Presented by
Lead Fund Manager, Tammie Tang; Big Issue Group Chair, Nigel Kershaw OBE & Head of Impact, Sasha Afanasieva
Columbia Threadneedle & Big Issue Group: a decade of social & financial returns
About this talk
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.
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