Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust’s investment objective is to produce long-term capital growth by investing predominantly in shares of Chinese companies. Performance is measured against the MSCI China All Shares Index. Baillie Gifford took over management of the trust from Witan Investment Services on 16 September 2020. Previously the trust aimed for capital and income growth from a diversified portfolio of investments in the Asia-Pacific region.
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James Hart
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Susan Platts-Martin
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% | 1M | 3M | 12M |
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Actual | 1.1 | 0.5 | (27.1) |
Relative | (2.1) | (2.1) | (31.9) |
52 week high/low | 264.0p/176.0p |
Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust (BGCG) invests in China, focusing on innovative, rapidly growing companies best positioned to benefit from China’s still favourable long-term economic outlook and the structural trends that should drive equity markets for years to come. Key portfolio themes include e-commerce, food delivery, domestic brands, semiconductors, robotics and automation, and renewable energy. The trust’s relaunch in September 2020 coincided with a series of challenges for the Chinese economy, investor confidence and the growth companies BGCG favours, so performance has lagged the benchmark. However, the operational performance of most of BGCG’s holdings is strong, their prospects are very positive, and the trust’s managers believe that it is only a matter of time until confidence returns and share prices more accurately reflect these robust fundamentals.
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