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Baillie Gifford eyes 2024 turnaround as UK outflows hit £6.6bn

Edinburgh-based manager hopes investors will once again favour its investment style as inflation falls and interest rate hikes subside

Baillie Gifford has suffered from outflows from its funds in recent years
Baillie Gifford has suffered from outflows from its funds in recent years Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images

Baillie Gifford expects this year to arrest the heavy outflows that have plagued the Edinburgh-based asset manager for months, having found itself among the UK’s worst-selling fund groups in 2023.

Data from Morningstar shows Baillie Gifford bled £6.6bn last year from its UK-domiciled funds between January and the end of November, compounding a period of investor withdrawals which it has been grappling with for the past couple of years.

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