Skandia launches 20-fund platform

Skandia has launched a Dublin-based platform containing 20 funds with management outsourced to groups such as Invesco Perpetual, JP Morgan Fleming and ABN Amro. The investment objectives of each portfolio are set out by Skandia itself which then selects and monitors a manager for each fund. The fund managers have been selected by Skandia's global investment research committee with members from Skandia companies in the US, UK, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Japan and Australia. The group aims to add a further 10 funds to the range by the end of the year. The funds will be availab...