Baillie Gifford's Slater: Being a long-term investor is a difficult thing to be in this most impatient of industries

Opportunities in unlisted companies

Jayna Rana
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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.

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