Scottish Mortgage's Slater: We place an 'outsized degree of importance' on company founders to drive returns

Baillie Gifford addresses poor returns

Eve Maddock-Jones
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‘Key man risk’ is often seen as a bad thing but Tom Slater, lead manager on the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, said that having a central figure associated with a company was a good thing for driving returns.

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