Trustnet Magazine 63 June 2020 | Page 18

Advertorial feature 18 / 19 “We tend to be interested in those who write longer-term perspectives. We’re really not interested in somebody’s spreadsheet about a company’s earnings next quarter” While these fundamentals are at the heart of Baillie Gifford’s investment process, one area where the firm is purposefully moving away from the longestablished approach is in research, particularly through its use of academic institutions as a source of differentiating information. Dunbar sees that as a key element TRUSTNET