Columbia Threadneedle in alternatives push

US-based fund house Columbia Threadneedle is considering launching Ucits liquid alternatives products for individual investors in Asia Pacific and Europe, and is also targeting what it sees as growing institutional demand for alternative beta, which employes long/short strategies. There is an urgent need to expand the range of liquid alternatives available to individual investors, as the firm has already done for institutions, said Bill Landes, Boston-based head of alternative inv…