Hartford Funds
Hartford Funds is the investment management division of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: HIG) — one of the nation's largest insurance and financial services companies — providing a comprehensive range of mutual funds, ETFs, and other investment solutions to individual investors and their financial advisors. Hartford Funds manages a large family of actively and passively managed investment funds across equity, fixed income, multi-asset, and alternative investment categories, distributed through a broad network of financial advisors, broker-dealers, and retirement plan platforms. According to its website at hartfordfunds.com, the company's investment platform benefits from its strategic partnership with Schroders — one of Europe's largest asset management companies — which provides investment management services for a significant portion of Hartford Funds' actively managed strategies.
Hartford Funds' partnership with Schroders, described at hartfordfunds.com, leverages Schroders' extensive global investment research capabilities, sector expertise, and active management tradition to enhance the quality and consistency of Hartford Funds' actively managed investment strategies. Schroders manages a range of equity and multi-asset strategies for Hartford Funds, applying its fundamental research capabilities and global analytical resources to Hartford Funds' investment products, while Hartford Funds provides the U.S. distribution infrastructure, compliance framework, and investor service capabilities required to make these strategies accessible to American retail and institutional investors. The partnership combines Schroders' European investment management heritage — the firm was founded in 1804 and has over $900 billion in global assets — with Hartford's established U.S. financial services brand and distribution capabilities.
Hartford Funds' broader investment platform includes a range of index-based and factor-driven ETFs and mutual funds that complement its actively managed Schroders-managed strategies, providing financial advisors with a comprehensive menu of investment solutions across the active-passive spectrum. According to hartfordfunds.com, the company's fund lineup includes equity funds covering U.S. and international markets across growth and value styles, fixed income funds spanning investment-grade and high yield credit, multi-asset allocation solutions, and alternative strategies including managed futures and liquid alternatives. Hartford Funds' combination of The Hartford's insurance company brand credibility, Schroders' active management expertise, comprehensive fund lineup spanning active and passive strategies, and broad financial advisor distribution establishes it as a significant participant in the U.S. retail investment management market.