Is an investment management firm which is wholly owned by 41 partners, all of whom work within the firm. It was founded in Edinburgh in 1908 and still has its headquarters in the city. Assets under management and advice of £145 billion (as at 31 December 2016).
«История»
Baillie & Gifford WS was formed in 1907 as a partnership between Colonel Augustus Baillie and Carlyle Gifford. Initially, it was a law firm but the financial climate of the time led to the business switching its emphasis to investment in 1908. In 1909, Baillie & Gifford created the Straits Mortgage and Trust Company Limited to lend money to rubber planters in Malaya.
The Straits Mortgage and Trust Company Limited was renamed The Scottish Mortgage and Trust Limited in 1913, and this was followed by the introduction of several other investment trusts. Baillie Gifford’s clients and staff emerged relatively unscathed from the First World War, and the ‘Roaring Twenties’ gave Gifford many opportunities to expand the firm’s investment business. By 1927, the transition of Baillie & Gifford WS from a firm of solicitors conducting institutional investment business to a partnership managing investment trusts was completed with the creation of Baillie Gifford & Co. The firm continued to grow steadily until the outbreak of the Second World War.
Baillie died in 1939 and, the following year, Gifford was posted to New York on UK Government business. However, the firm survived the war and the troubled investment climate which followed. After a period of strong growth in the firm’s staff and client base, Gifford retired in 1965 at the age of 84. Baillie Gifford emerged from a further period of economic weakness in the UK during the 1970s with its position enhanced by growth in the amount of money it managed on behalf of clients.
Assets under management continued to grow strongly during the 1990s. The firm altered the management structure when it reverted to having joint senior partners. And, as the new millennium approached, another huge change occurred with the increased use of technology – a necessary evolution as the business expanded and the client base became increasingly complex.
By the time of its centenary in 2008, Baillie Gifford had offices in New York and London in addition to its headquarters in Edinburgh, and was managing more than £50 billion. Clients included five of the seven largest pension funds in the US and the firm had also attracted significant levels of business from Japan and Australia, as well as continuing to make inroads in other parts of the Far and Middle East.
In 2015 Baillie Gifford opened an office in Hong Kong under the subsidiary Baillie Gifford Asia (Hong Kong)
BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO IS THE BIGGEST HOLDER OF NOW INC. (DNOW)
NOW Inc. (NYSE:DNOW) reached 16.36% versus a 1-year low price of $15.77. The stock was last seen -3.12% lower, reaching at $18.35 on Mar. 7, 2017. At recent session, the prices were hovering between $18.34 and $19.04. This company shares are 16.24% off its target price of $21.33 and the current market capitalization stands at $1.94B. The recent change has given its price a -12.64% deficit over SMA 50 and -22.01% deficit over its 52-week high. The stock witnessed -14.49% declines, -17.42% declines and -11.57% declines for the 1-month, 3-month and 6-month period, respectively. To measure price-variation, we found DNOW’s volatility during a week at 2.73% and during a month it has been found around 2.94%.
BRIEF-Baillie Gifford & Co reports a 9.54 pct passive stake in Under Armour as of Dec. 31, 2016
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* Baillie Gifford & Co reports a 9.54 percent passive stake in Under Armour Inc as of Dec 31, 2016 — sec filing Source text (bit.ly/2ku6p5E) Further company coverage:
THE BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO. HAS $10,410,000 STAKE IN WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC. (WEC)
Baillie Gifford & Co. boosted its position in shares of WEC Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:WEC) by 1.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 177,490 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 3,360 shares during the period. Baillie Gifford & Co.’s holdings in WEC Energy Group were worth $10,410,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
