Types of investment

Fixed Income

Having the right partner to help you meet your fixed income goals is essential. Whether you’re seeking income, total return or capital preservation, we have the resources and expertise to help you meet these objectives and add value to your portfolios.

  • A global fixed income manager with a strong credit heritage
  • Assets under management of $208bn/€191bn/£168bn*
  • 191 investment professionals with 20 years’ average experience*

Why choose Columbia Threadneedle Investments for fixed income?

Fuelled by research – an intense and independent approach gives us deep knowledge of issuer and industry dynamics with the aim of driving strong, sustainable returns.

Our size is to your advantage – we have the global presence and scale to access markets and forensically assess issuers yet are nimble enough to extract value from security selection.

Built on a powerful line-up – we offer a wide choice of strategies from traditional government and corporate bonds to specialized areas including emerging markets and liability-driven solutions.

Established in impact investing – our social bond funds were the first of their kind and we remain a leading advocate in the development of the fast-moving green and social bond markets.**

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

** UK Social Bond strategy was launched in December 2013 and the European Social Bond strategy was launched in May 2017.

Focus funds

CT (Lux) European High-Yield Bond

Our European high yield fund is managed by a long-established team led by Roman Gaiser, Head of Fixed Income and High Yield, who is responsible for assets of EUR 5 billion. The combination of bottom-up and top-down approaches has delivered competitive, risk-adjusted returns

CT (Lux) European Social Bond

Our European Social Bond strategy was the first of its kind and is part of our Social Bond Franchise (€1bn+) launched in 2013. The fund actively and selectively invests in corporate and sovereign bonds that combine a clear social mission with sound financial fundamentals.

CT (Lux) European Corporate Bond

The portfolio management team of Alasdair Ross, Ryan Staszweski and Christopher Hult is supported by a 19-strong IG Credit analyst team to identify companies with attractive risk/reward profiles. Issuers and securities are selected for their higher likelihood of delivering strong and sustainable returns.

CT (Lux) Emerging Market Debt

We are an experienced manager of emerging market debt (EMD) strategies and our history in EMD dates back to the 1990s. Our investment funds have strong relative and risk-adjusted returns, dominated by issuer and security selection. The close collaboration between the portfolio managers and the analyst team focuses on the selection of issuers and stocks that generate sustainable returns.

Fixed Income Insights​

9 December 2024

Rosalie Pinkney

Credit Research Analyst, Fixed Income

European banks: strong fundamentals and pockets of value

It’s a sector which we’re positive on, for several reasons ranging from regulation and valuations to fundamentals.
4 December 2024

Fixed Income Desk

In Credit - Weekly Snapshot

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – December 2024

Our fixed income team provide their weekly snapshot of market events.
26 November 2024

Fixed Income Desk

In Credit - Weekly Snapshot

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – November 2024

Our fixed income team provide their weekly snapshot of market events.
20 November 2024

Michael Laskin

Senior Analyst, Fixed Income

Stalling car auction sales suggest broader consumer weakness

The popularity of online car auctions has created a unique two-way market dataset that is liquid and representative of all the US. Alongside wider income and expenditure data, we can see consumer pressures rising up the wealth ladder.
15 November 2024

Gene Tannuzzo

Global Head of Fixed Income

2025 Fixed Income Outlook: A year of opportunity amid economic uncertainty?

Soft landing supports bond performance – but will it last?
29 October 2024

Fixed Income Desk

In Credit - Weekly Snapshot

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – October 2024

Our fixed income team provide their weekly snapshot of market events.
25 October 2024

Gary Smith

Client Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income

Economic nationalism will present a constant challenge for investors

A decade ago there was little sight of the seismic changes that have since occurred; similarly, events that might be impossible to imagine today will undoubtedly jolt financial markets in coming years.
24 October 2024

Nathaniel Liddle

Senior Analyst, Fixed Income Research

Media in search of its Jerry Maguire moment… ‘Show me the money!'

Streaming services are still adding subscribers, albeit at a slowing rate, but now the focus is turning towards their ability to stem earnings losses.
23 October 2024

Tom Southon

Senior Analyst, High Yield

European high yield: default rate coming down

The fundamental backdrop is relatively stable, with the deteriorating outlook in automotives set against a well-capitalised issuer base – but bifurcation of credits continues.
21 October 2024

Arabella Duckworth

Senior Credit Analyst

Eyob Abay

Associate Analyst

No Autumn chills for Global Investment Grade Corporate fundamentals

IG valuations remain tight, and the market remains focused on whether this is justified by fundamentals. Our bottom-up company analysis shows profitability remains strong and leverage modest.
17 October 2024

European utilities: prepared for the spending storm

Despite huge growth in demand, costs squeezes and supply constraints around raw materials and capacity are limiting expected returns in renewables development.
7 October 2024

Slow-speed crash? Problems for the European auto sector pile up

Healthy cash balances built up over the past three years will be tested as firms attempt to weather the four-pronged oncoming storm of labour relations, EV uptake, emissions regulations and China.

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