James Anderson, CIO of the Scottish fund group Baillie Gifford from 2006 to 2010, has been managing the Scottish Mortgage investment trust for the past 11 years and is a regular contributor to Independent Investor. In our latest Q and A he offers this notably upbeat assessment of the current outlook for equity investors. Scottish Mortgage is a global generalist trust that has produced a total return of 102% over the past ten years.
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Q and A: Colin McLean
Colin McLean founded the fund management house SVM Asset Management, based in Edinburgh, 20 years ago and was one of the professional investors featured in my book Money Makers. An experienced stockpicker, in this Q and A he describes his current thoughts on the markets and how he is positioning his portfolios.
Q and A: Guy Monson (Sarasin)
Guy Monson is the London-based Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner of Sarasin & Partners, the Swiss private bank and fund management business. Sarasin was one of the first fund companies to embrace global thematic investment. Guy is one of the professional investors whose views I monitor on a regular basis. In this Q and A, he makes the case for quality equities being the new “risk-free asset”.
Q and A: Richard Oldfield
Richard Oldfield, the subject of our latest Q and A, is the founder and chief executive of Oldfield Partners, a privately owned investment management firm with $2.8 billion under management, invested wholly in equities “on a concentrated, value-focused, index-ignorant basis”. Before founding Oldfield Partners in 2005 he was for nine years chief executive of a family investment office. He is chairman of the Oxford University investment committee and of Keystone Investment Trust plc.
Q and A: Bill Mott
Bill Mott is one of the UK’s longest serving and most experienced equity income fund managers. For many years he ran income funds for Credit Suisse and after taking a break for a few years is now doing the same job at the boutique firm of PSigma Investment Management. In this Q and A he describes how he is positioning his holdings for the future.
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