Scottish Widows launches active pension portfolios

In addition to pension default range

Nicola Brittain
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Scottish Widows has launched a new range of actively-managed portfolios branded the Premier Pension Portfolios.

The range is in addition to its existing pension default range and offers an alternative to its primarily passive approach. The new funds are risk-based, multi-asset and available to group and individual pension customers. They are distributed as stand-alone investments or components of lifestyling options, which will be offered to employees in group pensions as well as individual pension customers. The range combines external fund managers and Scottish Widows' own investment specialists to invest across a range of asset classes and select the component funds. By accessing a wider ...

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