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Fund:

Baillie Gifford Sustainable Growth B Acc
Sector:

IA Global
Benchmark:

MSCI ACWI

Discrete calendar year performance

Discrete calendar year performance
Investment	30/06/20 to 30/06/21	30/06/21 to 30/06/22	30/06/22 to 30/06/23	30/06/23 to 30/06/24	30/06/24 to 30/06/25
Baillie Gifford Sustainable Growth B Acc	39.15%	-37.88%	7.58%	9.47%	3.42%
IA Global	25.92%	-8.77%	10.78%	14.89%	4.60%
MSCI ACWI	36.77%	-12.27%	16.47%	20.70%	13.65%

Trailing returns

(*annualised)

Trailing returns
Investment	3 months	6 months	1 year	3 years*	5 years*
Baillie Gifford Sustainable Growth B Acc	10.67%	-2.70%	4.93%	7.06%	0.68%
IA Global	13.66%	1.14%	5.95%	10.14%	8.97%
MSCI ACWI	19.71%	6.98%	12.84%	16.94%	13.78%

Overview

Fund Objective: The Fund aims to outperform (after deduction of costs) the MSCI AC World Index, as stated in sterling, by at least 2% per annum over rolling five-year periods.

Manager name	Baillie Gifford & Co Ltd
Manager start date	01 January 2023
Manager Biography	Katherine is an investment manager on the Sustainable Growth Team. Before joining Baillie Gifford in September 2022, she had spent her investment career on the Global and International Equity Team at Schroders. Katherine joined the Schroders graduate scheme in 2008 and held various sector and fund responsibilities while developing a growing interest and expertise in sustainable investing. Katherine was instrumental in the development and management of Schroders’ Global Sustainable Growth Fund. She graduated with an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford in 2008 and is a CFA Charterholder.

Investment style:	Active,Growth
Region (geographical)	Global

Benchmark	MSCI ACWI
Sector	IA Global
FE fundinfo Rating	1 of 5

Fees & charges

Fees and Charges

Fees and Charges
Charge	Who receives this?	What is it?	Amount
Initial charge:	The fund manager	Charges applied by the fund management company for investing in their fund. Please note that Investment Managers may charge each time you buy new units or shares in a fund or trust. Where Investment Managers would have an entry charge, we will negotiate to have it waived so you will not be charged.	0.00%
Ongoing Charges:	The fund manager	The annual charge paid to a fund manager to cover the costs of running the fund. It is an estimate based on the actual amount charged in the previous year.	0.53%
Performance Fee:	The fund manager	A performance fee joins up the interest of the fund manager and their investors. A performance fee is taken when the fund beats pre-set conditions.	N/A
Typical transaction cost:	The fund manager	The costs of dealing within a fund, which the Investment Manager must pay to continue managing the assets. This includes where the Manager decides to sell one stock and buy another. The costs will vary from one fund to another based on how often the Investment Manager trades and the costs applied when trading.	0.188%*
Dealing commission:	Halifax	The cost of buying or selling some or all of your investment.	£9.50 (per online trade)

*This is an indication based on the market average. The fund’s actual transaction cost will be shown before you place a trade.
Account charges are not included
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Breakdown

Asset Allocation

Fund size: 498,102,000.00 GBX

Chart date: July 4, 2025

Top 10 Holdings

Top 10 Holdings
Security	Weight
Microsoft corporation	5.31%
Taiwan semiconductor manufacturing company limited	4.16%
Alphabet inc	4.15%
Mercadolibre, inc.	4.11%
Dsv as	3.48%
Mastercard incorporated	3.27%
Recruit holdings co.,ltd.	2.89%
Intuit inc.	2.88%
Wise plc	2.65%
Edwards lifesciences	2.64%

Sectors

Sectors
Sectors	Weight
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World regions

World regions
Country	Weight
USA	48.39%
UK	8.24%
Sweden	6.73%
France	6.33%
Japan	5.42%
Brazil	4.96%
Taiwan	4.16%
Canada	3.57%
Denmark	3.48%
Luxembourg	1.95%

ESG

What is ESG?

ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance and is an approach for evaluating to what extent a company works towards social goals. For investors this can be used in order to understand how their funds and the assets they are made up of work towards these goals and use that information to help make sustainable investment choices.

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Baillie Gifford Sustainable Growth B Acc