Quatitative and Qualitative

Computer scoring system or company meetings, which approach do you prefer in your chosen fund managers? To help we asked two former New Star colleagues, Tim Steer of Artemis and Richard Pease of Henderson, to give us the lowdown on their investment approaches and the benefits of their funds.

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Appetite for risk - launch of app

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The platform that works - the way you do

We've made some big changes to the Skandia Investment Solutions platform to

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More flexibility – more opportunity

To offer your clients extra control of their pension, we have made some key

More flexibility – more opportunity

Reporting clients' gains and losses.

To support you in preparing your clients' tax returns, we have launched a

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Skandia Shield Fund now available on and off the platform.

And in video – Graham Bentley, Head of Proposition at Skandia, explains how the Skandia Shield Fund works in our latest flipchart video. The Fund, which is designed so that its price will never fall lower than 80% of the highest level it has ever achieved, is available across Skandia's entire product range, via Skandia Life Assurance Company and through an ISA on Skandia Investment Solutions.

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To RDR and beyond

Nick Dixon introduces how our RDR ready platform will support compliant and flexible adviser charging.

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Budget 2012 on Knowledge Direct

Read our summary of the Budget 2012, which in the main set out plans that are to be effective from April 2013, including an increase in personal allowance to an eventual £9,205, a reduction in the additional rate of tax from 50% to 45% and the abolition/freezing of the age allowance. More immediate changes included the acceleration of the reduction of Corporation Tax and changes to the Qualitfying policy rules. Those approaching retirement will be interested in Government consultations coming an automatic increase to the State Pension Age and a single State Pension.

Our Mann on...winning

Skandia UK Chief Executive Peter Mann provides his thoughts on what it takes to be a winner and how he intends to keep Skandia at the top of the platform league.

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Self Assessment and the effect of pension contributions and an update on the proposed changes to the QROPS regime.

Routes to Retirement

This guide uses a series of case studies to help your clients get the most out of new pension planning opportunities.

Graham Bentley takes a further dive into the investment value chain and looks at the effects of the RDR on platform propositions. He discusses the development of platforms over the last ten years and the implications of the general industry move from bundled to unbundled models on the outcomes for the client, in Out with the old...

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Quatitative and Qualitative

Appetite for risk - launch of app

The platform that works - the way you do

More flexibility – more opportunity

Reporting clients' gains and losses.

Skandia Shield Fund now available on and off the platform.

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Supporting you:

To RDR and beyond

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Budget 2012 on Knowledge Direct

Our Mann on...winning

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Routes to Retirement