Threadneedle (Lux)-American Absolute Alpha IGH

Ashish Kochar joined Columbia Threadneedle in 2008 as a senior portfolio analyst within the US Equities team before joining the Global Equities team in 2010. He is co-manager for the Threadneedle Global Extended Alpha Fund, the American Extended Alpha Fund and the American Absolute Alpha Fund. He also heads the consumer staples sector research team. He joined Columbia Threadneedle from a ‘Tiger Cub’ hedge fund and previously worked as an analyst for Merrill Lynch in New York. Ashish holds an MBA from Mason School of Business, The College of William and Mary.

Amit Kumar is portfolio manager for the American Absolute Alpha Fund and the American Extended Alpha Fund at Columbia Threadneedle. He is also responsible for researching US companies across the consumer discretionary and technology sectors. Amit joined the company in 2014 as a senior portfolio analyst in the US Equities team. Before joining the company, Amit spent seven years with Artham Capital and Swiss Re Asset Management, where he worked as a research analyst. Prior to that, he spent nine years in the technology industry IBM, TCS and a number of tech start-up firms. Amit holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School and a BSc in Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Amit is also a published author whose work includes Short Selling: Finding Uncommon Short Ideas.