Multi-Manager Small Cap Equity Strategies Fund
Data updated: 2026-07-29
C000216710 — Multi-Manager Small Cap Equity Strategies Fund. United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000216710 Fund Overview
Multi-Manager Small Cap Equity Strategies Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Columbia Funds Series Trust I, categorised as United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Columbia Funds Series Trust I
- Category: United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $1.29B
- 1-year return: 11.9%
- SEC CIK: 0000773757
- SEC series ID: S000036206
- Share class ID: C000216710
C000216710 Investment Objective and Strategy
Multi-Manager Small Cap Equity Strategies Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Columbia Funds Series Trust I.
Investment objective
Multi-Manager Small Cap Equity Strategies Fund (the Fund) seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
The Fund pursues its investment objective by allocating the Funds assets among different asset managers that use multiple investment styles to invest in equity securities. The Funds investment manager, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (Columbia Management or the Investment Manager), and investment subadvisers (Subadvisers) each provide day-to-day portfolio management for a portion of the Funds assets, or sleeve of the Fund. Columbia Management and the Subadvisers employ different investment styles and processes that, in the aggregate, are designed to complement the strategies of one another in pursuit of the Funds investment objective. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (including the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities (including common stocks, preferred stocks and convertible securities) of companies that have market capitalizations in the range of the companies in the Russell 2000 Index at the time of purchase (between $20.8 million and $9.1 billion as of November 30, 2017).
The market capitalization range and composition of the companies in the Index are subject to change. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in foreign investments. The Fund may also invest in real estate investment trusts (REITs) and exchange-traded funds. The Fund may from time to time emphasize one or more sectors in selecting its investments, including the financial and information technology sectors. The Fund may invest in derivatives, such as futures (including equity index futures) to gain market exposure on the Funds uninvested cash pending investment in securities or to maintain liquidity to pay redemptions, to hedge existing positions, to increase market exposure and investment flexibility, including using the derivative as a substitute for the purchase or sale of an underlying security(ies) or basket of securities.
The Fund may also hold/invest in cash, money market instruments (which may include investments in one or more affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds or similar vehicles) or other high-quality, short-term investments, including for the purpose of covering its obligations with respect to, or that may result from, the Funds investments in derivatives. The Funds Subadvisers are BMO Asset Management Corp. (BMO), Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC (Conestoga), Dalton, Greiner, Hartman, Maher & Co., LLC (DGHM) and EAM Investors, LLC (EAM). Columbia Management and the Subadvisers act independently of each other and use their own methodologies for selecting investments. In addition, Real Estate Management Services Group, LLC (REMS) provides advisory services with respect to REITs in DGHMs sleeve.
Columbia Management, subject to the oversight of the Funds Board of Trustees, determines the allocation of the Funds assets to each sleeve (except for REMS, for which DGHM determines the proportion of its sleeve assets to be managed by REMS), and may change these allocations at any time. Each sleeve managers investment strategy may involve the frequent trading of portfolio securities.
C000216710 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Multi-Manager Small Cap Equity Strategies Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Columbia Short Term Cash Fund | 1.21% |
| Casella Waste Systems Inc | 1.03% |
| Bloom Energy Corp | 0.98% |
| SPX Technologies Inc | 0.91% |
| Digi International Inc | 0.87% |
| Novanta Inc | 0.83% |
| RBC Bearings Inc | 0.78% |
| AAON Inc | 0.77% |
| ESCO Technologies Inc | 0.73% |
| LeMaitre Vascular Inc | 0.70% |
C000216710 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Multi-Manager Small Cap Equity Strategies Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.7% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.2% |
C000216710 Performance
Total returns for C000216710 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 11.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | -2.0% |
C000216710 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000216710, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 22.8%
C000216710 Costs and Fees
C000216710 costs about $81 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.81%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.90%
- Portfolio turnover: 109%
- Brokerage commissions: 7.81 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000216710 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, Multi-Manager Small Cap Equity Strategies Fund had net outflows of $1.19B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | −$9.12M |
| 2026-04 | −$8.48M |
| 2026-03 | −$9.27M |
| 2026-02 | −$349.90M |
| 2026-01 | −$9.32M |
| 2025-12 | $114.78M |
C000216710 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Multi-Manager Small Cap Equity Strategies Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000216710 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Multi-Manager Small Cap Equity Strategies Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-12-22
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-12-23
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-12-21
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-07-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-04-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-01-28
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-11-08
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2023-11-13
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.