Investment capabilities
Equities
We offer global, regional and country specific strategies, investing across the market cap spectrum and with various risk and return objectives.
Meeting companies and conducting fundamental research lie at the heart of our equity approach. We aim to invest in companies that can create sustainable long-term value and believe that by engaging with companies we can gain a thorough understanding of their business models, company finances, competitive pressures and drivers of corporate profits.
Face-to-face meetings also provide an opportunity to question management teams on their future plans and strategies. Combining this bottom-up analysis with thematic insights into markets helps us to build portfolios that can deliver consistent, long-term outperformance.
Why Columbia Threadneedle Investments for Equities?
A key tenet of our investment approach is our independent research, what we call ‘Research Intensity’. We have more than 450 investment professionals based around the world, sharing global perspectives across all major asset classes and markets. It is that expertise and our culture of collaboration as well as a focus on research intensity that has allowed us to maintain strong performance over the long term.
$311bn
Equity AUM
180+
Equity investment professionals
11
Years of experience on average
Source: Columbia Threadneedle Investments. AUM as of 31 March 2021. Past performance does not guarantee future results. © 2021 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete, or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information.
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Our range
UK Equities
Our UK equities funds are managed by a large and experienced team that challenges and debates ideas across a diverse range of UK equity strategies. We believe this team-based approach leads to better insights, better decisions and better outcomes for our clients.
European Equities
Our multi-disciplinary European equities team, headed by Philip Dicken, have a broad experience of all market conditions. Our comprehensive European equity range provides investment choice for investors with differing objectives and risk profiles, from core funds to more concentrated high alpha and specialised smaller company funds.
US Equities
At Columbia Threadneedle Investments we have developed a comprehensive range of actively-managed US Equity funds, whether investing for income, growth or a combination of both. Our team of experienced professionals combine deep fundamental analysis with a global culture of sharing ideas to identify compelling investment opportunities across the market spectrum in the US.
Global Equities
Competitive advantage is at the heart of our investment philosophy. It gives us the confidence that a company can maintain its market position and can deliver high returns and stable growth for investors over time. Our approach combines an analysis of company fundamentals, detailed industry research and a competitive advantage framework to identify the highest quality companies from across the globe.
Our range
UK Equities
Our UK equities funds are managed by a large and experienced team that challenges and debates ideas across a diverse range of UK equity strategies. We believe this team-based approach leads to better insights, better decisions and better outcomes for our clients.
European Equities
Our multi-disciplinary European equities team, headed by Philip Dicken, have a broad experience of all market conditions. Our comprehensive European equity range provides investment choice for investors with differing objectives and risk profiles, from core funds to more concentrated high alpha and specialised smaller company funds.
US Equities
At Columbia Threadneedle Investments we have developed a comprehensive range of actively-managed US Equity funds, whether investing for income, growth or a combination of both. Our team of experienced professionals combine deep fundamental analysis with a global culture of sharing ideas to identify compelling investment opportunities across the market spectrum in the US.
Asian Equities
Emerging Market Equities
Japanese Equities
With over 20 years’ average investment experience, our Japan Equity team supplement fundamental research with a quantitative framework. This provides a blended approach to stock selection with the potential to uncover more attractive investment opportunities. By identifying inexpensive high-quality companies across the full market capitalization spectrum – we believe our high conviction, concentrated strategy is well positioned to deliver strong investment returns in Japanese equities.
Global Equities
Competitive advantage is at the heart of our investment philosophy. It gives us the confidence that a company can maintain its market position and can deliver high returns and stable growth for investors over time. Our approach combines an analysis of company fundamentals, detailed industry research and a competitive advantage framework to identify the highest quality companies from across the globe.
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