Threadneedle Investments (Threadneedle) is pleased to announce it will be an official partner of the 2013 PruHealth World Triathlon Grand Final London. This year marks the fourth time the ITU World Triathlon Series has staged an event in London and the first time hosting the Grand Final, with races held at the iconic Olympic venue in Hyde Park on 11-15 September 2013.

Gary Collins, Head of EMEA Sales, Wholesale for Threadneedle, commented:
“We’re very pleased to support the PruHealth World Triathlon Grand Final London.

Triathlon is an exciting sport, rapidly growing in popularity around the world. The Grand Final will welcome around 8,500 athletes from more than 50 countries and gives all athletes the opportunity to compete at the 2012 Olympic Triathlon venue. We plan to take Threadneedle’s “Out-think, out-perform” investment philosophy to heart, and will be inviting our employees and clients to take part in this exciting event. We’re also looking forward to extending our support to sports-related community organisations via the Threadneedle Foundation.”

President of the International Triathlon Union (ITU) and IOC Member Marisol Casado said: “We are delighted to have Threadneedle join as a partner for the Grand Final and are looking forward to working with Threadneedle, their employees and clients to bring our exciting race series back to London”.

The PruHealth World Triathlon Grand Final London will be available live on TV to an international audience of more than 160 countries, as well as streamed online.

Tim Stemp, Chief Commercial Officer of the ITU World Triathlon Series said:
“Triathlon is an increasingly popular sport for professional, driven audiences and it is very exciting to partner with Threadneedle to deliver a stakeholder engagement programme that will support participation in the event as well as community projects through the excellent work of the Threadneedle Foundation.”

Upsolut, the marketing agency of the ITU World Triathlon Series and an agency of the Lagardere Unlimited Group, brokered the partnership. The event is being organised in partnership between Upsolut Sports UK and British Triathlon and is part of UK Sport’s Gold Events Series, the UK’s legacy programme of major international sporting events. It is supported by the Mayor of London being one of the first major legacy events happening in London after the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Click here for more information on the 2013 ITU World Triathlon Series.
Click here for more information on the PruHealth World Triathlon Grand Final London


Notes to Editors

About Threadneedle
Threadneedle is a leading international investment manager with a strong track record of outperformance across asset classes. We actively manage £84.0bn (as at 31 Mar 2013) of assets, investing on behalf of individuals, pension funds, insurers and corporations. We are the 4th largest UK retail fund manager1 and the 8th largest UK fund manager¹ by AUM. In Europe we rank in the top 40(²). Established in 1994 in London, Threadneedle has a presence in 16 countries.

Threadneedle's distinctive investment approach is based on creative thinking, sharing of ideas and rigorous debate. Our c.150 investment professionals invest across developed and emerging market equities, fixed income, commodities and UK property. As at 31 Mar 2013, 66% of Threadneedle funds outperformed over 1 year, 74% over 3 years and 83% over 5 years(3). In 2012, Threadneedle won over 100 prestigious fund management industry awards globally(4).

Threadneedle is owned by Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP), a leading US diversified financial services company with US$708bn in assets under management and administration. As its international investment platform, Threadneedle provides Ameriprise and its retail and institutional clients with world class investment solutions.



(1) UK IMA ranking, Feb 2013, see www.investmentfunds.org.uk

(2) Europe ranking, Morningstar Feb 2013

(3) All funds managed by Threadneedle, including segregated accounts/portfolios. The data does not include funds subadvised by third parties or guest funds on a Threadneedle platform. All figures are as at 31 Mar 2013, in GBP unless stated otherwise. Total value of funds outperforming their relevant benchmark expressed as a percentage of total assets under management. This information aims to demonstrate the overall performance capabilities of Threadneedle’s asset management team. It is not intended to indicate the performance of individual funds or products. Please refer to product specific documentation in relation to individual funds. The value of investments and any income is not guaranteed and can go down as well as up.

(4) For details see: http://www.threadneedle.com/en/About-us/Awards/



About British Triathlon
British Triathlon is the current National Sports Governing Body of the Year. It is responsible for raising the profile and delivering elite performance for Triathlon, Paratriathlon, Duathlon and Aquathlon in Great Britain. Triathlon is a fast growing, dynamic and modern Olympic sport with talented world class athletes, coaches and support staff, focused around delivering world-class events and medal winning performances.


Great Britain is home to the 2012 Olympic Champion (Alistair Brownlee) and bronze medallist (Jonathan Brownlee) as well as numerous current world champions ww.britishtriathlonmedia.org/current-worldchampions amongst a strong squad of world ranked elite triathletes, and emerging talent from our youth development programmes. British Triathlon enables paratriathletes to deliver world-class success, raising the profile of paratriathlon in the build up to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

There are over 700 triathlon events conducted in Great Britain each year including the British Triathlon Super Series, which attracts athletes from all over the world. British Triathlon is committed to being a leader in environmental awareness in sport, protecting the environment in which we operate today and in the future.
British Triathlon aims to promote excellence in our sport, and create opportunities for everyone to achieve their personal triathlon challenges.
Visit www.britishtriathlonmedia.org for downloadable image galleries, detailed athlete profiles, results, stats and information.


About Upsolut Sports UK
Upsolut is one of the world’s leading sports marketing and event management agencies and part of the Lagardère Unlimited group (IEC in Sports, SPORTFIVE and World Sport Group). Upsolut specialises in the promotion, marketing, organisation and delivery of televised mass participation endurance sports (triathlon, cycling and swimming) for elite and age-group participants. Upsolut supports the ITU World Triathlon Series and shares its knowledge to ensure high standards and quality. In addition to providing the ITU World Triathlon Series with marketing expertise, Upsolut produces live TV coverage and international TV distribution through the worldwide sales network of Lagardère Unlimited. For more information visit: 

www.upsolut.de


About London & Partners
London & Partners is the official promotional organisation for London attracting and delivering value to businesses, students and visitors. London & Partners is a not-for-profit public private partnership, funded by the Mayor of London and our network of commercial partners. Our remit is to drive leisure and business visitors as well as bidding to secure major events in London, we can unlock the city for overseas businesses who want to set up or expand in London and we promote the capital’s world class universities to international students.
The major events team at London & Partners provides advice and support at every stage of the process – from bidding, to event delivery, to evaluation – with a specially dedicated team to help rights holders from around the globe 'unlock', secure or choose London as their venue for their event. The London & Partners Major Events team is also developing a programme of major events for the city which build on the legacy of the Olympic & Paralympic Games, including Prudential RideLondon. For more information visit
http://www.londonandpartners.com/majorevents 


About UK Sport
The Gold Event Series will invest £27million of National Lottery funding to support the bidding and staging costs of major events on home soil, as well as providing specialist support to organisers. Events are supported for their likely performance impact, but also to maximise the wider sporting, social, cultural, economic and environmental benefits.

The Gold Event Series will aim to bring over 70 of the world’s most prestigious sporting events to the UK, including 36 World and European Championships. This ambitious programme will support British athletes’ preparation and qualification for Rio 2016, while generating approximately £287 million of additional expenditure in host cities and regions and bringing over 250,000 overseas visitors to the UK. Events already secured include 2017 World Athletics Championships and 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

UK Sport strategically invested a record £313million of National Lottery and Government money in preparing the British Olympic and Paralympic team for London 2012 where they achieved incredible success winning 65 and 120 medals respectively. More @ www.uksport.gov.uk/events.


About the International Triathlon Union (ITU):
The International Triathlon Union is the world governing body for the Olympic sport of Triathlon and all related MultiSport disciplines including Duathlon, Aquathlon, Cross Triathlon and Winter Triathlon. ITU was founded in 1989 at the first ITU Congress in Avignon, France. It has maintained its headquarters in Vancouver, Canada since then and also has offices in Lausanne, Switzerland and Madrid, Spain. It now has over 167 affiliated National Federations on five continents and is the youngest International Federation in the Olympic Games. Triathlon was awarded Olympic Games status in 1994 and made its Olympic debut in Sydney 2000. 

Triathlon is also featured in the Asian Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games. Paratriathlon was accepted into the Paralympic Games in 2010 and will make its Paralympic debut in Rio 2016. ITU is proudly committed to supporting the development of the sport worldwide through strong relationships with continental and national federations, working with its partners to offer a balanced sport development programme from grassroots to a high-performance level. For more information, visit:
www.triathlon.org