investment trust type public industry investment management founded 1998 headquarters edinburgh scotland uk key people douglas brodie trust manager john macdougall deputy manager parent baillie gifford & co limited website www.edinburghworldwide.co.uk the edinburgh worldwide investment trust lse ewi is a publicly traded investment trust listed on the london stock exchange . the trust also known as ewit invests in global stock markets . the trust is managed by baillie gifford & co limited the edinburgh based investment management partnership . history edit edinburgh worldwide started trading on 9 july 1998 and is the successor investment trust launched following the reconstruction of dunedin worldwide investment trust . 1 in turn dunedin worldwide was formed in 1990 and was the successor vehicle for the northern american trust one of the earlier scottish investment trusts established in 1896 to take advantage of investment opportunities in the rapidly changing american economy at the turn of the century . northern american merged with camperdown trust in 1937 and came under the management of dunedin fund managers when it was formed in 1984 . 2 baillie gifford & co limited was appointed as investment manager and secretaries to edinburgh worldwide with effect from 1 november 2003 . while the objective of aiming for capital growth by investing in stockmarkets throughout the world remained unchanged the portfolio was reorganised . 3 references edit herald scotland herald scotland fe investigate external links edit edinburgh worldwide investment 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 edinburgh worldwide investment trust & oldid 738054187 categories investment trusts of the united kingdomfinancial services companies established in 1998companies listed on the london stock exchangeinvestment management companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in edinburgh1998 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