Recent changes and important updates
We want to keep you up to date with any fund changes and updates. Below you can see specific fund changes or updates and find useful documents that give some more detail on the changes:
Investment news
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Market volatility and your investments
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Fund news
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 5 May 2025, we’re updating the fund description of the Standard Life Long Corporate Bond Pension Fund (Fund code – HB)
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We've evolved our responsible investing approach
For our Sustainable Multi Asset, Investment Pathways and Future Advantage investment options.
We’ve done this to continue to make it easy for you to save for retirement while investing responsibly.
We’ve focused on our approach to exclusions, tilting and stewardship. You don’t need to do anything.
Read more about the responsible investment approach in these options
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 1 April 2025, we’re updating the fund names and descriptions of the SL abrdn MyFolio Managed Pension Funds
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 1 April 2025, we’re updating the fund names and descriptions of the SL abrdn MyFolio Managed Life Funds
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 29 May 2025, we’re closing the SL Fidelity Sustainable European Equity Life Fund (Fund code – 7F).
This will be replaced with the SL Fidelity European Life Fund (Fund code – 7G) as it’s the closest suitable alternative we have.
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 7 March 2025, we’re updating the fund name and description of the SL Ninety One UK Smaller Companies Pension Fund (Fund code – BEEK).
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 7 March 2025, we’re updating the fund name and description of the SL Ninety One UK Smaller Companies Life Fund (Fund code – 7X).
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 20 March 2025, we’re updating the fund name and description of the SL Fidelity Sustainable Moneybuilder Income Life Fund (Fund code – 7D).
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We’re closing our SL abrdn MyFolio funds and lifestyle profiles
Following our governance review, we will be closing our range of SL abrdn MyFolio Managed and Multi-Manager insured funds and lifestyle profiles, and switching customers into an alternative fund or lifestyle profile later this year. We will also be closing our range of SL abrdn MyFolio Market funds and lifestyle profiles on some products and switching customers out.
We will write to customers to inform you of the fund or lifestyle profile we will be switching you to and when this will happen.
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 20 February 2025, we’ll be making changes to the SL abrdn UK Sustainable and Responsible Investment Equity Fund
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News about Standard Life funds
With effect from 13 January 2025, we’ll be making changes to the SL abrdn Sustainable Index World Equity Pension Fund (Fund code – LGID) and the SL abrdn Sustainable Index UK Equity Pension Fund (Fund code – MGLB).
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 2 December 2024, we’ll be making changes to the SL Janus Henderson Emerging Markets Opportunities Pension Fund (Fund code – C8)
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News about a Standard Life fund
We’re making changes to the SL Stewart Investors Asia Pacific Leaders Sustainability Life Fund (fund code – BFDF).
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We're evolving our responsible investing approach
For our Sustainable Multi Asset, Investment Pathways and Future Advantage investment options.
We’re doing this to continue to make it easy for you to save for retirement while investing responsibly.
We’re focusing on our approach to exclusions, tilting and stewardship. We will update you on progress in early 2025. You don’t need to do anything.
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from January 2025, we’re updating the fund description of the Standard Life Investment Pathway Option 4 Fund: I plan to take out all my money within the next 5 years (Fund code – GBMC)
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from January 2025, we’re updating the fund descriptions of the Standard Life At Retirement funds
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 11 December 2024, we’re closing the SL abrdn Global Real Estate Share Pension Fund (Fund code VB)
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 11 December 2024, we’re closing the SL abrdn Global Real Estate Share Life Fund (Fund code VA)
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 2 December 2024, we’re updating the fund description of the SL abrdn UK Ethical Equity Pension Fund (Fund code – JJNN)
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 22 November 2024, we’re updating the fund description of the SL Rathbone Income Pension Fund
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 22 November 2024, we’re updating the fund description of the SL Rathbone Income Life Fund
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We’re making changes to the Standard Life Sustainable Index Asia Pacific (ex Japan) Equity Pension Fund (Fund code – PECB)
From November, our fund will be able to invest in developed markets in Asia, excluding Japan and we’ll be updating our fund description to reflect this.
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News about a Standard Life fund
We’re making changes to the SL Man GLG Japan CoreAlpha Pension Fund (Fund code – MMFA)
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News about a Standard Life fund
We’re making changes to the SL Vanguard SRI European Stock Pension Fund (Fund code – LLEG)
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 11 September 2024, we updated the fund name and description of the SL ASI UK Value Equity Pension Fund (Fund code – RQ).
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 2 October 2024, we’re changing the fund descriptions of the SL abrdn UK Real Estate Feeder Pension Fund (Fund code – 2R).
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 2 October 2024, we’re changing the fund descriptions of the SL abrdn UK Real Estate Feeder Life Fund (Fund code – RY).
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 2 October 2024, we’re changing the fund descriptions of the Standard Life Property Life Fund (Fund code – FS) and the Standard Life Property Investment Life Fund (Fund code – YR).
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 27 September 2024, we’re changing the fund name and description of the SL abrdn Investment Grade Corporate Bond Life Fund - Series 1 and 2 (Fund code – L8).
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News about a Standard Life fund
We’re making changes to the Standard Life European Equity Pension Fund (Fund code – FE)
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News about a Standard Life fund
We’re making changes to the Standard Life European Equity Life Fund (Fund code – FH)
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News about a Standard Life fund
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We're changing the description of some of our investment options
As part of our regular governance, we’re making some minor changes to some of our Sustainable Multi Asset Pre-Retirement funds descriptions to make sure they better reflect the way it’s invested.
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News about a Standard Life Fund
We’re making changes to the SL Invesco Responsible Japanese Equity Value Discovery Pension Fund
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News about the Standard Life Smoothed Return Pension Fund
We want to keep you up to date with the current and any historical Estimated Growth Rates (EGRs) and Unit Price Adjustments (UPAs).
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News about a Standard Life fund
We’re making changes to the SL Ninety One Global Multi-Asset Sustainable Growth Pension Fund
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 30 April 2024, we’re changing the fund name and description of the SL SLI Global High Yield Bond Pension Fund - Series U, 4, F and Z (fund code – DDCK).
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News about SL Jupiter Income funds
With effect from 19 April 2024, we’re changing the fund names of the following funds:
- SL Jupiter Income Trust Pension Fund (fund code – KX)
- SL Jupiter Income Trust Life Fund (fund code – LL)
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News about some Standard Life funds
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We’re making changes to some of our Standard Life Investment Pathway Options
What’s changing?
Following a fund review we’ve decided to update the following fund descriptions to better reflect how they’re invested:- Standard Life Investment Pathway Option 1 Fund: I have no plans to
touch my money in the next 5 years (fund code – KLIB) - Standard Life Investment Pathway Option 3 Fund: I plan to start taking my money as a long-term income within
the next 5 years (fund code – LCKK)
We’ve also lowered the cost for investing in these funds.
These changes are effective from 26 March 2024.
- Standard Life Investment Pathway Option 1 Fund: I have no plans to
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News about a Standard Life fund
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News about a Standard Life fund
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News about a Standard Life Pension fund
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News about a Standard Life Pension fund
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News about the SL LF Equity Pension Fund
We would like to make you aware of the settlement scheme which has been set up in response to the suspension of the LF Equity Income Pension fund, previously known as the LF Woodford Equity Income Fund.
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News about a Standard Life Pension fund
We’re closing the SL abrdn Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies Pension Fund
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News about some Standard Life funds
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News about some Standard Life funds
We’re making changes to the following funds:
- SL Janus Henderson European
Growth Pension Fund (fund code - 1P) - SL Janus Henderson European
Growth Life Fund (fund code 5C)
- SL Janus Henderson European
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News about some Standard Life funds
We’re making changes to some SL abrdn funds:
- SL abrdn UK High Income Equity Pension Fund (fund code – 88)
- SL abrdn Multi-Asset Pension Fund (fund code – KL)
- SL abrdn UK High Income Equity Life Fund (fund code – L9)
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News about some SL abrdn Global Absolute Return Strategies Funds
We’re making changes to the following SL abrdn Global Absolute Return Strategies Funds:
- SL abrdn Global Absolute Return Strategies Pension Fund (fund code - YX)
- SL abrdn Global Absolute Return Strategies Life Fund (fund code – YY)
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News about some Standard Life funds
We’re updating the name and investment policy of the SL Jupiter Multi-Asset Income Fund.
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News about some Standard Life funds
We’re updating the investment objectives and investment policy of our SL Columbia Threadneedle Funds
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News about a Standard Life fund
Fund manager UBS have confirmed that the fund name and investment objective changes to their Global Optimal Pension Fund proposed for September 2023 are not being made.
There will be no change to the SL UBS Global Sustainable Equity Pension Fund name and investment objective.
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News about a Standard Life fund
We’re making changes to the SL Nordea Global Gender Diversity Pension Fund
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News about Standard Life investments
August 2023
We’re changing the name and descriptions of some of our pension investments.What’s happening?
From 30 September 2023 we’re changing the name and descriptions of our Sustainable Focus funds and profiles and some of our Sustainable Multi Asset funds.
You don’t need to do anything if you are happy with the changes being made. We’ll update our literature with the new fund name and description changes from October.What funds and lifestyle profiles are impacted?
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News about Standard Life funds
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News about some Standard Life funds
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News about some Standard Life funds
We’re making changes to the following funds:
- SL Jupiter Corporate Bond Pension Fund (fund code – 1C)
- SL Jupiter Corporate Bond Life Fund (fund code – LX)
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News about some Standard Life funds
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News about some Standard Life funds
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News about a Standard Life fund
We’re closing the SL abrdn Multi-Manager Cautious Managed Portfolio Life Fund (fund code – 9B).
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News about the SL M&G European Corporate Bond Funds
We’re updating the name and description of the SL M&G European Corporate Bond Funds:
- SL M&G European Corporate Bond Pension Fund (fund code – FFAA)
- SL M&G European Corporate Bond Life Fund (fund code – BFDD)
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News about the SL abrdn Global Income Equity Pension and Life Fund
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News about a Standard Life fund
We’re closing the SL abrdn Global Focused Pension Fund (fund code – KS).
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News about the SL VT Argonaut European Alpha Pension fund
We’re closing the SL VT Argonaut European Alpha Pension Fund (fund code – 2P).
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News about the SL abrdn Emerging Markets Opportunities Equity Pension/Life Funds
We’re updating the name and objective of the following funds:
- SL abrdn Emerging Markets Opportunities Equity Pension Fund (fund code – IKPL)
- SL abrdn Emerging Markets Opportunities Equity Life Fund (fund code – CCPI)
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News about the SL abrdn American Unconstrained Equity Pension Fund
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We're making changes to some of our fund descriptions
These changes will give us more flexibility in how we will be able to manage the funds listed below:
- Standard Life UK Equity Pension Fund (fund code – FN)
- Standard Life UK Equity Select Pension Fund (fund code – HR)
- Standard Life North American Equity Pension Fund (fund code – FK)
- Standard Life Overseas Equity Pension Fund (fund code – GZ)
- Standard Life International Equity Pension Fund (fund code –) FO
- Standard Life Global Equity 50:50 Pension Fund (fund code – HT)
- Standard Life Global Equity Select 60:40 Pension Fund (fund code – FX)
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We're closing some Standard Life Funds
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News about the SL abrdn Dynamic Multi Asset Growth Pension Fund
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News about SL SLI Strategic Bond funds
We’re updating the names and descriptions of the following funds:
- SL SLI Strategic Bond Life Fund (fund code – Z4)
- SL SLI Strategic Bond Pension Funds (fund code - ZT)
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News about SL abrdn UK Growth Equity funds
We’re updating the names and descriptions of the following funds:
- SL abrdn UK Growth Equity Pension Fund (fund code – BL)
- SL abrdn UK Growth Equity Life Fund (fund code – J1)
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News about SL abrdn UK Opportunities Equity funds
We’re updating the names and descriptions of the following funds:
- SL abrdn UK Opportunities Equity Pension Fund (fund code – K6)
- SL abrdn UK Opportunities Equity Life Fund (fund code – L0)
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News about SL Aberdeen European Corporate Bond Fund
Our Standard Life abrdn funds invest in underlying funds managed by abrdn. abrdn are making some changes to their funds and we’re updating our fund names and descriptions in line with these changes. From 31 January, we’ll be changing the fund name and descriptions of the following:
SL Aberdeen Standard European Corporate Bond Institutional Pension Fund (fund code – 3O)
SL Aberdeen Standard Total Return Credit Pension Fund (fund code - ACMP)
SL Aberdeen Standard Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies Pension Fund (fund code – BFCF)
SL Aberdeen Standard China Equities Pension Fund (fund code – DDMC)
SL Aberdeen Standard European Corporate Bond Life Fund (fund code – FFAC)
SL Aberdeen Standard European Smaller Companies Pension Fund (fund code – GGPF)
SL Aberdeen Standard European Corporate Bond Pension Fund (fund code – MAPI)
SL Aberdeen Standard Global Corporate Bond Pension Fund (fund code – NNLH)
SL Aberdeen Standard Global Equity Pension Fund (fund code – V6) -
Closure of the SL Aberdeen Standard Emerging Markets Focused Equity Pension Fund
We’re closing the SL Aberdeen Standard Emerging Markets Focused Equity Pension Fund (fund code – ADPL).
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News about Standard Life funds
We're updating charges for some of our funds
We are reducing the Annual Fund Management Charge (AMC) for :
SL Janus Henderson Sterling Bond Pension Fund (fund code – 1S)
SL Janus Henderson Sterling Bond Life Fund (fund code – 8V)These funds invest in underlying funds managed by Janus Henderson.
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We're closing the SL Aberdeen Standard European Focused Equity Pension Fund
We are closing the following fund:
SL Aberdeen Standard European Focused Equity Pension Fund (fund code – NANL).
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We’ve made a slight change to the name of our Liontrust fund
We will be removing ‘LF’ from the fund name - The SL LF Liontrust UK Equity Pension Fund (fund code - CZ). This slight change is also reflected in the fund description. There is no change to the risk profile or investment objective of the fund.
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Reduction in charges to the SL Schroder UK Alpha Plus Pension Fund
We've reduced the charges for the SL Schroder UK Alpha Plus Pension Fund (fund code - CN).
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News about our Janus Henderson Property funds
Janus Henderson suspended their fund on 3 March 2022, and will be closing the fund.
As a result of this, we’ve placed a suspension on the SL Janus Henderson UK Property Pension and SL Janus Henderson UK Property Life Fund. We’ll be closing our funds in line with Janus Henderson.
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News about the SL Invesco Global Targeted Returns Pension Fund
We’re closing the SL Invesco Global Targeted Returns Pension Fund (fund code – BEJG).
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News about a Standard Life fund
With effect from 27 September 2024, we’re changing the fund name and description of the SL abrdn UK Income Unconstrained Equity Pension Fund - Series 3 and 4 (Fund code – YC).
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