gifford japan trust type public industry investment management founded 1981 headquarters edinburgh scotland uk key people sarah whitley trust manager parent baillie gifford & co limited website www.japantrustplc.co.uk the baillie gifford japan trust lse bgfd is a publicly traded investment trust listed on the london stock exchange . the trust invests exclusively in japan . the trust is managed by baillie gifford & co limited the edinburgh based investment management partnership . history edit the japan trust launched in 1981 1 is the longest established existing japanese investment trust having survived the ebb and flow of corporate activity in the japanese sector . the first specialist japanese investment trust was launched in the early 1970s as japan undergoing rapid economic expansion eased its restrictions on foreigners owning shares . several other trusts were launched over the next few years and by the time the company was listed in december 1981 there were five japanese investment trusts in existence . the japanese investment trust sector is now regarded as being divided into two general japan and small company japan . the company despite its specialisation in medium and small sized companies is categorised as a general trust given that it is not a pure small capital specialist . the managers do have permission to buy large companies where either there are no small ones in the sector or where the investment opportunity seems especially attractive . in order to improve liquidity in its shares in november 2000 the company had a 5 1 stock split . 2 since its incorporation the company has had two tranches of warrants issued and subsequently exercised . one distinctive feature of the company is that it has had nineteen continuation votes which are now held annually . the most recent continuation vote was held on wednesday 26 november 2014 . references edit trustnet fe investigate external links edit the baillie gifford japan trust website baillie gifford & co website trust magazine investment trust news expert analysis videos competitions and more from baillie gifford retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title baillie gifford japan trust & oldid 738054096 categories investment trusts of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1981companies listed on the london stock exchangeinvestment management companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in edinburgh1981 establishments in scotland navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 september 2016 at 17 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view