Global investment solutions

Liability driven investment (LDI)

€107bn

Liabilities under Management

560+

Clients*

25+

Investment professionals*

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

LDI is a popular and core risk management tool for pension schemes and insurance companies. Over the last twenty years it has proven to be a successful strategy for reducing risk and funding level volatility. The market has evolved over the years with our capabilities remaining at the forefront of these developments. We are an innovative, award winning LDI manager with over 560 clients offering the full range of liability management and balance sheet solutions.

Why choose Columbia Threadneedle Investments for LDI?

Our history

2003

1st Pension scheme LDI hedge

2009

Euro LDI swap funds launched

2013

1st transition fund for LDI

2016

1st Equity-linked Dynamic LDI fund

2006

LDI fund platform launched

2011

1st Dynamic LDI hedging strategy

2014

1st transition from LDI fund to buy-out provider

2019

1st Credit-linked Dynamic LDI fund

2003

1st Pension scheme LDI hedge

2006

LDI fund platform launched

2009

Euro LDI swap funds launched

2011

1st Dynamic LDI hedging strategy

2013

1st transition fund for LDI

2014

1st transition from LDI fund to buy-out provider

2016

1st Equity-linked Dynamic LDI fund

2019

1st Credit-linked Dynamic LDI fund

LDI is about putting a scheme’s liabilities at the heart of its investment strategy, in order to minimise adverse movements in the funding ratio.

Low governance solutions

We seek to do as much of the heavy lifting for clients as possible, supporting them in every aspect of their hedging strategy. Our extensive range of implementation services include collateral waterfall management, trigger monitoring, fully integration of credit and LDI, cashflow management and asset allocation rebalancing.

LDI strategies

We offer the full range of LDI strategies and place great emphasis on innovation, having been first to market with a significant number of hedging strategies. Our experienced team considers each client and their requirements individually and is able to design tailored hedging solutions with an emphasis on flexibility and effectiveness as well as striking the appropriate balance between accuracy, governance and cost.

Extensive range of pooled funds spanning traditional LDI, growth plus LDI, passive and dynamic investment strategies

Sterling and Euro LDI solutions

Full liability modelling and solution design capability

Segregated, fund-of-one and pooled fund LDI solutions

Derivative solutions expertise including equity and credit derivatives, options and FX hedging

Passive funds to provide a low cost, flexible approach to hedging a scheme’s liabilities

Full service portfolios to minimise client governance

Insights

8 October 2024

Rosa Fenwick

Head of LDI Implementation

Q3 2024 repo update

Fears of an economic slowdown and helpful falls in inflation rates opened the door to the first rate cuts in the US and the UK, and for a second in Europe.
22 August 2024

Richard Ferris

Client Portfolio Manager, LDI

Endgame - the benefits of ‘buy and maintain’ credit

Exploring credit as an option for defined benefit schemes looking to reduce risk and seeking reliable cashflows.
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In EEA: TAML provides sub-advisory services to Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. for discretionary managed accounts. Issued by Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. registered with the Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés (Luxembourg), Registered No. B 110242, 44 rue de la Vallée, L-2661 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

In Switzerland: Issued by Threadneedle Portfolio Services AG, Registered address: Claridenstrasse 41, 8002 Zurich, Switzerland

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