Underlying fund managers

Multiple managers with diversified investment strength

Our multi-manager approach that integrate different investment expertise giving you diversified investment strength.

Threadneedle Asset Management Limited

Founded in 1994, Threadneedle manages more than USD120.9 billion of assets (As at 30 June 2008) for a wide range of clients including pension schemes, insurance companies, private investors, corporations, mutual funds and affiliate group companies. Offering successful investment solutions is Threadneedle's only business.

The clients have also come to place considerable trust in the investment process which is based on the four central tenets of teamwork, integrated research, dynamic style and risk control.

The investment process has been proven successful since the inception with a team of over one hundred talented individuals delivering strong short and long-term performance. The team works from one central location, ensuring that all the best ideas can get into all of their portfolios.

Baring Asset Management

Baring Asset Management is a global investment management firm with offices, clients and business lines spanning the world's major markets with assets under management of USD 33.0 billion (As at 31 December 2008). Barings provide asset management services in developed and emerging equity and bond markets on behalf of institutional, retail and private clients worldwide.

Schroder Investment Management

Schroders is a world leader in asset management with over US$204.5 billion under management (As at 30 September 2008) and a global network of offices. Their clients include charities, corporations, high net worth individuals, insurance companies, local and public authorities, pension funds, and unit trust holders.

The Schroder Group has a history of over 200 years. It has grown from a merchant banking partnership established when Johann Heinrich Schroder moved from Hamburg to the United Kingdom in 1804. Schorder Group currently employs over 2,900 people across the globe covering key markets.

Investment involves risks. The price of units may fall as well as rise, and past performance figures shown are not indicative of future performance. For details including fees and charges, please refer to the principal brochure of of Classic Active Insurance Series and Active Insurance Series, which consists of the product brochure, product leaflet for supplementary benefit^{^} and investment details.