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After careful analysis and review, the Board of Directors at Franklin Templeton has decided to exit the Listed Infrastructure strategy due to the departure of the dedicated portfolio management team of the fund. The fund has immediately closed to subscriptions and will formally close by way of liquidation on 17 January 2020. Guided-architecture plan owners have been switched out of the fund ahead of the liquidation date.
Selecting the right funds for your plan is just as important to us as it is to you. After all, we want you to achieve your investment goals. That’s why we’ve just completed a fund review of some of the investment sectors in our defined fund ranges and the results are in.
Franklin Templeton has announced its intention to merge its Templeton Thailand fund into the Templeton Asian Growth Fund with effect from 13 December 2019.
With effect from 1 October 2019 all Neptune Investment Management funds will undergo a name change following its acquisition by Liontrust Investment Management Limited.
Fidelity has made a number of changes to its Fidelity Investment Fund ranges to make it easier for investors to understand how the funds are managed. The N share classes have also been renamed to W. The changes took effect 30 August 2019.
Amundi Funds has announced its intention to liquidate its Islamic BRIC Quant, Islamic Global Resources and Islamic Asia Pacific Quant funds due to their relatively small assets under management. An EGM of shareholders will take place on 4 September 2019, upon which the resolution to dissolve the funds will be decided. We have taken pre-emptive action ahead of the EGM for plan owners affected by this corporate action.
On 8 August 2019 Aberdeen Standard Investments (“Aberdeen”) is proposing to change the name and investment policy of its Aberdeen Islamic SICAV Islamic Global Equity Fund.
Janus Henderson has announced a change to the investment policy of its Janus Henderson Multi-Manager Managed Fund which will take effect from 7 August 2019.
Effective from 31 August 2019, Columbia Threadneedle will be making changes to the objective and policy of the Threadneedle UK Corporate Bond Fund. At the same time it will also change the fund’s name to Threadneedle Sterling Corporate Bond Fund. It believes these changes provide a better description of how the fund is managed.
Kames Capital will be making prospectus changes for their funds, some of which will be effective 7 August 2019 and some 7 September 2019. There will also be some investment policy changes which affect some of our guided-architecture products.
Effective 7 August 2019, Aberdeen Standard Investments will be making changes to the objectives of some of its funds to provide clarity on how they are managed. At the same time it will be changing the names of the majority of its UK funds generally to include the ASI prefix at the beginning of each UK fund name in place of "Aberdeen" or "Standard Life Investments".
With effect from 10 June 2019 the Newton Oriental Fund and the Newton UK Income Fund will undergo a name change following internal rebranding at BNY Mellon after their historic acquisition of Newton in 1998.
Amundi has announced its intention to merge its Amundi Funds Equity Greater China fund into the Amundi Funds China Equity Fund with effect from 21 June 2019.
Amundi has announced its intention to merge its Amundi Funds Equity India Infrastructure fund into the Amundi Funds SBI FM Equity India fund with effect from 31 May 2019.
Amundi has announced its intention to merge its Amundi Funds Equity Thailand fund into the Amundi Funds Equity Asia Concentrated fund with effect from 31 May 2019.
With effect from 29 March 2019, Janus Henderson Investors will be clarifying the investment policy for four Janus Henderson Horizon European Equity Funds that reference the European Economic Area ("EEA") in their policy.
Amundi Funds has advised it will liquidate its Equity Korea fund on 4 March 2019. We will be taking action for our guided-architecture policyholders ahead of the liquidation date. Click here for more details.
Deutsche Noor Islamic Funds Plc has advised that it is changing its company name to DWS Noor Islamic Funds Plc, with accompanying sub-fund name changes, effective 8 February 2019.
Effective 21 January 2019, the directors of Aberdeen Liquidity Fund (Lux) are changing the company name to Aberdeen Standard Liquidity Fund (Lux) with all sub-funds changing name accordingly.
Fidelity has advised of their intention to merge the assets of the Fidelity Multi Asset Defensive, Strategic and Growth funds and the Fidelity Wealthbuilder fund into equivalent funds in the Fidelity Multi Asset Open fund range, effective in three tranches in February and March 2019.
Click on the sliders below to see updates to our defined fund ranges in the previous years.
Columbia Threadneedle are mid-way through a process to transfer the assets of investors in certain funds within its UK fund range to equivalent funds in its established Luxembourg range. The USD share class of the Threadneedle Global Select Fund will transfer to the equivalent share class in a new Luxembourg domiciled fund on 27 January 2019. For our guided-architecture products we have now closed this fund to new business and switches in. The receiving fund will only be available from 28 January 2019.
Effective 6 December 2018, Invesco have advised that they are changing the name of the fund to Invesco Euro Ultra-Short Debt Fund and changing the investment objective accordingly.
Effective 6 December 2018, Invesco has advised that they are changing the name of their Global Leisure Fund to the Invesco Global Consumer Trends Fund.
Columbia Threadneedle are mid-way through a process to transfer the assets of investors in certain funds within their UK fund range to equivalent funds in its established Luxembourg range. The CHF and EUR share classes of the Threadneedle European Smaller Companies Fund will transfer to the equivalent share classes in a new Luxembourg domiciled fund on 24 November 2018. For our guided-architecture products we have now closed this fund to new business and switches in. The receiving fund will only be available from 26 November 2018.
Between September and December 2018 Columbia Threadneedle will be transferring EU customer assets from its UK fund range to its Luxembourg fund range. This is to ensure that its EU-based investors remain invested in funds that have a UCITS status, because Columbia Threadneedle believe it is likely that when the UK leaves the European Union UK domiciled funds will lose this status.
Columbia Threadneedle are mid-way through a process to transfer the assets of investors in certain funds within their UK fund range to equivalent funds in its established Luxembourg range. The EUR and USD share classes of the Threadneedle Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund will transfer to the equivalent share classes in a new Luxembourg domiciled fund on 24 November 2018. For our guided-architecture products we have now closed this fund to new business and switches in. The receiving fund will only be available from 26 November 2018.
With effect from 1 October 2018 all Old Mutual Global Investor (“OMGI”) funds will undergo a name change following a private equity firm backed management buyout in June 2018. OMGI funds will be known as Merian Global Investors funds going forward.
Invesco Perpetual will move to a unified brand across the globe - Invesco - with effect 1 October 2018. This will affect its UK ICVC range, which will see the removal of 'Perpetual' from fund names and branding. ISINs and Sedols will remain unchanged. This impacts our guided-architecture products Oracle, Paragon, Quantum, Quantum Malaysia, LifePlan, Protected Lifestyle, Preference and Kudos.
Columbia Threadneedle will merge its UK-based Pan European Fund into its Luxembourg Pan European Equities Fund on 6 October 2018. This is part of a process to transfer all EU customer assets in its UK-based funds over to its Luxembourg equivalent funds. The merger affects guided-architecture products Oracle, Paragon, Quantum and Quantum Malayasia.
In order to streamline its UCITS range of funds, during September and October 2018 Invesco will merge a number of Irish domicile funds into its Luxembourg range, then close down the Irish funds. The mergers affect our guided architecture products Oracle, Paragon, Quantum, Quantum Malaysia, LifePlan, Protected Lifestyle, Preference and Kudos.
Janus Henderson will merge its World Select Fund into its Global Equity Fund on 20 September 2018. The merger affects our guided-architecture product Preference.
On 21 September 2018, the Tranche Maturity Cash Fund will be closed and all holdings transferred to a similar RL360 cash deposit fund. The closure affects a number of limited issue products originally sold under our Scottish Life International brand.
The remaining GBP and USD Capital Protected Funds will close on 21 September 2018. Policyholders have been written to notifying them of the closures. A follow up letter will be sent in August with further details of the funds they will be switched into upon closure. The closures affect a number of products originally sold under our Scottish Life International brand.
The Safe Combination Series 1 – 7 Funds will close on 21 September 2018. The funds were available to the ‘Income & Growth Bonus Bond’ and ‘Select Income & Growth Bonus Bond’ products originally sold under our Scottish Life International brand. Policyholders will be transferred to a GBP cash deposit fund.
With immediate effect, the investment polices of sub-funds of the Schroder International Selection Fund will be amended to reflect their approach to material environmental, social and governance factors.
Effective 20 June 2018, Fidelity Investments International have advised that they are changing the investment policies for the Multi Asset fund range in order to benefit from underlying investments in a wider range of asset classes and investment styles. These changes will result in an increase to ongoing charges.
With effect from 29 June 2018, Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC have decided to cease the marketing of a number of UK domiciled funds to the public in Hong Kong and apply to the SFC for withdrawal of authorisation of the funds.
With effect from 30 April 2018, Baring are making a number of changes to the Baring Global Emerging Markets Fund, including a name change, a restructure of fees and changes to the Hong Kong offering documents.
RL360 has received notice from EEA Fund Management Limited, concerning pending redemptions for Q1 2018 dealing date 3 Apr 2018. These redemptions are postponed until the next dealing date, 2 Jul 2018.
Due to the impending departure of the manager of the M&G Global Leaders Fund, the fund will merge into their M&G Global Themes Fund on 25 May 2018. Click here to see how the merger impacts policyholders and the action RL360 will be taking.
Effective 28 May 2018, HSBC Global Asset Management are to change the investment policy and objective of the fund in order to enhance and clarify the wording and align with standard disclosures for HSBC GIF sub-funds.
The Fund has announced its intention to process a compulsory redemption in order to pay out a distribution to those persons registered as holders as at the 12th February 2018.
Schroders will be changing the strategy of the fund from absolute return to total return meaning a change to the funds' name and investment objective and policy. Changes are effective from 1 March 2018.
With effect 31 January 2018, the fund will change name to Franklin Mutual U.S. Value and the investment policy will be reclarified to better reflect its actual investment policy. The changes affect our guided-architecture product Preference.
Barings closed the fund by way of liquidation and compulsory redemption on 28 November 2017. The closure follows a review which identified the Trust's inability to operate in a cost-effective manner due to its small fund size. The closure affects our guided-architecture product Preference.
Effective 18 December 2017, the fund will be changing name to reflect the change of name for the Authorised Corporate Director. The Depositary for the fund is also changing. The changes affect our guided-architecture products Quantum, Quantum Malaysia, Oracle and Paragon. Investors do not need to take any action.
Effective 8 March 2018, Invesco are amending Appendix A of the fund Prospectus, with the investment policy and objective to change to allow greater flexibility in the implementation of the investment strategies. The changes affect our guided-architecture products Quantum, Quantum Malaysia, Oracle and Paragon and our open-architecture product PIMS. Investors do not need to take any action.
Click on the sliders below to see updates to our defined fund ranges in the previous years.
We have been advised of the intention of Ashburton Global Investment Funds Limited to merge Ashburton Fund Managers Limited and Ashburton (Jersey) Limited in March 2018 for cost saving and administrative purposes. The changes affect our guided-architecture product Lifeplan.
Effective 31 December 2017, VAM Driehaus have made changes to Appendix II of the fund prospectus. The changes affect our guided-architecture products Quantum, Quantum Malaysia, Oracle and Paragon.
Effective 20 December 2017, the fund will change its investment policy and will modify the measurement period for performance fee calculations. The changes affect our guided-architecture products Quantum, Quantum Malaysia, Oracle and Paragon. Investors do not need to take any action.
Standard Life Aberdeen plc have proposed a number of changes to their Global, Islamic SICAV and Liquidity (Lux) funds, including changes to share class naming and various other changes.
As a result of the recent merger of fund management companies Henderson and Janus, with effect from 15 December 2017 fund names will be updated with the new pre-fix “Janus Henderson”. This will encompass funds under the following umbrella structures; Henderson OEIC, Henderson Horizon Fund, Henderson Gartmore Fund and Janus Capital Funds.
Effective 16 November 2017, the fund will change name to Parvest Energy Innovators and its objective will be updated accordingly. The changes affect our guided-architecture products Quantum, Quantum Malaysia, Oracle and Paragon. Investors do not need to take any action.
Due to its small fund size, Franklin Templeton have announced the closure of the Templeton Shariah Asian Growth Fund on 12 December 2017. Affected policyholders have been written to regarding the action we will be taking ahead of the closure date.
Effective 23 October 2017, Schroder will update the wording of the investment objective and policy to make the language consistent with other funds in the Schroders’ UK fund range. There will be no change in how the fund is managed and the change does not impact existing holdings.
On 13 July 2017 the investment objective and policy will be amended to allow for investment in both emerging and developed market countries. In line with this, the fund name will change to AXA Rosenberg All Country Asia Pacific Ex-Japan Small Cap Alpha. The changes affect our guided-architecture products Quantum, Quantum Malaysia, Oracle and Paragon.
With effect from 23 February 2017 Baring High Yield Bond Fund changed its name and took on new sub-investment managers of the fund. The changes have not resulted in any shift in the overall risk profile or the investment objective and policy and have not resulted in any change to the current fee structure.
On 7 April 2017 Investec Asset Management will make changes to the investment objective and policy of their UK Alpha Fund. The risk profile of the Fund will not change as a result of these proposals.
Allianz has notified us that they will be making changes to the Investment Objective and Investment Principles of their GEM Equity High Dividend Fund and these will come in effect on 15 March 2017.
Due to lack of demand from investors, the Directors of Janus Henderson Horizon Fund have decided to withdraw the Janus Henderson Horizon Euro Corporate Bond Fund from the authorisation of the Securities and Futures Commission (the “SFC”) in Hong Kong. This will take effect from 31 December 2022. This impacts Hong Kong Preference policyholders only. RL360 will be terminating the fund within our Hong Kong Preference fund range on 16 December 2022.
On 2 December 2022, Barings will transfer its Barings Developed and Emerging Markets High Yield Bond Fund from its Barings Global Umbrella Fund range into the same fund in its Umbrella Fund plc range by way of a merger. This is to simplify the Barings fund range offering and improve the client experience. The merger will be conducted on a 1:1 merger ratio.
We continually monitor the funds available to our defined fund range to ensure plan owners continue to have access to a high quality and diverse range of funds , to help them meet their investment goals. As a result, we will be removing Templeton Global Bond Fund from the range.
BNY Mellon will be applying investment policy clarifications and investment strategy changes to the BNY Mellon Asian Equity and BNY Mellon Long-Term Global Equity funds, which feature in our defined fund ranges. The name of the BNY Mellon Asian Equity fund will also be updated. The changes will take effect on 7 November 2022.
Due to lack of the demand from investors, RL360 has taken the decision to remove BGF Japan Small & Midcap Opportunities A2 Acc USD from the Preference fund range with effect 11 January 2023. The fund is now closed to further investment.
RL360 has made additional improvements to its range of funds. This is the third stage of our latest review, part of an ongoing process to improve our defined fund ranges. Default fund switches for the funds that will be closing will take place between 28 and 30 November 2022. Impacts products: Oracle, Paragon, Quantum, Regular Savings Plan (including Malaysia variants) and LifePlan.
We have been notified by Janus Henderson Investors of upcoming changes to its Janus Henderson Global Responsible Managed Fund. These changes will take effect from the 10 October 2022.
We have been informed by AXA Investment Managers that it will be making a change to the trust name, fund name and investment strategy of its AXA Rosenberg All Country Asia Pacific Ex-Japan Smaller Companies Fund on 23 September 2022.
We have been notified by Janus Henderson Capital Funds PLC (the “Company”) of upcoming changes to its sub-funds. The changes will take effect from 31 October 2022 (the “Effective Date”).
We have been notified by Janus Henderson Horizon Fund (the “Company”) of the following upcoming changes to its sub-funds listed in the table below. These changes will take effect from the 1 October 2022 (the “Effective Date"), unless otherwise stated.
RL360 has been notified by BNP Paribas Asset Management of its strategic decision to no longer offer its range of mutual funds through the RL360 platform and have requested RL360 to disinvest from its funds by the end of September 2022. BNP Paribas will no longer accept any new subscriptions, therefore we have had to take immediate action with regard to regular premium products. Read this update for more details.
With effect from 4 August 2022, the fund will be closed to new subscriptions and switches-in in relation to our defined fund range products listed below.
JPMorgan has announced the merger of its UK domiciled fund A share classes into its C share classes. This impacts funds in our defined fund ranges. We will be taking action on 31 August, switching holdings into alternative funds within the range.
Following the merger of the Tilney Group with Smith & Williamson, the merged group has rebranded to Evelyn Partners. Tilney funds have changed their pre-fix to Evelyn.
Effective 1 July 2022, Threadneedle UK OEIC fund names will be amended to more closely reflect the Columbia Threadneedle brand. The Threadneedle prefix in each fund name will be replaced with 'CT'.
We have been informed by BlackRock Global Funds ("BGF") that it will be making a change the benchmark index of the BGP Latin American Fund (the “Fund”) on 29 June 2022 (the “Effective Date”).
BMO has advised that it will be rebranding BMO to Columbia Threadneedle Investments following the acquisition by Columbia Threadneedle’s parent, Ameriprise Financial, in 2021. Aligned with this rebrand, the BMO fund ranges will be renamed with the prefix ‘CT’ from 4 July 2022.
Franklin Templeton Investment Funds ("Franklin Templeton") have advised of various changes to the investment policies of its sub-funds. These changes will take effect from 24 June 2022 (the “Effective Date”).
RL360 has made additional improvements to its range of funds. This is the second stage of our latest review, part of an ongoing process to improve our defined fund ranges. Impacts products: Oracle, Paragon, Quantum, Regular Savings Plan (including Malaysia variants), LifePlan, LifePlan Lebanon and Protected Lifestyle.
During the period that the impacted Russian-related funds are suspended from trading, the funds will be temporarily removed from plans to allow the plans to be administered as normal. Once we receive notification that the funds are unsuspended, the funds’ unit holdings will be added back into the affected plans.
We have been informed by Invesco Funds that it will be making a change to the name, investment objective and policy of its Invesco Global High Income Fund on 29 April 2022.
Canaccord will be making some changes to the sub-funds of the Canaccord Genuity Investment Fund Plc, which include change of management company and name changes to the sub-funds. These are expected to take effect from 1 April 2022.
Janus Henderson has announced that with effect from the 12-noon valuation point on 3 March 2022 the Janus Henderson UK Property PAIF (the "Fund") has been suspended.
Due to the increasing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, market conditions have been significantly impaired causing trading issues for funds have high exposure to Russia. We have had to take immediate action in relation to funds that featured in our defined fund ranges.
Due to the growing fund size of the Fidelity Funds Asian High Yield Fund, which features in our Savings and Investment and LifePlan defined fund ranges, Fidelity need to impose strict capacity constraints in order to limit flows into the Fund. As such, it has been necessary to close the fund to new investors and switches-in with immediate effect. Click on this story for details of how this impacts existing investors.
We have commenced another review cycle of the sectors in our defined fund range as part of our ongoing monitoring of the choices available for policyholders. There are a number of new additions and closures which impact products: Oracle, Paragon, Quantum, Regular Savings Plan (including Malaysia variants), LifePlan and Protected Lifestyle.
Following a review, the Janus Henderson Emerging Markets fund will be removed from the Preference fund range. We have written to plan owners who are impacted by the closure.
We have been informed by JPMorgan Funds that it will be making a change to the name and investment policy of its JPM Global Socially Responsible Fund on 25 February 2022.
Schroder Investment Management (Europe) S.A. has announced that it will be closing its Schroder ISF Middle East Fund by way of merger on 21 February 2022. For our defined fund range plan owners we are not accepting the merger and instead will switch holdings into the JPM Emerging Middle East Equity Fund on 28 January 2022.
Click on the sliders below to see updates to our defined fund ranges in the previous years.
Jupiter Asset Management International S.A. has announced a change to the sustainability approach of the Jupiter European Growth fund which will take effect 16 December 2021
IFSL has announced they are retiring as Authorised Corporate Director of the Brooks Macdonald funds which feature in our defined fund range. As a result of this there are a number of changes to the IFSL Brooks Macdonald funds which will take effect 18 December 2021.
Columbia Threadneedle Investments has announced that it has merged its Threadneedle UK Select Fund (“the Merged Fund”) into Threadneedle UK Fund (“the Receiving Fund”), with effect from 19 November 2021.
Following a review of the Responsible Investing sector, RL360 are making some changes to the range. Impacts products: LifePlan, Regular Savings plan, Oracle, Quantum and Paragon (including Malaysia variants).
Robeco Capital Growth Funds has announced a change to the fund name of its RobecoSAM Global Gender Equality Impact Equities fund, which will take effect 29 October 2021.
UBS Fund Management (Luxembourg) S.A. has announced a change to the investment policy of its UBS (Lux) Equity Fund – Biotech (USD) which will take effect 27 October 2021.
RL360 are taking the opportunity to review the fund range available to our protection products to ensure they continue to be appropriate and to align them to those available to our regular and single premium products in our defined fund range. Impacts products: LifePlan, LifePlan Lebanon, Protected Lifestyle and Protected Lifestyle Lebanon.
Following the introduction of monthly trading limits and the soft closure of the fund by Pictet Asset Management (Europe) S.A. Luxembourg, we have now closed the fund to new subscriptions and switches-in. Plan owners who already have a unit holding in the fund can continue to invest. Impacts our defined fund range products Regular Savings Plan and Quantum (including Malaysia variants), Oracle and Paragon.
Aberdeen Standard Investments has announced a change to mainland China exposure on its Aberdeen Standard SICAV I – Asian Smaller Companies Fund which will take effect 1 October 2021.
Invesco has announced a change to the fund name, investment policy and investment strategy of its Invesco Japan Fund (UK) which took effect 21 June 2021.
Fidelity Funds has announced a change to the fund name, investment objective and policy of its Fidelity Funds Australia Fund which will take effect 26 October 2021.
BNY Fund Managers Limited has announced a change to the performance benchmark, investment objective and policy of its BNY Mellon Multi-Asset Diversified Return Fund which will take effect 1 October 2021.
VAM Managed Funds (Lux) has announced a change to the fund name, investment manager and investment policy of its VAM Managed Funds (Lux) – Driehaus Fund which will take effect 1 September 2021.
RL360 are making further enhancements to our defined fund range products. This is the seventh stage in an ongoing review to improve our defined fund ranges. Impacts products: LifePlan, Protected Lifestyle and Protected Lifestyle Lebanon.
As part of a review, Threadneedle Investment Funds ICVC will apply to the Hong Kong regulator, the SFC, for withdrawal of authorisation to market its Threadneedle UK Select Fund to the public in Hong Kong with effect 1 September 2021. With immediate effect, Threadneedle has stopped accepting subscriptions and conversions from new Hong Kong investors.
DWS Investments Singapore Limited has announced that it will be merging its DWS Noor Precious Metals Securities Fund (the Merging Fund, a sub-fund of DWS Noor Islamic Funds plc) into the DWS Noor Precious Metals Securities Fund (the Receiving Fund, a sub-fund of DWS Invest (IE) ICAV (the ICAV)) on Friday 28 May 2021. In advance of the merger, we have now closed the fund to new business and switches-in to all defined fund range products. The Receiving fund will be available in the Savings and Investments fund range after 31 May 2021.
JPMorgan has announced a change to the fund name and investment policy of its JPM Global Unconstrained Equity fund which will take effect 1 April 2021.
Legg Mason has announced the merger of its ICVC A (retail) share classes into its X (non-retail) share classes with effect 10 May 2021. However, RL360 will be taking a different course of action for certain plan owners prior to the merger date.
Janus Henderson have proposed that on 18 March 2021, the Janus Henderson UK & Irish Smaller Companies fund will close by way of merger subject to a shareholder vote via Extraordinary General Meeting.
Janus Henderson Investors has announced it will lift the trading suspension on the Janus Henderson UK Property PAIF on 24 February 2021. At this point subscriptions and redemptions will once again be accepted.
Aberdeen Standard Investments has decided to close its Islamic Global Equity fund by way of liquidation on 2 March 2021 due to its declining fund size.
RL360 are progressively enhancing our defined fund range products. This is the sixth stage in an ongoing review to improve our defined fund ranges. Impacts products: Oracle, Paragon, Quantum, Regular Savings Plan (including Malaysia variants), LifePlan, LifePlan Lebanon, Protected Lifestyle and Protected Lifestyle Lebanon.
Fidelity has announced a change to the fund name and investment policy to its Fidelity European Opportunities fund which will take effect 27 January 2020.
Link Fund Solutions has announced a change to the fund name, clarification of investment objective and policy, change of registrar / administrator and reduction in fees to its LF Miton Multi Asset fund which will take effect from 27 November 2020.
Fidelity has announced a number of changes to various funds across its range, which will take effect between 16 December 2020 and 24 February 2021 (the latter date is currently provisional).
This is an update for the Global Strategic Balanced broker fund which suspended trading in March 2013 following the suspension of its underlying fund link, as a consequence of liquidity problems. The Court has now moved this into formal Winding-up/Liquidation.
On 16 November 2020, the Goldman Sachs BRIC Equity Portfolio fund will close by way of merger. For our defined fund range plan owners we are not accepting the merger and will instead will switch holdings into the Schroder ISF BRIC fund a few days before the merger.
RL360 are continuously fine tuning our defined fund range products. This is the fifth stage in an ongoing review to improve our defined fund ranges. Impacts products: Oracle, Paragon, Quantum, Regular Savings Plan (including Malaysia variants) and LifePlan.
Threadneedle has announced a change to the fund name, investment objective and a reduction in fees to its Threadneedle (Lux) – Pan European Equities fund which will take affect from 2 October 2020.
Multipartner SICAV has announced that it will be merging a number of funds into corresponding sub-funds from the Robeco Capital Growth fund range which will take effect from 30 October 2020.
Invesco has announced a change to the fund name and clarification of the investment policy of its Invesco UK Growth Fund (UK) which will take effect from 17 September 2020.
RL360 are adding a number of funds that focus on responsible investing to our defined fund range products. This is the fourth stage in a continuous review to improve our defined fund ranges. Impacts products: Oracle, Paragon, Quantum, Regular Savings Plan (including Malaysia variants), Protected Lifestyle and LifePlan.
JPMorgan Funds has decided to liquidate the fund one month earlier than first notified. The liquidation date has moved from 27 July 2020 to 29 June 2020.
Janus Henderson is making a number of changes to its Horizon fund range amending the fund name, objective and/or investment policy of various funds. The changes will take affect from 1 July 2020.
JPMorgan Funds has decided to close its Indonesia Equity fund by way of liquidation on 27 July 2020 due to its declining fund size. In preparation for the liquidation, the fund is now closed to new subscriptions.
Following the third stage of a review of our defined fund ranges, RL360 are adding new funds to a number of their defined fund range products. Impacts products: Oracle, Paragon, Quantum, Regular Savings Plan (including Malaysia variants) and LifePlan.
Liontrust has taken the decision to no longer support non-Sterling share classes of its onshore, Global Equity fund range and intend to liquidate the USD and EUR classes on 1 May 2020. This includes the Liontrust Russia USD share class which features in our definded fund ranges.
Due to difficult trading conditions in Europe, as a consequence of COVID-19 pandemic, the fund has been forced to temporarily soft close with effect 26 March 2020. We have had to take immediate action for our defined fund range products that are making regular payments into the fund, directing payments into an alternative fund.
Kames Capital plc will close a number of its ‘A’ share classes on 24 April 2020. This includes the Ethical Equity and Ethical Cautious Managed funds which feature in our defined fund ranges.
Janus Henderson Investors has announced the suspension of all dealing activity on the Janus Henderson UK Property PAIF with effect from 12 noon on 16 March 2020 until further notice. This is due to uncertainty around the valuation of UK physical properties across the market due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Investec Asset Management has advised its new name and branding following its demerger from the Investec Group. The changes will take place during the first quarter of 2020.
The second stage of a review of our defined fund ranges has been completed and the results are in. Further enhancements have been made to help you achieve your investment goals. Impacts products: Oracle, Paragon, LifePlan, Protected Lifestyle, Regular Savings Plan and Quantum (including Malaysia variants).