SMT's Tom Slater: We are not a repeat of the Elliott and Alliance trust saga

Not out of ideas

Eve Maddock-Jones
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Managers of Baillie Gifford’s flagship Scottish Mortgage trust have defended its independent authority in the face of investor concerns about activist investor Elliott Management, after the latter became the company’s largest individual investor, with a 5% stake.

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