U-Skan

For financial advisers only

June 2011

increasing regulatory focus

Investment tools, such as U-Skan, can add

value to an adviser’s business

However, they support, not replace, advice

Advisers must understand the scope and

limitations of any investment tool

Ensure they are used appropriately

Mitigate against any limitations

U-Skan – background

U-Skan first launched in 2005

– Over 4 million reports since launch

– 2,775 average per working day

– 8,000+ user base

Around 75% for reviewing existing business

The market leading client review tool?

U-Skan 2.0

Chart a portfolio’s switching history

– Demonstrate the value of advice

Additional benchmarking capabilities

Improved risk reporting

More white labelling functionality

white labelling

White labelling options extended to all reports

Uses same process as current client report

Spectrum reports can now be white labelled

benchmarks

Save model portfolios (with history) as a benchmark

Weighted index benchmark

Losing the no benchmark option

All benchmarks can track switch history

– Automatically, or manually

improved risk reporting

Historic and expected risk scores shown on all reports

‘How risky has my portfolio been’ vs. ‘How might I expect it to perform in the future’

Adviser report will chart historic volatility

switch history

What is it?

– The inclusion of fund switches and rebalancing when calculating portfolio performance and volatility

• ‘How has my portfolio been performing?’

• ‘What is driving the performance?’

• Demonstrate the value of advice

– Run ‘what if’ scenarios…. what if we had/hadn’t switched

– Fully integrated into SIS

• All switches since plan commencement or migration are reflected

switch history

Important notes– Only switches and portfolio rebalancing

• No top-ups

• No regular premiums

• No charges

– Use U-Skan with valuations, transaction histories etc

U-Skan 2.0 – support

Online resource centre

– Training videos

• The power of U-Skan

• How to get to U-Skan

• U-Skan for model portfolios

• Benchmarks on U-Skan

• The different U-Skan report types

• U-Skan report content

– User guide

– Q&A

www.skandia.co.uk/adviser/u-skan

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