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

30 April 2026

Is the world on track for a more sustainable future?

Understanding sustainability trends and the interactions between people and planet is fundamental to identifying future investment opportunities.
30 April 2026

Joanna Tano

Head of Research, European Real Estate

UK Real Estate: Talking Points April 2026

Welcome to our quarterly snapshot of current real estate market trends.
29 April 2026

Alex Landau

Client Portfolio Manager, European equities

Europe’s quality growth opportunity

Europe is transforming, with new pockets of emerging quality. Amid rising capital barriers, our pragmatism allows us to identify industry leaders where value creation is strongest.
28 April 2026

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – Down down

These are turbulent times for the UK, between the Iran war impacting energy prices, a constrained consumer and a political crisis that is weighing on gilts.
24 April 2026

Luke Copley

Client Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income

The role of asset-backed securities in pension scheme LDI portfolios

The US securitised credit market has demonstrated strong risk-adjusted return outcomes, often decorrelated to traditional fixed income assets.
23 April 2026

Cory Unal

Portfolio Manager

Dara White

Global Head of Emerging Market Equities

From Monopoly to Age of Empires: Emerging markets in the new global regime

Middle East tensions underscore a regime shift toward security and industrial capacity, reshaping the global order and having profound implications for portfolio construction.
21 April 2026

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – All around the world

After another week in which geopolitics set the stage for wider market moves, latest data shows a stabilisation in the decline of global democracy scores.
15 April 2026

Rosa Fenwick

Head of LDI Implementation

Q1 2026 repo update

How geopolitical shifts and policies are shaping market dynamics.
14 April 2026

Joanna Tano

Head of Research, European Real Estate

Alex Dunn

Research Analyst, European Real Estate

Real Estate: Iran war update

The conflict in the Middle East is another reminder of the volatility of geopolitics and the fragility of global supply chains. We assess the likely impacts on European real estate and consider the specific impacts on real estate sectors.

World in Motion

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Our team

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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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Investment Options

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

Keep up to date with global markets, discover our latest thinking on key asset classes and read our fund managers’ latest thoughts on the world.