Baillie Gifford ends Edinburgh Book Festival sponsorship after fossil fuel row May 31, 2024 Scottish asset manager Baillie Gifford has been dropped as a sponsor for the Edinburgh International Book Festival after a row over the company's investments in fossil fuels and companies benefiting from Israel's occupation of Palestine.
Funding boycotts are ‘irresponsible, entitled and childish’ May 20, 2024 The debate over whether artists should accept funding from Baillie Gifford has continued to rage in recent weeks.
Eco activists calling for literature festival boycotts should read a book May 20, 2024 Writers signing a letter calling on book festival sponsor Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuels exhibit a lazy habit of mind that has no place in literature, says Alys Denby The arts should always be anti-establishment. Only an autocracy would demand that all its creative output mindlessly cohered to the values of the regime. [...]
Ruffer eyes job cuts as ‘down year’ hits hard April 14, 2024 Asset managers have cut around 2,000 jobs since the start of 2024.
Baillie Gifford’s Schiehallion offsets concerns about private company values with NAV growth April 4, 2024 Schiehallion, the Baillie Gifford fund, has reported that its discount widened last year amid negative market sentiment towards its investments and challenging macroeconomic conditions.
Baillie Gifford’s Shin Nippon trust had a terrible 2023. Can it fix its problems? March 25, 2024 After a year of abysmal performance, the board of Baillie Gifford’s Shin Nippon trust have pledged to commit to a major tender offer if its problem persists. In the trust’s 2023 results today, the investment trust revealed that the trust’s share price had declined by 20.5 per cent, while net asset value declined by 14.9 [...]