Equities
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.

28 March 2024

The Good, the Bad and the UK Stock Market

After an exceptional 2022 the UK stock market reverted to type, underperforming in 2023. With money continuing to disappear from the market, two potential catalysts for change have emerged.
Read time - 5 min
22 March 2024

Harry Waight

Portfolio Manager

Simon Haines

Portfolio Manager

Japan: we’re more convinced than ever

Investors are increasingly turning their attention to Japan. We spent two weeks there and met dozens of companies. But which businesses look best placed?
Watch time - 6 min
20 March 2024

Krishan Selva

Client Portfolio Manager

Lin Jing Leong

Senior Sovereign Analyst, Emerging Market Asia

China: bottom-up opportunity as the macro picture slowly improves

While the top-down story has challenges, the notion that China is ‘uninvestable’ is in our view misinformed. We believe company-specific opportunities can be found by looking at trade, value for money and capital return.
Read time - 5 min
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.
Read time - 2 min
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.
Read time - 3 min
27 February 2024

Dara White

Global Head of Emerging Market Equities

Krishan Selva

Client Portfolio Manager

Cory Unal

Portfolio Analyst

India’s digital revolution offers more opportunities for investors

The country is in a structural growth cycle, with a focus on reform, infrastructure investment and manufacturing. Alongside favourable demographics, it's making India an easier country in which to do business.
Read time - 3 min

Client Solutions

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.

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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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 Options

We offer a broad range of actively managed investment strategies and solutions covering global, regional and domestic markets and asset classes.

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.

28 March 2024

The Good, the Bad and the UK Stock Market

After an exceptional 2022 the UK stock market reverted to type, underperforming in 2023. With money continuing to disappear from the market, two potential catalysts for change have emerged.
Read time - 5 min
22 March 2024

Harry Waight

Portfolio Manager

Simon Haines

Portfolio Manager

Japan: we’re more convinced than ever

Investors are increasingly turning their attention to Japan. We spent two weeks there and met dozens of companies. But which businesses look best placed?
Watch time - 6 min
20 March 2024

Krishan Selva

Client Portfolio Manager

Lin Jing Leong

Senior Sovereign Analyst, Emerging Market Asia

China: bottom-up opportunity as the macro picture slowly improves

While the top-down story has challenges, the notion that China is ‘uninvestable’ is in our view misinformed. We believe company-specific opportunities can be found by looking at trade, value for money and capital return.
Read time - 5 min
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.
Read time - 2 min
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.
Read time - 3 min
27 February 2024

Dara White

Global Head of Emerging Market Equities

Krishan Selva

Client Portfolio Manager

Cory Unal

Portfolio Analyst

India’s digital revolution offers more opportunities for investors

The country is in a structural growth cycle, with a focus on reform, infrastructure investment and manufacturing. Alongside favourable demographics, it's making India an easier country in which to do business.
Read time - 3 min

Client Solutions

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.

Related funds

Learn more about funds in this capability

Key documents

Find all documents related to this capability

You may also like

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 Options

We offer a broad range of actively managed investment strategies and solutions covering global, regional and domestic markets and asset classes.