Royal London Group’s Scottish Life has added ten new funds in its investment fund range. These ten new funds include eight external funds, all rated by Old Broad Street Research (OBSR), and two brand new funds from in-house manager, Royal London Asset Management. The funds have been specially chosen to complement the existing options available to customers, and range from a specialist ‘cash plus’ fund to a global listed infrastructure fund.
Scottish Life now offers 141 carefully selected funds across 47 different sectors, making it easier for advisers to build high quality portfolios for their clients. Scottish Life’s approach reduces the time advisers have to spend on fund selection, while still giving a wide choice so that advisers can add value for their clients. To make the review process easier, Scottish Life monitors the funds on an ongoing basis to make sure their quality is maintained.
Lorna Blyth, Investment Marketing Manager at Scottish Life, said:
“Through a mixture of adviser feedback and market analysis, we have identified top quality funds for which there is a significant level of demand. We focus on selecting those funds that have a strong track record of meeting objectives and delivering competitive returns to provide real value for advisers and their clients.
“At Scottish Life, we understand the most important thing for advisers is getting the asset allocation of a client’s portfolio spot on. But selecting appropriate funds is still a key part of the investment process, which is why we regularly review our fund range to ensure we offer something to suit different risk appetites in all market conditions.
“It’s not about offering the biggest fund range. It’s about building the best, and keeping it the best.”
The new funds are:
– SL Cash Plus
– SL International Government Bond
– SL/First State Global Listed Infrastructure
– SL/Fidelity South East Asia
– SL/Neptune US Opportunities
– SL/Cazenove European
– SL/Jupiter European Special Situations
– SL/Invesco Perpetual High Income
– SL/Investec UK Special Situations
– SL/M&G Global Leaders
Source : Scottish Life
