Trading
The Fund Switch, Buy and Sell* option allows you to place trades on behalf of your client. Our simple online process allows fast and efficient straight through processing onto our systems for the majority of our products.

 

On submission of an online trade a confirmation statement is available to print/save for your records.

*Note: Trading functionality may only be available to advisers who have specific authority from the Bond owners. Please note that if the end user is not authorised then they have an option to print out the authority letter for the client to sign.

Trade tracking lets you see online the fund changes that have been requested online, by phone, fax or email. The tracking data is found on the same page, under the heading 'Completed and Pending Transactions.'

 

Buying funds
Buying only* - this option should be used for purchasing funds using monies from the SIPP bank account. The projected 12 month bank account balance will take into account any pending buys, transaction charges, product charges, income payments, commission, adviser fees or adviser charges that are applicable.

 

*Note: Buying funds is only available for GSIPP, SIPP and AMPP products. For International Bonds, funds should be purchased through the International Bond account.

Selling funds
Selling only* - This option should be used to sell funds. The monies from the 'sell' will be added to the SIPP bank account. The projected bank account balance will take into account any pending buys, transaction charges and the monies from the sell.

 

*Note: Selling funds is only available for GSIPP, SIPP and AMPP products. For International Bonds, this should be completed through the International Bond account.

Switching funds
Fund switching - This involves moving from existing funds into new/and or existing funds. The 'Switch All Funds' option should be used to re-balance a portfolio (excluding any investments held direct).
Lifestyle profiles
Lifestyle profile - this option is only available to applicable products and should be used if you wish to invest your client's money in a pension lifestyle profile. You can change both the current holdings and future payment amounts.
Maximum number of SLIP funds
The maximum number of Standard Life Investment Policy (SLIP) pension funds that can be invested in at any one time is 11 (or 12 if the investment in SLIP Pension funds is the only investment under the scheme).
Product Cash Accounts
For SIPP, AMPP, GSIPP and International Bonds, there is the option to switch to the product's cash account (i.e. Bank Account). For all other contracts, there are no 'pure cash' investment options.

 

The available fund options are dependent on the product. Please always check the list of funds available for your client’s specific product first.

Note: The above information and functionality is product specific and may not be available for every Standard Life product listed on fund switch, buy and sell. 

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