Skandia

Skandia has launched a service for advisers writing high value protection cases.

Skandia has launched a guide to help advisers simplify due diligence when choosing a platform provider.

Peter Jordan, head of proposition marketing at Skandia, takes a closer look at how advisers are using platform-based tools.

Leading structured product providers and distributors have created the UK Structured Products Association in a bid to give a unified voice to an industry that has come under fire in recent years.

Skandia has appointed Cohen & Steers to manage its $300m Reits Global Property Securities fund in place of La Salle Investment Management, which had run the fund since its launch in 2005.

Overseas equities offer the best investment returns over the short term, say an overwhelming majority of advisers questioned in a survey.

Skandia is closing nine of its regional offices as the company looks to centralise operations and set up a new adviser centre.

Skandia has appointed Andy Davies as director of adviser sales and Steve Powell as director of corporate partners.

Jeremy Mugridge, platform marketing manager for Skandia, looks at where adviser demand for platforms will be focused in the coming months.

Skandia Property fund sub adviser Nigel Pickup (ING Real Estate) is set to purchase six retail units in Ipswich for £12.35 million.