Baillie Gifford-favourite Alnylam completes key US filing US biotech star and Baillie Gifford stock pick Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has completed its US regulatory application for patisiran, a treatment of adults with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (hATTR amyloidosis), putting the so-called RNA interference or “gene-silencing” therapeutic on track for approval in mid 2018. Patisiran may become Alnylam’s first […]
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07 Jul 2017
Schroder UK Growth underperforms strongly rising market
Schroder UK Growth Fund (SDU) has released it annual results for the year ended 30 April 2017. During the period, the company provided an NAV total return of 17.5% and a share price total return of 13.9%, both underperforming its benchmark, the All-Share Index, which the company says provided a total return of 20.1%. The manager […]
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08 Jul 2016
IT exposure benefits Schroder UK Growth
Schroder UK Growth’s results for the year ended 30 April 2016 show that the Company’s NAV returned -4.4%, while the share price returned -4.9%. This compares with an equivalent return of -5.7% by the FTSE All-Share Index over the same period. The Directors have declared a second interim dividend of 2.60p per share, making a total […]
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24 Dec 2015
Schroder UK Growth mildly outperforms benchmark
Schroder UK Growth Fund has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 31 October 2015. During the period, the Company’s NAV produced a total return of -5.3%, marginally outperforming its benchmark, the FTSE All-Share Index, which provided a total return of -5.7%. The share price produced a total return of -5.7%. The company has […]
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02 Jul 2015
Schroder UK Growth fails to make up ground in second half
Schroder UK Growth has published results for the year ended 30 April 2015. The fund lagged the FTSE All-Share index by some margin over this period, returning 1.9% on net assets and negative 3.1% on share price (the discount widened to 8.4%) as compared to positive 7.5% for the benchmark. the dividend for the year […]
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24 Apr 2015
JPMorgan Elect says every pool delivered in H1
JPMorgan Elect interims for the six months ended 28 February 2015 are out. The Managed Growth pool beat its bench mark by 3.2% over the period. The pool generated a return on net assets of 9.7% while their 50:50 FTSE All-Share : FTSE All-World ex UK benchmark returned 6.5%. They declared two quarterly dividends totalling 3.9p […]
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29 Dec 2014
Schroder UK Growth transition complete
For the six month period to 31 October 2014, Schroder UK Growth’s NAV saw a total return of -6.3%, while the share price returned -8.8% and the discount widened from 5.2% at the beginning of the period to 7.8% at 31 October 2014. These performance figures compare poorly with an equivalent return of -1.6% by the […]
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30 Oct 2014
Schroder UK Growth sticks with Schroders
SDU : Schroder UK Growth sticks with Schroders The Board of Schroder UK Growth has been mulling who should be managing the fund post the departure of Julie Dean from Schroders (she has just turned up at Sanditon) and has decided to retain Schroders as the manager. The day-today manager of the fund will be […]
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08 Sep 2014
Schroder UK Growth loses manager
SDU : Schroder UK Growth loses manager Schroder UK Growth has announced that Julie Dean is leaving Schroders. The Board has held discussions with Schroders and has resolved that Schroders’ Business Cycle Investment team should continue to run the fund for the moment. However the Board has also said that it “will consult with its […]
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30 Dec 2013
Schroder UK Growth : SDU - interim results
SDU’s interims for the six months ended 31 October 2013 show an almost 10% outperformance of its NAV over its benchmark and a narrowing of its discount leading to further outperformance ion share price terms. Over the period the NAV returned 17.0%, the benchmark 7.7% and the share price 23.9%. These were the first results since […]
