Columbia Threadneedle

Trio of houses imposed redeptions on some property funds

Derek Stuart and Reiko Mito

Follows £615m acquisition

Somerset GEM loses rating

Niven becomes asset allocation head

Easy access to smoothed managed funds

Co-managers Alasdair Ross and Ryan Staszewski

Fund managers poured into the record-breaking inaugural green gilt launch last week, with investors calling for the UK Government to issue a wider range of bonds, such as a green inflation-linked gilts and sustainability and social bonds.