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.

7 November 2025

Luke Copley

Client Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income

UK autumn budget preview: the big gilt trip

We set out three potential scenarios the chancellor could follow as she attempts to balance the books, and what each might do to bond yields and markets.
6 November 2025

The resurgence of financial deregulation: implications for markets and investors

Financial deregulation has re-emerged as a significant theme, creating new opportunities but reopening familiar vulnerabilities
4 November 2025

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – A solid bond in your heart

With the UK budget looming, gilts rallied through October – helped somewhat by an interest rate cut. There were also rate moves elsewhere, with the US and Canada cutting, while Japan and the ECB kept things on hold. Read our weekly snapshot of global fixed income markets.
31 October 2025

Bond investors join the AI infrastructure boom

The AI infrastructure boom is more than a tech story – it’s a fixed income story. Discover how this capital-intensive transformation is creating new opportunities and risks for bond investors.
28 October 2025

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – Crude intentions

US sanctions against two Russian oil giants saw prices spike, as well as putting upward pressure on bond yields. Elsewhere there is optimism that presidents Trump and Xi will find sufficient common ground for a US/China trade deal. Read our weekly snapshot of global fixed income markets.
21 October 2025

Gregory Turnbull Schwartz

Senior Analyst, Fixed Income

Battling the elements: will climate change reshape defence spending?

From jet engines to toll roads, environmental change is reshaping military readiness, infrastructure resilience, and the investment case for the companies that build and maintain such assets.

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