Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon's Lum on improving 'the dog of the investment trust world'

Speaking at a Baillie Gifford roundtable

Michael Nelson
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Managers of the Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon investment trust “have made some pretty big errors that were within our control”, leading it to become “the dog of the investment trust world”, according to its current lead manager Brian Lum.

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