Our clients

Local Government Pension Schemes

Columbia Threadneedle Investments have been a trusted partner to Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS) investors since 1994. We strive to provide the highest level of service and have a dedicated team to foster and grow relationships across the 8 Pools and 98 Administering Authorities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Our LGPS clients have allocated their assets across Columbia Threadneedle equity, fixed income and alternative investment platforms and leverage our responsible investment engagement services, reo. We aim to work closely with each client to ensure they achieve their objectives through our investment capabilities. For this, transparency and timely communication with each client is at the core of our success.

We hold and support a variety of dedicated local authority events throughout the year. These include conferences, bespoke educational sessions all established to educate and inform clients of key investment issues they face. We recognise the increasing demand to meet changing disclosure requirements and client reporting needs and have a strong track record in supporting clients as their investment priorities evolve.

Our capabilities for LGPS

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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.
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Fixed income
We offer fixed income solutions with various risk and return objectives that range from traditional asset classes to more specialist areas such as emerging market debt, securitised debt and social bonds.
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Alternatives
Investors are increasingly looking beyond traditional asset classes to a growing alternatives market that can offer the potential of strong, uncorrelated returns and diversification throughout the economic cycle.
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Responsible investment
In a world where a genuine responsible investment partner is increasingly crucial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments can help investors move forward more confidently.
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Insights

11 November 2026
Fixed income

Senior Client Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income

Navigating the rate repricing: European short-term high yield

With inflation sticky, interest rates rising and volatility elevated, investors could consider short-term European high yield in order to stay invested while reducing exposure to duration risk.
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10 November 2026
Fixed income

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – Roller coaster

Oil prices have had a wild ride so far this year, and bonds have tracked every move. A lasting settlement in the Middle East could see yields move lower.
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9 November 2026
Equity

CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager and Senior Analyst, Equity Research

GLP-1s: Still early in the growth story

The GLP-1 market continues to expand rapidly yet remains in the early stages of growth. The GLP-1 market is no longer simply a weight-loss story.
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6 November 2026
Global investment solutions

LDI Client Portfolio Manager

Rethinking the DB endgame: is your scheme ready for run-on?

As UK defined-benefit run-on gains momentum, the SURPLUS framework helps trustees and sponsors assess readiness, protect members and unlock value.
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5 November 2026
Equity

Senior Portfolio Manager

Global technology investing: AI and beyond

We sat down with two of our global technology portfolio managers to get an insight into what they are watching across the sector.
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3 November 2026
Fixed income

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – Tech it to the limit

The AI financing wave is weighing on the weakest credits within high yield. The key question is, will the stress be contained at the bottom of the spectrum?
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29 October 2026
Equity

Client Portfolio Manager, Emerging Market Equities

Emerging Markets: A broadening opportunity

We explain how we’ve navigated recent market moves across emerging markets and why we see opportunities broadening across countries, sectors and companies.
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29 October 2026
Equity

Client Portfolio Manager

Global Head of Japanese Equities

Too Big to Bundle: Why Japan merits a dedicated equity allocation

For decades, corporate Japan was defined by stagnation—low growth, entrenched management teams and idle capital on balance sheets. Today, that landscape looks markedly different.
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28 October 2026
Equity

Portfolio Manager, UK Equities

The UK: The path from squeeze to spending

We look at how the UK domestic economic cycle operates and why the UK consumer recovery could be closer than you think.
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World in Motion

Our World in Motion global equities blog lifts the lid on what we do and shows you how our investment engine works.
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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.

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Columbia Threadneedle Investments has a comprehensive range of investment funds catering for a broad range of objectives.

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Investment strategies

We design our capabilities to suit specific markets and we carefully create them with your needs in mind. This is based on our belief that an active approach to investment will deliver long-term value for your portfolios.

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We design our capabilities to suit specific markets and we carefully create them with your needs in mind. This is based on our belief that an active approach to investment will deliver long-term value for your portfolios.

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Our funds

Columbia Threadneedle has a comprehensive range of investment funds catering for a broad range of objectives. You can view the latest prices and information on our OEIC and SICAV funds.

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Insights

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