Baillie Gifford manager Andrew Strathdee is to step down from the firm next June after 24 years.
Strathdee joined Baillie Gifford as a graduate in 1995 and is currently an investment manager in the UK equity team, having previously worked on the firm's Asia and European equity desks. He is manager of the £192m British Smaller Companies fund, which he has run since 2013. Over the last three years, the fund has returned 23%, according to FE, versus returns of 47.2% by the IA UK Smaller Companies index. Baillie Gifford soars to pole position in Q2 Pridham Report A spokesperson for Baillie Gifford confirmed a successor for the fund would be announced in due course. There ...
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