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 March 2022.

1 December 2023

Tochi Nwozuzu

Content Marketing Executive

Market Monitor – 1 December 2023

Global stock markets ended a strong month on a generally positive note as investors continue to hope that central banks will soon be able to start cutting interest rates.
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24 November 2023

Tochi Nwozuzu

Content Marketing Executive

Market Monitor – 24 November 2023

Global stock markets held on to their recent gains during what by recent standards has been a relatively uneventful week.
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23 November 2023

Melda Mergen

Global Head of Equity

With macro risks elevated it’s all about stock selection

There are plenty of macro drivers that will create equity volatility in 2024. To succeed, investors will need to maintain a resilient portfolio.
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17 November 2023

Jim Griffin

Investment Content Manager

Market Monitor – 17 November 2023

Global stock markets have extended their November gains after latest data showed welcome falls in inflation on both sides of the Atlantic.
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15 November 2023

William Davies

Global Chief Investment Officer

Balancing uncertainty and optimism

The slowdown we are all expecting keeps being put off, but how severe will it be when it eventually shows up?
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10 November 2023

Tochi Nwozuzu

Content Marketing Executive

Market Monitor – 10 November 2023

Global stock markets enjoyed a largely positive week, although optimism was tempered on Thursday by concerns that continued strength in the American labour market could force the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy further.
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UK Equities

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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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