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Total Assets: 196.77M

Type: Fund

Market: United Kingdom

Issuer: Baillie Gifford & Co Limited.

ISIN: GB0006014582

Asset Class: Equity

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On this page you'll find an in-depth profile of Baillie Gifford Japanese Smaller Companies B Inc. Learn about the key management, total assets, investment strategy and contact information of 0P00000QWD among other information.

Investment Strategy

The Fund aims to outperform (after deduction of costs) the MSCI Japan Small Cap Index, as stated in Sterling, by at least 1.5% per annum over rolling five-year periods.The Fund will invest at least 90% in shares of smaller Japanese companies, being those which are listed, incorporated, domiciled or conducting a significant portion of their business in Japan. The Fund will be actively managed and will generally invest in smaller companies in any sector, being a company that has either a market capitalisation or turnover of less than ¥150 billion at the time of initial purchase.

Contact Information

Address 1 Greenside Row
Edinburgh,Scotland EH1 3AN
United Kingdom

Phone 44 0131 275 2000

Fax 44 0131 275 3999

Web www.bailliegifford.com

Top Executives

Name	Title	Since	Until
Praveen Kumar	Portfolio Manager	2015	Now
Biography	Praveen Kumar joined Baillie Gifford in 2008 and is a portfolio manager in the Japanese Equities Team. He is the lead manager for the Manager’s Japanese Smaller Companies Strategy and a member of the Manager’s International Smaller Companies Portfolio Construction Group. Mr. Kumar graduated BEng in Computer Science from Bangalore University in 2001 and gained an MBA from the University of Cambridge in 2008.
Felicia Hjertman	Investment Manager	2017	2018
Biography	Felicia graduated BA in International Business with Russian from European Business School, London in 2011. Felicia joined Baillie Gifford in the same year and is an Investment Manager in the Japanese Equity Team.
John MacDougall	Partner	2007	2015
Biography	John joined Baillie Gifford in 2000 and became a Partner of Baillie Gifford & Co. in 2012 after graduating MA in Ancient and Modern History from Oxford University. After a year in the North American department John joined the Japanese team where, from 2007 onwards, he managed the Shin Nippon Investment Trust which invests in high growth, small and medium sized companies. In 2011, John moved to the recently established Global Discovery team which focuses on identifying rapidly growing, innovation led, smaller businesses from around the world. During this period he had a particular focus on unearthing new investment opportunities in Emerging Markets, and Asia in particular. In late 2015 John joined the Long Term Global Growth Team. He will continue as Deputy Manager of our global small cap investment trust, Edinburgh Worldwide.
Alistair Way	Head of Asian and GEM Equities	1983	2007
Biography	Mr. Way, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Emerging Market Equities, leading a team of 9 investors. Analyst of Emerging Market Internet and Technology sectors. Alistair was formerly Head of Asia and Global Emerging Market Equities at Standard Life Investments (SLI), and a portfolio manager on a number of funds. He joined SLI from Baillie Gifford in 2007 and has 25 years’ experience in the investment industry. Alistair has a 1st class economics degree from Cambridge University.
Mark Urquhart	Partner	2000	2003
Biography	Mark graduated BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University in 1992. He spent a year at Harvard as a Kennedy Scholar in 1993 before completing a PhD in Politics at the University of Edinburgh in 1996. Mark joined Baillie Gifford in 1996 and was an Investment Manager in the Japanese Equity Team, until joining our Long Term Global Growth Team when it was established in 2003. Mark became a Partner in 2004.

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