shin nippon type public industry investment management founded 1985 headquarters edinburgh scotland uk key people john macdougall trust manager parent baillie gifford & co limited website www.shinnippon.co.uk baillie gifford shin nippon lse bgs is a publicly traded investment trust listed on the london stock exchange . the trust invests in smaller japanese smaller companies . the trust is managed by baillie gifford & co limited the edinburgh based investment management partnership . history edit baillie gifford shin nippon plc was launched in july 1985 in order to capitalise on the investment opportunity available among companies too small and illiquid for baillie gifford japan trust plc which had been launched successfully four years before . 1 in 1994 the company held a c share issue in order to improve liquidity . shin nippon which means new japan has as its objective the pursuit of long term capital growth principally through investment in small japanese companies which are believed to have above average prospects for capital growth . 2 references edit morningstar trustnet external links edit baillie gifford shin nippon 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 shin nippon & oldid 716570404 categories investment trusts of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1985companies listed on the london stock exchangeinvestment management companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in edinburgh1985 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 22 april 2016 at 13 17 . 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