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Iain McCombie is the investment manager of the Baillie Gifford Managed Fund that Ranfurly invests in. McCombie is an AA-rated manager, meaning that McCombie has beaten his bench-mark over a three-year period. This coveted rating is assigned to fewer than 25% of fund managers and provides a clear sign of their performance.
Read MoreFundCalibre, an independent fund research ratings agency, released their annual index which determines the top asset managers that have consistently outperformed over the past five years.
They announced that, Baillie Gifford placed third in their index, following Morgan Stanley and Man GLG. FundCalibre noted that Baillie Gifford and T. Rowe Price have been among the top ten companies in each of the five annual surveys and both firms have outperformed over "almost a decade" despite having larger product offerings, and "maintaining such a level of consistency… is extremely impressive".
Read MoreTwo fund managers at Baillie Gifford have made the Financial Times Adviser’s list of top performing fund managers for 2019. Mark Urquhart and Torcail Stewart were named on the esteemed list as being some of the best performing managers dating back to the year 2000. These performances have been based on risk adjusted returns in during times of economic growths and down-turns.
Read MoreWe at Ranfurly are pleased to announce that we are offering two brand new investment options for new and existing members. The Sterling Growth Fund and the New Zealand Dollar Balanced Fund are replacing the Sterling Dollar Fund and the Australian Dollar Cash Fund. These funds have been available to members to invest from the 28th December 2018.
Read MoreThere are three main types of investments that tend to provide a return in the medium to long-term, with these investments being stocks, bonds and property. We will briefly describe and explain the types of investments, and how Fund Manager’s utilise each investment type to construct and maintain well diversified portfolios.
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