Columbia Threadneedle launches European short-dated high yield bond fund

Roman Gaiser and Gareth Simmons named managers

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Columbia Threadneedle has added a short-dated high-yield vehicle to its European bond fund range.

The Threadneedle European Short-Term High Yield Bond fund will by co-managed by Roman Gaiser and Gareth Simmons, with support from the European high-yield team. Gaiser, who is EMEA head of high yield portfolio management at the group and Simmons, who is a high yield portfolio manager and investment analyst, already jointly run the €492m European High Yield Bond fund, which sits first-quartile over one and three years, according to FE. The portfolio will take a bottom-up approach, investing primarily in short maturity European high-yield credit with a view to generating income with som...

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