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Explore our range of Aviva and ex-Friends funds for your Life policies

Our range of Aviva and ex-Friends Life funds

If you have a Life policy with us, such as an investment bond or endowment, you can change the funds you invest in. You can pick from a range of funds that align with your financial goals. We give each fund a risk and return rating — you can find the definitions here.

Aviva policies

Each product has its own range of funds to choose from, which is known as a 'fund series'. If a fund has more than one series, there may be a difference in the unit prices and charges. If you’re an existing customer, we would have told you your fund series when your policy started.

If you're not sure of your product name or fund series, you can check your annual statement. The fund series will be shown as ‘S2’ or ‘(CGU)’ for example. If you don’t have your annual statement to hand, you can check our list of products shown below.

On the Aviva Fund Centre, if you have an Aviva policy, you can search by fund name or by your product name. The product name will take you to the correct fund series for your product.

Using the advanced filters, you can also search by fund series. 

Product Name Fund Series
Portfolio Bonds which started between 2 October 2000 and 6 July 2003 and for FlexiBonds which started on or after 2 October 2000 Life Series 1 (S1)
For Homemaker Plus policies which started on or after 2 October 2000
Life Series 2 (S2)
For Bond 2000s which started on or after 2 October 2000
Life Series 3 (S3)
For Portfolio bonds which started on or after 7 July 2003, Select Investment bonds and Co-operative Investment Bonds  Life Series 4 (S4)
For Portfolio Bonds taken out with CGU Life
CGU Life (Portfolio Bonds) (S2)
For Homemaker Plus policies taken out with CGU Life
CGU Life Series 2 (Homemaker Plus) (S2)
For Life policies such as endowments and bonds taken out with General Accident (GA) Life
General Accident Life (GA)
For Life policies such as endowments and bonds taken out with Norwich Union before 2 October 2000
Norwich Union Life (pre 2/10/2000) (NU)
For Life policies such as endowments and bonds taken out with Commercial Union
Commercial Union Life (CU)
For Life policies such as endowments and bonds taken out with Provident Mutual
Provident Mutual Life (PM)
For Life policies such as endowments and bonds taken out with National Westminster Life Assurance (transferred to Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited on 30 September 2011) Ex National Westminster Life Assurance 1 S3 or 1 S5
For Life policies such as endowments and bonds taken out with Royal Scottish Assurance (transferred to Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited) Ex Royal Scottish Assurance (S5)

Ex-Friends Life policies

Here's a list of the products that use ex-Friends Life funds:

On the Aviva Fund Centre, if you have an ex-Friends Life policy, you can search by fund name or by your product name. The product name will take you to the correct fund series for your product.

Product description
Life products originally purchased from London & Manchester
Life products originally purchased from National Mutual
Life products originally purchased from Friends Provident or Friends Life that include internal funds
Life products originally purchased from Friends Provident or Friends Life that include funds managed by other fund managers (external funds)
Life products originally purchased from AXA Sun Life taken out from May 2002 with a policy number starting 200
MLC Investment Bond originally purchased from AXA Sun Life
Premium Select Bond originally purchased from AXA Sun Life
Life products originally purchased from Equity & Law or Sun Life
Life products originally purchased from Winterthur

How much it costs

If a fund has a charge, you’ll see this on the Aviva Fund Centre. This charge is on top of your product charges, which you’ll find details of in your policy documents.

  • Annual charge
    This is covered by the buying or selling price.
  • Extra management charge/additional yearly charge
    With certain funds you’ll have to pay an extra charge to cover the higher cost of managing them. The charge you'll pay depends on the fund you choose. For bond customers: for funds with a guarantee, the extra charge will only apply up to the guarantee point.
  • Fund manager expense charge (FMEC)
    FMECs are extra charges that cover the fund manager’s expenses that come with buying, selling, valuing, owning and maintaining the assets in the funds. This charge is covered by the unit price. FMECs may change from year to year.
  • Total additional yearly charge
    This is the total sum of the extra management charge/additional yearly charge and any fund manager expense charge (FMEC).

How to change funds

There are ways to change Aviva and ex-Friends Life funds, depending on your type of plan:

  1. Aviva Bonds
    0800 096 3530
    Monday to Friday: 9:00am - 5:30pm
    Saturday: 8:30am - 2:00pm
  2. Aviva Endowments
    0800 092 2436
    Monday to Friday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
    To protect both of us, telephone calls may be recorded and listened to. They’ll be saved for at least 5 years. Calls to 0800 numbers from UK landlines and mobiles are free.
  3. Complete a form
    Download and complete our form for switching funds. If your plan isn’t covered by this form, just give us a call. Download bond switching form (PDF 123 KB)
  4. Ex-Friends life
    You can change your ex-Friends Life fund by sending instructions by post. For single life policies, we might be able to accept your instructions by other methods. To find the appropriate address or number for your policy, visit our contact us page.

    All legal owners and Trustees of the policy must sign written instructions. If you're unsure who has to sign to agree to the switch, contact us and we'll let you know.
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