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Fund governance

Changes to fund managers, investment styles or benchmarks may mean that funds established years ago are no longer the best option for investors. There’s also increasing pressure from regulatory authorities for providers to have robust fund governance processes in place. The funds in our ranges are actively monitored and governed.

Changes to our SWIP - managed investment offering

As part of our ongoing fund governance process, we’re making changes to our investment strategy for multi-asset and a number of the single asset class equity funds that are managed by SWIP.

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How does the governance process work?

Our Investment Team continually monitors all the funds in our ranges, which involves different levels of analysis depending on how a fund is performing against its mandate or objectives. If questions about performance against the fund’s mandate or objectives arise during the fund monitoring process, they’ll move to the governance stages, which is when the Investment Strategy Committee will get involved.

For the Scottish Widows funds, the outcome could be to remove a fund from our range. For the SWIS funds, the Investment Strategy Committee has the power to select an alternative fund manager if they consider that the incumbent manager is unable to achieve the fund’s objectives.

How can I see that the governance process is working?

We provide regular updates on the funds in our ranges to show how they’re performing and to illustrate the monitoring and governance processes in action.

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How do you communicate changes to the fund ranges?

If we decide to remove a fund from our ranges, we’ll write to everyone invested in the fund, as well as their advisers, making sure they’re aware of the options open to them.

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Scottish Widows plc, registered in Scotland number 199549. Registered office in the United Kingdom at 69 Morrison Street, Edinburgh EH3 8YF. Telephone: 0131 655 6000. Scottish Widows plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Our FSA register number is 191517.

Scottish Widows Unit Trust Managers Limited, registered in England and Wales number 1629925. Registered office in the United Kingdom at Charlton Place, Andover, Hampshire SP10 1RE. Telephone: 0845 300 2244. Scottish Widows Unit Trust Managers Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Our FSA register number is 122129.

Clerical Medical Investment Group Limited, registered in England and Wales number 3196171. Registered office in the United Kingdom at 33 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1HZ. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Our FSA register number is 181655.

CMI Insurance Company Limited. Scottish Widows is a trading name of CMI Insurance Company Limited. CMI Insurance Company Limited, registered in Isle of Man number 33520. Registered office in the Isle of Man at Clerical Medical House, Victoria Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM99 1LT.

HBOS Investment Fund Managers Limited, registered in England number 941082. Registered office in the United Kingdom at Trinity Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 2RG. HBOS Investment Fund Managers Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

St Andrews Life Assurance plc, registered in England and Wales number 3104670. Registered office in the United Kingdom at 33 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1HZ. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Our FSA register number is 189101.

Scottish Widows Bank plc, registered in Scotland no. 154554. Registered office in the United Kingdom at PO Box 12757, 67 Morrison Street, Edinburgh EH3 8YJ. Scottish Widows Bank plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Our FSA register number is 201601. The main business of Scottish Widows Bank is arranging, entering into and administering mortgages and accepting deposits.

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