James Anderson on Why Fund Management Is 'Broken' (Podcast)

Masters in Business

Bloomberg

Business, Entrepreneurship, Investing

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2022

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with James Anderson, a longtime partner at Edingburgh-based Baillie Gifford & Co. and joint manager of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC, who will be retiring in April. Last year, he drew headlines for criticizing the industry as “irretrievably broken.” Baillie Gifford currently has 326 billion pounds ($441 billion) in assets under management.

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