Investment strategies

Fixed income

Global

Fixed income manager with strong credit heritage

$213bn

Assets under Management*

180+

Investment professionals with an average of 19 years’ experience*

* Source: Columbia Threadneedle Investments, data as at 30 June 2024.

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.

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.**



** UK Social Bond strategy was launched in December 2013 and the European Social Bond strategy was launched in May 2017.

Insights

23 October 2024

Tom Southon

Senior Analyst, High Yield

European high yield: default rate coming down

The fundamental backdrop is relatively stable, with the deteriorating outlook in automotives set against a well-capitalised issuer base – but bifurcation of credits continues.
22 October 2024

Fixed Income Desk

In Credit - Weekly Snapshot

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – October 2024

Our fixed income team provide their weekly snapshot of market events.
21 October 2024

Arabella Duckworth

Senior Credit Analyst

Eyob Abay

Associate Analyst

No Autumn chills for Global Investment Grade Corporate fundamentals

IG valuations remain tight, and the market remains focused on whether this is justified by fundamentals. Our bottom-up company analysis shows profitability remains strong and leverage modest.
17 October 2024

Sharon Vieten

Senior analyst, Fixed Income

European utilities: prepared for the spending storm

Despite huge growth in demand, costs squeezes and supply constraints around raw materials and capacity are limiting expected returns in renewables development.
7 October 2024

Slow-speed crash? Problems for the European auto sector pile up

Healthy cash balances built up over the past three years will be tested as firms attempt to weather the four-pronged oncoming storm of labour relations, EV uptake, emissions regulations and China.
30 September 2024

Fixed Income Desk

In Credit - Weekly Snapshot

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – September 2024

Our fixed income team provide their weekly snapshot of market events.
27 September 2024

Gregory Turnbull Schwartz

Senior Analyst, Fixed Income

Boeing bonds bound to bounce back?

With $60 billion of outstanding corporate bonds, the business is among the largest non-financial IG issuers, and it wants to reduce its leverage. But with that being unlikely anytime soon, investors have a decision to make.
23 September 2024

Albertine Pegrum-Haram

Climate Change Analyst

Claire Robbs

CFA, Credit Analyst, Investment Grade Credit Research

Robert Whitworth

CFA, Equity Analyst, Fundamental Research Team

Can the demand for critical minerals be met responsibly?

A secure and consistent supply of critical minerals is fundamental to the energy transition and to achieving net-zero, but demand is putting pressure on supply chains and costs, and risks polarising sentiment around the energy transition.
Read time - 7 min
16 September 2024

Shengsheng Zhang

Director, Quant Strategist

Yu-Ting Fu

Associate, Corporate Governance Analyst

How does board gender diversity affect stock risk?

Companies with insufficient board gender diversity have higher idiosyncratic risk, so how can portfolio managers go about mitigating this?
Read time - 8 min

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