Prudential Baillie Gifford American S5

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Portfolio data accurate as at:

Performance

Discrete performance - to last month end

31/12/19
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31/12/20
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31/12/21
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Fund 97.2% -4.1% -44.8% 29.7% 23.7%
Sector 13.1% 22.1% -11.0% 14.8% 19.3%
Rank 4/158 158/158 157/160 5/160 41/160
Quartile 1 4 4 1 2

Annualised performance

Annualised
3 Years to
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5 Years to
31/12/24
10 Years to
31/12/24
Fund -4.0% 10.9% 13.5%
Sector 6.8% 11.0% 11.0%
Rank 157/160 96/158 10/148
Quartile 4 3 1

Top 10 Holdings

Stock % Weight
TRADE DESK INC(THE) 8.85
AMAZON.COM 7.49
META PLATFORMS 6.02
NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.41
DOORDASH 5.07
SHOPIFY 5.06
NETFLIX 4.88
TESLA 4.47
CLOUDFLARE 3.56
DUOLINGO INC 3.43
Total 54.24

Fund Aims

Objective: The investment strategy of the fund is to purchase units in the Baillie Gifford American Fund - the underlying fund.

Underlying Fund Objective: The objective is to produce capital growth over the long term. The fund will invest principally in equities of companies which are listed, quoted, traded, incorporated, domiciled or conducting a significant portion of their business in the United States of America. Investment may be direct or indirect and the portfolio will be concentrated, usually between 30-50 stocks. The fund may also invest in other equities, cash and near cash. Up to (but no more than) 10% in value of the-fund may be invested in each of the following: (1) collective investment schemes, including those managed or operated by the ACD and (2) deposits. The fund will be actively managed, and investment may be made in any economic sector.

Performance Objective: To outperform (after deduction of costs) the S&P 500 Index, as stated in sterling, by at least 1.5% per annum over rolling five-year periods.

Fund Manager

Tom Slater manager of the underlying fund for 9 years

Photo of Tom Slater Tom is Head of the US Equities Team and is a decision maker for the Long Term Global Growth strategy. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2000 and became a Partner of the firm in 2012. After serving as Deputy Manager for five years, Tom was appointed Joint Manager of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust in 2015. During his time at Baillie Gifford he has also worked in the Developed Asia and UK Equity teams. Tom’s investment interest is focused on high growth companies both in listed equity markets and as an investor in private companies. He graduated BSc in Computer Science with Mathematics from the University of Edinburgh in 2000.

Kirsty Gibson manager of the underlying fund for 7 years

Photo of Kirsty Gibson Kirsty is an Investment Manager in the US Equities Team. Kirsty joined Baillie Gifford in 2012 and began her career on the US Equities Team, moving on to spend several years in small and large cap global equities departments, before returning to the US Equities Team. She graduated MA (Hons) in Economics in 2011and MSc in Carbon Management in 2012, both from the University of Edinburgh.

Gary Robinson manager of the underlying fund for 10 years and 8 months

Photo of Gary Robinson Gary is a Partner and Investment Manager in the US Equities Team. He graduated MBiochem in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford in 2003 and joined Baillie Gifford the same year. He spent time working on our Japanese, UK and European Equity Teams before moving to the US Equities Team in 2008. Gary is a generalist investor but retains a special interest in the healthcare sector dating back to his undergraduate degree. Gary is also a member of the Global Stewardship Team.

Dave Bujnowski manager of the underlying fund for 4 years and 7 months

Photo of Dave Bujnowski Dave is an Investment Manager in the US Equities Team. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2018 and became a partner in the firm in 2021. Dave’s investment interest is focused on markets and businesses in which a highly dynamic societal change or business model shift affects potential future cash flow in a monumental and underappreciated manner. Prior to joining Baillie Gifford, he co-founded Coburn Ventures in 2005, a consulting and investment company that studies monumental change in business, markets and society to better understand the powerful forces that shape investment opportunities. In his 13 years at Coburn Ventures, Dave was a Partner, primary client-facing consultant, research analyst and portfolio manager of a long-short, market neutral hedge fund. He started his career in 1996, joining Warburg Dillon Read’s equity research group as an associate semiconductor analyst before joining UBS’s Global Tech Strategy Team. Dave graduated from Boston College in 1993, where he majored in Finance and Philosophy.

Fund Overview

Bid (06/01/2025) 627.40
Offer n/a
Fund size (30/11/2024) £15.68m
Underlying Fund size £2769.91m
Number of holdings 47
Launch date 19/06/2006

Fund Charges

Annual Management Charge (AMC) 1.90%
Further Costs 0.04%
Yearly Total 1.94%

Asset Allocation

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  International Equities 98.99%
  Cash and Equivalents 1.01%
Portfolio data accurate as at: 31/10/24

Important Information

Because of changes in exchange rates the value of your investment, as well as any money you take from it, can go down as well as up.

Some funds may invest in ‘underlying’ funds or other investment vehicles. The performance of our fund, compared to what it’s invested in won’t be exactly the same. That can be due to additional charges, cash management (needed to help people to enter and leave our fund when they want), tax and the timing of investments (this is known as a fund’s dealing cycle, it varies between managers and can be several days).

Source of portfolio data: Broadridge. Source of performance data: FE fundinfo. We can’t predict the future. Past performance isn’t a guide to future performance. The figures shown are intended only to demonstrate performance history of the fund, after allowing for the impact of fund charges and further costs, but take no account of product charges, or any Annual Management Charge paid for by the deduction of units. Charges and further costs may vary in the future and may be higher than they are now. Fund performance is based upon the movement of the daily price and is shown as total return in GBP with net income reinvested. The value of your client’s investment can go down as well as up and the amount your client gets back may be less than they put in.

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