Columbia Management Group
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Columbia Management Group is Bank of America Corporation's primary investment management division. It administers the Columbia Funds family of mutual funds, some of which were previously known by the NationsFunds brand.
[edit] History and Brand
Columbia was forged from the acquisition of several fund management companies, which were acquired throughout the 20th century. Fleet Investment Advisors, Colonial Management Associates, Stein, Roe, & Farnham, Columbia Management Company, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Crabbe Huson, Newport Pacific Management, Marsico Capital Management, and Banc of America Capital Management are the entities which compose the modern Columbia Management Group. Several fund brands, including Acorn funds, NationsFunds, Nations Marsico funds, and Galaxy funds, survive in Columbia's fund offerings.
The Columbia name was acquired by Fleet Investment Advisors, formerly a subsidiary of FleetBoston Financial, and was carried over when Fleet Investment Advisors merged with Banc of America Capital Management (itself the product of the BankAmerica-NationsBank merger of 1998) in 2004.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Columbia Management Group's website.
- Website of Columbia Funds - includes product information.
