Old Mutual has renamed 25 funds previously branded with Skandia as the overhaul of its fund management business gathers pace.
The Skandia brand has been dropped from the funds as part of the merger of Skandia Investment Group with Old Mutual Asset Managers to create Old Mutual Global Investors, which was announced last year.
The name changes are also in line with plans to roll out the Old Mutual brand across all of its businesses - including the Skandia platform.
Funds being renamed include John Ventre’s Generation Target multi-manager range, launched in November last year, and the Spectrum and Signature discretionary fund ranges.
Among the name changes are six multi-manager funds which have together been branded Old Mutual Voyager funds. These include Anthony Gilham’s £166.2m Strategic Bond fund and François Zagamé’s £1.2bn Global Dynamic Equity fund.
The full list of changes are as follows:
| Old fund name | New fund name | Manager |
| Skandia Alternative Investments | Old Mutual Voyager Alternative Investments | John Ventre |
| Skandia Diversified | Old Mutual Voyager Diversified | John Ventre |
| Skandia Strategic Bond | Old Mutual Voyager Strategic Bond | Anthony Gilham |
| Skandia Global Dynamic Equity | Old Mutual Voyager Global Dynamic Equity | François Zagamé |
| Skandia International Diversified | Old Mutual Voyager International Diversified | John Ventre |
| Skandia International Growth | Old Mutual Voyager International Growth | John Ventre |
| Skandia Spectrum 3 | Old Mutual Spectrum 3 | John Ventre |
| Skandia Spectrum 4 | Old Mutual Spectrum 4 | John Ventre |
| Skandia Spectrum 5 | Old Mutual Spectrum 5 | John Ventre |
| Skandia Spectrum 6 | Old Mutual Spectrum 6 | John Ventre |
| Skandia Spectrum 7 | Old Mutual Spectrum 7 | John Ventre |
| Skandia Spectrum 8 | Old Mutual Spectrum 8 | John Ventre |
| Skandia Generation Target 3:4 | Old Mutual Generation Target 3:4 | John Ventre |
| Skandia Generation Target 3:6 | Old Mutual Generation Target 3:6 | John Ventre |
| Skandia Generation Target 4:4 | Old Mutual Generation Target 4:4 | John Ventre |
| Skandia Generation Target 4:6 | Old Mutual Generation Target 4:6 | John Ventre |
| Skandia Global Equity Income | Old Mutual Global Equity Income | O’Shaughnessy Asset Management |
| Skandia Global Best Ideas | Old Mutual Global Best Ideas | Lee Freeman-Shor |
| Skandia UK Strategic Best Ideas | Old Mutual UK Strategic Best Ideas | Lee Freeman-Shor |
| Skandia Ethical | Old Mutual Ethical | Impax Asset Management |
| Skandia Property | Old Mutual Property | CBRE Global Investors |
| Skandia Gilt | Old Mutual Gilt | BlackRock |
| Skandia UK Index | Old Mutual UK Index | BlackRock |
| Skandia Global Property Securities | Old Mutual Global Property Securities | Cohen & Steers Capital Management |
| Skandia Newton Managed | Old Mutual Newton Managed | Newton Investment Management |
