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Fund:

Baillie Gifford Japanese Income Growth B Acc
Sector:

IA Japan
Benchmark:

TSE TOPIX

Discrete calendar year performance

Discrete calendar year performance
Investment	31/03/19 to 31/03/20	31/03/20 to 31/03/21	31/03/21 to 31/03/22	31/03/22 to 31/03/23	31/03/23 to 31/03/24
Baillie Gifford Japanese Income Growth B Acc	-8.90%	35.35%	-6.02%	-1.97%	8.93%
IA Japan	-3.44%	31.84%	-4.35%	0.72%	18.23%
TSE TOPIX	-9.87%	41.69%	1.62%	5.37%	40.85%

Trailing returns

(*annualised)

Trailing returns
Investment	3 months	6 months	1 year	3 years*	5 years*
Baillie Gifford Japanese Income Growth B Acc	5.09%	11.04%	3.95%	-2.07%	3.30%
IA Japan	4.18%	11.77%	13.54%	2.54%	6.52%
TSE TOPIX	7.75%	17.16%	33.00%	13.06%	12.80%

Overview

Fund Objective: The Fund aims to outperform (after deduction of costs) the TOPIX, as stated in sterling, by at least 1% per annum over rolling five-year periods through a combination of income and capital growth whilst maintaining a portfolio yield higher than the TOPIX.

Manager name	Baillie Gifford & Co Ltd
Manager start date	01 January 2017
Manager Biography	Karen is an investment manager in the Japanese Equities Team. She is a co-manager of the Japanese Income Growth Fund. She joined Baillie Gifford in 2012. Karen graduated BSc (Hons) in Economics with Japanese from the University of Birmingham in 2011 and is a CFA Charterholder.

Investment style:	Active
Region (geographical)	Japan

Benchmark	TSE TOPIX
Sector	IA Japan
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.	0.62%
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: 479,783,000.00 GBX

Chart date: April 18, 2024

Top 10 Holdings

Top 10 Holdings
Security	Weight
Sbi holdings	4.47%
Dmg mori co ltd	4.39%
Softbank group corp.	4.17%
Ms&ad insurance group holdings	4.01%
Sumitomo mitsui trust bank	3.94%
Gmo internet, inc.	3.88%
Tokio marine holdings	3.63%
Bridgestone corporation	2.95%
Calbee inc.	2.80%
Kubota corporation	2.79%

Sectors

Sectors
Sectors	Weight
Machinery	12.91%
Insurance	7.64%
Health & Household	6.85%
Financials	6.18%
Leisure	5.71%
Banks	5.56%
Services	5.45%
Wireless & Mobile Communications	5.44%
Automobiles	4.93%
Electronic & Electrical Equipment	4.69%

World regions

World regions
Country	Weight
Japan	99.54%
Cash & Cash Equivalents	0.45%

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.

ESG Metric

Score

MSCI ESG Quality Score (0-10)

6.4

MSCI ESG Quality Score - Peer Percentile (0-100)

36%

MSCI ESG Quality Score - Global Percentile (0-100)

49%

Fund Environmental Impact Involvement (%)

31%

Fund Social Score Impact Involvement (%)

Fund Severe Governance Controversies Involvement (%)

Baillie Gifford Japanese Income Growth B Acc