Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC Share News (BGS)

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Declines In Three Month Period

LONDON (Alliance News) - Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC Friday said its net asset value, after deducting the fair value of its borrowings, declined 12.5% in the three months to April 30, compared with a 6.2% decline in its comparative index. In a statement, Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon said

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Petrofac Drops 15% On Profit Warning

LONDON (Alliance News) - Two profit warnings and continued worries about Ukraine and Russia have depressed UK share prices at the open Friday.

Both Petrofac and Drax Group issued profit warnings prior to the open. Petrofac is down 15% at the open, w

Baillie Gifford Trusts Outperform

LONDON (Alliance News) - The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC and Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC Friday said they outperformed their benchmarks. In the six months to February 28, 2014, The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's net asset value per share (after deducting borrowings at fair value) inc

UPDATE: Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Chairman To Stand Down In May

LONDON (Alliance News) - Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC Friday said it has begun looking for a successor for Chairman Barry Rose, who will be resigning from the board at the company's annual general meeting in May. The investment trust said it hopes to find a successor in coming months so

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Chairman To Stand Down In May

LONDON (Alliance News) - Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC Friday said it has begun looking for a successor for Chairman Barry Rose, who will be resigning from the board at the company's annual general meeting in May. The investment trust said it hopes to find a successor in coming months so

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Outperforms Benchmark In Third Quarter

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon NAV Per Share Increases 48% In Half

Pension funds dig for yield in disaster insurance

By Sarah Mortimer LONDON, April 8 (Reuters) - Pension funds are turning to specialist bonds that bet on the likelihood of a natural disaster, in a search for yield and returns that are not correlated to the rest of the market. What was once considered an exotic investment for speciali

Good half for Baillie Gifford Shin

A good half for shares of Japanese smaller companies helped Ballie Gifford's Shin Nippon investment trust outstrip both the broader Japanese market and also most major world markets. The Japanese small cap -focused trust's NAV rose by 9.7% in the half year to July to 153.5p, compared to a rise of 6

Japan's laggards due a re-rating

The Japanese economy has suffered with the best of them over the past few years, a situation made worse by a strong local currency and political uncertainty. The country has sworn in five prime ministers in just four years and, more worryingly, nine finance ministers. "Politics has been unhelpful,

New Sinclair Pharma boss invests £822,000

Sinclair Pharma's new chief executive and two non-executive directors all increased their shareholdings after the specialist pharma company's recent fundraising. Sinclair raised £18.2m - £16m after expenses - at 32p a share to finance the purchase of Flammazine and Flammacerium, which are creams