Tom Slater, head of Baillie Gifford's US equities team and co-manager of its £6.8bn Scottish Mortgage trust and £1.3bn American fund, tells Jayna Rana why he is excited about healthcare, the unlisted opportunities catching his eye and what he believes is the best long-running strategy in investment.
After starting his investment management career in the developed Asia and UK equity teams at Baillie Gifford in 2000, Tom Slater has worked at the firm ever since, becoming a partner in 2012 and taking leadership of its US equities team in 2015. Since joining industry veteran James Anderson as co-manager on the Scottish Mortgage investment trust in January 2015, the trust has celebrated even further success from then to 7 May 2018, with returns of 102%, compared to 63% for its AIC Global sector average and 54% for the FTSE All World index, according to FE. In recent years, the manager...
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