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

6 March 2025

Adil Gulamali

Client Director, UK Institutional

Simon Bentley

Managing Director, Head of UK Solutions Client Portfolio Management

LDI differentiator: the holding of third-party funds

Why pension schemes need to consider this under-discussed – and important – factor when structuring their LDI portfolio frameworks.
5 March 2025

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

What’s next for markets?

Low inflation and falling interest rates make risk assets attractive, especially in the US. But should investors be worried about how much good news is priced in?
4 March 2025

Michael Laskin

Senior Analyst, Fixed Income

Michael Guttag

Senior Equity Portfolio Manager

Watch the US dollar and Treasury yields to understand the potential effects of tariffs

Move beyond the headline noise to assess the investment implications.
4 March 2025

Fixed Income Desk

In Credit - Weekly Snapshot

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – March 2025

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

David Egan

Senior Research Analyst

DeepSeek: evolution, not revolution, in artificial intelligence

What is DeepSeek’s real impact on artificial intelligence, and what does it mean for investors?
3 March 2025

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

Is the new President pushing the US into recession?

The economic numbers in the US have taken a decided turn for the worse recently. Consumer confidence has tumbled, consumer spending was weak in January and the closely watched composite purchasing managers’ index has fallen sharply.
25 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.
24 February 2025

Gary Smith

Client Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income

Shared BRICS money: basket currency or basket case?

There has been speculation that a desire to avoid using the US dollar might encourage the BRICS nations to adopt a gold-backed currency. But there are several questions to ask about such a proposal.
24 February 2025

Steven Bell

Chief Economist, EMEA

As UK inflation heads towards 4% are further rate cuts off the agenda?

UK inflation is on the up and CPI numbers for the year to January jumped to 3% from 2.5% the previous month. Energy prices will rise 5% in April and council taxes and water bills are also increasing.

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