Post by Fletchsmile on Jul 25, 2019 20:30:23 GMT 7
I have to say, I like Baillie Gifford as a fund management group. Several funds which are towards the top of their fund tables as well as reasonable costs.
The article below focuses on some of their unit trusts. I hold Baillie Gifford American, as well as Emerging Markets Growth
Their investment trusts are also worth a look. I hold SMT, Monks and the unfortunately named SCAM 
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The fund group top of the table for value and returns in three sectors
Baillie Gifford has placed the highest of any fund group in the open-ended North American, Japanese and European sectors for delivering top-quartile performance for the lowest cost.
In this series, FE Trustnet has examined the actively managed funds that have delivered top quartile rankings in terms of returns and supressing costs in the five years to 30 June 2019.
The OCF – or ongoing charges figure – is a calculation of the operational expenses of owning a fund and includes a range of costs. It is calculated by taking the sum of expenses incurred during the past 12 months and dividing this by the average net assets over that period.
Looking first at the IA Japan and IA Japanese Smaller Companies sector, the fund that has delivered the highest returns for a top quartile OCF is Baillie Gifford Japanese Smaller Companies with gains of 154.16 per cent.
In this series, FE Trustnet has examined the actively managed funds that have delivered top quartile rankings in terms of returns and supressing costs in the five years to 30 June 2019.
The OCF – or ongoing charges figure – is a calculation of the operational expenses of owning a fund and includes a range of costs. It is calculated by taking the sum of expenses incurred during the past 12 months and dividing this by the average net assets over that period.
Looking first at the IA Japan and IA Japanese Smaller Companies sector, the fund that has delivered the highest returns for a top quartile OCF is Baillie Gifford Japanese Smaller Companies with gains of 154.16 per cent.
