Types of investment​

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.

Meeting companies and conducting fundamental research lie at the heart of our stock picking approach to equity investing. We look for 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.

Combining this bottom-up analysis with in-house thematic and macroeconomic insights into markets helps us to build portfolios that can deliver consistent, long-term outperformance.

Why choose Columbia Threadneedle for equities?

A key tenet of our investment approach is research intensity. A team of over 200 investment professionals is dedicated to original independent research, the sharing of global perspectives and data analytics, across all major asset classes and markets. *

Being a responsible investor is integral to our business proposition and defines how we act in the marketplace. We feel that it is important to create our own metrics for assessing companies and as a result we have our own responsible investment ratings which are used by our investment teams as a core input to their fundamental analysis when assessing and engaging with candidate companies for investment.

This research intensity, combined with our expertise and our culture of collaboration, has enabled us to deliver a proven track record of strong, consistent risk-adjusted returns, making us a dependable partner for your equity investments.

* Source: Columbia Threadneedle Investments, as at 31 December 2023.

15 March 2024

Jim Griffin

Investment Content Manager

Market Monitor – 15 March 2024

Global stock markets enjoyed another largely positive week despite concerns that sticky inflation could lead to delays in interest rate cuts.
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8 March 2024

Jim Griffin

Investment Content Manager

Market Monitor – 8 March 2024

Global stock markets largely made steady gains this week as central banks remain on course to start relaxing monetary policy in the next few months.
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8 March 2024

David Moss

Portfolio Manager, CT UK High Income Trust

Retaining a focus on fundamentals 

Why the portfolio selects companies that are not yet delivering a high yield but which have the potential to do so, alongside achieving capital growth.
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5 March 2024

Francis Ellison

Client Portfolio Manager

European smaller companies

Inflation is falling, interest rates are peaking, and corporate earnings are growing – making small cap valuations attractive.
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1 March 2024

Tochi Nwozuzu

Content Marketing Executive

Market Monitor – 1 March 2024

Global stock markets this week consolidated recent gains to round off a positive month as hopes of imminent interest rate cuts grow.
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1 March 2024

Neil Robson

Head of Global Equities

Unknown pleasures: a new era for equity investors

With the biggest tightening in monetary policy since the 1980s, it’s all change for economies, markets and investors.
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Client Solutions

UK Equities

The UK stock market is home to many international businesses and contains a host of small and medium-sized companies operating domestically and overseas.  As active investors, it provides us with a unique opportunity set geared into global trends as well as the potential of innovative smaller businesses. 

Global Emerging Markets

Emerging markets are fast becoming the driver of global growth. This underpins the most exciting theme in emerging markets – the rise of the middle class and its evolving consumer pattern, from tourism to the pioneering of new products and services.

UK Equities
The UK stock market is home to many international businesses and contains a host of small and medium-sized companies operating domestically and overseas.  As active investors, it provides us with a unique opportunity set geared into global trends as well as the potential of innovative smaller businesses. 
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Global Emerging Markets
Emerging markets are fast becoming the driver of global growth. This underpins the most exciting theme in emerging markets – the rise of the middle class and its evolving consumer pattern, from tourism to the pioneering of new products and services.
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