Help – Fund Info

The Fund Info page provides fund prices, fund performance and fund factsheets for Skandia’s internal fund range.

This ‘Help’ page is a guide to using the Fund Info page. Click on one of the topics below for more information:

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Using the Fund Info filters

The filters on this page help you get the information you want as quickly and easily as possible.

You can narrow your search down by using a combination of filters. Remember the more filters you apply, the shorter your fund results list will be. If you apply too many filters, your search may not find any funds at all!

When you have selected the filters you want to apply, click on ‘get fund prices’ or ‘get performance & factsheets’ depending on the information you require.

Company / Product filter

Company/Product Filter

You must select an option from this filter. If you select Skandia Life, you must also select an option from the Fund type filter.

Fund manager filter (optional)

Fund Manager Filter

To find all fund(s) offered by a particular fund manager, simply select the fund manager you require from this filter.

You may want to refine your search further by also applying the ‘sector’ filter. For example, you may want to find all Framlington funds which are also in the UK Funds sector.

Sector filter (optional)

Sector Filter

To find all funds in a particular sector, simply select the sector you require from this filter.

You may want to refine your search further by also applying the ‘fund manager’ filter. For example, you may want to find all UK Funds which are also managed by Framlington fund manager.

Fund ID filter (optional)

Fund ID Filter

To find a specific fund, you can enter its Skandia fund identification number if you know it. This is normally a 5 digit number – i.e. 95035.

Currency filter (optional)

Currency Filter

Although the currency filter appears on this page, the only currency applicable to Skandia’s fund range is UK sterling, so there is no need to alter this filter setting.

Fund name filter (optional)

Fund Name Filter

If you know the exact name of a fund you’re looking for, you can enter it in this filter.

Skandia Fund Category filter (optional)

Skandia Fund Category Filter

Each fund in Skandia’s fund range belongs to one of the following Skandia fund categories:

To find funds in a particular fund category, simply select the fund category from this filter.

For more information about the Skandia fund categories, click here.

Funds per page filter (optional)

Funds Per Page Filter

This filter allows you to choose how many funds are displayed on-screen at one time – i.e. 20 funds per page, 50 funds per page, 100 funds per page, 200 funds per page, or all funds. If your computer has a slow connection speed, you may want to choose 20 or 50 funds per page, to reduce the time spent waiting for the fund results to display.

Remember also that the more filters you apply, the shorter your fund results list will be.

Display filter (optional)

Display Filter

The ‘display’ filter lets you personalise the way funds are shown on-screen.

When you view fund information you can tick the ‘My fund’ box against any funds that you want to pay particular attention to.

Fund Price Table

By choosing ‘my funds first’ in the ‘display’ filter the ticked funds will appear at the top of the results list each time you visit the Fund Info page. To change or cancel your selection, simply un-tick the funds that are no longer required.

By choosing ‘my funds only’ in the ‘display’ filter only the ticked funds will appear in the results list each time you visit the Fund Info page. To change or cancel your selection, simply un-tick the funds that are no longer required.

If you have not ticked any funds as ‘my funds’ you should select ‘all filtered funds’ from the ‘display’ filter.

The way we recognise what you have selected from the ‘display’ filter is by reading the ‘cookies’ on your computer. If you alter or remove any of your PC’s cookies, your ‘display’ filter settings may be lost. For more information about cookies please visit www.aboutcookies.org

Cumulative time period filter (optional)

Cumulative Time Period

This filter only applies if you want to view fund performance information. Use this filter to choose the time period over which you want to view how your selected funds have performed. 5-year performance figures will always be displayed where this performance history is available.

Please note: Due to the regulation of how fund performance data is shown, if a fund has less than 12 full months of performance history, no fund performance data will be shown at all for that fund.

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Viewing Fund Prices

We endeavour to update fund prices by 12 noon each working day.

The fund prices table shows the following information:

Fund Prices Table

Depending on the size of your screen, you may have to use the horizontal scroll bar to see the whole width of the fund prices table.

My funds - tick the ‘My fund’ box against any funds that you want to pay particular attention to. You can then use the ‘display’ filter to personalise the way funds are shown in your fund prices list.

Highlight fund – to make it easier to view information in a particular row of the table simply click on the arrow icon (Arrow). This will highlight all the price information for a particular fund. You can click on more than one arrow icon if you want to highlight more than one fund at the same time. To de-highlight a fund, simply click on the arrow icon again.

Fund name – full name of the fund

Fund factsheet – HTML – click on this icon to open a web page containing fund facts, performance and other information - useful if you are thinking of changing your fund choice and want some background information before you speak to your financial adviser.

Fund Factsheet – PDF – click on this icon to open a PDF file containing fund facts, performance and other information - useful if you are thinking of changing your fund choice and want some background information before you speak to your financial adviser. If you want to print out the fund factsheet, please use the PDF version rather than the HTML version.

Skandia Fund category - each fund in Skandia’s fund range belongs to one of the following Skandia fund categories: Skandia Investment Management or Self Select. Each category is colour coded as follows:

Skandia Investment Management

Self Select

For more information about the Skandia fund categories, click here.

Fund ID – the Skandia identification number applicable to each fund. This consists of a 5-digit fund number. When the fund prices results are downloaded these 5-digit numbers are suffixed by a code to distinguish the fund’s company/product type. These codes are shown in the table below, followed by a couple of examples.

Company/product type Suffix to 5-digit fund number
Skandia MultISA funds MU1
Skandia MultiFund funds FU1
Skandia Life - Life funds SL1
Skandia Life - Pension Initial price funds SI1
Skandia Life – Pension Single price funds SI2
Skandia Professional – Pension funds PI1

Examples:

Fund Type – for example: Life, Pension

Currency – This will always display as Sterling.

Bid price – price used when cancelling units to pay for benefits and any Policy Administration Charges.

Offer price – price used to allocate units when you pay a premium.

Unit price – this only applies to single price pension products. A single price pension plan is one where the plan number is prefixed by any of the following characters: PP6, EP6, TI6, DA6, BB6.

Where a long list of funds is displayed and you have chosen to view the fund results list in pages, you can page through the list by clicking on ‘next’ at the bottom of the table.

Fund Paging

Alternatively, you can view all the funds on a single page if you have not already chosen this from the ‘funds per page’ filter. Simply click ‘view on single page’ at the bottom of the table. The page will refresh to show all funds listed on one page with a scroll bar allowing you to move through the whole list.

View On Single Page

You can download the fund prices list for use in a customised excel file or back office application by clicking on ‘download this fund list’ and following the on-screen instructions.

Download fund list

More information on downloading is available: Downloading Fund Prices and Fund Performance

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Viewing Fund Performance and Factsheets

The fund performance and factsheet table shows the following information:

Fund Performance Table

You will have to use the horizontal scroll bar to see the whole width of the fund performance and factsheets table.

My funds - tick the ‘My fund’ box against any funds that you want to pay particular attention to. You can then use the ‘display’ filter to personalise the way funds are shown in your fund prices list.

Highlight fund – to make it easier to view information in a particular row of the table simply click on the arrow icon (Arrow). This will highlight all the performance and factsheet information for a particular fund. You can click on more than one arrow icon if you want to highlight more than one fund at the same time. To de-highlight a fund, simply click on the arrow icon again.

Fund name – full name of the fund

Fund factsheet – HTML – click on this icon to open a web page containing fund facts, performance and other information - useful if you are thinking of changing your fund choice and want some background information before you speak to your financial adviser.

Fund Factsheet – PDF – click on this icon to open a PDF file containing fund facts, performance and other information - useful if you are thinking of changing your fund choice and want some background information before you speak to your financial adviser. If you want to print out the fund factsheet, please use the PDF version rather than the HTML version.

Skandia Fund category - each fund in Skandia’s fund range belongs to one of the following Skandia fund categories: Skandia Investment Management or Self Select. Each category is colour coded as follows:

Skandia Investment Management

Self Select

For more information about the Skandia fund categories, click here.

Fund ID – the Skandia identification number applicable to each fund. This consists of a 5-digit fund number. When the fund performance results are downloaded these 5-digit numbers are suffixed by a code to distinguish the fund’s company/product type. These codes are shown in the table below, followed by a couple of examples.

Company/product type Suffix to 5-digit fund number
Skandia MultISA funds MU1
Skandia MultiFund funds FU1
Skandia Life - Life funds SL1
Skandia Life - Pension Initial price funds SI1
Skandia Life – Pension Single price funds SI2
Skandia Professional – Pension funds PI1

Examples:

Fund Type – for example: Life, Pension.

Currency – this will always display as Sterling.

% growth over 1 year ending… - there are five columns showing discrete annual percentage growth figures for each fund. Discrete performance is the % growth of an investment during a defined 12 month period. If a fund has less than 12 full months’ performance data to the month ended shown in the table, no performance data will show for that fund. This is due to the regulation on display of past performance history.

Cumulative performance % and quartile rank… - the final columns displayed in the fund performance and factsheet table will show cumulative percentage growth and quartile rankings for each fund over the performance time periods you selected. 5-year performance figures will always be displayed where this performance history is available. If a fund has less than 12 full months’ performance data, no performance data will show for that fund. This is due to the regulation on display of past performance history.

Where a long list of funds is displayed and you have chosen to view the fund results list in pages, you can page through the list by clicking on ‘next’ at the bottom of the table.

Fund Paging

Alternatively, you can view all the funds on a single page if you have not already chosen this from the ‘funds per page’ filter. Simply click ‘view on single page’ at the bottom of the table. The page will refresh to show all funds listed on one page with a scroll bar allowing you to move through the whole list.

View On Single Page

You can download the fund performance list for use in a customised excel file or back office application by clicking on ‘download this fund list’ and following the on-screen instructions.

Download Fund List

More information on downloading is available: Downloading Fund Prices and Fund Performance

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Downloading Fund Prices and Fund Performance

You can download the fund prices or fund performance list for use in a customised excel file or back office application by clicking on ‘download this fund list’ and following the on-screen instructions.

Download Fund List

Follow the steps below to download fund prices:

Step 1 – Click ‘Download this fund list’

Step 2 – You will be asked whether you would like to open the file or save it to your computer. Press ‘Save’.

File Download

Step 3 – The ‘Save as’ window will open automatically. Rename the file so it is more recognisable to you - it may be useful to include the date in the file name, and select a folder on your computer to save it in. Click ‘Save’.

Step 4 – Once the file is fully downloaded and you should see the ‘Download complete’ window.

Download Complete

Step 5 – To open the file straight away, click ‘Open’ in the ‘Download complete’ window. Alternatively, click ‘close’ and then find the file in the folder where you saved it in step 3.

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Skandia Fund Categories

Skandia Investment Management

If you are looking for a managed solution allowing you to delegate to investment experts with the skills, resource and process to 'manage the managers' then Skandia Investment Management is the answer. Skandia Investment Management gives you managed portfolios of world class fund managers, carefully constructed to maximise returns and minimise risk.

Having identified the best managers we blend managers’ skills to create managed solutions offering the best mix of investment style and process in each sector. If a manager’s performance falls off, or their discipline wanes they are replaced. You know your portfolios remain in the hands of today's stars - not yesterday's.

Self Select

Skandia’s Self Select range gives a comprehensive choice of investment funds to build a portfolio that matches your needs. It gives you complete control over your investment strategy. It allows you to make your own decisions about which regions to invest in and the people who will manage your portfolio. Funds are available from a wide range of professional asset management companies - famous names like Fidelity, INVESCO PERPETUAL, Gartmore and Schroders to name but four.

You build your own 'fund of funds' for your product, creating a completely tailored, personal solution. Skandia provide the administration, efficient products through which to channel investments, and the buying strength with fund managers to negotiate a highly cost effective solution. Self Select is available for all Skandia’s investment products except the Actively Managed Fund range.

Self Select is available for all Skandia’s investment products except the Actively Managed Fund range.

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Frequently Asked Questions

‘My preferred funds’ are missing?

The way we recognise what you have selected from the ‘display’ filter is by reading the ‘cookies’ on your computer. If you alter or remove any of your PC’s cookies, your ‘display’ filter settings may be lost. For more information about cookies please visit www.aboutcookies.org.

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Getting Help

We have made every effort to ensure that the language used on the Fund Info page is written in plain English and jargon free.

To help you further, there is an investment glossary at the top of the page to explain some of those investment terms you may not be so familiar with. We hope you find this useful.

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If you do have any enquiries about how to use this page, or about the information shown on it, please contact the E-Commerce Helpdesk. The Helpdesk is open Monday - Thursday between 08:30 and 17:30 and Friday between 09:30 and 17:30.

Alternatively, you can e-mail ecommerce.helpdesk@skandia.co.uk.

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