Our clients

Insurance

Columbia Threadneedle Investments has collaborated with wealth management partners, including Ameriprise, to design and grow successful solutions and advice propositions. With over a third of our global assets under management relating to insurance clients and our extensive expertise with large strategic partnerships such as Zurich, LV and RiverSource we have been able to showcase our proven record of building and developing long term partnerships with our insurer clients.

Our capabilities for Insurance

Fixed Income
We offer fixed income solutions with various risk and return objectives that range from traditional asset classes to more specialist areas such as emerging market debt, securitised debt and social bonds.
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Equities
We offer a wide range of global, regional and country specific strategies, investing across the market cap spectrum and with various risk and return objectives.
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Multi-Asset
We offer clients an extensive range of multi-asset solutions designed to meet a broad range of investment objectives.
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Real Estate
In a world where change is constant, successful real estate investing is about adapting to harness new opportunities – something our platform of diverse expertise and agility was built to do.
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Liability Driven Investment
Liability Driven Investment (LDI) is a popular and core risk management tool for pension schemes and insurance companies.
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Fixed Income
We offer fixed income solutions with various risk and return objectives that range from traditional asset classes to more specialist areas such as emerging market debt, securitised debt and social bonds.
Find out more
Equities
We offer a wide range of global, regional and country specific strategies, investing across the market cap spectrum and with various risk and return objectives.
Find out more
Multi-Asset
We offer clients an extensive range of multi-asset solutions designed to meet a broad range of investment objectives.
Find out more
Real Estate
In a world where change is constant, successful real estate investing is about adapting to harness new opportunities – something our platform of diverse expertise and agility was built to do.
Find out more
Liability Driven Investment
Liability Driven Investment (LDI) is a popular and core risk management tool for pension schemes and insurance companies.
Find out more

Insights

4 February 2025

Fixed Income Desk

In Credit - Weekly Snapshot

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – February 2025

Our fixed income team provide their weekly snapshot of market events.
3 February 2025

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

Tariff turmoil

A possible trade war is upon us, and it threatens to upend the established world order.
31 January 2025

Jim Griffin

Investment Content Manager

Market Monitor – 31 January 2025

Global stock markets experienced a highly volatile week as investor exuberance over the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) hit its first major stumbling block.
28 January 2025

Fixed Income Desk

In Credit - Weekly Snapshot

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – January 2025

Our fixed income team provide their weekly snapshot of market events.
27 January 2025

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

The coming plunge in energy prices for the UK and Europe

High energy prices have been a major drag on the economies of the UK and rest of Europe ever since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
24 January 2025

Jim Griffin

Investment Content Manager

Market Monitor – 24 January 2025

Global stock markets made impressive gains this week on signs that President Donald Trump’s approach to international trade may be less draconian than previously feared.
21 January 2025

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

Opening Bell 2025: Will US equities continue to lead the way?

The US economy is set fair but will bond vigilantes present a macro-economic barrier to the new president’s agenda?
21 January 2025

Gary Smith

Client Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income

FX reserves and the 10-10-10 proposition

Over the next 10 years the US dollar will likely surrender another 10% share of global foreign exchange reserves – but there will be no single beneficiary, with 10 different currencies all growing their allocations.
20 January 2025

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

Have supermarket loyalty cards contributed to UK stagflation ?

Loyalty cards have been a big marketing success for UK supermarkets. 97% of shoppers have at least one and they offer big discounts on selected goods.

Our Clients

Columbia Threadneedle Investments has extensive expertise in partnering with banks and wealth managers to grow their businesses, including a small number of select deep partnerships.

Columbia Threadneedle Investments has collaborated with wealth management partners, including Ameriprise, to design and grow successful solutions and advice propositions.

  • Columbia Threadneedle Investments has partnered with affiliated and unaffiliated wealth managers globally, including the US, UK and South Africa at the mass market, mass affluent, and affluent levels.
  • Columbia Threadneedle Investments has expertise in working with financial planning providers in the development of investment advisory programs including multi asset and multi manager portfolios, and support for advisor forces to help them fully understand and serve clients with our solutions.
  • Ameriprise itself is the leader in financial planning in the US, with more Certified Financial Planners than any other firm. Our know-how has led to Ameriprise having the deepest and broadest client relationships of any leading firm in the US.
  • Ameriprise is a leader in fee-based investment advisory programs, with over $250bn of AUM . Columbia Threadneedle Investments has helped create and manage key offerings within this program (e.g. discretionary models for accumulation, income, wealth preservation).

The UN Sustainable Development Goals & Our Themes

Translating the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to investment opportunities provides us, our clients, and the wider industry, with a compelling means to contribute to sustainable development whilst aiming to achieve positive financial returns.

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About us

Millions of people around the world rely on Columbia Threadneedle Investments to manage their money. We look after investments for individual investors, financial advisers and wealth managers, as well as insurance firms, pension funds and other institutions.

Our funds

Columbia Threadneedle Investments has a comprehensive range of investment funds catering for a broad range of objectives.

Investment strategies

We design our capabilities to suit specific markets and we carefully create them with your needs in mind. This is based on our belief that an active approach to investment will deliver long-term value for your portfolios.

Meet the team​

Andrew Nicholl
Global Business Lead for Responsible Investment
Andrew Nicholl
Global Business Lead for Responsible Investment