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

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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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.
Find out more
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.
Find out more
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.
Find out more
Responsible investment
In a world where a genuine responsible investment partner is increasingly crucial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments can help investors move forward more confidently.
Find out more

Insights

16 July 2026

Gregory Turnbull Schwartz

Senior Analyst, Fixed Income

Data centres: the credit opportunity beyond hyperscalers

As hyperscalers commit vast sums to data centres, the more compelling story for credit investors may be the manufacturers supplying the physical infrastructure.
16 July 2026

Natalia Luna

Senior Thematic Investment Analyst

Decoding investment signals from the AI build-out

The artificial intelligence (AI) boom is dominating the narrative in global equity markets and reshaping the investment opportunity set.
14 July 2026

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – Back on the chain gang

France’s finances remain an issue, with political instability likely to delay efforts to tackle the deficit. Elsewhere, the Middle East weighs on central banks.
10 July 2026

Guillaume Langellier

Senior Credit Research Analyst

Should investment grade prime office landlords worry about AI?

AI is reinforcing prime office demand in the short term, but the bigger question is whether productivity gains will ultimately limit hiring and space needs.
9 July 2026

Credit and LDI in the DB endgame

At the end of May, Professional Pensions assembled a panel of experts to look at the role of credit and liability-driven investment (LDI) in the defined benefit (DB) endgame.
7 July 2026

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – The long and winding road

Europe's biggest economies are slowly increasing defence spending, but a three-speed approach is emerging. Elsewhere, core markets bear steepened.
30 June 2026

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – The tied is high

Events in the Middle East continue to influence economic policy, with central banks revisiting future rate moves as the oil price returns to pre-conflict levels.
29 June 2026

Rosa Fenwick

Head of LDI Implementation

Euro LDI Update: Inflation pressures mark the start of a new cycle

Inflation and growth risks are back in focus, unsettling central bank easing plans and raising pressure across Eurozone markets.
24 June 2026

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – What’s new pussycat?

Larry the long-serving 10 Downing Street cat is set to welcome yet another UK prime minister, the seventh in a decade. Elsewhere, there was a repricing of interest rate risk on hawkish noises from central banks.

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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.

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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.

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.

Insights

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