Brett assumes control of £2.6bn Baillie Gifford Japanese fund

Sarah Whitley retired

Baillie Gifford's Matthew Brett has assumed control of the £2.6bn Japanese fund following co-manager Sarah Whitley's retirement on 30 April.

  Brett worked alongside Whitley as co-manager of the fund since 2008 and is a member of the group's Japanese equities team, which also includes investment managers, Iain Campbell and Praveen Kumar and is headed by Donald Farquharson.   Whitley's planned retirement was announced in October, with three other partners also retiring at the end of April. In January, Baillie Gifford announced the appointments of five new partners across a variety of sectors, which took effect on 1 May and included Brett. The Adviser Centre said it has been meeting with Brett for several years as part...