World in Motion Blog
Welcome to our global equities blog
Our global equities blog lifts the lid on what we do and shows you how our investment engine works. From describing company visits and snapshots of the work we do, to exploring the major themes and trends shaping markets.
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Unknown pleasures: A new era for equity investors #1
Welcome back the dividend champions!
Things will never be the same: the potential for AI to reshape the world
Doing it by the book: our summer reading lists
Play the AI boom through chips and shovels
3D vision: why decarbonisation, defence and deglobalisation are here to stay
Pauline Grange interview: sustainability and investing
Meet the team
Alex joined the company in 2016 as a portfolio manager. He has research responsibility for Japan and currently manages a segregated Japan equity mandate. He also supports the Global desk with idea generation and analysis of Japanese companies across all sectors. Previously, Alex was a senior fund manager at Canada Life Investments, where he managed the Japan fund and supported the management of the U.S. and Global funds. He has been a member of the investment community since 2007. Alex has a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics. In addition, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.
Simon Haines is a portfolio manager and with research responsibility for the industrials sectors and the Asia-Pacific region. Simon joined one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments firms in 1999 as a trainee portfolio manager, progressing to portfolio manager in January 2005, where he managed the Threadneedle UK Mid 250 Fund and co-managed the Threadneedle UK Extended Alpha Fund. He has been a member of the investment community since 1999. He received a degree in biology from Oxford University. In addition, Simon holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.
Pauline Grange is a portfolio manager within the Global Equities team. She took up this role in 2007 and is currently lead portfolio manager of the Threadneedle Global Sustainable Outcomes and Threadneedle World Equity strategies and deputy portfolio manager of the Columbia Select Global Equity fund. She also heads the telecoms and utilities sector research team and is the deputy head of the technology sector research team.
Before joining the company, Pauline was a global equity portfolio manager for Investec Asset Management.
Pauline has a Bachelor of Business Science (Honours) in Finance from the University of Cape Town. She also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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