Introduction to investments

With the wide range of invest choices available in the marketplace, you can now decide for yourself how and where your money is invested, as well as who manages it.

All this flexibility means that you can put your own stamp on your portfolio, giving you the best opportunity to build up your investment over the long term.

Your financial adviser will explain all the investment choices available to you, and will help you to make the right choices to suit your financial circumstances and investment objectives.

This page gives you information about the investment options available from Standard Life.

Synergy fund range

To make sure you can achieve the diversification you need within your portfolio, the Synergy funds offer a selection of different investment styles, including:

Actively managed

Funds with an investment strategy that aims for returns above a specified benchmark.

Multi-manager

Funds that give access to selected specialist fund managers with the one fund. The investment strategy aims for increased diversification and consistent out performance.

Index tracking

Funds with the same weighting as a stock exchange index, in order to track its performance.

Selection of world leading fund managers

A wide selection of respected fund managers from around the world are available through our Synergy funds.

A full list of your investment options are available here.

Remember…

The value of your investment can fall as well as rise, regardless of which option you choose. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.

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