Skandia

Skandia's UK Strategic Best Ideas fund has reached an all-time-high net market exposure following the removal of two mandates last month.

Fifth Third Asset Management president and CIO Keith Wirtz believes the US capital markets will enjoy a late rally following the mid-term elections in November.

Newly appointed CEO Nils Bolmstrand tells Caroline Allen how he aims to sharpen and develop the role of Skandia Investment Group

Hell's kitchen: it's time to wield the knife

Skandia Investment Group (SIG) has started the year overweight equities in expectation of a continuing market rally in 2010.

Skandia Investment Group (SIG) has awarded a £170m UK equity mandate to Investec Asset Management's Alastair Mundy.

Skandia Investment Group has awarded a further £150m mandate to Schroders' Richard Buxton.

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.

The FSA recently passed comment on the perceived strengths of ETFs, but it is important to ascertain when ETFs are a suitable investment and when they are not.