Name: Smaller companies, powerful returns
Start: 2023-10-12T14:00:00Z
End: 2023-10-12T14:00:12.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
Rating: 4

At Columbia Threadneedle Investments, we invest to make a difference in your world, and the wider world. Millions of people rely on us to manage their money and invest for their future. Whatever world you want, our purpose is to help you achieve it. We do this by being globally connected, intense about research, having a responsible ethos, and a focus on continuous improvement.   

Alongside a review of 2024 so far we’ll be casting our eyes forward to themes reshaping our world from a sustainability perspective.  We’ll be diving deep into how we’re working to tap into this potential through quality companies supported by structural megatrends.

CT Responsible Global Equity: H1 2024 review and outlook

As we move into the second half of 2024, Anthony and Adam will ‘mark our homework’ by looking back at the 24 predictions made for 2024 at the start of the year and consider how close / wide from reality things have turned out so far. They will review portfolio performance, discuss the economic, political and market outlook for the second half of the year, and changes they have made to the portfolios over the past quarter.

CT Multi-Manager Team: H1 2024 review and outlook

With Labour victory at the UK election on July 4, Steven Bell, EMEA Chief Economist, will set out the economic and fiscal background that the new government will face, discuss likely tax and spending plans and look ahead to the Presidential race across the Atlantic.

Life Under Labour: new Government, budget plans and impact on the economy

Healthy economies depend on healthy people. The steady gains in life expectancy and average population health made over decades have been stalling in many countries due to a confluence of factors including lifestyle related diseases such as cardiovascular conditions and diabetes.

Public health becomes an ever more critical issue for investors. We need to take into account how shifting regulation, workforce expectations and consumer choices are likely to impact investment risk and opportunity. We engage companies in the healthcare sector and beyond to better understand their exposure and strategic decision-making around these trends, and to encourage a responsible approach to impacting public health.
In this webinar, we will provide insight into our research and engagement on public health topics, including a deep dive into our project Diversity in Clinical Trials.

ESG Webinar: Health matters – public health with an investor lens

After a long period of underperformance, a new cycle may be emerging in smaller companies. If history is a guide the initial recovery should be strong. Join Nish Patel, Lead Portfolio Manager for The Global Smaller Companies Trust and Darius McDermott, Managing Director at Chelsea Financial Services as they discuss what the future may look like for Global Small caps.

Global Small caps - preparing for a new cycle

The US economy has been leading the way since the lockdown ended with growth in the UK and Europe remaining anemic. But growth in the US seems to be slowing which should create room for the Federal Reserve to cut rates. Meanwhile economic recovery in the UK & Europe means global growth should be maintained. Steven Bell, Chief Economist, will discuss the outlook and draw conclusions for financial markets.

Are we heading for the Goldilocks scenario?

After an exceptional 2022, the UK reverted to recent times with a big underperformance in 2023 – which also saw the continued domination of the Magnificent 7. With money continuing to disappear from the market, some potential catalysts for change could be emerging. Join Jeremy Smith and James Thorne as they delve further into this alongside an update on the CT UK Equity Income and CT UK Smaller Company and Mid 250 funds.

The Good, the Bad and the UK Stock Market

Since the end of the pandemic, the US has outperformed with lower inflation, better growth and as stronger stock market. In the year ahead, we can expect Europe and the UK to close the gap on growth, beat the US on inflation and be more competitive in terms of equity performance.

Is the US set to underperform Europe and the UK?

With inflation seemingly beaten and central banks set to flip into rate cutting mode what are the implications for financial markets?  We assess performance in the first quarter of 2024 and dive deep into recent investment activity and discuss how our portfolios are positioned.

CT Multi-Manager team - Portfolio update and outlook

Inflation has been falling in the major economies but expectations of early cuts in interest rates have been disappointing. Our Chief Economist Steven Bell explains why leading central banks are likely to start easing in June. Meanwhile, economic growth is picking up strongly in the UK and Europe may follow: good news for risk assets.

Inflation, interest rates and equities: where to next?

2024 looks set to be an eventful year. Central banks will likely begin cutting rates – but when, how quickly and how far? Elsewhere, with elections looming on both sides of the Atlantic, politics also looks set to dominate headlines. How will economies and markets fare against this backdrop? Join Paul Niven and Keith Balmer at the upcoming interactive webinar for insights into the team’s thinking and how the CT Universal MAP portfolio is positioned.

CT Universal MAP fund range - Q1 update and outlook

The CT UK Social Bond Fund launched ten years ago as a pioneering partnership between Columbia Threadneedle Investments and Big Issue Group. As the fund celebrates this milestone, Tammie Tang, Senior Portfolio Manager at Columbia Threadneedle comes together with Big Issue Group’s Chair, Nigel Kershaw OBE and Head of Impact, Sasha Afanasieva, to discuss what the fund has achieved against its twin objectives of financial returns and social impact, and what the future may look like for social investing.

Columbia Threadneedle & Big Issue Group: a decade of social & financial returns

Markets have been forced to accept that central banks will not be cutting interest rates as quickly as they had hoped. To the extent that this reflects stronger growth, as in the US, risk assets are protected. But it is also important that central banks see inflation returning sustainably to their respective 2% targets. In this month’s webinar, our Chief Economist, Steven Bell discusses the outlook for growth and inflation in the major economies and draws conclusions for equities bonds and currencies.

Interest rates, growth and financial markets

As the real-world impacts of climate change become more apparent – such as increased flooding, extreme heat, and more chaotic weather - attention is being directed to the risk this poses to companies, investors, and the economy.  As it stands, the world is not on track to achieve the Paris Agreement goals and it is obvious that the impact of current warming is already driving real-world damage. In this talk we will discuss what more investors can do to adequately judge and understand climate-risks, and we will try to dispel the often-held perception that financial climate risks are only a “future”- and not a “now” – problem. To do this we will delve into the basics of climate science and how improved scientific understanding will help us better form judgments on the financial risks, we will also discuss the limitations of current climate/economic modelling and draw on examples from the insurance sector to understand where risks (and opportunities) may lie.

ESG Webinar: Physical climate risk

A strong Q4 brought a challenging year to a close. But what next? We explore prospects from here and explain how the portfolio’s positioned as we progress in 2024. And with 2023 proving to be the hottest year on record, we discuss our efforts to model and then reduce the carbon footprint of our CT Responsible Global Equity Strategy.

Investing responsibly in global equities in 2024 & beyond

In this interactive session we’ll explore key themes driving economies and markets together with their implications for sustainable investment and our portfolios from a performance and positioning perspective.  This time round Simon and Eloise will be joined by Patrick Newens of the UK Equities team for a deep dive into our approach on sustainable investing in the UK, including a spotlight on some of the leading UK firms held in the portfolios.

CT Sustainable Universal MAP range – Q1 2024 update & spotlight on UK equities

Have central banks won the battle with inflation? And if they have - when and how fast will interest rates begin to fall? Join Steven Bell, Chief Economist EMEA, as he offers his take on monetary policy plus a broader assessment of economic and market prospects for 2024.

Opening Bell 2024

Join Scott Spencer and Anthony Willis for our first Multi-Manager webinar of 2024. Alongside reviewing performance in 2023, Scott and Anthony will look forward to prospects in 2024. Has recession in the US been avoided or postponed? Where do we see opportunities and challenges in the months ahead and how are the portfolios positioned accordingly?

Multi-Manager People: Outlook and review for 2024

Niche global leaders

Structural themes delivering growth opportunities

An introduction to European Assets Trust

Small companies, big opportunities

Smaller companies as an asset class, tend to outperform their larger counterparts over the long term. Sam and Lucy discuss the exciting potential of Europe as a particularly attractive area for stock picking given the size and diversity of the opportunity and the attractive valuation.

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