Significant fund changes
Important Information
Please read this important information regarding important changes we have made, or are planning to make to our fund range.
For details of significant events shown on Key Investor Information Documents (KIID) /Key Information Documents (KID), please refer to the below documents:
Significant Events related to Columbia Threadneedle (AM) Holdings PLC
Funds in scope for the change(s):
- CT Responsible UK Equity Fund
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And for further information, please refer to the below documents.
Funds in scope for the changes:
• CT Responsible UK Income Fund
• CT (Lux) Responsible Euro Corporate Bond Fund
And for further information, please consult the below document:
Responsible Investment Strategies - Summary Criteria
The Board of Columbia Threadneedle (Lux) I has decided to introduce the possibility to (fully or partially) delegate investment management functions to certain entities of the Group without prior amendment of the Prospectus or notification to shareholders. Further information can be found here.
Effective 2 September 2024, changes will be made to the investment management arrangements applicable to the following Columbia Threadneedle (Lux) I SICAV funds:
- CT (Lux) American Extended Alpha
- CT (Lux) American Select
- CT (Lux) American Smaller Companies
Further information can be found here.
Effective 2 September 2024, changes will be made to the Prospectus definition of “European smaller companies” which applies to the following Columbia Threadneedle (Lux) I SICAV funds:
- CT (Lux) European Smaller Companies
- CT (Lux) Pan European Smaller Companies
- CT (Lux) Pan European Small Cap Opportunities
Further information can be found here.
Effective 2 September 2024, changes will be made to the investment policies and SFDR RTS Annexes (pre-contractual disclosures) of the following Columbia Threadneedle (Lux) I SICAV funds:
- CT (Lux) American
- CT (Lux) American Select
- CT (Lux) American Smaller Companies
- CT (Lux) Asia Equities
- CT (Lux) European Corporate Bond
- CT (Lux) European High Yield Bond
- CT (Lux) European Select
- CT (Lux) Global Corporate Bond
- CT (Lux) Global Equity Income
- CT (Lux) Global Focus
- CT (Lux) Global Select
- CT (Lux) Japan Equities
- CT (Lux) Pan European ESG Equities
- CT (Lux) UK Equities
- CT (Lux) US Contrarian Core Equities
- CT (Lux) European Smaller Companies
- CT (Lux) Pan European Smaller Companies
- CT (Lux) Pan European Small Cap Opportunities
- CT (Lux) Global Smaller Companies
These funds already promote environmental and social characteristics by integrating a range of responsible investment measures into the investment decision-making process, as well as ensuring that the companies in which the funds invest follow good governance practices.
From the Effective Date, the investment manager responsible for the management of the funds will increase the minimum proportion that each fund commits to holding sustainable investments, as further detailed in the SFDR RTS Annexes. For some of the funds, this will be the first time such a commitment is being made. The funds will continue to be categorised as Article 8 under SFDR.
For CT (Lux) Global Smaller Companies, additional changes are also being made to highlight Columbia Threadneedle’s commitment to the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative (NZAMI), which will now include this fund.
Further information can be found in the below. Please refer to the numbered fund list above for the corresponding letter.
Shareholder Letter (Funds 1-15)
Shareholder Letter (Funds 16-18)
Shareholder Letter (Fund 19)
We have recently reviewed the information available to investors about our UK-based OEIC (open-ended investment company) funds and, as a result, we’re updating a number of our fund investment objectives and policies. This will provide investors with additional information regarding our investment approach. These updates will take effect from 7 August 2019.