Threadneedle Property Unit Trust
Fund Objective & Policy
The objective of the Fund is to provide indirect investment exposure to a diversified portfolio of property assets in the United Kingdom. Unitholders have a right to the income of the Fund, which is allocated monthly and paid at the end of each quarter. As Investment Advisor to the Fund, Columbia Threadneedle Investments follows a longstanding consistent investment approach to deliver long term outperformance against the Fund’s MSCI/AREF UK All Balanced Property Fund Index benchmark.
Key Facts
Structure | Jersey Property Unit Trust | Approach | Core |
|---|---|---|---|
Dealing | Monthly | Asset Exposure | Property, cash, indirect |
Launch Date | 20-May-05 | Lead Portfolio Manager | James Coke |
Investment Philosophy
Annual investor meeting - April 2021
UK Commercial Property | Back to basics: the case for diversified
Fund Manager
James Coke is Co-Head of Institutional, UK Real Estate at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. He took up this role in October 2020 and has joint responsibility for the investment performance and strategy of our UK institutional property mandates. He is also portfolio manager for the Threadneedle Property Unit Trust.
Before joining the company, James worked in the UK Capital Markets team at JLL, advising a range of institutional clients on property acquisitions and disposals throughout the UK.
James has a BSc (Hons) in Land Management from the University of Reading. He is also a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Insights
UK Real Estate: how to follow a record 2021?
Net Zero Strategy and pathway
Committing to zero carbon real estate
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