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BAILLIE
SCOTTISH
GIFFORD
MORTGAGE
EUROPEAN
INVESTMENT
GROWTH TRUST
TRUST
THE BAILLIE GIFFORD
EUROPEAN GROWTH TRUST
WAS FORMERLY THE EUROPEAN
INVESTMENT TRUST
PERFORMANCE OF PORTFOLIOS VS INDEX SINCE LAUNCH
A NEW ROUTE
INTO EUROPE.
MSCI AC World NEST Higher Risk NEST 2040 Retirement
(177.50%) (147.07%) (114.32%)
200%
The Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust brings our wealth of
experience in European investing to the investment trust sector.
175%
150%
Our European managers look for exceptional growth companies. They want
to identify the big winners across the continent. Investments will be high
quality businesses, possibly founder-managed, with strong competitive
positions and credible prospects for long-term earnings growth.
125%
100%
75%
Please remember that changing stock market conditions will affect the value
of the investment in the trust and any income from it. Investors may not get
back the amount invested.
50%
25%
Are you looking for growth potential across Europe?
call 0800 917 2112 or visit us at www.bgeuropeangrowth.com
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Your call may be recorded for training or monitoring purposes. Issued and approved by Baillie Gifford & Co Limited, whose registered address is at Calton
Square, 1 Greenside Row, Edinburgh, EH1 3AN, United Kingdom. Baillie Gifford & Co Limited is the authorised Alternative Investment Fund Manager and
Company Secretary of the Company. Baillie Gifford & Co Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The investment
trusts managed by Baillie Gifford & Co Limited are listed UK companies and are not authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
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Long-term investment partners
A Key Information Document is available by contacting us.
Investment in funds with a heavy
majority exposed to the stock market
specific share or company that you
typically changes from around the age
want to invest in, you’ll probably have
of 55. However, with more pension
to set up your own personal pension
savers becoming drawdown investors
arrangement to accommodate this,”
in retirement, and gains in longevity
Tait adds. “But this is a high-risk
meaning we are living longer, you
strategy. Take care to ensure the
are likely to have another 30 years of
investment is legitimate.”
your life left at this point in which to
Long points out that savers don’t
increase the value of your portfolio.
need to turn their back on the default
“As people get closer to retirement,
option entirely.
they often want to protect the funds
“Keeping some money invested in the they have saved and have a tendency
default as a core fund, and using some to move into more cautious options,”
more adventurous options around the says Tait. “This strategy may deliver
edges, can tilt your pension towards
lower overall returns, but is less likely
what you’re after,” he says.
to fall significantly in value.”
Source: FE Analytics
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