Hitting the ground running

Skandia has never been a life company to follow the herd. It was 15 years ahead of the game in the fund links market. In April 2003, just as most life offices were trying to distance themselves from fund management, Skandia Investment Management Ltd (SIML) was born. Since then, SIML has developed a full outsourcing proposition, built £3bn of assets under management and developed distribution agreements with a number of intermediary groups. What's next for the industry's most precocious new group? Chief executive, Jamie MacLeod, joined Skandia in 2002, fresh from building two investment bu...