F&C Lifestyle added to Skandia Life Assurance platform

F&C's innovative Lifestyle multi-manager fund range is now available through Skandia Life Assurance company products.

The unfettered fund of funds - Lifestyle Defensive, Lifestyle Cautious, Lifestyle Balanced and Lifestyle Growth - determine their asset allocation based on Distribution Technology's third-party risk profiling tool, Dynamic Planner. Each portfolio is linked to client risk profiles 4 through 7 with the appropriate balance of underlying investments being selected by the team at Thames River Multi-Capital which is F&C's multi-manager platform.

The Lifestyle Funds address both Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) and Retail Distribution Review (RDR) requirements by providing an end-to-end process which explicitly addresses the needs of the customer from the outset. The F&C Lifestyle range has already been embraced by a number of strategic partners, varying from large national firms such as Lighthouse to large regional firms like Kellands.

Philip Martin, Head of Proposition at F&C / Thames River, commented: "This is the final piece of the access jigsaw, as the Lifestyle portfolios are now available through every major UK platform. This is crucial for a number of our key strategic partners, who can access their preferred investment solution through their preferred route."