Growing AUM Baillie Gifford reports funds under management and advice totaling over £179bn as of March 2026, highlighting a strong growth trajectory and potential opportunity to engage in solutions that support scalable client onboarding, reporting, and digital client experience for large institutional assets.
Expansion Initiatives Active expansion signals include new leadership in Europe, a US ETF launch, and a native on-chain bond fund. These moves suggest openness to new product ecosystems and distribution channels, presenting cross-sell opportunities in custody, trading infrastructure, and ETF/crypto-related services.
Sustainable/Islamic Products The launch of an Islamic global equities fund indicates a focus on growth-oriented, sharia-compliant strategies. This creates potential for compliant product platforms, ESG analytics, and governance frameworks to support diverse, faith-aligned investor mandates.
Technology Modernization The tech stack includes Salesforce Financial Services Cloud, SharePoint, Nuvolo, SailPoint, and AI/ML tools. There is a clear opportunity to deepen partnerships around cloud-based client engagement, risk/compliance automation, data integration, and advanced analytics to enhance client service and efficiency.
Alternative/Tokenized Offerings Recent headlines show tokenized fixed-income funds and on-chain developments in partnership with custodians like BNY Mellon. This points to a strategic openness to innovative investment structures, inviting conversations on custody, security, regulatory compliance, and Q&A support for tokenized products.