Earlier this week, financial news and industry magazine Investment Week announced their finalists for the Investment Company of the Year Award 2019. Baillie Gifford is nominated in three categories including Best New Issue, Single Country and Group of the Year.
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 MoreLeading investment news brand, Portfolio Adviser has announced the 2019 winners of their annual Fund Awards. Baillie Gifford received the coveted Readers’ Choice award. Baillie Gifford is the underlying fund manager for the Ranfurly Superannuation Scheme.
Financial News revealed the winners of their 17th annual Asset Management Awards Europe. The awards were to celebrate the successes and innovation in the institutional sector in 2018.
Bailie Gifford, for the second year in a row, took out the coveted Equity Manager of the Year award. Under its management, Baillie Gifford’s funds grew by 12% to £177.6bn during 2018.
For the second year in a row, Baillie Gifford has won the top prize at the FT Advisor’s Investment 100 Club, after being named the winner of the Large Investment Group category.
This is notable as Baillie Gifford is the Ranfurly Superannuation Schemes underlying investment manager.
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