Types of investment​

Multi-Manager

Multi-Manager People

Today’s investor enjoys the choice from thousands of available funds. Whilst that’s great news, making sense of the options can be a daunting task. We see our job as making investing easier.

How do we do this?

We work by selecting what we believe to be the very best investment talent from right across the industry and combining them together into well-balanced portfolios. We believe that our approach combined with the advantages inherent in Multi-Manager investing offers a host of benefits.

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Structural 'true' diversification

Perhaps the most important principle of successful investment. We invest across asset classes, geographies, management companies and investment styles.
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Whole of market

Why restrict your opportunity set? We’re independent fund ‘selectors’ and aren’t constrained by ‘buy-lists’.
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Actively managed

There’s nothing passive about how we invest. We actively adjust asset allocation, select funds, build portfolios and manage risk.
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Proven performers

Price matters but value is key. Over the long-term our funds have consistently delivered performance whilst at the same time offsetting the impact of investment and financial advice costs.
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Ease and tax efficiency

A one stop-portfolio ‘service’. Single fund structure reduces administrative burden for clients.

Podcasts

24 what ifs for 2024, with TwentyFour Asset Management

In the first podcast of the year, we look ahead to events and trends which could drive economies and financial markets. What if central banks ease monetary policy and what impact will politics have as half the world’s population head to the polls? What if artificial intelligence takes all of our jobs and will Swansea City FC make the play-offs?

Open minded to Closed Ended pt II – Augmentum Fintech

In part two of our ‘Open Minded to Closed Ended’ miniseries, Adam chats with entrepreneur turned venture capital investor Tim Levene, CEO of Augmentum. Adam and Tim explore how the team works alongside budding entrepreneurs, discuss how the large financial incumbents are likely acquirers of fintechs and highlight how successful cash exits are important.

Open minded to Closed Ended pt I – The Renewables Infrastructure Group

In the series, we aim to highlight why accessing markets outside through listed Investment Trusts is additive for Multi-Manager portfolios, and shouldn’t be just the privilege of private markets. First up, The Renewables Infrastructure Group, a trust dedicated to the generation of power from renewable sources for UK and Europe.

Insights

22 November 2024

Anthony Willis

Investment Manager

Multi-Manager Perspectives: Markets bracing for escalation in Ukraine

Financial markets continue to digest the consequences of the election of Donald Trump, while in in the world of geopolitics, expectations of a changing world order under Trump 2.0 are having immediate consequences in Ukraine.
15 November 2024

Anthony Willis

Investment Manager

Multi-Manager Perspectives: Getting to grips with sticky US inflation

In the first few trading sessions in the aftermath of the election result we saw US equities responding very positively to a decisive election result.
8 November 2024

Anthony Willis

Investment Manager

Multi-Manager Perspectives: What to expect under Trump 2.0

It has been a huge week in financial markets with equities rallying strongly in the aftermath of the US Presidential election, which delivered a swift and decisive result.
25 October 2024

Anthony Willis

Investment Manager

Multi-Manager Perspectives: US prediction markets appear to have decided the election result already

It has been a reasonably tough week in markets with both equities and bonds struggling for momentum.
18 October 2024

Anthony Willis

Investment Manager

Multi-Manager Perspectives: A decent week for those hoping the Bank of England will cut rates

With plenty of uncertainty on the horizon in the shape of the Budget, there was good news in the UK this week for those hoping for an accelerated pace of interest rate cuts from the Bank of England.
11 October 2024

Anthony Willis

Investment Manager

Multi-Manager Perspectives: Have we got a little too excited about China?

This week has seen Chinese and Hong Kong indices suffering some vertigo after the dizzying gains of the past few weeks.
20 September 2024

Anthony Willis

Investment Manager

Multi-Manager Perspectives: A super size cut from the Fed to start this cutting cycle

The Federal Reserve joins the interest rate cutting party with a super size cut, after 14 months on hold.
Read time - 6 min
30 August 2024

Anthony Willis

Investment Manager

Is the Fed on the cusp of cutting rates? Definitely, Maybe

What did you miss in financial markets during the summer holidays? A very busy period, and some significant market volatility on worries over the US labour market.
Read time - 3 min
19 July 2024

Anthony Willis

Investment Manager

Multi-Manager Perspectives: Trump is in the ascendancy

It has been a busy couple of weeks of news, with the focus moving swiftly on from the UK and French elections to the US presidential election.
Read time - 8 min

Multi-Manager Funds & Key Documents

Our Navigator Solutions

The CT MM Navigator range is designed to make investing easier. The range contains five risk profiled options spanning income, total return and growth objectives. Each multi-manager portfolio is highly diversified and is constructed through careful fund selection within an asset mix appropriate to the returns profile it is trying to achieve.

Our Lifestyle Solutions

The CT MM Lifestyle range offers a range of options so investors can choose the balance of risk and potential reward that’s right for them. The range draws on independent asset allocation expertise together with the multi-manager capabilities. Each fund has defined asset allocation parameters with the portfolios constructed through a blend of carefully selected actively managed funds together with more cost effective passive options.

Structural 'true' diversification

Perhaps the most important principle of successful investment. We invest across asset classes, geographies, management companies and investment styles.

Whole of market

Why restrict your opportunity set? We’re independent fund ‘selectors’ and aren’t constrained by ‘buy-lists’.

Proven performers

Price matters but value is key. Over the long-term our funds have consistently delivered performance whilst at the same time offsetting the impact of investment and financial advice costs.

Actively managed

There’s nothing passive about how we invest. We actively adjust asset allocation, select funds, build portfolios and manage risk.

Ease and efficiency

A one stop-portfolio ‘service’. Single fund structure reduces administrative burden for clients.

Q4 23 CT Multi-Manager – There may be trouble ahead…

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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.

Our capabilities

We offer a broad range of actively managed investment strategies and solutions covering global, regional and domestic markets and asset classes.