Bespoke Fund Solutions
Our clients benefit from a huge range of options, delivered through our established relationships with more than 80 fund managers, and around 500 funds already on our platform.
We're also agile enough to expand that range if needed. Whatever investment vehicle you need, or however many fund managers you want to work with to make up your blended fund strategy, we’ll help you achieve it.
Working closely with clients and consultants over many years, we’ve designed our fund offering to always provide access to the latest investment strategies. Today that gives you access to the Target Date Funds (TDFs), Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), Liability-Driven Investments (LDI), private market assets and climate-focused funds you need to create investment strategies that work for you.
Because we understand that change happens, our aim remains to help our clients have access to the funds they need, when they need them.
Sustainable Investing
There’s an increasing demand in today’s investment landscape for access to funds that apply sustainable investment approaches. Since 2014, we’ve been committed to offering responsible investment options — and today, our focus has evolved to reflect the growing importance of sustainability in long‑term investment strategies.
Our aim remains the same: to provide exciting and innovative fund opportunities while staying fully aligned with the latest thinking across sustainable investment practices.
Because we continually carry out extensive research, we’re able to bring you access to a wide range of solutions — from established traditional managers to specialist providers offering approaches less commonly available to pension investors.
Private market assets
Our clients are increasingly exploring private market assets as a way to diversify portfolios and support stronger long-term returns for savers. These asset classes — including private equity, private credit, infrastructure and venture capital — can offer attractive risk-adjusted returns, but they also tend to be operationally more complex to administer than traditional daily‑dealt funds.
Because these investments can pose challenges for many investment platforms, we’ve enhanced ours to ensure we can accommodate this growing demand. Our capability is designed to handle the operational requirements of private market holdings, giving schemes access to a wider set of investment opportunities.
Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
We were the first DC platform to offer institutional investors access to ETFs, and we've continued to invest in our ETF and ETC capability to provide fund strategies not available through standard mutual funds.
Our ability to blend Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) with other funds lets you design tailored and diversified funds appropriate for your needs.
Liability Driven Investment (LDI)
DB schemes rely on robust LDI strategies to manage liability risks and invest efficiently before buyout. Our platform can effectively manage these strategies on a day-to-day basis, including collateral waterfalls for cash calls, so you can focus on achieving your long-term goals.
We are also working with the wider Standard Life business to provide bridge-to-buyout solutions, supporting you to deliver long-term security for your members.
Fund search
Funds listed on the CIS Fund Hub represent our core fund offering, but importantly, you are not restricted to those currently available. We work with more than 80 fund managers and continually review our fund list to make sure it continues to meet your investment needs and offers access to different asset classes and fund managers.