Baillie Gifford UK Growth trust seeks to hike unquoted limit to 10%
Numis describes move as ‘uncontroversial for a Baillie Gifford strategy’
The Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust has become the latest investment company to seek approval from shareholders to increase its exposure to unlisted companies.
In the £365m trust’s results for the year to the end of April, the asset manager said it wants to increase the proportion of unlisted companies in the portfolio to a maximum of 10%. The current exposure is zero.
Portfolio managers, Iain McCombie and Milena Mileva (pictured), said: “We are keen for shareholders to give us permission to have the ability to invest in private companies, subject to prudent limits.