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.

28 March 2023

Jonathan Crown

Portfolio Manager

What does a higher inflation world mean for dividends?

Heightened inflation will make it more complicated to identify sustainable dividend growers.
Read time - 5 min
16 March 2023

Pauline Grange

Portfolio Manager

Identifying key sustainable themes for 2023 and beyond

The desire for energy security coupled with decarbonisation means there is now a sense of urgency around a green transition.
Read time - 3 min
9 March 2023

Paul Doyle

Head of Europe ex-UK Equities

Interest rates do not need to rise much further in Europe

Paul Doyle, Head of Large Cap European Equities, looks at the green shoots in Europe, despite ongoing higher inflation and mixed signals on the strength of the economy.
Read time - 3 min
12 January 2023

William F. “Ted” Truscott

Chief Executive Officer

Industry trends to watch in 2023

The last few years have delivered a fair share of ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ setbacks for asset managers and investors.
Read time - 4 min
14 December 2022

Melda Mergen

Global Head of Equity

Focus on quality for success in equities

Investors should not expect everything to go ‘back to normal’ in 2023, says Melda Mergen. Higher inflation and a weaker economic environment will mean not all companies will thrive.
Read time - 4 min
12 December 2022

Kate Moreton

Emerging Market Sovereign Analyst

Uruguay’s experiment in sovereign sustainability-linked bonds

We are excited about an innovation that should offer transparency and impact – the ultimate goal for ESG investors.
Read time - 5 min

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