Our clients

Insurance

Columbia Threadneedle Investments has collaborated with wealth management partners, including Ameriprise, to design and grow successful solutions and advice propositions. With over a third of our global assets under management relating to insurance clients and our extensive expertise with large strategic partnerships such as Zurich, LV and RiverSource we have been able to showcase our proven record of building and developing long term partnerships with our insurer clients.

Our capabilities for Insurance

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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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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Multi-asset
We offer clients an extensive range of multi-asset solutions designed to meet a broad range of investment objectives.
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Real estate
In a world where change is constant, successful real estate investing is about adapting to harness new opportunities – something our platform of diverse expertise and agility was built to do.
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Liability Driven Investment
Liability Driven Investment (LDI) is a popular and core risk management tool for pension schemes and insurance companies.
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Insights

14 September 2026

Senior Economist, Multi-Asset Solutions team

Market Perspectives: Why does the Fed have to hike rates?

Central bank policy is back at the forefront of investor attention as inflation data challenges expectations of an imminent easing cycle.
11 September 2026

Head of European Large Cap Equities

Europe: better momentum but structural hurdles remain

Although global growth expectations fell after the Iran conflict started, US growth expectations have crept up.
10 September 2026

Senior Portfolio Manager

Global Head of Emerging Market Equities

From Monopoly to Age of Empires - Part II: AI and the new terms of trade: When intelligence becomes abundant, what remains scarce?

In From Monopoly to Age of Empires , we described a world fragmenting into competing technological and economic blocs. Technology, we argued, would not end scarcity.
8 September 2026

Senior Economist, Multi-Asset Solutions team

Delegate OCIO & Strategist

Multi-Asset Investment Outlook 2027: Technological tailwind, geopolitical headwind

The global economy has proved more resilient than many expected, but the investment landscape of 2027 looks materially different from a year ago – shaped by conflict in the Middle East, a reversal in interest rate expectations, and an AI-driven capital expenditure (capex) boom of unprecedented scale.
8 September 2026

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – China in your hand

China's bond market appears remarkably strong, but the real story lies under the surface.
7 September 2026

Senior Economist, Multi-Asset Solutions team

Market Perspectives: Second guessing the central banks

Central banks are back in focus as investors enter a busy run of September policy meetings. The European Central Bank meets this week, followed by the Bank of England, the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan next week.
4 September 2026

Senior Economist, Multi-Asset Solutions team

Macro Pulse: Are financial markets about to see some turbulence?

The long, hot summer is over and this week has a distinctly ‘back to school’ feel about it, with holidays over, suitcases back in the loft, cooler weather and the dreaded new school uniform/shoes shopping trip completed.
1 September 2026

Head of LDI Implementation

LDI market review and outlook August 2026 – plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

If this sounds like a broken record that is because it is – the Strait of Hormuz has dominated global headlines since the end of February with no resolution in sight, albeit with a brief fillip for markets during the Memorandum of Understanding in mid-June until that fragile ceasefire failed to hold.
25 August 2026

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – Take it to the limit (one more time)

US debt has reached $40 trillion, up by about a third in less than five years. The Treasury has tried to contain long-end pressure, but investors remain sceptical.

Our Clients

Columbia Threadneedle Investments has extensive expertise in partnering with banks and wealth managers to grow their businesses, including a small number of select deep partnerships.

Columbia Threadneedle Investments has collaborated with wealth management partners, including Ameriprise, to design and grow successful solutions and advice propositions.

  • Columbia Threadneedle Investments has partnered with affiliated and unaffiliated wealth managers globally, including the US, UK and South Africa at the mass market, mass affluent, and affluent levels.
  • Columbia Threadneedle Investments has expertise in working with financial planning providers in the development of investment advisory programs including multi asset and multi manager portfolios, and support for advisor forces to help them fully understand and serve clients with our solutions.
  • Ameriprise itself is the leader in financial planning in the US, with more Certified Financial Planners than any other firm. Our know-how has led to Ameriprise having the deepest and broadest client relationships of any leading firm in the US.
  • Ameriprise is a leader in fee-based investment advisory programs, with over $250bn of AUM . Columbia Threadneedle Investments has helped create and manage key offerings within this program (e.g. discretionary models for accumulation, income, wealth preservation).

The UN Sustainable Development Goals & Our Themes

Translating the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to investment opportunities provides us, our clients, and the wider industry, with a compelling means to contribute to sustainable development whilst aiming to achieve positive financial returns.

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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 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.

Meet the team​

Andrew Nicholl
Global Business Lead for Responsible Investment
Andrew Nicholl
Global Business Lead for Responsible Investment