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Baillie Gifford yo-yos back to top of performance charts after bumper month for tech
Baillie Gifford American Fund came out on top in June, returning 16.7%
Baillie Gifford rebounded to the top of the performance charts in June buoyed by a bumper month for tech and growth stocks.
Three out of the five best performing funds in June were from the Edinburgh manager, according to data from FE Fundinfo.
Its £7.6bn American fund, run by Tom Slater (pictured) and Gary Robinson claimed the top spot last month, returning 16.7%, while Health Innovation and Long Term Global Growth recorded gains of 15.7% and 13.4% respectively, putting them in third and fifth place. In May all three funds had been among some of the biggest losers, falling between 7-9%.
Home / News / River and Mercantile founding partner resigns from Gresham House after less than two years
River and Mercantile founding partner resigns from Gresham House after less than two years
By Kristen McGachey, 25 May 21
Gresham House had been described as a ‘good home’ for Richard Staveley who joined from Majedie in September 2019
Gresham House portfolio manager and managing director Richard Staveley has resigned after less than two years at the fund boutique.
Staveley (pictured) has more than two decades of fund management experience, including five years at Majedie Asset Management and seven years at River and Mercantile, the Aim-listed manager he helped found in 2006.
Source: Trustnet
Gresham House Strategic has £57.4m in total assets, according to data from the Association of Investment Companies. It currently trades on a 6.4% discount, slightly better than the UK Smaller Companies average of 7.1%.
“The future growth of GHS is therefore limited due to the lack of availability of new funds for investment at a time when both several attractive investment opportunities exist, and GHS would be a benefit from taking larger stakes in some of its existing investments,” the board wrote.
The review will be conducted in conjunction with an independent financial adviser, which the board expects to appoint shortly, and is expected to be completed by the trust’s AGM in September.
The trust in the portfolio to see the most significant narrowing of its discount was Downing Strategic Micro-Cap, which traded on a 21.1% discount to NAV at the start of the year and now trades on an 11.2% discount.
The trust is still trading on the sixth-widest discount within the 24-strong IT UK Smaller Companies sector, according to data from the AIC. Between the start of the year and the beginning of April, it achieved a share price return and NAV return of 21.6% and 9.4% respectively.
Second on Kepler s list for its rapidly narrowing discount is River & Mercantile UK Micro-Cap, which resides in the same sector and is 14 out of 24 for the size of its discount.